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" Sussex, lately deceased, was not put in, wrapt up, or wound up, or buried in any shirt, shift, sheet, or shroud, made or mingled with flax, hemp, silk, hair, gold, or silver, or other than what is made of sheep's wool only... "
The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal - Page 446
1907
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The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Darlington, in the Bishoprick

William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe - 1854 - 610 pages
...affidavit to the parson That the person was not put in or buried in any shirt, shift, sheet, or shroud mode or mingled with flax, hemp, silk, hair, gold or silver, or any other than what is made of sheep's wool only, or in any coffin lined or laced with any cloth, stuff,...
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The English Constitution in the Reign of King Charles the Second

Andrew Amos - 1857 - 370 pages
...a penalty was imposed for burying " any corpse in any shirt, shift, sheet, or shroud, or any thing whatsoever made or mingled with flax, hemp, silk, hair, gold or silver, or in any thing other than what is made of sheep's wool only." This is the law which militated with the...
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Registrum Ecclesiae Parochialis: The History of Parish Registers in England ...

John Southerden Burn - 1862 - 316 pages
...Oct., 1678, was not put in, wrapt up, or wound up or buried, in any shirt, shift, sheet, or shroud, made or mingled with flax, hemp, silk, hair, gold, or silver, or other than what is made of sheeps' wool only; nor in any coffin lined or faced with any cloth, stuff,...
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The Town and Borough of Leominster: With Illustrations of Its Ancient and ...

George Fyler Townesend - 1863 - 394 pages
...or shroud, or anything whatsoever made or mingled with flax ; or in silk, hair, gold silver, or in any stuff or thing other than what is made of sheep's wool only, on pain of penalties. The Act orders that a certificate to the observance of this Act be sworn to by...
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The Home and Foreign Review, Volume 2

1863 - 740 pages
...Oct. 1678, was not put in, wrapt up, or wound up, or buried, in any shirt, shift, sheet, or shroud, made or mingled with flax, hemp, silk, hair, gold, or silver, or other than what is made of sheep's wool only : nor in any coffin lined or faced with any cloth, stuff,...
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Surrey Archaeological Collections: Relating to the History and ..., Volume 2

Surrey Archaeological Society - 1864 - 456 pages
...whereby it was enacted that, after August 1, 1678, no corpse should be buried in any shirt, shift, sheet, or shroud, or anything whatsoever made or mingled with flax, hemp, silk, hair, gold, or silver, or in any stuff or thing other than what is made of sheep's wool only, under the penalty of £5 ; and...
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Reminiscences of a Highland Parish

Norman Macleod - 1867 - 442 pages
...lately deceased, was not put in, wrapt, or wound up, or Buried in any Shirt, Shift, Sheet or Shroud, made or mingled with Flax, Hemp, Silk, Hair, Gold or Silver, or other than what is made of Sheeps-Wooll- only : Nor in any Coffin lined or faced with any Cloth, Stuff,...
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Sheep; their history, management, diseases [&c.].

William Reid (wool-broker.) - 1871 - 202 pages
...(except those who die of plague) shall be buried in any shirt, shift, sheet, or shroud, or anything made or mingled with flax, hemp, silk, hair, gold, or silver, or in any stuff or thing not made of sheep's wool only, or be put into a coffin lined or faced with any...
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History and characteristics of Bishop Auckland

Matthew Richley - 1872 - 226 pages
...hundred and seventy-eight, no corpse of any person, or persons, shall be buried in any shirt, shift, sheet or shroud, or anything whatsoever made or mingled with flax, hemp, silk, hair, gold, or silver, or in any stuff or thing other than what is made of sheep's wool only, or be put in any coffin lined or...
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History of the Fylde of Lancashire

John Porter - 1876 - 518 pages
...lately deceased, was not put in, wrapt or wound up or Buried, in any Shirt, Shift, Sheet, or Shroud, made or mingled with Flax, Hemp, Silk, Hair, Gold, or Silver, or other than that which is made of Sheep's Wool only. Nor in any Coffin lined or faced with any cloth,...
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