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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… etc. The term was also used elliptically for YORKSHIRE CLOTH. OED earliest date of use: c1386 Found describing ALE, … STOCKINGS Found described as RED See also YORKSHIRE CLOTH, YORKSHIRE HAM. Sources: Inventories (early), … (mid-period), Newspapers, Rates, Tradecards. Yorkshire cloth [yorkesheir cloth; yorckshire cloth] No entry in the …
Survey of London
… also there lay a thousand pieces of fine holland cloth Furthermore there was also all the walls of the gallery …