169, 182.

Nottinghamshire, 8, 22, 78, 116, 144, 172, 237, 276, 283, 306n., 308, 309.

Nowton, Suffolk, 57.

Nucleated villages, 5.

Nuts, 136.


O

Oak timber,
value of, 137;
Coke's, 225-6.

Oakham, 110.

Oats, 20, 33, 65, 91, 124, 135-8, 142, 155, 227, 305, 331-2, 353;
cost of growing, in 1770, 199;
produce, per acre, in 1712, 105n.;
in 1770, 197-9;
profit on, 180. (See Prices.)

Occupiers of land, 355.

'Old Comely', 216.

Olives, 93, 136.

Onions, 143, 332.

Open parishes, 158, 284.

Oranges, 93.

Orchards, 17, 128, 131, 143, 186, 188, 255, 332;
seventeenth century, 135-6.

Owners and occupiers, percentage of, 334.

Owners of Land, return, 260-1.

Owners, small, see Holders, small.

Ox teams, 16, 31, 64, 84, 143, 147, 153, 191, 204, 340.

Oxen,
description of, in 1592, 104;
value of, 19, 20, 35, 57, 66, 114. (See Cattle, price of.)

Oxford, 63, 273, 338.

Oxford Down sheep, 275, 288, 344, 345.

Oxfordshire, 24, 40, 78, 99, 145, 151.


P

Pack-horses, use of, 138.

Packing fruit in seventeenth century, 129, 130.

Paring and burning, 141, 153.

Parsnips, 143.

Pasture, breaking up, 218.

Pasture,
common, 2, 4, 16, 19, 73, 99, 113, 195;
often worth little, 256;
permanent, in Holdings Act, 299;
extent of, in 1688, 155;
in 1770, 196;
ploughed up during French War, 243;
sparing, 124.

Pasture land, price of, 41, 59, 115-7, 139.

Patents, 113, 236.

Peaches, 15, 93, 136.

Pears, 15, 93, 130, 131, 136, 143, 329, 333.

Peas, 33, 69, 124, 155, 200, 227, 331-2, 353.

Peasants' revolt, 60.

Peel's drainage loans, 272.

Penalty for breaking up pasture, 178.

Perry, 130.

Pestilences, 38, 42, 68, 79.

Piecework, 28, 163, 206.

Pigeons, number of, 49, 96, 105, 143, 244, 274, 275.

Pigs,
export of, 330;
feeding, 16, 125;
foot-and-mouth disease attacks, 290;
import of, 326;
number of, 333-4;
profit on, in 1763, 200;
size of, in 1592, 104;
value of, 20, 35n., 96, 200-3;
varieties of, 170, 346.
(See Prices.)

Pinchbeck, 103.

Pitt, William, 238, 239.

Plat, Sir Hugh, 127, 152.

Plattes, Gabriel, 76, 127.

Pleuro-pneumonia, see Cattle plagues.

Plot, 145.

Plough, eleventh- and twelfth-century, 17.

Ploughing,
cost of, 33, 65, 135, 141, 177, 179, 246;
months for, 17, 124.

Ploughland, the, 16, 18.

Ploughs and ploughing, 65, 83, 113, 125, 129, 135, 143, 150,
153, 177, 191, 203, 217, 218, 225, 273, 342, 354.

Plums, 15, 93, 130, 131, 136, 329, 332.

Poaching, 48;
by labourers, 55, 210, 248, 282, 291.

Population of England, 79, 89, 111, 120, 140, 156, 160, 163, 211, 240, 287.

Pork, price of, see Prices.

Porter, 'Progress of Nation,' 276, 279, 286, 287.

Portugal, exports to, 349.

Potatoes, 106, 107, 112, 187, 191, 194, 227, 318, 331-3, 353;
disease, 277.

Poultry, 41n., 66, 80, 132, 169, 170 (see Prices);
carrying, to London,171.

Praepositus, 12.

Precarii, or boon days, 9.

Precious metals,
influx of, 89, 111;
scarcity of, 66n.

