...centuries. The first we shall notice are the succession of acts passed in 1363,* for the correction " of the outrageous and excessive apparel of divers people, against their estate and degree." This collection of sumptuary regulations begins with an ordinance touching the diet of domestic servants...

...lour acate nautrement, ne nule chose dor, dargent, nenbroydez, aymelez, ne de soye, ne rien appendant people, against their estate and degree, to the great...ordained, that grooms, as well servants of lords as those of handicraftsmen and of artificers, be served to eat and to drink once a day, of flesh or offish,...

...centuries. The first we shall notice are the succession of acts passed in 1363,* for the correction " of the outrageous and excessive apparel of divers people, against their estate and degree." This collection of sumptuary regulations begins with an ordinance touching the diet of domestic servants...

...few words about regulating the diet of servants ; but the chief clauses are intended to restrain " the outrageous and excessive apparel of divers people against their estate and degree." The statute begins with servants, called grooms — as well servants of lords as of artificers and...

...of Edward III. exist, (37 Edward III. cc. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,) which are intended to restrain "the outrageous and excessive apparel of divers people against their estate and » " Forasmuch as drapers, tailors, and others in the city of London and other places within this realm,...

...and the use of foreign cloth was allowed to the royal family alone. Act 37 Edward III. declare» that the outrageous and excessive apparel of divers people against their estate and degree is the destruction and impoverishment of the land, and prescribes the apparel of the various classes...

...and the use of foreign cloth was allowed to the royal family alone. Act 37 Edward III. declares that the outrageous and excessive apparel of divers people against their estate and degree is the destruction and impoverishment of the hind, and prescribes the apparel of the various classes...

...Act of Parliament was passed, namely, 37 Edward III. cap. 8, the object of which was to put down ' the outrageous and excessive apparel of divers people...destruction and impoverishment of all the land.' It would be impertinent to quote the whole of this Act of Parliament, but among other provisions, ' it...

...Act of Parliament was passed, namely, 37 Edward III. cap. 8, the object of which was to put down ' the outrageous and excessive apparel of divers people...destruction and impoverishment of all the land.' It would be impertinent to quote the whole of this Act of Parliament, but among other provisions, ' it...

...persons of different ranks. Tho "Statute of Apparel," passed AD 1363, had for its object tho restraining "the outrageous and excessive apparel of divers people against their estate and degree." It begins with prescribing what dress was to bo worn by servants called grooms, as well servants of...