• Mercery (from French mercerie, meaning "habderdashery" (goods) or "haberdashery" (a shop trading in textiles and notions) initially referred to silk,...
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    haberdashery the customer may purchase one button if that's all they want. Hatter Mercery Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, 1989: "A dealer in small articles...
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  • or "merchier", meaning a merchant: originally one trading in textiles (mercery). Alison Mercer (born 1954), New Zealand zoologist Asa Mercer, first president...
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    François Darboux, businessman of mercery, and Alix Gourdoux. The father died when Gaston was 7. His mother undertook the mercery business with great courage...
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  • commenced working in retail with David Jones. He rose to be in charge of the mercery department and lived above the store, as was common in the era. Gowing...
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  • schoolboy years, coined on account of the fact his father ran a men's mercery business. He left school at age 15. Richards, a Coogee junior, was a halfback...
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    Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. Sutton, Anne F. (2005). The Mercery of London: Trade, Goods and People, 1130-1578. Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate...
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  • mercis) amercement, commerce, commercial, market, mercantile, mercenary, mercery, merchandise, merchant, mercy, noncommercial merge-, mers- dip, plunge...
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    ironman Aussies 2018, 1st Open Short Course Coolangatta Gold 2018, Dean Mercery Memorial Trophy Winning 2019 and SOS Surf Race Winner 2020. "Paralympics...
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    take hundreds of hours of work and sell for thousands of dollars. The Mercery of London, Anne F. Sutton, p. 9 Caulfield, Sophia Frances Anne.; Saward...
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  • merchant or trader, more specifically a merchant who deals in textiles (mercery) Mercer, a member of the London guild of the Worshipful Company of Mercers...
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    Matthew Publications. Retrieved 27 October 2006. Sutton, Anne F., The Mercery of London: Trade, Goods and People, 1130–1578, Aldershot, 2005 The Mercers'...
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    Furniture Stores. In 1430, the site was occupied by shops by the name of Le Mercery and by a building known as Hellekeld (the dark well). These were believed...
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  • beauty and sunglasses; lingerie, including sleepwear; menswear including mercery; accessories, footwear, and luggage; home, including kitchenware, tableware...
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  • leaves, Owen shoots Henry for failing to kill Feng along with two other merceries who were loyal to Chris. Feng tracks down Chris and confronts him, but...
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  • of being responsible for unsolved murders Sutton, Anne F. (2005). The Mercery of London: Trade, Goods and People, 1130–1578. Ashgate Publishing Ltd....
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  • mercis) amercement, commerce, commercial, market, mercantile, mercenary, mercery, merchandise, merchant, mercy, noncommercial merge-, mers- dip, plunge...
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    In 1912 Trumper opened "Victor Trumper and Dodge Ltd.", a sports and mercery store in George Street, Sydney. Some notable highlights of Trumper's career...
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  • Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company. Sutton, Anne F. (2005). The Mercery of London: Trade, Goods and People, 1130-1578. Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate...
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    was already being imported to England before the invasion through the mercery trade. Some towns, such as York, suffered from Norman sacking during William's...
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    Company of Hatters in 1428. However, he devoted his efforts to the art of Mercery rather than that of the Hatter, and transferred to the senior livery company:...
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  • departments including gloves, umbrellas and handkerchiefs, mantles, furniture, mercery, millinery, furs and corsets. At one time 26 assistants were devoted to...
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  • vol. 4, British History Online, pp. 217–222 Sutton, Anne F. (2005). The mercery of London: trade, goods and people, 1130-1578. Ashgate Publishing. p. 387...
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    Century. New York, NY: Harper. OCLC 38684352. Sutton, A. F. (2005). The Mercery of London: Trade, Goods and People, 1130–1578. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-75465-331-8...
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  • Gowing, who had been working as a storekeeper in Victoria. They set up the Mercery and Glove Depot, at 318 George Street, which John managed for £200 per...
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    continued by his daughter Aly until the 1970s. F. A. C. OLSEN's ENKE, a mercery wholesale business, was based in the building as of 1910. The company was...
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    der Martinikirche 4, was already founded, which handled the trading of mercery, costume jewelry and metal goods. In 1783 Johann Melchior's son, Carl Friedrich...
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  • 1980 in Moscow. Investigator Seifi Ganiev runs the case of an illegal mercery shop's head Murad Abiyev, who confessed to embezzlement of one million...
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    England, efforts were made to standardize the width of cloth, to promote mercery. The first on record is the Assize of Cloth (also called the Assize of...
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    identification code developed by the World Customs Organization (WCO). Mercery Bolt (cloth) - Tanmono Greige goods Drapery Draped garment kilts Belted...
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