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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… a cause of decline, for it was built to attract trade to New Salisbury. But its very success was also a … same day it was Salisbury which was able to capture the trade, and merchants were prepared to risk a heavy penalty provided that they could trade their goods in a better market; thus royal action was …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… important attributes of an early borough in government and trade. It was a minting place of more than passing … on the town, made Wilton an ideal market centre, and trade would flourish behind the safe walls of the royal town. … with a view of Wilton as a centre continuing to attract trade and business. See p. 1. G. M. Young, Origin of the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… dates from the Anglo-Saxon period, for conditions of local trade, as shewn above, were exceptionally favourable. 1 The … waylaying merchants going to Salisbury and forcing them to trade in the Wilton market, the Wilton men, on the other … again in the 17th century, above all in the clothing trade, caused the mayor and burgesses to petition for a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… borough to specify them when Wilton merchants wanted to trade with other towns, in order to ensure that they were … parliamentary burgesses and kept as tight a hold over the trade and industry of the town as the Guild Merchant had done …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Medieval trade and industry MEDIEVAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY The economic importance of Wilton in the … exempting the burgesses from financial exactions on their trade with other towns can only have set the seal on an …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… to apprentice some of the sons of poor men to the textile trade, but there was not always sufficient employment in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… outfit for persons under twenty-one entering service or a trade or other occupation; thirdly, to supply clothes, linen, …