Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

List of Illustrations

pp ix-xi

List of Tables

pp xii-xii

Acknowledgements

pp xiii-xiv

Abbreviations

pp xv-xv

A Note on Money, Weights and Measures, and Places

pp xvi-xvi

Maps

pp xvii-xx

Introduction

pp 1-38

1 - Making Cloth

pp 39-76

2 - Marketing Cloth

pp 77-114

3 - Identifying Clothiers

pp 115-156

4 - Clothiers and Government

pp 157-190

5 - Clothiers in Society

pp 191-225

6 - Famous Clothiers

pp 226-271

Conclusion

pp 272-281

Appendices

1 - Cloths Taxed by County

pp 282-283

2 - Cloths Taxed by Locality

pp 284-289

3 - Cloth Types, as Defined by Statute in 1552

pp 290-291

4 - Will of Thomas Paycocke of Coggeshall

pp 292-296

5 - Will of Thomas Spring III of Lavenham

pp 297-299

6 - Will of John Smallwood the Elder Alias John Winchcombe I of Newbury

pp 300-301

7 - Will of William Stumpe of Malmesbury

pp 302-303

Gazetteer of Surviving Buildings

pp 304-312

Glossary

pp 313-317

Bibliography

pp 318-337

Index

pp 338-365