Hairpowder Certificates

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Genealogy Data for Burton Latimer

This page gives access to available records of individuals and families drawn from public sources like census data, published wills, parish records, etc, as well as the outcomes of research by Society members, such as monumental inscriptions.

Hair Powder Certificates

Researched and Compiled by Maureen MooreThe Hair Powder Certificate was closely associated with the right to wear a wig. Wigs, and the right to wear them, were visible signs of status in earlier centuries, and wigs had their own styles and fashions.To the Constable of...

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