)e Spenser, Hugh, 

 his bailiffs arrogated purvey- 

 ance, 68, 119. 



)etermination Feast, 

 comment on, 121. 

 particulars at, 578. 



)iet, 



farmer and peasant identical, 



65- 

 )istress for debt, 



issued by manor-courts, 131. 



)istribution of land, 

 generally uniform, 1 1. 

 general, 669. 



of wealth, 



in England, 104. 

 alteration of, 107. 



Mtching, 19. 



)itchingham, 

 vine cultivated at, 29, 620. 



)ivine Service, 

 rates in aid of, 119. 



)orsetshire, 

 Black Death began in, 294. 



)rage, or bere, 

 price of, 1 86 sqq. 



)rageum, kind of barley, often 

 malted, 27. 



)rasch = grains, 

 used for pigs, 337. 



)roughts, 

 record of, 30. 



hirham, bishop of, 135. 



)uties, 



import and export, in Egypt, 



148- 

 Jyazingiber, 630. 



E, 



Earthquakes and other physical 

 phenomena, 294. 



lastern counties, 

 highest wages of labour in, 

 263. 



krclesiastical fees, 283, 

 !den, Sir Frederic, 

 tables of prices, 2. 



Idmond of Lancaster, 



gift by, to Merton College, 



J 35- 

 Jdward I., 



no great economical events 



in his reign, 6. 



INDEX. 



Edward II., 



privations in his reign ; fa- 

 vourites of, 7. 



Edward III., 



economical history of his 

 reign; wars; Flemings, in- 

 tercourse with ; effects of 

 Black Death, 7, 8. 

 his claim to France involves 

 a ' profluvium expensa- 

 rum,' 105. 

 Edwards, Thomas, 



superintends the bell-tower 

 at Merton, 258. 

 Eels, 



price of, 615. 



Eggs, 



price of, 429. 

 annual averages, 430. 

 decennial averages, 452. 



Ela, countess of Salisbury, 

 benefactress of Merton, 283. 



Eleanor, queen of Edward I., 

 gold to decorate monumen- 

 tal crosses of, 594. 



Elham, 



horses bred on, 19. 

 income from, 248. 

 pilchards perhaps caught near, 



607. 



carriage from Fordwich to, 

 659. 



Elms, 



at Oxford, 428. 



Embleton church, 



given to Merton, 135. 

 England, 



general production of; esti- 

 mate of, 54-57. 

 effects of Black Death on, 



61. 

 Ersham, 



value of market tolls, 141. 



Essex, peasants of, 

 demands of, 89. 



Estates, 



those possessed by great 

 nobles, dispersed, 104. 



Esther, mistress of Casimir the 



Great, 

 protects her compatriots,297. 



Estrich board, 



doubtful interpretation of, 



489. 

 Evidence, 



amount of, 225. 



Ewe and goats'-milk cheese, ! 

 403- 



6 99 



Exchanger, King's, 



important officer, 179. 

 Excise, 



not levied on salt, 458. 

 Expenditure of nobles, 



character of, 64. 

 Exports, 



Europe to Egypt, 148, 149. 



Fagots, 



prices of, 424. 

 making, 



wages of, 279. 

 Fairs, 



important, some in parti- 

 cular, 141. 



tolls of, 64. 

 Falcon, 



price of, 642. 

 Fan, 



price of, 572. 

 winnowing, 



price of, 549. 

 Fardels, 



at Farley only, 424. 

 Farley, 



tenants at, 72, 75. 

 Farm accounts, 



earliest in later years of 



Henry III., 2. 



produce, 



annual tables of, 430. 



servants, 



wages of, 689. 



stock, 



list of, 15. 



Farrier, 



business of, 31. 



payments to, 281. 

 Fats, 



dear in Middle Ages, 409. 



annual averages, 436. 



decennial averages, 453. 

 Fatt, 



measure, temp. Henry VI., 



1 66. 

 Fees, 



at Bp. of Durham's court, 



139- 

 Female labour, 



rates of, 281. 

 Ferries, 



tolls of, 64. 

 Ferripedales, 



protection to share, 15. 



interpretation of in p. 15 

 corrected, 537. 



