10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHITTAWER»
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whittawer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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History and antiquities of the city of Coventry: being a ...
Jesson, clothier 1646 H. Smith, whittawer 1647 Thos. Love, draper. 1648 Mathew
Smith, do. 164Q Samuel Snell, do, 1650 R.Bedford, clothier 1651 Win. Wilcox,
baker. 1652 Geo. Earl, mercer. 1653 Wm. Jelliff, clothier 1654 Jos. Chambers, do.
W. Hickling (of Coventry, England), 1846
2
The Late Mr. Shakespeare
By the way,a whittawer isa whitetawyer, whichisto say one who taws skinsinto
whitleather. (I love these old country words.) This tawing was the secondsideof
the senior Mr Shakespeare's trade in Henley Street, though in his later life it
became ...
3
The Staple Court books of Bristol
B. Johannes Palmer de Bristoll' broker attachiatur versus Willelmum Stowte de
eadem villa Whittawer alias dictum Willelmum Stowte burgensem Stapule ville
Bristoll' in placito debiti super demandam xxvi s. viii d. bone et legalis monete
anglie ...
Bristol (England). Staple Court, Edwin Ernest Rich, 1934
A whittawer was a man who boiled and scraped animal skins, particularly fine,
white ones, to make them ready for cutting and sewing into gloves. This skill was
part of the glover's trade. When John Aubrey, in his gossipy Brief Lives, claimed ...
5
Shakespeare : A Life: A Life
'Hang nothing but a calf's skin', mocks the Bastard in King John, and allusions to
sheep-skin, lamb-skin, fox-skin, dog-skin, and deer-skin in the plays might
conjure up a whittawer's drying-shed. Any craft demanded all of the self, very
strong ...
6
An Alphabetical List of the Burgesses and Freeholders, who ...
Ward Henry, builder, Parliament street Ward Isaac, tailor, Navigation row Ward
James, t'ramesmith, Ticknall \IVard John, t' Calais . Ward John, joiner, Mount
street Ward John, whittawer, Carter gate . Ward Joseph Septimus, attorney,
James's ...
7
Citizen Shakespeare: A Social and Political Portrait
John had apprenticed as a whittawer A whittawer made white leather from the
skins of deer, sheep, and goats. The skins, soaked in a solution of alum and salt,
were stretched and beaten out with sharp knives until they were soft and pliant.
8
Conservation of Cultural Heritage: Key Principles and Approaches
During this time, leather making tasks were carried out by specialized workers: a
tanner treated cattle hides with oak bark (the primary source of tannins); a
whittawer tanned all other skins with alum and oil; and a fellmonger removed
wool ...
Hanna M. Szczepanowska, 2013
9
Apprenticeship In England, 1600-1914
The currier took tanned leather and produced leathers of different colour,
thickness and suppleness before the dresser and whittawer could begin work.
The currier's premiums were very similar to the saddler's, although Collyer
thought it a ...
10
Minute Book of the Men's Meeting of the Society of Friends ...
1675), whittawer; of Broad Weir, Peter's p.; m. Joan Yeamans (sufferer 1664,
1682; d. 1687, Castle Precincts); dau. Rachel (b. 1662), dau. Joan (m. Thomas
Pearce, 1670); churchwarden at Peter's church, 1654; his apprentice, John
Woring, ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHITTAWER»
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Bill Watterson Answers 3 Questions About Shakespeare
... in fact we know far more about him than we know about most magnate nobles of his time. His father was a 'whittawer' and a 'wool brogger' and an alderman. «Bowdoin News, Sep 11»
