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Built with donations from wealthy wool merchants[edit]

I am surprised that this article is vague on the funding of these churches. They were not built from the profits of the wool trade; that comment is too generic. More specifically: they were built with donations made from rich wool merchants.

i.e. The "wool churches" of the Cotswolds are among the most elaborate and architecturally attractive in the entire country due to the largesse of successful wool merchants. http://www.britainexpress.com/cotswolds/wool-churches.htm

i.e. Sheep farmers became incredibly rich exporting the ‘golden fleece’ and, with religious orders owning many flocks, much of the money went into building churches. Rich merchants also wanted to ensure their safe passage to paradise and so would donate portions of their profits towards building these ‘wool churches’. http://stuartmorris.co.uk/uncategorized/2014/07/look-historic-textile-hot-spots-uk/

And see St Peter and St Paul's Church, Lavenham The two principal donors for church were the 13th Earl of Oxford and the cloth merchant, Thomas Spring of Lavenham. As such, the building is decorated with the coat-of-arms of the Spring and de Vere families.[2][3]