But Elizabeth doesn’t say you cannot wear purple! - She says purple silk. Sable fur ONLY in the lining of your cloak.Īt any Renaissance Faire, or on the websites of Faire Boards, popular internet sites dedicated to Elizabeth, and on the websites of private reenactors and costumers, they proliferate the opinion that only the King or Queen could wear purple. The Order of the Garter, you could wear purple silk, cloth of gold, or So if you were a Baron or a Knight, and you were a member of Who were members of the Knights of the Garter could wear any of theseįabrics or fur only in their mantles, which was a kind of wrap orĬloak. In the lining of cloaks, in gowns, and in hose. Purple silk, cloth of gold, or sable fur in a doublet, a jerkin, You were related by blood to the King or Queen, or held the title ofĭuke, Marquise, or an Earl, you were considered "royalty” and could wear Silk is also telling, as both were extremely costly. That she mentions these two other items in conjunction with purple dyed She also mentions cloth of gold (which wasįine linen or silk fibers spun with real gold), and sable fur. She does not state, "No one except the King, Queen, Kings mother, children, etc., can wear the color of purple….rather In the first line Elizabeth specifically refers to silk that is dyed purple. To answer that, lets break down the statute sentence by sentence. Is Elizabeth specifying the color purple - casting a wide net to restrict that color in any fiber, or, is she restricting silk dyed with purple? The above statute seems to be where we find the controversy. Queen were considered to be exemplary, and usually held the rank of an Titles of nobility, and reserved for those whose service to the King or Knights, was the highest honor one could attain and was usually reservedįor those who were either born into nobility, or were bestowed with The Order, consisting of the King and twenty-five The Knights of the Garter, or The Order of the Garter, was founded byĮdward III in 1348. The King, Queen, King’s mother, children, brethren, and sisters, unclesĪnd aunts and except dukes, marquises, and earls, who may wear the same in doublets, jerkins, linings of cloaks, gowns, and hose and those of the Garter, purple in mantles only.” The color of purple, cloth of gold tissued, nor fur of sables, but only The Sumptuary laws of Queen Elizabeth I say : 16th Century Dyes: Was the color of Purple for Royalty only? - And was it rendered from Sea Snails?
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