Prices:
Apples, 15, 65, 188, 189.
Bacon and pork, 96, 102, 238, 239, 263, 313, 334.
Barley, 20, 35, 69, 114, 133, 138, 142, 155, 179, 223, 247,
312, 347, 350-3.
Beans, 35, 155, 180, 347.
Beef, 96, 102, 114, 164, 206n., 239, 240, 241, 242, 247, 262, 263, 265.
Bread, 206n., 207n., 223, 230, 242n., 280, 285, 286, 291.
Butter, 33, 66, 114, 206n., 241, 247, 285-6, 312, 334, 347.
Carts, 203.
Cattle, 19, 20, 35, 41, 65, 89, 105, 114, 119, 133, 146, 163, 165n.,
167, 169, 203, 235, 263, 307, 312, 347.
Cheese, 173-4, 206n., 241, 242, 312, 334, 347.
Clover, 166.
Eighteenth century, 145, 160, 163, 164, 165n., 166, 167, 169, 170,
172, 173-4, 179, 180, 186, 188, 189, 200, 203, 206n., 222, 223, 227,
229, 230, 231, 237, 238, 239, 240, 285, 341, 355.
Fifteenth century, 40, 66, 69, 355.
Fourteenth century, 39, 40, 41, 59, 65, 327, 355.
Flax, 152.
Grapes, 144.
Harness, 203.
Hay, 157, 165n., 166, 241-2, 262, 347.
Hops, 87, 89, 150, 247, 298, 330, 347.
Horses, 19, 20, 35, 36, 114, 142, 165n., 203, 347, 355.
Horse-shoes, 96.
Implements, 83, 138.
Malt, 89, 240, 241.
Milk, 168, 170, 312.
Mutton, 96, 10-2, 206n., 239, 240, 241, 247, 262, 263, 265, 313, 334.
Nineteenth century, 227, 235, 240, 242-4, 245, 247-8, 262, 263, 264-6,
267, 277-81, 285, 287, 293, 295, 296, 305, 306, 307, 312, 324,
329, 330, 334.
Oats, 20, 35, 69, 114, 138, 155, 180, 223, 241, 312, 347, 350-3.
Peas, 69, 155, 200, 247.
Pedigree cattle, 234, 235.
Pigs, 20, 41, 96, 200, 203, 347.
Potatoes, 106.
Poultry and eggs, 41, 96, 114, 133, 170, 247, 347.
Rabbits,174.
Rams, 202, 215, 235.
Rollers, 203.
Rye, 4, 16, 91, 125, 133, 138, 155, 347.
Saffron, 106.
Seventeenth century, 89, 110, 111, 114, 118, 119, 127, 133-4, 138,
142, 144, 146, 150, 152, 157, 159, 160, 328, 355.
Sheep, 20, 3511., 36, 41, 80, 114, 138, 165n., 203, 206n., 263,
312, 347.
Sixteenth century, 80, 87, 89, 95, 96, 102-6, 109, 355.
Straw, 179, 180.
Tenth century, 19.
Thirteenth century, 33, 35, 39, 355.
Twelfth century, 20.
Vetches, 155.
Waggons, 203-4.
Wheat, 20, 35, 66, 69, 89, 110, 114, 133, 134, 138, 142, 155,
157, 160, 163, 164, 179, 186, 223, 231, 237, 238, 239, 240,
241, 242-4, 247-8, 262, 265, 277-8, 281, 293, 306, 312,
334, 347, 350-3, 355.
Wine, 145.
Wool, 39, 40, 80, 89, 96, 114, 118, 119, 142, 163, 172, 173,
223, 239, 242, 285-6, 306, 312, 327, 328, 329, 347.

Prickly comfrey, 237.

Proclamation as to wages and prices, 42.

Production, increased cost of, 295, 313.

Prosperity,
agricultural, 28, 101, 114, 103, 183, 210-1, 229, 243-4, 246,
264, 287;
during French War, 243-6, 247, 264.

Protecting fruit from blight, Sec., 187.

Protection,
effect of, 250, 278-9, 281;