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The selections presented here are drawn from Tudor Economic Documents, a landmark three-volume collection edited by R.H. Tawney and Eileen Power. These records offer a vivid window into the economic and social life of Tudor England (1485–1603). They include royal proclamations, statutes, court proceedings, letters, charters, trade agreements, and complaints from merchants, farmers, and townspeople. Spanning topics such as agriculture, enclosure, guild regulation, overseas trade, vagrancy, taxation, credit, and monopolies, the documents reflect how England’s economic institutions, practices, and policies evolved during a period of profound change. | {{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="display:none"></span>Documents}}<big>The selections presented here are drawn from ''Tudor Economic Documents'', a landmark three-volume collection edited by R.H. Tawney and Eileen Power. These records offer a vivid window into the economic and social life of Tudor England (1485–1603). They include royal proclamations, statutes, court proceedings, letters, charters, trade agreements, and complaints from merchants, farmers, and townspeople. Spanning topics such as agriculture, enclosure, guild regulation, overseas trade, vagrancy, taxation, credit, and monopolies, the documents reflect how England’s economic institutions, practices, and policies evolved during a period of profound change.</big> | ||
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The selections presented here are drawn from Tudor Economic Documents, a landmark three-volume collection edited by R.H. Tawney and Eileen Power. These records offer a vivid window into the economic and social life of Tudor England (1485–1603). They include royal proclamations, statutes, court proceedings, letters, charters, trade agreements, and complaints from merchants, farmers, and townspeople. Spanning topics such as agriculture, enclosure, guild regulation, overseas trade, vagrancy, taxation, credit, and monopolies, the documents reflect how England’s economic institutions, practices, and policies evolved during a period of profound change.
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- A Bakers' Strike at Chester
- A Brief Summary of the Customs and Subsidy Due on Foreign Commodities Brought to the Port of London by John Saunders (12 April 1585)
- A Capitalist Clothier in Oxfordshire
- A Controversy between the Painters and Plasterers of London
- A Copie of the First Privileges Graunted by the Emperour of Russia to the English Marchants
- A Cotton Trade Partnership
- A Discourse of Corporations
- A Discourse of the Commoditie of the Taking of the Straight of Magellans
- A Dispute Over the Collection of Tenths and Fifteenths
- A Disreputable Family
- A Fraudulent Colliery Manager
- A Motion Against Imprisonment (1642)
- A Playhouse and the Relief of the Finsbury Poor
- A Proclamation Concerning the Price of Sugar, 2 May
- A Project for Erecting A Staple at Ipswich
- A Reply to the London Complaint against Newcastle
- A Sidelight on the Foregoing
- A Speciall Direction for Divers Trades
- A Survey of the Customs at the End of the Fifteenth Century
- A Tailor's Complaint and Messenger Fees (The Observator, No. 13, 14 May 1681)
- A Tanner's Apprentice Threatened with Compulsory Service in Husbandry
- A Treatise Concerninge the Staple and the Commodities of This Realme
- A Wool Stapler on His Exchange Transactions
- A Wounded Soldier Examined before the Mayor's Court at Norwich on His Begging
- Abstract of Lord Burghley's Orders to the Port of London on Beer-Export Bonds and Clapboard (10 July 1591)
- Act against the Exportation of Gold and Silver
- Act Confiscating the Religious Property of Gilds (1 Edw. VI. C. 14)
- Act of the Common Council of the City of London against Unlicensed Rag Collectors (25 September 1600)
- Act Ordering Gild Regulations to Be Approved by Justices - 19 Henry VII. C. 7, Re-Enacting 15 Henry VI. C. 6
- Act Reserving English Wool for English Clothiers - 4 Henry VII. C. 11 (1489)
