1.[Form of the taxation of a fifteenth and tenth], 1336[204]
2.[Disposition of a subsidy of tonnage and poundage], 1382[206]
3.[The king's prise of wines], 1320[206]
4.[The custom on wool], 1275[207]
5.[The custom on wine], 1302[208]
6.[The custom on general imports], 1303[211]
7.[Administration of the search for money exported], 1303[216]
8.[Provisions for the currency], 1335[217]
9.[Opinions on the state of English money], 1381-2[220]

[PART II: 1485-1660]
SECTION I
[RURAL CONDITIONS]

1.[Villeinage in the Reign of Elizabeth], 1561[231]
2.[Customs of the Manor of High Furness], 1576[232]
3.[Petition in Chancery for Restoration to a Copyhold], c.1550[234]
4.[Petition in Chancery for Protection against Breach of Manorial Customs], 1568[241]
5.[Lease of the manor of Ablode to a Farmer], 1516[245]
6.[Lease of the Manor of South Newton to a Farmer], 1568[246]
7.[The Agrarian Programme of the Pilgrimage of Grace], 1536[247]
8.[The Demands of the Rebels led by Ket], 1549[247]
9.[Petition to Court of Requests from Tenants Ruined by Transference of a Monastic Estate to lay hands], 1553[251]
10.[Petition to Court of Requests to stay Proceedings against Tenants Pending the Hearing of their Case by the Council of the North], 1576[254]
11.[Petition from Freeholders of Wootton Bassett for Restoration of Rights of Common], temp. Charles I[255]
12.[Petition to Crown of Copyholders of North Wheatley], 1629[258]
13.[An Act Avoiding Pulling Down of Towns], 1515[260]
14.[The Commission of Enquiry Touching Enclosures], 1517[262]
15.[An Act Concerning Farms and Sheep], 1533[264]
16.[Intervention of Privy Council under Somerset to Protect Tenants], 1549[266]
17.[An Act for the Maintenance of Husbandry and Tillage], 1597[268]
18.[Speech in House of Commons on Enclosures], 1597[270]
19.[Speeches in House of Commons on Enclosures], 1601[274]
20.[Return to Privy Council of Enclosers furnished by Justices of Lincolnshire], 1637[275]
21.[Complaint of Laud's Action on the Commission for Depopulation], 1641[276]

SECTION II
[TOWNS AND GILDS]

1. [A Protest at Coventry against a Gild's Exclusiveness], 1495[282]
2. [A Complaint from Coventry as to Inter-Municipal Tariffs], 1498[282]
3.[The Municipal Regulation of Wages at Norwich], 1518[282]
4.[The Municipal Regulation of Markets at Coventry], 1520[283]
5. [The Municipal Regulation of Wages at Coventry], 1524[284]
6. [An Act for Avoiding of Exactions taken upon Apprentices in Cities, Boroughs, and Towns Corporate], 1536[284]
7.[An Act whereby certain Chantries, Colleges, Free Chapels and the Possessions of the same be given to the King's Majesty], 1547[286]
8. [Regrant to Coventry and Lynn of Gild Lands Confiscated under 1 Edward VI], c. xiv (the preceding Act), 1548[291]
9. [A Petition of the Bakers of Rye to the Mayor, Jurats, and Council to prevent the Brewers taking their trade], 1575[294]
10. [Letter to Lord Cobham from the Mayor and Jurats of Rye concerning the Preceding Petition], 1575[295]
11.[ The Municipal Regulation of the Entry into Trade at Nottingham], 1578-9[295]
12. [The Municipal Regulation of Markets at Southampton], 1587[296]
13.[The Municipal Regulation of Wages at Chester], 1591[296]
14.[The Company of Journeymen Weavers of Gloucester], 1602[297]
15. [Petition of Weavers who are not Burgesses], 1604-5
[299]
16. [Extracts from the London Clothworkers' Court Book], 1537-1627[300]
17.[The Feltmakers Joint-Stock Project], 1611[302]
18.[The Case of the Tailors of Ipswich], 1615[305]
19.[The Grievances of the Journeymen Weavers of London], c. 1649[307]

