Nigel Lorringe daughter of the Earl of Carlisle from castle Howard Half-length portrait of John Smeaton

Half-length portrait of John Smeaton seated at a writing table

'Femme Se Retroussant'

The majority of Salisbury Cathedral was built between 1220 and 1266

View of Greenwich Hospital with residents in the foreground

Nigel Lorringe daughter of the Earl of Carlisle from castle Howard Half-length portrait of John SmeatonNigel Lorringe, late 14th century, (1910). Costume of the reign of Richard II (1377 1399), showing a houppelande (voluminous robe) which reaches over his head, ornamented with a bold pattern. He wears long pointed shoes, and has an anelace (short sword) suspended by a baldrick or sword belt. Illustration from British Costume during 19 Centuries by Mrs Charles H Ashdown, (London, 1910).