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INDEX. 



Bavins, 



kind of fagots, 425. 

 Beans, 



not largely cultivated, 27. 



Peas, and Vetches, 



prices of, 186 sqq. 

 Becket, Thomas k, 



tried for treason by Henry 

 VIII., 138. 

 Beckets of silk, 



prices of, 580. 

 Bedel, 



new mace for, 123. 

 Bedford, John Duke of, 



Regent, 670. 

 Bees, 



not often kept, 1 8. 

 entries of, scarce, 66. 

 Bells, 



proportion of metals in, 600. 



for sheep, 



price of, 525. 

 Bergen, 



importance of, 463. 

 Bericorn, 222. 

 Berimancorn, 222. 

 Bicester, 



registers at, 284. 

 Bigod, Roger, 



range of his estates, 164. 

 accompanies Edward I. to 

 Scotland before the battle 

 of Dunbar, 414. 

 letters sent to, 666. 

 Bigod, John, 



audits his brother's estates, 

 I6 5 . 



Bile = pick, 505 note. 

 Billets, 



mentioned at Castle Rising, 

 425. 

 Billhook, 



price of, 552. 



Births, Deaths, and Marriages, 

 registration of, at Bicester, 

 284. 

 Bishoprics, 



bestowed on younger sons 

 of great houses, 97 and note. 

 Black Death, 

 see Plague. 

 Blankets, 



price of, 581. 

 Bleeding, 



practice of, in farming, 31. 

 Blodium, 



a kind of red cloth, 577. 



' Bloxham, warden of Merton, 

 a clergyman, but used many 



colours in his dress, 577. 

 died apparently of bronchi- 

 tis, 648. 

 Bluett, 



prices of, 575. 

 Board, 



measured by square feet, 

 488. 

 Boars, 



high price of, 336. 



wild, occasionally mentioned, 



337- 

 Boccacio, Decameron, 



plot of, at time of Black 



Death, 60. 

 quoted, 296. 

 Bodley's chest, 



preserved in Oxford, 513. 

 Bodmin, 



chief seat of tin-trade, 599. 

 Bonecherche, 



villain who paid money-rent, 



77- 



Boniface, Archbp. of Cant., 



at Oxford, (1252,) 4. 

 Books, 



few in Middle Ages, 124. 



loan of, manner of, 1 24. 



price of, 645. 

 Boots, 



price of, 585. 

 Borough towns, 



refuges for villains, 102. 

 Botfield, Mr., 



referred to, 124. 



collected details of medieval 



libraries, 646. 

 Bovate, 76. 

 Bowstrings, 649. 

 Brags, 



York only, 500. 

 Brass, 



price of, 602. 



decennial averages of, 605. 



vessels, price of, 552. 



pots, price of, 603. 



pots by gallon, decennial 

 averages of, 605. 



Braxy mutton, 54. 

 Breeds of cattle, 



not numerous, 328. 

 Brescia, 



gold coinage of, 595. 

 Bribes, 



paid to obtain favourable 



taxation, 157. 



Bricks, 



not used up to end of four! 



teenth century, 65, 4861 



254- 



Briddes = cart-wheels, 546. 

 Bridgman, Sir Orlando, 



joint inventor of strict settlel 



ment, 693. 



Bristol to Carnarvon, 



hire of ship from, 662. 

 Brotcorn, 222. 



Buckets, 



price of, 526. 



Buckinghamshire, 

 millstones from, 146. 



Buckram, 



used as lining, 579. 

 Budgets. 



pair of, 648. 

 Bulimong, 222. 



crop at Hornchurch, 28. 

 Bulls, 



price of, 327. 



low, 53. 



Burgesses, 



complaints of, when return- 

 ing members to parliament 



159- 

 Burleigh, 



King's Exchanger, 1 79. 

 Burley, Sir Simon, 90. 

 Burnet, 



a dyed-brown cloth, 577. 

 Bushey, 



rabbit-warren at, 123. 

 Butchers, 



common in large towns, 



398. 

 Butter, 



sold by gallon, cheap, 54. 



weights and measures of, 

 408. 



fluctuations in price of, 408. 



used for sheep-dressing, 409. 



annual averages, 430. 



decennial averages, 452. 

 Buttons, 



price of, 581. 

 Byrland, Thomas, 



courier to Avignon, 137. 



C. 



Calais to Avignon, 



route between, 136 and 

 note. 



