JFooL 



fjlt) Ivifh wcol,&c to be fliipi^ed only to S ports iii.jio 

 >78i Importation of woo! allov.'ed in neutral veffels 6S8 

 17SS Wool /(./r^ to be exported to a great amount, 

 but tlie fmuagliug exportatiu^n proved to 

 liave diniiniilied (ince t'.ie treaty witl^ 

 I'rance — tlie law made more liqorous iv, 171 

 1790 Britilli wool degenerated — tlie belt in Shetland 

 — the recovery of the anticnt fuperiority Re- 

 commended - - - 205 

 '799 Quantities of SpanHh wool imported 1772-1799 470 



Spanidi wool admitted in any veirels - 477 



I goo Wool of tlie king's Spanifli fhcep made into 



cloth, and alfo fold - - 525 



Eflimate of wool ufcd in the manufaiSlure 526 



— — Quantities of wool imported 1791-1799 527 



IVoclai maniifaclure — See Wool, Dying, Norwich for Jluffs. 

 _58S->-Pra£liled in Tyre - . . i, 38 



14 In Patavia, Miletus, Spain - 123,125,128 



Apparently in Britain - - 134 



50ol|Woolen plaids apparently made in Britain and 



Ireland . - . 223 



T)6ollBe5;ins to be great in Flanders . 270 



iiii Fine cloth made in England by the Flemings 316 

 1153IJ The mamifatlure confined to the burghs in 



Scotland - - - 324 



115G Some woolen cloth, &:c made in Ireland 333 



1189 Some cloth exported from England - 345 



. Manufafture widely extended over England 347 



1197 Manufai5hire regulated by King Richard I 357 

 — — Apparently pretty confiderable — few fine goods 359 



1213 And increafcd in the reign of King John 382 



1261 All pcrfons ordered to wear Engiifli cloth 412 



1264 And many wear undyed cloth - 413 



1265 Flanders the chief feat of the manufafturc 415 

 Which is alfo flouriihing in Catalonia 416 



12-' 1, 1 276 Export of wool, and import of cloth, pro- 

 hibited ... 421,426 

 1271 Some Irilh cloth in England . - 422 

 1297 An infpettor of cloth, foreign and home-made 462 

 The office more antient - - 462 n 

 1313 Cloth exported from England to Norway 477 

 J327II Worlfed fluff made in Norfolk (See Norwic/i) 500 

 1328 Law for meafuring foreign cloth — llatute mea- 

 fure for fundry kinds—coloured cloths dou- 

 bled, raye cloths lingle - - 501 

 1331 Fleraifh manuf;i6turtrs begin to fettle in Eng- 

 land — apparently founders of the fine man- 

 ufaiffure . - - 505 

 1336 And others come from Brabant and Zealand 516 

 J337 All, except the royal family, obliged to wear 

 home-made cloth — cloth may be made of 

 any breath — foreign cloth to be forfeited — 

 foreign makers encouraged - 518 



This law iiunediately broken - 518,519 



1338 And Flcmilh cloth imported, and alfo exempt- 



ed from the infpection law - 523 



- Brabant cloth alfo imported and favoured 524 



1339 Mannfafturers perfecuted at Briftol 525 



The manufacture not feated where the beft 



wool is produced - - 530 n 



1344 Foreign manufaflurers maltreated in London 532 

 J34S Cloth charged with duties on exportation 537 



The nanufaCtnre around Lincoln engrofled by 



the weavers of that city - 540 



1351 The -.\ilneger, or infpei^or, fworn to his duty 544 

 '353 Foreign cloth not obliged to be of ftandard 



nieufure — duties impofed on all cloths — 



fcarlet and other grain colours made inEngl. 550 

 1354 Exports and imports of cloth this year 553 



1 360I Very fiite layes made in Ireland . 562 



J 363 Manufacture feemingly well eftablifhedin Eng. . 



land — exportation of cloth reflrained 56s 



1373 New regulation for meafure oJ cloth . ^80 



JFoolen mar.ufaRurc. [GENERAL 



1376 No unfulled cloth to be exported . i, 581 



Irilli frifcs, &c favoured in England - j8i 



1379 Foreign weavers very numerous in London, 



and very ill ufed - - 590 



1382 Scarlet cloth made in England - 594,6oiJ 



Cloth fiaudulently made to be forfeited 59^ 



138S Brillol the centerof a conlidcrable manufaiSlure 600 



1390 Coarfe cloth freed froiji rules for length, &c — 



law to prevent frauds, and for feali 601 



1391 Gildford cloth not be fold unfinillied - 604 

 1394 Cloth may be of any mealure, mull be fcalcd 607 



Single worftcds may he freely exported 607 



1399 Coarfe cloth exempted from fealingand duty 610 



1400 Woolen manufaflure of England noted by the 



Greek emperor - - . 611 



1417 Woolen manufacture fpread from Normandy 



into Bretagne by the Englilli invalion 632 



1425 Woolen goods made in Scotland and exported 640 

 1428 Variety of kinds exported from England 643 



1433 All cloths to be fealed — llraits may be only 



1 2 yards - - - 648 



1437 1'; Engliih cloth not fo fine as that ofYpres 651 



Nor as that of Barcelona - - 655 



1449 Englirti cloths had now made theirway evcnin- 

 to ilie Netheilands, w here they are prohi- 

 bited ; and the lu.ile and female manufac- 

 turers of England liifTcr by the proliibition 665 

 1454 Diminution of fale apprehended from an addi- 

 tional duty - - . .671 

 1458 Regulations in Scotland for the manufaflure 67? 

 1461 Manufaffure feems confiderable in York-lhire 674 

 1463 Woolen goods export. exempted from new duty 67^ 



- Impoi tation of woolen cloth proliibi'ed 67S 

 1465 Law for lengih, breadth, quality, &c foreign 



cloth to be forfeited - - 67S 



Manufacturers allowed to contra6^ for wool 679 



Engl, cloth again prohibited in the Netherlands 679 



1467 Clothiers in Devon allowed to life flocks — ex- 

 port of woolen yarn and unfulled cloth pro- 

 liibited -' . . 68i 



146S Law for fet cloths . . 68+ 



1484 Law for quantity and quality of various kinds 



of cloth - - - 701 



Foreigners ftill in the manufaiSlure in Eng- 



land, but now prohibited - 702,703 



1487 No cloth to be exported till barbed, rowed, 



and Ihorn - - - 708 



1489 Prices of cloth fixed by parliament . t.i 



1497 Wo den cloth, faid to be one of the greateft 

 commodities of England, to be received 

 without any duty in the Netherlands, ex- 

 cept Flanders - - ii, 16 

 1505 It may now be fold in Flanders — before now 

 Engliih cloths were dreflfed and dyed in 

 Flanders — that praclice now abolilhed 28 

 1515 Laws for preventing frauds - - 48 

 1519,1526 Manufacture (till great in Aragon, &c 55,66 

 152S Stagnation of the manufaflure by war 6j 

 1534 The manufaflure in Worcefler-lhire confined 

 to 5 towns — a remark on the migration of 

 the nianufattiire from expenfive parts of the 

 country, and further migration predicted 77 

 1537 Woolen manufaflure difirelledby reftraints on 

 the importation of linens 



1540 An a£l in Scotland for infpefling cloth, &c 

 549,1551,1552 Acts for infpeaing, <ic 



82 

 85 

 c 105,10s 



J551 Exports, 44,000 cloths by Hanfe, 1,100 by 

 Englifh .... 



1554 Hanfe merchants may export cloth unfliorn 



1555 Aft for confining the inanufafturc mollly to 



towns — York and cihcr northern .liires ex- 

 empted . . . - 



15S8 Aft for regulating the manufafilure in ElTex 



109 

 116 



118 



