INDEX. 



Abbot of Burton, 217. 



Abingdon Fair, 226. 



Acre, 156, 162. 



Acre Shot, 339. 



Act of Commendation, 67. 



Adam Smith, 119, 120. 



Aelfric, Canons of, 116. 



Aestii, 45. 



Aifeerer, 387. 



Affri, 204. 



Ager publicns, 9, 12, 15, 16, 60 ; vectigalis, 60, 

 83, 125. 



Agistment tax, 12. 



Agnation, 51. 



Agrarian laws, 12, 14. 



Agricola, 28. 



Agri, 43. 



Agrimensor, 122, 125. 



Agriculture, British, 3 ; Teutonic, 39 ; Anglo- 

 Saxon, 78, 87 ; Norman, 170 ; Mediaeval, 

 184; Tudor, 313; Stuart, 338. 



Agricultural improvements, slow progress of, 

 347. 



Aid, 142, 381. 



Aix la Chapelle, Peace of, 337. 



Akermanlands, 219. 



Alemanni, ."iS. 



Ale taster, Cobden as, 371. 



Alienation, 177; fine of, 141, 



Alleux, 92. 



Allodialism, origin of, 67; continental, 92. 



Alterations in land tenui-e, 211. 



Amercement, 385. 



American Indians, 51. 



Ancient demesne, 220 ; tenure of, 382 ; court 

 of, 383. 



Andain, MS. of, 115. 



Angles, 36. 



Anglo-Saxon, agriculture, 78, 87 ; Chronicle, 

 94, 153 ; Church, 97 ; commercial tastes, 55 ; 

 conversion of, to Christianity, 106 ; diet, 

 99 ; domestic life, 97 ; dress, 99 ; farming, 

 87 ; fiscal system, 120 ; land divisions, 67 ; 

 land ovpnership, 65 ; land legislation, 75 ; 

 land surveying, 122; land tenure, 91; 

 local government, 63 ; lord and people, 

 65 ; manorial system, 66, 86, 89 ; pastimes, 

 98; poor relief, 119; prices of produce, 

 103; social distinctions, 100; township, 

 86 ; tun, 97 ; weather, 94. 



Apples, 208, 34*. 



Approver, tenants in capite, right of, 215. 



Arboriculture, 170, 343. 



Architectirre of the renaissance, 293. 



Arcuum munitio, 129. 



Area of England, Greg. King's, 360. 



Areas of counties, 120. 



Articulo cleri, 246. 



Arj-ans, 23, 48. 



Ashley's Econ., history, 217. 



Aston Caution, manor of, 147. 



Astrier, 166. 



Assisa panis et cervisife, 222, 230, 371. 



Assise, old and new, 210 ; of arms, 241 ; justice 



of, 135, 138, 363 ; rolls, 138 ; of nuisances, 



375. 

 Athelstan, his edict re tithe, 110 ; witan of, 



227. 

 Augustus Constantino, 26. 

 Augustine, mission of, 108. 

 Aurelius Marcus, 37. 

 Averagium, 200, 210. 

 Averlands, 219. 

 Awl, 321. 



B 



Babylonians, .36. 



Bacon re purveyance, 352. 



Bsetica, 31. 



Bailiff, duty of, 191 j of Court Leet, 361. 



Balks, 202. 



Barley, Sir Simon, 221. 



Barley harvest, 325. 



Baron, court of, 134, 365, 380; pleas of the 



crown in, 137 ; relics of Feudal incidents 



in, 381 ; scenes in, 380. 

 Barones Regis, 164. 

 Baronial meals, 197. 

 Barony, life on a, 197. 

 Bauern Gemeinde, 44. 

 Beauchamp, manor of, 218. 

 Beda, letter re tribute, 108 ; defines the hide, 



156. 

 Bedford level, 340. 

 Bees, 208. 

 Belgae, 16, 20, 53. 

 Bengalese Zemindar, 21. 

 Berzelius, 336. 

 Bergus de Guldeford, 148. 

 Bertram de Criol, 148. 

 Birkett, Percival, 84. 

 Black death, 238. 

 Blackstone, 82, 251, 382, 383, 390. 

 Blake, Admiral, 340. 

 Blith, 338, 341. 

 Boadicea, 17. 

 Bocland, 80, 82. 

 Borough, English, 91, 

 Bordarius, 167. 

 Boston Custom House, 339. 

 Botolph's fair, 198. 

 Boyle, 336. 

 Bracton, 84, 216, 228. 

 Brad well, manor of, 298. 

 Brakespeare, 133. 