- Act Restricting Fees to Be Charged by the Merchant Adventurers - 12 Henry VII. C. 6
- Act to Remedy the Decay of Corporate Towns (1 and 2 Philip and Mary, C. 7)
- Address of the Maryland Delegates on Grievances, Naval Officers, and Tobacco Salaries (25 March 1698)
- Administration of the Poor Law by the West Riding Justices
- Administration of the Poor Law by the West Riding Justices (1598)
- Admission to the Freedom of Chester
- Advantages Received by Norwich from the Strangers
- Agents of Barbados to the Council of Trade and Plantations on Duties, War Losses, and Sugar Decline (6 December 1700)
- Agents of Jamaica to the King on Repeopling the Island, Impressment, and Merchant Shipping (2 February 1699)
- Agreement between the Town of Colchester and Alien Immigrants
- Alien Stationers and Printers
- Aliens Teaching Their Craft to Englishmen at Norwich
- Allegations as to the Smuggling of Wool
- Amalgamation of Crafts at Kingston-Upon-Hull
- Amalgamation of the Leather Working Crafts of London with the Leathersellers' Company
- An Act against deceitfull disorderly and excessive Gameing (1664)
- An Act against Excessive Fees of Gilds - 22 Henry VIII, C. 4
- An Act against importing Cattell from Ireland and other parts beyond the Seas and Fish taken by Forreigners (1665)
- An Act against importing of Foreign Wool cards Card wire or Iron wire (1662)
- An Act ageynst unlawfull huntinge in any Parck Forrest Chace or other enclosed grownde (1549)
- An Act for a more speedy and effectuall Proceeding upon Distresses and Avowryes for Rents (1665)
- An Act for a speedie contribuĉon and loan towards the releife of his Majesties distressed Subjects of the Kingdome of Ireland (1640)
- An Act for advanceing the Sale of Fee-Farme Rents and other Rents (1670)
- An Act for an Additionall Excise upon Beere, Ale and other Liquors (1670)
- An Act for an additionall Excise upon Beere, Ale and other Liquors for Three yeares (1677)
- An Act for ascertaining the Measures of Corne and Salt (1670)
- An Act for burying in Woollen (1678)
- An Act for Burying in Woollen onely (1665)
- An Act for collecting the Duty ariseing by Hearth-money by Officers to be appointed by His Majestie (1664)
- An Act for Confirmacion of some parte of a Charter granted by K. Henrye the Sixt to the Maior Bailiff and Burgesses of the Towne of Southampton, and for Releif of the said Towne (1606)
- An Act for Confirmation of Leases and Grants from Colledges and Hospitalls (1660)
- An Act for continuing of the Excise till the five and twentyeth day of December One thousand six hundred and sixty (1660)
- An Act for continuing the Excise untill the twentyeth of August One thousand six hundred & sixty (1660)
- An Act for enableing his Majestie to make Leases of his Lands belonging to the Dutchy of Cornwall (1672)
- An Act for encourageing the Manufactures of makeing Linen Cloath and Tapistry (1663)
- An Act for enlarging and repairing of Common High wayes (1662)
- An Act for Erecting and Establishing a Post Office (1660)
- An Act for explaining of a Proviso conteyned in an Act, (1670)
- An Act for exporting of Beere Ale and Mum (1670)
- An Act for granting an additionall Duty to His Majestie upon Wines for Three yeares (1678)
- An Act for Preservation of Fishing in the River of Seaverne (1678)
- An Act for Prohibiting the Planting Setting or Sowing of Tobaccho in England and Ireland (1660)
- An Act for providing Carriage by Land and by Water for the use of His Majesties Navy and Ordnance (1662)
- An Act for raising Three hundred and ten thousand pounds by an Imposition on Wines and other Liquors (1665)
- An Act for reforming of Abuses committed in the Weight and false Packing of Butter (1662)
- An Act for regulateing the Herring and other Fisheries, and for repeale of the Act concerning Madder OR the prevention of abuses in the packing and ordering of Herrings and bringing that Commoditie into... (1663)
- An Act for regulateing the Measures and Prices of Coales (1664)
- An Act for regulating the Trade of Silk throwing (1662)
