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From: "Gil & Sonia Murray" <>
Subject: Buried in wool
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 07:00:50 +0000

Dear Robert and John:

There was a law at that time requiring the dead to be
buried in wool. Object, to help the woollen industry.
Wealthy people who wanted their dead buried in silk or
linen (imported) had to pay a high tax. Sorry, I don't
recall the dates on which this law went into effect, and
was discarded. A history buff may be able to enlighten
us.

Happy hunting, Sonia

> From: Robert Rush <>
> To: "''" <>
> Subject: RE: Parish Registers - West Bradenham
> Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 16:50:43 -0800
> Reply-to:

> John Chapman wrote:
> <While researching these records I came across a rather curious
> <statement in several of the entries relating to burials in the late 1600s and
> <1700s i.e., "was buried in sheeps woolens",
> ( snip )
> <F.John Chapman, - NFHS Member # 3916
> <Researching:Bradenham,Hilborough,Briston,Holme
> <Hale,Norwich;Chapman,Ripper,Coe,Lock,Kiddal,Dey,Bassam,before
> <1810: Norwich
> <after 1823:Chapman,Johnson,Coe,Ripper.
> <Sudbury,Suffolk:Argent,Rudd.Colchester,Essex: Argent, Rudd.
>
> John, I have an Elizabeth (Mary?) Coe that married my ggg-Grandfather
> Richard Rush, presumably at Field Dalling, on Oct. 13, 1791.
> Might there be a connection with your Coe interests?
> Bob Rush
> ( That's in British Columbia, Canada )
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