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In the sixteenth century most people owned very few clothes and would often bequeath them specifically in wills.

Gift of clothing as a love token

EDC 5/1580/8 – The defendant claimed that the plaintiff had said her (the plaintiff’s) husband had paid for a new hat and kirtle (a sort of dress) for the defendant

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