iiij d.' Other legacies show even more clearly that his operations were on a larger scale.

'I bequeth to all my wevers, ffullers and shermen that be not afore Rehersed by name xij d.

apece, And will they that have wrought me verey moch wark have iij s.

iiij d.apece.Item, I bequethe to be distributed amonge my Kembers, Carders and Spynners summa iiij li.'[5] Here are all the branches of the cloth industry at a glance.

It is Thomas Paycocke, clothier, round whom the whole manufacture revolves.