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Chamber Accounts of the Sixteenth Century
… of the 4 children for barber, laundry (launder), school, hose, shoes (shewes) and other necessaries for the children …
Old and New London
… consisted of two hair-cloths, two cowls, two pair of hose, and a cloak, all of the coarsest manufacture, contrived …
A History of the County of Warwick
… linen cloth, garden produce, gloves, cutlers' wares, hats, hose, salt, oatmeal, fruit, and confectionery, was moved from …
Report on the Records of the City of Exeter
… 1,000 li. for the furnishing of the said Soldiers, with hose, shooes and conduct money to carry them to the Countries … p'ut .. .. .. 05 11 00 23rd Dec., 1627.For conduct monie, hose and shooes uppon the removall of the said 160 Souldiers …
A History of the County of Leicester
… of 'spurious' hosiery, 'cut-up goods', or 'straight-down hose', which, instead of being fashioned, were knitted … quality, partly because of undercutting by German cotton hose. 51 A manufacturer spoke to William Biggs to the same … effect, and added that he had imported German gloves and hose into Britain and had sold them profitably in spite of …
A History of the County of Leicester
… in the 1790's he had been able to produce about 2 dozen hose a week, for which he was paid 10 s. a dozen. From the … more than 1. These rates were for the production of ribbed hose. 252 Another framework-knitter said that in the years … century he was earning 21 s. a week, producing wrought hose. 255 Workers producing the type of stockings known as …
A History of the County of Leicester
… 86 3 s. 7 d. and 20 9 s. 1 d. respectively; and a stock of hose at London worth 11. In spite of the fact that 327 14 s. … poor were set to work making jerseys to be stitched into hose. In 1584 the corporation sent away for teachers of … line of trade. 140 Mercers also took to trading in knitted hose. 141 At the same time jersey-wheels begin to appear in …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… he put off his jacket and doublet, and stood in his hose and shirt, and then went to the stake, and stood upon …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… 117 apparelled all in black satin doublets, black hose, black taffata hatts, and yellow bands; and their … and at the other end as many knitting of worsted yarn hose: and in the midst of the said stage, stood a pritty boy … side with rebated swords and targets (only in doublet and hose, and murrion on head) approached and would claim the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… at the inn asked for a fire, and pulling up his hose put his leg as near the flame as he could to ascertain …