Tag: Gentleman Commoner
Classes in their classes
by admin on Apr.19, 2013, under Blog posts

This student wears the academic robes of a wealthy Gentleman Commoner, the second-highest rank of student at Oxford during the regency.
What was a tufthunter, and whose tuft was he hunting? I’m at Romancing the Past today, discussing the social pecking order at Oxford University during the regency.