The great reclothing of rural England : petty chapmen and their wares in the seventeenth century

Margaret Spufford has written as detailed an account of the lives and activities of the chapmen as there is likely to be, given the widely-spread and fragmented evidence. She shows where and when they were active, and in particular their rise in the seventeenth century, their ranks and their typical careers, the variety of the cloths and other wares they carried, and the attitude of authority towards them. Contents 6 List of Maps, Tables and Figures 7 List of Illustrations 8 Acknowledgements 10 Preface 12 I: Introduction 16 II: Chapmen and their 'Places of Abode' 38 III: Wills and Inventories of Chapmen 48 IV: The Chapman's Wealth, and Lifecycle 58 V: The Chapman's Suppliers and Customers 84 VI: The Chapmen's Stock-in-Trade 100 VII: The Domestic Uses of the Chapman's Wares 122 Documentary Appendix 164 Index of Persons 252 A 252 B 252 C 252 D 253 E 253 F 253 G 253 H 253 I 254 J 254 K 254 L 254 M 254 N 255 P 255 R 255 S 255 T 255 U 256 W 256 Y 256 Index of Places 258 A 258 B 258 C 258 D 258 E 259 F 259 G 259 H 259 I 259 K 259 L 259 M 260 N 260 O 260 P 260 R 260 S 260 T 261 W 261 Y 261 Index of Subjects 262 A 262 B 262 C 263 D 266 E 266 F 266 G 266 H 267 I 268 J 268 K 268 L 268 M 269 N 269 O 269 P 270 Q 270 R 270 S 270 T 272 U 273 V 273 W 273 "Margaret Spufford has written as detailed an account of the lives and activities of the chapmen as there is likely to be, given the widely-spread and fragmented evidence. She shows where and when they were active, and in particular their rise in the 17th century, their ranks and their typical careers, the variety of the cloths and other wares they carried, and the attitude of authority towards them."--Bloomsbury Publishing.