Chapter XXXVIII: Appendix: XV (2)

Price's hospital 211 n.

prices fixed by authority 51, 88, 121, 193
" moderated by justices 87, 190, 194, 302, 324
" rise in 16, 49, 50, 73, 84, 194
" enquiries touching 84 seq.
" of corn 16, 50, 73, 84, 119-124, 145 n., 341
" " sudden alteration in 121 n.
" of oatmeal 194
" of provisions 16 n.

priest 13

priests 3, 4, _see_ tithes

prior 207

priories 290

prisoners, _presonars_ 33, 53, 70, 75, 77, 136, 167, 220 seq.,
228 n., 229, 279, 299, 311

prisons 220 seq., _see_ prisoners

privilege of Parliament 76

privileges, payments for 117

Privy Council 33, 46, 47-53, 67, 68, 80-94, 118, 119, 125, 130, 131,
137, 142-166, 171, 172, 178, 179, 193, 201, 216, 230, 232, 253,
268, 276, 277, 286, 296, 334
" " letters of 52, 81, 85, 86 n., 143, 149, 154, 155, 162,
165, 166, 174, 175, 240 seq., 292, 294-297, 304, 336 seq.,
338 seq., 359
" " letters to 126, 147, 340
" " instructions of 193
" " thanks to 194
" " lords of 204, _see_ Privy Councillors
" " Scotch 282 seq., _see_ corn, orders, reports

Privy Council Register 143, 150, 156, 156 n., 336 seq., 338 seq.

Privy Councillors 156, 204, 297

_Privie Seale_, Lord 338

procession 8

proclamations, royal 3, 51, 86, 143, 144 bis, 145, 146 bis, 150, 165,
166, 296, 298
" of 1629 153, 155, 171, 172
" Scotch 283, 286 seq.
" municipal 104, 305

proctors or procurators 69, 70, 344

_Providours of the Poore_ 110

_Provision for the poore now in penurie_ 127 seq.

proviso _re_ Dutton 138

provost 279

provost marshals 93, 298

Pukenham, North 317

punishment of able-bodied beggars 4, 25 seq., 53, 70, 77, 80 seq.,
221, 299 n.
" _fourme_ of 94
" at Bury 114, _see_ whipping, fines, death, branding, stocks

Purchas, Thos. 176

Puritan counties 297

Puriton 254 n., 261

Quarter Sessions, _see_ Sessions

questions put to judges 178
" " overseers 247, 337, 342 seq.

quinzièmes, _see_ fifteenths

Radfield 192 n., 253 n., 256 n., 264 n.

Radnorshire, report from 247

Ragland 252, 262 n.

Ragnell 362

Rahere 27

raker 355

Raleigh, Sir Walter 76, 79, 294

Rampton 363

Rand, Samuel 202 n.

rates, tax, taxation 1, 2, 38, 59, 60, 62, 64, 71, 95, 106, 108,
130 n., 204, 251, 254, 256, 261, 268, 269, 279, 296, 358
" imposed by town rulers before 1572 29, 42, 43, 45, 102
" for soldiers and sailors 73, 78, 79, 136, 166
" for prisoners and hospitals 77, 167, 220
" for Houses of Correction 118, 137, 167
" for plague stricken 137, 200, 201
" for setting poor to work 121, 154, 225, 255 seq.
" for corporation of poor 273 n.
" semi-voluntary 59, 97
" dispute concerning 179 n.
" refusal and objection to pay 168, 169, 197 n., 248, 260 n., 350
" increased 158, 175, 177, 245, 248 seq., 250
" in Scotland 282, 283 seq., 286 seq.
" in Aberdeen 285, 289
" in Glasgow 289, 290 n.
" in France 291
" in Norwich 367
" amount of, Rochdale 251
" " Ware 346
" " Braughing and Stortford 348 seq.
" none in Middleton 251
" legality at Lydd 178
" in aid, _see_ parishes, rich
" of wages, _see_ wages

ratepayers 141 n., 261, 290, 303

Ravensworth 170 n.

