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
John Hopton (died 1478) John Hopton (died 1478) John Hopton (about 1405-1478) was an English landowner and administrator with estates in Suffolk and Yorkshire who was active in local government during the reigns of King Henry VI and King Edward IV. He was a son of Thomas Hopton (died before 1428) and his wife Margaret, daughter of William Pert of Terrington (Tiverington in old documents ) and his wife Joan Scrope. His father was the illegitimate child of Joan Hopton, from a gentry family with lands near Swillington, and his paternal grandfather was Sir Robert Swillington, Chamberlain of the Household to John of Gaunt.