INDEX 



479" 



Peasants' Revolt, 4, 190, note 6, 224. 



Penalties, nature of, pt. i, ch. ii, 

 s. 5, See also Imprisonment, 

 Stocks and Money penalties. 



Petitions, 6*-y*; in parliament, 2, 

 5, 15, note 5, 18-19, 23, 25-27, 

 40, 43, note 2, 44, 45, note 2, 

 46, 49-50, 52, 54, 58-59, 105, 

 107-109, 130, 136, 140, 180; 

 from abbot of Pippewell, 93; 

 from archbishop of Canterbury, 

 142; from Carthusians, 93, 147; 

 from communities, looetseq., 

 123 et seq.; from county of 

 Hereford, 29; of Lancaster, 29; 

 of Northampton, 125-126; of 

 Northumberland, 35; of Sur- 

 rey, 29; from lords of fran- 

 chises, 164, 216* et seq.; from 

 magnates of Warwick and Lei- 

 cester, 23-24, 146. 



Petrushevsky, quotations from, 4, 

 note 2, 222, 223. 



Pipe Rolls, 59, 135, 145, 257*-258*. 



Placita de Scaccario, 256*. 



Plague, see Black Death. 



PlaintilTs, 66, 70, 82-83, 180-182, 

 193, note I, 213. 



Plea Rolls, 167. 169-171, 213. See 

 also Coram Regeand De Banco 

 Rolls and Records. 



Pledges, 68, 84-86. 



Ploughmen, 80, 91, 182-183. 



Presentments, see Juries and Con- 

 stables. 



Price clause, 72, Ti, 75-77, 82-84, 

 154, 161, 174-175- 



Prices, rise of, before Black Death, 

 87; after Black Death, 4-5, 81- 

 82, 87; sources for statistics of, 

 57, 88; specific instances of, 

 89-91; regulations of, previous 

 to 1349, 4-5, 155 et seq., 160; 

 by ordinance, 72; by statute, 

 ^Z^ by justices of labourers, 76; 

 effect of statutes on, 220-221. 



Quarter sessions, pt. i, ch. ii; dates 

 of, 58; length of, 47-48, 58-59; 

 place of, 59-60; broken up by 

 violence, 93-94; records of, 57, 

 61, et seq.; conflict of jurisdic- 

 tion between, and old local 

 courts, 138-139. 153-154, 164- 

 165; main work of, 77-79, 174, 

 179. 



Reasonable price, 4, 88, 154, 219, 



Rebate system, 118. 



Records, general account of, 3*- 



I 4*; of actions in central courts, 



167, 169 et seq., 187, 214. See 



also Plea Rolls, Coram Rege 



Rolls and De Banco Rolls. 



Red Book of the Exchequer, 41 

 et seq. 



Registrutn Brevium, 167, 170, 174- 

 17s, 177-178. 



Reports, 167 et seq., 187. See also 

 Year Books. 



Retention of another's servant, 

 actions for, 74, 95, 158-160, 

 162, 175, 181, 197,206; form of 

 writ, 174-175, 177-178. See 

 also Contract clause. Defend- 

 ants and Employers. 



Ridings, 37 et seq. 



Rogers, quotations from, 4-5, 88. 



Savine, quotations from, 165, note 

 3, 204, note 4, 205, note i. 



Security, 82-83. See also Pledges. 



Seneschals, 66, 72>, 94, 187. 



Servants, wages of, 71-73; ambig- 

 uity of term, 79-80: definition 

 of, 182-183. See also Em- 

 ployees, Household servants. 

 Agricultural labourers and Ar- 

 tisans. 



Service by usual terms, 74, 191- 

 192; form of writ, 174-175. 



Sheriffs, duties of, 12, note 4, 24, 

 2,3, 36, 39, 42, 44, 52-54, 61- 

 62, 66-69, loi. 105, 131, et seq., 

 144, 145, 161; delinquencies of, 

 116, 119, 137; Accounts of, 

 257*; States and Views of 

 Accounts of, 256*; Sheriff's 

 Turn, 155. 



Special justices of labourers, see 

 Lords of franchises. 



Specialty, \S7 et seq., 189-190, 195, 

 note 4. 



Statham, 167. 



Statutes, 7*-8*; 9 Edw. HI, st. i, c. 

 5, 65, note 4: 25 Edw. HI, st. 

 2, cc.i-7(Statute of Labourers), 

 enactment of, 2; supplements 

 first ordinance, 2, 13-14, 72; 

 less important than first ordin- 

 ance, 179; re-enacts second 

 ordinance, 105; analysis of 

 clauses of, 14, 58, 66, 72-73, 