Reading 112, 114, 129, 156, 157 n., 192, 200, 200 n., 204, 216,
217 n., 218, 225, 231, 259, 263

rebels, rebellion 51, 73, 80, 81, 126, 151, _see_ order

recognizance 179, 321 seq.

recusants 173, 182

Redcliffe almshouse 210, 213

Red Maid's School 219

Reepham 331

reeves 2

Reformation 20, 207, 208

refugees 110 n.

_refuissars_ 289 n.

register of names 71, 290

regrating, regrators 50, 50 n., 73, 320, 332, 358

Reigate 261

Reynolds, Thomas 163

relief, _see_ poor relief

relief works 141

rent 214

Repertories 25 n.

reports _re_ corn 50, 87, 88 seq., 149, 151, 152, 172, 185 seq., 193
seq., 195, 204, 316 seq., 326, 334 seq., 340 seq., 344 seq.
" _re_ vagrants 80, 81 seq.
" _re_ poor relief and vagrants 173 seq., 177, 181 seq., 245,
248, 251 seq., 256 seq., 268, 297, 342 seq.
" not in northern counties 239
" from same place at different dates 253, 252
" of four royal hospitals 269 seq., 369 seq.
" of Bridewell 351 seq.
" Bassetlaw 257 seq.
" Cambridge 174 seq.

resolutions of 1527 135 n., _see_ judges at Quarter Sessions 275

Restoration 275, 277

retainers 15, 120

Retford 361

returns, overseers 214 n., _see_ reports

revenues for armies 268

Revolution, French 291, 303

Rhodes, hospital for defence of 27 n.

Rhuddlan Castle 139

rich 145 n., 201, 302 seq.

Richard II. 54, 293

Richmondshire 171, 255

Riding, North 203, 213, 214 n.
" " Session, Rolls of 169 seq.
" West, Sessions, Rolls of 167 seq., 241, 248

Ridley, Bishop 30-33, 35, 59 n.

riots, rioters 49, 51, 85, 148 n., 151, 192, 197 n., 288, 303

Ripon 185

Rixman's charity 216 n.

roads 84

robbery 13, 126, 288, 303

Rochdale 251

Rochester 110

Rogers, Prof. 301 n.

rogues 227 n., 256, 332
" bills for 75, 76, 137
" act for 77
" def. of 68 seq., 344
" depredations of 13, 126, 288, 298, 303
" incorrigible 57
" poor unjustly made 168
" questions touching 344
" branding of 138 n., _see_ vagrants

Rolls of Parliament 4

Romer, Lord Justice 141 n.

Romsey 85

roundsman system 130 n., 232

Royal Exchange 242

royalists 274

rule which must govern clothier &c. 148

rumours, false and seditious 81

Rupert, Prince 231

Rutland 156 n., 265 n., 338 seq.
" Duke of 89, 187

Ruxley 264 n.

Rycherds, John 331

Rye 8 n.

Ryedale 177 n., 259 n.

Sabbath, _see_ Sunday

sailors 73, 77, 93, 213, _see_ mariners

St Albans 108 seq., 110, 117, 117 n., 129, 163 n., 199, 261, 263 n.
" Liberty of 181, 191 n., 255 n., 263 n.

St Andrews, Andries, Norwich 101, 310

St Anthony's, Broad Street 27 n.
" York 114

St Augustine, rule of 19

St Bartholomew's, London 27 n., 28, 30, 31, 34, 36, 38, 39, 98,
201, 208, 269, 369
" " Glos. 129, 208
" " Sandwich 8, 208

St Benedict, parish of 367

St Catherine's, York 209
" " by the Tower 27 n.

St Cross, hospital of 207 seq.

St Edmondes, Norwich 310

St Edmund's, Gateshead 209

St Ethelbert's, Hereford 211 n.

St Ethelred, Liberty of 191 n., 365

St Giles', London, parish of 264 n., 360
" in the Fields 27 n.
" Hereford 8 n., 208, 211 n.
" Norwich 105, 198 seq., 209 seq.
" Reading parish 212

St James' in the Fields 27 n.
" church of King's Lynn 224

St John's, of Jerusalem 27 n.
" Nottingham 227
" Sandwich 8
" Sepulchre 104 n.
" Walbrook 97

St Julianes, Norwich 310

St Just 213 n.

