A Source-Book of English Social History

by M. E. Monckton Jones

“I find it difficult to keep my piecers awake the last hours of a winter evening; have seen them fall asleep and go on performing their work with their hands while they were asleep, after the billey had stopped. When their work was over, I have stopped and looked at them for two minutes, going through the motions of piecening when they were fast asleep, when there was no work to do, and they were doing nothing; children at night are so fatigued that they are asleep often as soon as they sit down, so that it is impossible to wake them to sense enough to wash themselves, or even to eat a bit of supper, being so stupid in sleep” (p. 19).

Half-overseer’s evidence.

Does not like the long hours; he is very tired and hoarse at night and that some of the young female workers in his, the spinning flat, have so swelled legs, one in particular, from standing so long, about 17 years old, that she can hardly walk; that various of them have their feet bent in and their legs crooked from the same cause (p. 21).

INDEX

Abbey, [26]
----, Westminster, [136]
Abbot, [29], [32], [39]
Acapulce, [116]
Acton Burnell, Statue of, [12]
Adam of Gloucester, [15], [21]
Admiral, [92], [110]
Æthelstane, [2], [48]
Æthelwald, [10]
Albuquerque, [121]
Alderman, [10], [19], [27], [57], [60], [61], [69], [72], [123]
Aldgate, [60], [129]
Alexius, [38]
Alfred, King, [10], [15], [21]
Alien, [48], [60]
Allmund, [10]
Alloy, [89]
All Souls, [68]
Almaine, [63], [66], [122]-[5], [130]
Almond, [93]
Alms, [96]
Almshouse, [101]
Alnwick, [83]
Alum, [53]
Ambassador, [132], [134], [139]
Ambulatory (cloister), [34]
America, [152], [157], [161], [162], [167], [175]
Anabaptist, [155]
Anderby, Richard, [98]
Angell, Michael, [115], [116]
Anne of Bohemia, [126]
Anselm, [29]
Antiphonary (book of chants), [3]
Anti-Semite, [73]
Approval, [83]
Apulia, [38]
Arab, [29], [38]
Arbalester (slinger), [77]
Archbishop, [37]
Archer, [77]
Ardnot of Spalding, [37]
Arequipa, [115]
Arica, [114]
Aristotle, [37]
Arkwright, [169]
Armourer, [26], [131]
Arquebuse (gun), [113], [116]
Arrow, [33], [94], [113], [130]
Articles of Confederation, [167]
Artillery, [118], [131], [140]
Arundel, Earl of, [148]
Assay, [16], [144]
Ashwell, [135]
Assize, [59], [65]
---- of bread, [144]
Astronomy, [69]
Assumption, [100]
Augustine, [1], [100]
Averagium (carrying service), [14]
Award, [63]
Bailiff, [17], [18], [19], [22], [53], [68]
---- of Husbandry, [88]
---- of Cambridge, [103]
Bailiwick, [59]
Baker, [19], [68]
Banner, [22], [26]
Barnard, Peres, [76]
Baron of Exchequer, [48], [56], [59]
Barrel, [18]
Bartholomew of Cremona, [42]
----, Saint, [54]
Baptista, Alon o Rodriguez, [115]
Basings, Thomas de, [67]
Bassett, Sir Philip, [67]
Baptist, Saint John, [25]
Battle Abbey, [3]
----, Customs of, [12]-[14], [87]
Beaver, [162]
Bedeste (bedstead), [26]
Beech, [30]
Bell, [33]
----, Great, of St. Paul’s, [63], [114]
