1.   Such economic grievances as existed were probably prompted by such immediate issues as the slump in the cloth industry rather than by long-term agrarian questions.

2.   The rise of the cloth industry considerably changed the economic geography of England, with new areas emerging to prominence as the result of industrial growth.

3.   Much of the long-distance trade was in commodities connected with the cloth industry, notably dyestuffs such as woad and alum.

4.   But the cloth industry has a long way to go to catch its competitors who deal in disposables.