 This body was responsible for regulating all cloth manufacture in the parish, whether with wool only or with wool and other materials.The Act specifically mentions linen yarn being 'reeled on a reel four yards about' and sold by the 'lea' containing 200 threads.In the early 18th century, the range of textiles made in Kidderminster broadened with bombazine (with a silk warp and worsted weft) also being produced.