How was cloth manufactured in England during the proto-industrial period?

  • Merchants were based in towns but the work was done mostly in the countryside.
  • A merchant clothier in England purchased wool from a wool stapler.
  • From there, it was carried to the spinners, then spun yarn was taken to the fullers and then to the dyers.
  • The finishing was done in London before the export merchant sold the cloth in the
  • international market.
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