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A History of the County of Hampshire
… owed its first beginnings to its important geographical and political status 3 rather than to any deliberate trade … before or only after the Conquest it was only a part, and at first not necessarily a vital part of the borough … shalbe admitted to serve the inhabitants of the city of tallow candles shall serve them of good and well made candles …
A History of the County of Oxford
… cloth industry, already unrivalled within the county and marked, from the early 17th century, by increasing specialization in blankets and other broadcloths. 1 Thenceforth until the 20th century … to the 18th, but none were wealthy. More prosperous were tallow-chandlers, recorded fairly frequently, of whom two …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the park and household is denoted by 13th-century surnames 67 such as … of goods, including cloth valued at over 100, also had a tallow chandler's workshop. 24 Alexander Johnson (d. 1681), …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard … a yard, was the equivalent of the rod, perch or pole and consisted of 16½ FOOT. OED earliest date of use: 1377 for … brown or rosin soap; soap yellow do] A common SOAP made of TALLOW, ROSIN and SODA, perhaps with the addition of PALM …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… area (W. of the Ouse), the Central area (between the Ouse and the Foss), and the Walmgate area (E. of the Foss). In the following … exhibit includes the entrance to a reconstructed tallow-dip factory which incorporates the iron-bound gate …