Ailsa, No doubt you'll get other responses but in case you don't: - As I understand it, the phrase "Buried in Woollen" was to counter the threat of burying the deceased clad in cotton; a craze/fashion that came from the Colonies (America) in the 1500's. This promoted imports and was hitting our English wool trade. I believe there was an Act of Parliament that made the use of wool a requirement and the burial entry of "buried in woolllen" was made to show that the Act was being implemented. David Drake ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ailsa Petrie" <ampetrie@ihug.co.nz> To: <ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 3:36 AM Subject: [NYorks] "Buried in woollen" > Hello List, > > I read this interesting burial entry in the OPR for Leake. Can anyone > enlighten me further, please? The writing was poor and I have gleaned > what I could from it and other similar entries in the register. > > "Upon the 31 day of October and in the ...... year of the Reign of our > Sovereign Lord Charles the Second King of England, Scotland and ffrance > and of Ireland(?) anno dom 1578 an affidavit ....... to me ......... for > that Thomas KILVINGTON of Knaton in ........... of Leake died(?) October > 23 was then interred according to the Directions(?) of the Cato(?) Act > for burying in woollen only." > > I have heard of "burying in woollen" before and would be pleased if > anyone can enlarge on it. > > Regards > Ailsa Petrie > -- > > Hamilton > New Zealand > > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > NO Virus warnings, seasonal greetings or private 'chit-chat' on this > list, okay! Other than that, anything pertaining to the lives and times > of those we seek goes, but MUST be kept within the *List's Golden Rule*. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

David, Many thanks for your reply to my request. What a lot of interesting things family history turns up unexpectedly! Regards Ailsa David Drake wrote: > > Ailsa, > > No doubt you'll get other responses but in case you don't: - > > As I understand it, the phrase "Buried in Woollen" was to counter the threat > of burying the deceased clad in cotton; a craze/fashion that came from the > Colonies (America) in the 1500's. This promoted imports and was hitting our > English wool trade. I believe there was an Act of Parliament that made the > use of wool a requirement and the burial entry of "buried in woolllen" was > made to show that the Act was being implemented. > > David Drake > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ailsa Petrie" <ampetrie@ihug.co.nz> > To: <ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 3:36 AM > Subject: [NYorks] "Buried in woollen" > > > Hello List, > > > > I read this interesting burial entry in the OPR for Leake. Can anyone > > enlighten me further, please? The writing was poor and I have gleaned > > what I could from it and other similar entries in the register. > > > > "Upon the 31 day of October and in the ...... year of the Reign of our > > Sovereign Lord Charles the Second King of England, Scotland and ffrance > > and of Ireland(?) anno dom 1578 an affidavit ....... to me ......... for > > that Thomas KILVINGTON of Knaton in ........... of Leake died(?) October > > 23 was then interred according to the Directions(?) of the Cato(?) Act > > for burying in woollen only." > > > > I have heard of "burying in woollen" before and would be pleased if > > anyone can enlarge on it. > > > > Regards > > Ailsa Petrie > > -- > > > > Hamilton > > New Zealand > > > > > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > > NO Virus warnings, seasonal greetings or private 'chit-chat' on this > > list, okay! Other than that, anything pertaining to the lives and times > > of those we seek goes, but MUST be kept within the *List's Golden Rule*. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > *** Tired of this LIST? Going on vacation, a business trip? *** > Send an email with one word, UNSUBSCRIBE, in the Subject and Message > area to: ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L-request@rootsweb.com. Digest? "L" into "D". > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 -- Hamilton New Zealand