- gold aglets;
placards for gowns; stomachers; frontlets;
French hoods and
billiments of
black velvet and
white satin; partlets; and
crimson velvet hats. The...
- the
jewels of Mary,
Queen of Scots,
include several pairs of
jewelled "
billiments" worn at the
front of a hood. They were
described using a
French word...
- this time,
decorated with gold and jewel-set
bands of "
billiments". She gave
pairs of
billiments of "goldsmith work" to the
ladies and
gentlewomen in her...
-
possibly as her servant. Mary gave her
ladies and
gentlewomen pairs of "
billiments", gold
bands to wear on
their head
dresses or
French hoods at her coronation...
-
equivalent accessories for
French hoods were
called upper and
nether billiments.
After the
death of Mary I of England, and the
death of her
first husband...
- Jesus, and a
jacinth stone on its
other side. She
owned four
pairs of
billiments,
upper and nether, of goldsmith's work for her
French hoods, and a velvet-covered...
- the Abbey. An
inventory of
jewels mentions that
twenty pairs of gold
billiments (for head dresses), of
sundry fashions, were
issued to the
ladies and...
- Lowe" was the
mother of the "Dowche Maydes". Anne
Poyntz was
given a "
billiment" head
dress to wear at the
coronation of Mary I of England, and took part...
-
bequests in her will, she left to her daughter-in-law, Mary Petre, a
billiment of
goldsmith work with
black enamel,
thirteen pieces set with nine pearls...
