Walter Fyshe

He inspected the accounts of a tailor called Molde who had made clothes for Anne, the wife of Henry Mewtas (a son of Peter Meutas), in 1566.

Elizabeth was interested in the fashions of other European courts, and in 1567 the ambassador Henry Norris was asked to recruit a tailor in Paris who could make apparel in the Italian and French manner.

Although Norris's wife Margery Williams, who Elizabeth nicknamed "Crow", agreed to help find a craftsman, no candidates were found.

[8][9] The costume historian Janet Arnold suggests that the gown worn by Elizabeth in the 'Phoenix' portrait painted by Nicholas Hilliard may represent a pattern sent from France, possibly by Lady Norris, made up by Fyshe.

[13] In February 1569, George Brediman, keeper of the wardrobe at Westminster, supplied Fyshe by warrant with "murray" coloured satin for a "straight bodied gown" and "patterns of gardings" for the Queen, and "purple cloth of silver with works" for a French kirtle and crimson cloth of gold tissued with gold and silver for a train for a French kirtle.

He frequently signed the Revels accounts as "Walter Fysshe",[18] and was responsible for buying fabrics for costumes, accessories, and stage properties.

In 1575, Lady Sussex advised Elizabeth Wingfield that an embroidered cloak of peach or blue watchet colour and a safeguard skirt would be a good choice, especially if "Waltare Fyeses to have the dowynge of it".

In 1567, Dorothy Bradbelt, a gentlewoman of the chamber, was given a Flanders gown of black velvet with satin made by Fyshe when she married John Habington, a clerk of the royal kitchen.