768 



INDEX. 



Government, 



can give fictitious value to 

 internal currency, 188. 



Grain, 



price of, 1401-1540, almost 

 same as in fourteenth cen- 

 tury, 39. 



price of, 219 sqq . 



identity of averages of, in 

 1260-1400 and 1401- 

 1540, 200. 



Grains, 



price of, 621. 



of Paradise, 



origin and price of, 662. 



Grants, 



in Parliament, forms of, 158. 



Grasses, artificial, 



unknown to Fitzherbert, 44. 

 want of, 296. 



Grass land, 

 rent of, 298. 



Graters, 



price of, 615. 



Grates, iron, 

 price of, 611. 



Grease, 



kinds of, and prices of, 363. 



Greece, 



and islands of, origin of 

 currants, 666. 



Gresham, 



his financial expedients, 735. 



Grey de Ruthyn, Lord, 



his vices, and his family's 

 vices, 174. 



Gridirons, 

 price of, 614. 



Grindstones, 

 price of, 413. 



Grievances, 



on land questions in sixteenth 

 century, 109. 



Grudgins, 

 price of, 278. 



Guicciardini, 



on the commerce of Antwerp, 



150. 

 Guienne, 



revolt of, in 1452, 177. 



salt trade with, 391. 



-Guilds, 



the, of Middle Ages, 5. 

 benefit societies, 6. 

 bye-laws, legislation on, 124. 



Guildhalls, 



of burghers, their club-houses, 

 69. 



Guinea-pigs, 

 price of, 345. 



Gum, 



price of, 596. 



Gunpowder, 



kinds of, and price of, 631. 



Gurnard, 



price of, 537. 



Gynne, 464. 



H. 



Haddock, 

 price of, 537. 



Hair, 



for mortar, price of, 449. 



Haircloth, 



price of, 429, 563. 



Hammers, 464. 



Hand-baskets, 

 price of, 623. 



Handleband, 

 price of, 578. 



Hangings, 

 price of, 576. 



Hanse towns, 

 trade of, 139. 



privileges of, in London, sup- 

 pressed, 152. 



Harness, cart or draught, 

 price of, 623. 



Harrison, 



his account of English saffron, 

 660. 



Harrowing, 



known in Fitzherbert's days, 



45 

 Harrow pins, 



price of, 412. 



Harvests, 



comments on, from *4OI to 

 1582, 221-269. 



Harvest work, 



by day, price of, 495. 



Hassocks for pews, 

 price of, 623. 



Hat, 



of the Mayor of Norwich, 



579- 

 Hawks' bells, 



price of, 623. 



Hay, 



importance of, to medieval 

 farmer, 46. 



and straw, 294 sqq. 



Hayrack, 



price of, 623. 



Headington stone, 

 price of, 467. 



Hecker, 



on the sweating sickness, 

 103. 



Hedges, 



value of, 54. 



Hedging, 



price of, 496. 



bills, 



price of, 412. 



Hempseed, 

 price of, 277. 



Henley, Walter de, 

 on plough oxen, 333. 



Henry IV, 



accession of, and reign of, 

 paralleled -by that of Wil- 

 liam III, 6. 



unpopularity of, and his de- 

 mand for grants, 1 60. 



Henry VI, 



character of, 1 8. 

 degradation of the monarchy 

 during reign of, 13. 



Henry VII, 

 his policy, 25. 



Henry VIII, 



favourable position of, at 

 accession, 26. 



profusion of, 28. 



extravagance of, and con- 

 duct of, 112. 



his brick buildings, 507, 72* 



Hens, 



price of, 342. 



Herons, 



price of, 344. 



Herrings, 



kinds and prices of, 526. i 



Hickling, 



labour prices at, 501. 



Hides, 



number of, in the account! 



325. 

 duties on, 303. 



High and low prices, 



occurrence of in 1401-!] 

 and 1490-1530, 7^7. 



