English Economic History: Select Documents

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Acts of Parliament (see [Statutes])
Administration, central (see [Chancery], [Commissions], [Councils], [Crown], Exchequer, [House of Commons], [Parliament], [Statutes]);
local (see [Boroughs], [County Courts], [Hundreds], [Justices], [Parishes], [Sheriffs])
Agrarian changes, in Middle Ages, [53], [54], [83], [85]-87;
in Tudor and Stuart periods, [227], [228], [234]-277;
in 18th and 19th centuries, [523], [524], [525]-542, [552]
Agriculture, advantages of large scale, [530], [531];
capitalist, [228];
depression of, in 16th century, [407]-412;
effect of Corn Laws on, [692]-698 (see also [Corn Laws]);
encouragement of, by Tudor and Stuart monarchy, [229], [260]-277, [428]-430;
improvements in, effected in 18th century, [523], [526], [530], [531], [532]-536;
manorial, [3]-9, [16], [17], [53]-110, [227]-277;
do., developments in, [53], [54], [83], [85]-87;
provision for harvest labour, [78], [173], [328], [329], [347], [648];
reaction of commerce and industry on, [582], [697];
state of, in 18th and 19th centuries, [523]-542
(see also [Arable], [Commons],[ Common Fields], [Depopulation], [Enclosures], [Land],[ Manor], [Pasture], [Smallholders])
Agriculture, Board of, surveys of, [524], [532]-536
Agricultural houses and buildings, decay and restoration of, [267], [268], [272], [275], [276], [324], [392], [536], [567]
Agricultural labourers, [7], [8], [62]-64, [78], [164], [165], [170], [171]-174,[176]-178, [324], [353], [355], [408];
apprenticeship of, [324], [325], [330], [388];
combinations of, [55], [105]-110, [552], [553], [638]-640;
condition of, in 19th century, [695], [696];
hiring of, [164]-168, [170]-174, [176]-178;
housing of, [567];
regulation of conditions of service of, [171]-178, [325]-333, [352], [360], [361];
regulation of hours of, [327];
regulation of wages of, [173], [177], [328], [329], [342], [343], [346], [347], [351], [353], [360], [361], [405], [546], [547], [552]-554;
restrictions of, as to apprenticeship to crafts, [174], [361]
Alehouses, taverns, [378], [473], [536];
increase of, in 18th century, [489];
meeting of journeymen associations in, [624];
patent for licensing of, [442];
payment of wages in, prohibited, [599]
Aliens, burgesses of English towns, [27], [28]n;
jealousy of, [153], [186], [199], [200]
Alien craftsmen, imported into Ireland, [471];
in London, [195]-197, [199]
Alien merchants, [127], [180], [181], [182], [183], [184], [189], [192]-195, [197]-199, [420];
admitted to a London company, [309];
arrest of goods of, [189], [190];
customs granted by, [208]-216;
freedom of trade granted to, [127], [152], [209], [212];
of Almain, [194];
of Flanders, [193], [194];
of France, [192], [193];
of Italy, [43], [127], [199], [420]-424
Almshouses, [483]

Anti-Corn-Law League, foundation of, [701].
Anti-Slavery Society, [593]
Apprentices, [113], [136], [138], [141], [142], [143], [147], [231], [282], [283], [295], [296], [300], [305], [307], [324]-326, [330]-334, [341], [344], [345], [348], [353], [356], [361], [437], [444], [455], [499], [500];
disciplinary rules touching, [113], [147], [345];
in factories, [571], [572];
fees exacted from, [284]-286;
limitation of numbers of, in textile industry, [322];
oaths exacted from by masters, [285], [286];
pauper, [381], [505];
proportion of, to journeymen, regulations as to, [332], [550], [551], [573], [574];
runaway, [148];
unindentured, [353]
Apprenticeship, [138], [174], [314], [479], [499], [500], [588], [589];
custom of London as to, [330];
debates in House of Commons on, [577]-588;
effect of compulsory, on marriage, [322], [323]n, [344];
enactment as to age of ending, [323], [344];
enforcement of statute as to, [386];
evasion of, by a company, [310];
fees on entering and leaving, [280];
half-pay, [590];
indentures of, [113], [147], [295];
municipal regulation of, [295], [305]-307;
of agricultural labourers, [325], [330], [388];
to crafts, restricted, [174], [361];
of pauper children, [381], [388], [504], [652];
to woollen industry, [499], [500]
Approvers, criminal, [39]
Arable land, conversion of, to pasture, [55], [260]-277, [392], [407], [408], [409];
enclosure of (see [Enclosure]);
on a 14th century manor, [56]
Artificers, Statute of (see [Statutes])
Assarts, [89]
Assizes, [88], [89], [93], [97];
grand, [95];
of bread and ale, [37], [80], [117], [118], [133], [152], [155], [156], [388];
of cloth, [152], [154], [155], [319];
suspension of, [319], [320];
of mort d'ancestor, [94];
of novel disseisin, [88], [89], [93], [94], [96], [97]n;
of weights and measures, [152], [154], [377], [388];
of wine, [152]
Ball, John, and the Peasants' Revolt, [109]
Bankers and Banking, [398], [420]
Bankrupts, [474]
Banks, [506];
country, [681]
Bank of England, [667];
foundation of, [668], [676];
suspension of cash payments by, [681]
Bee-keeping, [7]
Beer, patent for export of, [442]
Beggars, [166], [174], [175], [176], [324], [388], [483];
licensing of, [363], [364], [366] (see also [Poor], [Vagrants])
Berlin Decrees, effect of, on commerce, [690], [692]
Black Death, the, [54], [55], [65]n, [102], [103], [104], [105], [164]
Blackwell Hall, the London cloth market, [440], [460], [492]-495
Bondage land (see [Villeinage])
Bondmen (see [Villeins])
Bordiers, [16], [17];
in boroughs, [12], [13]
Boroughs and towns, [10]-25, [279]-312;
in Domesday Book, [4];
affiliation of, [112], [124];
assessment of wages by, [315];
bakehouses in, [13];
bondmen received in, [121], [125];
charters to (see [Charters]);
charters to, confiscated [257];
courts in, [12], [116], [117], [118], [119], [120], [125], [129], [131], [132];
crimes in, fines and forfeitures for, [14], [15];
customs in, [10]-14;
bequest of burgages, [117];
cannemol, [133];
gyeresyeve, [120];
scotale, [120];
decay of, alleged, [180], [425];
election of officers in, [118], [120], [121], [257];
exclusiveness of, [118];
farmers of, [131];
farms of, [10]-14, [37], [119], [123], [292];
fines, gersums, in, [12];
gildhalls in, [4], [10], [129], [137], [141], [142], [144];
hansing-silver exacted in, [128];
hosting in, [160];
hosting of aliens in, [197]-199, [209], [212], [213];
housecarles in, [14];
hue and cry in, [160];
Jewries in, [43], [45], [46], [47], [48], [50];
the king's, tallage assessed on, [35];
king's demesne in, [13];
lords of, [32];
lords of, disputes with and complaints against, [123], [128], [131];
mayors and bailiffs of, [32], [48], [118], [121], [122], [130], [132], [136]-145, [147], [157], [160], [165], [166], [172]-175, [181], [189], [192], [195], [200]-202, [206], [214], [216], [231], [282]-284, [294]-297, [299], [303], [309], [327]-329, [332], [333], [340], [366], [367], [370]-372;
origin of, [111];
reeves of, [10], [32], [155];
rents in, [10], [13], [14], [15];
rents in, enhancement of, [521];
sanitary conditions in, in nineteenth century, [519], [520];
do, recommendations for improvement of, [614]-616;
stewards of, [117], [118];
supervision of strangers in, [160];
watch and ward in, [160], [389]
(see also [Market Towns])
Borough tolls, [10], [112], [119]-123, [125]-127, [131]-135, [212], [282];
disputes touching, [121], [126];
exemption from, [119], [120], [121], [124], [126], [127];
exemption of Jews from, [45];
intermunicipal agreement on, [126]
(see also [Lastage], [Murage], [Passage], [Pavage], [Pesage], [Pontage], [Stallage])
Bracton, quotations from, [75]n., [97]n., [126]
Bracton's Note Book, [88]-90, [92], [93], [95]-97
Brewers, Stuart patent for licensing, [473]
Bridewells, [370], [371]
(see also[ Houses of Correction], [Workhouses])
Brokerage, [422], [423]
Bullion, export of, [203], [216]-223, [398], [416], [419], [420], [668], [671], [672];
free coinage of, at the Mint, [674]
(see also [Currency], [Mint]).
