Spirltous liquors- 



Staple far wool. [GENERAL 



17X5 New duties Impofed - - iii, 710 



itS4 Precautions againft frrtuggling— exemption ef 

 Ferintofh from duty rcfumed — new duty on 

 rum fufpended . . . iv, 53 



17S5 Act for watelioufing rum continued - 7_; 



Draw back on rum for Ihip's ftores continucdio6,373 



Duty on nun redviced - - loS 



Duty on French bnindy reduced to vy" - 113 



17S7 And now to i;y . - - 125 



1789 Clark's hydrometer rnade the ftandard for li- 



quors - 187,202,233,270,196,443 



1790 Additional duties on foreign and home-m;ide 212 



1793 Adl for uarelionling renewed - 270 



Duties eontinvied - - 280 



Retailers of whifky taxed - jSi 



1794 Additional duties on all fpiritous liquors - 292 



1795 Further duties on both - - 341 



Retrofpe6t of rum imported in London - 364 



1796 Additional duties - - 384 

 179S Imports and exportsof rum tliisyear - 464 

 1799 Additional duties - - 493 

 1189 Stadfn, or Stade — a duty paid at it to the em- 

 peror . . - _ 1,348 



1740 The toll on the river remitted to Britifli and 



IriDi fliips ... iii, 225 



1782 Stam/) <!'((</« impofed on bills, notes, &c - iii, 710 

 17S3 Enlarged, extended to foreign bills and re- 

 ceipts — the bank compounds for ftamps iv, 11 



Extended to many other writings, &c - 21 



1784 Further extended - - - 43 



1791 Additional duties on receipts, bills, &c - 819 



1792 Stamps not required in buiinefs done by letter 235 

 J795 Stamps on receipts increafed - - 344 



1797 Many new onesenafled - - 421 

 1799 And more enafted now . - 478 

 iiOO\\Stannar)- lazus given to the minei"S - J, 465 



Staple for EngHJh wool, &c. 

