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young and comely, had just attained her twenty-sixth year.The rage of the high-spirited dame knew no bounds; she stormedwith indignation—wear the clothes she must, for there were noothers—so in revenge she refused to appoint any of the ladies,save Lady Bedford, though nominated by the king, to serve abouther person in England. On her arrival she bought a considerablequantity of linen, and as with the exception of one article, 30 pur-chased from a “French mann,” her “nidell purle worke,” her“ white worke,” her “ small nidell worke,” her “ pece of lawin tobee a ruffe,” with “ eighteen yards of fine lace to sliewe (sew) theruffe,” the “ Great Bone ” lace, and “ Little Bone ” lace, werepurchased at Winchester and Basing, towns bordering on the lace-making counties, leading us to infer them to have been of Englishmanufacture. 31

The bill of laced linen purchased at the “ Queen’s lying down ”on the birth of the Princess Sophia, in 1606, amounts to the sumof 614f. 5s. ScZ. 32 In this we have no mention of any foreign-madelaces. The child lived but three days. Her little monument, ofcradle-form, with lace-trimmed coverlet and sheets (Fig. 112),stands close to the recumbent effigy of her sister Mary 33 (Fig. 113),with ruff, collar, and cap of geometric lace, in the north aisle ofHenry YII’s. Chapel. 34

s« a Twoq payer of lmnde rebayters,”i.e. cuffs.

31 la the P. K. O. (“ State Papers, Dom.”James I. 1603, Sept. vol. iii. No. 89)is “ A Memorandum of that MisferisJane Drumondc her rccyte from EsterLittellye, the furnishinge of her MajestiesLinen Cloth,” a long account, in which,among numerous other entries, we find :—

“ It at Basinge. Twentyfour yeardesofsmall nidle worke, at 6s. the yearde, 71.4s.

“ More at Basinge. One ruffe cloth,cumbinge cloth and apron all shewedwith white worke, at 50s. the piece, 71. 10*.

“It. one pece of fine lawin to bee aruffe, 51.

“ Item, for 18 yenrds of fine lace tosliewe the ruffe, at Cs. the yearde, 51. 8*.

“ Item, 68 purle of fair needlework, at20 pence the purle, 51. 15*. id.

“ Item, at Winchester, the 28th ofSeptember, one piece of cambrick, 41.

“Item, for 6 yards of flue purle, at20*., 67.

“ Item, for 5 yards of great bone lace,at 9*. the yard, 36s.”

Queen Anne lias also a fair wrought sarkcosting 6/., and a cutwork handkerchief,127., and 2 pieces of cutwork, ell wideand 2 yards long, at 21. the length, &c.

32 “ Lady Audvye Walsingham’s Ac-count,'' 1606. P. B. O.

33 Mary, her third daughter, died1697, not two years of age. Mrs. Greenequotes, from the P. It. O., a note of the“ necessaries to be provided for the child,”among which are two large cambric hand-kerchiefs, wheieof one is to be edgedwith “fair cutwork to lay over the child’sfacesix veils of lawn, edged with fairbone lace; six “gathered bibs of finelawn with ruffles edged with bone lace,”&c. The total value of the lace andcambric required for the infant’s gar-ments is estimated at 3001. “Lives ofthe Princesses of England,” vol. vi. p. 90.

34 England is rich in monumental effi-gies decorated with lace, too many to