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A History of the County of Essex
… against his opponents. 34 In 1633 there was no decent cloth for the communion table and no pulpit cloth. 35 Thomas Cawton, rector 1637-44, was later a … before 1663. 36 In 1684 the church still lacked pulpit cloth and linen for the communion table; a new surplice, a …
A History of the County of Essex
… in the 16th and 17th centuries, supply- ing wool for the cloth trade of Colchester and other towns, but arable farming … for an allowance for weaving, fulling, and 'oding' of cloth. 47 Some domestic weaving was carried on in the parish …
A History of the County of Essex
… packet boats went weekly from Wivenhoe to London with cloth and returned with wool for the Colchester cloth industry. 11 Ships sailed to London, Gainsborough …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the north had 63 a. of arable. 58 There may have been some cloth industry in Wolvercote in the Middle Ages. The high … in 1390 when a man was robbed of 100 s. worth of woollen cloth between Godstow and Witney between 24 and 29 June, 69 …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… OED earliest date of use: 1399 Sources: Acts. Woollen cloth [woollen-cloth; woollen cloath; wollen clothe; wollen cloth; wollen cloath; cloths of woollen] The term was …