Identifier: royalhistoricglo1904redf (find matches)
Title: Royal and historic gloves and shoes
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Redfern, William Beales
Subjects: Gloves Footwear
Publisher: London : Methuen & Co.
Contributing Library: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library

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e the heel. Sir Sibald Scott, in his book onThe British Army, gives a small engraving of this interesting boot.The property of A. S. Field, Esqr. 88 GLOVES AND SHOES PLATE XV MILITARY BOOTS SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TWO views, giving the back and front, of military boots incommon wear during the great Civil War. The largeoverhanging bell tops could be used by the wearer asdescribed in the previous plate; they are made of very stout blackleather, with thick soles and squared toes; the heels are of severallayers of leather, and there are spur-rests above them. Theseboots are preserved in the ancient chapel, now used as a museum,standing within the ruined walls of Farleigh Castle, Somersetshire.It is a singular fact that this Castle was held for a short time duringthe Civil War, for the king, by a Colonel Hungerford, while itsactual owner at the time, Sir Edward Hungerford, was commandingthe Wiltshire forces on the side of the Commonwealth.The boots are the property of Lord Donington. PLATE XV
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