Their soap was white. They had clothing of white
linen and white wool, leather slippers, and felt hats. Men wore
long tunics open at the neck and filled in with pleated linen and
enormous puffed sleeves.
Henry made proclamations reminding people of the apparel laws, but
they were difficult to enforce. Henry also made a proclamation
limiting the consumption of certain meat according to status.
Seven dishes were allowed to bishops, dukes, marquises, and earls;
six to other temporal lords; five to justices, the King's council,
sheriffs, and persons with an income of at least 200 pounds yearly
or goods worth 2000 pounds; four to persons with an income of at
least 100 pounds or goods worth 1000 pounds; and three dishes to
persons with an income of at least 100 pounds or goods worth 500
pounds. There were limits on types of meat served, such as a
maximum of one dish of great fowl such as crane, swan, and
peacock; eight quail per dish; and twelve larks in a dish. People
used tin or pewter dishes, platters, goblets, saucers, spoons,
saltcellars, pots, and basins. They used soap to wash themselves,
their clothes, and their dishes. A solid, waxy soap was from
evaporating a mixture of goat fat, water, and ash high in
potassium carbonate. They had bedcovers on their beds. Cloth bore
the mark of its weaver and came in many colors. Cloth could be
held together with pins that had a shank with a hook by which they
were closed.
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