At 20:35 04/05/2006, you wrote:
My friend replied to my inquiry About the Lancastrian collars. He said oddly enough he is presently doing research on this subject and collars in general. What he presently has is more then an email could handle but will, when time permits, send me a few sources. My main concern was for the person wearing the collar in Europe and getting in trouble with the law for "pretending to be.....". Answer to this, though the wearer may want to check with the local customs and laws, if he is wearing it with a costume he probably will not run into any trouble.
I never had any intention of getting a collar of SS's for my husband to wear, although someone did suggest it in answer to my query. My problem was always about SCA rules, not about English rules.
I have always found the College of Heralds very helpful if your friend does not already know about them, although he may have to wait a while for an answer if he e-mails them. I am very lucky as they are not far from where I live, so I can "call in" when I need information.
The collar was used as a token of office or as a sign of favor from the Royalty. (So the Thomas More's collar may have been one or both) >From my understanding of the conversation. If the person is trying to be authentic to English wearing of the collar of that period he needs to be noble and above in rank to wear it and know that if he is not of an office that he is "saying " that he has the Royalty's favor. My friend's focus is mainly with the English use of the collars. Present day it is still used in some positions as a collar of office in England. If you find use of the esses collars used outside of England, I would be interested in hearing about it.
Thank you for passing on the information. I am sure others will find it interesting if they did not know.
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