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Item Number: 145274
Title: The Clothing of the Common Sort, 1570-1700
Author: Spufford, Margaret ; Susan Mee
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9780198807049
Description: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. 24cm., hardcover, 351pp. illus.

Summary: Originally the work of the late Margaret Spufford, co-authored and completed by her former doctoral student, Susan Mee. The Clothing of the Common Sort focuses on the clothing of children and young adults of the 'common sort' during the period 1570 to 1700—the sons and daughters of 'ordinary' people going about their daily lives in towns and villages across England. The study employs a number of approaches, including quantitative research and examination of the few relevant extant objects. A range of sources have been used, including probate accounts and poor relief records. The volume also examines the acquisition of clothing, from purchase of fabric, through production by tailors and 'women with a needle', to payment for ready-made items. This book offers a glimpse into the wardrobes of children and adolescents of the 'common sort', 1570 to 1700. It also uncovers evidence of the myriad tradesmen, craftsmen, artisans and 'women with a needle' who were involved in the production and dissemination of clothing and accessories in towns and villages across England in the late 16th and 17th centuries.

Contents: 1. Probate accounts and Clothing. 2. The cost of apparel in seventeenth-century England, and the accuracy of Gregory King. 3. Clothing the poorest. Evidence from poor relief records. 4. Clothing the families of labourers, and of husbandmen and their peer group, leaving goods worth up to L100. 5. Clothing the families of yeomen and their peers, leaving goods worth L100-L300. 6. Clothing the families of the 'chief inhabitants'. Evidence from probate accounts with a charge value of L300 and above. 7. Customers and Tradesmen. 8. Conclusion- The Clothing of the Common Sort. Appendix 1- Provincial tradesmen and retailers- a list arranged by county and date. Appendix 2- Prices of fabrics and garments. Appendix 3- Clothes and linen for a very small child 1698. Appendix 4- Stock of a London draper 1688. (Pasold Studies in Textile History)

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