The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every classJewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
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The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every class
Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
Pottery, British -- History
_Rich. Cutler_, _Matthew Hanson_, Ship-brokers, swore, They
had hired many Ships for the said _Warner_, to load Clay for
_Rotterdam_; and the general Price of the Fraight, and Primage
paid for the same, was 15 Guilders, 8 Stivers _per_ Last; and
sometimes 17 Guilders, 12 Stivers _per_ Last.
_Will. Read_, _Tho. Wood_, _John Saliby_, Mariners, swore, They
had the same Prices above mentioned, for several Fraights which
they carried, and saw delivered to the Potters in _Holland_.
_Hump. Bellomy_, _Richard Hopkins_, _Timothy Fowler_,
_---- Shepherd_, Worcester, are all Buyers, and Sellers of
Fullers-Earth, and swore they could well judge of the same,
having dealt therein from Ten to above Twenty-five Years, that
they all took Samples of the said _Warner’s_ Clay, out of the
King’s Celler, and tryed all the Experiments to judge of it,
that they were capable of; and possitively affirmed that it was
no Fullers-Earth; neither could they find anything of the Nature
of Fullers-Earth in it, that for their Use they would not give a
Shilling for 100 Last, for they should never be able to sell it.
Alderman _Bearcraft_, _Tho. Cooksey_, _John Wynn_, _Rowl.
Hancock_, _Gloucestershire_; _Rich. Osborne_, _Tho. Woorrel_,
_John Chilton_, _Sam. Beadle_, _Essex_; _Simon Meazy_, _John
Lawson_, _John Backer_, _John Peartree_, _Suffolk_; _John
Clarke_, Senior, _John Clarke_, Junior, _Will. Baines_, _Tho.
Baines_, _Dan. Baines_, _John Smith_, _John Carter_, _Dan.
Wenden_, _Sam. Wrinch_, _London_; _Dan. Barrs_, _John St.
Berry_, are all Clothiers, Fullers, and Cloth-Workers; being
the most eminent in their several Places; as well for Honesty,
as great Traders, and good Estates; they all swore they had
made the most impartial Experiments they could of the said
_Warner’s_ Clay, now in dispute, being the same taken out of
the King’s Celler, that they tried it upon several sorts of
Goods, as several sorts of _Cloth_, _Bays_, _Cloth-Serges_, and
_Perpetuanæs_, and every one possitively affirmed that it was
no Fuller’s-Earth, but on the contrary was an absolute Enemy to
the Woollen Manufacture; for instead of scouring, it fix’d the
Grease in the Grownd of all the Goods, that were done with it,
and instead of makeing them White, it absolutely stained them
Yellow, all which was apparent to the most common Eye, in all
the above-said several sorts of Goods, produced in Court: They
likewise declared upon Oath, that they were all Strangers to the
said _Warner_; and that it was as prejudicial to their interest,
to have Fullers-Earth Transported, as any men’s, and therefore
could have no Inducement to favour the said _Warner_, beyond the
Merits of his cause, to the Violation of their Consciences.
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