I now have a flat cap. I am pretty sure that somewhere back in the recesses of my memory i have images of my Pa (paternal grandfather) wearing this kind of cap.
In 1571 an Act of Parliament to stimulate domestic wool consumption and general trade decreed that on Sundays and holidays, all males over 6 years of age, except for the nobility and persons of degree, were to wear caps of wool manufacture on force of a fine (3/4d (pence) per day). The Bill was not repealed until 1597, though by this time, the flat cap had become firmly entrenched in English psyche as a recognized mark of a non-noble subject!!!
1 comment:
Very non-noble looking!
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