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2nd April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… the clothiers beggared. At Barnstaple, from 1,000 to 140 looms of clothworkers are left. But a project by a Jesuit to … clothiers. That at Barnstaple there was wont to be 1,000 looms, now not 150. The second is in the materials of wool, … and it was reported that at Barnstaple from a thousand looms there is not a hundred and fifty, and where there was …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… on to a very considerable extent, employing nearly 500 looms; the weaving of dowlas has also been introduced, both … to a considerable number of persons who work with hand-looms in their own dwellings; there are corn and barley mills …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… construction of the necessary buildings and for buying the looms of the serge makers and the tools of the other …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… or Strangers, resident within the city, for the use of 390 looms for half a year. 1582. Queen Elizabeth makes her second …
Magna Britannia
… the poor on work; and when the houses were first built, looms were provided for the inhabitants: but that has been …