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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… various forms of straits emerged including WHITE STRAITS, RUSSET straits and PIN WHITE [Acts (1514)]; [Acts (1553)]. The weight of a piece of russet or white straits was set at a minimum of 14 LB [Acts …
A History of the County of Oxford
… cloth bought three years previously and another for russet cloth bought nine years previously. 15 Pleas about …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… to walk about with his feet naked, and cloathed in a long russet garment. His bones were afterwards dug up and burnt, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… is known to have manufactured white cloth, 33 another russet, 34 and two were rich enough to own lands within the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… is ordered to provide the sisters with five tunics of russet every two years. They are described as dwelling near …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… painter, for gilding the Bar on both sides and painting it russet and white. 52 The Bar was again painted and gilded in …
Chamber Accounts of the Sixteenth Century
… [ sic]) b. To John Allington draper for 30 yards of London russet at 8s.4d. the yard 13.3s.4d. [ sic], 32 yards at 10s. … of 3s.6d. the week, 9.2s.0d. f. For (5 yards) of London russet for the coats of the 4 children against Christmas 1584 …
Chamber Accounts of the Sixteenth Century
… 23 a. To John Alington draper for 31 yards of London russet at 8s.8d. the yard 13.8s.8d., 32 yards at 10s.6d. the … yards at 13s. the yard 17.17s.6d., 33 yards of fine London russet at 13s.8d. the yard 22.11s., 32 yards at 15s. the yard … 4.0s.0d. e. As 129e, 9.2s.0d. f. For 5 yards of London russet for the coats of the 4 children against Christmas 1585 …
Chronicle of the Grey Friars of London
… the Gray fryers were compelled to take theyr old habit russet as the shepe doth dye it."Fabyan. On the vj. day of …
A History of the County of Leicester
… king's tailor, and in 1254 when 2 cloths of blue and 2 of russet were ordered. 64 The weavers' customs together with …