^76 A. D. 1368. 



agreeable to his charter. But his order was not obeyed ; for the fame 

 complaint, and the fame order, were repeated a year after. [Fcedera, 

 F. vi.//-. 593, 620.] 



November 20'" — In a treaty of alliance between Charles, king of 

 France, and Henry, the new king of Caflile, the later engaged to con- 

 tribute, and keep at fea, twice as many gallies as France, to ad againfl 

 England. [Fcedera, V. \i,pp. 598, 622.] Though the war was chiefly 

 on Henry's account, in confequence of the afTiftance given by the prince 

 of Wales to Peter the Cruel, we {hall, perhaps, not err very much, if 

 we fuppofe that Caftile had twice as much trade and navigation as 

 France. 



1369, March 20'!= — King Edward, underftanding that fome artificers 

 refufed to work for the wages appointed by him and his council, order- 

 ed the keepers of the peace and the fhirrefs to punifh all recufant arti- 

 ficers, and alfo all employers who gave any more than the limited wages. 

 [Fcedera, V. vi, />. 615.] 



May 10''' — The merchants and other people of Flanders and Lom- 

 bardy being injured andiniulted in London, the king declared, that they 

 were under his protedion, and that the kingdom was benefited by 

 them ; and he commanded, that all who molefiied them (hould be im- 

 prifoned. \Fcedera, V. vi, p. 618.] 



Summer — In confequence of the renewal of the war with France, it 

 was thought unfafe to continue the ftaple for wool, wool-fells, and hides, 

 any longer at Calais : and therefor the king and parliament ordained, 

 that fl:aples for thofe articles fhould be held at Newcaftle, Kingfi:on upon 

 Hull, Bofton, Yarmouth, Queenburgh, We{lminfi;er, Chichefter, Win- 

 chefter, Exeter, and Brift;ol, and alio in thofe towns in Ireland and 

 Wales, wherein they had formerly been*. All merchants, denizens or 

 aliens, were permitted freely to go over all the country to buy and fell 

 all kinds of goods, carrying the Itaple articles to the fl;aple towns, there 

 to be weighed, cocketed, and cufiomed, and the facks of wool to be 

 fealed by the mayor of the fi;aple of the place. The fl;aple goods of 

 Weflminfl:er and Winchefier were obliged, as formerly, to undergo a 

 fecond weighing at London and Southampton, the ports of (hipping. 

 Alien merchants were at liberty to carry their merchandize to any port 

 whatever : but denizens were not permitted to export any ftaple goods 

 on pain of forfeiture of veflel and cargo, befides imprifonment for three 

 years. \Stat. 43 Fdw. Ill, preamble, and c. i.] 



Though it was alleged that the law for allowing foreigners only to im- 

 port wines was found advantageous to all the kingdom, neverthelefs, as 

 the prince of Wales, who was alfo prince of Aquitaine (or Gafcoigne), 

 complained, that his revenue was impaired by the abfence of the Englilh 



* 



Stow [yf/;«/7/i-j-,/. 423] mentions only Q^ecn- fcrvcd that Sir Robert Cotton \_Mri,!^_iiiunt, f. 

 burgh, Kiiigfton upon I^ull, and Bolloii, I'.s tie no] notes the printed a(fl as varying nnitli from 

 ilaplcs urdaiucJ by patliamtnt : and it m;iy Le ol- the original record. 



