. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . yatfected the mass of the fact, Henry VII. distinctlyfavoured the industrial that their bring money into histreasury, and that their growinginriuence would help to balancetlie power of the turliulentnobles, whose ancestors had in-volved the country in so manycivil brawls aiid shaken thepower of so many kings. England was still mainlyagricultiu-al. Tlio cliief i
. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . yatfected the mass of the fact, Henry VII. distinctlyfavoured the industrial that their bring money into histreasury, and that their growinginriuence would help to balancetlie power of the turliulentnobles, whose ancestors had in-volved the country in so manycivil brawls aiid shaken thepower of so many kings. England was still mainlyagricultiu-al. Tlio cliief industrywas still the producing of wool .-uid other raw material whichforeigners workeil up (p. .S-iii). But we had already begun tomanufacture our own cloth. As i^arly as 1381, Edward invited Flemish weavers, fullers, and dyers to settle inEngland. These had tauglit their trades to Englishmen;and by the accession of Henry VII. our artisans were ablenot merely to supply nuich of the home demand, but also tosell their goods to foreigners. The agrictdtural changes underwhich unich arable land had been turned into the demand for agricultural work, and many of. AX OrrORTUNITY FOR TRAVKL. (MS. 15091 INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE. 743 the displaced labourers flocked into the towns and graduallyfound employment in manufacture. So that cloth now beganto rank with wool, hides, lead, and tin among the chief exportsfrom England. The export trade was chiefly in the hands of foreigners. TheNevertheless the English ^Merchants of the Staple (chartered Trade,in 1313) had long been considerable exporters of raw the reign of Henry VII. there was a great further develop-ment of the English carrying-trade. The ilerchant Adventiu-ers
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