INDEX
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Abel, Mr., 248. f.
Abingdon, 267;
Special Commission at, 305 f.
Abingdon, Lord, and Otmoor, 88, 91;
on Special Commission, 302.
Abree, Margaret and Thomas, 109 n.
Adam, the brothers, 327.
Addington, H. See Sidmouth.
—— Stephen, 31, 44.
Addington Hills, 48.
Addison, 325.
Aglionby, Mr., M.P., 53.
Agriculture, and enclosure, 36;
during French war, 166 ff.;
Brougham on, 171.
Aix, Archbishop of, 217.
Albemarle, Lord, 321.
Aldborough, 9.
Alderson, Justice, on Special Commissions, 272, 275, 277, 278, 281, 290, 293, 295, 298, 300;
and Looker case, 295 f.
Allotments, and enclosure, 84 ff.;
experiments, 154 ff.;
hostility of farmers to, 159 f.;
M. Chateauvieux on, 232 f.;
Suffield’s scheme in 1830, 322 ff.
Almack’s, 68, 70.
Althorp, Lord, 190, 202, 288;
Cobbett on, 313.
America, farmers in, 212;
Cobbett in, 235.
Amnesty Debate, 314.
Andover, 260, 280, 285.
Appeal, against enclosure award, 59 f.
Arbuthnot, J., 37, 81.
Aristocracy, contrast between English and French, 1 ff.;
control over all English institutions, 7 ff.;
Burke on, 24 f.;
characteristics, Chapter xiii.
Armley (enclosure), 51, 59, 60, and Appendix A (1).
Arson, in 1830, 243 ff., 268 f.;
penalties for, 273;
trials for, 309 f.
Artaxerxes, 70.
Arthur, Sir George (Governor of Van Diemen’s Land), 205, 324.
Arundel, 256.
Arundel, Lord, 261, 293.
Ash, 183.
Ashbury (enclosure), 43 n.
Ashelworth (enclosure), 46, 50, 59, 98, and Appendix A (2).
Astley, Sir E., 71.
Aston, Tirrold, 263.
Atkins, Elizabeth, 102.
Attorney-General. See Denman.
Aunalls, James, 285.
Austen, Jane, 214.
Avington, 258, 265.
Award, enclosure, 60.
Aylesbury, 132;
riots in 1795, 121;
Special Commission, 275, 306 f.
Azay le Rideau, 3.
Babeau, M., 1, 215, 223.
Bacon, R. M., 321.
Bagehot, W., 36.
Bagshot Heath, 40.
Bailiffs, 160, 213.
Baily, Mr., 97 n.
Baker, Mr., M.P., and Settlement, 153.
Bakewell, 36.
Bamford, S., 213, 238.
Bampfylde, Copleston Warre, 65.
Barett, 293.
Baring, Bingham, 292, 304;
and Cook 286;
and Deacle case, 278, 287.
—— Sir Thomas, 187, 192, 284.
Barings, the, 243, 288, 302, 317.
Barkham, 82.
Barnes, 277.
—— Common, 31.
Barré, Colonel, 219.
Barton Stacey, 284, 285.
Basingstoke, 162 n., 289.
Baskerville, Mr., J.P., 297.
Bath, 121, 127, 130 n., 190 n.
Bathurst, Lord, 56.
Batten, Matthew, 303.
Battersea, 30.
Battle, 248, 250, 253, 255, 256.
Beaconsfield, 135.
Beckett (the gaoler), 277.
Beckley, 88 f., 91.
Bedford, 152.
—— Gaol, account of prisoners in, 193.
Belgrave, Lord, 143.
Benett, John, M. P., and 1830 rising, 261, 291, 292, 315;
at Cobbett’s trial, 317.
Bennett, 263.
—— Cornelius, 303 f.
Benson or Bensington, 268.
Bentham, 203, 312;
on enclosure, 40;
on Pitt’s Bill, 150.
Bentley, 218.
Berkeley, Bishop, 175.
Berkshire, 30;
1830 rising in, 258 ff.;
prisoners, 308 n.
—— Bread Act. See Speenhamland.
Bernard, Scrope, 132.
—— Sir Thomas, on Lord Winchilsea’s allotments, 128, 155, 158 f.;
on minimum wage, 143;
on removals, 154 n.
Betts, John, 102.
Bicester, 99 n.
Billingsley, J., 37, 61 n., 98 n.
Birdingbury, 100.
Birmingham, 115.
Bishop, Daniel, on poaching, 192, 196;
on 1830 rising, 248.
Bishop, 310 f.
Bishops, the, comparison of French and English, 217;
reforming, 218, 219.
Bishopstone (Wilts), (enclosure), 51.
Bishops Walthams, 159.
Bishton, Mr., 38.
Blackstone, 187, 203, 219;
on common rights, 29, 31;
on gleaning, 108.
Blake, Mr., of Idmiston, 295.
—— William, 326.
Blean, 310.
Blizzard, Thomas, 307.
Blomfield, Bishop, 219.
