Walter Morrell's 'Manufacture for the new draperie' (1616)
Morrell, Walter2018
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Early in the reign of James I, Walter Morrell arrived in Hatfield with a wonderful scheme that promised to transform the lives of England's idle poor. He needed to convince Robert Cecil, 1st earl of Salisbury, that he could train unemployed youths to make 'new draperies' - a range of woollen textiles - thereby supporting themselves and also reducing the cost of poor relief. This volume publishes the complete text of Morrell's 100-page explanation of his project, written to coincide with the award of a royal charter establishing a monopoly new draperies company for Hertfordshire, in early 1617. Two detailed introductory chapters discuss Morrell, his project and his book, and efforts to establish new drapery production in other Hertfordshire towns.
Main title:
Walter Morrell's 'Manufacture for the new draperie' (1616) / edited and with an introduction by Michael Zell and Heather Falvey.
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Imprint:
Rickmansworth : Hertfordshire Record Society, 2018.
Collation:
173 pages.
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Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780950174105 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
338.47677338.467338.476LOC 338.47677
Language:
English
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BRN:
1116617