A History of Agriculture and Prices in England : From the Year after the Oxford Parliament (1259) to the Commencement of the Continental War (1793) (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Introductory; 2. Agriculture in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; 3. On the distribution of wealth in England from 1583 to 1702; 4. Currency; 5. Trade and markets; 6. Taxation and finance; 7. On the price of grain; 8. On the price of hops; 9. On the prices of hay and straw; 10. Minor agricultural products; 11. On the price of stock and meat; 12. Dairy produce, eggs and poultry; 13. On candles, tallow, and fuel; 14. Wool, hides, and bark; 15. On the price of fish; 16. On the price of salt; 17. On the price of foreign produce; 18. On the price of materials; 19. On the price of building materials; 20. On the price of textile fabrics. Linen; 21. On the price of textile fabrics. Cloth, etc.; 22. On the price of paper, etc., parchment, etc., and rope; 23. Labour and wages; 24. Sundries; 25. On the cost of carriage; 26. On prices generally between 1583 and 1702; 27. The condition of the tenant farmer, 1583?1702; 28. On the purchasing power of wages; Index.