I've been studying Manor Accounts, and in the
"Account of the reeve of Sevenhampton from
Michaelmas 1278 to Michaelmas 1279" there is
mention of selling the tail of feathers moulted by
their peacock.
"Peacock tails (caude pavonum)
He answers for 2 peacock tails produced
Of these 1 sold: total 1
and there remains the last tail."
Please can someone tell me the likely use of these
feathers?
Were they stitched to a skirt or a head-dress,
perhaps?
Were they added to a hat, or made into a fan?
Something else?
Or am I wrong, and they weren't used for costume
purposes at all: maybe they would have been
wanted for some sort of interior decorating? Or
for some other function - medicinal, a fancy pen,
something beyond my wildest imaginings?
Yours, awaiting your replies with interest,
Linda Walton,
(in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.).
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