INDEX

Lex mercatoria, 356-7.
nundinarum, 357 n. ɪ.

Lexden [in Colchester], 48, 124.
Liber burgus, 139, 194-213, 216 ;

decrease of Iiberi burgi, 205-6.

Liberi Custumarii, 134 n. 3.
homines, 128.

tenentes, 207 n. 5.

Liberum burgagium, 96,99,100,106-7,
134, 214-17.

manerium, 301 и.

Lichfield [Staffs], liberties, 200-1.

Liebermann, F., on date of the peace
between Alfred and Guthrum,
17 ; on borough and hundred
courts, 32 ; on meaning of
burh in A.-S. Laws, 34, 36, 41
n. 2 ; on Stamford lawmen, 43,
80 n. 9 ; on the folkmoot, 50
n. 5 ; on London wergild, 82.

Lincoln, arable, 71 n. 2, 72, 75, 115 ;
rights of kin, 102 ; landgable,
90 ; lawmen, 43, 87 n. 5 ;
mortgage, 102 ; bishop’s soke,
86. See Willingthorpe ; pop.
1066, 76 ; farming lease, 140,
152, 154, 156, 157-9, 162-3,
180 ; liberties, 215 ; aiderman,
231-2 ; rates, 225 n. 3 ; judges,
279 ; twelve aidermen, 280 ;
mayor, 291 n. 4 ; common
council, 329.

Linton [co. Cambs], burgages, 354
n. 3.

Litchurch, by Derby, 95 n. 4.

Liverpool, farming lease and election
of bailiffs, 192-3 ; liber burgus,
196 n. 2, 200-1, 205.

London, post-Roman, 3 n. 2 ; wic,
15; burh, 13 n. i, 23, 41 n. 2 ;
port, 9, ɪo ; temp. Bede, 6 ; in
ninth cent., 9, ɪo ; in eleventh,
118, 124-5 ; burhthegns, 80,
122, 257-8 ; mints, 28 ; folk-
moot, see s.v.', husting, see
s.v. ; king’s peace and city
peace, 119 и. 3 ; pound, 40, 119,
288 ; chart, of Will. I, ɪoɪ ;
wergild, 81-2, 257 ; barons, 122,
256-9 ; socage, 107 n. 2 ; farm,
15. 156-9, 163-9, 180-2. See
Mandevilles ; Henry I’s chart.,
157-9 J communia of 1141, ι6ι ;
commune of 1191, 281-3 ; liber-
ties, 217 n. 1 ; justiciar, 345 ;
aidermen : judges, 288 ; 243-4,
248, 251-2, 258-9, 266-70 ; mem-
bers of common council, 312-13 ;
made irremovable, 313 ; as-

sembly, 304-10 ; early conciliar
history, 265-70 ; commoners,
243 ; common council, 310-16,
327 n. $ ; mayors, 251, 266,
291 n. 3, 306 and n. 2 ; seal, 236 ;
king’s chamber, 258 ; wards,
248, 259, 297 n. 4 ; Portsoken,
269 ; Gildhall, 304-5, 307 n. 4 ;
“ gild merchant,” 232 n. 8 ;
misteries, 309-15. See Gilds ;
Franchise, 249 n. 4, 258-9 ;
Liverymen, 315. SeeMiddlesex.
Longchamp, Will, de, chancellor of

Richard I, 179-81.

Lostwithiel [Cornwall], 99 и. ɪ.
Lot and scot, 204, 261.

Lydford [Devon], 18 ». 6; burhwitan
of, 31, 42, 82, 124 ; 55, 57, 68, 71,
128.

Lydham [co. Salop], Iiberburgus, 201.
Lyme Regis [Dorset], liber burgus,
202, 210.

Lyminge [Kent], nuns of, 9 n. 3, 15.
Lyng [Somerset], 18.

Lynn, Bishops [later King’s], liber
burgus, 197-9 ; gild merchant,
232, 299 ; mayor, 255, 291 n. 4,
298-9. 3¹9 I council, 285, 319-
го ; assembly, 318-21 ; com-
mon council, 320-1 ; constabu-
laries, 320 ; Potentiores, médi-
ocres, inferiores, 318 n. 5, 319.

M

Maitland, F. W., on fields and pas-
tures of borough, 68, 77, 340 ;
garrison theory, 3, 9, 12, 26-7, 31,
341-2 ; onlun andburgus, 13, 340;
on the Burghal Hidage, 15 ; on
German burgs, 21 ; on borough
and hundred courts, 32-3 ; on
Oxford fields, 72-3 ; on the
" arable shell,” 75, 77 ; on
Hberburgus, 195,198,207,212-13,
218 ; on influence of gild upon
borough, 234 n. 2 ; on the
borough community, 237 n. 4,
242 ; on origin of town councils,
286-90 ; on influence of foreign
commune in England, 290.

