INDEX.] 



Fijheri/. 



674 



66 



139 



34S 

 371 



386 



169? Royal fiflicry company again fetonfoot ii, 



1718 Quantity of f.ilt for filli regulated by law iii, 



1719 A fmall fund appropriated for encouraging 



filheries and manufactures in Scotland 70, 

 — ^— A treaty with Hamburgh for the lale of Brit- 



i(li fidi - - - . 74 



1745 French fifliery at Cape Breton . 24S 



1750 Society of tlic Free Britidi fifhery incorporated 275 

 176 1 A machine invented for catcliing fifli - 347 



— — A fcheme fur fupplying London with fidi pro- 

 moted by the iociety for encouragement of 

 arts, &c - . . - 



J763 Advantages in the fiflicries expefted from the 



acqifitions in America 

 1764 Parliament grant /"2, 500 to Captain Blake, the 

 conduftor of the fcheme for fupplying 

 London with Hdi - - - 



A frfliing bank, extending from Rona to Ire- 

 land _ - - . 405 n 



1766 Other banks difcovered — people improved in 



curing - _. - . 447 



1767 Fifiieries at home fuperior in utility to diftant 



ones ... - - 4yo n 



1768 Mackerel cheap, and reduce butcher meat 480 

 J773 A61 for importing cod, &c from Chaleur and 



Labrador on the fame terms as from New. 



foundland - - . - 



1776 Fin\ery of pilchards regulated by parliament 

 1779 Home confumption of pilchards promoted 

 17S0 Progrefs of the filhery of Harwich fince 1712 

 1732 Rptrofpeft of fidiery in Scotland 1777-1782 

 ' Ditto of Englidi fidiery — pilchard and herring 



declining - - . . 



Fidiery at Iceland ruined by the fait laws 

 . Iridi fidiery and trade in filh 



Swedidi fidiery and trade in fidi 



X783 Terms of participation of fidiing grounds with 



France and America - iv, 2, 3, 



1784 Premiums offered by the truftees in Scotland 



1785 Bounty on pilchards enlarged 



1786 Enlarged bounty on pilcliaids continued 

 ■ Duties on Britidi-caught fifli abolidied, except 



on fidi carried from Scotland to England — 

 an attempt to lighten the hardihips of ialt 

 bonds • - - . 



J787 Fredi fidi may be imported free of duty 

 77S9 Northumberland filhery fociety incorporated 



■ An excellent fidiing bank on the wed fide of 



tlie Briiidi idands 

 3790 Pilchards in great abundance 

 1791 Additional bounty on pilchards 

 ^79S New regulations — bounty on mackerel — afl for 

 encouragement of fiihery renewed — Dutch 

 fidiermen encouraged to fettle 



1796 Retail market for filh at Billingfgate 



1797 Further bounty on pilchnrds - 421, 

 • State uf the fidiing villages edablilhed by tlie 



Britidi fociety - - 



A total abolitionof the fait dutiespropofed 435 h 



1798 Drawbacks of fait duties — quantities of ialt 



allowed for cm'ing fi(h 

 1800 Account of the Scottifh fidiery not on bounty 

 ^60 \\fianders, woolen manufaclurc, markets, fairs 

 - - - - i. 



Before 1066 Flemings apparently bought wool in 



England ... 270 w, 



1070 IIA colony of Flemings arrive in England 

 »' 24-57 Flemings apparently fidi in tlie Firth of 



Forth . - - - 



1204 They are the chief foreign traders in England 

 1236 Receive fatisf^clion for d.niviaesby the Englilh 

 i253|iLinen5, cfpcclally the fincit kinds, made chiedy 



in Flanders ... 



1254 Flanders dLlrcffbd by a civil war 



543 

 58S 



637 

 671 

 722 



723 

 723 



724 

 725 



5 



43 



73 



i°5 



109 

 124 

 186 



190 



343 

 37'5 

 474 



434 



4?° 

 53? 



