Statute of Maintenance, 221, _note_ 1; of Merchants, 156; of Mortmain, 219, 246-7
Steward of King’s house, his jurisdiction, 209
Sturmys of Bristol, sends a ship to the East, 115
Sussex, miners of, their evil reputation in Middle Ages, 415
Swithun, S., the convent of, at Winchester, 322, 323, _see_ Winchester
Sword, of mayor of Norwich, 246; of mayor of Lynn, 293
Taverner, John, builds a “carrack” at Hull, 89
Tax on wool farmed by Lübeck merchants, 83
Taxation, changes in, 27, _note_ 1; of cloth, 81, _note_ 1; illegal, controlled by Commons, 25, _note_ 3; internal, of towns, 139, 355-357; interference with, in Norwich, 219, _note_ 4
Teutonic Order banishes English traders from Prussia, 66
Tin-works, Cornish, rented by Lübeck merchants, 83
Tolbooth at Norwich, 239; Court at Lynn, 286, 288; Port, at Lynn, 294
Tolls of cloth-exporters and staplers compared, 52; on export, 90, _note_ 2; for Merchant Adventurers, fixed by charter in Burgundy, 96; freedom from, granted to burghers, 183
Totnes, jurisdiction of the lord’s bailiff in, 252-3; disputes between lord and tenants, 252; poverty in 1449, 159; wooden belfry replaced by stone tower, 160; Guild under Henry II. and John, 251; rights claimed by, 251-2; Merchant Guild, 175, _note_; water-bearers, 157, _note_
Towns, English, their importance in fifteenth century, 1; significance of their history, 8-10; beginning of municipal history, 11; contrast of their history with that of French communes, 29-32; their lowly beginnings, 33; relation to the Government, 27; importance of their internal administration, 20; their contribution to the reorganization of society, 23, 24; progress up to fourteenth century, 10-12; in fourteenth century, 13; place in history of fifteenth century, 40-44; fallen condition in 1835, 5, 6; attitude in Wars of Roses, 164; ratify Henry VII.’s treaties with Burgundy, 4; their self-contained and self-dependent life, 125; changes in their condition through increase of industry and commerce, 171; amusements in, 145-153; assemblies, 223; “common barges,” 140; preservation of boundaries and “liberties,” 134; common lands, 136, 137; common revenue, 139; competition and commercial jealousy in, 163; corporate property, 138; criers, 161, 162, 180; duties, 4; duty of citizens to chief magistrate and community, 126; military duties, 129-131; military discipline, 127, 128; freedom of election, 5; its decay, 6, 7; festivals, 149, 152, 153; financial responsibility, 140, 165-167; refusal to take up the franchise, 186; forced labour in, 141, 142; extent of their jurisdiction, 3, 190-193, 333-8; right of criminal jurisdiction in, 2; election of mayor, 12; officers’ duties and responsibilities, 186; representation in Parliament, 4, 7, 24, 25; patronage of nobles sought by, 216; paving of, 18, _note_; political feeling in, 60, 61; privileges forfeited, 247, _note_ 3; their protection extended to men who were not free citizens, 189; provisions for relief of the poor, 41, _note_ 2; ranks and classes of men in, 189-196; conflicting rights in, 309-311; their self-government, 1-3; self-taxation, 2; distribution of taxes in, 355, _note_ 2; regulation of trade, 2, 3; watch and ward, 132, 133; water-supply in, 19; condition of the working classes in, 195; public works, 141; on ancient demesne, 227-229; dependent on other boroughs, 227, _note_; on ecclesiastical estates, 227, 277-281; on feudal estates, 250-1; subject to monastic rule, 295; seaport, their duties during Hundred Years’ War, 128, 129; of the Staple, 46; _see_ Boroughs