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A History of the County of Oxford
… partial recovery perhaps based partly on the town's wool trade. 37 During the 15th century the town seems to have … on roads southwards to Abingdon (Berks.) and Southampton. Trade-links with Southampton were recorded in the 15th and … Whatever the date, the motive was presumably to stimulate trade and maximise profits by attracting merchants and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as clothiers whose possessions included no stock-in-trade or raw materials; significantly, such men often had … business, suggesting that they had been able to give up trade and in effect retire. Andrew Hodson, called a … of better-off townsmen by that time. 96 Tools and stock-in-trade were also kept in chambers. A fuller in 1676 had …
A History of the County of Oxford
… standard jurisdiction over minor public-order offences and trade regulation. 14 In 1279 the burgesses were exempt from … existed. All such officers were ordinary townsmen, the trade-officers being usually chosen for their professional … held by the churchwardens and overseers. 187 During the trade recession of the 1690s expenditure on poor relief seems …
A History of the County of Oxford
… associated with the cloth industry and to have had London trade links, those from Witney including a weaver, a town …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… for the Newfoundland fishery, and blankets for the home trade: the number of persons regularly employed varies from …
A History of the County of Essex
… 16th and 17th centuries, supply- ing wool for the cloth trade of Colchester and other towns, but arable farming was … in exchange for herrings, and bulkier brigs for general trade. 6 Wivenhoe reached the peak of its fame for yacht- and …