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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 204 Their business was presumably the manufacturing of cloth. Christopher was a prominent clothier who in 1611 sold … broadcloths in London and in 1621 was charged with roving cloth outside a corporate town. 205 Later he favoured …
A History of the County of Durham
… Damask weaving had died out by 1830, but linen, sail-cloth and worsted were still made, and lead was rolled and … is highly esteemed by the lovers of that liquor. Much sail cloth is manufactured, and many ships, greatly admired for …
A History of the County of Somerset
… There was also a trout farm on the estate in 1980. Cloth making was concentrated largely in the hamlets along … A weaver died in 1636 leaving looms, two reeling machines, cloth, yarn, flock, and wool worth 22. 299 Another seems to have finished his own cloth, for he owned not only weaving equipment but also two …
A History of the County of Warwick
… had probably been converted for use in connexion with the cloth industry of Coventry, as in 1546 the property granted …