Land. 



j6S8 Now fold at jo years purchafe - ii, 483, 630 

 , Rental and value of lands in England . 630 



1726 Rental of England, according to Philips iii, 133 

 1729 Land fellsfroni jo to J7 years purchafe 147 



1770 Pofl'elfors of entailed land in Scotland em- 

 powered to leafe, improve, and build 499 

 871-900 //an.'ern* invented by King Alfred i, 264 

 9J Ufed as a ftratagem for efcape - 503 n 

 Law, Sec — See Maritime Laws. 

 1362 Laws of England in languages unknown to the 

 people — law proceedings now ordered to be 

 in Englifh, but enrolled in Latin . U 5^5 

 14:4 Laws of Scotland, hitherto in Latin, hence- 

 forth in the language of the country 638 n 

 1416 The Scottifli parliament order tiie Shirrefs to 

 publilh the laws in all parts of the kingdom 



642, G73 

 1484 Laws of England, hitherto in barbarous Latin 

 or French, henceforth in the language of 

 the country, and alfo printed - 704 



1494 Laws of Ireland, now in Englifli , - ii, 7 



1731 Law pleadings to be fpoken in Englifli, and 



writings to be legible - - iii, 168 



1717 Laa', John, projects the bank and Miflifippi 



company of France - iii, 55— loS 



Lawn — See Cambric and Lawn. 

 Lazarets — See Quarantine. 

 1772 Ail for ellablifliing lazarets . - iii, 522 



1800 Duties for ercftion of a lazaret - iv, 499 



14 ifflrf exported trom Britain - • i, 134 



Before io66 Ufed for roofs, and apparently exported 



238, 2S8 

 1 189I! Exported in great quantities - - 345 



1284 Mines of Lead wrought in Walss - 441 



1690 Lead mines in Wales produce filver i", 647> 733 

 1765 Ouantiiy exported from the Firth of Forth, 



" Newcaftle, &c. to Holland - iii, 428 



1783 Annual value eftimated - - iv, 16 



J 255 League of the Rhine, an affbciation of cities againft 



robbers - - - i, 404 



1783 iffljAtT manufafture eftimated - iv, 15 



17S4 Several a£ts refpefting it extended to Scotland 45 

 1791 Duties on tanned goat and flieep leather 219 



IT] 4. Leeds — population ... iii, 561 



Leeward IJlands — vise term explained 161 n 



^* Leghorn, Labrcn, Ltiurn.um, or Livcrno, founded 



by the Etrurians in a very early age 5,4$ 



1603, 1630 Flourifhing by the grand duke's encour- 

 agement of commerce . - - i'> 235) 3^7 

 1765 State of Britifh trade at Leghorn - iii, 426 



J166 The merchants complain of the quarantine 451 



1796 Seized by the French - . iv, 381 



126S Leipfck made a free mart for all nations, though 



even at war with its lord - - ',418 



1128 itiV/i has a harbour - . '> 33* 



1544 Pillaged by the Englifh, and found very rich 11,92 

 1771 Improvements in Leith enafted - 'i', 5>3 



1795 Lemons and oranges — new duties on them iv, 341 



,^^8 — 1633 Lent to be obfcrved in England by abf- 

 talning from flefh 



ii, loi, 138, 293,311, 320, 329, 337. 34>. 377 



X594 And in Scotland - . - 204 



676*Z'y/'i'a«i called mafl:ers of the fea - 1,33 



119611,1202 i.(r/<fr5o/"crf(/z£ given by the king i, 367 



Letters of marque, or reprisal, the firft in Englifh 



records, given againft Portugal - i, 455 



France and Aragon agree not to give letters of 

 marque if redrefs can be obtained — a letter 

 of marque given by Aragon againft England 509 

 A general privateering commiflion to Dart- 

 mouth ... 600 

 Letters iffued againft Plafencia . 604 



151 + 



1637 



7 



i395 

 1333 



(1S9 



•39 



1399 Sometimes given for Kcovery of debt 



610 



Lettey's- of marque. [GENERAL 



1196 England andNetlierlands agree not toilTue them 



ralhly - - - •>> 9 



England and France agree to give letters of 



marque only againft the delinquents 47 



Letters iffued sgainft the Dutch - 398 



Leuke home, a Roman port on the Red fea i, 164 



15S5 Leyden acquires nioft of the woolen manufaiflure 



of theSpanilh Netherlands ii, 176, 17$ 



Library — See Britijh mvfeum. 