Bishop, as civil ruler, [7], [9], [32], [57], [100]
Bishopsgate, [123]
Black Death, [49]
---- Sea, [46]
Blancher, [56]
Blund, Peter, [58]
Boc (book, i.e., written record), [9], [29], [87]
Bocara, [46]
Bolgara, [46]
Bondman, [11]
Booth, [18]
Boroughbridge, [49]
Bot (amends), [3], [7]
Boundary, [2]
Brabant, John of, [16]
Brass, [33]
Bread, [59], [144]
Bribe, [66]
Briggshott, [156]
Bristol, [19], [21]
Britain, [28], [121]
Bronze, [36]
Brotheredyas (brotherhoods), [26], [27]
Brundisium (Brindisi), [38]
Buckerel, Stephen, [63]
Burel-cloth, [17]
Burh (burg, bury, borough, a fortified place), [8]
Burgess, [19], [96], [132]
Butcher, [19], [143]
Byfleet, [76]
Bynch (bench), [25]
Cadiz, [107]
Callao, [115]
Cambaluc, [47]
Cambridge, [102]
Camel, [40]
Campe, [92]
Candlemass (February 2), [90]
Cannibal, [109]
Canoe, [109]
Canterbury, [8]
Captain, [91], [101], [116], [130]
Carambaru, [112]
Carnatic, [101]
Carpini, Friar John de Plano, [29], [40]-[5]
Carucate (120 acres, 1 hide), [52]
Castle, [84]
Castille, [106], [112]
Catesby, [100]
Cathay (Kythay), [41], [45], [106], [107], [108]
Cattle, [4], [5], [11], [12], [40], [43], [83], [159]
Ceres (goddess of corn), [147]
Cecil, Sir Thomas, [147]
Ceorl (freeman), [4]
Challenger, [86]
Chancery, [72]
Chantry, [97]
Chaplain, [27]
Chapman (trader), [4], [6], [126]
Chapter-house, [34], [36]
Charles I, II, [16], [150], [153]
Chari, [110]
Charter (written grant or licence), [10], [16], [21], [28], [32], [33], [66], [67], [124]
Chattel, [20]
Cheese, [18]
Chepe, [68]
Chichester, [8]
Chile, [115]
Chimney, [25]
Chippenham, [95]
Chinghiz Cham, [41]
Chirograph, [32], [57], [74]
Chubb, Richard, [25]
Cinque Ports, [63]
Citeaux, Monastery of, [29]
City of London, [49], [63], [78], [125]
Clerk, Common, [26]
---- of the Compters, [27], [33]
---- of the Irons, [59]
----, Walter, [95], [99]
Clerkenwell, [130]
Clipping, [48], [56], [75]
Clive, [121]
Cloister, [29], [33], [35], [96]-[8]
Close, [4], [83]
Cloth, [17], [20]
----, broad, [24], [54], [79], [82], [93], [134]
---- market, [156]
Clout, Robin, [103]
Coal, [159]
Coffer, [19], [24], [26], [94]
Cog, [78]
Coinage, [48], [50], [75], [82], [89]
Colchero, [117]
Colechurch Street, [73]
Columbus, [106]-[13]
Colworthe, Joan, [98], [99]
Commandments, Ten, [5]
Common Council, [19]
---- Field System, [83], [87], [89]
Commonalty (community), [17], [21], [56], [73]
Commons, [61], [64], [72], [82], [93], [100], [102]
Compensation, [1], [2]
Compurgators, [99]
Compact of Government, [154]
Company, Livery, [16], [26], [122], [129], [149]
Congress, [166]
Constable, [19], [48], [129]
---- of Tower, [58], [63], [67]
---- Lists, [86]
----, Town, [88]
Constantinople, [38], [42], [45], [106]
Convent, [10], [39], [96], [98]
Cope, [27]
Copper, [39], [89]
Corn, [9], [12], [30], [32], [36], [41], [53], [66], [68], [123]
Cornhill, [129]
Cornwall, Richard Earl of, [123]
Coromandel, [161]
Corrody, corrodier (tenure—tenant by service of one night’s lodging), [36], [96]
Corporation, [23], [26], [102]
Corsair, [119]
Council, [19], [27], [53], [67], [74], [147]
Court of Common Bench, [15]
----, City, [19]
---- roll, [10]
---- Leet, [49], [52], [122], [140]-[6]
----, Ecclesiastical, [55]
----, East India Company, [6]
---- of Directors, [121]
Courtier, [121], [134], [135]
Craft gilds, [15], [19], [62]
Crompton, [170]
Cromwell, Sir Henry, [147]
----, Oliver, [147]
----, Robert, [147]
Cross bow, [93]
---- of St. Paul’s, [60]
---- and Pile, [75]
Croyland, [27]
Crusade, [29], [49]
Customary tenants roll, [10], [11], [12], [21], [28], [32], [66], [67], [124]
Dantzic, [156]
Deane, [152], [167]
Defoe, Daniel, [151]
Despencer, Hugh le, [61]-[3]
----, Madame le, [76]
Diego, Columbus, [112]
----, Mandez, [106]
Dissent, [153]-[5]
Dormitory, [34], [36], [39], [100]
Dooms, [3]
Doomsday, [31]
Dover, [61]
Drake, Sir Francis, [106], [113]-[9]
Drawback, [166]
Duke, [27], [41]
Dupleix, [121]
Durgis (dirges), [25]
Dutch (Deutsch = German), [43], [93], [121], [124]
Dytton, [102]
Easterling (sterling) (man or coin from Eastern Europe), [82], [120], [124], [165]
East India Company, [120], [132], [163]
Eclaf, [10]
Education, [9]
Edward I, Sir, [26], [49], [52], [64], [69], [77]
---- the Confessor, [32]
---- II, [49], [75]
---- III, [27]
---- IV, [25], [27], [125]
---- de Westminster, [56]
Edwardes, Sir Clement, [148]
Elizabeth, [28], [82], [118], [120], [147], [153]
Ell, [54]
Elsin of Pyncebek, [37]
Emperor, [29], [41], [47]
Enclosure, [83], [100]-[5], [177]
Engineer, [77]
Engraver, [50]
Engrosser, ingrosser, [17], [143]
Enriquez, Don Martin, [116]
Envoy, [46]
Earl (jarl, Danish title of district ruler), [7]
Espanola, [109]
Essex, [101], [147]
Estate, [32]
Ethelbald, [10], [30]
Ethelbert, [3]
Ethelred, [9]
Ethiopian, [109]
European, [28]
Exchange, [51], [54]
Exchequer, [51], [95]
Exeter, Excete, Mint at, [8]
----, Gild at, [23], [24]
Exploration, [106], [122]
Factory, [181]
Fair of St. Botolph, [54]
---- of Westminster, [62]
Falcheon, [117]
Falstaffe, Sir John, [93]
Famine, [49], [66], [178]
Fanne, [102]
Farm (ferme), [31], [83]
---- fee, [18], [21]
Farmers-general, [173]
Farthing, [51]
Fealty, [31], [63]
Feast, [22]
---- of All Saints, [50]
Fee, [18], [31]
Felaschipe (fellowship), [24], [92]
Fens, [30], [147]-[150]
Ferdinand of Spain, [107]
Feudal, [28], [29]
Fine, [19], [26], [54], [59]
Fire of London, [125]
Fishmonger, [73], [145]
Fitzalan, Peter, [55]
Fitzthomas, Thomas, [61], [64]
Fitzwilliams, Sir William, [147]
Flagon, [28]
Flanders, [92],

[138]
Fleece, [5]
Fleet, [82]
---- Prison, [96], [167]
Fleming, [16]
Flesh, [4], [5], [74]
Floods, [28]
Folkmote, [49], [60]
Folkright, [7]
Fontenelle, [29], [39]
Foreigner (person from another district), [7], [58]
Forestaller, [143]
Forest, [32]
Forfeiture, [53], [93]
Forstage (forecastle), [90]
France, [28], [36], [39]
----, King of, [63], [77], [92], [157], [161]
Franchise, [17], [20], [56], [96], [123]
Franklin, [152], [161], [167]
Frankpledge, [15], [122]
