A Source-Book of English Social History

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Author

Jones, M. E. Monckton (Mary Evelyn Monckton)

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E-text prepared by Cindy Horton, MWS, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Great Britain -- Economic conditions

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54878

Release Date

June 10, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A SOURCE-BOOK OF ENGLISH SOCIAL HISTORY
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.CHAPTER I SAXON VILLAGE AND MANORIAL SYSTEMS — INTRODUCTORY NOTES — SAXON LAWS OR DOOMS — ETHELBERT — OF THE DOOMS OF INE — ALFRED’S DOOMS — FURTHER SERIES — EDWARD AND GUTHRUM — LAWS OF ATHELSTANE, A.D. 925 — ETHELRED, A.D. 1008 — CHURCH RULES — BOUNDARY DISPUTE SETTLED, A.D. 896 — MANORIAL SYSTEM — BATTLE ABBEY CUSTUMALS — MANOR OF ALSISTUN, SUSSEX (p. XVIII) — CUSTOMARY TENANTS — DUTIES OF FOUR COTTARS (p. XX)
5. 5.CHAPTER II GILDS — INTRODUCTORY NOTES — USAGES OF WINCHESTER — BRISTOL [later regulations] — GILD MASTERS SANCTIONED BY THE MAYOR — PETITION OF THE GILD OF FULLERS OF BRISTOL TO THE TOWN AUTHORITIES (p. 284) — ADAM OF GLOUCESTER — GILD OF ST. MICHAEL ON THE HILL, LINCOLN — GILD OF THE TAILORS, EXETER — THE LIVERY COMPANIES — THE COMPANY OF SKINNERS, A.D. 1598
6. 6.CHAPTER III MEDIÆVAL LIFE AND EXPLORATIONS — INTRODUCTORY NOTES — ABBEY OF CROYLAND — DOMESDAY RECORDS — KNIGHTHOOD, C. A.D. 1066 — BURNING OF CROYLAND ABBEY — LIFE OF AN ABBOTT. ELEVENTH CENTURY — EXPLORATIONS — RUBRUQUIS’ ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY FROM CONSTANTINOPLE INTO THE CRIMEA: AND OF THE NOMAD TARTARS AND CHINESE — MARCO POLO
7. 7.CHAPTER IV THIRTEENTH CENTURY LONDON — INTRODUCTORY NOTES — THE MINT — OFFICERS [IN 1722] — COINAGE — A.D. 1247 — A.D. 1257 — A.D. 1278 — A.D. 1300 — ALIENS — A.D. 1268 — A.D. 1269 — A.D. 1270 — RIGHTS OF THE CITIZENS OF LONDON — A.D. 1246 — JURISDICTION DISPUTED — 1247 — A.D. 1248 — A.D. 1249 — A.D. 1250 — A.D. 1253 — A.D. 1254 — EFFECTS OF BARONS’ WAR UPON THE CITY — A.D. 1260 — A.D. 1262 — A.D. 1262 — AWARD OF THE KING OF FRANCE MADE BETWEEN THE KING AND THE BARONS — A.D. 1265 — FOOD SUPPLIES AND REGULATIONS — ASSISE OF WINE: DISPUTED. A.D. 1256. — METHODS OF WEIGHING — A.D. 1256 — A.D. 1257. — KING’S PRISAGE. A.D. 1257 — A.D. 1262 — LIQUID MEASURES. A.D. 1264 — FISHING REGULATIONS. A.D. 1269 — A.D. 1269 — A.D. 1270 — A.D. 1271 — MEASURES — A.D. 1273 — C. A.D. 1293 — FAMINE — A.D. 1313 — 1315 — DISPUTED ELECTION OF MAYOR — A.D. 1271 — ACCUSATIONS AGAINST A MAYOR — A.D. 1271 — ANTI-SEMITE RIOTS — A.D. 1262 — A.D. 1263 — FLESH SOLD BY JEWS. A.D. 1273 — JEW CLIPPERS OF COINAGE. A.D. 1278 — A.D. 1284 — A.D. 1289 — SWORDS FORBIDDEN. A.D. 1319 — EDWARD II AND LONDON. A.D. 1321 — PRIVATE EXPENSES OF EDWARD II — BATTLE OF SLUYS. A.D. 1339. — FOURTEENTH CENTURY PRICES — HOUSEHOLD OF THOMAS, EARL OF LANCASTER
