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ATudor bonnet (also referred to as adoctor's bonnet orround cap) is a traditional soft-crowned, round-brimmed cap, with a tassel hanging from a cord encircling the hat. As the name suggests, the Tudorbonnet was popularly worn inEngland and elsewhere duringTudor times.
Today the cap is strongly associated withacademic tradition. It is typically worn as part ofacademic dress by the holder of a research or professionaldoctoral degree or a fullhigher doctorate. It may also be worn by a person who has been awarded an honorary doctorate. At certain educational establishments the cap distinguishes university officers, such as theesquire bedell, university marshal, the president of thestudents' union, and members of theuniversity council.
The cap is worn as traditional clothing with gowns and represents suitable headgear especially forlivery and burgessguild officers.
Tudor bonnets can be made of velvet or cloth, usually black but sometimes in other colors. The cord and tassel may be in a variety of colors. Gold is common in academic caps, but inOxford and some other institutions a black ribbon is traditional.
In many North American educational institutions it is usual for holders of doctorates to wear a soft, brimless,tam or traditionalmortarboard instead. Thebiretta also sometimes appears among holders oftheology degrees or officers at religious institutions.
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