INDEX.] 



in lie. 



1788 Duty on fome wines lowered, S-'C - iv, 171 



J 793 Wine allowed duty-free to navy officers - 270 

 1795 Addiiional duties on foreign and lionie-made 3+1 



Regulations for ftoring, &c - 348,375 



J796 Additional duties ... 376 



1050 Idnet and Jutin faid to be great commercial 



cities ... i, 285 



1000 Winland, part of the land now called America, 



difcovered by Biorn, colonized, &c i, 279 



1121 Eric, billiop of Greenland, fails to Winland 563/! 



1360 Is apparently now called Eftotiland — fome 



Orkney fifiiernien fail to it, and thence to 

 other partsof America - - 563 



IVin — See Gold thread. 

 14.63,14-84 Import, of fome kinds prohibited i, 676,703 

 1565 Wire now made by a mill - ii, 142 



1630 Foreign iron wire, &c prohibited - 364 



1662 A wire mill (called the firli) . 508 



J793 Duty on virginal wire regulated . iv, 2S2 



1361 Wijbury very flourifhing — all nations trade to 



it _ - - - i, 564 



1407 After being in feveral hands, fold to Sweden 619 

 J240 Wifmar — oiigin and commerce . i, 392 



1586 The commerce begins to decline - ii, 180 



I iSg||/{'ifl(/ imported into England - i, 346,359 



J213 And the quantity conftderable . 3S2 



i236||roreigners pay for leave to (lore it - 389 



The importation of woad was generally regulated by 



the laws for wine. Ssell'inc. 

 io6o\\JVolves infeft the woods near London i, 287 n 



laSi Orders for dellroying them inall England 345 



IVcmin artiftcirs—See S'l'lk, €lc. 

 1066-1 1S9 Tlie women of England excell in em- 

 broidery - . - i, 290,348 

 1363 Are not tied to one occupation, as the men 567 

 1449 Suffer by proliibition of Englilh goods in Hol- 

 land ... 665 

 '455-'463 Silk-women, &c indulged with a prohibi- 

 tion of foreign articles competing with 

 theirs - . . 671,676 

 IVood — See Lumber, Naval Jl ores. Timber, 

 1544,1581 Afts for preferving the woods ii, 

 1637 An order for preferving them 

 3668 Ait for incloling the Forell of Dean 

 ^% I* Wooden walls — naval force fo called 



Wool — fee Sheep, Staple, Woolen manufaElure 

 88o*Wool paid to a teacher in Smyrna 

 588* Fine wool carried from Damafcus to Tyre 

 55»Apparently ufed by the Biitons for clothing 



"7. 134 

 14 Wool of Mutina, Apulia, Colchis, Caria, ex- 

 cellent ... 123,124,125 



Of Loadicea quite black — of Spainvery fine 125,128 



73 Wool carried from the Sinse to Barygaza 173 



296 The abundance of v.'ool in Britain noted 205 



Before ic66 Wool apparently export. from Engl. 270^,288 

 1 1 53I] And from Scotland - . . 324 



1189II Apparently a chief articleof Engl, exportation 345 



Spanifli wool imported, but inferior to Englilh 347 



M98 Wool thecliiefexport — woolenyarr. alfoexport.359 



i254 Saleof En';l. woolobffrufted by war inFlanders 404 



!26i Exportation of Englilh wool piohibited 



1266 Cullom duty paid on wool exported 



1274 A new duty inipoRd 



1297 Wool exported by Lombards, Flemings, &c 



— another new duty laid on, but found in- 

 tolerable . . . 461 

 —— Greatnefs of the exportation of wool - 472 « 

 129S To be ihippcd only at 9 ports . . 463 

 1503 A now tiiity l.iid on wool . . 470 

 J313 Wool to be carried tooneflaple on th.e contin- 



<.nt . . . 47S 



• Englilh wool much defired in Fiance - 479,481 



Vol. iv, 



412 



4' 7 

 42s 



TFool. 



1337 Exportation of wool made felony • i, 518 



The kingexports 10,000 facks . 519 



1338 Wool granted to the king, wlio fi:<es prices for 



it in every fliire, and Ihips it off . 520 



All the wool in England fcized by the king, 



and vedcls prelled for exporting it . 523 



1340 New duties enaiiled by parliament, and tlie ex. 



porters bound to import filver - 526 



1341 The llaple for wool, Arc tixed at Bruges 529 



1343 Prices of wool fixed by parliament - 529 



1344 This law foon repealed - - 532 

 1347 Tunnage duty impofed - - 536 

 1353 Cullom 6/S per lack - - 547 

 '354 Quantity exported this year - - 553 

 1357 A duty of 5q/"on exportation, rules, &c 555 



Annual expoit (appareiitly exaggerated) 555 



1362 Duty now 26/S per lack - 566. 



1363 New duties on wool payable at Calais - 567 



1390 Wool to be exported only by foreigners 602 



1 39 1 In confequence of this law the wool remains 



imfold, the home manufaifure and limited 

 exportation not being fuflicientto take itolT6o_n 



Amount of the cudoms on wool - 604 



All perfons may buy wool, earring gold to Ca. 



lais ... 604 



1427 Englilh or aliens may fliip wool at Melcomb 642 

 1429 Parliament raife the price ofwool — regulations 644 

 i437||Spanilh wool carried 10 Flanders, but cannot 



make fine cloth without a mixture of Engl. 



ilh, which is the tliief fupport of the Flem- 



ifli manufaclure - - 651 



Scottifli wool carried to Flanders . 652 



^— Wool brought to England, and alfo carried 



from it, by the Genoefe - - 651 



Wool exported from Ireland . 653 



1438 Englilh wool carried to Barcelona 6.54 



1458 Duty on wool augmented - - - 671 



1463 Not to be exported by foreigners - 675 



1465 To be (hipped only at 9 ports - 67 S. 

 1472 Duchefs of Burgundy licenced to export pick. 



ed wool without paymg cullom - 6S7 



14S4 Wool to be fhipped in whole fleeces without 



picking . . . 701 



1499 Wool to be packed under the infpeftion of the 



mayors of the ftaple at Welhninller and 



Bolton . - - ii) 19 



1552 Sixty cargoes fhipped for the Netherlands loS 



1560 Wool of Engl. /i^^'n£/Z — wool of Spain^ne 131,132 

 1578 Wool not to be exported by foreigners • i6i 

 1581,1596 Scottifli wool not to be expoi ted 167,211 



1603 Duties onexportation paid by aliens only 232 



1604 Exportation of wool prohibited - 232 

 1622 Wool of England fallen oit in quality 313 

 • Irifli and Scottilh wool, not ufed at liome, to 



be brought to England . - 313 



1630 Wool not to be exported - . 3^13; 



1634 Englilh cloth, now called Spanifh, apparently 



made ofwool imported fiom Spain 381 



1639 Exportation flriclly prohibited - 407 



1647 Exportation prohibited by parliament - 432 



1651 The Spanilh wool now the bell, and eagerly 



fouglit by Dutch, French, and Englilh 444.477 

 1660,1661 Ex[ ortafion again prol;ibitcJ 41^9,497 



1666 Irifh wool cairied to foreign counlries - 523 



1696 Irilh wool may be imported in 8 ; orts, &:c 68+. 



Much Englilh wool faid 10 be iu;i to France 686. 



Irilh wool is canitd to France, &c - 686 



Annual production ofwool in iiritain and Irel. 686 



1699 Law againfl export exteii..ed to America 706, 



— — ■ Annual value of wool tllimited at ^'2, oco, 000 707 



1730 Viuch Spanilh wool now imported . iii, 156. 



1731 Wool, eiiual to the belt Kngii;li,/aiV/ to be pio- 



duceti iu Virginia and M^irylaiid 163 ^Sccp.ijg), 



