Adamson, William, lease of Liverpool ferm to, 271, _note_ 2
Admiral, appointment of mayor as, 234; his jurisdiction, _ib._, _note_ 2; of Norwich, 245; of the Cinque Ports, his jurisdiction, 392
Adventurers, Merchant, 90; their rivalry with Staple and Hanse, 94, 95; organized by charter, 95, 96; by Henry VII., 96; growth of their privileges, _ib._; settlement at Antwerp, 97, 98; struggle for free trade in cloth in the Netherlands, 99-101; struggle with the staplers, 101-103; with Hanseatic League, 103-111; organization in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, 106; supported by Henry VII., 111, 112; their triumph in the north, 114; progress from Edward III. to Henry VII., 122
Aletot, tax paid by Rye to Fécamp, 387, _note_ 1
Alexandria, centre of Mediterranean traffic, 77
Alien, judicial combat in Fordwich with, 221, _note_ 2
Andover, punishment for breach of public duty in, 181, _note_ 2
Antwerp, trade of English Adventurers at, 94; capital of the Merchant Adventurers, 97, 98; succeeds Bruges as a centre of commerce, 100; conference at, 113
Apprenticeship, in towns, sought by country labourers, 194
Arms, view of, at Bridport, 15, 16; at Reading, 16, _note_
Arrest, disputes about rights of, 351-352, 364-367, 372
Assize of wine, bread, and ale, controversy as to, in Exeter, 358-9
Attorneys, their numbers in Norfolk and Norwich limited, 58
Augustine’s, S., convent of, Canterbury, its agreement with Christchurch, 369; disputes with the town, 371-3; owner of Fordwich, 412; compromise with Fordwich, 414
Aylesbury, evasions of watch and ward in, 133
Aynesargh, Richard de, lease of Liverpool to, 271, _note_ 2
Bailiff, commander of the town in war, 128; his appointment as king’s steward and marshal, 236; capital, of Hereford, 229, 319-320; election of, in Liverpool, 270; of wards in Norwich, 240, 243, 245, 246; of Romney, 404-406; of the king, in Sandwich, 400-402
Baltic, English Merchant Adventurers in, 95
Barge, the admiral’s, 245; common, of towns, 87, 140; of Ipswich, 85, _note_ 2; of London, 87, _note_ 3; of Romney, 87, 88
Barnstaple, granted to Sir John Cornwall and the Countess of Huntingdon, 253; its ferm, &c., in 1273, _ib._, _note_ 3; its traditions as borough in ancient demesne, 253-255; byelaws of, 254; “Burgesses of the Wynde” in, _ib._; complaints of lords of, about authority claimed by burghers, _ib._; inquisition as to franchises of, 255; charters, _ib._; market, 253, _note_ 3; Long Bridge, _ib._; its wealth in thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, _ib._; seal, 225, _note_