i» 



J476 Bergen is a chief faflory of the Hanferaerch. !, 694. 

 i553|lDeferted by them - - ii, 113, 124. 



16 1 2 Bermuda -coXowy fettled — produce, trade ii, 

 i6i3 Commitlioners directed to inquire into mifma- 



nagemeiit, &c. . - - 



1731 Shipping and trade — population iii, 166, 



1770 Population, trade, &c. . . - 



1773 Population, value of land, &c. - iv, 



1791 Rules for importation of foreign fugar, Arc. 

 1 1 56 Berwick, the chief port of Scotland, has many 

 Ihips . . . - i, 



1 jio Themcrchantsannoycdby Tweedmouth caftle 

 1183 The llatutes of the gild enabled by the 



mayor, &c. - - - - 



i286|lFIemings Iwve ahall (or gildhall) in Berwick 445 



— — The greateft port in Scotland — the cufioms 



very conliderable — the government of the 



town ... - 440, 



'333 King Edw. Ill, now mafler of Berwick, 



wi/hes to repeople it . - 



IJ53 Englilh wool not to be carried to Berwick 

 ij6S The right of enjoying Scottifh laws confirmed 

 1399 Wool of Berwick exempted from ftaple laws 

 1414 The exemption confirmed 

 1420' Expenfe of keeping Berwick 

 1429 The exemption of the wool refcinJed 

 1638 The coal trade of Berwick monopolized ii, 

 527 Berytm has a mannfafture ot filk i, 231, 



Before 1447 Beuki/s, William, introduces fome im- 

 provement in curing herrings - i, 

 593 Bilhoa has fome foreign trade . - i. 

 Bills of Exchaiii^e. — See Exchangt, LetUrrcf cre- 

 dit. Stamp duties. 

 1202 Probably now in life . . . i, 

 1251 The Florentines, &c. great dealers in them 

 1255 Bills drawn upon the bilhops of England 

 1307 The pope's money remitted by Bills 



268 



3^1 



201 



504 



33* 

 376 



439 



446 



509 

 5+8 

 575 

 610 

 628 

 634 n 

 644 

 401 

 233 



663 

 ^75 



1365 Reltraints upon remittance 



1381 Further reftraints . . _ - . 



1390 Drawer of bills mud lay out the naoney for 



Englifli goods . . - 



J404 Re-exchange — the exaft words of a bill drawn 



at Bruges upon Barcelona 

 '1409 K. Henry ftipulates that feveral funis payable 



by him fliall not be carried away in money, 



but in bills .... 



1414 Right of drawing bills farmed 

 1664 Bills difcounfed by bankers or goldfmiths ii, 

 1698 Aft foi protefiing inland bills' unpaid 

 1704 Act for protefiing them for non-acceptance 

 1800 Bills due on Good Friday to be paid onThurf- 



day - - - . iv, 



1727 Birmingham much increafed — 30,000 faid to be 



employed in iron and hardware - iii, 



(This number furely too large.) 

 1760 Manufactures — population, 30,000 

 1765 Manufailftures of B. in great demand in Holland 

 17S1 Number of chargeable houfes in Biniiingham 



367 



39S 

 405 



474 

 571 

 59-» 



602 

 614 



628 



519 



704 



732 



494 



136 



324 

 429 



704 



1^5 

 375 

 557 

 154 

 2S4 



14 Bithvnia fends excellent cheefe to Rome i, 



1796 Black lead— Avwy on importation reduced iv, 



13^7 Blakenty—(At of fifh regulated - i, 



61 Baadicia oppofes the Romans — her portrait i, 



1793 Board of Aciricttltiirc e^i^'hWiheA - iv, 



Boards of Trade, &c. in Britain. 

