Archaeologist dug up a 500-year-old skeleton wearing boots

£400.00 model 15/7TH from Plantagenet Shoes in the UK.
They specialize in handmade historical footware.

if you don’t need thigh high or muckproof wading then slightly lower boots below the knee were worn for horse riding during the same period. the turnover leather roll up to tighten boot was the working mans boot of the 15th century from that area.

there are also thigh high styles that aren’t waders for a bit cheaper from a few sellers, i’m not sure which professions used these. likely one that needed “protective footware” which is what these were at the time.

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