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.
Dress at King Henry's Court
http://www.amazon.com/Dress-Court-King-Henry-VIII/dp/1904350704 (http://www.amazon.com/Dress-Court-King-Henry-VIII/dp/1904350704)
And Tudor Tailors The King's Servants
http://www.tudortailor.com/bookshoptks.shtml (http://www.tudortailor.com/bookshoptks.shtml)
Both have accounts and inventories.
Hope this helps!
Cilean
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 (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 (http://books.google.com/books?uid=13064782936427079105&as_coll=1002&source=gbs_lp_bookshelf_list)