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English Wool Trade Boom
In the early 16th century English wool and worsted cloth exports peaked under the early Tudors, with Antwerp as the main hub, laying groundwork for l…
Timeline
- 1510–1516England · EnglandEnglish rural textile districts produced large quantities of worsted cloth, exported through ports such as London and Southampton. The crown levied customs and export duties on the wool trade, and trade revenue became an important source of finance.
- 1516Antwerp · BrabantAntwerp, one of Europe's largest trading centers, concentrated the wholesale and re-export of English cloth. English merchants established bases there, forming a busy commercial network with German and Italian merchants that drove early Tudor economic prosperity.
Sources
- The Economy of England, 1450-1750 — D. C. Coleman (1977)
- English Merchants and the Antwerp Market https://www.british-history.ac.uk/