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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… in valuations, ranging from 10d to 6s a yard. According to Kerridge, 'serge of Athens' was introduced in the early … (late), Newspapers, Rates, Tradecards. References: Kerridge (1985), 7, 57, 67, and many others, Montgomery …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… never before known or made in this our kingdome', [Kerridge (1985)]; [PATENTS 0165 (1672)], for the short … Newspapers, Patents, Rates, Tradecards. References: Kerridge (1985), 78-79, 128, Montgomery (1984), 345-6. Shag … See also SHAG. Sources: Inventories (early). References: Kerridge (1985), 106. Shag tobacco At times it was probably …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… to the OED, was to make undergarments for ascetics. Kerridge gives a different origin. According to him … was particularly noted. In this sense, according to Kerridge, it was used to GOWNs, PETTICOATs and COATs, as well … later sense; 1725 as a strainer Sources: Acts. References: Kerridge (1985), 22, Montgomery (1984), 351. Stammel …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… immigrants from the Low Countries in Canterbury from 1622 [Kerridge (1985)], although the Books of Rates suggest most … by YARD Sources: Inventories (early), Rates. References: Kerridge (1985). Stitching [stiching; stich] The THREAD, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… for dyeing red and black and for dyeing in the piece [Kerridge (1985)]. Montgomery reports that recent analysis of … PIECE, YARD Sources: Inventories (mid-period). References: Kerridge (1985), Montgomery (1984). Stub eel [stub eele] It …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… 'a thin, plain weave, stiffened with extra weft threads' [Kerridge (1985)]. In the early modern period this usually … century. Their skills were soon copied by ENGLISH weavers [Kerridge (1985)]. Taffeta was highly fashionable and was … Newspapers, Patents, Rates, Tradecards. References: Kerridge (1985), Montgomery (1984). Taffeta ribbon …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… 27 Nov. Miller, J. 1756 15 Sept. Jordan, J. 1756 20 Sept. Kerridge, F. 1756 17 Nov. Simpson, F. By 1757 Bambrough, G. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… in the second half of the seventeenth century [Kerridge (1985)]. Sources: Rates. References: Kerridge (1985). Tow [towne; towe] Particularly during the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of skilled craftsmen, not all of whom were foreigners [Kerridge (1985)]. Tuftaffetas were normally made of SILK and … therefore valued highly, but some were made of half-LINEN [Kerridge (1985)]. Valuations in the Dictionary Archive range … TAFFETA. Sources: Inventories (early), Rates. References: Kerridge (1984). Tufted lawn A TEXTILE in the form of a LINEN …
A History of the County of Essex
… 134; D. Defoe, Tour, ed. G. D. H. Cole (1927), i. 17. E. Kerridge, Textile Manufactures in Early Modern Eng. 242. … i. 707; W. Cunningham, Alien Immigrants to Eng. 177; E. Kerridge, Agric. Revolution, 269; Morant, Colch. 76; Agrarian …