from  Alexandria  in  Egypt,  though  not  exclusively  manufactured
there.  Dr.  Eock,  in  his  excellent  little  work  on  '  Textile  Fabrics,'
shows  that  this  was  a  striped  silk,  "  bord  "  in  Arabic  meaning  a
striped  cloth.  Canvas  is  frequently  mentioned  in  connexion  with
bed-furniture,  serving  probably  for  sheets  (II.  202,  214,  229) ;
we  find  also  sheets  of  Holland,  which  were  of  a  coarse  quality
(II.  740),  whilst  the  finer  sheets  were  made  of  fine  flax  and
"  cloth  of  Eaynes,"  a  linen  cloth  manufactured  at  Eennes  in
Brittany.  Pillows  and  bolsters  under  the  name  of  "  travesayls  "
(I.  471),  and  pillow-cases  or  "  pillowberes,"  go  to  complete  the
bed-furniture  (H.  676,  702,  740).
Personal  Among  articles  of  apparel  mentioned  in  the  wills
apparel,  furs,  are  the  following : — a  holiday  cassock  of  cloth  and
girdles,  &c.  another  of  «tawney  moccaddowe"1  (II.  672,  696);
cloaks  of  "bluet"2  (II.  86),  of  " faldyng "s  (I.  658;  II.  91,  252),
of  "broun  murre"4  and  "red  melle"5  (II.  257),  of  "taune"
(II.  140),  and  of  "ray"  or  striped  cloth  (II.  86);  a  bequest  from
one  man  to  another  of  a  pair  of  "corsetys"6  (II.  561);  apiece
of  blanket  for  corset  (II.  186);  a  "courtepy"7  of  black  medley
(II.  13),  and  a  like  garment  and  kirtle8  of  red  "  say "  or  serge
(II.  210);  a  pair  of  "demesens"9  (II.  698);  a  "tawny  satten
doublett"  (II.  672),  and  doublets  of  velvet  and  worsted  (II.  669,
670,  672).
