INDEX.] 



53G0 



n'oolen maniifaclnre. 



JS66 



• 596 



I60I 



I60J 



i5o8 



1615 

 1614 

 1621 



t6l2 



1625 



1630 

 1634 



Above 100,003 pieces fent annually to tlie Nc- 



tlicilands ... ii, uy 



Englilli cloth feenis now fiiperior to Nothtf- 



land . - - - 129 



And lonns a part of tlie exports of Antwerp 12S-131 



Clotli exported from Scotland and Ir -land to 



Antwerp - . - 



State of the maniifafture in the Netherlands 



1564 Duty on export of tlotli increafed 



V"aliie of cloth exported to the Netherlands 



Wei 111 manufacture conCiderablc 

 New drapery introduced in England 

 Annual exports of cloth to Germany, &c 

 Foreign manufaclurers invited to Scotland 

 Amount of exports of the merchant-adven- 

 turers . . - 



Woolen cloth exempted from poundage 

 I.ofsby exporting cloth unfinilhed 

 Export of white cloth prohibited — a patent 

 for dyinj; and finilhing — the dyed cloth mo- 

 nopolized by the king 

 Thefe innovations all annulled 

 Manufafture of medley cloths invented 

 A law in Scotland favouring the manufafltire 

 Manufacturers of new drapery exempted from 



the reltraints upon foreigners 

 Manufactures of England faid to be falling off 

 The Dutcli now make fine cloth 

 Exportation of feveral kinds of cloth made 



free to all merchants 

 Comminioners appointed to fuperintend infpec- 



tors . - . - 



A proclamation againft frauds 

 The permillion of 1625 now refcinded in fa. 

 vour of the merchant-adventiireres — fome 

 cloths now called Spanilh 

 — • 140 Families of manufafturers, perfecutedby 



Laud, remove to Holland 

 1635,1636 Reels, iS;c regulated . . 389,392 



1639 Exportation of wool, yarn, fuller's earth, and 

 tobacco-pipe clay, prohibited 

 Cloth, &c dyed and fully finilhed in England 

 But dill the Dutch excell, and fome cloths are 

 exported undyed ... 



ifi6o Duty on cloth exported 3/4 per piece, &c 

 1660-1661,1662 Export of woolen yarn, &c prohi- 

 bited - - - 489,497,507 

 i66t Clothiers complain of the merchant adventur- 

 ers . - . 



1666 A/jt for burying in woolen (luff 



1667 Cloth now completely finiflied in England 

 New fabrics introduced by the African compa. 



ny 

 Hiftory of the manufafture in Britannia lan- 



guens ... 



Aft for burying in woolen renewed 

 Importation of French goods prohibited 

 Manufacture of light (luffs improved by 



French refugees - 



Importation of French goods permitted 



1698 Woolen manufafture of Ireland difcouraged 



1699 Amount of woolen manufactures exported 



Total annual mauufafture/ 8,000,000 



Flanders lace admitted for the benefit of the 



woolen manuf'.fture 

 Woolen manufacture exempted from duty 

 Aft for admitting Flanders lace renewed — a 



duty of 5y'laid on white cloths exported 

 Act for fealing cloth, and preventing frauds 



J739 Eftimate of people in the manufacture 

 1744 Fine light cloth cheaper in France than in 

 England j . . 



J643 



1700 



1707 



•7»7 



•3' 



'33 



>39 

 "■U 

 US 

 'T 

 21 1 



22c 



532 



22i 



^50 

 »Si 

 *75 

 310 



3" 



3'3 

 3^7 



3^7 



365 

 377 



381 



35: 



40 8 

 424 



4;7 

 481 



499 

 5^3 

 529 



5*9 



577 

 59' 

