The Paycockes of Coggeshall
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The Paycockes of Coggeshall is a historical study by medieval historian Eileen Power that explores the life, business, and social world of a prosperous clothier family in late medieval England.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Paycockes of Coggeshall canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9019512 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Paycockes of Coggeshall Context triple: [Eileen Power, notableWork, The Paycockes of Coggeshall]
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Queen Henrietta's Men
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The House of the Blackheads is a richly ornamented historic guild building in Riga, Latvia, renowned for its striking Renaissance-style façade and role as a symbol of the city’s medieval mercantile past.
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Paycockes of Coggeshall Target entity description: The Paycockes of Coggeshall is a historical study by medieval historian Eileen Power that explores the life, business, and social world of a prosperous clothier family in late medieval England.
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A.
Queen Henrietta's Men
Queen Henrietta's Men was a prominent Caroline-era English playing company active in the 1620s and 1630s, known for performing at the Cockpit Theatre and for its association with Queen Henrietta Maria.
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B.
The Caxtons
The Caxtons is a Victorian-era novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton that portrays the domestic life, ambitions, and moral development of an English middle-class family.
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C.
The Kingham Plough
The Kingham Plough is a renowned country pub and restaurant in the Cotswold village of Kingham, known for its high-quality, locally sourced food and welcoming atmosphere.
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D.
House of the Blackheads
The House of the Blackheads is a richly ornamented historic guild building in Riga, Latvia, renowned for its striking Renaissance-style façade and role as a symbol of the city’s medieval mercantile past.
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E.
The Eton Chronicle
The Eton Chronicle is a long-running school magazine produced by students of Eton College, featuring news, commentary, and creative writing from the school community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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historical study ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
medieval history
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social and economic history ⓘ |
| analyzes |
commercial networks of clothiers
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family structure of medieval merchants ⓘ social status of prosperous townspeople ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Essex ⓘ |
| author | Eileen Power ⓘ |
| describes |
domestic life of clothier families
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relations between town elites and wider community ⓘ workshop and business organization of clothiers ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
business activities of a clothier family
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life of a prosperous clothier family ⓘ social world of a clothier family ⓘ |
| genre |
economic history
ⓘ
medieval social history ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalScope | late 14th to early 16th centuries (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
integration of economic and social history
ⓘ
microhistory of a single family ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Paycocke family
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clothiers ⓘ late medieval England ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
history of English trade
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history of medieval merchants ⓘ social history of medieval England ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Coggeshall ⓘ |
| studies |
English cloth industry
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urban life in medieval small towns ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
archival research
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microhistorical approach ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Paycockes of Coggeshall Description of subject: The Paycockes of Coggeshall is a historical study by medieval historian Eileen Power that explores the life, business, and social world of a prosperous clothier family in late medieval England.
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