 Before 1286 Court of the four bnrghs in Scotland i, 4.10 

 J315 A deputation of Englilh merchants - 481 



1318 A mercantile council aliembled from all Eng- 

 land - . - -. 486 

 13^7 A council of trade, or commercial parliament 519 

 1405 Court of the tour burghs in Scotland increafed 616 



( See Clin aiticn of lio\al huri^hs ) 

 1622 A ftanding comniillioii appointed for inquiring 



into the Itate of commerce - ii, 313, 335 



[GENERAL 



1636 Governor and council of Virginia fubjefted to 



the coniminioners for plantations - ii, 391 



1637 Commiflioners, &c. Uireiled to reftrain emi- 



gration . . . - - jgj 



1653 A cominittee for trade eftabliflied - 462 n 



1655 The protestor's fon, lords, judges, merchants, 



&c. appointed to confult for the benefit of 



trade . - - - - 462 



1668 A council of cominerce eftabliflied . 535 



1672 Duties of tlie council ... 565 



1673 Council laid alide - - 535, 565, 6Si 

 1696 Board of trade eftabliflied - - 681 



Firft commifiioners — their duty - - 681 n 



1763-64 Their reports refpefting tlie new-acquired 



territories . - . iii, 37,, 352 



1780 The board attacked in both houfes . 714 



1782 And aboliflied - . . . 716 



Lord Sheffield's ftricture on the abolition 716 n 



1784 The buhnefs revived under a committee of the 



privy council - - . iv, 42 



Btiats of leather 



In the Oeftrymnides, apparently Britifli iflands i,5j 



In Biitain - - . -88, 



In South Arabia - ... 



In the welt part of Spain 



Ufed by the Saxons - - . 



Went long Voyages - . - 



i$oo\Bolegna hitherto poflcfTed exclufively ttie or- 

 ganzine machinery - . - i, 



1560 Trade of Bologna with Antwerp • ii. 



Two banks at Bologna - - - 



1766 Bolts, Mr. commiflloned by the emperor of 



Germany, fettles a colony on the eaft fide of 

 Africa, and thence trades with India, till 

 expelled by the Portuguefi* . iii, 



Bombay ceded by Portugal to England ii, 



Granted to the Eaft-India company 

 1689 Increafed, under the company, from 4,000 to 

 50,000 families ... 



Boml)ycina-.\\\e. nature of it - . i, 



Tlie name applied to cotton in the middle 

 ages . - ■ . - 315 11 



B<>oks — See Lit rary Property. 



A book fold for eight hides of land - i, 241 



1484 Books admitted frons abroad, when other goods 



are prohibited - -. - 703 



1485 Englilh printed books now exported - 706 



1767 Foreign copies of Britifli t)ooks prohibited iii, 461 

 Booki now a conliderable article of exportation 629 

 Foreign copies of Britifli books prohibited iv, 295 

 Book. keeping known to the antients - i, 145 

 Said to be new in England, though known 



abroad, in a treatife on it now publilhed ii, 149 



1795 An improved method profeffed by Mr. Jones iv, 365 



12S8 Bvjlon burnt and plundered - - i, 44S 



A chief port for itock-filh - - 525, 557 



1363 Allowed to export fome kinds of cloth - 568 



1412 Hanfe merchants apparently had a faftory at B. 625 



1475 .'\nd novv get a Itaelhof or fteelyard at Bofton 691 



Bolero's treatife on cities - - ii, 194 



qifi* Bottomry regulated by the Rhodian law i, 25 



Before 324* regulated by law in India - - 76 



527-565 ReL'ulated in the Greek empire - 230 



1746 Regulated by aft of parliament - iii, 252 



1671 Bourbon t/laiid (eUled by the French ii, 565, 666 n 



1661 

 1668 



I3» 

 104 

 129 



212 



500 

 128 

 656 



59J 

 5°» 

 503 



645 

 .76 n 



690 



177s 

 •794 



'569 



14 Bourdeaux (Burdigala) a trading town 1, 



1472 Bow.Jiaves, foreign merchants obliged to im- 

 port - - - - i, 

 1484 Again, to be garbled, and fold only to Englifli 

 Bnydell, Alderman John, by his meritorious ex- 

 ertions improves the arts of painting and en- 

 graving, and turns the balance of the trade 

 in prints in favour of this country iv, 



130 



638 

 704 



184 