 593 



6i« 



620 



704 

 707 

 707 



709 

 709 



738 



13S 



2Sl 



■240 



1765,1766 M:iniifacliireinYoik-flrue regtilatcd iii,4iS,44,f 



Exports from Norfolk, York, Aberdeen, to 



Holland ... - 4it 



1770 VtiIuc of cxportsabovc /^4,ooo,ooo - 50«» 

 1774 Act to prevent embezzlement . 553 



1776 Machinery deftroycd at Shepton-Millet 591 



1777 Committee to prevent frauds in combing, &c 6oi 



Value iif exports in 5 years . - 6ot 



Manufacture employs 1,500,000 people - 6oj 



Work-people to be punillied for embezzling 60K 



1752 DclhuClion of wool jn goods made fvlony 711 



1753 Quantity made in York-diir^.' 17:7-1783 iv, 15 



Annual value of the manufacture cliimated 



1784 Committee to punifli frauds in Suffolk 



Same regulation extended toother (hires 

 Duty on export of white cloth explained 

 Dellruition of wooleus made felony in Scotland 

 Ai5t ag lind frauds in combing, reeling, &c 

 Maclunery for combing wool invented 

 Woolcoinbcrs may turn toolh.'r bufinelTes 

 Exports of woolen goods in 10 years 

 1800 Quantity made in York-(hire 1 784-1 Soo 



Eftimate of woolen goods in tlie whole king- 

 dom, and (tate of tlie trade 



1771 Worcfjler — improvements enacted - iii, 

 i8oo*jrnV:>!» ufed in Arabia 



10S6 3^i/{Af0i/r//hasfi(hermen . . i, 



1208 Foreigners licenced to trade in Yarmouth 

 1220 The chief feat of the herring fifhery 

 1238 Difappointed of the fale of herrings by the ir. 

 ruplion of the Tatars 

 Appears to have much fliipping 

 The (hipping ordered againll Flanders 



1785 

 17S8 

 1789 

 1791 

 '794 

 '795 

 '799 



«5 



4^ 



7» 



171 



l8i( 



2»i 



291 



3 5" 

 487 

 S^S 



5»« 

 5',1 

 i, « 



30'> 

 374 

 JS4 



1310 

 1322 



3S9 

 47S 



- - . . - 494 



'399 Yarmoutli furnillies red herrings to the king 525 

 1344 Seems equal to London in (hipping 53')535 



1357 Yarmouth herring fair regulated by law 556 



Yarn — The importation oflinen yarn is authorized by the 



afts for bounty on exportation oflinen. — See Linen. 

 '799 Quantities of linen and woolen yarn imported 



1771-1799 - - - Jv, 469.470 



Convoy duty altered on fome yarns - 473 



Ylot varioudy calculated . . i, 69,70 



46*Regulated by Julius Casfar and Sofigenes iiS 



1077 AHo by the Sultan Gelaleddin - - 301 



I 292||The true period of it known to R. Bacon 451 



1582 The diforder of the year reftified by Pope Gre. 



gory - . . - ii, 17s 



1700 New (tile adoped in the Netherlands and Ger- 

 many - - - 709 

 And now in the Britilh dominions . ii',2Sj 

 \York ( Eboracum) 3. 'S.omd.ncoXony - 1,190 

 The chief city of Britain — Severus dies in it 199 

 And alfo Conitantius - - 205 

 The fee of a biflio^i, and capital of Maxima 205,204 



23J 

 = 3» 



276 



'75' 

 170 

 210 

 306 



3'4 



628'jj A church of (lone built in \ ork 

 674 Money coined in it 



796 Is the capital of Northumberland, has a lib- 

 rary ... 

 9S2 Is larger than London 

 Before 1066 Enjoyed fome exemptions 294,296,297 

 ii56||Tradei with Germany and Ireland - 331 

 1190 A dreadful maflTacre of the ]ews in York 350 

 1544 York monopolizes the manufadtmeof coverlets ii, 91 

 I5(i>i547 Said to be much decayed - 87,99 

 r736 Population, &c . - iii, 209 

 1764 The gentlemen of York import corn for the 



poor - - - 407 



Ytrk-fnirc — See Halifax, Leeds, &c Woolen nanvfaSure. 

 1461 Woolen manufacture fcems now conliderable 1,674 

 1555 York-fliire exempted from a law intended to 



confine the woolen manuf ifture to towns 11,119 

 1704 Regifter of <itcds in the Well lidmg enacted 7;» 



