Lovely example of royal connections in wills here - we've found similar mentions including 'my Cloath of Gold shoes made of one of King James’s Buskins that was at his Coronation'. 👠👑
You can find out more about this example on our blog:
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult... #history #SkystoriansWill of the Month: a fashionable lady and her Cloath of Gold shoes
Our third will of the month, that of affluent fashionable lady Helen Spratt (d.1726), is as long and as detailed as that of the Lincolnshire farmer Ralph Wrighte [link], and is full of rich detail
