Wardrobe Accounts/Inventories/Expenses/etc.

[PrincessSara]

Does anyone know where I can find wardrobe accounts and the like from the early to mid Tudor period?  I'm mostly looking at noble ladies' things - petticoats, kirtles, gowns, sleeves, everything.

I have Mary Tudor's accounts that Drea Leed put together, but that's about it.  And I don't think Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd would be too much help since it's from a much later period.

[Cilean]

Dress at King Henry's Court
http://www.amazon.com/Dress-Court-King-Henry-VIII/dp/1904350704

And Tudor Tailors The King's Servants
http://www.tudortailor.com/bookshoptks.shtml

Both have accounts and inventories.

Hope this helps!

Cilean

[CenturiesSewing]

This is a huge work in progress. I've been going through Google book's wills and accounts as a side project when I can't sleep. I will add more to the list when I am back on my regular computer. (I'm on vacation still.)

Tudor: Henry-Mary: http://books.google.com/books?uid=13064782936427079105&as_coll=1001&source=gbs_lp_bookshelf_list&hl=en


Elizabethan: http://books.google.com/books?uid=13064782936427079105&as_coll=1002&source=gbs_lp_bookshelf_list