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1 Norfolk Cloth
A fine mediaeval English worsted suiting. Made at Norwich on hand looms. -
2 Aylesham Cloth
A term denoting linen fabrics made in Aylesham, Norfolk. Generally of fine quality and mentioned in many old records under the names: " The fine cloth of Aylesham," " The Aylesham Linens," and " The Aylesham Webs." -
3 Down Wool Yarns
A term to distinguish the worsted yarns made from wool grown in the South of England, and the finest of which is Southdown. The yarns are strong, but rather short in staple, and used for Meltons billiard cloth. West of England cloth, etc. Counts vary from 4/12's to 4/24's and up to 2/24's. Such down wools as those from Norfolk, Sussex, Oxford and Shropshire are chiefly used for hosiery yarns for hard-knitting, fingering and for crewel yarns. -
4 Plonkete
See Plunket. ————————PLUNKET, PLONKETEA cloth made in Wiltshire, Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, in Edward VI's time, also called verviers, tuskins and celestines. Plunket in the 15th century was the name of a blue colour, and recently a woollen fabric dyed blue had the name Plunket Azures. -
5 Plunket
PLUNKET, PLONKETEA cloth made in Wiltshire, Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, in Edward VI's time, also called verviers, tuskins and celestines. Plunket in the 15th century was the name of a blue colour, and recently a woollen fabric dyed blue had the name Plunket Azures. -
6 Stamin
A worsted cloth of a coarse kind, manufactured in Norfolk in the 16th century A linsey-woolsey (see Stanium and Stamel)
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