A Cracowe Pike

Since I sent you the Query respecting a *Cracowe Pike*, I have found that I was wrong in supposing it to be a weapon or spear: for *Cracowe Pikes* was the name given to the preposterous "piked shoes," which were fashionable in the reign of Richard II., and which were so long in the toes that it was necessary to tie them with chains to the knee, in order to render it possible for the wearer to walk. Stowe, in his *Chronicle*, tells us that this extravagant fashion was brought in by Anne of Bohemia, Queen of Richard II. But why were they called *Cracowe* pikes?