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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… old preparation originating in a monastery. According to Culpeper it was a CORDIAL - POWDER made from dried RED ROSEs, … and was 'very good for those that have slippery bowels' [Culpeper (1653, new ed. n.d.)]. A different meaning is given … such a pure white. The anonymous author of the 'Merchant's Warehouse Laid Open' described dimity as 'being of several …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth
… [June 12.] 16. Same to same. Solicits the Protector's favor on behalf of one Browne. June 14. Ely Place. 17. Same … in the manor of Yanworthe, co. Gloucester, to which Thos. Culpeper laid claim. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… a patent for 'Making ladies' elastic habits and gentlemen's coats, without seams' [Patents (1794)]. This extension of … scented and a SCENTED WATER was distilled from them. Culpeper considered this water to have among other virtues to … but also for bathing the forehead to relieve headache [Culpeper (1792)]. A quotation in the OED from Plot dated 1679 …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… mould. This was presumably how the bottles of 'BOERHAAVE's Grand BALSAM of HEALTH' were embossed [Newspapers (1751)]. … was used for external application and was, according to Culpeper, 'of good effect for inflammations, tumours, and … privies excepted ... by cooling and repelling the heat' [Culpeper (1653, new ed. n.d.)]. This plaster was not part of …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Plate, the Outside-Case Green Shagreen studded, the Maker's Name James Stretch of Birmingham; it had when lost three … Sources: Tradecards. Endive water [endiue water] Nicholas Culpeper did not make it clear which part of the ENDIVE was … 'to cool the excessive heat of the liver and stomach' [Culpeper (1792)]. An OED quotation dated 1661 shows that it …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth
… date, for 1553, read 1554. " 60, Art. 12, for Sir Thomas Culpeper, dele Sir. " 63, Art. 24, for Gaddilsmere, read …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… gained from the fact that it was listed among one retailer's RICH SAUCEs, most of which were highly flavoured and for … for most of the pungency found in mustard. 'Whitehead's Improved Essence of Mustard' was patented in 1798 as a … rivers [Mabey (1996)]. Neither John Gerard nor Nicholas Culpeper credited it with the virtue of curing scurvy, but it …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… (1769)]. George Lichtenberg described in 1775 how Boulton's factory in Soho in Birmingham had picked up the fashion, … of the mid-eighteenth century Materia Medica. Nicholas Culpeper commented caustically that if the 'Herb was but as … could be taken internally or 'dropped into the eyes' [Culpeper (1792)]. Not found as such in the OED online Found …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… used even of the officinal Gentiana lutea. Nicholas Culpeper began his article on Gentian, 'called also felwort … with the usual extensive claims of virtue for the plant, Culpeper noted that there is no 'more excellent herb for … WINE, it 'refresheth such as are weary with travelling' [Culpeper (1653, new ed. n.d.) under Gentian]. John Houghton, …
Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum
… Ambrose Trayton, Thomas Springet Esquires; Sir William Culpeper Baronet, Sir Thomas Henly, knight; and Master … himself Houshold-servant, or Waiting-servant to the King's Majesty, or other Lord or Lady, Master or Mistress, be … to the said Treasurer at his Office of Receipt in Weaver's Hall in London, who shall give Acquittances for the same …