Burgage tenure, [117]
Cabots, the, [400]-402
Calico-printers, journeymen, grievances of, [573]-576
Capital, discussion on employment of, in factories, [606], [607]
Capitalism, Disraeli's protest against domination of, [710], [711];
growth of, [668];
in textile industries, [314], [315], [317], [320]-322;
in agriculture, [228]
Capitalists, [561];
mercantile, [280]
Cartbote, [242]
Cecil, Lord, industrial programme of, [323]-324
Chancery, court of, [106], [146], [150], [236];
appeals to, by an alleged villein, [100];
by copyholders, [85], [234], [241];
by a craftsman, [148], [199];
by a woolmerchant, [186];
touching usury, [201];
certifications into, [328];
equitable jurisdiction of, [87], [148]n., [228];
original writs of, [48];
patents to make writs and file bills in, [441], [442];
protection of customary tenure in, [87]n., [228], [235], [241]
Chantries, [286]-293
Charters, [152], [153];
of Henry II., [45], [124], [308];
of Richard I., [125];
of John, [44], [121], [122], [124], [126], [158];
of Henry III., [119], [124], [126], [127], [192];
of Edward I., [158], [164], [208], [211];

of Edward III., [119]n., [211];
of Gilbert de Clare, [116];
to alien towns and merchants, [152], [192], [194], [199], [208], [211];
to boroughs, [116], [119], [121], [122], [124], [125], [126], [127];
to craft-gilds and companies, [144], [303], [308], [399], [427], [454], [461].
Chartists, [618];
manifestoes of, [618], [641], [642].
Chevage, [72], [73], [74], [75]
Child-labour, [436];
half-timers, [613];
Oastler's campaign against, [544], [592]-594;
in coalmines, [516]-9, [598], [599];
in factories, [480], [495], [496], [502]-505, [510]-516, [544], [571]-573, [591]-595,
[600], [609], [610], [612]-614;
in woollen industry, [483]
Children's Employment Commission, [600], [603].
Churches, free fees of, exempted from taxation, [33]
Churchwardens, administrative duties of, touching labour and poor relief, [324], [648]
Civil War, the, [310], [399], [475]
Cloth, assize of, [152], [154], [155], [319];
suspension of, [319], [320];
aulnage of, [163], [164];
customs on (see [Customs]);
industry (see [Woollen Cloth]);
retailing of, [131]
(see also [Woollen Cloth])
Coal Industry, commission on employment in, [480], [516]-519;
condition of, in 18th century, [479], [491]-492;
act regulating, [598];
dispute between employers and workmen in, [625];
hours of labour in, [517]-519;
inspectors of, [598];
production, transport and distribution in, [491], [492];
regulation of prices and limitation of output in, [497]-499;
woman and child labour in, [516]-519, [598], [599]
Coin, clipping of, [678]
Colonial preference, [708]
Colonies, advantages of, [434]-438;
effect of Navigation Act on, [672]-674;
wages in, [315], [360]
Combinations, of masters, [590], [634];
of journeymen, [138]-141, [196], [549], [560], [583], [590], [617]-643;
of agricultural labourers, [105]-110, [552], [553], [618], [638]-641;
of bricklayers, [624];
of carpenters, [624];
of coach-makers, curriers, farriers, smiths and sailmakers, [623];
of coalminers, [625];
of feltmakers, [617], [619]-622;
of joiners, [624];
of tailors, [617], [618], [622]-624;
of woolcombers, [617], [626]
Combination Acts, [575], [618], [626], [627]-631, [633], [636]-638;
repeal of, [633]
Commissions, Royal, on depopulation, [276], [277]n;
on enclosure, [229], [262], [262]n.;
on child labour, [600], [603];
on health in towns, [614]-616;
on industrial conditions, in textile industry, [316];
in coal mines, [480], [516]-519;
on Poor Law, [661];
petitions for, [260]
Common fields, [54];
disadvantages of, [527];
distribution of strips in, [22], [55], [73], [76];
enclosure of, [73], [525], [526], [527], [528], [529], [540], [541];
regulation of, [76]-79;
system, [54]
Common Law, and copyholders, [86], [87], [88], [228], [241], [255];
and enclosure, [88], [89], [271];
and villeinage, [89]-97;
and restraint of trade, [305]-307, [315], [361], [362];
and engrossing of corn, [393];
and monopolies, [466];
and combinations, [618], [634]-636
Common pasture, [57], [58], [77], [88], [89], [259], [531];
enclosure of, [88], [89], [257];
in boroughs, [119];
rights of, stinted by agreement, [256]
Commons or Wastes, [54], [249];
enclosure of, [54], [55], [63], [64], [87], [88], [244], [256], [257], [526]-529, [532], [534], [540], [541];
encroachments on, [54], [63], [64], [542];
objection to lords commoning on, [248];
rights on, [54], [529], [531], [534], [535], [538], [541]
Companies, Industrial, [280] (see also [Craft-gilds], [Mining]);
Stuart patents of incorporation of, revoked, [474]
Companies, Mercantile, monopoly of, discussed, 443-453;
Staplers, 153, 178-186, 484, 485;
Merchant Adventurers, 302, 398, 399, 402-404, 446, 447, 449, 450, 452, 453, 454;
new company of, incorporation of, 454-460;
East India Company, interlopers and, 675;
Eastland Company, [399];
Muscovy Company, [399], [449], [450], [452], [453];
Turkey Company, [431], [450]

Co-operative Societies, [618], [643]
Copyhold, [228], [234]-240, [248]-250, [254]-259, [326], [527], [528], [538];
conversion of, to leasehold, [538];
eviction from, [85]-87
(see also [Customary holdings], [Villeinage])
Copyholders, [228], [244];
of inheritance, [258]
(see also [Customary tenants], [Villeins])
Corn-badgers, [365], [375]-377, [385], [386];
carriers, [326], [375], [376], [385], [487], [488];
factors, [487]-491;
engrossing and engrossers of, [376], [386], [389], [391]-396;
export and import of, [398], [407]-411, [424], [428]-430, [487];
do., discussed, [274], [407]-412;
Laws, of 1815, [697];
do., debates on, [692], [705];
do., repeal of, [523];
price of, fluctuations in, [368];
do., means of enhancing, [407]-412;
production of, fluctuations in, [273]-275;
regulation of price and distribution of, [367], [368], [374]-378, [385], [386], [389], [391]-396;
trade, condition of, in 18th century, [479], [487]-491
(see also [Customs])
Coroners, [27], [38], [39]
Cost of living, in 19th century, [521]
Costermongers, excluded from operation of Statute of Artificers, [356]
Cotters, cotmen, [5], [9], [61], [63], [65], [242]
Cotton industry, in the 18th and 19th centuries, [545], [546], [571], [572], [576], [577];
arbitration on disputes in, [544], [568]-571;
depression of wages in, [500], [501];
fluctuations in, [480];
introduction of power loom weaving in, [505]-510;
petition of journeymen in, to House of Commons, [480], [500]
(see also [Factories])
Council, the King's, [48];
Privy, [328], [455], [473], [474];
intervention of, [229];
for the protection of tenants, [266];
for the regulation of wages, [316];
for the regulation of prices, [365], [368];
for the relief of the poor, [363], [364], [379], [382]-384, [390], [649];
of the North, [429], [430];
of Wales, [429], [430]
Council, Orders in, effect of, on industry and commerce, [480], [691]
County courts, [34], [94]
Courts, Royal (see [Chancery], Requests, [Star Chamber], [Wards and Liveries])
Craft-gilds, [111], [131], [133], [279], [315];
