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I N T RODUCT I ON M O N G the a rts which fl o u ri sh ed in England in medi a eva l t none wa s ore in re e a n a o f e ro er . imes , m put th th t mb id y l sh or wa s s e a a e a roa a nd wa s fre E ng i w k p ci lly v lu d b d , qu ently r ecorded a s s uch by th e s cribes wh o p enned th e will s of eccl esi a stics a nd i nv entori es of chu rch goods a s ' r s T he er o us a n l zca n m ea rly a s th e thi rteenth a nd fourteenth centu i e . t m p g u is o n in F a a n a nd o en s of s a nd f u d rench , I t li , Spanish d cum t thi class , it wa s er a n re a r e not on eno n th e ou n r of c t i ly g d d ly as d ti g c t y origin , but as f h k i ndica ti ng also th e va lu e a nd exc ellence o t e wor . But English embroid ery wa s seen a nd a pp recia ted on th e c onti nent f P he r n of e ore the r een en r . a o t t o er Europe b f thi t th c tu y Willi m oi iers , ch icl a nd a a n of a th e s a es a a o na r on ch pl i Willi m Conqueror, t t th t th t m ch , his re rn to N or a n a er the on es of a s e s a s on s tu m dy ft c qu t England , c u d uch t i h m ent a mong his cou ntrym en by the spl endou r of his embroidered sta te a nd of ose of e a a ll a e ha d e ore e e robes , th his chi f nobles , th t th t th y b f b h ld of the sa n s e e m ea n o a r son T h e ron er a lso s a es me ki d e m d by c mp i . ch icl t t a e in ro er a nd n th t Englishwomen were highly skill d emb id y w ea vi g . Fa rther b a ck s till we ha ve th e most con clu sive evidenc e of th e Skill of - e ro er r a a n n r a n a Anglo Saxon mb id e s . Some ex mpl es d ti g from a c e tu y d ha lf e ore th e N or a n on es a nd n s a of - k b f m C qu t , i di put bly Anglo Saxon wor , B ' ’ I o E ng/zs/z E mér ai a ery ha ve s u rvived the l ong i nterva l a nd ma y now be seen in the libra ry of r a a e ra . a re a s o e a nd a n e o n i n 1 8 2 in th e Du h m C th d l They t l m ipl , f u d 7 f o o . er in th e r t mb St Cuthb t ca th ed a l . Pa i nted ph otogra ph s of these r T h e a e exhibited . skill which these b ea utiful fra gments di spl a y c ould a r a e een a su en a nd s on a neo s r a n r i h dly h v b dd p t u g owth . I f y p oof s nec essa ry th a t s uch a chi evements w ere the result of l ong p ra ctice i n th e rt be o n i n h n r a to t e s a e en s of old ro e s . , it is f u d t t m t ch icl B f the end of th s n f e e e en r . s o o e ore v th c tu y, St Aldhelm , Bi h p Sherborne, e e ra e i n ers e th e s or f the - embroid res c l b t d v kilful w k o Anglo Saxon e ses . a s or wa s e or ere th e o e s ere o a ne i s now Wh t thi w k lik , wh m d l w bt i d , it o s h imp s ibl e to sa y. Tha t orna menta l needlework wa s a mong t e a ccompli sh m ents of th e Anglo -Saxon wom en wh en th ey fi rs t settl ed i n England i s r highly imp oba bl e .