INDEX. 



773 



Ox-bows and jokes, 412. 



Oxen, 



signs of good quality of, 51. 

 and horses, comparative 

 merits of, 41. 



Oxford, fair at, 



a market for books, 155. 

 salt dearer at, than at Cam- 

 bridge, 392. 

 vineyard at, 636. 

 to London, carriage from, 

 710. 



Oxfordshire, 



high rating of, in 1453, 80. 

 wealth of, in 1503, 85. 

 few roads in, and why, 702. 



Oxhides, 



rise in price of, 718- 

 Oysters, 



price of, 538. 



P. 



Pails, 



prices of, 620. 



Painted cloth, 

 price of, 575. 



Painters, 



wages of, 508. 



Paints and colours, 

 kinds of, 629. 



Pannage, 



origin of, 94. 



I Pannus, 



a measure of 24 yards, 565. 



Pans, earthen, and pots, 

 price of, 623. 



brazen, price of, 617. 



Papacy, 



hostility to, in the fifteenth 



century, 13. 

 Papal court, efflux of money to, 



147. 

 Paper, 



averages of, 605, 6. 



use of in fifteenth century, 



21. 



early use of in Eastern Eng- 

 land, 590. 

 sizes of, 592-3. 

 rise in price of, 723. 



Parchment, 



averages of, 607-8. 



price and qualities of, 595. 



rise in price of, 723. 



Parells, 



in chimneys, price of, 629. 



Paring irons, 465. 

 Paris, 



candles of, 368. 

 Parliament, 



exclusion of lawyers from, 



61. 

 English, character of, 96. 



acts of, purchased, 



600-3. 



Parliaments, 



fewness of, in the reign of 

 Henry VII, 26. 



Parsley seed, 



purchases of, 374. 



Partridges, 

 price of, 344. 



Paston, John, 

 his books, 600. 



Pasture, 



cattle, horses, and sheep, 

 should be together in, 53. 

 Pastures, 



enclosures of, the effect on 

 rent, 742. 



Paving bricks, 441. 



Pavior, 



wages of, 508. 

 Peacocks, 



price of, 344. 



Pea hackers, 413. 

 Pears, 



kinds of, and prices of, 362. 

 Peas, 



kinds of, 220. 

 Peas and beans, 



garden, 275. 

 Pecok, Bishop, 



his career, 10. 

 Penedys, 



price of, 678. 



Penny nails, 



kinds of, 456. 

 Pepper, 



price of in 1411, cause 

 of, 154. 



high and low prices of, 658. 

 long, 



price of, 659. 

 Percers, 465. 

 Periods, 



of 1401-1540, and 1541- 

 82, reasons for choosing, 



Pewits, 



price of, 344. 



Pewter, 



price of, 478. 



' Pharmacographia,' 



by Messrs. Fliickiger and 

 Hanbury, its value as a 

 work, 664. 



Pheasants, 

 price of, 344. 



Phials, 



prices of, 623. 



Philip II, 



his marriage with Mary, 32. 



Piece work, 



some rates of, 508. 



Pigeons, 



price of, 343. 



dung of, value of as manure, 



45- 

 Pig rings, 429. 



Pigs, 



prices of, 340. 



Pike, 



statement that they were 



a late introduction false, 



536. 

 Pincers, 465. 



Pines, 



price of, 673. 



Pins, 



price of, 623. 



Pisagra, 



probably tar, 395. 



Pitch, 



price of, 395. 



Pitchforks, 

 price of, 412. 



Plague, 



visitations of, 102. 

 saffron believed to protect 

 against, 659. 



Plaice, 



price of, 537. 



Plane, brass, 464. 



Plasterers, 



wages of, 508. 



Plaster of Paris, 

 price of, 628. 



Plate, silver, 



purchases of, 189. 



Ploughing, 

 rules for, 42. 

 by acre, price of, 495., 



