1300–1400 in European fashion this period, the most dignified figures, like King Charles in the illustration, continue to wear long overgowns—although as the Royal Chamberlain, de Vaudetar was himself a person of very high rank. This abandonment of the gown to emphasise a tight top over the torso, with breeches or trousers below, was to become the distinctive feature of European men's fashion for centuries to come. Men had carried purses up to this time because tunics did not provide pockets. The funeral effigy and "achievements" of Edward, the Black Prince in Canterbury Cathedral, who died in 1376, show the military version of the
Robert Marmion (died 1144) off his head. He was buried at Polesworth, in unconsecrated ground as he had been excommunicated for his desecration of St Mary's Priory. His wife was named Millicent, a relation of King Henry I's second wife Adeliza of Louvain. Some sources say she was the daughter of Gervais, Count of Rethel, elder brother of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem. After Robert's death, she married Richard Camville. Their son is given in some sources as Robert, who died before October 1181 and is supposed to be the father of a third Robert, dead in 1218. Robert Marmion (died 1144) Robert Marmion