270 



2S8 

 316 



3'5 

 371 

 388 



403 

 404 



Flanders* 



1 154 The great woolen manufuitiire fiipported by 



Englidi wool . . i, 359, 4,r 



1271, 1274 Export of wool and import of cloth 



priih.ibited in England — foon repealed 421, 426 

 1274 Flemi.ijs fidi on tl-.e coalf of Scotland 457 



1297 Arc permitted to carry wool, &c from England 46* 

 i30ilJAre the teachers of agriculture to other na- 

 tions, and, in general, a fuperior people— 

 the manufacTiHrcrs begin to emigrate in con- 

 fcquence of reftrUints . . 467 



Tumult- and daughter.! in confcquence 468 



1304 Trade with England interrupted . 47)1 



1304 The trade of Flani'srs declared to be free to all 



nations . . . i, 473, 487 



1313 All FliMiiifii veffels in England arrcded 477 



1314 Earl of Flanders invites Engl i IK traders 480 



1315 All Flemings ordered out of England 480 

 131S Squabbles — trade interrupted — accomodation 48^ 



1322 F. friendly to Scotland — England tlireatens war 494 



1323 A new carl obtains commercial favours in 



Engl. — he puts redraintsupon manufactures 494. 

 1325 The great towns in V. atl as coniniunities al- 

 mod independent — treat with England for 

 reciprocal commercial liberties . 497 



1333 Earl and people courted by the k. of England 508 



Commidioners appointed for fettling claims 535 



1334 I'ree intcrcourfe with England for a diort time 510 



1336 Threatening and conciliating condu'l of Engl, ^i^ 



1337 K. Edward endeavours to diftref's their trade 



■ — both nations find intercourfe mutually 

 necelFary .... ^^j 



1338 Flemings allowed to buy wool, and import 



cloth in England - . - 523 



1340 Magidrates of Flemifli towns penfioned by K. 



Edward - . . . ' ^it 



1344 K. Edward propoles a coinage of Englidi gold 



money in Flanders - . 533 



1348 Flemings feek to engrofs the Englidi wool 538 



Tumult.s and daughters of tlie iTravcrs 540 



13,52 Many Flemings remove to England - 546 



1358 Earl faid to give great privileges to the mer- 



chant-adventurers of England - 560 



1359 Englidi banidied from F. — they foon agree 561 

 1363 Woolen manufafture apparently diminidied in 



confeqwence of the increaCe in England 5S1 

 1365 Flemings import rabbit (kins from England 573 

 1369-70 Flemings engage to carry no goods for the 



enemies of England, nor admit them as 



burgeires ..... ^577 



13S6 They edeem the fafety of their herring fidiery 



a confolation for the evils of war - 599 



1387 Many Flemidi velfels taken by the Englidi 599 



1400 Obfervations on Flanders by the Greek em- 



peror - . - - 611 



1401 Flemings fidi for herrings in tho North fea — 



lower their fail to F^iiglidi velltls 611 



1407 An ample treaty with England refpecting the 

 itaple — the woolen rrianufacture dill th« 

 chief emplcynicnt, and Englidi wool dill 

 the chief material - - . 617 



1412 The people make a truce with England, while 



their carl adheres to France . 626 



1417 Free trade with England - - 631 



1419 Treaty for free trade renewed - - 633 



1424 Englidi llieep commonly Carried to Flanders 640 



1425 Ambalfadors font to Scotland to fuliclt a re- 



turn of the daplc — granted, and privileges 

 dipul.ited for the Scots - . 641 



1426 Flenudi vedVls fcized by the Englidi 64a 

 1437 JTrade of Fl.inders with other nations — they 



ottaiti wool fiom Spain, England and Scit. 

 land- — their inanufaClure depends ch.cHy 

 on Englidi wool . - - 651 



1440 Truce with England . . - 6ij 



