“Initial work shows that during the13th and 14^th centuries purses were worn by both men and women. Usually a purse was worn on a girdle to the right of the buckle…” (Eagan 342).

“More expensive purses, usually made from cloth such as velvet rather than leather, were sometimes called hamondeys/hamodeys in the 14^th century but the precise meaning of this term is uncertain” (Eagan 342).