. 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 . e well-to-do London goldsmiths weredoubtless unwilling to compete for the meagi-e pittance offered by the foreignfarmers or contractors, and it was more than once found necessary to resortto the expedient of imprisoning native workmen by force, an exercise ofauthority which was one of the reputed liberties of the Mint. 154 THE COySOLIDATIOy OF HIE KIXGDOM. TheGuilds. 11274 lULiit as to the buiietits derived
. 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 . e well-to-do London goldsmiths weredoubtless unwilling to compete for the meagi-e pittance offered by the foreignfarmers or contractors, and it was more than once found necessary to resortto the expedient of imprisoning native workmen by force, an exercise ofauthority which was one of the reputed liberties of the Mint. 154 THE COySOLIDATIOy OF HIE KIXGDOM. TheGuilds. 11274 lULiit as to the buiietits derived from this connection, andthe English clothworlvcrs were in a highly favoured |)siti(in. iJesides the colonics experts in thewestern and eastern counties,other trades were settled inf^ngland, such as the clock-makers, and the elaborateMnnptnary laws of the periodwere probably designed foriho encouragement of nativemanufacturers. In the casei>f native industries the gold-smiths trade was entirelyiTorganiscd at the end ofIvlward reign, and thewell-known trademark of thecompany was, by direction ofthe Crown, atfixed to alltrades, however, were still indi-. FOLDIX(i CLOTH. {A rclnmlogiad Miist^iiiiu Camhridrie.) silver plate. The remaininvidually regulated bythcirgc iverning bodies,althiingli all had bene-fited greatly \)y thedi]>lomatic and legis-lative activity of theperiod. The towns of Eng-land in the fourteentlicentury Avcre jiassingthrougli a period oftransition from ageneral to a sperialform of self-govern-nient for purposes oftra(U. ISy degrees alltowns of any import-ance had alreadyacquired the privileges that were essential to freedom of trade
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