Hi everyone. I'm Kathleen, and I'll be tutoring your group this semester. It's going to be fun!
Just to whet your appetite, here's a picture of a cool thing I saw in the National Archives in London
last year. It's a 14th century military wages pouch that belonged to
Thomas de Rokeby, keeper of the castles of Edinburgh and Stirling,
during the reign of Edward III. It contains his accounts for things like
paying his men between 1340-1342. [The Latin writing on the outside
tells us this]
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| 14th century military wages pouch (TNA, E101/23/1) |
The pouch and straps were made of lamb, calf or kid leather (from a young goat), known as vellum. I actually got the chance to handle this object, and I can tell you that it's still incredibly soft after 670 years!
