Where better to start than with our Patron Saints?
not where I really did start but where my web wanderings took me last night - did you know there are at least 6 patron Saints of "felt making, fulling, hat making, milliners"?
These include Saints Barbara; Clement; James the lesser: Michael the Archangel; Philip the Apostle and Severus of Aranches. http://saints. sqpn.com/ pst00350. htm
The bit that is interesting me at the moment is the story around St James who was beaten to death with a club. Because of this the club became his symbol and this led to him being the Patron Saint of professions which use a club ... this includes fullers. You can see a picture of him holding a spikey wooden club on http://saints. sqpn.com/ pst00350. htm
Just hoping somebody out there has an idea what and how a club such as this might have been used for!
a compilation of information about feltmaking and related activities both past and present and reflections on my reenactment experience in the 16th century. If you have any information that will add to and complement or even contradict what I have here then feel free to contribute. Many thanks to those of you who have helped me get thus far.
Good Wife Joan
1588 (2008)
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- Good Wife Joan
- The hard working wife of Master Pinchbeck. Sadly the master craftsman has lost his sight and his family have come down in the world. To save them from ruin his Good Wife has had to take the reins and run the hatting business (with his advice of course). No longer do they have a fine workshop in London but they spend their time travelling from place to place plying their trade and turning their hand to whatever they can do to earn a few coins. Fortunately the wealthy Tudor folk have a fancy for fine headwear! God fearing, kind hearted Good Wife Joan often takes pity on other women who are also down on their luck and so unusually for the times provides occasional employment for widows, deserted or otherwise destitute women to work alongside her and her family to help them get by.
Feltmaking at Kentwell Hall
1588 (2008)
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Hatters bow - close up of one end
Hatters Bow - close up of other end
photo's taken at Hat Works, the museum of hatting in Stockport, courtesy of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council www.hatworks.org.uk
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