Editing Lace (section)

=== England ===
The lace that was made in England prior to the introduction of bobbin lace in the mid 1500s was primarily cutwork or [[drawn thread work]]. There is a 1554 mention of Sir Thomas Wyatt wearing a ruff trimmed with [[Bobbin lace|bone lace]] (some bobbins at the time were made of bone).<ref name=":7">{{Cite book|last=Mincoff|first=Elizabeth|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16527223|title=Pillow or bobbin lace : technique, patterns, history|date=1987|publisher=Dover|others=Margaret S. Marriage|isbn=0-486-25505-0|location=New York|oclc=16527223}}</ref>{{Rp|49}} The court of [[Elizabeth I|Queen Elizabeth]] of England maintained close ties with the French court, and so French lace began to be seen and appreciated in England. Lace was used on her court gowns, and became fashionable.

There are two distinct areas of England where lacemaking was a significant industry: [[Devon]] and part of the [[South Midlands]].<ref name=":7" />{{Rp|48}} Belgian lacemakers were encouraged to settle in Honiton in Devon at the end of the 16th century. They continued to make pillow and other lace, as they had in their homeland, but [[Honiton lace]] never got the acclaim that lace from France, Italy, and Belgium did.<ref name=":2" />{{Rp|19–21}} While the lace in Devon stayed stable, in the lace-making areas of the South Midlands there were changes brought by different groups of [[émigré]]s: Flemings, French Huguenots, and later, French escaping the [[French Revolution|Revolution]].<ref name=":7" />{{Rp|48–49}}

[[Catherine of Aragon]], while exiled in Ampthill, England, was said to have supported the lace makers there by burning all her lace, and commissioning new pieces.<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 April 2017|title=St Catherine's Day, Cattern Cakes and Lace|url=https://www.lavenderandlovage.com/2011/11/st-catherines-day-lace-makers-and.html|website=Lavender and Lovage}}</ref> This may be the origin of the lacemaker's holiday, Cattern's Day.  On this day (25 or 26 November) lacemakers were given a day off from work, and Cattern cakes - small dough cakes made with [[Caraway|caraway seeds]], were used to celebrate.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jones|first=Julia|title=A Calendar of Feasts; Cattern cakes and lace|publisher=DK|year=1987|isbn=0863182526|location=England}}</ref> The English diarist [[Samuel Pepys]] often wrote about the lace used for his, his wife's, and his acquaintances' clothing, and on 10 May 1669, noted that he intended to remove the gold lace from the sleeves of his coat "as it is fit [he] should", possibly in order to avoid charges of ostentatious living.<ref name="Pepys">{{cite web|url=http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1669/05/10/|title=Monday 10 May 1669|date=10 May 1669|website=The Diary of Samuel Pepys|last1=Pepys|first1=Samuel|access-date=7 January 2015}}</ref> In 1840, Britain's Queen Victoria was married in lace, influencing the wedding dress style until now.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Fashion Book|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|year=2014|isbn=9781409352327|location=London|pages=46|oclc=889544401}}</ref>

The decline of the lace industry in England began about 1780, as was happening elsewhere. Some of the reasons include the increased popularity of clothing in the Classical style, the economic issues connected to war, and the increased production and use of machine-made laces.<ref name=":7" />{{Rp|51–52}}