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→The Maiden of Halifax: Spelling, grammar, and general cleanup, typos fixed: 1724-26 → 1724–26
The wool trade had brought Halifax from a sleepy backwater to being a major provincial centre. By the beginning of the 15th century the trade in woollen and worsted cloth was equalled by the parallel trade in cloth stolen overnight from the tenterframes on which the sheets of cloth had been fixed to dry evenly. As the trade was the lifeblood of the district draconian measures were instituted to counter the felony and the stealing of cloth became a capital offence. Literally.
The wool trade had brought Halifax from a sleepy backwater to being a major provincial centre. By the beginning of the 15th century the trade in woollen and worsted cloth was equalled by the parallel trade in cloth stolen overnight from the tenterframes on which the sheets of cloth had been fixed to dry evenly. As the trade was the lifeblood of the district draconian measures were instituted to counter the felony and the stealing of cloth became a capital offence. Literally.
The practice, which was discontinued in 1650 (possibly as a reaction to the beheading of [[Charles I]] the year before) was mentioned by [[Daniel Defoe]] in his ''A Tour Through The Whole Island of Great Britain'' - 1724-26.
The practice, which was discontinued in 1650 (possibly as a reaction to the beheading of [[Charles I]] the year before) was mentioned by [[Daniel Defoe]] in his ''A Tour Through The Whole Island of Great Britain'' - 1724–26.
==See also==
==See also==