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Old and New London
… to the pump in Ironmonger Lane. There, after placing his wig upon the ball at the top, he used to sluice his head with …
A History of the County of Essex
… was for a blacksmith from Taunton and one for a barber and wig-maker from Berwick-on-Tweed. The others were from …
Old and New London
… Being a clergyman, he dressed in black, with a powdered wig. His clothes were cut short; his hands hung out of the … he made his morning appearance in his passy, or passionate wig. No comet expounded surer. Jeremy Boyer had a heavy hand. …
Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry III
… Scaccario quod id quod Ricardus de Clifford', Willelmus de Wig', clericus, et Thomas Longus testabuntur coram eis se …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… his father, at his death, in 1693. He adhered to the wig party in the reign of queen Ann. By George the first he …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… (1750)]. Women often collected their own combings for the wig maker to make a personalized hair piece; other sold them … to hair dressers who cleaned them up and sold them on to wig makers [Cox (1966, pb 1969)]. Combings have also been …
Old and New London
… was made after an old fashion; he wore a full-bottomed wig, a pair of long ruffles, and a curious-hilted sword and …
Old and New London
… complexion, and dark brown-coloured hair, but wears a wig; a hooked nose, a sharp chin, grey eyes, and a large mole …