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INDEX. 



Cloth, 



character of, 53 note. 

 kinds and prices of, 575. 

 statutes regulating sale of, 



575- 

 different qualities of, 578. 



best, 



annual averages of, 587. 



decennial averages of, 593. 

 second quality, 



annual averages of, 587. 



decennial averages of, 593. 



Clothing, 

 dear, 66. 



Clout-nails, 

 price of, 547. 

 annual averages of, 561. 

 decennial averages of, 567. 



Clouts, cart, 



price of, 546. 



annual averages of, 561. 



decennial averages of, 567. 

 Cloves, 



prices of, 628. 

 Coal, sea, 



prices of, 422. 



used for smith's work, 423. 

 Coal-pit in Durham, 423 note. 

 Coasting trade, 423 note. 

 Cobden, Mr., 



once aletaster at Manchester, 



132. 

 Cocking hay, 



payment for, 273. 

 Colchester, 



taxing accounts of, 102. 

 College, 



English, at Avignon, 136. 



Combinations among labourers, 



S3- 

 Commerce, 



European, 6 1 8. 

 Common life, 



character of, 114. 

 Composition for services, 



see also Villenage, 26. 

 Continental war, 



effects of, on labour, 691. 

 Contracts with smith, 281. 



Cookery, 



character of, 65. 

 Cooper, 



wages of, 278. 

 Copper, 



price of, 602. 

 Copperas, 



price of, 461. 



Corks, 



used to float nets, 612. 

 Corn, 



profit on, low, 21. 



high and low prices of, 217 



sqq. 



average tables of, 226 sqq. 

 averages of, in grains of 



silver, 240 sqq. 

 decennial averages of, 245. 

 low prices of, cause for abat- 

 ing rent, 677. 



Corner-tiles, 492. 



Cornwall, 



earldom of, 599. 



monopoly of tin, 599. 



probably less affected by 

 Plague than rest of Eng- 

 land, 602. 



Coroners, 



official inspectors of mea- 

 sures, 550. 



court, 



in Cambridge, 127. 



Cotarii, or coterelli, 69. 



Cottages, 



character of, 65. 

 Cotton, 



used for candle-wicks, 415. 

 Coulters, 



rarely quoted, 15. 



price of, 537. 

 Cows, 



let on lease, 26. 

 Crabs, 



used for verjuice, 1 8. 

 Crannock, 



Irish or Welsh measure, 167 

 and note. 



of madder, 429. 

 Cream, 



quoted once, 404. 

 Crests, 



price of, 491. 



decennial prices of, 521. 

 Crier, 



announced sales, stolen cattle, 



22. 



Crown, 



impoverished in fifteenth 

 century, 10. 



Culage, 77. 



Cultivation of the soil by pea- 

 sants, 

 character of, 121. 



Cumin, 



price of, 631. 



Curia, Papal, 



business at, 134. 



expenses at, large, 137. 



offices at, purchased, 137. 

 Currants, 



price of, 632. 

 Currency, 173 sqq. 

 Cursor, Thomas, 



carrier from Oxford to Lo 



don, 660. 

 Cury, Forme of, 65, 643, 6; 



note. 

 Custumarum, Liber, 



quoted, 1 66 note. 

 Custus domorum, 



generally an annual charg 



Cuxham, 



bailiff at, 18. 

 tenancies of, 68. 

 rate at which the estate w 

 let, 676. 



Dairy, 



management of, and furt 



ture, 14. 

 Dandolo, John, 



Doge of Venice, 595. 

 Dartmouth, 



staple of tin, by 14 Rich. II 



599- 

 Dates, 



price of, 632. 

 Dauber, 



wages of, 278. 

 Dearths of 1315, 1316, 1321 



caused death by famim 



264. 

 Debasement of currency, 



not practised till Henry VIII 



178. 



Decenna, 66. 

 Deer-skins, 643. 

 Depreciation of money, 



no grievance if, as seen 



probable, payments w 



made by weight, 174, 175. 

 Derby, 



earl of, Henry IV., 87. 



countess of, fine laid on, fo 

 exercising high jurisdic 

 tion, 132. 

 De Ros, lords, 55. 



possessors of honour of Bd 



voir, 156. 



