Saye is a
wool
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len
cloth
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woven in the west and south of
England
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in and around the 15th and 16th centuries. A suburb of
Bristol
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, England is called
Sea Mills, this was originally Saye Mills.
On 21 June 1661
the diary of Samuel Pepys recorded purchasing "green Say ... for curtains in my parler".
In 1541 Cecily Aylmer, the daughter of
Richard Aylmer,
Mayor of Norwich, leaves Mother Manfold 'my best petticoat and an apron of saye', while Mother Plank gets 'my worst petticoat and my worst apron.'
A related sort of cloth was serica,
which was finer, since it also contained silk.
References
External links
About Bristol Suburbs, Sea Mills, Early History
Woven fabrics
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