Fisher, Bishop of Rochester. + 1535. (M. de Versailles.)
That it was used for the adornment of the ministers of the Church we have ample evidence. M. Aubry states having seen in London lace belonging to Cardinal Wolsey. On this matter we have no information; but we know the surplices were ornamented round the neck, shoulders, and sleeves with "white work" and cut-work[[788]] at this period. The specimens we give (Figs. 120, 121) are from a portrait formerly in the Library of the Sorbonne, now transferred to Versailles, of Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Cardinal Fisher as he is styled—his cardinal's hat arriving at Dover at the very moment the head that was to wear it had fallen at Tower Hill.
Plate LXXVI.
English. Cutwork and Needle-point.—Cross said to have belonged to Cardinal Wolsey.
Plate LXXVII.
English. Devonshire "Trolly."—First part of nineteenth century.
Photos by A. Dryden from private collection.