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INDEX 



Penalty for breaking up pasture, 1 78. 



Perry, 130. 



Pestilences, 38, 42, 68, 79. 



Piecework, 28, 163, 206. 



Pigeons, number of, 49, 96, 105, 143, 

 244, 274, 275. 



Pigs, export of, 330 ; feeding, 16, 125; 

 foot-and-mouth disease attacks, 290; 

 import of, 326 ; number of, 333~4 ', 

 profit on, in 1763, 200; size of, in 

 1592, 104; value of, 20, 35 n., 96, 

 200-3; varieties of, 170, 346. (See 

 Prices.) 



Pinchbeck, 103. 



Pitt, William, 238, 239. 



Plat, Sir Hugh, 127, 152. 



Plattes, Gabriel, 76, 127. 



Pleuro-pneumonia, see Cattle plagues. 



Plot, 145. 



Plough, eleventh- and twelfth-century, 



17- 



Ploughing, cost of, 33, 65, 135, 141, 

 177, 179, 246 ; months for, 17, 124. 



Ploughland, the, 16, 18. 



Ploughs and ploughing, 65, 83, 113, 



125, 129, 135, 143, 147, 150, 153, 



177, 191, 203, 217, 218, 225, 273, 



34 2 > 354- 



Plums, 15, 93, 130, 131, 136, 329, 332. 

 Poaching, 48; by labourers, 55, 210, 



248, 282, 291. 

 Population of England, 79, 89, in, 



120,140, 156, 160, 163, 211, 240,287. 

 Pork, price of, see Prices. 

 Porter, 'Progress of Nation,' 276, 279, 



286, 287. 



Portugal, exports to, 349. 

 Potatoes, 106, 107, 112, 187, 191, 194, 



227, 3 l8 331-3, 353J disease, 277. 

 Poultry, 41 n., 66, So, 132, 169, 170 



(.^Prices) ; carrying, to London, 171. 

 Praepositus, 12. 

 Precarii, or boon days, 9. 

 Precious metals, influx of, 89, in; 



scarcity of, 66 n. 

 Prices : 



Apples, 15, 65, 1 88, 189. 

 Bacon and pork, 96, 102, 238, 239, 



263, 3 I 3> 334- 

 Barley, 20, 35, 69, 114, 133, 138, 142, 



155. 179, 223, 247, 312, 347, 350-3 

 Beans, 35, 155, 180, 347. 

 Beef, 96, 102, 114, 164, 206 n., 239, 



240, 241, 242, 247, 262, 263, 265, 



285, 3i3 334. 356- 



Prices : 

 Bread, 2o6n., 2O7n., 223, 230, 24211., 



280, 285, 286, 291. 

 Butter, 33, 66, 114, 206 n., 241, 247, 



285-6, 312, 334, 347. 

 Carts, 203. 

 Cattle, 19.20,35,41,65,89, 105, 114, 



"9. J 33, J 46, 163, i6sn., 167, 169, 



203, 235, 263, 307, 312, 347. 

 Cheese, 173-4, 2o6n., 241, 242, 312, 



334. 347- 



Clover, 1 66. 



Eighteenth century, 145, 160, 163, 

 164, 165 n., 166, 167, 169, 170, 172, 

 173-4, 179, 180, 186, 188, 189, 200, 

 203, 2o6n., 222, 223, 227, 229, 230, 

 23 1 , 2 37> 2 3 8 , 239. 240, 285, 341, 355. 



Fifteenth century, 40, 66, 69, 355. 



Fourteenth century, 39, 40, 41, 59,65, 



327, 355- 

 Flax, 152. 

 Grapes, 144. 

 Harness, 203. 



Hay, 157, i65n., 166, 241-2, 262, 347. 

 Hops, 87, 89, 150, 247, 298, 330, 347. 

 Horses, 19, 20, 35, 36, 114, 142, 165 n., 



203, 347. 355- 

 Horse-shoes, 96. 

 Implements, 83, 138. 

 Malt, 89, 240, 241. 

 Milk, 168, 170, 312. 

 Mutton, 96, 102, 206 n., 239, 240, 



241, 247, 262, 263, 265, 313, 334. 

 Nineteenth century, 227, 235, 240, 



242-4, 245, 247-8, 262, 263, 264-6, 



267, 277-81, 285, 287, 293, 295, 296, 



305.30 6 , 37,3! 2, 324, 329,33o,334- 

 Oats, 20, 35, 69, 114, 138, 155, 180, 



223, 241,312, 347,350-3- 

 Peas, 69, 155, 200, 247. 

 Pedigree cattle, 234, 235. 

 Pigs, 20, 41, 96, 200, 203, 347. 

 Potatoes, 1 06. 

 Poultry and>ggs, 41, 96, 114, 133, 170, 



247, 347- 

 Rabbits, 174. 

 Rams, 202, 215, 235. 

 Rollers, 203. 



Rye, 4, 16, 91, 125, 133, 138, 155, 34?. 

 Saffron, 106. 

 Seventeenth century, 89, no, in, 1 14, 



118, 119, 127,133-4, 138, 142, 144, 



146, 150, 152, 157, 159, 160, 328, 355. 

 Sheep, 20, 35n., 36,41, 80, 114, 138, 



165 n., 203, 206 n., 263, 312, 347. 