SECTION III
[THE REGULATION OF INDUSTRY BY THE STATE]

1.[Proposals for the Regulation of the Cloth Manufacture ](temp. Henry VIII)[317]
2.[Administrative Difficulties in the Regulation of the Manufacture of Cloth], 1537[319]
3.[An Act Touching Weavers], 1555[320]
4.[Enactment of Common Council of London as to Age of Ending Apprenticeship], 1556[323]
5.[William Cecil's Industrial Programme], 1559[323]
6.[ The Statute of Artificers], 1563[325]
7.[Proposals for the Better Administration of the Statute of Artificers], 1572[333]
8.[Draft of a Bill Fixing Minimum Rates for Spinners and Weavers], 1593[336]
9.[Draft Piece-list Submitted for Ratification to the Wiltshire Justices by Clothiers and Weavers], 1602[341]
10.[ An Act empowering Justices to fix Minimum Rates of Payment], 1603-04[342]
11.[Administration of Acts Regulating the Manufacture of Cloth], 1603[344]
12.[Assessment made by the Justices of Wiltshire, dealing mainly with other than Textile Workers], 1604[345]
13.[Assessment made by the Justices of Wiltshire, dealing mainly with Textile Workers], 1605[351]
14.[Administration of Wage Clauses of Statute of Artificers], 1605-08[352]
15.[Administration of Apprenticeship Clauses of the Statute of Artificers], 1607-08[353]
16.[The Organisation of the Woollen Industry], 1615[354]
17.[Proceedings on the Apprenticeship Clauses of the Statute of Artificers], 1615[356]
18.[A Petition to Fix Wages Addressed to the Justices by the Textile Workers of Wiltshire], 1623[356]
19.[Appointment by Privy Council of Commissioners to Investigate Grievances of Textile Workers in East Anglia], 1630[357]
20.[Report to Privy Council of Commissioners appointed above], 1630[358]
21.[High Wages in the New World], 1645[360]
22.[Young Men and Maids ordered to enter Service], 1655[360]
23.[Request to Justices of Grand Jury of Worcestershire to assess Wages], 1661[361]
24.[Proceedings on the Apprenticeship Clauses of the Statute of Artificers], 1669[361]

SECTION IV
[THE RELIEF OF THE POOR AND THE REGULATION OF PRICES]

1.[Regulations made at Chester as to Beggars], 1539[366]
2.[A Proclamation concerning Corn and Grain to be brought into open Markets to be sold], 1545[367]
3.[Administration of Poor Relief at Norwich], 1571[369]
4.[The first Act Directing the Levy of a Compulsory Poor Rate], 1572[372]
5.[The first Act requiring the Unemployed to be set to Work], 1575-6[373]
6.[Report of Justices to Council Concerning Scarcity in Norfolk], 1586[373]
7.[Orders devised by the Special Commandment of the Queen's Majesty for the Relief and Ease of the Present Dearth of Grain within the Realm], 1586[374]
8.[The Poor Law Act], 1601[380]
9.[A note of the Grievances of the Parish of Eldersfield], 1618[381]
10.[Petition to Justices of Wiltshire for Permission to Settle in a Parish], 1618[382]
11.[Letter from Privy Council to Justices of Cloth-making Counties], 1621-2[382]
12.[Letter from Privy Council to the Deputy Lieutenants and Justices of the Peace in the Counties of Suffolk and Essex concerning the Employment of the Poor], 1629[383]
13.[The Licensing of Badgers in Somersetshire], 1630[385]
14.[Badgers Licensed at Somersetshire Quarter Sessions], 1630[385]
15.[The Supplying of Bristol with Grain], 1630-1[385]
16.[Proceedings against Engrossers and other Offenders], 1631[386]
17.[Order of Somersetshire Justices Granting a Settlement to a Labourer], 1630-1[386]
18.[Report of Derbyshire Justices on their Proceedings], 1631[387]
19.[Letter from Privy Council to Justices of Rutlandshire], 1631[390]
20.[Judgment in the Star Chamber against an Engrosser of Corn], 1631[391]

SECTION V
[THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE]