INDEX.] 



94 



5>6 

 5=5 



1142 Brahant merchants plundered by Englifli i, 

 124S Entjlifh mcrcliants of St. Tl)oiii;is Bccket faid 



to be privileged by tlie duke of Brabant 397 

 J30S Merchants of B. complain of bad ufage in Eng. 475 

 1317 Tliey are exempted from arreft, &c. in England 483 



1336 Next to Flanders in the woolen manufafture— 



they requclt to have the ftaple of Kng. wool 



1337 Are allowed to buy fotne wool in England 



1338 They buy wool from King Edward 

 And arc favoured by him 



1339 The duke of Brabant pays King Edw. 50,000]. 



marriage portion ... 



i437||Trade of the Englifli, French, &c. at their 



fairs — Oblige torcigaers to finilh tlieir bu(i- 



nefs in 2S days— Exports - - 652 



1449 Englilli cloth prohibited - - 665 



Bro/'s ufed before the flood . - i, 2 



54*lmport&d into Britain - - . 117 



1721 Manufm?lures of brafs employ many hands in 



England • - - - iii, 116 



1484 Brazil faid to be difcovered by M. Behem i, 705 

 1500 Difcovered by the Portuguefe - . ii, 19 

 1515 Brazil wood carried to Spain - - 36 



1530-1542 Englilli trade to Brazil . - 72, 8g 



1594 Sugar, cotton, &:c. carried off by Englifli 



privateers .... 



1624 Invaded by the Dutch ... 

 1627 Molt of Europe long received fugar from B. 

 1360 Again invaded by the Dutch 



1636 Who appoint a governor ... 

 1654 Englirti have free trade with Brazil :. 



The Dutch expelled - - 458, 459 



1635-36 Produce in gold, diamonds, fugar, &c. iii, 206 



210, 

 1771 Negroes and Indianscombine againft the Portug. 

 1203 iJrfflrf regulated by allife in Engl. andScotl. i, 

 J 256 Juftices direfted to make an aflife 



1637 Bread ot the poor ufually of barley - ii, 

 17 10 Magiftrates, juftices, &c. required to regu- 

 late prices . ... iii^ 



1758 New regulations for bread enabled 



1763 Regulated by niagiftrares in Scotland 



1766 High price (8d per quartern) produces riots, 



aadoccafions embargoes on veffels withc»rn 452 



1773 New regulation cnaded - - . 538 

 1800 A company incorporated for furnifliing bread 



at reafonable prices . . iv, 



N.B. The exportation of bread is generally 



regulated along with that of corn. — See Corn. 



1790 Briad-fruil — unfortunate voyage for it iv, 



1793 The importation of it to the Weft Indies ac- 



complifhed - . . - 



1795 Sent to Norfolk ifland - - . 



Betore 1276 Bremen traded with England - i, 



1774 The imports from Great Britain, Ireland, and 



France .... iij, 



1776. 1777. 1778— ditto - . 596, 611,. 630 



1798 Bremen has fome advantage by the war iv, 463 

 Before 500 Bretagne peopled from Britain . i 

 1156 II Bretons carry wheat and wine to Ireland 

 1317 They are invited to trade in England 

 1319 Duke of B. prohibits trade with Scotland 

 1372 Treaty of reciprocal free trade with England 

 1407 Anotlier ..... 



i437||Trade of B. — much addicted to piracy 

 1440 Free trade with England — precautions againft 



piracy .... 



1466, 1468 Treaties and free trade with England 680, 684 

 J5371I Linens of B. exchanged for woolen cloth of 



England - . . - ii, 82 



^ • Bricks ufed in building the tower of Babel i, 2 



1625 Dimenfions, price, &c. regulated . ii, 333 

 1777 Siae of bricks and tiles regulated - iii, 667 



Vol. IV. 



206 

 3=7 

 345 

 367 



39+ 

 457 



212 



• 531 



370 



406 



397 



, 10 

 30S 

 369 



500 



200 



=63 



357 

 429 



56' 



221 

 333 

 4S3 

 488 



579 

 61S 



65 = 



658 



Cot 

 236 

 cSj 



28.) 



