86073 shoes&pattens
7

Shoes from London sites, 1100-1450

17

Table 1. Shoes (all sizes) from Seal House, early/mid 13th century.

Drawstring

	Type 1	Type 2	Type 3	Uncertain type	Buckie	Toggle	Slip- on	Side- laced	Not known	Total
Shoe	_	_	_	—	—	—	2	1	—	3
Ankle-shoe	3	—	—	—	1	2	—	2	—	8
Boot	2	5	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	9
Not known	2	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	6	10
Total	7	5	1	3	1	2	2	3	6	30

Drawstring

Type 1

Table 2: Shoes (all sizes) from Billingsgate, early/mid 13th century.

Drawstring

	Type 1	Type 2	Type 3	Uncertain type	Toggle	Slip- on	Side- laced	Not known	Total
Shoe	_	—	—	—	—	i	2	—	3
Ankle-shoe	6	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	8
Boot	2	4	4	1	—	—	—	—	11
Not known	—	2	2	3	—	—	1	8	16
Total	8	6	6	4	2	i	3	8	38

over the toes but is high at the heel; it is also un-usual in that it has a long strip insert around the lower part of the ąuarters, possibly designed for easy replacement in the event of severe wear to the heel.

As in the 12th century the most common style was the Iow boot or ankle-shoe fastened with a drawstring wound once or twice around the leg, normally just below the ankle (Tables 1-2; Figs. 20-23). Impressions and the size of the slots show that the string was often ąuite broad, measuring up to c.5 mm across. The 13th-century examples tend to rise much higher up the leg than their 12th-century predecessors and to be roomier and morę rounded at the toe, but again their appearance almost exclusively in the smaller sizes reinforces the impression that this was a style favoured mainly by women and children. On the other hand, the fuli boots and side-laced shoes (described below) almost all seem to have been wom by men.

20 Early/mid 13th-century ankle-shoe. Scalę 1:3 approx.