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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.

Services

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.

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.

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.

References

  1. Maria Hayward, Dress at the Court of Henry VIII (Maney, 2008), p. 323.
  2. Linda Porter, Katherine the Queen, p. 154.
  3. Nicholas Harris Nicolas, The Privy Purse Expences Of King Henry the Eighth (London: Pickering, 1827), pp. 179, 223.
  4. Maria Hayward, Dress at the Court of Henry VIII (Maney, 2007), p. 186.


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