Blanche Parry was Chief Gentlewoman and close confidante of Queen Elizabeth I. She was an influential courtier and received regular gifts of clothing from the queen, as a sign of favour and friendship. Blanche was a native of the small village of Bacton, Herefordshire, and, though it was a world away from the courts that she knew for most of her life, she evidently retained a deep affection for the place of her birth. She commissioned an elaborate monument within the church of St Faith, Bacton, and made generous bequests to the parish. Further connections between the late Tudor court and the small village can be seen in the form of a distinctly late sixteenth-century embroidered altar cloth that belongs to the church. The altar cloth was traditionally associated with Blanche, and it has been assumed over the years that it was a direct gift or bequest from Blanche herself. However, recent research conducted by the author and conservators at Historic Royal Palaces supports the more intriguing proposition that the altar cloth was, in fact, fashioned from a high-status court dress that may have once been the forepart of one of Queen Elizabeth I's own skirts. This article aims to prove this proposition through an analysis of materials and techniques, and of the evidence that links Bacton with the royal court itself.