England. 



T7J7 Still the eliief Ceil of trade in the eafr part of f noi 



Africa — imports and exports — velfcls, few 

 and hnd — inaiuifa<iliires, &c. - iv, 432 1108 



•793 Egypt inviidcd by the Frencli - - 459 1135B 



J428 F.ltiirvm, a fiiblhnice of svhich, dinie5,&;c.made 1,643 11 35 

 1436II ElphwPon, IViUiam, founder of l!ic commerce 



of Glafgow ... ii 650 1 154 



1798 £wi<7r^i3«,ofiences refpectingthem, how tried iv, 442 

 1407 Lmdtii aflumcd into tlic alTociation with Ham- 

 burgh, 1,11 heck, &c. - . i, 619 

 •1438 Treaty of 100 years with Scotland - 673 

 B-ciore 1066 Embrotdery — En[jlilli women famous for it 1,250 

 J1S9, 1382 And dill continue to excell - 348,593 

 14S9 On complaint of theeinbroidererj, deficient gold 



thread is made liable to foifeiture - 713 



England 

 457 The Englifh, the d^fcendents ff the Suevi, found 

 the kingdom of Northunibeiland, and extend 

 tliemfelvcs on every fuie . - i, 234 



5S4 They found Mvrena-ric, their lad kingdom 237 

 753 Much addiiiled to monkifli fuperftition - E47 



Are invaded by the Danes - - 247 



796 Some traders go to Rome — found fniuggling 248 



Commercial letter of Charlemagne to Otfa, the 



chief king of the Englifh - . 248 



S27 Almoft all their kingdoms united by Egbert 252 



870JI England ovcr.run by the Danes - - 259 



And funk in barbarifni ... 262 



S77 Half tlie country ceded to the Danes . 259 



897 A navy built by Alfred - - 261 



And fcience and trade reftored - . 262-265 



Alfred has fome correfpondence with Jerufalem, 



and perliaps with India - 262,263 



[GENERAL 



285 



285 

 286 



530 The towns having mints - - 266 



938 King Athclftan feems to have no fleet - 267 



He alluies the Englifli to undertake voyages 268 

 «(73 King Edgar called fovereignot the fea - 272 

 1178-1016 The country defolated by the northern 



invaders, and pays them heavy tributes 275 



Regulations for trade, coinage, &c. - 374,277 

 1018 Cnut, king of Denmark, becomes king of Eng- 

 land — a prodigious fum paid to him - 2S2 

 JO28 Some advantages from England, Denmark, and 



Norway, being all fubiecl to one king 283, 290 



1031 Cnut obtains exemption from tolls of the em. 



percr, &c. and eftablifnes many mints 

 1052 Some ports noted as having lliips 

 J066 King Harold has a fleet of 700 (hips, defeats 

 tlie armies of Norway and Orkney, and is 

 killed figliting againft the Normans — the 

 Englifli fleet block up that of the invaders 



William, duke of Normandy, made king 



Before 1066 Trade—fales of land-agriculture— coun- 

 try uncultivated, and filled uitli wild ani- 

 mals — wool apparently exported — lead — 

 iron-works — liorfes — Haves — foreign trade 

 pafiive — internal trade trifling, and fubjeiil; 

 to tithes to the clergy— fomeartiticial canals 

 — goldfmith and je.velery work, embroi- 

 dery — filk and other luxuries, books, re- 

 liques, imported— much money in pofTedion 

 of the kings, clergy, and nobles — Haves and 

 cattle transferred with the foil, called living 

 money — divilions of money. Sec, - 287-292 



. Stateof tlie principal towns - -93-297 



Manners of the people ... 29S 



10S6 Second view of the principal towns - 303-306 



King's manors, revenue, Sec. - - 306 



Clergy ha»e near half the land — churches, &c. 307 



Slaves become free by living in towns - 307 



Many principal ports burnt - - 308 



lOQt A library and philofophical inftruments] at 



Croylind , _ . 308 



A charter given by Henry I has nothing relat- 

 ing to commerco - - - i, 



Regulations for money and meafures 



King's rents converted into money 



-54 Mifery of England — every baron coins 

 money - - ' . 325, 



Great part of France fubjec'l to Henry II, king 

 of England - - . 



Henry II commiflioned by the pope to conquer 



Ireland - . . 



115611 Trading towns — trade in hands of foreigners 328,333 

 1157 King raifes, money by gifts . . 334 



Hisfriendfhip courted by Chriftians and Moha- 



medans .... 334 



iiSi Order not to fell (hips out of England - 344 



11S9 The country flourifliing 



Much money in England, but hoarded and ill 



divided .... 



1 190 Richard I goes to the holy war with a great fleet 



1 192 Is trepanned — England dilirelied to ranfom him 



1199, 1204 Foreignmcrchantsencouraged by K.John 



— the fouthern ports the chief feats of trade 



360, 

 1205 Trade of the towns eftimated at /"loo.coo 



The nobles exempted from the quinzieme 



1213 England fuperior to France in (hipping 



Some gallies, Arc. belong to the king, and all 



the merchant velTels are at his call 



1213 The, Magna cliarta figned by king John 

 and immediately broken 



John's conduiit favourable to liberty and com. 



nierce . . . 



I217 A commercial treaty with Norway 



A great French fleet taken 



1224 Chief ports at this time - . 385 



1227 Prefents fent from Damafcus to Henry III 



1235 An Englilh mariner licenced to fail to Paleftine 388 



Merchants and citizens defptfed by the king and 



parliament .... 



1240 Enormous extortions of ihe pope 

 1242 The (hipping ordeied againft France 

 1251 Extraordinary difplay of magnificence 



1253 Above 1000 velTels feized for tlie king, 300 are 



large . . - 



1254 The iale of wool interrupted by convulllons in 



Flanders .... 



1256 In erefl of the king's debt £100 per day 

 Tlie hardfhips put on all Itrangers begin to be 



relaxed . . . 



1257 Didrefs by a drain of money to Germany 



And by a famine, till corn conies from Germany 409 



1261 Exportation of wool prohibited . 412 



1264 Commerce and manufatlures ruined by piracy 412 



Eleftive members firft fummoned to parliament, 



but have fcarcely any influence - 414 



A pompous defcription of the commerceof Engl. 414 



1269 A friendly treaty w i-.h Norway . 418 



J 272 Spain, Norway, Portugal, Brabant, trade with 



England ... 



And England appears to have a balance 



Revenue of the nation, of theforeign non-refid- 



ent clergy, the heir apparent," and fome in- 

 dividual;. — amount of the king's debts 

 1274 The tifhery profccuted to a conliderable extent, 



1200 hdicrmen being killed by the Flemings 426 

 1274 A prodigious difplay of lilks, &.-c. 427 



1278 Trade ruined by diminution of the money i, 431 

 1283 Members for all the (hires, and for many cities 



and towns, eletted to parliiiment 43S 



12S4 Silver apparently plentiful - . 441 



Precautions againft robbery — the hundred 



made liable for the damage, and all men armed 443 

 1 285 II Some provilions apparently exported - 444 



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319 

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325 



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344 



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