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 Stourton (died 1438) (c. 1376–1406), daughter and heiress of William Banaster (d. 1395) of East Lydford, Somerset, widow of Robert Affeton. Their daughter, Cecily Stourton, married firstly John Hill MP, of Spaxton, son of Robert Hill (c. 1361 – 1423) of Spaxton, and grandson of Sir John Hill (died 1408) Justice of the King's Bench; secondly Sir Thomas Kyriell of Sarrecourt, Isle of Thanet. Before 1416, he married Alice Denys (or Peny) and had a daughter, Johanna Stourton, who became the wife of John Sydenham MP, of Combe Sydenham in Somerset. She inherited from her father the manor of Brympton d'Evercy, Somerset, later