THE WOOLLEN MANUFACTURE AT WELLINGTON, SOMERSET by Joseph Hoyland Fox

Description

The woollen trade has always been important in England and has played a great part in the economy of the West Country particularly in the area around the Somerset and Devon borders where there were a number of Mills from which a lot of this cloth was exported. The English Civil War was damaging to the whole economy and in particular the textile trade, so much so that during the reign of Charles II an act of Parliament was passed with required that the dead be buried in pure English wool and a affidavit be produced to show this. The only exceptions to this were the destitute and plague victims.

This book gives a superb account of the day to day running of woollen production in the area compiled from records of the Fox family who were major producers for well over three hundred years. If you have an ancestor who was involve in the trade it is very likely that they might have worked for this family in some capacity or the other. The book will also be of great interest of anyone involved in local history. Indexed, bookmarked and searchable.