INDEX. 



711 



Westshene, 



bailiff of, buys rams, 53. 

 annals of salmon fishery at, 



610. 

 Wey, 



weight of, defined by 9 Hen. 

 VI., 169. 

 Wheat, 



customary food, 26. 

 sometimes malted, 27. 

 grown in northern counties, 



29. 



price of, 1 86 sqq. 

 must return more than three 

 times in order to yield a 

 profit, 270 note. 



and vetches, 222. 



Wheelbarrows, 



price of, 551. 

 Wheels, 



kinds and price of, 543. 



plain, 



annual prices of, 561. 

 decennial prices of, 567. 



ad ferr., 



annual prices of, 561. 

 decennial prices of, 567. 

 Whetstones, 



price of, 542. 

 Whin, 



price of, by the acre, 426 note. 

 Whitfield, Henry de, 



journeys to Avignon, 136. 

 Wicklif, 



believed to be at Merton by 

 Fellows in 1422, i. e. 38 

 years after his death, 23. 

 his doctrine that " dominion 

 is founded on grace" iden- 

 tical with the claims of the 

 pope to interfere, &c., 98. 

 Wight, Isle of, 



carriage to, from Lymington, 

 661. 

 Willows, 428. 



proved in manor-court, 128 



note. 

 Winchester, 



western limit of peasants' 



war, 87. 

 Museum, 



ancient measure in, 167. 

 Window-nails, 



price of, 499. 



tinned, 499. 



Windows, memorial, 502. 



Windsor, 



carriage from,toOdiham,659. 



Wine, 



grown in England, 18, 146, 

 147, 620. 



produced in Norfolk, 29. 



bought at Southampton, 123. 



supplied abundantly in Eng- 

 land, 146, 147. 



cheap in England, 619. 



kinds of, 619. 



entered among ' charges of 

 the chapel,' 620. 



comparison of price now and 

 in Middle Ages, 624. 



annual average of, 635. 



decennial average of, 641. 

 Winslow, 



millstones from, 510. 

 Witney, 



blankets possibly manufac- 

 tured there, 576. 

 Woh or wouwe-nails, 



Irish term, 498. 

 Wolford, 



rate at which the estate was 



let, 676. 



Wolrichston, 



comparatively unimportant 

 rise of labour prices in, 

 267. 



Wolves, 33. 



Women, 



generally helped thatchers, 



273- 

 Wood, 



periodical sales of, 21, 22. 



high value of, 64. 



Woodstock, 



vine bought for, 29. 



Wool, 



high-priced, 21. 

 stored in church, 32. 

 coarse in fibre, 53. 

 various qualities of, 364. 

 exportation of, 364. 

 certain kinds of, excluded 



from calculations, 365. 

 lambs' cheaper than sheep's, 



sales of, do not always pass 

 through the bailiffs hands, 

 366. 



annual prices of; comments 

 on, 368 sqq. 



Wool, 



high and low prices of, 384. 

 annual averages of, 386. 

 decennial averages of, 395. 

 Wool and woolfells, 



profit of, kept still by land- 

 owners, 31. 

 Wool-tax, 1381, 105. 

 assessment of, no. 

 Woollen cloths, 



rise and fall of, 579. 

 Worcester, 



carriage from, to St. Briavels, 

 662. 

 Wright, Mr., 



merit of his collection of me- 

 dieval antiquities, 124. 

 his edition of Piers Plowman, 



688 note. 

 Wycombe, 



carriage to, fromlbstone,657- 

 Wye, 



tile manufactory at, 486,490. 

 Wykeham, 97 note. 



mitre-case of, 53 note, 66. 

 waited on by warden of New 

 College at Farnham, 139. 

 Wyliott, 



an author, 646. 



founder of 'postmasters,' 646 



note. 

 Wyrstede, 



seat of woollen manufacture, 

 569. 



Y. 



Yarmouth, 



entrepot of herring fishery, 



607. 

 Young, Arthur, 



quoted, 29, 167, 267. 



comparative rates of reaping 

 in his time and in four- 

 teenth century, 271. 



and of mowing, 272. 



quoted on weights of fleece, 



385- 



roads bad in his time, 664. 



calculations of heads of la- 

 bour to acreage, 685. 



character of his enquiries, 

 690. 



Z. 



Zecchins, 



name given to Venetian du- 

 cats, 595. 



