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J795 IflTuetl to relieve tlis fuffercrs by the infiir- 



reclions in Grenada, &c - iv, 350 



1799 IITiied to merchants of Liverpool and Lancafter 485 

 1643 Excife duties iinpofed upon beer, wines, &c ii, 426 



1660 Settled on the king during life - 4S9 



1767 Grelham college purchafed for building a new 



office on the area of it - _ iii, 477 



1768 Officers of excifeempowered to feizehorfes, &c 483 

 1774 Stricter regulations for excifc duties - 555 

 1779 Five per cent on former duties now added 633 

 1781 Five per cent more added on inoft articles 686 

 17S2 And again - - - - T'i 

 1786 Regulations for fecuring duties, &c iv, loS 

 17S7 All duties repealed, and a new fimplified fet 



enafted ... . 123.125 



■ Many new regulations enafled - - 126 



17SS Variety of regulations enacted - - 172 



1796 Variety of additional duties . - 384 



170 l!£.vfffr, a BritifTi and Roman city - i, 195 



930JlHas a mint ... - 266 



Before 1066 enjoyed fome exemptions - 297 



1156 i|Magnificeiit — the port of the mining country 330 

 1560 Company of Exeter for trade with France ii, 135 

 1606 Charter of this comp. confirmed by parliament 247 



1661 The merchants of Exeter export more cloth 



than the merchant.adventurcrs, and com. 



plain of them ... . _ 449 



SOo\\Fairs eltablilhed in Italy . . i, 220 



800 11 At Aix la Chapelleand Troye - - 250 



960 1 In Flanders ... - 270 



1000 l;ln Germany and the North, and Haves the 



principal mercliandize - - 279 



1331 Aft againiUiulding fairs after due time 505 



147S Courts of piepoudres at fairs regulated 695 



1487 A London ordinance againft attending fiirs an- 

 nulled by parliament ... 70S 

 1497 Fairs in the Netherlands engroffed, againft 

 other Englifli merchants, by the merchant- 

 adventurers . . . ii, 15 

 1504 The fair of Antwerp a chief fource of its profperity 25 

 1458 IIFa.'ai/, George, an eminent Scottilh merchant i, 673 

 1764 falkland's i/Iands occupied by Britifh forces iii, 444 

 1768 A Settlement made on them by the French 487 

 1770 After fome negotiation, Sec refigned by Spain 



to Great Britain, and finally abandoned 500 

 1534 Farms— Y[0 man to have more than two ii, 76 



1773 Fen lands — acts for improving theni iii, 544 



* (There are many fuch in. almolt every feffion.) 

 1086 Feudal fervices, a part of the king's revenue i, 306 



.! Alleviated by the privileges of towns 307, 3S1 



And by the holy wars - - - 310 



1 194 Scutage for the king's ranfom - - 356 



1265 Relaxation of feudal taxes in Barcelona 415 



1340 Aid for knighting the king's oldeft fon and 



marrying his oldeft daugiiter refigned 526 



1346^ 1341 Refumed - . - 526 n 



1609 Aid levied for knighting the king's fon ii, 252 



j6l2 And alfo fur marrying his daughter . 268 



1625 All men having/40 a year muft be knighted 337 

 1645 Wards, liveries, &c. abolillied by parliament 430 

 1656 The abolition re-enacted ... 48S 



1747 Heritable jurifdiclion and ward-holding in 



Scotland abolillied - iii, 238, 259 



1789 fcrzaK has a confiderable trade . iv, 192 



1800 Mr. Horneman's account of tlie trade, S:c 517 



J 747 ^'fi contains 4 of 17 burghs reprefented in the 



Scottilh parliament . . i, 559 



793 Fi%s — the duties altered - - iv, 281 



J774 Fire — act for water pipe=, engines, &c iii, 556 



• A fum given to Mr. Hartley for experiments 



made in fecuring buildings, &c from fire 557 



^776 His patent prolonged ... 600 



2-iz* Firc-fnip ufed by the Tyrians - 71 



716 Uled by the Greeks againft the Saracens i, 



158S Ufed by the Englilh againft the Spaniards ii, 



272 Firmvs, a merchant of Egypt, fets up for em. 



peror, and is deflroyed . . j^ 



FiJIiery — See Salmon, WhalefJIury, Newfoundland. 



