[Bell Historians] Stays

[Anne Willis]

I strongly suspect that Mr Butler made female garments.  There would have to
be an awful lot of bad ringing to justify a dedicated stay maker!

 

Ask Lorna Haycock at Devizes Museum; she may know something about local stay
makers.

 

 

Anne

 

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From: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Dennis Powney
Sent: 24 February 2009 19:36
To: Historians Bell
Subject: [Bell Historians] Stays

 

In his will, written in 1760, Daniel Butler of Bromham Wilts gave his
occupation as a stay-maker. Was he employed full-time making the stays to
hold a bell in the mouth-upward position, or could he be making female
undergarments! Or, is there a third meaning to the word STAY that Daniel
could have been engaged in making in rural Wiltshire in the 18th century?
Any suggestion will be most welcome, thanks.

Dennis Powney.

 

           
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