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18th November 11, 07:22 PM
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Re: Question-Kendel Green-Sir W.Scott
I remenber Kendal Green cloth from my many visits to the town of Kendal years ago.
Found this on t'net...
Kendal Green
Green cloth for foresters; so called from Kendal, Westmoreland, famous at one time for this manufacture. Kendal green was the livery of Robin Hood and his followers. In Rymer's Faedera (ii. 83) is a letter of protection, dated 1331, and granted by Edward III. to John Kempe of Flanders, who established cloth-weaving in the borough.
Also...
“How couldst thou know these men in Kendal green, when it was so dark thou couldst not see thy hand?” —Shakespeare: 1 Henry IV., ii. 4.
And...
A shade of green produced by a dye extracted from the woadwaxen plant.
See: http://www.prcupcc.org/herbs/herbsw/woadwaxen.htm
Note: I always thought Robin Hood was in Lincoln Green.
Chris.
Last edited by chrisupyonder; 18th November 11 at 07:31 PM.
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