Maldon [Essex], 24 n. 56 ; half-
hundred, 45 n. I, 48-9 ; arable,
71, 75. 77> 96 ; fisheries, 117 ;
sea-service, 49, 126 ; farm, 153,
184 ; non-taxation borough,
357 »■ ²∙

Little [Essex], 49.

INDEX

Malmesbury, Athelstan’s alleged
charter, 2 ; 26 и. ɪ, 51, 53, 55,
86 ; hundred, 45 ; landgable,
90; farm, 151-2, 156; gild
merchant, 228-9.

Manchester, 24 ; declared no borough,
205-6, 352, 354.

Mancus, ɪɪ.

Mandevilles, the, and the London
farm, 154, ι6ι.

Mansio, mansura, 99, ∏2.

Markets and fairs, early urban, 5, 6,
9, 19, 20, 65-6, 199, 201, 204-7,
209, 353.

in Scotland, 209, 353-4.

Marlborough [Wilts], 57 n. 3, 230 n. 3.

“ Matele ” [Cornwall], A.-S. market
at 66 n. I.

Mayors, 222, 230, 232, 234-5, ²3^∙
240, 244, 250 ; military duties
(1205), 254-5, (1252) 253 n. 4 ;
255-7,264,272,274; mayor and
council, 282-5 I list of early,
291 n. 4 ; as evidence of foreign
influence, 290-9, 330-3, 348.

ex-mayors, bench of mayor’s
brethren, 325.

Melcombe [Dorset], liberties of, 202.
Mercator (manger e), ɪɪ.

Merchet, 82-3, 98, 105 n. 6.

Merewether, H. A., and Stephens,
A. J., on the late date of borough
oligarchy, 302.

Meyer, Dr. E. F., on the application
of the terms ” democratic ” and
“popular’’to civic conflicts, 338.

Middlesex, 24, 169, 256 и. 3, 258, 352.
Milborne Port [Somerset], 51, 53-4
and n. 3, 55.

Milverton [Somerset], 53, 54 n. 2, 55,
65.

Mints, Anglo-Saxon, in Roman civi-
tates, f>-^,j ; Alfred’s at Oxford, 7«.;
later, 24-5, 27-8, 49, 64.

Misteries. See Gilds, trade and craft.
Moregespeche, morgenspaec, gild or
town court, 231 n. 2.

Morpeth [Northumberland], 105 n. 6.
Mortgage, Anglo-Saxon, 42, 87 n. 5,
102, 124-5.

N

Newborough [co. Anglesey], Hber
burgus, 203 n. 1.

Newborough [co. Staffs.] Hber burgus,
201.

Newbury [Berks], 172.

Newcastle-under-Lyme, council, 281;
common council, 281, 322 ; two
inquests, 326 n. 2.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 7, 98 ; an-
nexation of Pandon, 205 ; mayor,
291 n. 4 ; sale of burgage, ɪoɪ
n. 6.

Newton [Dorset], borough of, 344.

Northampton, 25, 35 ; danegeld,
46 ; byrigland, 46 ; 48 n. ι,
75 n. 5 ; farm, 1086, 140, 150,
156 ; French borough, 137 ;
third penny, 149 ; mediatized,
155 ; farming lease, 175-6, 187 ;
fee farm, 178, 187-8, 190, 250-1 ;
mayor and council, 272-3, 298,
301 and n. 3, cf. 300 ; council
doubled, 273 ; commune for-
bidden, 225 ; common council,
323 ; titles, 245 ; John of, 312-13.

Norwich, early " liberty,” 42 ; meet-
ing-place of early court, 63 и. 2 ;
hundred, 45 и. ɪ ; commenda-
tion, 89, 92 ; pop. 1066, 76 ;
Edstan burgess, 79 ; sale of
tenement, ɪoɪ, in ; third
penny, 141 n. 3 ; French
borough, 105-6, 137, 146 ; farm,
152-4, 172 ; fee farm, 184, 190 ;
assembly, 306-7, 317 ; cives,
243 n. 2, 245-6 ; council, 285,
316-8 ; common council, 318,
329 ; villa mercatoria, 205 n. 5.

Nottingham, 69, 71 ; équités, 81 ;
villeins, 86 ; French borough,
137, 298 ; burgess lease of
farm, 178, 191 ; liberties, 198 ;
mayor, 298 ; narrow meaning of
“ burgesses,” 1413, 243 n. 3.

O

Oflfa, trade dispute with Charles the
Great, 10.

Oligarchy, burghaɪ, 302-3, 338. See
Common Council.

Oman, Sir Charles, on the Burghal
Hidage, 16, 17 nn. 3, 6.

Ordeal, 37 and n. 3, 38.

Ordwald, thegn, 26 n. 3.

Orford [Essex], farm, 171-2 ; port-
men, 271 n. 3.

Ormskirk [co. Lancs], Hber burgus,
201, 208.

Ottonian privileges to city bishops,
2, 6.

Oxford, in the Burghal Hidage, 5
n. 3, 16, 17 ; compactness, 25 ;

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