Blow, Charles, 246.
Board of Agriculture, and enclosures, 74 ff., 84;
questions to correspondents, 135, 176.
Bocking, 118.
Bolingbroke, Lord (author of Patriot King), 207.
—— —— and Sedgmoor, 65.
Bolland, Mr. Justice, 302.
Bolnhurst (enclosure), 32.
Bologna, 326.
Booby, Lady, 18.
Borderers. See Squatters.
Boroughs, disputes about franchise, 8;
Scot and lot, 8;
potwalloper, 9;
burgage, 9;
corporation, 10;
freemen, 11.
Bosanquet, Mr. Justice, 95, 274.
Boston, 10.
Boswell, Will, 102.
Botany Bay, 239.
Bourton, Charles, 294.
Boys, John (agriculturist), 160.
—— —— (farmer, in 1830 rising), 282 f.
Bradley, 116 n.
Bragge, Mr., M.P., 44 n.
Bramshott, 260.
Brandon, 177.
Braunston (enclosure), 43 n.
Bread, wheaten and mixed, 124, 126.
See also Diet.
Brede, parish rising at, 248 ff.
Brighton, 223, 247, 284.
Brimpton, 304.
Bristol, 12, 121, 152, 243.
Bristowe, Squire, 293.
Brittany, 224.
Broad Somerford, 85.
Brocklehurst, Mr., 38.
Brooks’s, 68 n., 69, 222, 332.
Brotherton, Colonel, 259.
Brougham, Henry, 302, 322;
on agriculture, 171;
on J.P.’s, 191;
on increase of commitments, 200;
on criminal courts, 202;
on 1830 rising, 270;
Cobbett on, 313;
at Cobbett’s trial, 317 f.
Broughton, 267.
Brown, Rev. Mr., 43 n.
—— Thomas, 310.
Bryan, Elizabeth, 102.
Bryant, Joseph, 249.
Buckingham, 183;
and 1830 rising, 268;
prisoners, 308 n.
—— Duke of, 18;
and rising of 1830, 243, 258, 265, 306.
Buckland Newton, 301.
Budgets, 111, 120, Appendix B.
Bulcamp, House of Industry, 147 n.
Bull-baiting, 57.
Bullen, Robert, 301.
Bullington, 284.
Bully. See Bolingbroke.
Bunce, Henry, 277.
Buns, parish, 268.
Burbage, George, 295.
Burdett, Sir F., 313.
Burdon, Mr., M.P., 142.
Burgage boroughs, 9.
Burgundy, Duke of, 4.
Burke, 7, 14, 103, 203, 329, 330;
on the aristocracy, 24;
on Parliamentary representation, 75;
on regulating wages, 135;
philosophy of social life, 208, 210;
on French Assembly, 215.
Burkhead, Charles, 102.
Burley on the Hill, 155.
Burn, Dr., 115, 117.
Burnet, 40.
Burnham, 214.
Burwash, 250.
Bury St. Edmunds, 177, 192.
Buxton, Mr., M.P., 142, 143, 153, 210.
Byron, 313.
Cabinet System established, 6.
Cade, Jack, 13.
Cæsar, 170, 330.
Cambridge, 269.
Cambridge Modern History, 87 n.
Cambridgeshire, 177, 184, 269.
Camden, 202.
Camden, Lord, 246, 255, 309.
Canning, 202, 210, 241, 331, 332.
Canterbury, 244, 255, 256.
Canterbury, Archbishop of, 190 n., 204;
prayer in 1830, 270.
Capes, W. W., 159 n.
Capital offences, and Private Bill Committees, 64.
Carbery, Lord, 43 n.
Carlile, Richard, prosecution in 1831, 315.
Carlisle, 11, 121, 269.
Carlisle, Lord, and Sedgmoor, 66 ff.
Carlyle, 216.
Carmarthen, 152.
Carnarvon, Lord, 240.
Carr, Elizabeth, 102.
Carrington, Lord, 84, 155, 156, 250.
Carter, James, 86.
—— John, 86, 102.
Cartmel (enclosure), 50.
Carus Wilson, Mr., 38, 42 n.
Case, 275.
Castlereagh, 238, 299, 314, 332.
Cavan, Lord and Lady, 279 f.
Certificates (under Settlement Laws), 113, 115 ff., 158.
Chancellor, Lord. See Brougham.
Charles I., and enclosures, 34.
—— V., 319.
—— VIII., 235.
—— X., 311.
Charlton (Otmoor), 89, 93.
—— (Wilts), 287.
Chateauvieux, M., 233 f.
Chatham, Lord, 329, 330.
Cheese, dearness of, 129 n.
Chenonceaux, 3.
Cherry, Mr., J.P., 265.
Cheshunt (enclosure), 58 n., 59, 86, 98 n., and Appendix A (3).
Chester, 152.
Chester, Charles, 43 n.
Children, employment of, 141 f.;
punishment of, 200 f.
Chinon, 3.
Chippendale, 327.
Christian, Mr., 178.
Chudleigh, 121.