St Leonard's, Launceston 209, 209 n.

St Margaret's, Glos. 129, 208

St Mary's, Barking 27 n.
" Cripplegate 27 n.

St Mary Magdalen, Exeter 8 n.
" " Glos. 129 n., 208
" " King's Lynn 209
" Rounceval 27 n.
" Redcliffe 210

St Mary's, Spital 27 n., 97

St Nicholas, London 28
" Scarborough 8 n.

St Paul's Hospital, Norwich 101

St Peter's parish, Norwich 308

St Sepulchre 264 n., 360 n.

St Thomas' of Acon 27 n.
" parish of, Bristol 210
" Hospital, Scarborough 8
" Hospital, York 209
" " Southwark 19, 27 n., 28, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36,
38, 39, 98, 201, 269, 370

Sands, Mr 69, 83, 130

Sandwich 7 seq., 208

Sandys, Lord 48

Sarum, division of 204

Sarum, New 200

Savoy, hospital of 27 n., 63

Sawbridgeworth, Sabridgworth 343 n., 345, 347, 348

Scarborough 8, 170 n., 213

scarcity, _see_ corn

Schirewoode John 176

scholars, poor 29 n., 53, 70, 136

_schoole dames_ 218, 332

schools, scoole 103, 136, 215, 217, 218, 219, 308
" industrial 113, 217, _see_ Bridewell
" Free 27 n.
" knitting 111, 111 n., 218 seq., 300, 332
" King Edward's 38

Scotland 14, 54, 183, 267, 277 seq., 293, 294, 303

Scrivener, Mrs Alice 234

scrutineers, Glos. 129 n.

sea, vagrants sent to 229, 230 n.

searchers for vagrants, _see_ vagrants

Segewyche, Dr 44

select women 104, 105, 107, 218, 313

Sellside 218

Semys, almshouse of 213

senators 273

Sergeant-at-Mace 187 n.

serges 225

sermons 55, 212, 307

Servall, Agnes 65

servants 55, 299
" stubborn 94
" refusing to serve as 179 n.
" whether hired by the year 104
" discharging of 128, _see_ labourers

service, _cervis_, _servis_ 65, 70
" placing in 77, 83
" people to go to 104 n., 105, 142 n., 315
" living out of 142, 142 n., 179 n., 228 n., 263, 350

serving men 211 n.

Sessions, Quarter 77, 88, 120, 126, 134 n., 143, 154, 167 seq.,
214 n., 275, 331, 337, 340, 343, 371
" Petty 177 n., _see_ kirk sessions

Session of 1597-8, 74, 75 seq.

settlement regulations 5, 107 seq., 167, 179 n., 302

Shaftesbury 262 n.

Shaile, Rich. 212 n.

shearmen 149

sheep farming 17

sheeting 222

Sheffield 225

Shelf 169 n.

Shepton Mallet 228 n.

Shepway 187, 191 n., 256 n.

Sheriffs 81, 143, 173, 224, 319
" High 340, 351

Shinfield 217 n.

ship money 164

shipmen 70

ships 43, 93, 100, 123

shirts, charities for 212, 212 n.

shoemakers 139, 234, 338, 339

shop-keepers 233, 234

shops, fines for opening on Sunday 117

Shrewsbury 123 seq., 189, 260
" Eliz., Countess of 17

Shropham 88

Shropshire 157, 224, 262, 299

sick 7, 201 seq., 203, 306

Sick Man's Hospital 8 n., 211 n.

silk lace 100

silkmen 233, _see_ weavers

Silkston 169 n.

silver, influx of 16

silver plate 202

Sisters of St Cross 208 n.
" of Normans, _see_ St Paul's, Norwich

Skenfreth 252, 253

Slaney, charity of 216 n.

slaves 56

Smith, Henry, charity of 222 n.

Smithfield 108, _see_ St Bartholomew's

Smiths, guild of 42 n.

smocks, charities for 212, 212 n.

