Thomas Gylles made his living letting out costumes for public and private entertainments. In 1571, he issued a complaint to Sir William Cecil, alleging that the Yeoman of the Queen's Revels was injuring his business and ruining the Queen's wardrobe by putting her dresses up for hire. In his complaint, Giles enumerates twenty-one known instances of this practice. Item 2 on his list is 'the yello cloth of golde gownes, lent to greyes In in Janarye.'