"Valuables of Glenurquhy, 1640." Innes' Sketches of Early Scotch History.
Collars of Hollie worke appear in the Inventories of Mary Stuart.
"Thomas Hodges, for making ruffe and cuffes for his Highness of cuttworke edged with a fayre peake purle, £7."—2nd Account of Sir J. Villiers. Prince Charles. 1617-18. P. R. O.
"40 yards broad peaked lace to edge 6 cupboard cloths, at 4s. a yard, £8."—Ibid.
"Seaming" lace and spacing lace appear to have been generally used at this period to unite the breadths of linen, instead of a seam sewed. We find them employed for cupboard cloths, cushion cloths, sheets, shirts, etc., throughout the accounts of King James and Prince Charles.
"At Stratford-upon-Avon is preserved, in the room where Shakspeare's wife, Anne Hathaway, was born, an oaken linen chest, containing a pillow-case and a very large sheet made of homespun linen. Down the middle of the sheet is an ornamental open or cut-work insertion, about an inch and a half deep, and the pillow-case is similarly ornamented. They are marked E. H., and have always been used by the Hathaway family on special occasions, such as births, deaths, and marriages. This is still a common custom in Warwickshire; and many families can proudly show embroidered bed linen, which has been used on state occasions, and carefully preserved in old carved chests for three centuries and more."—A Shakspeare Memorial. 1864.