- An Act for repeale of a Clause in a former Act to prohibit Salesmen from selling Fatt Cattell (1672)
- An Act for restraining the takeing of Excessive Usury (1609)
- An Act for revesting the Power of granting Wine Licences in his Majesty his Heires and Successors and for C.II. p. 1. nu. 6. setleing a Recompence on his Royall Highnesse in liew thereof (1670)
- An Act for setling Freedome and Intercourse of Trade between England and Scotland (1665)
- An Act for setling the Proffitts of the Post Office and Power of graunting Wyne Lycences on his Royall Highnes . the Duke of Yorke and the Heires Males of his Body (1663)
- An Act for takeing away the Benefitt of Clergy from such as steale Cloth from the Racke and from such as C. II. shall steale or imbezill his Majestyes Ammunition and Stores. (1670)
- An Act for takeing off Aliens Duty upon Commodities of the Growth, Product and Manufacture of the Nation (1672)
- An Act for taking the Accompts of the severall Sums of Money therein menconed (1665)
- An Act for the (regulating ) of the Pilchard Fishing in the Counties of Devon and Cornwall (1662)
- An Act for the better Execuĉon of the Statute made in the Three and twentyth yeare of the Queenes Majesties Raigne for the abolyshing of Logwood ats Blockwood, in the dyeng of Cloth Wooll or Yarne (1597)
- An Act for the better Observation of the Lords day commonly called Sunday (1677)
- An Act for the better ordering and regulating of the Office of Clarke of the Market allowed & confirmed by this Car. Statute and and for the reformation of false Weights and Measures (1640)
- An Act for the better paveing and cleansing the Streets and Sewers in and about the Citty of London (1670)
- An Act for the better preservation of the Game, and for secureing Warrens not inclosed, and the severall Fishings of this Realme (1670)
- An Act for the better regulating of the Manufacture of Broad Woollen Cloath within the West Riding of the C. II. County of Yorke (1662)
- An Act for the better Suppressing of unlicenced Alehouse keepers (1627)
- An Act for the declaring unlawfull and void the late proceedings touching Ship money and for the vacating of all Records and Processe concerning the same (1640)
- An Act for the Encourageing and increasing of Shipping and Navigation (1660)
- An Act for the Encouragement of Trade (1663)
- An Act for the free bringing in of Gun-powder and Salt peter from Forraign parts and for the free making of Car. Gunpowder in this Realme (1640)
- An Act for the further reformacion of sondry abuses comitted on the Lorde Day comonlie called Sonday (1625)
- An Act for the reforming of some things mistaken in the late Act made this sent Parliament for the granting of four Subsidies (1640)
- An Act for the Regulating of the Trade of Bay makeing in the Dutchy Bay Hall in Colchester (1660)
- An Act for the true makinge of Woollen Clothes (1606)
- An Act for vesting certaine Fee-Farme Rents and other small Rents in Trustees (1670)
- An Act for vesting the Arreares of the Excise and New Impost in His Majesty (1660)
- An Act impowering the Master of the Rolls for the time being to make Leases for yeares in order to new build C. II . the old houses belonging to the Rolls (1660)
- An Act of Explanacon of a former Act made in the three and twentith yeare of the Raigne of the late Queene of famous Memory Elizabeth entitled An Act for assurance of the yearly Rent of fower score Twoe pound... (1624)
- An Act takeing away the Court of Wards and Liveries and Tenures in Capite and by Knights Service and C. II . Purveyance, and for setling a Revenue upon his Majesty in Lieu thereof (1660)
- An Act to explaine a former Act made the last Sersion of this Parliament, intituled An Act to enable all his Majesties lovinge Subject of England and Wales to trade freelic into the Domynions of Spaine Portugale (1606)
- An Act to make Prize Ships free for Trade (1665)
- An Act to prevent Fraudes in the buying and selling of Cattell in Smithfeild and elsewhere (1670)
- An Act to prevent the delivering up of Merchants Shipps (1664)
