INDEX 



Migration of labourers, 44, 1580., 209, 



238- 

 Milk, 63 n., 168 (see Dairy), 170, 205, 



275. 297, 33. 

 Mill, suit of, 9. 



Mills, excessive number of, 114. 

 Minimum wage proposed, 241. 

 Minister of Agriculture, 305. 

 Mixtil, or mastlin, or mesling, 9, 102, 



125, 138, 207n. 

 Moles, 114, 124. 

 Molton Market, 341. 

 Monasteries, 68, 81. 

 Money payments, 24, 27, 45, 56. 

 Mortimer abuses the law, 74. 

 Moryson, 102, 105, 122. 

 Mountain sheep, 344, 346. 

 Mowing corn, Fitzherbert's advice, 84, 



125, 135, 138, 199, 354; machines 



for, 303-4- 

 Mowing grass, cost of, 34, 44, 65, 71, 



109, 138, 142,348,354; Fitzherbert's 



advice, 84. 

 Mulberries, 15, 146. 

 Murrain, 13, 42 n., 68. 

 Mutton, price of, see Prices. 



N 

 New world, influx of precious metals 



from, 89, in. 



New Zealand, wool from, 328. 

 Newark, 157. 

 Nitrate of soda, 276. 

 Non-intercourse Act of United States, 



242. 



Norden, Sir John, 127-8, 220. 

 Norfolk, 8, 40, 45, 63 n., 94, 96, 97, 



167 n., 169, 170, 182, 217, 224-8, 



306 n., 308, 340. 



Norfolk, or four-course rotation, 183. 

 Normandy, 338. 

 North, difference of wages between, 



and South, 283-5 > superior thrift in, 



207-8. 

 Northamptonshire, 8, 78, 79, 120, 151, 



157, 172, 222, 3o6n. 

 Northleach, rates at, 295. 

 Northumberland, igsn., 236, 295, 303, 



309, 34 6 - 



Norwich, 169, 182. 

 Nottinghamshire, 8, 22, 78, 116, 144, 



1 7 2 > 237> 2 76, 283, 3o6n., 308, 309. 

 Nowton, Suffolk, 57. 

 Nucleated villages, 5. 

 Nuts, 136. 



O 



Oak timber, value of, 137 ; Coke's, 

 225-6. 



Oakham, 1 10. 



Oats, 20, 33, 65, 91, 124, 135-8, 142, 

 J 55> 227, 305, S3 1 - 2 , 353; cost of 

 growing, in 1770, 199; produce, per 

 acre, in 1712, i65n. ; in 1770, 197-9; 

 profit on, 1 80. (See Prices.) 



Occupiers of land, 355. 



' Old Comely ', 216. 



Olives, 93, 136. 



Onions, 143, 332. 



Open parishes, 158, 284. 



Oranges, 93. 



Orchards, 17, 128, 131, 143, 186, 188, 

 255, 332; seventeenth century, 135-6. 



Owners and occupiers, percentage of, 



334- 



Owners of Land, return, 260-1. 

 Owners, small, see Holders, small. 

 Ox teams, 16, 31, 64, 84, 143, 147, 153, 



191, 204, 340. 

 Oxen, description of, in 1592, 104; value 



of, 19, 20, 35, 57, 66, 1 14. (See Cattle, 



price of.) 



Oxford, 63, 273, 338. 

 Oxford Down sheep, 275, 288, 344, 345. 

 Oxfordshire, 24, 40, 78, 99, 145, 151, 



*75> 273-4, 306 n., 309. 



Pack-horses, use of, 138. 



Packing fruit in seventeenth century, 

 129, 130. 



Paring and burning, 141, 153. 



Parsnips, 143. 



Pasture, breaking up, 218. 



Pasture, common, 2, 4, 16, 19, 73, 99, 

 113, 195 ; often worth little, 256 ; per- 

 manent, in Holdings Act, 299; extent 

 of, in 1688, 155; in 1770, 196; 

 ploughed up during French War, 243 ; 

 sparing, 124. 



Pasture land, price of, 41, 59, 115-7* 



139- 



Patents, 113, 236. 

 Peaches, 15, 93, 136. 

 Pears, 15, 93, 130, 131, 136, 143, 329, 



332. 

 Peas, 33,69, 124, 155, 200, 227, 331-2 



353- 



Peasants' revolt, 60. 

 Peel's drainage loans, 272. 



