Language(s): English
England. Order from Henry VI to Henry Fylongley, esquire, keeper of the wardrobe, to give Alicia, the wife of master John Fanerby, one of the royal physicians, 'a gowne' of 'v yerdes of wollen cloth of violett'. Dated at Kenilworth Castle, 24 June 1457 (35 Hen. VI).
Provenance and Acquisition
Purchased, Sotheby's 26 June 1974, lot 2943.