Church, the (see also Clergy), 326;
and enclosure, 56, 76 f., 168;
and tithes, 167 f.;
and the poor, 216 ff.
Churchill, Lord, 94 f.
Cicero, 238, 331.
Cinque Ports, 12.
Claims, presentation of, under enclosure Acts, 63.
Clare, Lord, 321.
—— John, 331, 332 n.
Clarke, Marcus, 199, 205.
—— Tom, 216.
Clergy, non-residence of the, 214, 220;
and the poor, 216 ff.;
association with governing class, 219;
salaries of curates, 221;
and tithes, 222.
Clerk, George, 281.
Clive, 206.
Clough, John and Thomas, 200.
Cobbett, William, 40, 127, 184 n., 189 n., 191, 228, 278 n., 284, 285, 291, 309;
on enclosures, 35;
on unpaid magistrates, 62;
on tea, 128;
on allotments, 154, 159, 173;
on Whitbread’s 1807 scheme, 180 f.;
description of labourers, 185;
on relations of rich to poor, 211;
on change in farming, 212 f.;
on parsons, 220;
George IV. on, 223;
and village sports, 223;
description of, 234 f.;
and 1830 rising, 244, 248, 259, 264, 287;
on Whig ministers, 313;
trial in 1831, 315 ff.
Cobbold, Rev. Mr., 260, 282.
Cockerton, Rev. Mr., 285.
Codrington, O. C., 297.
Coke, Lord, 21.
—— of Norfolk, 36;
and spring guns, 196;
and Game Laws, 196 n., 198.
Colchester, 10, 15.
Coleman, Mr., 249 f.
Collingwood, Mr., J.P., 253, 256.
Collins, A., 218.
—— (in Deacle case), 277.
Combination Laws, 234, 238, 272.
Commissioners, Enclosure, 43;
power of, 58 f.;
appointment of, 60 ff., 73.
Commissioners. See Poor Law Commission.
Commoners, character of, 37 ff.;
at Otmoor, 88 f.;
theory of rights of, 92.
Common fields, extent of, in 1688, 26;
system of cultivation, 28;
managed by manor courts, 30;
varieties in system, 30, 31 n.;
Sir R. Sutton’s Act, 31;
ownership of, 32;
subdivision of property in, 33;
position of labourers under system, 33 f., 159;
disadvantages of, 36 f.;
relation to old enclosures, 42.
Common land, three uses of term, 28.
Commons, relation to village economy, 27, 103;
alleged deleterious effects of, on commoners, 37 f.;
commoners’ own views on subject, 39;
aesthetic objections to, 40.
Common rights, 29, 31, 32;
legal decision about inhabitants, 32;
claims for, on enclosure, 63;
at Otmoor, 92.
Consents, proportion required for enclosure, 49 ff.;
how assessed, 50 ff.;
how obtained, 51 f.;
see also King’s Sedgmoor, 66 ff.
Cook, Henry, 286 f., 290, 317, 319.
Cooper, 259, 285, 290.
—— and others, 95.
Coote, Eyre, 280, 285.
Copenhagen, 178 n.
Copyholders, position of, 22, 23, 28 f., 51.
Corn Laws, 321.
Cornwall, 28 n.
Corporation boroughs, 10.
Corsley (Wilts), 220.
Cottagers, 28 ff.;
position before enclosure, 31;
and enclosure, 52 f.;
presentment of claims by, 63;
results of enclosure on, 97, 100 ff.;
and allotments, 155 ff.
Cotswolds, 40.
Coulson, Mr., 97 n.
Councils, French, under Regency, 2.
Cove, Rev. Mr., J. P., 304.
Coventry, 78, 119.
Coventry, Lord, 56.
Cows, loss of, on enclosure, 100 f., 127;
Raunds commoners on benefit of, 39;
and allotments, 155 ff.;
and settlement, 178 f.
Cox, William, 102.
Coxe, Mr., M.P., 65.
Coxhead, Mr., M.P., 142.
Crabbe, 223;
on workhouse, 147;
on roundsmen, 165;
on poachers, 194;
on poor, 212.
Cranbrook, 255 f.
Craven, Lord, 43 n.
Creevey, 139, 209.
Cricklade, 185.
Croke, Sir Alex., 89 f., 92, 94, 96.
Croker, 10.
Cromwell, Oliver, 22;
and enclosures, 35.
Crook, John, 306.
Croxton, 43 n.
Croydon (enclosure), 48, 59, 63, 199 n., and Appendix A (4).
Curtler, W. H. R., 172, 175 n.
Curwen, Mr., M.P., 130, 158 n., 195, 198, 213.
Dalbiac, General, 256.
Darling, Alfred, 305.
Davenant, 26 n.
Davies, Rev. David, his book, 82, 85;
on fuel, 107, 131 f.;
on rise in prices, 110;
his budgets, 111, 120, 122, and Appendix B;
on mixed bread, 126;
on milk, 127;
on tea, 128 f.;
on minimum wage, 136 f.;
on land for labourers, 82, 154.
