The Black book of Southampton

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HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION. XXI.

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XX11. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION.

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HISTORICA L INTRODUCTION. XXIII.

to tis in Somerget an Dorset, besides hos farther aheld, Sucha Oxior and Bristo an Coventry. With the atter town in 1 56 outhampton enlere into an agreement for mutuat exemption rom tol P many years earlier the good of the meno Salisbur ha been admitte to ouiliam pion at ni halithe sua rate. On the whole, it seem possibi that the tradersos outhampton may have been even more Con Cerne with iis inlan trassic than illi iis ea-goin trade. It was not ni apori, it was a Centre so the distribution o good throughout the whole o solatherii England . A the Centur progresse the trade of outhampion, both SeRborne and inland beCam to Some extent modihed. The goodsimporte in reas both in variet ano luxury. The Brohage Book of 44 She many addition to the early lis of goodson hiCh tot was levi ed recorde in the ah ooh. Whi tesoap-an important artici both os impori and of in land trade malvoisy-no hi therio differentiate fromithe wine I sustians, herSey, Ologne thread GenoeS Confections V ere ali arti Cles of trade in the early fleenth centur of whi his mention asmade a hundred ear earlier A time en on the varietyan luxur of the imporis continue to inCrease Litti articles of household Con fori such as eather hed and Cughions bruShes an mirrorS-uppeare in the CuStoms ACCOunis'; mali articles of res lili potnis and spur rare an ricli textiles like elvetan Cloth of old. y abo ut 1 7 the quantity an variet Ofthe luxuries have increased again Cora an amber an satin and roca de ere addet to the imporis. 1 the ther and there seem to e Gessening of the trade in materia is for the Cloth industry such as Oad an alum, hi Ch in the earli eryears of the fifte enth century ad ranked ex to in in thelis of imporis. On the whole, a far a the impori trade WAS

on materials neede to assis in the industry of the Country. Inother Ord the trade a to a reate degre than formerly trade to suppi the demand of the wealthy. This developnient in the natur of the trade a RCCOmpRnied by Certain fluCtuation in iis quantity up to the era of the wars of the Roses trade Seem to have increased Nei ther the warwith FranCe, muggling, O piraC SuffiCedo Seri OUSi CheCk

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XXIV. HISTORICA INTRODUCTION.

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HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION. XXV.

the ArgoeS A greater Among the importer than the exportersiurther suggest that his rapi growth of great Capitalistili cltaken place ather in Ital than in England with the resultthat ni R e , Comparati vel Speal ing of the ri Ches of the Solithampton merChanis Could Compete illi the foret gners and maintain thei places as harer in the impori trade. The natura facilities for expori possessed by the natives of Counir probably CCounts for their having et te maintain edthei position in his branchii trade. Incidental ly the vie that outhampton men ere ardpressed by fore ign Competition in the thir quarter of the

fifteenti Centur receives sonae Confirmation rom the obviolas

hostilit to aliens hicli appear at the en of the rei gn ofHenr V and the egi nning of that o Edward V. The Chancer Rolis at this perio are ut o complaints by aliens

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XXU1. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION.

The en of the Centvry howeVer apparently witnesse a lightreturno the more idely Spread trade of the earlier period. B about 40 trade eem to have revive Somewhat thoughin a ather disserent forna. The trad in cloth and wine addeCreased 'ut the expor of Ool ad again risen, and that oflin ad enormousi in rea sed The Chiel dealers in the alterwere the Venetian merChanis, ho ere eginning to repla Cethe Gonoes a the hie Italian traders illi Solithumpton. The imporis, a betore, a re larget artiCle o luxury, and the hie increas is in exporis. The hips do no se emo have inCreased in number, ut the laclers id, and there as a lightris in the proportion o Englisti importers, hereb SuggeStinga rea ter dissusion o wealth in Sohithampton than ad previolasty been the RSe. The inlati trade hews a simila revivat. The en tran Ce fcaris laclen ith wool in to the own is pertia PS, R more mari edfeatur of the Brokage Book of 1403 than o any of the earlier books On the ther and the Change in the natur of the imporis is manifested by the increas in the wine alien Verland rom ouilia mpton, and the diminution o woad ToCounterba lance his, in as ahen vertando London, and numerou Cari fuit os osti textiles also appea in these

Thus f the conCentration os Conomi power CoinCided, illi an Contribute to the concentration o political ower, theconstitutional reviva may have been CCompanted by a greater diffusion o wealth. This laiter variation seems, however, o stight o have been the ause of the Constitutional revivat in question ut there were ther orces at orti in ovilia mpton hich may avem de to the renewalii the olde Constitutional orm S.

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HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION. XXVII.

deed alter deed a the purChaser of tenement in Sotithampson but his pro es cloes no seemo have e to the permanent Concentration o lan in acie hancis A stud of outhampton will parti expla in this phenomenon. The arsi ill in the

Simila proviso thus accountin for the de ed in the lacti Book hi h he the wido , in ConjunCtion illi her SeCondhusband disposin of her firs hvsband 's tenements. Ven hereth bulli of the tenements are o go to the Children after thewife 's de ease there is frequently a proviso that ome part ithem halli sold fortious purposes. The vi e that here Asno Special tendenCy for lando follo the example os capitalano CCumulate in acie hand is in the whole, Confirme bya Terrier o Surve of Sotithampton ad in 1 55 andio in the Audit House of the own This do tamen is a deSCriptiono the tenements of Solathamptori illi in the walis, giving thenames both of the tenanis and of the wners thereos, togetherwith a description of the parti Cular par of the defenCes, withthe maintenariCe of hicli ea Ch tenement a Charged. his Charge, hen tenement Change ands, is presumabi Covere dby the formula CCurring invariabi in the ConveyariCe in the

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Crowde Cities and the Constant Charage of OwnerShi musthave disposed men in favour iis atri Wide Constitution, incei prevented the Creation o a Clas of hereditar landownerS, whos poSition i Conomi privilege might have conduce tothei exclusive possession o political Ower. The tendenCy thereiore, to the division o lande propertyma in Ome degre have Counterbalance i the esseCt of the ConCentration o Capital, an so have helpedo rende possibi ethe Constitutiona revival an in the fame way the disregardo national la Evince by the outhampton urgesSeS, hiChpreSumabi tende to ligarchy may tomome Xtent have been Counterbal an ed by thei respect so the law of the to n. The ver revival of the old formulae in the later ordinanCes in the BlaCk Book hews a certa in stabilit in Southampion

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own ConSent an in theiriwn interest.

More direct proos of the value et pon locat a is to befound in the industria ordinanCes, of hi Ch one or two areenrolle in the BlaCk Book. Industr in Solathampton undoubted ly CCupie a position inferior o trade, stili it id exist and when an Crait adraised itfelicio a position o importanc it looke to the local

thus appealed for the own's assistanc during the fifteenth

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a hundred hil lings by the taliors Crait This sensiti venessio foret gn Competition appear to have revive in the aliors' Guil toward the end of the fifteenti Centvry. In I 08 si x

subjecti the king.