INDEX. 



779 



Waggons, 



prices of, 417. 

 Wainscots, 



price of, 444. 



carriage of, probably of some 



size, 698 and note. 

 Wainscot work, 



price of, 629. 

 Wakefield, 



cloth manufactured at, 106. 

 Wallet, 



price of, 624. 

 Walnuts, 



price of, 363. 

 Walter de Henley, 



his manual constantly used, 



38. 

 War of Succession, 



the peculiarities of, 1 9. 

 Washing and shearing sheep, 



rules for, 50. 



cost of, 497. 

 Water, 



supply of to London in 1 236, 

 and 1443, 76. 



carriage, 



charges of, 695 sqq. 



meadows, 



flooding of, 64. 



Wax, 



price of, 364. 



rise in price of, 7 r 9 

 Waynflete, Bp., 



his foundation, n. 



Wealth, 



obtained by military service, 



1.5- 

 Weapons, 



price of, 613. 



Weavers, 



Flemish, settlement of in 

 England, 151. 



Wedges, 



price of, 624. 



Weeds, 



kinds of, 45. 



Weights and scales, 429. 



Welsh border, 



low contribution of counties 

 near, in 1453, 79. 



Wheat, 



kinds of, 44. 



Wheat and wages, 



tables of for sixty - three 



years, 731. 

 Wheelbarrows, 



price of, 414. 

 Wheels, 



prices of, 417. 

 Wheelwright, 



wages of, 508. 

 Whetstones, 413. 

 Whipcord, 



prices of, 633. 

 Whiting, 



price of, 537. 

 Wicker lattice, 



price of, 624. 

 Widgeon, 



price of, 345. 

 Wiklif's books, 600. 

 William III, 



accession of, parallel of with 

 that of Henry IV, 6, 7. 



Willoughby, Sir Hugh, 

 his expedition, 151. 

 its object, 657. 



Willows, 



price of, 374. 



Wimbles, 466. 



Windsor, 



vineyard at, 636. 



Wine, 



kinds and prices of, 635 



sqq. 

 occasionally produced in 



England, 636. 

 carriage of, 706. 

 averages of, from Wardtobe 



accounts, 652. 



Wine bottle, tin, 

 price of, 624. 



Winter roots, 

 unknown, 296. 



Wire, brass, 

 price of, 481. 



Wolsey, Cardinal, 



his purchases of plate, 190. 



Women's labour, 

 price of, 495-6. 



Wood, 



cultivation of, 67. 



Wood -ashes, 

 price of, 624. 



Woodcocks, 



price of, 344. 

 Woodlark, Provost of King's, 



his journeys, 693. 

 Wool, 



rise in price of, 64. 



various kinds of, 215. 



importance of, and duties on, 



33- 



large sales of, 306. 

 measures, still local, 308. 

 comments on years' prices 



of, 309-325- 

 averages of, 327-8. 



Woolfells, 



sales of, and kinds of, 307. 

 Woollen manufacture, 



extension of, a cause of the 

 distribution of wealth, 81 . 

 Working classes, 



privations of, in sixteenth 



century, 733. 

 Workmen's tools, 



kinds of, 463. 

 Worsted, 



prices of, 570. 

 Writ, de heretico comburendo, 



grant of, to clergy, 8. 

 Wykes, Thomas, 



days of labour by, in 1449- 

 50, 756. 



Y. 



Yard, 



measure of, and ell, 554. 

 Yeomen, 



rise of, in England, origin of, 



726. 

 prosperity of, in the fifteenth 



century, 4. 



York, growth of between 1341 

 and 1453, 77. 



Duke of, 



return of, from Ireland, 1 74. 



Minster, 



nails bought for, 457. 

 Young, Arthur, 



wages in time of (1771), 



758. 



Younger son, the, 

 appearance of, 3. 



Zanchius, 603. 