—— Miss M. F., 220 n.
Dawson, Hannah, 121.
Deacle, Mr., and the Deacle case, 277 f., 287 f.
Deal, 248.
Debates in Parliament, on Private Enclosure Bills, 55 f.;
on General Enclosure Bills, 77;
on Whitbread’s Bill, 140 ff.;
on Pitt’s Poor Law Bill, 149;
on Settlement, 153;
on rising of 1830, 314 f., 320.
Deddington, 119, 122.
Deerhurst, Lord, 197.
Defoe, Daniel, 6.
De Grey, Mr., 71 f.
Demainbray, Rev. S., 85.
Denman, Lord, on J.P.’s, 19;
and 1830 rising, 278, 282, 288, 290, 291, 302;
and Cook, 287, 319;
and Lush, 292;
and amnesty debate, 315;
and Cobbett’s trial, 317 ff.
De Quincey, 218, 242, 332.
Derby, 117 n.
Derby, Brooker, 102.
Deserted Village, The, 331.
D’Este, Isabella, 326.
De Tocqueville, 1, 5, 14, 24, 222.
Devon, 28 n., 269.
Dicketts, Henry, 295.
Diderot, 4.
Diet, of labourer, 111, 123 ff.;
attempt to introduce cheap cereals, 124;
soup, 125;
tea, 128 f.
Dillon, Archbishop, 217.
Disraeli, 103.
Domestic industries, 107.
Doomsday Book, 91.
Dorchester, Special Commission at, 275, 300 f.
Dorset, 185;
1830 rising, 268;
prisoners, 308 n.
Dover, 245.
Dowden, W., 285 f.
Downton, 9.
Drake, Sir F., 68.
Drummond, Mr., 230.
Dryden, 169, 264.
Dubois, 2.
Dudley, Lord, 327 n.
Dundas, Charles, 141;
and Speenhamland, 161 f.;
on Special Commission, 302.
—— Henry, 141, 299, 329.
Dunkin, on Otmoor, 88 ff.;
on Merton, 99.
Dunmow, 135 f.
Dunn, Ann, 102.
Dunwich, 11 f.
Durham, 11.
Durham, Lord, 209, 313, 317, 318.
Dyott, Sir W., 201.
Ealing, 124.
East Grimstead, 260.
—— Grinstead, 11.
—— Retford, 12.
—— Stretton, 284.
Easton, Rev. Mr., and family, 263, 277.
Eaves, 256.
Ebrington, Lord, 269.
Eden, Sir F. M., 31;
and enclosure, 49, 78, 82, 117;
his book, 82, 210;
and gleaning, 107;
budgets, 111 and Appendix B;
on Settlement Laws, 113 f., 116, 118 n. ff.;
and food riots, 122;
on diet, 123–132 passim;
on workhouses, 147;
on roundsmen, 148 n. and 164;
on Speenhamland meeting, 162;
his ideal poor woman, 208 f.;
on rich and poor, 210.
Edinburgh Review, 185, 197.
Egleton, 155.
Egremont, Lord, 155.
Eldon, Lord, 20, 204, 309.
Eleanor, the, 308 n.
Eliot, 10.
Eliza, the, 324.
Elizabeth, Queen, 8, 21.
Ellenborough, Lord, 189, 196, 202, 204, 273.
Ellison, Mr., M.P., 143, 153.
Ely, 178.
Enclosures, and productivity, 26, 40;
by voluntary agreement, 28 n.;
extent of, before eighteenth century, 34;
motives for, 35;
extent of Parliamentary enclosure, 41 f.;
Parliamentary procedure, 43 ff.;
consents required, 49 ff.;
Lord Thurlow on Parliamentary procedure, 53 f.;
local procedure, 58 ff.;
General Enclosure Bills, 74 ff.;
Act of 1801, 77, 84;
hostility of poor to, 78 f.;
criticism of methods, 81 ff.;
provision for poor, 85 f.;
results on village, Chap. v.;
effects on relationship of classes, 211.
Encroachments, by squatters, 31;
treatment of, under enclosure, 103.
Engrossing of farms, 32, 81, 211.
Entail. See Family Settlements.
Epsom, 147.
Erskine, 139.
Essex, 184, 269;
prisoners, 308 n.
Estcourt, Thomas, 156.
—— T. G. B., 198, 200 n., 291.
Evelina, 211.
Eversley, Lord, 32 n.
Ewbanks, 104.
Expenses of enclosure, 97 f.
See also Fees.
Eycon, Elizabeth, 102.
Falkland, 312.
Fane, Mr., M.P., 90.
Farmers implicated in 1830 rising, 248 f., 265, 282.
—— large, gained by enclosure, 97;
and milk, 127;
and allotments, 159;
divided from labourers, 212;
Cobbett on, 212 f.
—— small, ruined by enclosure, 97 ff.;
and milk, 127 f.;
and other classes, 211;
Cobbett on, 212 f.
Farmer, William, 281.
Farm servants, 28, 31.
