A short account of what was deposed; together with the names of several of the persons, that experimented Mr. Warner's earth, and gave evidence for the King at the late tryal at barr in the Court of Exchequer, which was had by order of Their Majesties in Council, upon the petition of many hundred of clothyers, fullers, clothworkers and others relating to the wollen manufacture: the 24th. Novemb. 1693. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B29771 of text R220760 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 7KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B29771 Wing S3545 Interim Tract Supplement Guide 816.m.14[127] Interim Tract Supplement Guide 816.m.12[103] ESTC R220760 ocm99885122

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 eng Warner, Edmund -- Early works to 1800. Fuller's earth -- England -- Early works to 1800. Clothing and trade -- England -- Early works to 1800. Wool industry -- England -- Early works to 1800. eebo A short account of what was deposed; together with the names of several of the persons, that experimented Mr. Warner's earth, : and gave evidence for n/a 1693 4 888 2 0 0 0 0 0 22.52 C The rate of 22.52 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2014-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2015-01 Sampled and proofread 2015-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A short Account of what was Deposed ; together with the Names of several of the Persons , that Experimented Mr. Warner's Earth , and gave Evidence for the King at the late Tryal at Barr in the Court of Exchequer , which was bad by Order of Their Majesties in Council , upon the Petition of many Hundred of Clothyers , Fullers , Clothworkers and others relating to the Wollen Manufacture : The 24th . Novemb . 1693.

From the Banck-side , Southwark .

Jer . Warberton , Millman ; Tho . Clare , Clothworker ,

SWORE they had Experimented the Earth , which they fetched themselves from the King's Ware-house , that it was good Fullers Earth , and they had used no other since May last , and had Scowred above 100 Cloths , and fetch'd out Sally Spots , &c. with the same .

From the City of Worcester .

Tho . Crundal of London , Merchent ; Fra . Chetle , Clothyer of Worcester ; Edward Stanton , of London Cittizen ; Clothyers . John Burton , Maj. Tho . Reynalds , Rich Hill , Fullers . Pinson Wilmot , William Brewer , John Crump ,

Upon several Petitons to the Queen in Council from divers Counties , Signed by many Hundred Clothyers , and others relating to the Wollen Manufacture ; Praying , the Earth in Question being Good Fullers Earth might be Prosecuted , and not suffered to be Exported &c. It came Referred to the Commissioners of the Customs , who to know the Truth of the Matter , desired Mr. Crundal , Mr. Chetley , and Mr. Stanton , before Named , who themselves took the Earth out of the King's Ware-house , to go with it to the City of Worcester ; Where , in the Presence of the said Persons together with the Mayor , and several other Clothyers and Fullers here mentioned , the said Earth was Experimented upon Three several Cloths , and the said Persons appearing at the Tryal , Testified that the said Earth without mixture , did all the Offices of other good Fullers Earth , and produced Two Cloths in Court Fulled with the said Earth , being perfectly Made , and Good Cloth .

From Sommerset-shire .

Nat. Stiles , Clothyer fetched the said Earth from the Custom-House and Carry'd it down . Samuel Blindman , Fuller .

These brought a White Cloth Fulled with the said Earth , and Swore it to be good Fullers Earth , and that it did all the Offices as other Fullers Earth perfectly and well .

From Godallming in Surrey .

Clothyers fetched the Earth from the Kings Warehouse ; Law . Collins , Hen . Bowler , Clothyers . John Toft , Sei . John Toft , Jun. Will . Shrub . John Shrub , Fullers . Will . Perryer , George Wood ,

These gave Evidence that the Earth of Mr. Warner which they had often Try'd , was good Fullers Earth , and did all the Offices of such Earth , being a better sort then that used commonly by them ; and produced One Cloth , and One Kerzey in Court Fulled with the said Earth without any mixture ; and that the said Cloths were good Cloths perfectly made ; at the same time also brought in Court a Cloth Raw and in the Greace from the Loom , that the Court mi●ht be Sensible of its Opperation , which Stunk so of the Greace that it could not be Endured in Court , and they all Swore that the Cloths that were Fulled by the Earth in Question , were before as Foul as the said Stinking Cloth .

From Reading in Berks .

Fetch'd the Earth from the King's Ware-house . J. Wilmot , Clothyer ; Nat. Collins , Fuller ; Clothyers . Edward Froome , William Horne , William May , John Silvester ,

These Deposed that the Earth in Question was good Fullers Earth , and better then the sort of that Country ; that it perform'd all the Offices of good Fullers Earth , and brought a Cloth in Court Worked with the said Earth , which they Depos'd was a perfect and good Cloth ; and that the said Earth was as good as any Earth they ever Used .

The Case being thought to be sufficiently Proved , no more Evidence was offered for the King , altho several others were in Court , from Wiltshire , Glocester , Essex , and many other Places .

The Prosecutors for the King before the Tryal made several motions in Court , that the Barons would be pleased to direct the Place and Persons , where a Joynt Experiment might be made , and all Parties present , that the Court might come to a true Knowledge of a Case of this Consequence ; and to prevent opposite Sweareing , which was always refused by Mr. Warner .

So the Evidence being Contradictory upon Experiments made on behalf of the Defena ▪ and Scowring Earth being only mentioned in the Title , but not in the Body of the Act ; They brought in a Verdict for the Defendant .