Soke 256 n.

soldiers, _souldiers_, _sojouries_, _souldyours_ 14, 73, 75, 78,
87, 93, 136, 143, 170, 211, 213, 220, 245, 290 n., 325, 327 n.,
369, 370

Somerset 84, 86 n., 126 seq., 145, 148 n. 1 and n. 2, 180, 185, 254,
261, 298, 299
" Duke of 51, 303

Sorbonne 20

south eastern counties 240

Southampton, Hampton 9, 43 n., 86 n.

Southgate, Norwich 308

Southwark 35, _see_ St Thomas' Hospital

Spain 89

Spaldyng, Samuel 176

Spanish ports 147

Spencer, Sir Will. 126

spinners 85, 147, 349

spinning 218, 223, 226, 272, 276, 358
" house, Bridewell 37

spinster, spynsters, 65 n., 149, 160

Sprott's charity 235 n.

stability 15, 302, 304

Stafford co. 262
" boro. 186, 274 n.

Staine 82, 191 n., 264 n.

Stamford 157, 157 n., 197 n.

Stanbury, Mr 121

Stancliff 299 n.

standard of comfort 198

Standon 347

Stanleyes Remedy 243

Stansted Abbots 345 n., 346

Staplegrove, Stapelgrove 180, 214, 327 seq.

Staploe 82, 191 n., 264 n.

Star Chamber 119, 125

starch 325

Startforth 214 n.

starvation 124, 125

state control 6 seq.

statutes, laws 3 seq., 45, 53 seq., 59, 60, 62, 67 seq., 73, 79, 81,
87, 133 seq., 143, 153
" Scotch 278 seq.
" apprenticeship 155
" of chantries 43
" common or statute law 297
" of Ethelred 3
" factory 62
" labour 3, 151, 256, 293, 343 n., 358, 359, _see_ wages
" of retainers 120
" of rogues 77, 141
" for raising publicke stockes 147
" effects of 297 seq., 302, _see_ execution of law
" particular, mentioned or referred to:
51 Hen. III. 332
13 Edw. I. 332
36 Edw. III. c. 8, 4
12 Rich. II. cc. 3 and 7, 4 seq.
15 Rich. II. c. 6, 6 seq.
4 Hen. IV. c. 12, 7
2 Hen. V. St. I. c. 1, 20
8 Hen. VI. c. 5, 332
10 Hen. VII. c. 4, 332
11 Hen. VII. c. 2, 5, 332
19 Hen. VII. c. 12, 5
22 Hen. VIII. c. 12, 12, 53 seq., 56, 57, 60, 62, 73, 78, 291
23 Hen. VIII. c. 11, 332
25 Hen. VIII. c. 1, 320
27 Hen. VIII. c. 25, 2, 53, 54 seq., 59, 60, 62, 278, 291
1 Edw. VI. c. 3, 56 seq., 70, 79
3 and 4 Edw. VI. c. 16, 57, 58, 60
5 and 6 Edw. VI. c. 2, 57, 58, 60 n.
5 and 6 Edw. VI. c. 14, 320 n.
7 Edw. VI. c. 11, 58
1 Mary St. II. c. 13, 58
1 Mary St. III. c. 12, 58
2 and 3 Ph. and Mary c. 5, 58, 60
4 and 5 Ph. and Mary c. 9, 58
1 Eliz. c. 2, 332
5 Eliz. c. 3, 58, 59, 60, 71, 102, 106, 291
5 Eliz. c. 4, 140, 162, 163 n., 256, 302, 343 n., 358, 359
5 Eliz. c. 12, 320, 322
14 Eliz. c. 5, 2, 68, 69 seq., 79, 95, 96, 130, 131, 220, 278
18 Eliz. c. 3, 68, 72, 79
23 Eliz. c. 1, 332
27 Eliz. c. 11, 72
29 Eliz. c. 5, 72
31 Eliz. c. 10, 72
35 Eliz. c. 4, 73, 136
35 Eliz. c. 6, 73
35 Eliz. c. 7, 73
39 Eliz. c. 3, 76 seq., 80, 133, 134, 135, 140, 143, 167,
220, 238, 241, 281, 294
39 Eliz. c. 4, 77, 332
39 Eliz. c. 5, 77
39 Eliz. c. 6, 78, 136, 137
39 Eliz. c. 16, 331
39 Eliz. c. 17, 78
39 Eliz. c. 21, 78, 136
43 Eliz. c. 2, 133 seq., 138, 140 n., 238, 240, 253 n.,
281, 292
43 Eliz. c. 3, 136, 138 n., 220, 332
1 Jac. I. c. 6, 162
1 Jac. I. c. 7, 138 n., 243
1 Jac. I. c. 9, 138 n., 332
1 Jac. I. c. 27, 138 n.
1 Jac. I. c. 31, 137
2 Jac. I. c. 4, 331
3 Jac. I. c. 4, 138 n., 332
4 Jac. I. cc. 4 and 5, 331
4 Jac. I. c. 5, 138 n.
7 Jac. I. c. 3, 138 n.
7 Jac. I. c. 4, 137, 243, 332
7 Jac. I. c. 10, 332
7 Jac. I. c. 11, 138 n.
21 Jac. I. c. 1, 138 n.
21 Jac. I. c. 7, 138 n.
21 Jac. I. c. 20, 138 n.
21 Jac. I. c. 28, 138 n.
1 Car. I. c. 1, 138 n.
3 Car. I. c. 2, 138 n.
3 Car. I. c. 5, 138 n.
13 and 14 Car. II. c. 12, 107, 109, 239
4 and 5 Will. IV. c. 76, 135, 294
" Scotch:
James I. c. 66, 278
James I. c. 103, 278
James V. c. 22, 278
James V. c. 74, 279
James V. c. 149, 279
James V. c. 272, 281
James VI. c. 19, 281 n.
James VI. c. 8, 281 n.
Chas. II. c. 16, 281 n.
Chas. II. c. 38, 281 n.