Farnham, 185, 235, 264.
Fawley, 242 n., 278 ff.
Fees for Enclosure Bills, 76.
Felony, counsel in cases of, 201.
Fencing, cost of, 97, 98 n., 101;
penalties for breaking, 199 n.
Fencott, 89.
Fénelon, 3.
Fielding, 187, 327;
on village life, 18 f., 33;
on lawyers, 63, 216;
his scheme for the poor, 151;
on solidarity of poor, 237.
Finch, Mr., 252.
Firth, Mr., 35.
Fitzwilliam, Lord, 101, 330.
Fitzwilliams, 13.
Flackwell Heath, 307.
Flanders, 2.
Ford, John, 261.
Fordingbridge, 121, 259, 280, 285.
Forster, Mr., of Norwich, 83.
Fox, C. J., 53 n., 139, 140, 311, 314, 328, 329;
on M.P.’s and patrons, 13 f.;
and Sedgmoor, 68 f.;
and Horne Tooke, 72 f.;
on mixed bread, 126;
on minimum wage, 134, 141 f.;
on charity, 210;
despair of Parliamentary government, 330.
Fox-hunting, change in, 214.
France, position of aristocracy in, 1 ff.;
monarchy in, 2 ff.;
division of common land in, 87;
peasants compared with English labourers, 105, 111, 168, 240.
Franchise, Parliamentary, 7 ff.;
in boroughs, 8 ff.;
county, 13.
Francis I., 22.
—— Philip, 78.
Freeholders, 28 f.
Freemen boroughs, 11 f.
French, Colonel, M.P., 196.
French Convention, 168.
—— war, agriculture during, 171.
Friends of the People, 13 f.
Frome, 127.
Fryer, Mr., 306.
Fuel rights, 31, 100, 106;
allotments, 76;
cost of, to labourer, 107;
scarcity after enclosure, 130 ff.;
taken from hedges, 131.
Fussell, J., 283.
Gage, Lord, 251.
Gaiter, John, 303.
Galloway, Lord, 57.
Galsworthy, J., 35.
Game Laws, 187 ff., 321;
convictions under, 191 f.;
supply of game to London, 196 f.
Gardens for labourers, 157, 175.
Gateward’s case, 32.
Gatton, 8.
Geese on Otmoor, 88.
George III., 6, 80, 312.
—— IV., 168, 312;
on Cobbett, 223.
German legion, 173.
Gibbon, 24, 217, 222, 325, 326.
Gibbons, Sir W., 86, 102.
Gibbs, Sir Vicary, 317.
Gilbert, 108.
Gilbert’s Act, 146, 148, 164, 179 n.
Gillray, 329.
Gilmore, 260, 285.
Glasse, Rev. Dr., 132 n.
Gleaning, 107 ff., 117;
controversy on, 108 f.
Gloucester, 144;
trials at, 301.
Gloucestershire, 1830 rising, 268;
prisoners, 308 n.
Godalming, 152.
Goderich, Lord, 317 f., 324.
Godmanchester, 17.
Goldsmith, Oliver, 24, 201, 203, 212, 223, 331.
Gooch, Mr., 212.
Goodenough, Dr., 218.
Goodfellow, Thomas, 303 f.
Goodman, Thomas, 309, 318.
Gordon riots, 288.
Gosport, 289;
jurors, 283.
Goudhurst, 256.
Gould, Sir Henry, 109.
Graham, Sir James, 187, 317.
Gray, Thomas, 104, 214.
Great Tew, 17, 30.
Greenaway, 268.
Greenford, 132 n.
Greetham, 155.
Gregory, 284.
Grenville, Lord, 77.
Grey, Lord, 14 n., 19, 76, 140, 233, 314, 328, 329, 330;
Prime Minister, 311 ff., 320;
Cobbett on, 313;
at Cobbett’s trial, 317 f.;
on Corn Laws, 321;
and Suffield, 322 ff.
Guercino, 326.
Guernsey, Lord, 218.
Guildford, 121.
Guildford, Lord, 220.
See also North, Francis.
Gulliver, Mary, 102.
Gurney, J., in 1830 trials, 302 ff.
Hale, 108.
Halifax, 116, 216 n.
Hambledon, 155.
Hampden, 10.
Hampshire, 128, 184;
1830 rising in, 258 ff.;
prisoners, 308 n.
—— and Wiltshire labourers compared, 298.
Harbord Harbord, Sir, 80, 203 f., 321.
Harding, John, 262.
Hardres, 244.
Hardy, J., 227.
Harewoods, the, 13.
Hasbach, Professor, 7, 26 n., 33.
Haslemere, 9.
Hastings, Warren, 206.
Hastings, 12.
Hatch, 293.
Haute Huntre (enclosure), 44, 55, 59, 61 n., 78, 101, 199 n., and Appendix A (5).
Hawker, W., 65.
Hay, Mr., M.P., 115.
Hazlitt, William, 235.
Heacham, 137, 139.
Headley Workhouse, 243 f., 260, 280, 282, 285.
