This being Friday 13th and the feast eve of St. Homobonus the patron saint of tailors it seems fitting that the codpiece should rate a mention. They were sported by European Aristocrats including Henry VIII from the 1540's to 1580's and a prominant symbol of fashion virility, men would have larger and more elaborate ones to outdo each other.(no change there then)
Henry VIII's armour on display at Windsor castle has one and the belief was that women wishing to conceive should touch it with a pin. Which should have pleased him. Though during his lifetime he might have been a little insecure, why else would he introduce a law that limited the size of a gentlemans codpiece to 10inches.( New worlds, Lost worlds the rule of the Tudors. by Susan Brigden).
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