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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… vicar was to receive the tithes except those of flax and wool. Land and other tithes were assigned to him for …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… some £10 a year, and in the early 16th century the sale of wool and fells often reached £7 or more. More surprising is …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… enough to read' and were taught to write and to spin. Raw wool was bought direct from graziers by expert managers, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in Wisbech St. Mary (q.v.). The sectaries met in the Wool Hall, Exchange Square. 3 In 1851 the remnants of this … 1816 the Congregationalists started public worship in the Wool Hall in Exchange Square. 11 The foundation stone of a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… merchandise was recorded in the parish c. 1260, 2 and a wool merchant c. 1330. 3 The only other tradesmen mentioned …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Ion, minister 1724 Mr. George Hilton sold the tithe of wool and lamb, modus and composition for tithes of wool and lamb arising from lands and tenements in … chattels, waifs, strays, royalties and the tithes of wool; subject to a yearly chief rent of 8d. to the earl of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… than 3000 persons, and consuming weekly about 200 packs of wool. The charter continued in force for some years, and … now employed averages only about 1000, but the quantity of wool consumed annually, which is 10,000 packs, is nearly the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 125 a year. 68 In 1841 the mill house was occupied by a wool carder, and in 1861 the mill was a woollen-mop factory, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… then slightly higher. 4 Buoyed by the presence of wealthy wool merchants and by a growing manufacturing industry the … cloth manufacture from the 1460s, 16 Witney was attracting wool merchants of whom some, in wealth and size of operation, … woolman Henry Wenman, 18 evidently continued trading in wool and cloth, and died extremely wealthy in 1501: 19 debts …
A History of the County of Oxford
… about 1670 that it be confirmed for cattle, sheep, wool, and other commodities, 25 and in 1673 it was …