Healey, Dr., 238.
Heathfield, 250, 255.
Heckingham, 147 n.
Hele, Rev. Mr., 250.
Helpstone, 332 n.
Henley, 305.
Henley, Thomas, 249 f.
Henry IV. (of France), 7, 19.
Henstead, 227.
Hereford, 269.
Hetherington, 102.
Hickson, Mr., 226.
Higgs, Ann, 102.
Highlands, the, 40.
Hill, Edmund, 102.
—— G. S., 249 n.
—— Isaac, 276.
Hinchcliffe, J. See Bishop of Peterborough.
Hindhead, 40.
Hindon, 184, 276.
Hirst. See Redlich.
Histon and Impington (enclosure), 51.
Hobhouse, H., 254.
—— John Cam, 312 f.
—— Lord, 22 n.
Hobson, J. A., 166.
Hodges, Mr., M.P., 253 f.
Hodgson, Naomi, 102.
Holdaway, Robert, 260, 285.
Holdsworth, W., 23 n.
Holkham, 328.
Holland, Lady, 250.
—— Lord, 140, 314, 320, 321, 327;
on spring guns, 195;
on penal code, 204, 330.
Holy Island (enclosure), 48 f.
Homage. See Juries.
Homer, 238.
—— Rev. H., 100.
Hone, 315.
Horace, 238.
Horsham, 257 f.
Horsley, Bishop, 218.
Horton, 89.
Hothfield, 118.
Howlett, Rev. J., 115, 147 n., 151;
on minimum wage, 135 f.
Hubbard, Ann, 102.
Hudson, W. H., 199, 262 n., 298 n., 308.
Hume, J., 315.
Hungerford riots, 264, 303, 305.
Hunt, Henry, 190, 262, 266, 276, 282;
and Lush, 291;
and amnesty debate, 314 f.
—— Rev. Dr., 189 n.
Huntingdon, 177;
prisoners, 308 n.
Hurst, Ann. See Strudwick.
—— Mr., 257 f.
Hurstbourne, 284.
Hythe, 247.
Idmiston, 295.
Ilchester, Lord, 67.
Ilmington, 53.
Ipswich, 15, 121.
Ipswich Journal, 121 n., 164 n.
Isherwood, H., 102.
Isle of Wight, 169.
Islip, 94.
James I., 8.
—— II., 5.
Jenks, E., 20.
Jennings, John, 261.
Jerome, St., 219.
Johnson, A. H., 41, 42.
—— Mary Ann, 246.
—— (overseer), 254.
—— Samuel, 24, 40, 80, 129, 203, 328, 331.
Joliffe, Mr., M.P., 149.
—— Rev. J., 285.
Jones, Tom, 194.
Jordan, Edmund, 102.
Judd, Mr., 293.
Judges, discretion in sentences, 202 f.;
salaries advanced, 241;
addresses at Special Commissions, 274, 275, 300, 303.
Juries, presentments by, 17;
of Manor Courts, 30.
Justices of the Peace, growth of power, 16 ff.;
autocratic character, 18 ff.;
unpaid, 20;
and regulation of wages, 140, 144;
and workhouses, 148;
Brougham on, 191.
Juvenal, 204.
Keene, Mr., 68.
Kelvedon, 230.
Kempster, Richard, 305.
Kemys Tynte, Sir C., 65, 68.
Kendal, 127.
Kent, 144, 183;
1830 rising in, 244 ff.;
prisoners, 308 n.
Kent, Nathaniel, 80, 81, 110, 111, 127, 135, 154, 155, 160.
—— William, 102.
Kenton, 118.
Kew, 235.
Kibworth-Beauchamp, 117, 164.
King, Gregory, 26 n., 28.
—— Captain, 256.
—— Lord, 320.
—— Thomas, 102.
Kingsley, 260.
King’s Lynn, 11.
—— Sedgmoor (enclosure), 52, 64 ff., 98 n., Appendix A (14).
Kington, 56.
Kintbury mob, 264;
anecdotes of, 265.
Kirton, 100 n.
Knaresborough (enclosure), 55, 59 f., 64, 86, 98 n., Appendix A (6).
Knatchbull, Sir Edward, 245 f.
Kosciusko, 173.
‘Labour Rate’ system, 230.
Laleham (enclosure), 50, 51 n., 59, 86, Appendix A (7).
Lamb, George, 315.
Lambton. See Durham, Lord.
Lampsacus, 70.
Lancashire, 133.
Lane, 277.
Lansdowne, Lord, 273, 291, 314, 322.
Lauderdale, Lord, 202.
Launceston, 12.
Lawyers, French and English, compared, 215 f.
Laxton, 43 n.
Lechmere, Mr., M.P., 77, 141, 233.
Lecky, W. E. H., 111 n., 129 n.
Leeds, 59, 60, 116.
Leeds, Duke of, 47 f.
Legg, the brothers, 294.
—— George, 301.
Leicestershire, 186.
Leigh, Lord, 100.
Leo X., 22.
