Plain Medieval Yorkist livery cote
Plain Medieval Yorkist livery coat
Hand embroidered livery badge - Clarence Bull.
Hand made rose badge
Detail of a livery coat of the Clarence Household, showing hand sewn badges
Wars of the Roses Yorkist livery cote, with half rose half rays of Edward IV
Medieval Yorksist livery coat with back sin in splendour
Livery cote in the colours of the Fauconberg Household
Livery coat in the colours of the Fauconberg Household
Medieval English livery coat, bearing the Cross of St George.
Over armour livery in the Mortimer Family colours
Livery coat with the Royal Arms of England
Livery coat with the Royal Arms of England
Wool by Abimelech hainsworth - makers of fine cloth since the Battle of Waterloo
An English livery coat, bearing the Cross of St George, made in
woollen fabric by Abimelech Hainsworth.

This livery is sleeveless and unlined.

Entirely hand sewn.

(It looks a slightly odd shape in the picture - it isn't really
deformed, but the coat is quite a lot bigger than the dummy!)
Two livery coats of the House of York,
from the Wars of the Roses.

These show two different styles of rose back
badge.

Both of the badges are hand appliquéd onto
the hand finished coats.

The coat on the right is now residing in
Milan.
Two livery coats, this time with the Royal Arms of England
(later medieval style).

This is actually the three Fleur de Lys of France quartered with
the three Leopards (lions) of England.

Both coats are made in wool, and fully lined with linen.

For the coat to the left, made for the Town Cryer of Gloucester,
plain devices were cut from golden wool, and appliquéd on to the
coat.
A livery coat made in the
colours of William Neville,
Lord Fauconberg, again from
the late fifteenth century Wars
of the Roses.

Both badges are cut from
woollen fabric, and some
detail is embroidered onto the
lion (left).
Another Yorkist livery, this time plain, and cut very
loose, to go over a full plate harness.
Maker's mark
For the version to the right, details, such as faces, etc, were painted onto the leopards, before they were cut out and
appliquéd onto the coat.

The coat to the right is designed to go over a full plate harness.

In all, the coat on the left has 18 of each device, and the coat on the right has 12 of each.
Three detail shots of a Clarence's livery coat, showing
the two front badges separately, and in situ on the
upper chest of the livery coat.
A livery made in the pattern of the
arms of the Mortimer family.

The design on the front of the livery is
echoed on the back, and on both
sleeves.

They livery is made in linen, and fully
lined (also in linen), and it is hand
finished.
Wool by Abimelech hainsworth - makers of fine cloth since the Battle of Waterloo