Food, regulations of its price, 35-37, 43
Foreigners, their position in towns, 90-96; in Norwich, 320; fine paid by, in Romney, 91, _note_ 1; tax on, in Sandwich, 91, 320, 429; in Southampton, 289, 293, 320
Forest laws and officers, exemption of Nottingham from, 328
Forestalling, 39, 50, 54; at Nottingham, 50, _note_ 1
Fork, first mention of, in England, 74, _note_ 1
France, its wine trade with Bristol, 73; appointment of guild officer in, 130; settlers from, in English towns, 320; communes of, 321
Franchise in Lynn, settlers not obliged to take up, 408. _See_ Freedom
Franchises of Norwich forfeited, 367, 389, 391-393; restored, 391, 394; of Nottingham forfeited, 332
Freedom of borough obtained by becoming member of craft, 186; terms of admission to, in Nottingham, 325; loss of, for helping “foreign” merchant, 39; traders of Norwich ordered to take up, 400
Freemen generally members of craft guilds, 190; their right to attend meetings, 224; of Norwich must belong to craft guild, 383
Fullers of Coventry set up fraternity with tailors, 208-209
Game laws, men presented for breaking, 246, _note_ 2
Games, attendance of municipal officers at, 256
Gascony, its wine, result of fixing price of, 139; its wool trade with Southampton, 290; trade of Lynn with, 404
Gate, the Water, at Southampton, 291, 294, _note_ 1
Genoa, its relations with Jacques Cœur, 81; trade with Southampton, 289, 291; carracks, 302, 305, _note_ 1
Genoese, grant of Henry IV. to, 290; merchants at Southampton, 290, 291; Southampton burnt by, 295
“Gentleman”, drapers and clothiers admitted to rank of, 68
Gentry, country, marry traders, 78-80; take office in municipal government, 79
German, a, town clerk at Winchester, 261; merchants, their organization at Lynn, 404
Germany, appointment of guild officer in, 130; trade with Southampton, 291, 294
Girdlers of London, Edward III.’s charter to, 143, _note_ 2
Gloucester, its trade, &c., 42; charters, 194, _note_ 1; guild merchant, 194; common council, 287, 354
Gloucester, [Humphry] Duke of, befriends Norwich, 387, 392
Gloucester, [Richard] Duke of, his services to York, 261, _note_ 1
Gloucester, John of, makes bells for Ely cathedral, 54
Glover of Leighton Buzzard, adventures of a, 31-32