stent roll 286 n.

Stettin, Duke of 242

Stirling 287

stocks for punishment 4, 35 n., 221, 300
" _stockes_ = stores 72, 85, 87, 118, 154, 172, 182, 222 seq.,
225, 245, 247, 256, 260, 261, 276, 301, 342, 345 seq., 360, 361
" town 202 n., 256 seq., 361 seq.
" amount of 258, 265
" for House of Correction 170 n., _see_ work

Stockw^{th} 257 n.

Stoke Newington 360 n.

Stokeham 362

stoneminers 224

Stourbridge, Sturbridge 43 seq., 82

strangers 101, 128, 242, 286 n., _see_ merchant strangers

strike 141 n.

stockings 112 n.

Stortford 345 n., 348, 349, 350

Stow 18, 26
" hundred of 82, 264 n., 358 seq.

Stretford 186 n.

Stuarts 66, 297, 300

subscriptions 97, 202 n., 210

subsidy 112 n., 116, 268 n.
" book 73

success in Aberdeen 285 n.
" in Norwich 106
" of corn measures 192 seq.
" of Book of Orders 298 seq.

Sudbury 160

Suffolk 50, 84, 148, 148 n., 149, 153, 154, 178, 179, 190, 191 n.,
201, 263, 334, 336 seq.

Sunday 57, 138 n., 212, _see_ fines, collections

superintendents of beggars 44

supervisors of the poor 171 n.

suppers on fast days 122, 129
" of orphan boys 199

surety 70, 71 n.

surgeon 202 n., 208, 355

Surrey co. 83, 87 n., 160 n., 192 n., 228

survey of corn, _see_ corn

surveyors, _surveiors_ of beggars 25, 26, 98
" of hospitals 129
" of poor 167 n.
" of highways 343

swearing, _see_ fines

Symes, Dr. 202 n.

Tabard 4

tailors 103, 117 n.

Tanner MSS. 180

Taunton 185, 186, 226

Taverham 191 n.

taxes, charities for paying 136, 137 n., _see_ rates, fifteenths,
subsidies

technical education, _see_ training
" school 217

Temple, hall of Middle 75
" Hospital 210
" Gate almshouse 210

tenants, oppression of 269, _see_ landlords

tenements 73, 93, 108, 297, _see_ cottages

tennis balls 100

testimonials 168, 343

Tewkesbury 82, 151

Theale, report from 259

thefts, thieves 15, 36, 38, 303

thieves, language of 12, 13

Thingoe 187

Thirsk 170 n.

