Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · 19/06/2026In June 1573 James VI got a new ‘fute ball’. He also had white shoes with red lining - not quite a pair of Predators, but close! #earlymodern 120 0
Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Of course! Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, XII, p. 353 - a ‘fute ball to the Kingis majestie’ - and pp. 26-8 of James VI, Britannic Prince for shoes and other colourful fabrics and furnishings of his childhood home. 020 0
