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12. 4.
There is abundant circumstantial evidence for the making of glass in England in the
medieval period, but direct records are extremely scarce and are practically confined
to one district, Chiddingfold and the neighbouring villages on the borders of Sussex
and Surrey, which from the early years of the 13th century were turning out large
quantities of glass. It is probable in the case of glass-making, as in so many other
industries, that improvements were introduced from abroad. In 1352 we find John de
Alemaygne of Chiddingfold supplying large quantities of glass for St. Stephen's
Chapel, Westminster, and in January 3SR