Thirty Years' War 147

thread, twisting of 223

Thredling 264 n.

Thriplow 82

Thomas, charity of 215 n.

Thornaby 111

Thornbury 82

Thorne, charity of 235 n.

Thorner, John 260 n.

Thornton 203

Thundridge 345 n., 348

thurdendeles 179

tickets, _see_ badges

Tickhill 168

tillage 143

tinkers, _tynkers_ 68, 70, 82, 344

Tinwell 338

tippler 69, 321, 324, 332

tippling, _tiplinge_ 175

tithe 3, 6 seq., 117, 134 n., 135 n.

tithingmen 174, 247, 329

Tiverton, fire at 202

tokens of tin 26

tolls 116

Topcliffe 171

Totmonslow 262 n.

tow 182, 225, 232, 272, 349

town, rulers of 6 seq., 62 seq., 65, 72, 96, 165, 187, 202, 290
" control charities 7 seq., 204, 208, 209, 210, 211 n.
" contribute to charitable endowments 8, 23
" parental government of 65 seq., _see_ poor relief, orders,
hospitals

Town Council, Glasgow 289 n.

Town Clerk 305

_towne haill_ 285

towns, importance of Tudor 23
" poor relief in, _see_ poor relief
" of Suffolk 149
" fires in 202
" head officials of 78

trade 115, 148, 148 n., 152, 153, 155, 164, 173, 259, 337, 344
" right of exercising 117
" teaching 111, 218, 299
" depression of 145, 147 seq., 155, 163, 245, 336 seq.

traders 85, 344, _see_ trades, tradesmen

tradesmen 136, 223, 235, _see_ lending cash

training 110 seq., 225, 294

Treasurer, County 73, 77, 136, 213, 220
" Mr 338
" Lord 338

treatise, _see_ pamphlets

Trellech 252

trespass, action for 135 n.

Treswell 364

Trevor, Sir Thomas 212

Trinity Hospital, Bristol 209

troops, number of 274

truck 163

Trust, Breaches of 78, 136, 248

Tudors 66, 297, 298

Tunstead 191 n.

Tuxford 364

undersettles 170 n., _see_ inmates

undertakers of poor 229

unemployed 38, 45, 76, 110 seq., 221 seq., 238 seq., _see_ work, and
Correction, Houses of

United States 230

Universities, poor scholars of 29 n., 53, 70, 136

Uppingham 197 n., 338

usurers 128

Utopia 12 n., 15, 57

V, letter of 25

Vagrancy Acts 141 n.

vagrants, vagabonds, _vacaboundes_, sturdy and valiant beggars 15,
68 seq., 74, 79, 91, 93, 120, 127, 141 n., 156 n., 166, 229
seq., 252, 282 seq., 325, 336, 344-356, 359, 361 seq., 366,
370, 371
" def. of 68 seq., 344
" increase of 11 seq., 13 seq., 40, 53, 102, 127, 241, 270 seq.
" decrease of 241, 250, 298 seq., 358
" statutory regulations for 4 seq., 53 seq., 56 seq., 69 seq.,
73, 77, 278 seq.
" municipal regulations 5, 25 seq., 37 seq., 65 seq., 98 seq.,
104, 108, 217, 285, 311, 315, 355
" searches for 51, 71, 80 seq., 91, 359, _see_ Correction,
Houses of, poor relief, statutes, labour and work

vestry 210, 211 n.

vicars, _see_ parsons

Vice-Chancellor 44, 70, 176

villages, no lack of work in 259

Vincent, Jenkin 216

Virginia 229, 230 n.

visitation, _see_ plague
" of Bishop 58 n.

votes of Parliament 273

wages 3 seq., 16, 16 n., 52, 140, 160 seq., 224
" of silk weavers 156 n.
" compared with price of food 198
" rise in 300, 301 n.
" reasonable 52, 70, 224, 350
" during Civil War 275, 301 n.
" assessment 161 seq., 343 n., 358, 359, _see_ statutes, labour
" of schooldames 218
" of waggoner 275

Wakefield 122, 128 seq., 168 n., 255 n.

