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A History of the County of Oxford
… clothes on Christmas day. 11 The distribution of Cary's cloth was regularly made, but by the later 18th century the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… number of mercers and drapers suggest that the wool and cloth trades were important. In the 1550s a Woodstock man who … John Bradshaw (d. 1614), mercer, sold large quantities of cloth, thread, and buttons, but also raisins, sugar, spices, … mercer, who sold a similar range of goods, including cloth valued at over 100, also had a tallow chandler's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… considering schemes to employ the poor in silk winding or cloth and blanket weaving. 53 By the 18th century the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… a year c. 1594 and in 1605 there was neither a communion cloth nor a pewter pot. 12 In 1612 fives was played in the …