330 



343 



5=5 

 557 

 580 

 5SI! 



179C Additional dutie-; . . iv, 3^4,38^ 



Bridgri. — Sec Kuads and brid/^ti, Ironbridiret. 



1760 Bridgewahr, Dulit of', undertakes the firll iin- 

 poitant canal attempted in Great Britain — 

 calls into a6tion the talents of Brindlcy, and 

 happily acconiplillies hij grand defign iii, 331 



1772 F.ftablilhes pafl'age boats on his canal - 5:7 

 1799 /};7»?/?iipf, quantity imported 1772-1799 iv, 4')9, 470 

 1760 BrindUy, Jamt5,-A i;eaven-taught engineer, plan. 



and executes the duke of Bridgewater'i 

 canal .... iii, 331 



1766 He plans the grand.trunk navigation, and the 



canal to the Severn — condui-'ls tlicwork till 



his death .... 



56411/3/7]^!)/ mentioned in an old lift of towns i, 



103 1 Has a mint .... 



1066II People of Briftol export Haves to Ireland 



ii56||Briftol a port for velfels from Irel. Norway, /tc. 



1 172 K.Henry H. gives Dublin to the citizens of B. 



1339 "^ '^'^ magiftrates perfecute the woolen manufac- 

 turers . - - . . 



1357 Briftol feems a chief port for wine anil fifti 



1372 Is made a county of itfelf 



1377 City lends money to the king 



13SS Now the center of a great woolen manufacture 



600, 60 1 



1437II Trades to Iceland for ftock-fifti . . 653 



1446 P^xcmpted from jurifdietion of admirals, &c. 663 



1458 A veflcl from Briftol faid to trade to the Levant 673 



1497 The firft Rnglifh voyage of difcovery performed 



by velfels fitted out at Biiftol - ii, 11 



1526 Briftol merchants trade to Canary in Spanilh 

 bottoms 



1552 They fend three veftels to Barbary 



1553 They engage in trade to Rudla 

 155S Having loft many ftiips, they are exempted from 



the obligations of the navigational 

 15S1 City gets a new charter — is large and populous 167 

 1631 Another voyage of difcovery — city buys the 



caftle ... . . 37» 



1730 Merchants of Briftol petition for a regulated 



Eaft-lndia company . - iii, 151 



1743 Shipping of Briftol ... 30+ 



1760 B. is the fecond city in Great Britain, &c. 322 



1765 Number of veflels arrived and failed 



1766 Act for improving the ftrects. Sec. 



1773 Importation of fugar increafed 

 1776 Ait for feveral improvements 

 1778 A theatre-royal licenced by parliament 

 1781 Number of chargeable houfes 



^^Q^Briiain apparently vifited by Phoenician traders 



of Gadir (See 7"i'«^ - . i, 4.x 



Not, as fome fuppofe, known to the Greeks 



42 n, 87 n 

 Tin, lead, and hides, the exports ; and e.arthen 

 ware, brafen ware, and fait, the imparts, of 

 the Caftiteridcs, prelumcd to be SiUey, or 

 Cormvall, or Dotli - . . 



§ • Apparently received a Carthaginian colony 

 $ • Difcovered by Pytheas - . - 



Probable confequcnce of his difcovery 

 Mentioned by feveral authors 



66 

 1 1 1 

 liS 



"5 



43 = 

 445 

 548 

 587 

 61S 

 704 



4J 



5 = 

 8.1 



280' 



S7 



The tin trade ftiared by a Gallic nation, and 



the. ftaple of it removed to MiCtis . 8S 



i34*The trade moftly in tlic hands of the Gauls 109, 115 



55, 54* Twice invaded by Julius Ca;iar . iiii 



Defcribed by him - . "- 116 



Trade with the Romans and Gauls . 117 



The northernextremity mentioned by Diodorus 118 



14 Merchants of Gadir probably ftilt trade to B. i?X 



Nature of the trade — produce — exports . i;; 



Britons have mines of all the metals, and coin 



gold, iilvcr, and brafs ; they kno^v the ufe 

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