Hi Ailsa, Try the following Genuki page for the answer to your question. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/BygoneIndustries/WoolTrades.html Regards, Michele ----- 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"

Hi Michelle Thank you for your reply. Although the act was passed in the 1600's, it must have been in force a lot earlier, as the deaths I noticed were in the 1570's. An interesting snippet of history. Regards Ailsa Michele Harrison wrote: > > Hi Ailsa, > Try the following Genuki page for the answer to your question. > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/BygoneIndustries/WoolTrades.html > > Regards, > Michele > > ----- 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" > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > ~~ The List's GOLDEN RULE ~~ > Keep to genealogy, history, anything ancestors! Keep it clean & cool. > Treat others as you want them to treat you...Positively *NO* selling! > > ============================== > 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