The Feltmaker's Wool Adventure, 1610-24. A research paper

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Deals with a project of London's feltmakers to establish a very large entity that 'would buy hatter's wool, sell it to feltmakers, buy up the hats as they were made, and market them'. Failure of the project. Chapters include: 'The feltmakers' wool adventure' - 'the first proposal' / 'the plan'/ the funding' / 'the start of the venture' / 'financial and organisational problems' / 'the wools and the customers' / 'the involvement of the Feltmakers' Company' / 'The outcome'; 'Christopher Warwick's debt' - 'Lord Hartinton's loan' / 'Christopher Warwick's problems' / 'Christopher Warwick sues the Feltmakers' Company' / 'The Feltmakers' Company appeals to parliament'; 'The wool adventure - a step too far?'