i8oo*Filhcry of variouskinds in Arabia - i, 



i330'Fini cured with fait in Egypt 



222'Tunnies cured and exported by the Byzantines 



. - - 97> "4. 



14 Fifliervof Thrace confKierable . 97, 



And of Gadir alfo ... 



^ Fiih caught on the weft coaft of Scotland 200, 

 836 Trade for fifh in Scotland (unfounded) 

 040 |irilhery apparently flourilliing in Scotland 

 I24-IIJ3 Fifhcry in the P'irth of Forth attended by 



Englilh, Scottilh, and Netherland fiftiermen 325 

 220 An improved method of falling fifh praftifed 



in Cornwall ... 



274 The Flemings fifti on the coaft of Scotland 



Englilh filhermen niunerous — 1200 killed by 



Flemings .... 



2S1 Fifii an ellabliflied article of trade on both fides 



of Scotland .... 



2S3 The filhery of Catalonia encouraged by the 



abolition of fait duties 

 331 Markets in England apparently fupplied by 



foreign fidiermen - . . 



351 Spaniards, &c allowed to fifli in Englifli har. 



hours . . . - 545, 



357 Regulations, reuraints, privileges 

 379 Filhing velfels taxed for guard of the fea 

 386 Fiflicrraen exempted from prefs — boats taxed 597 

 4Q0 Englilk fifti on the coalt of A.berdeen - 611 



406 Foreign fifliermen prelected by the king of 



England . . - 616, 617 



423 Quantity in the calks of feveral kinds of cured 



filh regulated b)'law ... 



471 Scottilli parliament attend to the fifhery 

 4S2 Englilh pari, again regulate fize, quality, &c 

 493 Scottilh fiftiery law renewed . . ii, 



541 Piirchafes of fifli at fea prohibited — purchafes 



in Iceland, Scotland, &c permitted 

 54S The people enjoined to eat filh in Lent, &c 



Admiralty exaclions abolilheJ 



553 Foreigners pay for leave to fifli on the north 



coall of Ireland ... 

 563 Aift for eating fifli . - - 



j77 Englifli filhermen refort chiefly to Iceland 

 5S5 FUhery of the Spanilh Netherlands removed 



to Holland ... 176, J78 



594 An aft in Scotland for keeping Lent . 204 



603 Filhermen exempted from poundage 23s 



6D9 Dutch pay for leave to fifli on the Britifli coafl 252 



Oblolete reftraints on fiflitry . - 279 



615 Shipping employed at Iceland, &;c . 2*1 



630 All inquiry into the flate of the filhery 365 



633 A great aflbciation for the filhery . 377 



They do no good ... 37$ 



636 Foreigners prohibited from fifliing on the coafts 



of Great Britain and Ireland . 391 



639 Treafurer of the fifliery company accufcd of 



oppreflion, 5:c ... 40J 



6j6 Sweden licenced to employ 1,000 fifliing vef. 



fels on the Briilh coalt • - 470 



660 Foreign fifli, &c to pay double alien duties 4S5 



- — • Fifli from Scotland exempted from the naviga. 



tion aft _ - - . 486 



663 Fifli to be imported in Englifli-built veflels 510 

 ()66 Import of foreign filh rigoroufly prohibited 52J 

 677 Comp. oltheioyal filhery of Englandeltabiiflied 



— bounty to their bulles — foon given up 584 

 1659 Dutch herring and cod fifliery Jeiid to employ 



8,000 veflels . - - - s'ii 



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