adulterine, [114]-116;
censured, [296];
charters to, protected in the Statute of Monopolies, [467];
common box of, [136], [137];
control of trade and industry by, [136]-147, [284], [297]-299, [300], [303], [307]-311, [345];
dependence of industrial on mercantile, [302]-305;
election of officers of, [137], [138], [142], [145], [309], [310], [311];
exclusiveness of, [142], [143], [145], [280], [282], [299], [307], [361];
incorporation of, [113], [144], [305], [308], [474];
litigation of, [311];
the livery of, [310];
monopoly of, [280], [306], [311];
municipal control of, [137]-144, [147];
ordinances of, [136]-144, [195]-197, [297];
state supervision of, [113], [279], [284], [285], [286], [306], [307];
religious aspect of, [136], [137], [139], [140], [144], [145], [280], [289], [290];
restraint of trading by, [469];
(see also [Apprentices], [Journeymen], [Yeomanry])
Craft-gilds and Companies of London, Clothworkers, [300]-302;
Feltmakers, [302];
incorporation of, [303];
Haberdashers, [302]-304;
incorporation of, [144]-146;
Weavers, alien, ordinances of, [195]-197;
Whitetawyers, ordinances of, [136]-138
Craftsmen, alien, ordinances of, [195];
classification of, in Tudor period, [414];
desire of, for cheap corn, [409];
for protection, [426];
excessive prices charged by, [165], [166], [168], [169];
excluded from operation of Statute of Artificers, [356];
licensed to exercise more than one craft, [70];
limited to one craft, [70], [294], [295], [306], [321]
(see also [Apprentices], [Industry], [Journeymen], [Labour], [Labourers], [Prices], [Wages])
Credit, trading on, [305], [416]-418, [420]-424, [493]-495
Crown, indebtedness of the, [153], [416]-418
Currency, condition of, in fourteenth century, [217]-223;
in seventeenth century, [668], [677], [678];
debasement of, [398], [405], [406], [416]-418;
discussions on, [220], [405];
provisions for, [180], [181];
recoinage of Queen Elizabeth, [419], [677];
recoinage of 1696, [668], [677], [678]
(see also [Bullion], [Mint])
Customary holdings, [228];
alienation of, [243], [258];
bequest of, [233], [234];
cotlands, [63];
custom touching inheritance of, [233], [234];
dayworks, [64];
division of, among heirs, [232];
eviction from, [254], [255], [263];
fines for entry on, [66], [67], [68], [69], [86], [229], [233], [235], [238], [239], [240], [249], [251], [259];
do., enhancement of, [229], [249], [251], [253], [255], [265];
forelands, [62];
forfeited, [242], [243];
lease of, [55], [76], [80], [83], [84], [85], [86], [91], [235], [238], [241], [242], [254], [255], [258], [259];
oxgangs, [258];
sale and purchase of, [233], [234];
yardlands, [242]
(see also [Copyhold], [Landmeasures], [Leasehold], [Manor])
Customary tenants, [5]-9, [23], [24], [54], [80]-86, [228], [232]-246, [251]-255;
eviction of, [364];
grant of manor to, [81];
lease of manor to, [81]
(see also [Bordiers], [Copyholders], [Cotters], [Manor], [Serfs], [Villeins])
Customary tenure, [54], [55]
Customs, the, in Middle Ages, [203], [207]-216;
in London and the outports, contrasted, [445];
in American colonies, suggested, [673];
on imports, [211]-216, [401];
exemption of the Cabots from, [401];
on cloth, [403], [412], [417], [440], [459], [469], [471];
on coal, [472];
on exported corn, [398], [407], [430];
on wine, [208], [214];
on wool, [207], [215], [407], [413]
Debt, the National, [676], [677];
measures for reduction of, [679]-681
Debts, recovery of, in Middle Ages, [161]-163,

[192]
Defoe, Daniel, his accounts of eighteenth century industrial and trade
conditions, [482]-492;
his criticism of Poor Laws, [649]
Demesne, ancient, [36], [89];
tenants of, [36], [55], [90], [91]
Demesne lands, in boroughs, [132];
in manors, [6], [9], [16], [17], [32], [33], [54], [56], [57], [64], [228], [237], [238], [240], [245], [246], [254], [258], [259];
farmers of, [228];
lease of, [259];
lying in scattered strips, [76]
Demesnes, the king's, [21], [36], [161];
tallage assessed on, [35], [65]
Depopulation, caused by the Black Death, [65]-68, [102], [164];
in rural districts, [267], [269], [395], [531], [536];
acts against, [229], [260], [270]n., [315]
Dialogus de Scaccario, [4]n.
Diminishing Returns, Law of, [272]
Discovery, voyages of, [400]-402
Disraeli, Benjamin, protest of, against capitalist domination, [710], [711]
Domesday Book, [3], [4], [20], [40]n, [54];
extracts from, [9]-17
Domestic System, [355], [483], [508]
Dorchester Agricultural Labourers Union, [618], [638]-641;
rules of, [640], [641]
Dyeing, English and foreign, [155], [432], [433]
Dyers of Bristol, ordinances of, [141]-144

Eastland Merchants, [399]
Economic theory and opinion, in eighteenth century, [488], [559], [590], [668];
of state regulation, [365]
(see also [Mercantile Theory])
Education, of working classes, [611], [711]
(see also [Schools,industrial])
Edward I, charters of, [158], [164];
enquiry of, touching royal rights and feudal liberties, [36]-40
Enclosures of land, in Middle Ages, [54], [229];
in sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, [229], [247], [248]n., [389];
in eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, [482], [483], [523]-542;
advocated, [526], [527];
effect of, on cottagers, [532];
expense of fencing, [535], [539];
petition against, [531];
speeches in House of Commons on, [270]-275;
statutes against, [247];
by Act of Parliament, [523], [528], [532]-542;
do., expense of, [532], [535]n.;
by agreement ratified in Chancery, [523], [525], [526], [530];
of arable, [260]-277, [408];
of common fields, [73], [525], [526], [527], [528], [529], [540], [541];
of common pasture, [88], [89], [257];
of waste, [54], [55], [87], [88], [244], [526]-529, [532], [534], [540], [541];
Consolidating Act, [537];
General Act, [541]
Encroachments (see [Purprestures])
Escheat (see [Feudal Incidents])
Escheators, [20], [23]-26, [30], [31], [40], [107]-110, [249], [250];
offences of, [40];
office of, [20], [21]
Exchange, letters of, [421]-424
Exchanges, foreign, fluctuations and manipulation of, [398], [416]-424;
tax on, [398], [420]-424;
certifications into, [35], [47];
fines paid in, [34]
Excise, [399], [475]-6, [667];
imposition of, in lieu of feudal dues, [670];
Walpole's proposal for, on salt, [678]-9
Factories, growth of, checked in Tudor Period, [320], [321], [344];
cotton, [495], [496], [591] (see also [Cotton Industry]);
child labour in, [480], [495], [496], [502]-505, [510]-516, [544], [571]-573,
[591]-595, [600], [609], [610], [612]-614;
effect of, on health of operatives [495], [496], [503]-505, [511], [514]-516, [609], [610];
hours of labour in, [503], [510]-516, [591]-593, [594], [595], [599]-614;
inspection of, by magistrates and parsons, [572], [573];
do., by state inspectors, [595], [609], [610], [612];
wages in, [512], [513];
woman labour in, [614]
Factory Acts, [480], [503], [504], [544], [545], [571]-573, [591], [594]-596, [612]-614;
alleged failure of, [608];
debate on, in House of Commons, [599]-612
Factory system, [320]n.