8. 8.CHAPTER V FIFTEENTH CENTURY LIFE — INTRODUCTORY NOTES — ORDINANCES RESPECTING TOURNAMENTS — ORDER OF THE TOURNAMENT — WAGES IN THE TIME OF KING HENRY VI, A.D. 1443 — PETITION FOR THE COINAGE OF HALFPENCE AND FARTHINGS, A.D. 1444 — FOR THE SAFEGUARD OF THE SEA — CAPTURE OF FRENCH AND HANSARD SHIPPING, — MISRULE IN NORFOLK — LETTER TO PASTON FROM HIS WIFE, A.D. 1449 — PETITION OF JOHN PASTON, ESQ. — PETITION OF THE COMMONS TO HENRY VI IN 1460 ON BEHALF OF WALTER CLERK, M.P. — CONDITION OF RELIGIOUS HOUSES — VISITATION OF BARDNEY — CATESBY PRIORY — SIXTEENTH CENTURY ENCLOSURES, A.D. 1549 — GRIEVANCES OF CAMBRIDGE MEN. (EXAMPLES) — RIOTERS’ BALLAD JAKE OF THE NORTH
9. 9.CHAPTER VI EXPLORATION — INTRODUCTORY NOTES — COLUMBUS — MEMORIAL OF THE SECOND VOYAGE WITH COMMENTS THEREUPON OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA — LETTER ABOUT THE THIRD VOYAGE — LETTER RELATING TO FOURTH VOYAGE — NEW LIGHT ON DRAKE
10. 10.CHAPTER VII ILLUSTRATIONS OF LIFE IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES — INTRODUCTORY NOTES — LONDON THE HANSA LEAGUE’S HOUSE IN LONDON — CHANGES IN LONDON — CAUSES OF THE FIRE OF LONDON — THE REBUILDING OF THE CITY — RULES AND DIRECTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN THE REBUILDING — LONDON NIGHT-WATCHES — WRESTLING AT SKINNER’S WELL — THE USE OF ARMS. C. 1588 — THE EMBASSY OF SIR THOMAS ROE — LETTER TO THE EAST INDIA CO., 24 NOV., 1616 — LETTER TO MASTER SECRETARY WYNWODE, NOV. 30, 1616 — EAST INDIA COMPANY COURT MINUTES — A COURT OF COMMITTEES, AUGUST 4, 1641 — YOUNG COURTIER’S LIFE IN LONDON, C. 1630 — PRIVILEGES OF AMBASSADORS, C. 1635 — VENICE — EXPERIENCES OF A SOLDIER — FLANDERS, A.D. 1633 — A TREATISE ... CONCERNING ... THE METHOD FOR KEEPING A COURT LEET — DRAINING OF THE FENS — THE POWTES COMPLAINT
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII EIGHTEENTH CENTURY EXTRACTS — INTRODUCTORY NOTES — A DEFENCE OF DISSENT — SECTIONS OF DISSENTERS, 1705 — EIGHTEENTH CENTURY HOME INDUSTRIES — YORKSHIRE. LEEDS CLOTH MARKET. — THE WEST RIDING, 1724 — THE COAL TRADE — INDIA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY — CAUSES OF THE LOSS OF CALCUTTA — INFLUENCE OF ENGLISH MERCHANTS ON COLONIAL POLICY — AMERICAN NON-IMPORTATION POLICY — A PETITION FOR RECONCILIATION, 1775 — AMERICAN APPEAL TO FRANCE, JANUARY 5, 1775 — EFFECT OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE ON EUROPE — LETTER FROM FRANKLIN AND DEANE, PARIS, 1777 — POLITICAL DISCUSSIONS RESULTING, 1788 — INVENTORS OF MACHINERY — JAMES’ ACCOUNT OF HARGREAVES — ARKWRIGHT OVERRATED — CROMPTON’S MULE — THE BANKING-HOUSE OF COUTTS & CO. — ROMAN ROADS IN YORKSHIRE — THE ROMAN WALL — LANCASTER — MARLING — MANCHESTER — NEWCASTLE — AMERICAN TRADE — EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ENCLOSURES — PRICE OF LABOUR — PRICES OF LABOUR IN THE MANUFACTURING TOWNS (SUMMARIZED) — INCOME OF THE SOIL OF ENGLAND — ROADS — CHILDREN IN FACTORIES
12. 12.INDEX
13. 13.Untitled
14. 14.FOOTNOTES
15. 15.Untitled

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