The Early Yorkshire Woollen Trade by John Lister - 9781108058520

The Early Yorkshire Woollen TradeExtracts from the Hull Customs' Rolls, and Complete Transcripts of the Ulnagers' Rolls\nAuthor(s): John Lister\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108058520, 978-1108058520\nSynopsis\nA prominent philanthropist, landowner and politician near Halifax, John Lister [tel] was dedicated to his community. He founded a Catholic school in Halifax and a reformatory trade school in the grounds of his ancestral home. A keen local historian, Lister became involved in the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, particularly in the later years of his life. Along with four other volumes, he edited for the Society this 1924 publication. Transcribing customs records from Hull and records made by royal officials in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, Lister describes in his introduction how the wool trade developed and became a central part of the livelihood and character of Yorkshir.