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DRAPER , one who deals in See also:cloth or textiles generally. The Fr. drap, cloth, from which drapier and Eng. " draper " are derived, is, of obscure origin. It is possible that the See also:Low See also:Lat. drappus or trappus (the last See also:form giving the Eng. " trappings ") may be connected with words such as " drub, Ger. trefj'en, See also:beat; the See also:original sense would be fulled cloth. " Drab," dull, See also:pale, See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown, is also connected, its first meaning being a cloth of a natural undyed See also:colour. The Drapers' See also:Company is one of the See also:great See also:livery companies of the See also:city of See also:London. The fraternity is of very See also:early origin. See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Fitz-Alwyn (d. 1212 ?), the first See also:mayor of London, is said to have been a draper. The first See also:charter was granted in 1364. The Drapers' Gild was one of the
numerous subdivisions of the clothing See also:trade, and appeared to have been confined to the retailing of woollen cloths, the See also:linen-drapers forming in the 15th See also:century a See also:separate fraternity, which disappeared or was merged in the greater company. It is usual for drapers to combine the See also:sale of " drapery," i.e. of textiles generally, with that of millinery, See also:hosiery, &c. In See also:Wills v. See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
Adams (reported in The Times, London, Nov. 20, 1908), the See also:term " drapery " in a restrictive See also:covenant was held not to include all goods that a draper might sell, such as furs or See also:fur-lined goods.
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