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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the 4 qr. of wheat, 25 ells of canvas, and 25 yd. of blue cloth given yearly by will of Elizabeth Mervyn (d. 1581). … and, by the early 19th century, 3 6 s. 8 d. instead of cloth were given to the poor. From 1875 Wylye's share of the …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… there was also trade in wools, hides 44 and salt, 45 while cloth was manufactured. 46 The principal exports seem to have …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… since Wiltshire's greatest industry, the manufacture of cloth, had earlier furnished a number of its members. Among … sat in 1584: all its other members were gentlemen. Other cloth towns did the same. With the exception of John Scott … One such, at once local and national in scope, was the cloth industry. With the virtual exclusion of clothiers from …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… royal interference with his industry was to the cloth-maker. In Wiltshire this branch of Stuart paternalism … Anthony Wither. Wither's first attempt to enforce recent cloth legislation at Bradford so incensed the clothmakers … two carpenters, a soap-boiler, a turner, a barber, a cloth-worker and a cordwainer. 143 The importance of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… was this parliamentary interest connected with the local cloth industry sustained for a large part of the period. V A …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… uniting with the textile workers broke into Brasher's cloth mill and destroyed cloth and machinery worth 500; 9 at Whiteparish and Idmiston … fortunes were at low ebb because of the rapidly declining cloth trade. The leaders were townsmen and their political …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… 4, thus in 1704 'a Quaker was buried at ye Quakers ground Cloth Fair', and similar entries occur in 1705 and 1706. In … been given in full. 37 'A reassignment of 3 messuages in Cloth Fair lately known as our Ladys Green: 6 Dec. 1602.' 38 … lease by the churchwardens for 21 years of the 3 Tuns in Cloth Fair at a rent of 14, and 30 paid. 4 Jan. 1686/7.' 40 …
Cardiff Records
… To George Williams for Bread 1 s. 11 d. To Henry Lewis for Cloth 1 s. 9 d. To M rs Martha Lewis a register Book 1. To M …