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A History of the County of Sussex
… appointment as Lord High Admiral, and the three ostrich plumes, referring to the birth of the king's son …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies, China and Japan
… gloves ; wines, strong waters ; various kinds of dogs; ostrich plumes ; handsome halberds. "These people are very …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies, China and Japan
… title of the Company, and on the other side with the three ostrich feathers as given by the Prince of Wales, yet with …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… for that purpose, consisting of sugar, furs, wines, ostrich feathers, and other merchandises which are mostly …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… chests to the value of 150,000 francs, of rich furs and ostrich feathers, to the value of 100,000 francs. Thus much …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… of Bruges who had 344 casks of sugar and two packages of ostrich feathers seized by the English during the late war …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… Champernown in 1563 at Dartmouth of certain sugars and ostrich feathers, and a sentence given by certain judges …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… side. Extract of certain propositions exhibited at the 'Ostrich Lansdaie or parliament,' anno 1578, iii Febr. 1. The …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… estrich] A variant, common in the early-modern period for OSTRICH OED online earliest date of use: 1580 under Feather maker Found describing HAT See also ESTRIDGE WOOL, OSTRICH FEATHER. Sources: Inventories (early), Rates. … it seems unlikely that it was from the bird called the OSTRICH. Eric Kerridge showed that it was in fact SHEEPS WOOL …