Frater, [96], [98]
Fraternity, [15], [26], [27]
Frederick II, [29]
Freeholder, [17]
Freeman, [3], [11], [17], [21], [123]
----, Robert, [134]
French, [77], [78]
Friar, [40]
---- Minorite, [40]
---- Ascelline, [40]
---- Bartholomew, [42]
----, Black, [102], [107]
Frieze, [93]
Froissart, [82]
Fulmar, Lord Monk, [35]
Furme (form), [25]
Galley, [78], [116]
Games, [130], [131]
Gates, [18]
----, Aldgate, Bridgegate, Ludgate, Newgate, [59], [60], [123]
Gemot, [6], [10]
Geneat (mounted servant), [10]
Genoa, [29]
Genoese, [38], [45], [82]
Gerbert, [39]
German, [29], [38], [122], [158]
Gihald, [20], [21]
Gild, [15]-[26], [120]
----, Great, [15]
----, Merchant, [15]
Gildfeast, [22]
Gildhall, [15], [19], [64], [65], [68]
---- Great sale, [18]
Glaive, [86], [94]
Glastonbury, [27]
Gloucester, [9], [21]
Gold, [41], [44], [47]
---- penny, [51]
----, sheet, [51], [66], [110], [117]
Goset, [42]
Goths, [12]
Gown, [24], [26], [27]
Gradal, [34]
Greeks, [29]
Gregory de Rokesle, [51]
Gresham, [94]
Guernsey, [92]
Guest house, [96]
Gule (August [1]), [75]
Guthlac, St., [30]
Habit, [27]
Haco of Multon, [37]
Halesley, Agnes, [100]
Halifax, [156]-[8]
Hall, [34]-[6], [47]
----, Great, [57]
----, King’s, [72]
----, Road, [123]
Hamburg, [156]
Hansa League, [82], [92], [120], [122]-[5]
Hardel, Ralph, [59]
Hargreaves, [169]
Harness, [85], [129]
Hastings, [8]
Hastings, Warren, [121]
Haunsard, William, [78]
Hawes, Nathaniel, [134]
Hawkins, John, [113], [118]
Haytime, [13], [14]
Helmet, [32], [84]-[7]
Hemp, [124], [126]
Henry I, [48]
---- II, [26], [28]
---- III, [59], [66], [122]
---- IV, [49], [82], [83], [120]
---- V, [27]
---- VI, [27]
---- VII, [82], [83]
---- VIII, [29], [82], [147], [153]
---- de Ba, [57], [65]
Herald, [85], [86]
Herbert, Sir William, [101]
Hereford Iter, [16], [21]
Hervi, Herevy, Walter de, [72]
Holinshed, [83]
Holland, [92], [156]
Holy Land, [57]
Homage, [28], [31]
Horn, [3], [4], [32]
Hostel, [52], [53]
Hundred, [31], [122]
Hungerford, Robert, [93]-[5]
Hunting, [131], [195]
Huntingdon, [149]
Husbandry, [87], [88]
Hutton, Mrs. Thomas, [101]
Ides, [64]
Incendiary, [127]
Independent, [155]
Independence, [167]
Indian, [109]
Indies, [106], [112]
----, West, [164]
Ingulf, [29]-[40]
Infirmary, [34], [36], [96]-[8]
Innocent IV, Pope, [40]
Inquest, [19]
Ireland, [163]
Iron, [18], [86], [87]
Isabella of Spain, [106]
Italian, [29], [52], [118]
Ivory, [133]
Jack, [93], [94]
Jake of the North, [103]
James I, [120], [153]
Java, [46]
Jehanghir, [120], [132]
Jerusalem, [39]
Jesus Lane, [101]
Jew, [48], [57], [72], [73]
John at Well, [25]
---- de Gatesdene, [57]
---- de Gyteorz, [59]
Joinville, [82]
Joppa, [38]
Juana (North Caico), [108]
Juliana of Weston, [37]
Justice, [6]
---- of the Peace, [82], [89]
---- , Chief, [147]
Karakoram, [46]
Kelaat (a robe of honour), [121]
Kent, [3]
----, John, [24], [101]
Kertell (kirtle), [24]
Khan, [41]
----, Great, [46]
----, Kublai, [46]
King, [1], [21]
---- John, [66], [87]
