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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the new greatly extended and improved by the growth of the worsted manufacture; the soil is various, but principally … Harden beck. Its inhabitants are chiefly employed in the worsted manufacture, which is carried on to a very great …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… are the following:To Geffrey his brother his "cassocke of Worsted," his new "tawny Satten doublett," and his best pair … late apprentice his "workeday cassocke" and his doublet of worsted; and to Roger Rastell one of his "Bowes." To others …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting
… William Dippelee de Farnham; and to John, son of John de Worsted, deceased. Also to Richard, son of Robert de Worsted, an aumbry ( unum Almariolum) with three chests …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… "a bed of Norwich stuff embroidered with butterflies." 2 Worsted, co. Norfolk, by a new method of its own for carding … stuff of peculiar quality, to which the name itself of "worsted" was given (Rock's 'Textile Fabrics,' p. 65). 1 Co. …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… de Worstede and Simon, brother of the same, Johanna de Worsted their sister, and others. To Isabella his wife he …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… calabre, a coverlyt with tester of red, three curteyns of worsted and two pairs of sheets ( lynceux), and if she be …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the manufacture of cotton stockings and elastic worsted hose, and many of the children in working patterns on …