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The Diary of Henry Machyn
… himself very conversant. 1531. Mr. John Guyva gave a herse-cloth richly imbroydered. 1570. It is agreyed at this court … twelve staff-torches borne by her servants. The Herse-cloth was another sumptuous article of funereal pomp. That … at the funeral of the lady Anna of Cleves was "a herse-cloth of gold," (p. 146); and that at the king of Portugal's …
The Diary of Henry Machyn
… passage read, "and odur [weapons,]" and add to it, "and cloth, according to their qualities." (Strype.) The "green …
The Diary of Henry Machyn
… though the material they used, as well as the tailors, was cloth. But a tailor, or a "taylor," has remained much the …
The Diary of Henry Machyn
… Nycolas Hurleton, of Cheshire, somtyme clerk of the grene cloth to king H. 8. She dyed sans issu." (MS. Harl. 897, f. …
A Survey of London
… much money, and the tenter-yards were of great use to the cloth-workers. (Strype, Survey, Bk. II, ch. ii.) The gardens …
A Survey of London
… shown in Nobody and Somebody: 'If my breeches had as much cloth in them as ever was drawn betwixt Kendal and Canning … before Edward III's time it was occupied by workers of cloth, and especially by 'burellers', or makers of the coarse … controversy with the Weavers ( Letter-Book E, 291, 297). Cloth of Candelwykstrate is mentioned in 1322 and 1372 ( id. …
A Survey of London
… fills his belly and never asks what's to pay: wears broad-cloth, and yet dares walk Watling St. without any fear of his …