Wales 86 n., 239, 240

Walker, Dr 44

Wallingford 83, 216

Wallington 256, 265, 298

Walsham 191 n.

Walsingham 86 n., 94 n.

Walthamstow 83

wanderers 298, 344, _see_ vagrants, rogues

Wangford 190 n.

Wantage 192

ward 175, 350, _see_ watches

Wardell, charity of 221 n.

Wardrobe 272, 273

Ware 189 n., 345 n., 346

warp, white 308 seq.

warrants 171, 174

wars 14, 48, 147

Warsopp 257 n.

Warwick co. 87 n.
" boro. 186
" Earl of 160

waste lands 77

Wat, Willie 284

watches, _waches_ 82, 120, 175, 264 n., 299 n., 344, 346 seq., 366

watchmen 200, 201 n.

Wath 171 n.

Watts, charity of 110

Wayland 88, 191 n., 263, 264 n.

wealth 15

weavers, weaving 37, 103, 147, 149, 160, 217 n., 226, 272
" silk 156 n., 217, 354
" linen 218, 354
" ribbon 218, 354

Weaver's almshouses 211 n.

Wednesdays 122, _see_ supper

weights and measures 84, 173, 187 n., 332

Welhagh 364

Wellow 263 n.

Wells 222, 248

Welsh 139

Wentllooge 185

Wentworth, Viscount 157, 164, 295, 338

Wessington, parish of 6 n.
" Sir Walter de 6 n.

Western counties 155, 192, 245, 262

Westmill 249, 343 n., 345 n., 347, 349

Westminster 73, 160 n., 196 n.

Westmoreland 218, 239, 298

Wetherley 82

wheels 111, 112 n.

whipping, punishment of 25, 53, 54, 57, 62, 65, 70, 71 n., 73, 77,
98, 105, 221, 243, 278, 311, 312

whipping campaign 80 seq.

whipping-post 35 n.

White Friars, House of 129

White, George 220, 222 n.
" Sir Thomas 234

Whitgift 75, 79, 211

Whitley 254 n., 261

Whitmore, George 230 n.

Whitson 122, 123, 212, 235 n.

Whittington, Coll. of Richard 27 n.

Whittlesford 192 n., 253 n., 256 n., 264 n.

Whitwell 218

Wickham, West 216 n.

Wicksted, John 176

Widford 345, 350

widows 211 n., 212

Wigmore 186 n.

Wildbore, John 338

Wilford 264 n., 365

Williams' Hospital, Hereford 211 n.

Williamson 244

Williton 245 n.

wills 55

Wilmington 264 n.

Wiltshire 48, 50 n., 86 n., 121, 125, 145, 148 n. 1, n. 2, 204, 228,
229, 239, 258, 262 n., 266

Wilson, Mr Thomas 69

Wilson, Rob., charity of 234 n.

Wimbledon, Lord 156 n., 157, 164

Winche's charity 234 n.

Winchester 114, 118, 207, 223, 255
" Bishop of 118, 338

Windsor 112 n., 200
" New 216, 222

Windsor, Andrew 222
" Myles 221 n.

wire 33

wite theow 2 n.

witness 116

Wokingham 216, 216 n.

Wolsey 16, 20, 47, 48 seq., 50 n.

Wolverhampton 222 n., 234

women 103, 313
" almshouses for 211 seq.
" taught to knit 112 n.
" to teach children 181
" easily obtain work 198

Wonford 190 n.

wood 199, 212, _see_ fuel

Wood, charity of 216 n.

Woodchurch 192

Woodcross 93

woods owner rated 134 n., 135 n.

