The Early Yorkshire Woollen Trade
Extracts from the Hull Customs' Rolls, and Complete Transcripts of the Ulnagers' Rolls

Edited for the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, this 1924 publication contains fourteenth- and fifteenth-century documents, illuminating an important local industry.

John Lister (Edited by)

9781108058520, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 18 April 2013

176 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1 cm, 0.27 kg

A prominent philanthropist, landowner and politician near Halifax, John Lister (1847–1933) was dedicated to his community. He founded a Catholic school in Halifax and a reformatory trade school in the grounds of his ancestral home. A keen local historian, Lister became involved in the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, particularly in the later years of his life. Along with four other volumes, he edited for the Society this 1924 publication. Transcribing customs records from Hull and records made by royal officials in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, Lister describes in his introduction how the wool trade developed and became a central part of the livelihood and character of Yorkshire. He discusses imports and exports, the lives of merchant families, and how the merchandise itself evolved as wool-working developed. Illuminating the social impact of a historically significant industry, this work remains relevant to researchers interested in the medieval economy.

Introduction
Extract from the customs account of Hull
Ulnagers' rolls for Yorkshire
Appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]