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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… it was Salisbury which was able to capture the trade, and merchants were prepared to risk a heavy penalty provided that …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… early 16th century Wilton cloth was being marketed by the merchants of Salisbury together with their own cloth, and … the same time, as that of her more powerful neighbour. Merchants of Salisbury such as William Webb 10 and Thomas …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the bailiffs and other men of Wilton had been waylaying merchants going to Salisbury and forcing them to trade in the … rights of Wilton, drew attention to the attraction of merchants from the Wilton markets to those of Salisbury, and … in Wilton, Salisbury, and other market towns forbidding merchants under pain of forfeiture to sell merchandise in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… necessary for the borough to specify them when Wilton merchants wanted to trade with other towns, in order to …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of the trade of the past, in the number and variety of the merchants, who formerly would have brought their meat, fish, … the country and although they were rarely described as merchants they were sometimes designated as spicers, 31 … and the remaining 34 by the men of Wilton. 43 Wilton merchants purchased wine direct from the merchant vintners of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… mayor. As the century progressed, more and more frequently merchants, lawyers, and lesser gentry of Salisbury and the … of Wilton. Wilton was still occasionally represented by merchants in the 16th century; in 1553, for example, it was …