----, E. I. Co.’s relations with, [121]
King’s beam, [130]
---- income, [48]
King’s mint, [48]
Knight, [28], [32], [63], [64]
Korsova, [42]
Kymbalde, [102]
Kyngeston, Sir Will de, [76]
Kythay (China), [41], [45]
Labourer, [82]
Lake village, [27]
Lambes, Andrew, [102]
Lammas, [102]
Lancaster, Thomas Earl of, [49], [78], [81], [174]
Landless man, [7]
Latins, [38], [46]
Latten, [36]
Law, [1], [2], [3]-[9]
---- merchant, [16], [21]
---- day, [19]
Lead, [29], [33]
Leather, [18]
Leech (doctor), [5]
Leeds, [155]-[8]
Leet Court, [139]
Leicester, Earl of, [64]
Leiburne, Sir Roger de, [64]
Lepers, [74]
Letters Patent (charters), [16], [26]
Levant, [46], [106]
Level, [122], [147]-[50]
Lewes, [8]
Leys, [102]
Libel of English Policy, [82]
Library, [29], [35]
Lime-burner, [97]
Lincoln, [16], [22], [96]
Lincolnshire, [101]
Lincolnshire’s Inn, [125]
Linen-armourers, [26]
Lists, [86]
Livery Companies, [16], [75], [130]
Lollard, [153]
Lombard, [48]
London, [8], [31], [37], [48], [54], [124]-[9]
Longbow, [93], [130]
Longridge, [10]
Lord, [2], [3], [4], [5], [7], [27], [83]
Lord’s Anointed, [155]
Los Reys, [115]
Lot, [26]
Lübeck, [92]
Ludgate, [60], [75]
Lycia, [38]
Lynch John, [25]
Lynne, King’s, [150]
Madeira, [163]
Magalanus, Strait of, [114]
Malay, [121]
Malluccos, [114]
Man, [2], [3], [10], [132]
Manchester, [175]
Manor, [10]
---- of Alsistum, [12], [63]
---- of Gresham, [93]
Mansion, [94], [126]
Manumission, [11]
Market, [7], [8], [67], [142], [145]
----, Cloth, [156]
Marle, [174]
Mars, [36]
Marshal, [63]
---- of the Lists, [86]
Martinmas, [90]
Mary, Queen, [153]
Mass, [32]
Mass-priest, [7], [9]
Massacre, [112]
Mast (nuts), [4], [10]
Master, [19], [20], [23]
---- of Exchange, [51]
---- worker, [50]
Mastresse, [26], [29], [88]
Mattheu, John, [25]
Maundy Thursday, [80]
Mayor, [15], [17], [19], [25], [27], [48], [55], [72], [123]
Measure, [69], [73], [145]
Melter, [50]
Mendez, Diego, [106]
Mentz (Mainz), [38]
Merchant Adventurers, [16]
---- Gild, [15], [48], [49], [122]
Merchants, [17], [19], [25], [27], [48], [55], [72], [82], [120], [122], [123], [124], [149], [161]
Mercia, [9]
Mercury, [36]
Meston, Walter de, [72]
Michaelmas, [14], [17], [19]
Middlesex, [48], [56]
Midlent, [57]
Mill, [18], [63]
Mint, [2], [49]
Misdoer, [18]
Moal (Mogul), [40], [44], [120], [133]
Molyns, [93]-[5]
Monk, [29]-[40], [83], [96]-[8], [147]
Montague, Sir Edward, [147]
Moot, gemot, [6], [10], [49]
Nabob, [161]
Nadir, [36]
Narva, [157]
Naval, [82], [90], [107]
Nave, [29]
Nene, [148]
Nets, [58], [68], [145]
New England, [157], [164]
Newgate, [59]
New Weir, [67]
Nicaragua, [116]
Nicolas, [42]
Noble, gold, [109]
Nomad, [28], [42]-[5]
Nombre de Dios, [118]
Non-importation, [162]
Norman, [28], [29]-[40], [54]
Northampton, [150]
North Caico, [108]
North Sea, [119]
Novice, [29]
Oak, [30]
Oath, [2], [7], [9], [19]
---- of loyalty, [49], [61], [63], [123]
Oferhyrnes (fine), [8]
Oies (hear!), [87]
Oratory, [30]
Ore (Danish coin), [7]
Orders, [83]
