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  • There were cap makers in Monmouth in 1449, but the knitted-cap industry in the town flourished under the Tudors. The earliest surviving example of the use of the term 'Monmouth Cap' is in a letter dated 1576. By this time the Monmouth industry was at its height, but other towns had taken up the manufacture, encouraged by legislation protecting the knitted woollen cap industry throughout the sixteenth century. Monmouth caps were essential equipment for seventeenth century soldiers and sailors, although they were no longer made in Monmouth. Monmouth caps were so familiar and widely used that they were taken for granted. Everyone knew what was meant by a 'Monmouth cap', so there was no need to describe it in writing. We can be sure, from the few references we have, that they were knitted, brown in colour, round in shape, with a 'button' on top. The hat shown here is believed to be an original Monmouth cap, the only surviving example, dating from the sixteenth century. Source: Display boards, Nelson Museum & Local History Centre.
Monmouth cap, 16th century
  • These two pots (small inside large), excavated from a house site in Monnow Street, Monmouth, represent the first example found in northern Europe of a cooking process using un-slaked lime and water. Food sealed in the inner pot was cooked by the heat generated from the reaction between water and un-slaked lime in the space between the inner and outer pots. Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster and Lord of Monmouth described this method of cooking in his devotional book 'Le Livre de Seyntz Medecines' of 1354, noting that the slow cooking time gave a man time to walk between 'five and seven leagues'. Source: Display boards, Nelson Museum & Local History Centre.
Medieval lime-powered cooking pot [image 1 of 2]
  • Pitchers of this type were made on the banks of the River Avon and are found throughout Monmouthshire. This near complete example was rescued from a demolition site in Chepstow. Source: Display boards, Nelson Museum & Local History Centre.
12th century ceramic pitcher from Chepstow
Norman ceramic oil lamp
  • These five floor tiles were recovered from the 'Cadogan House Kiln' in Monmouth. This kiln is only the second known outside of Great Malvern to be producing this type of tile. It was established by the late 15th century by tilers from Malvern working on a contract at Monmouth Priory. Source: Display boards, Nelson Museum & Local History Centre.
Group of medieval floor tiles from Monmouth [image 1 of 6]
19th century Lloyd's bank cash box [image 1 of 2]