# Wool-stapler

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Person who weighs and grades wool for market

The frieze of the [Leith](/source/Leith) Corn Exchange showing wool-staplers at work

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A **wool-stapler** is a dealer in [wool](/source/Wool). The wool-stapler buys wool from the producer, sorts and [grades](/source/Wool_classing) it, and sells it on to [manufacturers](/source/Textile_manufacturing).

Winston Hall, built in Gloucester in 1750 for the wool-stapler Richard Chandler[1]

Some wool-staplers acquired significant wealth, such as [Richard Chandler](/source/Richard_Chandler_(wool-stapler)) of [Gloucester](/source/Gloucester) (England) who built [Winston Hall](/source/Winston_Hall) in 1750.[1]

## Staples

"Staple" in this particular context means a market.

Before the 17th century, a [staple](/source/The_Staple) was also a particular type of market, "a place appointed by royal authority, in which a body of merchants had exclusive right of purchase of certain goods destined for export".

The now best known English staple was at [Calais](/source/Calais_Staple) but in [medieval times](/source/Medieval_times) there were, at various times, many other [staple towns](/source/Staple_towns) throughout the kingdoms of England and Ireland and the facing coast of the [Low Countries](/source/Low_Countries) all involved, though not exclusively, with the [English wool trade](/source/Medieval_English_wool_trade).

## Etymology

The term "wool-stapler" fell out of use during the 20th century.

## References and sources

**References**

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NHL_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NHL_1-1) [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Winston Hall (1271655)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1271655?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 1 December 2018.

**Sources**

- *Oxford English Dictionary* entries for 'wool-stapler' and 'staple'.

## External links

- [Early 20th century publicity for a wool-stapler.](http://boar.org.uk/abiwxo3TWMays1.htm)

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