At the Sign of the Barber's Pole: Studies In Hirsute HistoryAndrews, William
History
At the Sign of the Barber's Pole: Studies In Hirsute History
Andrews, William
Barbers; Hairdressing -- History
The moustache figures in recent wills. In 1862, one made by Henry Budd
came into force, and declared as follows against the wearing of
moustaches by his sons in the following terms: "In case my son Edward
shall wear moustaches, the devise herein before contained in favour of
him, his appointees, heirs, and assigns of my said estate, called Pepper
Park, shall be void; and I devise the same estate to my son William, his
appointees, heirs, and assigns. And in case my said son William shall
wear moustaches, then the devise hereinbefore contained in favour of
him, his appointees, heirs, and assigns of my said estate, called
Twickenham Park, shall be void; and I devise the said estate to my said
son Edward, his appointees, heirs, and assigns."
Mr Fleming, an upholsterer, of Pimlico, by his will, proved in 1869,
left L10 each to the men in his employ who did not wear moustaches, and
to those who persisted in wearing them, L5 only.
In the daily newspapers of July 11th, 1901, it was stated: "French
motor-car owners having shown a disposition to make their chauffeurs
shave, the latter combined in defence of their moustaches, which they
declare to be a sanitary protection."
INDEX
Absalom, 7, 8
Age of wigs, 71-93
Agrarian law repealed, 48
Albemarle, Earl of, 78
---- Duchess of, 17
Alexander III., Pope, forbids clergy to act as surgeons, 27
Alfreton, 102
Anne, Queen, 82
Assyrian sculptures, 72
"_Antiquarian Repertory_," quoted, 2
"_Athenian Oracle_," quoted, 1
Aubrey, quoted, 17, 54
Bag-wig, 84
Bakewell, Derbyshire, epitaph from, 32
Ballad of the Beard, 41-44
Banks, Mrs G. Linnaeus, quoted, 67
Banks and the moustache, 105
Bar and the moustache, 107
Barber-surgeon, antiquity of, 26
Barber's pole, 1-8
Barber's shop, 8-24
Barbers and surgeons, laws relating to their work, 28
---- separate, 31
Barbers' Company, first Master of the, 27
Barnard Castle, 18
Barristers without wigs, 88
Bathurst, Lord, cuts off his pig-tail, 84
Bayeux tapestry, 34
Beard protection against neuralgia, 99
Beardie Scott, 47
Beardless Britons, 33
Bible, quoted, 33
Bleeding at Northallerton, 31
Blomfield, Bishop, 86
Boxing the beard, 56
Brand's "Popular Antiquities," 5
_British Apollo_, quoted, 6
Britons, 33
Bronte, Rev. P., story about, 25, 26
Bygone beards, 33-56
Campaign wig, 81
Canterbury, Sheriff of, 36
Cavaliers, 44
Chair, barber's, 14
Charles I., 38, 44, 48
---- II., 25
Charlotte, Queen, 66
Chaucer, quoted, 52
Chester barber-surgeons, 23
Church denounces wigs, 73
---- denounces moustache, 108
Churchyards, barbers shave in, 21, 23
Clergy caring for men's bodies and souls, 26
Cloth of gold, 55
Cockburn, Judge, 87
Combing the wig, 79
Congreve, 79
"_Comenii Orbis Pictus_," quoted, 2
Comenius, Bishop, 2
Contractors and the moustache, 105
Cox, Rev. Dr J.C., quoted, 70
Crimean War, 99
Crop clubs, 64
Curing a joking duke, 18
Cyprus customs, 50
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