Fairs, [121], [152], [155], [157], [158], [159], [162], [163], [164], [188], [193], [209], [210], [213], [340], [421], [484];
courts of, proceedings in, [159], [162], [163], [188], [193];
granted to the lord of a manor, [157], [158];
tolls at, [119]
Fealty, [70]
Felony, concealment of, [38]
Feltmakers, journeymen, strike of, [617], [619]-622
Feodary, [21], [249]
Feudal, army, [4];
commendation, [11], [16];
commutation of services for rent, [21];
courts or sokes, [12], [15], [16];
customs and services, [5], [37];
do., castleguard, [29];
do., foreign, [29];
do., commutations of, [27];
franchises and liberties, [4], [39], [152] (see also [Gallows], [Frankpledge], [Infangenethef], [Sac and soc]);
do., enquiry touching, [36]-40;
incidents, escheat, [33], [36], [81], [82], [83];
do., relief, [25], [65], [70], [116], [242];
do., wardship and marriage, [26], [27], [29]-31, [34], [40], [65], [68], [69], [237],
[250], [670];
knight's fees, [21], [33], [34], [36], [38];
do., the king's, alienation of, [36];
subinfeudation, [21], [28], [29];
tenants, thegns, [14], [15];
tenures, frankalmoin, [12], [22], [32], [90];
do., knight service, [13], [15], [21], [23], [27], [32], [34], [69], [123], [670];
do., payment of fines in lieu of, [34];
do., serjeanty, [21], [27], [33], [34];
do., grand, [24];
do., petty, [25];
socage, free, [26], [670]
Feudal System, the, [19]-22;
documents illustrating, [22]-41
Firebote, [242]
Fiscal policy, documents illustrating, [207]-216, [416], [424], [440]-476, [667], [670], [671], [672]-674, [689]-702, [705]-711
Fishing, fishmongers and fishermen, [133], [166], [326], [435]
Forelanders, [62]
Forestallers, [168], [388]
Frankpledge, view of, [65], [80], [82], [84], [156]
Free trade, [468]n.;
arguments for, [696], [698]-701;
Sir Edwin Sandys' Bill for, [399], [443]-453
Freehold, [48], [88], [89], [90], [93], [97] [250], [324], [326], [332]
Freeholders, [23], [65], [87], [91], [228], [248], [255], [256], [257], [526]
Freemen, [7], [9], [16], [17], [32], [96], [101];
marriage of, to bondwomen, [72]
French Revolution, [590]
French wars, in 18th and 19th centuries, effect of, on industry and commerce, [480], [501], [544], [689], [690]
Friendly Societies, [561], [566], [640]
Gallows, feudal liberty of, [37], [156]
Gatebote, [242]
Gebur, [6]
Geneat, [5]
Gerefa, [3]
Gigmills, [442]
Gild, at Dover, [4], [10]
Gilds, craft (see [Craft-gilds])
Gilds, lands of, confiscation of, [280], [286]-294;
do., exceptions to, [291]-294;
do., distribution of, by agreement, [267]
Gilds, merchant, [111], [112], [114], [115], [119], [120], [121], [123], [124], [126], [127], [128], [129], [130], [131];
characteristic features of, defined, [130];
disputes of, with lords, [123], [128];
privileges of, [123];
restraint of trade by, [123]
Gilds, social, [148]-150
Half-time Child Labour, [613]
Health, Public, effect of factory conditions on, [496], [503]-505, [511], [514]-516, [609], [610];
in towns, [519], [520];
recommendations of commission on, [614]-616;
provision for, in factories (see [Factory Acts])
Hedgebote, [242]
Henry II., charters of, [45], [124], [308]
Henry III., charters of, [119], [124], [126], [127]
Heriots, [65], [84], [116], [242]
Highways, enlarged for safety of merchants and travellers, [160], [161]
Homage, [59], [70], [123]
House of Commons, Bills in, on labourers and wages (1388), [176];
on minimum rates in textile industry (1593), [336];
on free trade (1604), [443];
on minimum wages (1795), [554];
on factories (1844), [599];
debates in, on enclosures (1597, 1601), [270]-275;
on the confiscation of gild lands (1548), [292];
on salt duties (1732), [678];
on Whitbread's minimum wage bill (1795), [554];
on the income tax (1798), [683];
on apprenticeship (1813-14), [577];
on the Corn Laws (1815, 1846), [692], [705];
on factory legislation (1844), [599];
petitions of journeymen to, [307]-312, [573], [624]
Housebote, [242]
Houses of Correction, [364], [378], [381], [389], [627]
(see also [Bridewells], [Workhouses])
Hundred aid, [80]
Hundred, the, as a geographical unit, [12], [17];
as an administrative unit, [9], [32], [36]-38, [47], [111], [172], [174], [324], [327], [374], [379], [384];
as a feudal liberty, [15], [37], [117];
bailiffs of, [32];
farms of, [36]-37;
do., enhancement of, [38]
Hurdle, punishment of the, [157]
Income Tax, [667];
objections to, [688];
Pitt's speech on, [683]
Industrial Revolution, [480], [509], [617], [618], [668]
Industrial riots, [495]
Industries (see [Calico printers], [Coal], [Cotton], [Craft-gilds], [Feltmakers], [Iron], [Linen], [Woollen Cloth])
Industry, changes in organisation of, in 18th century, [479], [480], [617];
encouragement of, by patents, [467];
migration of, to suburbs and country districts, [304], [314], [321];
municipal regulation of, [195]-197, [280], [282]-284, [294]-299 (see also [Craft-gilds], [Markets], [Prices], [Wages]);
protection of small masters by Stuarts, [280];
state encouragement of, [399];
state regulation of, [313]-362;
do., delegated to private speculators, [336]n.;
in country districts, [14];
in manors, [70], [111]
(see also [Combinations], [Craft-gilds], [Craftsmen], [Labour], [Prices], [Wages])
Infangenethef, [125], [156], [156]n.
