The chapter is about the cloth industry so the quote is demonstrating the ubiquitous nature of spinning equipment, but it is an interesting glimpse of the wealth of a charcoal maker. I so need to get a wheelbarrow!
"The goods of James Basset Of Goudhurst, collier (d. 1580), totalled just £3 3s., according to local appraisers. He owned no livestock or farm goods his professional tools (Including two wheelbarrows) were valued at just 3s., but in his house were the requisites for spinning: three spinning 'trendles', a pair of stockcards and a pair of handcards."
