Sentence examples for export of wool from inspiring English sources

Medieval Northumberland prospered from the production and export of wool and hides.

Sheep and cattle are raised for export of wool and hides.

The crown granted the Merchants of the Staple a monopoly over the export of wool and in return collected the duties.

The Argentine economy was geared toward the export of wool, meat, and wheat for the industrial centers of Europe, and this required the progressive privatization and enclosure of land in the pampas.

In 1865 sheep were introduced, and, although the industry has been limited by isolation, the export of wool and breeding stock is now the basis of the islands' economy.

A major source of income was the export of wool.

Revenues from the exports of wool plummeted and the price of food rose, despite attempts by Edward II's government to control prices.

As a result of the revolt, parliament retreated from the poll tax and instead focused on a system of indirect taxes centring on foreign trade, drawing 80% of tax revenues from the exports of wool.

With extraordinary speed, the export of raw wool gave way to the export of woolen cloth manufactured at home, and the wool clothier or entrepreneur was soon buying fleece from sheep raisers, transporting the wool to cottagers for spinning and weaving, paying the farmer's wife and children by the piece, and collecting the finished article for shipment to Bristol, London, and eventually Europe.

The merchants of the Staple, who had a monopoly on the export of raw wool, did less well.

Merchants Staplers, formally Company of the Merchants of the Staple, company of English merchants who controlled the export of English wool from the late 13th century through the 16th century.