Date published: 1981-01-01
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The King?s Coffer (ID83)Author: Bushnell, Amy (ID32)
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1712-01-01 - 1712-12-31
Prices for royal officials' clothes
The hidalgo’s cloak, breeches, and doublet were colored taffeta at 16 reales the yard or velvet at 8 ducats. His boots were of expensive cordovan; his hose were silk and cost 4.5 pesos; his shirt had the finest lace cuffs and collar, and detachable oversleeves that could cost 24 ducats. His dress sword cost 8 ducats and his gold chain much more. [Note 68: Gov. Corcoles y Martinez vs. Joseph Benedit Horruytiner 10/11/1712; cargo manifest 1607; Bartolome de Arguelles 10/31/1598]
(Bushnell KC)
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