The cloaks were ample, and were held on by brooches or laces across the bosom.
The shoes were the shape of the foot, sewn, embroidered, elaborate.
The wimples were pieces of silk or white linen held to the hair in front by pins, and allowed to flow over the head at the back.
There were still remaining at this date women who wore the tight-fitting gown laced at the back, and who tied their chins up in gorgets.
JOHN
Reigned seventeen years: 1199-1216.
Born 1167. Married, in 1189, to Hadwisa, of Gloucester, whom he divorced; married, in 1200, to Isabella of Angoulême.