- An Act to prevent the Disturbances of Seamen and others and to preserve the Stores belonging to His Majesties Navy Royall (1665)
- An Act to pvent the planting of Tobacco in England, and for regulateing the Plantation Trade (1670)
- An Act to regulate the Trade of Silk Throwing (1662)
- An Act to restrayne the Utterance of Beere and Ale to Alehouse-keepers and Tiplers not licenced (1606)
- An Act to revive an Act, Entituled An Act to prevent the disturbances of Seamen and others, and to preserve the Stores belonging to his Majestyes Navy Royall, with some Alterations and Additions (1670)
- An Act towching Leases hereafter to bee made by certaine Spirituall Psons (1554)
- An Acte against Usury and Unlawfull Bargaynes - 3 Henry VII., C. 6
- An Acte against Vacabounds and Beggers - 11 Henry VII., C. 2
- An Acte againste unlawfull hunting and stealing of Deere and Connies (1605)
- An Acte Agaynst Pullyng Doun of Tounes - 4 Henry VII, C. 19
- An Acte aginst the deceitfull stretching and taintering of Northerne Cloth (1597)
- An Acte for a Subsidye of Tonnage and Pondage of Marchundizes (1547)
- An Acte for Kepers of Alehouses to be bounde by Recognizauncf (1551)
- An Acte for Punyshment of Rogues, Vagabondes and Sturdy Beggars - 39 Elizabeth, C. 4
- An Acte for repressinge the odious and loathsome synne of Drunckennes (1606)
- An Acte for Tenures holden in Capite (1547)
- An Acte for the Advoyding of Dyvers Forreyne Wares Made by Handye Craftesmen Beyonde the Seas - 5 Elizabeth, C. 7
- An Acte for the assuraunce to the Tenntes of Graunte and Leases made of the Duke of Somsette demene Londe (1548)
- An Acte for the better execution of the intent and meaninge of former Statutes made againste shootinge in Gunnes, and for the Pservation of the Game of Phesantes and Partridges, and againste the destroyinge... (1604)
- An Acte for the buyinge of Rother Beast and Cattell (1549)
- An Acte for the enabling and confirmacion of an agreement or composicion made betweene the King Majesties Comissioners of Revenue, his Majestie then being Prince of Wales Duke of Cornewall and Earle of... (1625)
- An Acte for the Explanacion of one Statute made in the Second Session of this sent Parliament, intituled An Acte against unlawfull huntinge and stealinge of Deere and Conyes (1609)
- An Acte for the free Trade of Weich Clothes (1623)
- An Acte for the further restraint of Tipling in Innes, Alehouses, and other Victualling Houses (1625)
- An Acte for the incouraginge of many poore People in Cumberland and Westmerland, and in the Townes and Parishes of Carptmeale Hawkeshead and Broughton, in the Countie of Lancaster, to contynue their Trade of... (1609)
- An Acte for the Maintenance of Husbandrie & Tillage. (39 Eliz., C. 2)
- An Acte for the Mayntenaunce of the Navye
- An Acte for the Punishement of Vacabondes, and for Releif of the Poore and Impotent - 14 Elizabeth, C. 5
- An Acte for the punishinge and correctinge of Deceipt and Fraudes comitted by Sorters Kembers and Spinsters of Wooll and Weavers of Woollen Yarne (1609)
- An Acte for the reedifying of a Bridge over the River of Seaverne, neere the Towne of Upton upon Scaverne (1605)
- An Acte for the Releife of Patentees Tenaunt & Farmors of Crowne Land in Cases of Forfeyture (1623)
- An Acte for the Reliefe of suche as lawfully use the Trade and Handicrafte of Skynners (1605)
- An Acte for the Reliefe of the Poore - 39 Elizabeth, C. 3
- An Acte for the setling and confirmacion of Coppihold Estates and Customes of the Tennte in base tenure of the Mannor of Cheltenham in the Countie of Glouč and of the Mannor of Asheley otherwise called... (1625)
- An Acte for the Setting of the Poore on Worke, and for the Avoyding of Ydlenes - 18 Elizabeth, C. 3
- An Acte for the true gawginge of Vesselles brought from beyonde the Seas, converted by Brewers for the Utteraunce and Sale of Ale and Beare (1588)
- An Acte for Thinhabitantes of Halyfaxe Touching the Byeng of Woolles " (2 & 3 Philip and Mary, C. 13)
