Six months later the municipal accounts of Lyme include an entry as follows:- "1595.-Given to Sir George Trenchard a fair box marmalade gilted, a barrel of conserves oranges and lemons and potatoes 22s.
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews
From the waist down he was wrapped in a bright yellow shawl, and beside him lay a crutch and a wooden bowl heaped with rice and conserves.
"Hetty Wesley"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
2. It conserves the heat in the food, by surrounding it with substances which are poor conductors of heat.
"Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management"
Ministry of Education