The Great Reclothing of Rural England. Petty chapmen and their wares in the seventeenth century

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Scholarly account of itinerant chapmen / pedlars and their activities in the 17th century at a time of expansion in their numbers. Draws on diffuse sources including textiles and costumes. Covers, inter alia, the items they sold - clothing, household textiles, books, accessories, etc - and aspects of consumption. Has chapters: 'Chapmen and their places of abode'; 'Wills and inventories of chapmen'; 'The chapman's wealth and lifecycle'; 'The chapman's suppliers and customers'; 'The chapman's stock in trade'; 'The domestic uses of the chapman's wares'. A substantial appendix provides transcriptions of 'wills, inventories and administrators' accounts of petty chapmen and salesmen' [pp147-235]