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Saten The Saxons fixd their Loose gowns by a Broch sometimes on the front Strutt vol 1 pl 7 Sometimes on the Right shoulder in Such a way that the Right arm Should be free from the weight & incumbrance of the clothing Strutt Vol 1 Pl4 Fig1.3
the name of the gown seems to have originated in the Reign of Edwd 3d Camdens Remains p. 253
1575 a side Gown of Kendal Green after the freshness of the year now gathered at the neck with a narrow Gorget fastend afore with a white clasp &c [Keepar] close up to the Chin but easily for [neck] to undo when he List Longham Kenelvertt p 50
1515 a syde gown Telaris vestis Longa ad Talos tangens ortis vocabularum Port Monteau du Ray a Person who attended to Receive hol in Readiness the Kings Gown when his majesty chose to exercise himself in his Doublet [Pluvinell?]