 1313 The ftaple at Antwerp - - >, 478 



—— There are others, apparently fubfidiary 479,482 



1318 A council of merchants on ftaple bufinefs - 4S6 



1319 The king enforces the law of the ftaple - 488 

 1326 The ftaple recalled from the continent, and 



fixed in fome towns at home - 497 



1328 The flaple aniuilled, and trade free . 501 



'333 Staple reflovcd, and fixed in England - 508 

 1334 Again abolifhed - - - 509 



1337 The king propofes to fix it on the continent 519 

 1341 He fixes it at Bruges for wool, &c - 529 



1348 Calais made the ftaple for tin, lead, &c - 538 

 1352-33 The ftaple removed from Flanders, and 

 fixed for ever in feveral towns in England, 

 Wales, and Ireland, for wool, hides, wool- 

 fells, and lead - - 546 

 The exportation of ftaple goods by Englifli 

 fubjefts moft rigoroufty prohibited - 547 

 1357 The Englifti merch. may now export wool, &c 555 



1363 The ftaple removed to Calais - 566 



1364 The Englifti again prohibited from exporting 570 

 1369 The ftaple removed yriwn Calais to towns in 



England . . - 576 



. 1376 Removed fo Calais, and made more extenfive 5S2 

 1378 Staple privileges abridged by parliament 587,588 

 J381 Staple goods may be carried to other ports on 



paying the Calais duties - . 593 



1384 The ftaple for wool now at Middtebtirg - 596 

 13J8 Now removed from Middleburg <<i Calais . 600 



1390 And nowyi-om Ca/ais to towns in England - 601 

 Some ftaple towns or ports apparently in Eng- 

 land when the ftaple is abroad - 602 n 



1391 The ftaple towns in England changed . 604 



. Calais appears to be now the ftaple . 604 



J398 The ftaple monopoly infringed by royal licen- 

 ces— lome articles fsem exempted from it - 609 



6.7 

 6iS 



628 

 656 



659 

 65o 

 665 



674 



9 



1399 Tlie ftaple for wool-fells, fkins, lead, and tin, 



to be only at Calais, with (onic exceptions i, 610 

 1407 Rules fixed for the ftaple at Calais 

 1412 Veifels tradingwith Calais treated asnetitral 

 1414 Exemption from the ftaple confirmed to Italy, 



Spain, and Berwick 

 1439 l^'Uter and checfe exempted from flapU' laws 

 1442 Denizens, exporting wool, Src not to Calais, 

 pay as aliens 



A flight relaxation of the ftaple laws 



1449 Revenue ofthe ftaple impaired by licences 

 1459 The king promifes to grant none 

 1463 Reftraints on the exportation of wool 

 149Q Regulations ill (hipping Wool for Calais ii 



1558 Calais being taken by the French, the ftaple is 



removed to Bruges . . 123 



Staple mcTihaiiti — Sec Staple, Wool, &c. 

 1313 They get a patent fiom King Edward I i, 47}} 



Mayor of the ftaple, and mayor of the mer- 



chants of England, fynonymous terms 479, 486n 

 1341 Their former liberties confirmed - 529 



1353 Mayor to mark wool before ftiipping . 547 



Mayor, &-c exempted from the jurildi<5tion of 



the king's judges, houfelioid otlicers, Sec 

 and exercife JLu-!fdi(5tion in liaple towns - 547 



Merchants ofthe ftaple numerous and opulent 665 



1361 Jurifdiftion of the mayor reftrifled to debts ^^ 

 1394 Notwithltanding their charter, fingle worfteds 



may be freely exported - - 607 



1407 Company of the ftaple are to appoint commif- 



fioners.to demand redrefs of wrongs 617 



The merchants of tlie ftaple lend the k. /4,ooo 6i£ 



1450 They lend him great funis - . 667 

 1455 They undertake to guard the fea - 671 

 1464,1468 The king owes them great fums, and af- 



figns theminftallments fromthe cuftums 677,684 

 1470 Their influence prevents war in the Nether- 

 lands - - - - 686 

 I5;g They are exempted from the navigation aft ii, 125 

 1561 They get a new charter ... 136 

 1617 Their trade declines ... 286 

 1789 .'^^arc/i may be exported at whatever price iv, 188 

 1795 Not to be made of corn — duty on imp. lowered 360 



1799 May be imported on reduced duty . 485 



1800 Ufe of wheat prohibited . . 493 

 1631 5<arcA'ma^frj' incorporation confirmed ii, 369 

 1799 Stati/fical aci;cu>it e/i'colland, coUefted and pub- 



liftied by Sir J. Sinclair, now completed iv, 4S9 

 1351 Statute 0/ labourers enafted, and wages fixed 

 1360 Confirmed, and made more rigorous 

 12S3 Statute of m/rcli ants ior recovery of debts 

 1285 It is rendered more efficient 



A fimilar law in Scotland 



1353 The bufinefs ofthe ftaple regulated by it 



Steam engines — See Machinery. 

 14 5VtY/ excellent at Comum and Bilbilis i, 123,129 

 73 Imported from India - - 160 and 459 



1475 Steelyard, or Staelhof, buildings fo called in Lon. 

 don and Boflon, given to the Hanfe mer. 

 chants . . . - i, 691 



Generally confounded \with the Teutonic gild- 

 hall .... 691 n 

 1082 .^<(T/i>;,o-, a term for ftandard money • i, 307 

 1 147 5'i!'r/;nif has fome veffels and trade - i, 331 

 1290 S/of^^/f/X ufed for fliip's ftores - i, 4361 

 — — Imported at Bofton and Hull - - 525 

 1357 The fale of them at Bofton regulated - 557 

 Before 1437 The trade almoft all at Scarburgh, now 



at Briftol . - . 653 



1559 Stockings — offilk worn by the king of France ii, 115 

 ^aid to be prcvioufly worn by Henry VIII and 



Edward VI of England 

 156 1 And by Queen Elizabeth . . 135 



541 



43 9 

 441 



44S 

 548 