Osed (cloth), [24]
Otter, [104]
Ox, [2], [5], [13], [42]-[5]
Oxford, [37]
----, Statues of, [60], [62], [63]
Paganism, [2]
Paita, [115]
Palace, [47]
Palm Sunday, [74]
Panama, [115]
Pannage (right to feed swine; rent for same), [4], [10]
Papacy, [29]
Paper, [44]
Parish, [10], [132], [146], [179]
Park, [101]
Parliament, [49], [83], [89], [90], [94], [95], [96], [153]
Partney, [97]
Paston Letters, [83], [93]
Patriarch,

[38]
Pawn, [99]
Pease porridge, [136]
Peeke, William, [25]
Peer, [58]
Pembroke, Earl of, [49]
Penhale, Thomas, [25]
Penticost, [57], [59], [60]
Penzance, [99]
Pepper, [53]
Persia, [46]
Persian, [134]
---- Gulf, [121]
Peru, [116]
Pesage, [53]
Pestilence, [127]
Peterborough, [150]
Petersburgh, [156]
Petition, [89], [94], [164]
Pewter, [24]
Pezo (peso, Spanish coin, 3s. 11d.); [114], [115]
Philip and Mary, [124]
Phillippinas (Phillipines), [116]
Pickering, [81]
Pilgrim, [22]
Pilgrimage, [38]
Pillory, [68]
Pirate, [92]
Piwelesdone, Thomas, [63]
Plaintiff, [21]
Plancher, [93], [138]
Plea of the Crown, [65]
Plumber, [33]
Police, [101], [122], [140]-[6]
Pollard, [52]
Pollaxe, [93]
Polo, Maffeo, [45]
----, Marco, [29], [45]-[7]
----, Nicolas, [45]
Pomerania, [156]
Pope Innocent IV., [40], [48], [75], [162]
Popham, Chief Justice Sir John, [147]
Populace, [60], [61], [72]
Port (town with market), [7], [8]
Portingall (Portuguese), [114], [118], [121], [132], [161]
Portland, [92]
Potell, [24]
Pound, [142]
Powte (a young bird), [147]
Praedicante, [40]
Precept, [59]
Presbyterian, [155]
Press, [91]
Price, [49], [78], [79]
Prior, [54]
----, [7], [55]-[98]
Prisage, [67]
Prison, [45], [54], [98]
Privilege, [83], [96], [123], [131], [137]
Proclamation, [52], [53], [100], [108]
Proctector, Lord, [100]
Protestant, [153]
Provence, [53]
Prussia, [92]
Psalm, [98]
Public-house, [131]
Pudding Lane, [126]
Puritan, [153]
Purpresture, [62], [141]
Purveyance, [90]
Pyramid, [44]
Pyrse Plowman, [105]
Quaker, [155]
Quarrel, [92]
Quarter, [36], [69]
Queen, [61]
---- Hithe, [54], [118]
Quercy, [53], [62]
Quibian, [112]
Quilt, [17]
Quire, [99]
Raid, [28]
Rank, [3], [22], [49]
Rannie, Captain, [121], [132], [159]
Raymond, Thomas, [121], [134]-[9]
Rebel, [101]
Reeve, [3]
----, King’s, [6]
----, Port, [7]
Refectory, [24], [36], [39]
Reformation, [153]
Regrator, [17], [143]
Remigius, [36]
Rent, [5], [11], [31]
----, Barley, [4]
Rhetoric, [37]
Rhubarb, [110]
Richard I, [49]
---- II, [27], [124], [126]
----, Earl, [54], [59]
---- de Rulos, [36]
Riga, [156]
Rising, [60]-[4], [83]
Road, [173], [180]
Robber, [92], [94], [114]-[9]
Rochester, [8]
Roe, Sir Thomas, [120], [132]
Rogation Days, [8]
Roger de Turkelby, [57]
Roll, [10], [11], [96]
----, Plea, [17], [29]
----, King’s, [31]
----, Winchester, [31]
Roman, [1]
---- road, [173]
---- wall, [174]
Roof, [29]
----, palace, [47]
Rood (measure of land), [32]
---- (sacred element), [33]
Roots, [83]
Rose, John, [97]
Rotation of crops, [83]
Rowter, John, [24]
Rubruquis, [29], [43]-[5]
