Obs. A woollen cloth named after the place of its original manufacture.
15523. Acts 5 & 6 Edw. VI. All and euery broad cloth and clothes, called Taunton clothes, Bridgewaters and other clothes.
1607. Act 4 Jas. I., ii. Tauntons, Bridgewaters, and Dunsters made in the Westerne parts of Somersetshire.