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The port and trade of early Elizabethan London
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The port and trade of early Elizabethan London
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781. Edward of Milton (60) William Harison; Antwerp

[f. 241b] John Jackman: 24 cwt Castile soap, 150 lbs ginger £29 5s (31 Aug 1568). William Cockin: 600 foin tails, 20 mantles foin potes, 33 pair 'vents' £28 10s (1 Sept). James Harvie: 3½ doz. whip-saws, 1 doz. tenonsaws £5 11s 8d. William Hobbs: 974 ells hair tapestry, 16 pcs white blanket, 3½ doz. sealed carpets, 2 doz. blue lince, 1 last rape oil £63 5s. John Spencer: 100 bundles brown paper £3 6s 8d. William Gifford: 6 cwt unwrought flax £3 6s 8d. John Flower: 16 cwt estrige wool £13 16s 8d. Edward Bright: 8 doz. carpenter's saws, 8½ cwt iron pans £8. Thomas Gardiner: 1 cwt gunpowder, 50 bundles brown paper, 4 cwt aniseed, 200 lbs pepper £25 6s 8d. William Towerson: 750 ells wool tapestry, 16 doz. Ghentish carpets, 1 doz. cushion cloths, 6 cwt feathers £72. Roger Warfild: 2 brls argol, 1 cwt candy, 400 lbs matches, 18 cwt soap, 6 cwt almonds, 100 bundles brown paper, 6 cwt starch £43 10s. Alexander Sherington: 3 bales Ulm fustian £45. Thomas Brasie: 106 pcs unwatered camlet, 2 bales Ulm fustian £151. William Colles: 48 cwt madder, 8 cwt hops £36. Edmund Smyth: 2 bales Ulm fustian £30. Robert Taylor: 24 cwt madder, 6 cwt hops £19. John Borne: 10 doz. lbs pack thread, 6 grs thread points, 3 doz. coarse crewel pieces, 1 doz. lbs inkle, 4 doz. thou. pins, 1½ thou. thimbles, 12 thou. awl blades, 3 doz. lbs counters, 1 grs coarse hour glasses £16 10s. John Lambert: 72 cwt flax £48. John Car: 1 half-brl small nails, 4 hd iron plates, 8 doz. small candle plates £9 6s 8d. James Harvie: 17 cwt black latten £11 6s 8d. William Perrie: 90 lbs nutmegs £15. Robert Brook: 6 cwt hops £3. Nicholas Hewet: 13 brls rape oil, 12 pair andirons with 12 tongs 12 fireshovels, 18 cwt ton-flax £34 (2 Sept). William Hewet: 13 brls rape oil £16. Robert Exton: 5 cwt madder, 3 nests empty chests, 40 Turnhout ticks £18 13s 4d. Arthur Hall: 1 ton 'ames' iron, 1 half-brl head nails, 100 doubles, 4 cwt fireshovel plates £13. Roger Knot: 16 cwt battery £32. Thomas Eaton: 15 grs halfpennyware glasses, 3 grs thread-lace, 3 doz. thou. pins, 1 doz. lbs curtain rings, 6 thou. awl blades, 5 doz. lbs inkle, 2 doz. crewel pieces, 1 brl latten £29 1s 8d. Ancelm Becket: 6 cwt flax £6. Thomas Castlin: 2 packs flax £16. Hugh Bradborne: 90 cakes resin £15. Anthony Fytton: 4 brls yellow ochre £2 13s 4d. Richard Billam: 18 Turnhout ticks £14 13s 4d. Roland Erlington: 120 doz. thou. pins £20. Henry Smyth: 63 lbs Spanish silk, 12 doz. thou. pins £65 (3 Sept). Phillip Watkins: 30 lbs satin silk, 80 lbs ferret silk £66 13s 4d. William Sherington: 50 lbs ferret silk, 80 ells sarcenet £34 3s 4d. John Pasfield: 7 cwt iron wire £11 13s 4d. John Spencer: 50 bundles brown paper, 40 lbs thread £2 6s 8d. Francis Wootton: 60 ells sarcenet, 30 yds satin £23 10s. Robert Taylor: 3 pcs stammel £30. William Martin: 192 butts thread, 10 pcs watered camlet £19 3s 4d. Edmund Hugan: 80 half-pcs Genoa fustian £26 13s 4d (4 Sept). John Taylor: 3 bales Ulm fustian £45. Geoffrey Goffe: 250 ells hair and flax tapestry, 8 doz. lince £14 6s 8d. Robert Lence: 6 cwt wrought flax £6. Sir William Chester: 75 cwt madder £50.


Lots of interesting textile items in this list, like what is ferret silk?

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