S. Michael, patron of Mercers' Company, 53, 63
Municipal Corporations Act, 127, 136, 156
Norman Conquest, 10 favours trade, 13, 21
Oswestry, 27, 89 rivalry with Shrewsbury, 91-96
Police regulations aided by gilds, 65, 108
Poor maintained by Craft Gilds, 33, 47, 80
Pre-emption, gildmen's right of, 15 royal right of, 145
Privileges of gildsmen, 15, 17, 63, 64, 65
Reformation, its shock to industry, 3, 6, 77 to gilds, 67
Reform movement fatal to companies, 6, 127 and Show, 127
Religious Gilds, 60 of Holy Trinity, 59 of S. Winifred, 31, 59-62 frequently connected with trade, 60
Residence not requisite for membership of Merchant Gild, 18
Schools maintained by Gilds, 33 Lancaster, 109
Shearmen, 5, 32, 59, 79, 83, 90, 103, 117, 120-2
Shrewsbury, its strong individuality, 1 its geographical position, 2 early growth, 2, 3 in Domesday, 11 depressed by Conquest, 11 taken by Henry II., 11 later prosperity, 3 streets and houses, 4 its abbey, 11, 31, 60 castle, 12 peculiarities of its gild history, 5, 40-42 its gild-records, 10, 16 gilds, 4, 36, 58-9 gild hall, 17 gild-chantries, 32, 63, 74, 92 religious gilds, 31, 59-62 Merchant Gild confirmed, 14, 25, 146 incorporation of Craft Gilds, 58-9 early history of, 55-76 Reformation changes, 77-97 obtains monopoly of Welsh cloth trade, 3, 91-7 rivalry with Coventry, 63 in 16th century, 76, 79 with Oswestry in the 17th century, 89-96 with Chester, 92 with London, 92, 124 typical of the 17th century, 4, 122-5 influence of machinery upon, 4 later degeneracy of its companies, 98-112, 129-139 Shrewsbury Show, 113-127, 137 Tensers of, (Appendix 155) and other towns, 147 etymology, 149-150 their fines, 150 status, 152-154 privileges, 147, 155 relations with burgesses, 155 later history, 155
Social life changed by newer conditions, 1, 123
Tailors, 28, 32, 36, 38, 41, 44, 57, 59, 83, 84, 88, 89, 101, 117
Thegn-right obtained by three voyages, 48
Tolls paid by ungildated merchants, 146-156
Towns, growth of, in twelfth century, 10, 21 differed little from country, 12, 21 trade their _raison-d'être_, 13 town gild, 13, 31 struggle of classes in continental, 9 but not in English, 9 growth of select body, 19, 105
Trade favoured by Conquest, 10, 13, 35 expansion of, 20 localisation of, 31