John Skut
John Skut or Scut was a royal tailor during the reign of Henry VIII of England, working for his queens consort and other courtiers. He also made costumes for the revels and masques at court.[1]
Services
[edit]Skut began his services to Katherine of Aragon in 1519 and served all of the King's six wives: Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Katherine Parr.[2]
The privy purse accounts of Henry VIII include a payment for 16 yards of green damask fabric for John Skut to make clothes for Anne Boleyn in June 1532.[3]
Skut made clothes for Margaret Neville, a daughter of John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer and step-daughter of Katherine Parr. These included gowns in French, Dutch, Italian, and Venetian styles, and French hoods.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Maria Hayward, Dress at the Court of Henry VIII (Maney, 2008), p. 323.
- ^ Linda Porter, Katherine the Queen, p. 154.
- ^ Nicholas Harris Nicolas, The Privy Purse Expences Of King Henry the Eighth (London: Pickering, 1827), pp. 179, 223.
- ^ Maria Hayward, Dress at the Court of Henry VIII (Maney, 2007), p. 186.
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