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A History of the County of Stafford
… ores were the source of 'tough iron' used for the best wares. 1 In the 19th century ironstone was still widely mined … Yorkshire. 93 He may have been a chapman selling lorimers' wares but not making them himself. Nicholas Jackson of … were no smith's tools. 94 By the early 17th century the wares of smaller producers were normally sold to such chapmen …