INDEX.] 



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^^.IGES—See Labourns, Pried, &c and Appendix Ko. HI. 

 ij-ji IVakcfidd — improvements enacted - iii, J13 



I'/alci — See I'rilain. 

 »oc«ll A Council for legiilatiiig intcrcourfe with 



England . . . i, 278 



Before 1066 Apparently no large towns in Wales 29S 

 1171 A Wellli prince f.iiJ 10 difcover America 3^0 



1189 A filver mine in Wale.^ - - 344" 



1157 The Wellh have -i fleet of gallies I0 guard 



their coaft— the trade with Engl. ob(triiCTed 4C8 

 1284 W. united to Engl — lead mines encouraged, ic 441 

 1314I The Wellh iiK-fily closli.d in linen - 40? 



ijiS,ij5j Staple towns in Wales . 497,547,549 



1465 Woole ' cloth of Wales admitted in England 678 

 I5j6 Wales incorpoiaicd with England - ii, So 



1566 The woolen mamifiifture conliderable in Wales 144 

 IJ30 Wallinoford, Richard, makes a clock of admir- 

 able mechanilm 

 1791 JVaJhington, the capital of the United flates of 

 America, founded - - - iv, 



iSoo Firll feflion of tlie congrefs in it 



^ Watchci — the invention unknown, afcrlbed to 



Nurenberg - - ii, 159,476 



ijiol Robert, k. of Scotland, faid to have had one 1,5030 

 1577II Watches brought to England . ii, 159 



1685 The manufatlure improved by French refugees 618 

 1730 Now a confiderable article of exportation iii, 156 

 1761 Chronometers for the longitude made by feve- 



ral watchmakers upon Harrifon's principles 355 

 1797 Complaints of watchmakers — number of gold 

 and filver cafes ilamped — cafes exempted 

 from duty, and may be made of gold of 18 

 carats 

 1791 Jfaffr eafily preferved from putridity 

 1760 Waterford — population, &C 

 17S1 Wax — additional duty on importation 

 J7S4 Further duty 



AFfawriof London, the earlieft known company, 

 fraternity, or gild, of tradefmen 

 11S5 Their gild confirmed 

 i8oo*W(ay!B;j mentioned by Job 

 1791 Loom lor weaving two webs 

 1797 Machinery for working many looms by one 

 moving power - ... 



1763 Wedgwood, Jqfiah, the inventor of the improved 

 manufafture of earthern ware, and of other 

 improvements in chyniiftry - iii, 



Weights and meajures, 

 975 Winchefter meafure made the (iandard i, 



1108 The yard regulated by Henry I 

 1 1 97 Uniformity of weights and meafures ordered 

 1215 By Magna charta the London quarter is made 

 the ftandard for corn . - 



They are regulated in Scotland by the cham- 

 berlain - . - 

 1303 Uniformity ordered by King Edward I 



A table of them 



1351 Uniformity ordered — auncell abolirtied 544,545,548 

 1423 Cafks to be made of due meafure - 637 



1416 Uniformity enafted in Scotland - 641,642 



1439 Yard to have only one inch over C56 and 678,701 

 1458 Uniformity ordered in Scotland . 672 



J496 And now again in England . - ii, 14 



203 

 392 

 314 

 498 



499 

 348 

 4E5 

 271 



401 



381 



»74 

 3,6 



357 

 380 



44° 

 471 

 47 J 



1593 Mile fixed by law 1760 yards 



1636 Uniformity ordered by King Charles I 



J759 And now attempted by parliament • iii, 



1770 A ftandard bufhel to be in every town 



• Fdlfe weights for defrauding the excife punifli- 



ed by fine - - . 



1795 Jufticesto fearchand punilh falfe ones iv, 



1797 J iidices to appoint vifitors 

 »6ij li'clwcpd writes on the dominion of the fei ii. 



tVeJlcrt) mmtriti in Englifh afts of pari. &c mean 

 ihe Mediterranean countries i, 588 «,624 ^,633 

 IVcflrrn i/lands — See Azores. 