Inquisitions, royal, [38]
Interlopers, and the East India Company, [675]
Irish Potato Famine, [705], [706]
Iron industry, in 18th century, [545]
Iron-works, [55];
accounts of, [103]-105;
Elizabethan patent as to, [442]
Jews, the, charter of liberties to, [44];
conversion of, [46];
chirographs and chests of, [46], [49], [50];
debts to, [44]-51;
exemption of, from tolls, [45];
expulsion of, [51];
function of, [43];
grant of, [47];
justices of, [46], [47], [48], [50];
litigation between Christians and, [44], [47], [48];
ordinances touching, [45], [48], [51];
pledging of land to, [48], [49];
prohibited from acquiring freehold, [48], [49];
restrictions on worship of, [45];
royal protection of, [43], [44];
tallage assessed on, [46];
transferred from town to town, [43], [50]
John, King, charters of, [44],

[126], [158]
Joint Stock Companies, [399];
incorporation of, [427]
Journeymen, yeomen, servants [113], [136], [137], [138], [139], [140], [141], [142], [143], [280], [285], [286], [297]-299, [305], [310], [311], [325]-332, [334]-336, [341], [344], [345], [349], [350], [499]n., [547]-551, [588], [589];
associations of, [138]-141, [280], [297]-299, [307]-312;
do., common fund of, [298], [299], [301];
combinations of (see [Combinations]);
disciplinary rules as to, [113], [137], [140], [141], [345];
disputes between masters and, [137], [138]-141, [196]
(see also [Labour disputes]);
petitions of, to House of Commons, [500];
proportion of, to apprentices, fixed, [332], [550], [551], [573], [574];
wages of, effect of fall in value of money on, [405];
do., regulation of (see [Wages]);
(see also [Agricultural Labourers], [Calico Printers], [Feltmakers], [Tailors], [Weavers], [Woolcombers])
Justice, administration of royal and feudal, [19], [20], [36]n., [39]
(see also [King's Bench])
Justices, [105], [106], [109], [110], [128], [155], [170], [183], [229]
Justices of assize, [26], [55], [90], [93]-96, [285], [297], [340], [343], [391], [429], [430], [622]
Justices of the Bench, [75], [176], [285]
Justices of the Jews, [46], [47], [48], [50]
Justices of the Peace, administration of Statutes of Labourers and Artificers by, [172], [173], [176], [178], [231], [326], [329], [333], [352], [353], [356], [577];
attacked in the Peasants' Revolt, [106], [107];
inspection of factories by, [572], [573];
intervention in industrial disputes by, [569], [570], [576], [623], [631];
regulation of apprenticeship by, [332], [333], [344], [352];
regulation of cloth industry by, [318], [340], [343], [358], [359];
regulation of export of corn by, [429], [430];
regulation of markets and prices by, [368], [373]-380, [385], [386], [388], [389], [391]-396;
regulation of poor relief by, [364], [372], [380], [564], [646];
regulation and assessment of wages by, [314], [315], [316], [324], [328], [329], [341]-343, [345], [351], [352], [353], [356], [359], [361], [546]-551, [554], [558], [565], [566], [577], [624]n., [631], [632];
returns to Privy Council made by, on enclosure, [275];
do., on the cloth industry, [318];
do., on scarcity of corn, [373]-374
(see also [Quarter Sessions])
Justiciar, [36]
Ket's Rebellion, [247]
King's Bench, [623]
Knight service (see [Feudal])
Knighthood, respite from, [39]
Knights, [87]
Knight's Fees (see [Feudal])
Labour, cheap, deprecated, [589];
Child and Woman (see [Child labour], [Women]);
disputes, arbitration in, [544], [568]-571, [617], [630] (see also [Combinations], [Craft-gilds], [Journeymen]);
hours of, [630], [637];
do., in agriculture [327];
do., in factories, [503], [510]-516, [591]-593, [594], [595], [599]-614;
do., in mines, [516]-519
Labour, movement of, [164]-166, [172]-177, [314];
effect of Poor Laws on, [561];
effect of enclosure on, [532]
Labourers, Ordinance of (1349), [164];
Statutes of (see [Statutes])
Land, alienation of, without licence, [30];
do., fines for, [670];
disseisins of, [38], [88], [89], [93], [96], [97];
extents of, [40];
limitation of purchase of, by merchants, husbandmen and artificers, [324];
low rents of, in eighteenth century, [509];
measures of:—
acres, passim;
bovates, [66], [67], [68], [69], [92];
carucates, [16], [32], [33];
fardels, [24];
hides, [9], [15], [16], [17], [28], [29], [32], [54];
league, [16], [17];
ploughlands, [32];
roods, passim;
selions, [61];
virgates, [13], [23], [27], [28], [29], [54], [59], [60], [61], [62], [84], [95], [246], [247];
ownership of, as qualification for apprenticeship, [330];
pledged to Jews, [48], [49];
speculation in, [229], [251], [259];
waste committed in, by escheators, [40];
(see also [Agriculture], [Enclosures], [Feudal], [Manor])
Landowners, competition of manufacturing interest with, [600], [668], [694], [710]
Lastage, [24], [119], [122], [124], [127]
Laud, agrarian policy of, [276], [277]
Law Merchant, [130], [210], [213], [214]
Leasehold, [55], [87], [228], [530], [539];
(see also [Copyhold], [Customary holdings], [Manor])
Leyrwite, [71], [84]
Linen manufacture, in Ireland, establishment of, [471]
Local Government Board, [646]
London, craft-gilds and companies of (see [Craft-gilds]);
mercantile interest concentrated in, [443];
merchant gild of, [127];
regulation of entry into companies in, [309];
regulation of usury in, [200]
Lords, mesne, [36]
Machinery, accidents to children, in cleaning, [512], [609];
Arkwright's and Watt's inventions, [582];
discouraged by Tudors, [321], [442], [544];
effect of, on industry, [480];
introduction and development of, [505]-510;
regulations for cleaning, [612]
Magna Carta, [20], [22], [31]n., [36]n., [152]
Manor, the Saxon, [3], [4], [5]-9;
in Domesday Book, [9], [16], [17];
documents illustrating, [3]-9, [16], [17], [53]-102, [155], [158], [232]-255, [258];
the king's, alienation of, [36];
common fields in (see [Common Fields]);
courts, [20], [22], [36]n., [54], [89];
do., proceedings before, [65]-75, [95], [232];
do., pleas and perquisites of, [65], [80], [81];
court rolls, [54], [55], [85], [234]-236, [238]-240, [259], [527];
do., extracts from, [65]-75;
custom and customs of, [54], [66]-75, [228], [229], [232]-235, [238]-244, [254]-259 (see also[ Cartbote], [Firebote], [Gatebote], [Hedgebote], [Housebote], [Pannage], [Ploughbote]);
do., breach of, by lords, [241], [248], [249], [251], [252], [254], [258], [259];
do., repudiated by tenants, [108];
do., touching inheritance, [243];
do., touching widows, [234];
do., grass-swine, [5] (see also [Pannage]);
do., leph, [58];
customaries, [56], [232], [314];
customary services in, [24], [54], [57]-61, [64], [80]-82, [84], [85], [90]-93, [96], [241], [246];
do., commutation of, for rent, [21], [27], [28], [55], [60]-62, [85];
do., boon-works, [6], [7], [85], [92];
do., castle-guard, [248];
do., heriots (see [Heriots]);
do., of being crier in the lord's court, [244];
do., of serving with horses against the Scots, [254];
do., reliefs (see [Reliefs]);
do., suit of court, [70], [242];
demesne lands of (see[ Demesne]);
extent of, [56];
fines, gersoms, and forfeitures in, [17], [232];
do., for entry, [80], [242], [247];
do., enhancement of, [254];
do., for offences, [66]-75;
do., for marriage, [80], [90], [92], [93], [96], [241], [243] (see also [Merchet]);
do., for waste committed, [242], [243];
grant of, to customary tenants, at fee farm, [81];
leases of, to farmers, [55], [85], [91], [245], [246];
do., to tenants, [55], [79], [91];
lords of, [5]-9, [21], [37], [66]-76, [90]-100, [161], [228], [232], [235]-246, [248]-255, [259], [541];
do., grant of liberties to, [156];
officers of, [3], [5]-8;
bailiffs, [36], [57], [58], [65], [72], [80], [81], [82], [95], [233], [250];
hayward, [8], [79];
radman, [17];
reeves, [5], [9], [17], [32], [80];
do., complaints against, [84];
serjeant, [81];
stewards, [32], [37], [70], [74], [172], [173], [232], [233], [243], [259], [340], [526];
woodward, [8];
rents, [5]-9, [23], [56], [57], [59], [60], [62], [63], [64], [79], [86], [92];
do., decay of, [83];
do., enhanced, [252], [253];
rents of assize, [60], [63];
social and economic development of, [53], [54], [227]-230;
stock, [6]-8, [16], [17], [57], [58], [61], [77]-81;
strips, [8], [9], [22];
tenants, [3], [21], [54], [55], [57] (see also [Bordiers], [Copyholders], [Cotters],[Customary tenants],[Forelanders], [Freeholders], [Freemen], [Gebur], [Geneat], [Serfs], [Sokemen], [Villeins]);
do., marriage of, [65];
sub-tenants, [64];
waste (see [Commons])
Markets, [14], [58], [69], [111], [257], [340];
customs in, [129];
for corn, [488]-491;
for woollen goods, [484], [485], [493];
granted to the lord of a manor, [157], [158];
organisation of, in eighteenth century, [479], [487]-491;
regulation of, by justices of the peace, [364], [365], [367], [374]-378, [385], [386], [388], [389], [391]-396;
do., by towns, [280], [283], [296];
sale and purchase by samples in, [490], [491]

Market towns, [34], [166], [209], [210], [213], [260], [321], [322], [331]
(see also [Boroughs])
Marque and Reprisals, letters of, [190]
Mercantile System, [397], [398], [399]
Mercantile Companies (see [Companies])
Mercantile Theory, [220]-222, [420];
expounded, [407]-416
Merchants (see [Aliens], [Companies], [Corn], [Gilds], [Middlemen], [Staple], [Wool])
Merchet, [71], [93]
(see also[ Manor, fines for marriage])
Middlemen, [479];
corn badgers, [365], [375]-7, [385], [386];
corn factors, [487]-491;
mealmen, [487], [488], [491];
wool-merchants, [354], [355] (see also [Staple]);
in woollen industry, [492]-495;
yarn-jobbers [336], [340], [341]
Milan Decrees, [692]
Mills, [9], [11], [16], [79];
fulling, [483];
tucking, [321]
(see also [Factories], [Gigmills])
Miners, [326], [389]

(see also [Coal Industry])
Mining Company, incorporation of, [427]
Mint, [220], [417];
coinage of money at, before 1696, [677], [678];
free coinage of bullion at, [674];
profits of, [221], [222], [406]
(see also[ Moneyers])
Monasteries, effect of dissolution of, [229], [251]
Money, fall in value of, [314], [398], [405], [406];
regulation of export and import of, [216]-223
Moneyers, [12], [13], [119]
Monopoly and monopolies, [480], [497], [584], [587], [611] (see also [Patents]);
of craft and merchant gilds, [112];
of mercantile companies, [443]-453
Murage, [126], [127], [212], [282]
Muscovy or Russia Merchants, [399], [449], [450], [452], [453]
Navigation Act (1660), [670];
attack on, [672]-674
Newcastle Coal Vend, [497]
Norman Conquest, the, [3], [4], [53], [54], [55], [90];
effects of, on boroughs, [10]-14;
do., on rural population, [54], [55]
North-West Passage, [436]
Oastler, Richard, campaign of, against child labour, [544], [592]-594
Orders in Council, effect of, on British industry and trade, [480], [501], [691]
Outdoor relief, condemned by Poor Law Commission (1834), [662];
prohibitory order as to, [665]
Pannage, [58], [61], [243], [259]
Parish, as a unit for poor relief, [372], [379], [380], [647];
overseers (see [Poor])
Parliament, [20], [103], [180], [206], [217], [229], [261], [537];
and minimum wages, [316];
petitions to, [553];
regulation of trade and industry by, [153], [160]-163, [171]-178
(see also [House of Commons])
Passage, [122], [124]
Pasture, reconversion of, to arable, [271]-273, [275], [276]

(see also [Arable], [Common], [Enclosures])
Patents and Monopolies, [399], [443]-453, [461], [465]-468, [472]-474;
list of, [440]-443;
revoked, [472]-475
Paupers (see [Poor])
Pavage, [126], [127], [133]-135, [212];
collectors of, [135]
Peasants' revolt, the, [55], [105]-110;
burning of muniments in, [108]
Perceval, Dr., report of, on child labour, in factories, [480], [495]
Pesage, [122]
Picketing, [549], [627], [637]
Pilgrimage of Grace, agrarian programme of, [247]
Pillory, punishment of the, [156], [157], [393], [394]
Piracy, [188]-192

Place, Francis, [618]
Pleas, of quo warranto, [40]n.;
of replevin, [37]
Ploughbote, [242]
Pontage, [119], [122], [124], [126], [127], [212]
Poor, analysis of classes of, in 19th century, [663];
children, apprenticing of, [381], [388], [504], [652];
do., boarding out of, [653], [654];
do., education of, [663];
farmed to contractors, [646], [657];
fines for enhancing price of corn, reserved to, [392], [393];
guardians of, [652], [653], [654], [655], [663], [664];
impotent, [174], [175], [364], [378], [388];
impotent and idle, distinguished, [174], [175], [364];
licensed to beg, [174], [175];
overseers of, [372], [380], [381], [384], [648], [660], [661];
do., misconduct of, [652];
proportionate taxation of, [35];
provision made by gilds for, [136], [150];
provision made by enclosure acts for, [534], [535];
provision of food for, [377];
provision of work for, [364], [367], [369]-371, [373], [378], [380], [383], [384], [389], [391], [648] (see also [Houses of Correction], [Workhouses]);
rates, [468], [533], [536], [537], [552], [555], [561], [562], [651],[662];
do., made compulsory, [364], [372], [380];
do., increase of, in 18th century, [557];
relief of, in Middle Ages, [113], [150], [174], [175];
do., in 16th and 17th centuries, [272], [287]n., [363]-391, [647];
do., in 18th and 19th centuries, [544], [649]-665;
do., by craft and other gilds, [113], [150], [311], [345];
do., by parishes, [270];
do., by towns, [363], [366], [369], [649];
do., by journeymen associations, [299];
do., by private charity, [364], [366];
do., Pitt's suggested changes in, [563]-565, [647];
do., unions of parishes for, [651], [664], [665];
settlement of, [364], [372], [381], [382], [386], [387], [561], [647], [651], [655]
Poor Laws, [275], [366], [372], [373], [380], [567], [646], [648], [652];
administration of, by justices of the peace (see [Justices of the Peace]);
18th century abuses in, [560]-562;
inspectors advocated for, [564];
Amendment Act (1834), [545], [646], [663];
Settlement Act (1662), [645], [647];
Workhouse Test Act (1722), [650];
Gilbert's Act (1782), [645], [652];
Speenhamland "Act of Parliament" (1795), [646], [655];
Board, [646];
Commission (1834), [646];
do., recommendations of, [661]-663
Poverty, alleged causes of, in 18th century, [649]
Precipe, writs of, [21], [36], [36]n.
Prerogative, the royal, [153]
Prerogative Courts, [229], [230]
(see also Requests and [Star Chamber, Courts of])
Prices, enhancement of, [265], [368], [391]-396, [404], [405], [407]-411;
regulation of, by Privy Council and Justices of the Peace, [341], [364];
rise in, after the Black Death, [166], [168], [169];
do., in Tudor period, [314];
do., in 18th and 19th centuries, [555]-559, [565]-567, [576], [692]-696, [707];
of coal, regulation of, [497]-499;
of grain, [283];
and wages, lack of correspondence between, [553], [555]-559, [565]-567, [576], [695], [696]
Price of wines, [45], [206], [209], [214]
Privy Council (see [Council, Privy])
Profit, a just, views on, [294], [295], [296], [367], [368]
Protection, for native manufactures, [425]
Protective tariffs, arguments for and against, [696], [698]-701, [706]-711;
for revenue, [700]
Purprestures or Encroachments, [38], [54], [63], [64], [542]
Quarter Sessions, [173], [176], [316], [324], [343], [345], [351], [352], [356], [392], [429], [543], [546], [548], [549], [551], [576], [577], [623], [648], [656]
(see also [Justices of the Peace])
Rackrenting, [251]n., [252], [253], [265]
Regrators, [156], [336], [386], [388]
Reliefs, [25], [65], [70], [116], [242]
Revenue, the national, [153], [667];
effect of debasement of coin on, [405], [406]
(see also [Customs], [Excise], [Taxation])
Report of Committee on Ribbon weavers, [590], [591]
Richard I., charter of, [125]
Riots, agrarian (see [Ket], [Peasants' Revolt], [Pilgrimage of Grace]);
industrial, [495]
Rochdale Pioneers, [618]
Roundsmen, [646], [660], [661]
Sac and Soc, [10], [11], [125]
Saltpans mentioned in Domesday Book, [17]
Schools, [249], [287];
fine for attending, [84];
industrial, in 18th century, [563];
provision for, in 16th century, [287], [290]
Scotch weavers, strike of, [618], [631]-633
Scutage, [21], [29], [33], [34]n., [80]
Seisin, [122];
feudal conception of, [63]n.
Serfs,[ 7], [9], [16], [17], [75]n., [323]
Sheep, restriction of numbers of, to be owned by individuals, [264]-266
Sheep-graziers and sheep-grazing, [250], [264]-266, [269], [274], [407], [408], [530], [531];
in 18th century, [484]-487
Sheriffs, [6], [9], [13], [15], [17], [19], [20], [27], [32], [34], [35], [40], [46]-48, [50], [90], [94], [109], [114], [115], [120], [121], [136], [155]-157, [160], [161], [164], [165], [174], [175], [189], [192], [200]-202, [214], [250], [264], [324], [329], [372], [374], [379], [429], [473];
offences of, [38], [39]
Sheriff's aid, [80]
Sheriffs' tourns, [38], [340]
Shipping and Ships, [10], [188], [190], [191], [192], [197], [206], [210], [401], [402], [431], [675];
encouragement and protection of, [153], [190], [206], [428], [437], [670], [671]
(see also [Navigation Act])
Silkweavers (see[ Spitalfields])
Sinking Fund, [667], [689];
Act, [679]
Small holders, enclosure disadvantageous to, [531], [532], [534], [535], [537]
Small holdings, consolidation of, [523], [530], [541]
Soap manufacture, [461]-465
Social Contract, theory of, [281], [308]
Sokemen, socmen, [9];
bond, [36];
free, [36]
Somerset, Lord, Protector, [292], [293];
agrarian policy of, [266]
Speenhamland "Act of Parliament," [646]
Spitalfields, silk weavers of, [484]
Spitalfields Act, authorising the regulation of wages of London silk-weavers, [544], [547]-551, [558], [575], [577], [591], [596]
Stallage, [119], [122], [124]
Staple, the, [153], [178]-185, [407];
custom of partition in, [185];
mayor, council and merchants of, [179], [180], [182], [183], [184], [185]
Staplers, [484], [485]:
(See also [Wool merchants])
Star Chamber, Court of, [302], [365], [460];
case in, [391]
Statutes, [153];
touching alienation of land, [69];
touching depopulation, [315] (see also below);
touching enclosure, [247] (see also below);
of Merton (1234), [87];
of Marlborough (1267), [37];
of Acton Burnel (1283), [162];
of Merchants (1285), [161]-163;
of Winchester (1285), [160];
of Mortmain, [146], [150];
of Quia Emptores (1290), [29]n.;
of Labourers, [153], [168], [171]-178, [231], [314], [323], [325], [367], [388] (see also below);
of Monopolies, [399], [465]-468 (see also below);
of Inmates, [275];
Poor Law, [275], [366] (see also below);
3 Edward I., touching freedom of elections, [309], [310];
12 Richard II., touching labourers, [171], [314], [323];
13 Richard II., touching wages, [324];
8 Henry VI., touching regrators of yarn, [340];
15 Henry VI., touching gild ordinances, [279];
18 Henry VI., touching hosting of aliens, [153], [198], [199];
4 Edward IV., touching truck, [318];
4 Henry VII., touching depopulation, [229], [271]n., [324];
12 Henry VII., touching merchant companies, [444], [445], [453];
19 Henry VII., touching gild ordinances, [279], [284], [307];
6 Henry VIII., touching depopulation, [229];
7 Henry VIII. ditto, [229], [260];
22 Henry VIII., touching gilds, [280], [285], [310];
25 Henry VIII., touching depopulation, [229], [264];
27 Henry VIII., ditto, [229], [269];
28 Henry VIII., touching gilds, [280], [284];
31 Henry VIII., touching cornmarkets, [368];
33 Henry VIII., touching gaming houses, [442];
35 Henry VIII., touching depopulation, [269];
37 Henry VIII., touching gilds and chantries, [280], [287]n.;
1 Edward VI., ditto, [280], [286], [291];
do., touching vagrants, [323];
5 Edward VI., touching depopulation, [324];
5 and 6 Edward VI., ditto, [229];
do., touching gig-mills, [442];
3 Philip and Mary, touching depopulation, [229];
5 Elizabeth, touching depopulation, [229];
do., touching weavers, [344];
5 Elizabeth, Statute of Artificers, [306], [307], [315], [325]-336, [361], [424],[ 442], [544], [557], [576], [591], [624], [656];
apprenticeship clauses of, [544], [579]-589, [590];
do., administration of, [353], [361];
do., repeal of, [588];
wages clauses of, [544], [576], [577];
do., administration of, [341], [352];
do., repeal of, petition against, [576];
breaches of, [334], [342], [352], [353], [361];
proceedings before Privy Council on, [361], [362];
19th century opinion on, [576]-589;
8 Elizabeth, touching export of cloth, [426];
establishing Muscovy Company, [453];
13 Elizabeth, touching export of corn, [428];
14 Elizabeth, touching compulsory poor rate, [372];
31 Elizabeth, touching depopulation, [229];
39 Elizabeth, ditto, [229], [268], [270]n.;

43 Elizabeth, touching poor relief, [364], [380], [662];
1 James I., ditto, [343], [557], [656];
21 James I., touching depopulation, [229];
21 James I., touching monopolies, [465];
12 Charles II., Navigation Act, [670];
14 Charles II., Settlement Act, [647];
7 George I., touching combinations, [624];
9 George I., touching workhouses, [650];
12 George I., touching truck, [546];
7 George III., touching poor relief, [663];
13 George III., Spitalfields Act, [547];
39 George III., touching combinations, [626];
26 George III., touching Sinking Fund, [679];
39 and 40 George III., touching industrial arbitration, [568], [570], [576];
39 and 40 George III., touching combinations, [618], [627], [633];
41 George III., touching enclosures, [537];
42 George III., touching factories, [504];
44 George III., touching industrial arbitration, [570], [576];
54 George I I., touching apprenticeship, [588];
55 George III., Corn Law, [697];
59 George III., Factory Act, [591];
3 and 4 William IV., ditto, [594];
4 and 5 William IV., Poor Law Amendment Act, [663];
7 and 8 Victoria, Factory Act, [612];
do., Bank Charter Act, [702];
8 and 9 Victoria, General Enclosure Act, [541]
Statute Law Revision Act (1863), [229]
Steam power, use of, [544]
Steelyard, the, [416], [417], [418], [440]
Stock and land leases, [79], [81]n., [245], [246]
Stocks, punishment of, [172], [329], [366]
Stafford, policy of, in Ireland, [399], [470]-472
Strikers, prosecuted under law of conspiracy, [635]
Strikes, [196], [617], [618], [619]-622, [631]-633, [635]
(see also [Combinations], [Labour disputes])
Stuarts, the, fiscal methods of, [399]
(see also [Patents])
Tailors, journeymen, combination of, [617], [622]-624
Tariff war, with Netherlands, [399]
Taxation, [203]-216, [667]; aids, [29];
carucage, [21], [32];
do., fines for evasion of, [32], [33];
geld, [12], [15], [16];
Parliamentary subsidies, [406], [468];
tonnage and poundage, [206];
Parliamentary tenths and fifteenths, [170], [171];
do., assessment of, [204], [205];
scutage (see [Scutage]);
tallage, [27], [65], [80], [82], [93], [117], [127];
do., assessment of, in London, [35];
do., assessed on Jews, [46];
Pitt on incidence of, [686] (see also [Income Tax]);
Walpole on incidence of, [679]
Taxes, the Assessed, [684]
Tenures of land (see [Burgage], [Copyhold], [Customary tenure], [Feudal], [Freehold], [Leasehold], [Villeinage])
Testimonials or certificates of service, [172], [174], [175], [324], [327], [334]-336, [353]
Theam, [125]
Tin, internal trade in, patent for, [442]
Tithes, [249], [288], [289], [380], [528]
Tolls (see [Boroughs], [Fairs], [Lastage], [Markets], [Murage], [Passage], [Pavage], [Pesage], [Stallage])
Towns (see [Boroughs])
Trade, Internal, combinations in restraint of, [108], [128]-130 (see also [Craft-gilds], [Gilds Merchant], [Trade Unions]);
intermunicipal, [112], [119], [120], [121], [122], [124], [125], [126], [127], [133], [134], [152], [280], [282];
municipal regulation of, [280], [282], [283], [294]-299;
state regulation of, [152], [153], [160]-178;
restrictions on, by a lord, [133];
of aliens in England, [127]
Trade, Colonial, effect of Navigation Act on, [672]-674
Trade, Foreign, [152], [698]-701;
condition of, in 1587, [438]-440;
do., in 19th century, [689]-692;
depression of, [364], [383];
encouragement of export and checking of import, [398], [399], [407]-416, [424], [425], [426], [431]-434, [439], [440], [454]-461;
export of dressed cloth, [398], [399], [402]-404, [426], [454]-461, [469];
export of undressed cloth, [398], [399], [402]-404, [424], [426], [454], [459];
fluctuations of, [610];
fostering of, [397], [398];
instructions to a factor in Turkey, [431]-434;
perils of, [181], [188]-192;
protection of, [153], [187];
relative merits of exports and imports discussed, [413], [421]-425;
with Africa, [691];
with the Baltic, [691];
with Canada, [690];
with Continent, [502], [690];
with East Indies, [452];
with Flanders, [413];
with France, [413];
with Italy, [413];
with Levant, [452], [691];
with Low Countries, [179];
with Portugal, [690], [691];
with Russia, [449], [450], [452];
with South America, [690], [691];
with Spain, [413], [690];
with United States, [502], [689], [690], [691];
with West Indies, [690]
Trade, Board of, [597]
Trade boards, local, advocated, [596], [597]

Trade Unions, [281], [617], [618];
benefit clubs of, [618], [626];
funds of, [629], [637]
(see also [Combinations], [Journeymen], [Labour disputes])
Trial by battle, [119], [123]
Trial by jury, [123]
Truck, [284], [318], [513];
acts against, [318], [544], [545]
Tumbrel, [156]
Turkey Company, [431], [450]
Unemployment, [364], [366], [369]-373, [383], [390], [398], [573], [611]
Unions of parishes for relief of poor, [651], [664], [665]
Universities, [287], [287]n.