Russia, [42]-[5]
Russian Company, [124]
Rusticiano of Pisa, [45]
Rutland, [102]
Rydon, Robert, [24]
Saint Bartholomew, [54]
---- Botolph, [54]
---- Edmund, Archbishop, [59]
---- Edward, [56], [58]
---- Giles, [54]
---- Guthlac, [30], [37]
---- John the Baptist, [25], [26]
---- Margaret, [61]
---- Martin, [55]
---- Mary, [56]
---- Michael, [22]
---- Paul, [60]
---- Sophia, [38]
---- Stephen, [52]
---- Thomas, [16]
---- Valentine, [60]
---- Valery, [39]
Saints, All, [50]
San Salvador, [108]
Sanchez, Lord Raphael, [106], [107]
Sanctuary, [28], [38]
Sara, [46]
Sartach, [42]
Saxon [1]-[10], [28], [35], [48]
Scavage (right to display), [58]
Scot (householders’ payment), [26]
Scraper, [31]
Seal, seyelle, [19], [23], [26], [76]
Sealy (poor), [103]
Seam (a measure of grain), [12]
Seford (village near Battle), [1]
Seigneurage, [90]
Seizin (seisin, possession), [72]
Seld, [56], [65]
Seres, [45]
Serjeant, [17]
----, Mayor’s, [27], [61], [64]
Servant, [21], [26], [33], [42], [85]
----, East India Company’s, [133], [178]
Service, [5]-[11]
----, Great, [76]
Setsayne, [24]
Seville, [111]
Shaftesbury, [8]
Sheep, [83], [99]
Sheepshearing, [5], [14]
Sheriff (king’s officer over shire), [19], [31]
---- of London, [48], [54]
---- wick, [58], [59], [60]
Shiremoot, [15], [31]
Shongavel (tax on leather), [19]
Shops, [15], [56], [65], [129]
Silk, [41]
Silva, Amadis de, [114]
Sister, [98]
Six good men, [17]
Skacha, John, [24]
Skandleby, [97]
Skinners, [27]
---- Well, [120], [130]
Sluys, [49], [77]
Smer, smear, [18]; smergavel (tax on smear), [18]
Smethefield (Smithfield), [58]
Smiter of Irons, [50]
Soc (soke), [17]
---- men, [30]
Soho, [128]
Soldaia, Sudak (a Crimean port), [42], [46]
Sophronius, [38]
Soulcandle, [22]
South Sea, [114]
Steward, [12]
Stiles, Captain, [134]
Stock, Joint, [134]
Stocks, [25], [139]
Stone Age, [107]
Stow, [16], [49], [78], [122]-[31]
Stranger, [3], [6]
Stremer (streamer), [26]
Sturton, Lord, [101]
Styrbrydge, [102]
Suburb, [129]
Sugar, [93]
---- cane, [110], [126]
Suit (duty to attend court), [12]
---- (petition), [19]
Sunday, [3], [6], [7], [8], [9], [56]
Surat, [13]
Surplice, [27]
Surveyor of the Melting, [50]
Sussex, [12]
Swally Roads, [133]
Sweden, [106]
Swine, [1]
Sword, [32], [75], [85], [86], [130], [132]
Sylwes (shelves), [26]
Sylver (silver), [26], [36], [37], [44], [47], [50], [66], [118]
Symbol, [28]
Synod of Greatanlea, [8]
Syrians, [29], [38]
Tabell (table), [25]
Tabernacle, [40]
Tailors’ Gild, [16], [23], [26]
---- Hall, [25]
Tallage (tax on towns), [72]
Tally (account stick), [16], [21]
Tartar, [40]-[5]
Tavern, [97]
Tailboys, [97]
Temple, New, [27]
Tenants, Customary, [10], [11], [12]
Tent, [40], [130]
Teredo worm, [113]
Testament, [5], [41]
Thames, [59], [67], [127]
Thomas, Anthony, [148]
---- of Canterbury, [16]
Thomas of Winchelsea, [78]
Tierce, [78]
Tiffany (Epiphany), [75]
Tigris, [46]
Tithing, [31]
Toll, [18]
---- booth, [21], [72]
Tom of Trumpington, [104]
Tomlynson, [102]
