Anciently richly adorned and decorated with precious Stones,--as in the Rolls of Parliament, anno 53 Hen. III. A. D. 1267. "Et de 2 Paribus _Chirothecarum_ cum lapidibus." [Warton's History of Poetry, vol. I. p. 182, note. Grose.] Edward Vere, Earl of Oxford, according to Mr. Walpole's account, on the authority of Stowe,--"having travelled into Italy, is recorded to have been the first that brought into England _embroidered_ GLOVES and Perfumes; and presenting the Queen [Elizabeth] with a Pair of the former, she was so pleased with them, as to be drawn with them in one of her Portraits." [Royal and Noble Authors, vol. i. p. 159. Note to Winter's Tale, edit. Johnson and Steevens, 1778, p. 388.] "Give _Gloves_ to the Reapers, a Largesse to cry." [Tusser, _v._ Hist. of Hawsted. 190.] The Monastery of Bury allowed its Servants two pence apiece for _Glove-Silver_ in Autumn. [Hist. of Hawsted. 190.] The rural Bridegroom, in Laneham's (or Langham's) Account of the Entertainment of Queen Elizabeth at Kenelworth Castle, 1575, had--a Payr of _Harvest Gloves_ on his Hands, as a sign of good Husbandry. Id. in eod. When Sir Thomas Pope, the Founder of Trinity College, Oxford, visited it, 1556, "The Bursars offered him a present of embroidered _Gloves_." [Warton's Life of Sir Thomas Pope, p. 119.] When Sir Thomas Pope had founded the College, the University complimented him with a Letter of Thanks, which was accompanied with a Present of _rich Gloves_, 1556. [Warton's Life, p. 132, note.] The Gloves were sent both to himself and Lady, and cost 6_s._ 8_d._ [Id. in eod.] After the death of Sir Thomas Pope, his Widow married Sir Hugh Powlett; on which occasion the College presented her, as the Wife of the Founder, with a Pair of very rich Gloves, the charge for which runs--Pro _Pari Chirothecarum_ dat. Dom. Powlett et Domine Fundatrici, xvi s. Idem, p. 185. See also p. 191, ubi sæpe; and p. 411. "Pro Chirothecis Magistri Pope, xxxii s. An article charged in the Bursar's books of Trinity College, Oxford, is "pro fumigatis _Chirothecis_." [Warton.] These were often given to College-Tenants, and Guests of Distinction; but this fell into disuse soon after the Reign of Charles I. Idem. [Grose.] George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland, received a _Glove_ from Queen Elizabeth. The Queen had dropped it, when he taking it up to return to her, she presented it to him as a mark of her esteem. He adorned it with Jewels, and wore it in the front of his Hat on days of Tournaments. It is expressed in a print of him by Robert White. [Bray's Tour, p. 319.] See for Gloves worn in Hats, Old Plays, vol. ii. p. 132, second edition: King Lear, act iii. sc. 4. edit, 1778 by Johnson and Steevens. N. B. Such Tokens as these were called _Favours_[375], from whence we derive the term for Ribbons given on Weddings. I presume they are supposed to be given by the hand of the Bride.