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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… its peculiar quality, distinguished by the name of "Linsey Woolsey." The living is a perpetual curacy, with that of …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… In later use it was a very common abbreviation for LINSEY WOOLSEY. OED earliest date of use: 1435/6 Found described as … (for a bed) Found in units of PIECE, YARD See also LINSEY WOOLSEY. Sources: Inventories (mid-period), Inventories (late), Newspapers, Rates, Tradecards. Linsey woolsey [lynsye wolsye; lynsty wolnese; linsy wolsy; linsy …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of mixed linen and cotton, or linen and woollen (linsey woolsey) which were produced by the looms of Manchester were …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… became of focus of TEXTILE manufacture, with LINSEY WOOLSEY and KERSEY both produced there in the sixteenth …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Shaftesbury. The manufacture of sailcloth, dowlas, linsey-woolsey, and stockings, has been superseded by glove-making …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and overseers, chargable on land, vested in John Woolsey, and now of that annual product. BURHAM is within the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… clarke of the workes of frisewide in oxford for Cardinall Woolsey and after chefe clarke of acom[pts] for xvii yeares …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… population and 17 10 s. in the distribution of cloth and woolsey. The Topcliffe Grammar School, including benefactions …
A History of the County of Bedford
… received a licence to inclose as a park 'his wood of Woolsey and his field called Turvey Lees, with his wood of …
Middlesex county records
… . . . . Berrowe gentleman, both late of Hadley co. Midd.; Woolsey wife of George Braint late of Ealing co. Midd. yoman; …