106 RURAL ECONUMY IN YORKSHIRE IN 1641. 



necke-cloathes. Some there is againe of IGd. or I7d. the yard, 

 which is ell-wide, or (as some improperly speake) five quarters, 

 i. e. a yard and a quarter ; this is exceedinge good, and much 

 used for table-cloathes. Some there is againe which is yard 

 broad, or yard and nayle, i. e. halfe of tlie halfe quarter, M'hicli, 

 beinge of the finest and best soite, is solde for 2.s. and seavea 

 groates a yard, and much used of gentle-folkes for shirts : the 

 kindes of Hnnes or huswife-cloath are brought aboute of ped- 

 dlers, whoe furnish themselves thereof in Cleaveland, and 

 Blakeamoore, wheare they buy very much of this sorte ; and 

 att Newe Malton live many att whose houses one may att all 

 times furnish themselves with this kinde of cloath. It is to 

 bee noted that there is little cloath, of what sorte soever, but 

 eyther is, or (att least) should bee, yard-broad ; for when one 

 buyeth a yard of cloath, it is presupposed that it bee a yard 

 square, i. e. a yard in breadth as well as in length ; and further- 

 more that the buyer is to have yard and ynche ; and that the 

 truly-dealinge-seller desireth noe more profitte but pennie att 

 yard att course-cloath, and pennie att shillinge in the sale of tine 

 cloath. The worst sorte of Scotch-cloath is 18c/. a yard, and 

 the best sorte of all 2s. Gd. and eight gi'oates a yard ; it is 

 spunne by theire Lards wifes, and brought into England by the 

 poore Scotch -merchants, and much used here for womens hand- 

 kerchers and pockett-handkerchers. There is holland from 

 2s. Gd. an ell to Gs. Hd. an ell, for holland is (mo.st commonly) 

 solde by the ell ; wheareof one sorte is called fiezy-hoUand ; it 

 is sayd to bee spunne by the nimnes in the Lowe Countryes, 

 brought over b}'^ our merchants and solde to our hnnen drapers, 

 att whose .shoppes our countrey-pedlei-s funiish themselves ; it 

 is a stronge cloath, and much used for mens bantls, gentlewo- 

 mens handkerchers, and crosse-cloathes, and halie sliirts, kc. 

 One may buy course lawne for 4>'. Gd. a yard, and the finest for 

 68. and 0*'. 8(/. a yard : it is much used for fine necke-kerchers, 

 and fine shadowes, and dressinges. C'ambricke is aboute Sy. the 

 yard, and much used for womens ruttes. Cambricke-lawne, 

 which is the finest of them all, and most used for gentlewomens 

 and ladyes ruttes, is lO*'. a yard, or theroaboutes. Cocke-webbe- 

 lawne, or titt'eny," is the sheirest and cheapest lawne of all, and 

 may bee bought for tenne groates and 4^. a yard ; it is used of 

 gentlewomen for handkercliers for the necke, and is worne over 

 another holland haudkercher, in starching of which is some 

 cunniuge ; they are very much used now of late. 



• From an inventory of 1C30. "A little bo.x with n yanl of lawne and Inco. 

 21. 10a.; 3 cappea and 6 wrought couifes and ft drawnc worke coiiilVs, 1*. ■!'/.; 6 

 earewiics, 6 yards of tifine, and 4 peeces of Inwne worke, 10#." 