 2So*The famous Alexandrian library •• i, S6 



796II A library eftabliftred at York - 249 



The eftabliflimcnt of a mercantile library re- 

 commended by Mr. Anderfon ii, 181 n 

 2i^*Ligkt-/:o!i/e built on Pharos near Alexandria i, 84 



Light- houfes on the Britijh coajl, &c. 

 169G Eddyftone erefled — fubfequent hiftory 

 1730 Skerries near Holyhead 

 1766 Spurn, new ereftion 

 1772 Spurn to be made by the Trinity houfe 

 1776 Chefter and the Smalls 

 170S Smalls rebuilt by the Trinity houfe 



Light improved by reflefling mirrors 



17S6 Kinnaird head. South Ronaldfay, Scalpa, and 

 the Mull of Kentire - - iv, 



1787 French improvement on lights 

 177S Duties for fupport of light-houfes augmented 



1759 South end of Arran - . - 

 1796 Lime and fome other agricultural articles ex. 



empted from charges 



1760 Limerick, population, &c. 

 170 Lincoln (Z,!>;(?am^ a Roman colony 

 628 A church of rtone built at Lincoln 



1066, 1086 Is populous 



1 1 56 11 Has a good inland and foreign trade 



1348 Has a monopoly of the woolen manufacture 



§* Linen made in Sidon 

 1706, 1300* Alfo in Egypt and Colchis 

 Very fine and white in Tarracon 

 Made in all parts of Gaul 

 Dead bodies wrapped in linen in Britain, See 

 Linen made in England ... 



AikI alfo in Scotland 

 Made in England and Wales, but the greateft 



quantity and fincft got from Flanders 

 Egyptian linen much in demand 

 Fine linen of Rheimt fent to the Turkifli Sultan 

 Fine linen of Reynes, Champagne, Flanders, 

 and Brabant, ufed in England 

 i437|lLinen exported from Ireland 

 1552 Dorneck to be made only in Norfolk • ii, 

 1560 State of the various branchesof the nianufaflure 

 in the Netherlands 

 The manufaiflure remove* from the Spanifti 



Netherlands to Holland 

 Much linenfaid to be imported in England 

 1639 Acommiflion forfealing linen revoked 

 1 64 1 II Linen made in Manchcfter of Irifh yarn 

 1643 An excife duty on Damafk linen 

 1663 Importation of foreign linen difcoiiraged 

 1^68 French linen much ufed in England 



1669 Linen yarn got from Scotland — linen made at 

 Ipfwichfaid to be worth is/per ell 



1670 Alfo imported from Flanders and Germany in 

 return for woolen goods, but now partly fu- 

 perceded bymullins 



-^— ComiTiencement of the linen manufacture among 



the Scots in the north part of Ireland 559 



16S5 Manufaflure in England improved by French 



refugees - - - 61 S 



1686-SS Imported annually from France to the value 



of;^7oo,ooo - . . 620 



1692 Manufafture of fome kinds transferred from 



France to Hamburgh . . Ci* 



14 



5°o|l 

 1189II 



1210II 



1321 

 1396 

 1416 



1585 

 162 



ii, 682 



445 



589, 593 

 621 

 62^ 



IXO 



122 



'7« 

 186 



iv> 39« 

 iii, 325 

 1, 196 



*38 

 29&, 305 



33' 



54» 



'. 4 



10, 125 



129 

 130 



22J 

 348 



376 



402 

 491 

 60S 



630 

 653 

 109 



'33 



176 

 3'5 

 407 

 415 

 426 



5'* 

 535 



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