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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… neckcloath] An article of CLOTHING in the form of a cloth, often of MUSLIN, worn round the neck like a CRAVAT or … were used, though less commonly, in the same way. SCOTCH CLOTH was originally made of nettles. OED online earliest date of use: c725 under Nettle See also NETTLE CLOTH. Sources: Tradecards. References: Culpeper (modern …
Nettlebed
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… parish's farmers dressed 'with some taste, in fine good cloth'. 10 Nettlebed's location on a major route also brought …
A History of the County of Oxford
… which was the hearth. The walls were hung with painted cloth in 1453. 87 The present linen fold panelling dates from … probationers) received an annual livery, i.e. a piece of cloth averaging one-third of a length (of 24 yards at 42 s.) … Empcio liberate sociorum capellanorum et servientum. The cloth was usually bought from Winchester or Salisbury. Stat., …
Old and New London
… ale and wine, Ribs of beef, both fat and full fine, A fair cloth they began for to spread; But wanting money, I might …
A Dictionary of London
… unchanged to the present day. New Street West from Cloth Street to King Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (O.S. … Lane (q.v.). See Fetter Lane. New Street North out of Cloth Fair at No.43 (P.O. Directory). Led into Aldersgate … Inn (Hatton, 1708). Perhaps identical with New Street, Cloth Fair (q.v.). New Street South out of Carter Lane to …
A Dictionary of London
… Street West out of Aldersgate Street to KiugHorn Street, Cloth Fair (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate Ward and … mention : O.S. 1894 Formerly called "New Street " from Cloth Street to King Street (O. and M. 1677-O.S.1880). …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… inhabited by persons engaged in trades. The weaving of cloth was formerly carried on to some extent. Nisbet, East …
A History of the County of Stafford
… sued eight Newcastle men who had deprived him of some cloth. Their defence was that they were burgesses of … guild it was not lawful for anyone but a burgess to cut cloth or to sell by the ell or, unless he was a member of the … and other burgesses of Stafford had been accustomed to cut cloth and sell it by the ell and likewise to sell wool by the …