The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Richard Woodville, Earl Rivers ( - 1469)
Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29939?docPos=2 Relationships: Richard Woodville was a father of Charles Savage (c. 1622-)References in Documents:
Prussian Boot of red Leather for a very lusty
Man, yet the
Heel but an Inch and a half broad. The Gift of the
Perrot.
at all, but a thin Red Leather the Length of the whole Foot. Don.
Iron Plate for the Heel; as also the first hath. Don.
Tho. Whita
ker
ker
for theShoe
Meaner; it is made of the
Bark of Treessomewhat after the Manner
of Coal-Baskets in the North of
generally worn by the poor People in
bind it to the Leg by the Cord which seems to be of platted Sedges.
Don. D.
Sabot, or
.Irish
Brogue
SilkShoe from
adorned with Needle-work (for which the
mous); as is also the Silk upon the Heel, which is large considering
the Smalness of the Shoe, for the cripled Lady: This was brought
from thence, and given me by
Midgeley
also the red
5 ½ from the Toe to the Heel inclusive.
fromSlippers
a Crescent, or Semicircle of Iron for the Heel, (from
Molineux
Strawfrom
per
key
CorkSole an Inch thick, covered with gilded Lea
ther.
Charles SavageEsq
(a younger Son of the
Rivers)
who married one of his Daughers and Coheirs.