 WeJIerns ijlands ■/ Scotland, or Sudureyar — i'ec Mann. 

 ^ Supported parily by filliing . i, jco 



795 Invad.d by llic Norwegi.ins - 248 



890II M.ide a Ni)r«egian kingdom, and flourifli 259 



1266 The (tvjreignty purch.ifed by Scotland 416 



1790 They aliord beau'iful marble and other mine- 



rals . - . . iv^ 2, J 



WJ)-hdia.do-k ccmpatiy. 

 1795 NecefTityof making clock'i — capital fubfcribed iv,364 

 1799 Company inorporateJ f.jr making wet docks 



for the Wcd-lndi.i tr.rJe— regiila ijjis 478 



JV'Jl-India ijlani'i, Untijh — ^ee Jmerica, Jamaica, &c Sugar. 

 1627 Grants of i/lands by the king, and conielis ii, 349 

 i63S|tlllands encouraged — thtirpioduce trifling 405 



1731 State of the illands — now proiliiilive iii, 160 



1733 Their difputeswith the nor'hern colonies — 



foreign W.I. produce taxed to favourtheirs I92 



1734 Account of the illands by the board of trade 200 

 1761 Ad fecuring the trade of the fugar colonies 



continued ... 345 



1765 They generally fubmit to the (lamp aft 422 



1770 Exportsof eacli illand . . 506 



1773 Foreigners allowed to lend money on ifland fe- 



cuiity . . . 5,^ 



'774 Brit, fubjeifisalfo allowed, withcolonial intercft 556 



1776 Illands dilheflfed by war and lofs of (liips 594 



1777 The fiigar-planters almoft ruined by ants - 610 



1778 A collector refufes to receive produce for the 



duty of 4i per cent . - 625 



The illands unproteilcd, and in great d.in"er 628 



1780 A dreadful hurricane - - 667 



1783 Regulations for trade with America ill re- 

 ceived ... iv-j 26 



1787 Slaves impor. population, value of land, li-c 153-156 



— Their trade with all the world . 157164 

 17S8 Aft regulating trade with Americi . i6g 

 1789 Articles, imported from foreign illands in cafe 



of neceflity, not to be re-exported . 187 



1791 Provifions, S-'c from South America prohibited 231 

 1793 Aft for admitting certain foreign timber 271 



Wejl-India ijlands. Foreign. 

 1638 French illands encouraged and improved ii, 405 

 1787 The trade, &c of them . . iv, 160-164 



Wejtminjler — See London. 

 605 Church founded by King Sabereth i, 238 



1065 Rebuilt in a new kind of architefture . 285 

 1502 A magnificent chapel added by Henry VII ii, 23 

 1585 Numberot ale-houfes limited to too - 177 



1736 Weftminller bridge built - . iii, 208 



H'et docks for flipping — See London docks, W. India, iSc. 

 ^ Conllrufted by the Carthaginians . i, 51 



H'liaU-bone, or Jltis vj whales. 

 1593 Some belonging to a wreck found at Cape Bre. 



ton . . - . ii, 204 



1617 Now brought from Spitzbergen . 287 



1764 May be imported from Britilh America iii, 401 

 17S6 Admitted from Greenland without duty iv, 104 

 17S8 Quantity imported by Southern whalers 180 



'799 Quantities imported 4772-1799 . 469-470 



Whalefjhery — See Southern JiJIicry, South.fca company. 

 S71-900 Praiitiled on the coalt of Norway i, 263 



139011 Praclifed by the people of Bifcay ii, 1,157 



1593 Englilh Ihips now fcnt for uhale-filliing 204 



1597 Englilh Rulfia company catch whales • 213 



1603 Filhery formerly employed 8 or 9 fliips, now 



only I - - . :3y 



16091612 Filhery profecuted by Jonas Poole 257 



1611-J2 Alfo by the Ihips of Hull and the RuHia 



company, who I'eize the Dutch whalers 265 

 1614 The Dutch proteft their whale-lifliery jj^ 