Woodstock 88 n.

wool 65 n., 72, 85, 111 bis, 147 seq., 262 n.
" combers of 161

woolchapman 224

woolgrowers 148

woolhouse 37

Wootton 88

Worcester co. 69, 83, 130, 148 n.
" boro. 41, 201, 262

work on highways 343
" proceeds of poor's 113
" those who refused 134 n., 140 seq., 176, 344
" those able to, not able to 103, 308 seq.
" lack of 14, 48, 80, 85, 86 n., 115, 146, 149 n., 152 seq.,
156 n., 160 n., 231, 255 n., 261, 263, 265 n., 338
" no lack of 6, 198, 249, 261
" questions concerning 342
" poor kept at 65, 99, 105, 140, _see_ idlers
" found by inhabitants 131 n., 232, 349, 351
" provided for soldiers and sailors 78
" provided for children 181, 218 seq., 222 n.
" overseers ordered to provide 142, 181
" provision of for poor 6, 110 seq., 132, 164, 167, 180, 181,
221 seq., 270 n., 271, 272, 273, 274 seq., 294 seq., 311, 313,
325, 332, 335, 336, 339, 346 seq., 358 seq.
" regulations in statutes and bills 54, 72, 75 seq., 137, 140
" orders in Council and proclamations touching 85 seq., 87, 153
seq., 174, 325, 336 seq., 338 seq.
" effect on wages 300 seq.
" in particular places in the following counties:
_Bedford_ 255, 256 n., 261, 265 n.;
_Berks._ 112 n., 222, 225, 262 n.;
_Bucks._ 245, 256 n., 261, 265 n.;
_Cambs._ 175, 253 n., 256 n., 263, 264 n., 369;
_Cheshire_ 247, 248, 262 n.;
_Derby_ 299, 299 n.;
_Devon_ 112, 121, 155, 222 n., 259 n.;
_Dorset_ 262 n.;
_Essex_ 110, 255, 256 n., 265 n.;
_Glos._ 262 n.;
_Hants._ 223, 250, 255, 256, 256 n., 262 n.;
_Hereford_ 222 n., 260, 262 n.;
_Herts._ 110 seq., 182, 248 seq., 252, 254, 256 n., 258, 261,
263, 263 n., 344 seq.;
_Hunts._ 265 n.; Kent 110, 223, 256 n., 261, 264;
_Lancs._ 259;
_Leicester_ 111, 112, 265 n., 299;
_Lincs._ 42, 111, 264;
_Middlesex_ 264 n.;
_Monmouthshire_ 252, 262 n.;
_Nottingham_ 256 n., 257 seq., 264, 361;
_Norfolk_ 104, 105, 223 n., 224, 253 n., 256 n., 261, 263,
264 n., 311, 312, 313;
_Pembroke_ 225;
_Radnor_ 247, 248;
_Rutland_ 156, 156 n., 265 n., 338;
_Shropshire_ 224, 260, 262, 263 n.;
_Staffordshire_ 222 n., 262;
_Suffolk_ 149 n., 245, 261, 263, 264, 264 n., 365;
_Sussex_ 256 n., 261, 265 n.;
_Surrey_ 222 n., 256, 261, 265, 357 seq.;
_Somerset_ 222, 245 n., 263 n.;
_Warwick_ 263 n.;
_Wilts._ 260 n.;
_Worcester_ 262, 262 n.;
_Yorkshire_ 45, 111, 128, 222, 223, 255, 256 n., 259

workhouses, workinghouse 75, 138 n., 173, 223, 241, 243, 260 n., 272,
274, 276;
Abingdon 226, 260;
Barnstaple 204;
Cambridge 226;
Colchester 113;
Guildford 222, 358;
King's Lynn 113, 224;
Little Holland 226;
Newbury 225, 260;
Plymouth 259 n.;
Reading 112, 225;
Sheffield 225;
Shrewsbury 260,
Taunton 226

workmen, _worckmen_ 4, 52, 70, 85, 140, _see_ labourers, wages, statutes, labour
worsted, manufacture of 110 n., 224

Wright, Edmund 197 n.

Wroth, Sir T. 74

Wycombe 185

Wymer, Middle 103

Wyot 121

Yarmouth 200

yarn 182, 272
" house 37

York co. 148 n., 167 seq., 177, 191, 194 n., 215, 240, 241, 242, 259,
340 seq.
" city 45, 64, 80, 81, 111, 114, 209
" Archbishop of 86 n., 122

young people 42, 99, 299, _see_ children

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