Tonnage and Poundage, [92]
Torch, [22], [26], [27], [38], [130]
Torres, Lycentiat, [114]
Tourney (tournament), [82]
Tovy, Michael, [50]
Tower of London, [49], [54]
----, Constable of the, [58], [61], [65], [67], [74]
----, pound weight of the, [89], [127]
Town, [28], [102]
Trade, [1], [2], [4], [6]
---- Union, [15]
---- of gilds, [16]-[26]
---- with the East, [38]-[47], [75], [121]
---- Hansa, [122], [132], [161]-[6], [175]-[7]
Transept, [29], [36]
Treasure, [107]
---- trove, [146]
Treasurer, [48]
Trebizond, [46]
Tree, [4], [6]
Tregaso, John, [25]
Trestelle (trestle), [25]
Trinity, [94]
---- College, [102]
Tron, [53], [54]
Truce, [92]
Tully, [37]
Tun (township or village), [3]
Turgemannus, [42]
Tuthill Fields, [12]
Undern (9 a.m.), [19]
Undertaker, [148]
Upland, [30]
Vacation, [126]
Valiano, [116]
Vane, Sir Harry, [135]
Vannes, [92]
Varnish, [47]
Venus (goddess of beauty), [36]
Veragua, [112]
Verde, Cape, [114]
Vermuden, Cornelius, [150]
Vespers, [73]
Vestiary (vestry), [35]
Vestment, [35], [37]
Viceroy, [115]
Victual, [17], [44], [98], [142]
View of frank pledge, [15]
Vigil, [52], [54]
Vill, [30], [33]
Villein, [30]
Vines, [4]
Vineyard, [39]
Vintner, [65]
Viol, [118]
Virgate (60 acres), [12]
Virginia, [156], [161]
Visitation, [83], [98]
Vyel, Margery, [55]
Wages, [82], [91]
----, sea, [178]
Wales, Henry, [123]
Walsche, John, [24]
Walton, [76]
War, Civil, [150]
---- of the Roses, [49], [83]
----, Thirty Years’, [122]
---- supplies, [124]
Ward, [19], [60], [61], [129]
Warden, [23], [24], [25], [26], [48], [49]
---- of the Bridge, [58]
---- of the Gates, [59], [65]
Wareham, [8]
Wash, [122]
Watch, [120], [129]
Wavere, Isobel, [98]
Wax, [19], [22], [27], [32], [53], [78]
Waynflete, John, [96]
Wear (weir), [58], [67]
Wed (pledge), [4]
Weighhouse, [130]
Welland, [148]
Wer (value), [6]
Werferth, [10]
Wessex, [28], [31]
Westchepe, [54], [58], [68]
West Riding,

[158]
Westminster, [37], [54]
----, Fair of, [56], [61], [67], [125]
Whigs, [154]
Whirlicotes, [126]
Whitehall, [136]
Wicker, [40]
Wicket, [93]
Wilferth, Bishop of Winchester, [10]
William, Conqueror, [11], [29]-[31], [57]
---- de Haverille, [56], [57]
---- of Lincoln, [96]
---- Spicer, [24]
---- the Treasurer, [58]
Wilts, [95]
Winchester, [6], [8]
----, Gild of, [15], [19], [28]
Windac, [93]
Windgoose Alley, [124]
Wine, Prisage of, [65], [67]
----, Assize of, [78]
Wisbech, [148]
Witan, [6]
Witch, [5]
Wite (fine), [3], [6], [7]
Witness, [4], [7], [32]
Woad, [18]
Wolmer, [76]
Woodchester, [10]
Woodland, [1], [2], [10]
Wool, [82]
Worcester, [10]
Wrestling, [130]
Wudestoke (Woodstock), [56]
Wulfhere, [10]
Wycliffean, [153]
Wyndlesore (Windsor), [57], [64]
Wyrhta (a measure of land), [4]
Wynwode, Master Secretary, [134]
Wynyngton, Robert, [92], [120]
Ya (yes), [61]
Yantlet creek, [67]
Yard, yardland (30 acres), [4]
Yearbook, [21]
Yeve and yeld, [26]
Young, Arthur, [83]
Ystleworth (Isleworth), [6]
Zarate, Don Francisco de, [106], [116]
Zealand, [92]