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129a War with France begins - - ii453 



i King Edward and the king of Spain terminate u 



quarrel between ihcir liibjc^^ls - 453 



1 194 Very heavy taxes demanded by the king 4; + 



I300 Cliiet" ports of tiie kingdom - - 464 



1303 Koreign merchants licenced to trade - 469 



1304 King lends 20 fhips to France, and flops trade 



uith Fl.'.nders ... 4-2 



1310 Li(lofport^ finding vefTels for the king - 470 

 13 15 Famnie — food unattainable by people in mid- 

 dling circumftance— law foramaxiuum price 

 — corn imported — Spanilli corn (hip ieizcd 4S2 

 131S A council of merchants of all England 486 



— King mediates between Flan jers and Holland 486 

 1320 King called lord of tlie fea by the Flemings 489 

 J321 Truce with Scotland, but no intercourie 48>) 



1323 Another, and liill no intercourie - 495 



1324 Ports on fouth coaft, an! iheirquotasof fliips 49; 



All the velfels of England luminoned 496 



J325 Reciprocal favours forKnglilh traders feldom 



ftipulated in treaties - - 497 



1326 All the veflels fiimmoneJ by theking 498 



1333 War « ith Scotland renewed, whereupon fo- 

 reigners defift from trading to England 508 

 J335 All velfels of 40 tuns fummoncd, fome of them 



now called (hips of war - - 511 



J336 King endeavours to conciliate the friendfhip of 



the maritime nations - - 513, 514 



1336 King Edward claims the dominion of the fea 515 



• Lift of ports ordered to fit out (liips - 515 



J337 Cominerce diftrelfed by rapid fluctuations of 



politics - - - - 51S 



J338 The king difappointed of getting foreign (liips 520 

 ' ■ Every vell'el in England, and a great quantity of 



provifions, ordered foe France - 521 



■ The people refiife to give their provifions — king 



feizes all the tin, fells freedom to his (laves, 

 and takes the church plate — peace with 

 Flanders - - . . ' 522 



' King feizes the property of foreign merchants 



and of many monaftic eftablifhments 523 



1339 He receives /50, GOO from the duke of lirabant 525 

 1339 Very heavy taxes granted for the war 525, 526 



J340 Some people fee the ruinous tendency of the 



king's ambition - - - 526 



—— The king gains a great naval viiSory - 527 



■ Shipping of the kingdom muchdiminilhed — the 



king requires accounts of it froin every port 528 

 J341 Lift of ports fending deputies to a naval parlia- 



mpp.t - . . - 52S 



1344 Another more numerous one fummoned 531 



1346 The king dellres the merchants of England to 



carry ftores of all kinds to his camp before 



Calais . . - - ^34 



— — Lift of all the por'S and their veflels - 534 



J350 Englifn trade annoyed by Spaniards, who arc 



dcfes'ed by king Edward in a iraval battle 540 

 1351 The coimtrydKfrelfcd by diminution of money, 



and by peftilence — ftatute of labourers en- 



aae.t,'&c - . . - . 542 



• Cunning and fraudulent tricks, the confequence 



of the diminution of the money - 543 



1353 Englilh merchants rigorouHy prohibited from 



exporting ftaple goods - - 547 



— — Great fcarcity of corn and fi(h - 552 



1354 Importsand exports of this year, the later al- 



moft entirely raw materials - 553 



1355 King Edward buys Balliol's title to Scotland 554 

 1357 Englifii merchants allowed to export wool, &c 



„ 5J5, 562. S^i 



•— — Truce with Scotland, and reciprocal liberty tor 



velTe'i- in dijlrrfs to enter the ports of either 558 

 »358 Muhial freedom of tr»de, &c. with Scotland ^60 

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1359 The king invades France with a great fleet 1,551 



1360 Every vcd'el in England, loaded or light, fci/.cd 

 by the king .... jfia 



-^— Peace with France — not a word of commercial 



intercourfe in the treay - - 561 



13S3 Cattle exported to Bruges - . 567 



Merchants, &c. reftrictcd to one article of trade 567 



Scheme for union with Scotland - . 565 



1364 The reftriclion to on,- article repealed - 570 



Alldenizcns, except artificers, may import wine 57 1 



1368 No Englilhnian allowed to import wine or ex- • 

 port wool .... 575 



1369 Nor to export any ftaple goods - - 576 



All fnbjecis, except artificers, may import 



wiite ... - 576 



King Edward refumes the title ofking of Prance, 



and makes alliances with Flanders and 5cotl.577 



1372 All velfels prelled, notwithftanding the remon- 



(tr.mce of the conuiions in parliament 578 



'375 Tru^e with France and trade - - _ 581 



1377 A capitation t-jx impofed — population of the 



chief towns and of tlie whole kingdom 5S3 



Progrefsof coiumerce, nuinufacbures, (liipping, 



&c in thereign of Edward III . 584 



1379 The Englidi ill-difpofed to rtrangers . 589 



13S0 The French fweep the Thames up to Graves- 

 end - . - i, 590 

 1381 An infiirreftion provoked by tlie colleffors of a 

 capitation tax— quelled— the conlequences of 

 ultimately beneficial - - 591 



Neither money nor people allowed to go out of 



the kingdom - - . 59* 



13S2 A fpecimen of Englifh manufafVures - 593 



1383 The cargo of a Genoefe velfel faid to be fuffi. 

 cient to glut the whole kingdom (But Wal- 

 (ingham, the author of the information, 

 never ufes moderate language.) . 595 



1384 Truce with France, and limited trade - 595 

 1386 Truce with Scotland, and I'ecurity for mer- 

 chants from the Spey to the Thames 597 



1385 Several oppielfive laws enafted by parliament 600. 

 1389 Truce with France, and limited trade - 601 



A confiderable part of t)ie trade with Priiflia 



being now in the hands of Englilh merchants, 

 they eleil a governor . . 6oi 



1393 A fecond fpecimen of Englifti manufaftures,&c.6o6 



1394 The advancing opulence of the people appears 

 by a large loan to the king - - 608 



1399 Many veflels with the king in Ireland, and ap- 

 parently none left fiifiitient to oppofe the 

 fniAll armament of the dtike of Lancaftcr 609 



Englilh traders in Prullia,&c. complain of hard- 



(hips — Many Englilh fettled in PnilTia 610, 6ii 



1400 Obfervations on England by the Greek emperor 611 



1402 All importers ordered to invell their whole 

 proceeds in Englih goods - - Cij 



1403 Truce with France, tree trade and fifhery O13 



Commercial treaties with Spain, Portugal, kc. 614 



1406 The lower clalTes prevented from putting their 



children apprentices . - 616 



1409 Settlement of piratical damages between Engl. 

 Prullia, and the Hanfetowns — captures from 

 England — complaints of the Hanfard.";— 

 woolen cloth a confiderable part of the 

 Englilh exports - . . fiiS' 



1409 King Henry gives his bills for the damages 623 



1412 The aftive trade of England envied by the Ge- 

 nosfe, who pliuiiler fome Englidi velfels — 

 thereupon letters of marque are id"iied 624. 



— ^— The commerce and manufai!:fures of England 



advanced during the reign of Henry IV 626' 



1414 K. Henry V collefts a great fleet agiirift France 62«. 

 1420 The revenue jnoftly derived from commerce 63+ 

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