Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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Lemons were imported as early as april Novello Compano, A, 4 old gilt girdles, 1 chest soap weight 4½ C. lbs., 1 butt lemons, £5
as well as
1481 Gonsalvus Rodrecus ….10, 000 Oranges 40 doz cork….
60,000 oranges 3rd april.
as well as Cork for slippers.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=36075&strquery=Lemons
plus this from Elizabeth I.
“Edward Gilbert, Master of a Hoy of Feverton, in the River of London, which hath in Eight Thousand Oranges and Lemons, and some Spanish Reed, as he doth relate.”From: ‘House of Lords Journal Volume 5: 1 August 1642’, Journal of the House of Lords: volume 5: 1642-1643 (1802), pp. 250-56. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=34863&strquery=Lemons. Date accessed: 15 February 2006.