ABSTRACT

This book was first published in 1962. Until the era of the Industrial Revolution wool was, without question, the most important raw material in the English economic system. The staple article of the country's export trade in the Middle Ages, it remained until the nineteenth century the indispensable basis of her greatest industry. This book looks at the decline of cloth industry in East Anglia sine the mid-sixteenth century.

chapter 1|40 pages

Sheep Farming and Wool Production

chapter 3|30 pages

The Marketing of Wool

chapter 4|19 pages

Regulation by Act of Parliament

chapter 5|29 pages

Regulation by Licence