broggers

Updated: May 28, 2025

Midwinter, Busshe, and Elmes were all wool dealers, or 'broggers' middlemen, that is to say, between the farmers who grew and the staplers who bought wool, but often the staplers dealt directly with individual farmers, buying the small man's clip as well as the great man's, and warm friendships sprang from the annual visits, looked forward to in Yorkshire dale and Cotswold valley.

Eileen Edna Power - Medieval People