Lespinasse, Mlle. de, 4.
Levy, Professor, 26 n., 41, 100 n., 111.
Lewes Assizes, 274;
Gaol, 246.
Light, 294.
Lilley, the brothers, 193.
Limoges, 4.
Lincoln, 152.
Lincoln, Bishop of, 57.
—— Lord, 53.
Lincolnshire, 155, 269.
Litchfield, 119 n.
Little Marlow, 307.
Littleport, 178.
Liverpool, 11.
Liverpool, Lord, 256.
Llandaff, Bishop of. See Watson.
Loches, 3.
Locke, 150.
Loes and Wilford, 118, 120.
Lofft, Capel, 108.
London, City of, 12.
Londonderry, Lord, 197.
Long, Walter, J.P., 278.
Long Crendon, 306.
—— Newnton, 156.
Longparish, 284.
Lonsdale, Lord, 9.
Looker case, the, 295, 296, 315.
Lord of the Manor, position under common-field system, 28 f., 32 f.;
position on enclosure, 58, 61, 73, 97.
Louis XIII., 5, 19.
—— XIV., 2, 3, 19, 34.
—— XV., 2, 4, 219.
—— XVI., 3, 4, 5, 218, 311.
Louth (enclosure), 51, 58 n., 59, 86, 98 n., 102, Appendix A (8).
Lowell, Professor, 17.
Lower Winchendon, 132.
Lucan, 206.
Lucretius, 125.
Ludlow, 12.
Lush, James, 277, 291, 292, 298.
Lyminge, 245.
Lynn, 139.
Macaulay, 23;
on Deserted Village, 331.
Macclesfield, Lord, 96.
Machinery, judges on benefits of, 275;
destruction of, in 1830, 259 ff., 268, 303, 306;
penalties for destruction, 273.
See also Threshing Machines.
Mackarness, John, 89.
Mackrell, Thomas, 306.
Macquarie Harbour, 206.
Magnesia, 70.
Maidenhead, 268.
Maids Morton, 164.
Maidstone, 246 f., 255 f.;
Assizes, 274.
Maine, 23.
Mair, Colonel, 259.
Maldon, 12.
Malicious Trespass Act, 199 f.
Malthus, 165, 204, 207, 322, 323;
on Whitbread’s scheme, 180 ff.
Manchester, 115.
Manor, the, connection with common field system, 27.
—— Courts, 16 f.;
and common field system, 30.
—— Lord of the. See Lord.
March Phillipps, L., 327 n.
Marengo, 188.
Margate, 183.
Mariner, 187.
Market Lavington, 265.
Marlborough, 265, 297.
Marlborough, Duke of, 43 n., 89.
Marshall, William, 36, 80, 97 n., 110 n., 158 n.;
on methods of enclosure, 81.
Martin, Rev. Mr., 43 n.
Mason, Joseph and Robert, 284 f.
Maulden (enclosure), 78, 100, 101 n.
Maurice of Saxony, 319.
Mayfield, 250 f.
Mazarin, 6.
M‘Culloch, 185, 240.
Melbourne, Lord, 96, 302, 310 n.;
and transportation, 205;
and 1830 rising, 259, 264, 309, 312, 314;
circular of Nov. 24, 267;
of Dec. 8, 266 n., 270;
and Special Commissions, 307;
at Cobbett’s trial, 317 f.;
and spring guns, 319;
on Corn Laws, 321;
and Suffield’s proposals, 322 f.
Meredith, Sir William, 64.
Merton, 99, 183.
Metcalf, Ann, 102.
Methodist movement, 220, 326.
Micheldever, 276, 287.
Middleton, Mr., 38, 86.
Middlesex, 21.
Midlands, 34, 101.
Milan, 131.
Millet, 332.
Military tenures, abolition of, 22.
Milk, and enclosure, 39, 110, 127 ff.;
attempts to provide, 129 f.
Minimum wage, 133 ff.;
Whitbread’s proposals, 86, 139 ff.;
probable effects of, 233 f.
Mirabeau, Marquis de, 4.
Mollington, 119.
Monck, J. B., 305.
Monoux, Sir P., 101.
Montesquieu, 4.
Montgomery, Mrs., 294.
Moorcott, 89.
Moore, Adam, 139.
—— F., 100 n.
—— Robert (in Shirley), 35.
Moreton Corbet (enclosure), 47, 60.
Morey, Farmer C., 301.
Morgan, 275.
Mould of Hatch, 293.
Mount, W., 303.
Muir, Thomas, 299.
Municipal government, 15.
Myus, 70.
Napoleon, 140, 173, 188, 241, 328, 329.
Nash, Thomas, 102.
Neale, Jane, 281.
Newbolt, Rev. Dr., 265 f.
Newbury, 161, 267, 305.
New England, 82.
—— Forest, 57.
Newington, 218.
Newport, 201 n.
—— Pagnell, 157.
New Sarum, 109 n.
—— South Wales, 261 n., 263 n., 277 n., 308 n.
Newton, Mr., 268.