Usury, [44], [45], [49], [51], [154];
London ordinance touching, [200];
petition in Chancery touching, [201];
petition in Parliament touching, [200]
Utopia, Sir Thomas More's, [275]
Vagrants, [323], [335], [366], [369], [378], [379], [384], [388], [647], [648], [654]
(see also [Beggars], [Bridewells], [Houses of Correction], [Labourers, Ordinance of], [Poor], [Workhouses])
Village greens, excluded from enclosure act, [541]
Villeins, bondmen, [9], [16], [17], [32], [36], [54], [55], [69], [71]-75, [90]-102, [165], [231], [249];
actions brought by, [55];
flight of, [55];
grant of, [55], [98];
imprisonment of, [99], [100], [101];
licensed to leave a manor, [72], [75];
manumission of, [55], [97];
received in boroughs, [121], [125];
regardant, [101];
runaway, [69], [73], [74], [75], [125]
Villeinage (status), [75], [228];
acknowledgment of, [93], [94];
cases before the Courts touching, [88]-90, [92]-97;
survival of, in sixteenth century, [228], [231]
Villeinage (tenure), bondage land, [24], [32], [54], [55], [66], [67], [68], [69], [84], [86], [235], [239], [248];

grant of, by charter, [97]
Wages, allowances in aid of, [646], [656];
assessment of, under Statutes of Artificers, [314], [316], [325], [328], [329], [341]-343, [345]-[353], [356]-7, [359], [543], [546]-7, [554], [576], [577], [631]-2;
do., abandoned, [576]-7, [656];
do., draft bill in House of Commons for, [336]-341;
do., petitions and requests for, [356]-7, [361];
do., under Spitalfields Act, [544], [547]-551, [558];
conspiracies to raise, [139], [140], [196];
demand of excessive, [139], [140], [164]-174, [176], [314], [324], [360], [361];
depression of, [188], [314], [357], [358], [359], [507], [521], [590], [605];
do., in cotton industry, [500], [501];
in colonies, [315], [360];
maximum, [315], [554];
maximum, fixed by Statute, [153], [173], [174], [176], [177], [178], [624]n.;
minimum, [315], [316], [342], [544];
do., bill in House of Commons for, [554]-568;
proclamation of, by justices, under Stat. 13 Richard II, [323]n., [324];
proposals for a sliding scale of, for agricultural labourers, [552]-53;
rates of, fixed by journeymen combinations, [620]-622, [623], [624], [630], [637], [638];
regulation of, by towns, [280], [282], [284], [296], [316];
do., by wages boards, [544]
Wages boards, advocated, [596], [597];
in Scotland, [597]
Wales, Council of, [429], [430]
Wardpenny, [80]
Wardship and marriage (see [Feudal])
Wards and Liveries, Court of, [21], [670]
Waste (see [Commons])
Watchmakers, resolutions of, on apprenticeship, [588]
Water power, [592];
in woollen industry, [482]
Weavers Act (1555), [320]
Weavers, Cotton, journeymen, petition of, to House of Commons, [500];
hand-loom, proposals for wages boards by, [596], [597]
Weights and measures, [132], [154], [155], [214], [248], [388];
assize of (see [Assizes])
Women, employment of, in agriculture, [7], [8], [173], [177], [178], [329], [346], [347], [547];
in coal mines, [598], [599];
in woollen industry, [350], [483];
suggestions for employment of, in colonies, [436]
Wool, [55], [265], [282], [284], [303];
export of, [179]-185, [187], [193], [407];
growers, [355], [483];
merchants, [132], [355], [484], [487] (see also [Staple] and [Staplers]);
price of, [407];
Spanish, [431];
do., import of, [494];
do., patent to import, [441];
do., worked in England, [492]
Woolcombers, benefit clubs of, [626]
Woollen Cloth Industry, [154], [183], [184], [187], [188], [265], [282], [284], [357]-360, [383], [399], [432], [503];
apprenticeship in, [499], [500];
do., abolished, [587], [587]n;
condition of, in eighteenth century, [479], [482]-487, [492]-495, [545], [546];
credit trading in, [493]-95;
dyeing in, [141]-144;
fraudulent workmanship in, [432];
geographical distribution of, [484];
hiring of looms in, [320], [321];
limitation of number of looms, to clothiers, [318], [321], [344];
organisation of, in seventeenth century, [354];
state regulation of, [317]-322, [330], [331], [336]-341, [343], [344], [345], [350], [351], [352], [357]-360, [382], [383], [398], [399], [402]-404, [426], [454]-461;
in Ireland, discouraged by Strafford, [471]
Woollen Cloth Trade, internal trade in, [399], [404], [468]-470;
export trade in, [198], [301], [398], [399], [402]-404, [421], [426], [427], [431]-434, [438], [440], [441], [446], [447], [450], [453]-461, [469];
do., patent for, [443];
foreign criticism of English cloth, [319], [587]
Workhouses, [369]-372, [380], [586], [646], [648], [649];
character of work provided in, [369], [370], [657]-659;
mortality in, [659], [660]
Workhouse Test Act (1722), [650]
Working Men's Association, address of, to Queen Victoria, [641]
Wreck of sea, [37], [40], [122]
Writs, [39], [101];
return of, [37];
service of carrying, [28], [63];
of Chancery, [48];
of Jewry, [44], [48];
of certiorari, [202];
of corpus cum causa, [200];
of precipe, [36];
of quo warranto, [474];
of recordari facias, [236];
of replevin, [236];
of right, the little, [55], [91];
of scire facias, [474];
of subpoena, [186], [244], [277]
Yarn, imported from Ireland, [485], [486]
Yeomanry organisations, [280], [300], [302]
(see also [Craft-gilds], [Journeymen])
Young, Arthur, his account of farming in Norfolk, [523], [530], [534];
his advocacy of enclosures, [524];
his criticism of commissioners' methods, [536], [537]