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Sources: ~ Six Wives Info: Tudor Ruff Think of Tudor dress. Do you think of the famous ruffs? Many people do, and I can tell you they are very impressive! One of the Kentwell gentlemen walks around in a slashed doublets, hose complete with a giant ruff! The ruffs were made famous by the Elizabethans but they were still fashionable in the Stuart era. Originally designed for practical use by the Spanish, the garment soon became a fashion statement, the bigger the ruff, the better the man/ woman! They were designed to stop the expensive fabrics of the clothing from getting spoilt.  Made out of starched linen, ruffs were pinned up to ears or held up by wire! Ruffs were crafted for the rich as the poor could not afford such fine linen and garments. The most exquisite and finest ruffs, like the ones worn by Elizabeth I, were created out of expensive lace. The slightly cheaper ones were made out of fine linen.  Here are some images of ruffs:

A fictional illustration of the trial of Rebecca Nurse Between February of 1692 and May 1693 a witch finding hysteria that occurred in Massachusetts, America. These are known as the Salem witch trials because a group of young girls claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several old women in the colony. The trials resulted in twenty executions, one of the so called 'witches' was seventy- one years old Rebecca Nurse. Rebecca Nurse was a devout Christian and a kindly family woman, as well as being the pillar of the community. She was born in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk and went on the Mayflower voyage to New England (aka America). Rebecca's parents were William and Joanna Towne. William and Joanna also had three other daughters- Susan (died aged five), Mary (executed alongside her sister during the Salem witch trials) and Sarah (who was also convicted but survived and defended her innocent sisters but failed and was excommunicated along with the Nurses); th...