Note 121 — Chapter VII · LANCASHIRE IN THE TIME OF THE TUDORS (A.D. 1485–1603).
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Local coal of very inferior quality appears to also have been used. Such entries occur as “four loodes of cole at Hilton delve, 4s.,” but this was probably only the cost of the carriage, as the coal would belong to the Shuttleworths, and be got in the quarry.