ABSTRACT

First published in 1965. This study was initially carried out in the years 1934 to 1937, with completion during 1939 at the outbreak of war which deferred publication. This second edition includes an extra appendix on the report of 'Clothing Committee of the Privy Council' dated 22 June 1622 and more background on the seventeenth and sixteenth centuries.

chapter 1|5 pages

Introductory

The Location of the Wiltshire Woollen Industry

chapter 2|25 pages

The Structure of the Wiltshire Woollen Industry During the Sixteenth Century

Processes and Transactions from Wool Grower to Consumer

chapter 3|19 pages

The Great Clothiers of the Sixteenth Century

Stumpe and His Contemporaries

chapter 5|20 pages

Trade Fluctuations

The Great Crisis of the Early Seventeenth Century