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Title: The Royal Navy
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Swinburne, Henry Lawrence Wilkinson, Norman, 1878-1934 illus Jellicoe, John Rushworth Jellicoe, Earl, 1859-1935, illus
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Navy Great Britain. Royal Navy
Publisher: London, A. and C. Black
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ers and men who assisted at the defeat of the SpanishArmada. By the way, the petticoat mentioned above was,as the name denotes, a little coat, and not anything resemblingthe petticoat of female wear. A change in the method ofwearing the hair should also be mentioned, the peaked beardand twisted moustachios having come in, apparently withother fashions due to the marriage of Philip of Spain withMary. About this time, too, we hear of the jumper, whichafter many years became an ordinary article of seamens attire,the term then describing a loose, comfortable jerkin whichcould be slipped on over the more tightly fitting garments. The second plate of costume in this volume shows us thecontrast between the more sober, sombre-clad people of theCommonwealth period, and the bright colours and fly-away 1 Essex in 1597 referred to men pressed ^ in mariners clothes who did not know one rope from another. SEAMANS DRESS, THE NAVAL OFFICERS FIRST UNIFORM Circa A.D. 1748 to 1778With Boscawen and Hawke
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THE SEAMANS DRESS 345 garments characteristic of the Restoration and the laterStuarts. The Royal colour was now red, and when James I.renewed Elizabeths grant of livery suits to the sixprincipal masters of his ships, fyne red cloth and velvetfor garding, the coats were supplied by the Keeper of theKings wardrobe. These coats were liberally embroideredwith ships, roses, crowns, etc., details of which are to befound in the warrant referring to the matter, and the grantwas to be renewed annually at Easter to each of theofficers specified, during his lifetime. Apparently it seems tohave ceased for ever about the time of the Commonwealth.These officers, however, were those attached to the Court, andthe commanders of ships wore then and for some time after-wards a similar costume to that of civilians of their ownrank and station in life, the distinguishing marks of theparty they served being shown by the colours of their sashes,the favours in their hats, the badges on their arms, and so on.

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