- An Acte to enable all his Majesties loving Subject of Englande and Wales to trade freely into the Dominions of Spaine Portugale and France (1605)
- An Acte to encourage the Seamen of England to take Fishe, wherebie they may encrease to furnishe the Navie of England (1603)
- An Acte to make voyde dyvers Lycences of Houses wherin unlawfull Games bee used (1554)
- An Acte to redresse the Misemployment of Landes Goodes and Stockes of Money heretofore given to (1601)
- An Acte to restraine Abuses of Players (1606)
- An Acte to Restrayne Carrieng of Corne Victuals and Wood Over the Sea (1 & 2 Philip and Mary, C. 5)
- An Acte touching Cloth making in Corporate Townes and Market Townes (1554)
- An Acte Touching Weavers - 2 & 3 Philip and Mary, C. 11
- An Acte touchinge Leases of Benefices and other Eccfiasticall Living with Cure (1599)
- An Acte Towching Badgers of Corne and Drovers of Cattell to Bee Lycensed (5 Eliz. C. 12)
- An Acte Towching Certayne Politique Constitutions Made for the Maintenance of the Navye - 5 Elizabeth, C. 5
- An ACTs for Reformacion of Alehouse Keepers (1609)
- An Acts for repairing of the Highway from Nonsuch to Taleworthe, in the Parishes of Ewell and Longditton, in the County of Surrey, leading to Kingston upon Thames in the County aforesaide (1605)
- An Acts for the erectinge and buyldinge of a Bridge over the Ryver at Wye, at Wylton upon Wye neare the Towne of Rosse in the County of Hereforde (1597)
- An Acts for the newe making up & keeping in Reparacon of Chepstow Bridge (1605)
- An ACTs for Transportacon of Beere over the Seas (1605)
- An Acts to restraine the inordinate hauntinge and tiplinge in Innes Alehouses and other Victuallinge Houses (1603)
- An Agreement between the Western Clothiers and the Merchant Adventurers
- An Alien Craftsman's Will
- An Alien Glass Manufacturer's Difficulties
- An Industrial Programme
- An Order to Apprehend English Pirates Who Have Plundered A Spanish Vessel
- Answer to A Similar Protest from Lynn, 17 May
- Anthony Gamage and Other London Linen Retailers to Secretary Wilson against an Exclusive France Trade Corporation (10 March 1579)
- Application of French Capitalists to Retain Their Patent to Manufacture Steel, C. 1603-6
- Arbitration Award on Dispute Concerning Labour Services, Sept
- Arguments for an Exclusive Trade with the Barbary States (1574)
- Arguments for and against Incorporating the Barbary Merchants
- Arguments in Favour of Establishing Wednesday as An Additional Fish Day, February
- Arguments in Favour of Granting A Monopoly to An Incorporated Company to Make Paper
- Arguments in Favour of the Proposal to Establish A Staple of Cottons and Friezes at Chester
- Articles against the Merchant Adventurers on the Export of Undressed Cloth (31 May 1599)
- Assessment of Wages and Other Regulations Made by the Justices of the Peace for Buckinghamshire
- Assessment of Wages by the Mayor and Other Justices of the Peace in the City of London
B
- Bank Note Loss Reward Notice (14 December 1699)
- Bank of England Quarterly Court Notice (4 December 1699)
- Bastard's Epigram on the Monopolies
- Bastard's Epigrams on Enclosures
- Benedick Spinola Convicted of Defrauding the Customs
- Bermuda Assembly Reply on Tobacco Export Duties, Liquor Taxes, Coin, and Slave Compensation (1 November 1698)
- Bevis Bulmer to the Queen on Wine Impost Revenue in the Port of London (20 July 1598)
- Bishop Latimer on the Base Testons
- Bishop Ridley to Cecil on the Same Subject
- Bond of Apprenticeship to A Baker, Feb. 23
- Border Tenure
- Boston Customs Officers to Lord Burghley on Licences for Beer, Cloth, and Grain (6 April 1597)
- Bristol Virginia and Nevis Shipping Notice (5 June 1700)
- Broadway Worcestershire Estate Sale Notice (20 November 1699)
C
- Census of Inhabitants and Provisions Taken During A Dearth in Coventry, Oct. 10
- Certaine Directions Given by M. Richard Hackluit of the Middle Temple, to M. Morgan Hubblethorne, Dier, Sent into Persia
- Certificate of Beggars Taken in the First Watch at Southcley (Notts), 20 Aug
- Certificate of Commissioners Concerning Search for Corn
