INDEX. 



A. 



Accounts, 



change in the manner of 

 keeping, 478. 



Act of 1495, 



purchasing power of wages 



under, 618. 

 Acts of Parliament, 



7 Hen. VIII. cap. 5 exempts 

 city of London from Sta- 

 tute of Labourers, 613. 

 5 Eliz. cap. 4, analysis of, 



611. 



39 Eliz. cap. 12; 43 Eliz. 

 cap. 9 ; I Jac. cap. 6, 

 613. 

 3 Jac. I. cap. 20; 21 Jac. 



I. cap. 32, 776. 

 see also 820 note. 

 Agricultural labour, 



best kind of, wages of, 641. 



literature, 



on the relations of landlord 



and tenant, 626. 

 Agriculture, 



in seventeenth century, 6. 

 authorities for, in the seven- 

 teenth century, 40. 

 Aleger, 



prices of, 703. 

 Alexander VI, 

 bull of, 140. 

 Almonds, 



kinds of, and prices of, 465. 

 Altar-cloths, 583. 

 Alum, 



prices of (Houghton), 751. 

 Amboyna Massacre, 

 niories of, 140. 

 Amsterdam, 



had a trade in bleaching 

 linen, 554. 



I -, Bank of, 



its reputation, 132. 



VOL. V. 



Amsterdam, New (New York), 

 captured, 145. 



Anchors, 

 cost of, 482. 



Anchovies, 

 price of, 466. 



Animal food and salt, 

 rise in price of, 789. 



Aniseed, 



price of, 463. 



Antimony, 

 price of, 498. 



Antwerp, 



ruin of, in 1585, 137. 



Apples, 



kinds of, 321. 



Aqua vitae (brandy), 

 prices of, 449. 



Architect, 



wages of, at Wadham Col- 

 lege, 631. 



Arms, 

 purchases of, 736. 



ornamental, 

 price of, 735. 



Army, 



estimate of cost of arms for, 



1659, 737- 

 Artificers, 



London, in the Companies, 

 614. 



Artificial grasses, 

 cultivation of, 58. 



Artisan's help, 

 wages of, 640. 



Artisans, best, 



naturally went to London, 



629. 

 Assessment of wages, justices', 



104-120. 

 fruits of it endure, 662. 



; n 



made at Easter generally, 



616. 



policy and purposes of, 635. 

 had dragged the labourer 



down to bare subsistence, 



636. 

 legislation on, in William Ill's 



reign, 821. 



Assessments for taxation, 

 of England and Wales. 



1636-93, 67. 

 of 1643, 1 60. 

 Averages, 



reasons for the author's con* 



fidence in his, 786. 

 Axes, 



price of, 679. 



B. 



Bacharac wine, 



price of, 445. 

 Bacon, 



price of, 343. 



prices of (Houghton), 751. 

 Baize, 



prices of, 575. 

 Balance of bargain, 



itsoperation in England, 1 28. 

 of trade, 



theory of, 147. 



of trade, balance of 



bargain, and balance of 

 production over expendi- 

 ture, 781. 

 Bank, in London, public, 



long desired, 1 33. 

 of England, 



creation of, 38. 



its foundation a great event, 



134- 

 Bankers, the first, 



the goldmiihs, 131. 



