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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… confirmation of their charter from John, 700 ells of linen cloth formed part of the payment, 20 and in 1249 the Sheriff … of Wiltshire was ordered to obtain 2,000 ells of linen cloth at Wilton, and send them to the Keeper of the Wardrobe … London. 21 It is not possible to estimate how much woollen cloth was being manufactured in Wilton in the 13th and 14th …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… The school was in West Street in the premises of a former cloth mill, and had accommodation for 310 children; it …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… a primary cremation with remains of an urn, 'linen' cloth, a grooved bronze dagger, a bone pin and a bone pendant … on the N.W. side, yielded a primary cremation wrapped in cloth beneath an inverted collared urn ( Devizes Mus. Cat., …
A History of the County of Somerset
… industry The name Rack Haies, recorded in 1558, implies cloth finishing 40 and there was a shearman in the parish in … 18th century the town was noted for fine Spanish medley cloth and dowlais. 44 A silkweaver was recorded in 1677. 45 … described themselves as former weavers. 57 The retail cloth trade also flourished during the 17th and 18th …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hand. Henry, also, to prevent frauds in the measurement of cloth, ordered a standard yard, of the length of his own arm, …
Survey of London
… of Wynchastur[s] plasse was rychely hangyd with ryche cloth of arras wrought with gold and sylver and sylke" for …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… involved. It is possible that their chief merchandise was cloth, and even as late as the reign of Edward I no less than … provide thirty cloths and those of Leicester ten. Besides cloth it is probable that the northern cities may have sent … sent. 16 The West countrymen 17 possibly brought coarse cloth from an early period in addition to tin and perhaps …