Newton Toney, 293.
Nicholls, Sir George, 146 n.
Ninfield, 250.
Noakes, David and Thomas, 249 f.
Noke, 89.
Norfolk, 122, 177, 269;
prisoners, 308 n.
North, Francis, 22.
—— Lord, 68, 71, 73.
—— Roger, 23.
Northampton, 8.
Northamptonshire, 184, 269.
Northesk, Lord, 282.
Norton, Sir Fletcher, 72.
Norwich, 177.
Norwich Mercury, 321.
Nottingham, 11, 116, 118;
castle, 243.
Nottinghamshire, 156.
Nutbean, E. C., 281.
Nylands, 43 n.
Oakley, William, 264, 303, 305.
O’Connell, 239.
Oddington, 89.
Officials, salaries raised, 241.
See also Parliamentary and Village.
Old Age Pensions, 169.
Oldfield, 11.
Old Sarum, 9.
Orleans, Duke of, 2.
Ormonde, Duke of, 23.
Orpington, 244.
Orridge, Mr., 192.
Oswestry, 152.
Otmoor (enclosure), 45 n., 60, 88 ff.
Oundle, 269.
Overseers, and relief, 145 f.;
salaried, 182;
hostility to, in 1830 rising, 247, 249, 250, 252, 254, 278.
Overton, 266.
Owslebury, 282.
Oxford, 23, 95, 132, 147 n., 163, 218.
Oxford Journal, Jackson’s, 88 n., 92 n., 93 n., 96 n.
Oxford University and City Herald, 89 n., 93 n., 95 n., 269 n.
Oxfordshire, 128, 131, 268;
prisoners, 308 n.
Page, Mr., 264.
Paine, Thomas, 169, 217, 315.
Pakeman, the brothers, 309 f.
Palmer, G., 254.
—— T. F., 299.
Palmerston, Lord, 317, 318.
Parham, Farmer, 294.
Parish carts, 182, 242, 278 f.
Park, Mr. Justice, on Special Commissions, 275, 302, 304 ff.
Parke, Mr. Justice, and Otmoor, 94;
on Special Commissions, 275, 278, 283, 300.
Parliament, qualifications for members, 14.
Parliamentary Committees, on Private Enclosure Bills, 45 ff.;
how constituted, 46.
—— government, established, 5.
—— officials and enclosure, 76, 103.
—— Reform, 8;
Cobbett and, 236;
Grey’s Government and, 311 f.
—— representation, analysis of, 12, 13, 14.
See also Franchise.
Parr, Dr. 203.
Patience, Ambrose, 292, 294.
Patrons, control of boroughs by, 10 f., 15;
relations to M.P.’s, 13.
Patteson, Sir John, 95, 302.
Pearse, Mr., M.P., 265.
Peel, Sir Robert, 191 n., 195, 202, 288;
and 1830 rising, 246, 247, 256, 258, 311;
and prosecution of Cobbett, 316.
Penal Code, 203.
—— Settlements, 205, 206.
Peninsular War, 139, 327.
Pennells, Richard, 310.
Perceval, Spencer, 143, 317.
Perry, E., 109 n.
—— John, 294.
Peterborough, 31 n., 269.
Peterborough, Bishop of, 56.
Peterloo, 330.
Petersfield, 10.
Petitions, for enclosure, 43 f.;
against enclosure, 47;
how treated, 48;
about New Forest, 57;
about Tollington, 71 f.
Pinniger, Mr., 277.
Pitt, William, the younger, 14, 15, 60, 103, 139, 174, 212, 241, 299;
on mixed bread, 124;
on minimum wage, 134 f., 141 f.;
his Poor Law Bill, 86, 145, 149 ff., 210;
and settlement, 152 f.;
and Sinking Fund, 173;
and French War, 328 f.
Plymouth, 15.
Plympton, 12.
Poachers, in Bedford Gaol, 193;
loss to village, 238.
See also Game Laws.
Polhill, Mr., 267.
Political economy, in fashion, 207;
judges on, 275.
—— Unions, 290, 316.
Pollen, R., J.P., 275 n., 278, 283 n.
Pompey, 2.
Poor Law, system of relief, 145 ff.;
of employment, 148;
Pitt’s Bill of 1796, 149 ff.;
Whitbread’s Bill of 1807, 143, 179 ff.;
litigation, 178.
See also Settlement and Speenhamland system.
—— —— Commission of 1834, 125, 160, 167 n., 170, 184, 225 ff.
Pope, 326.
Popham, 21.
Population and Speenhamland system, 170, 174 f., 228.
Porritt, E., 8 ff., 11, 13.
Port Arthur, 206.
Porter, Thomas, 295.
—— William, 102.
Porteus, Bishop, charge to clergy, 220 f.
Portland, Duke of, 108.
Portsmouth, 289.
Potato ground, 160.
Potter, Richard, 200.
—— Macqueen, 192, 308 n.
Pottern, 85.
Potwalloper boroughs, 9.
Powis, Mr., M.P., 76.
Pretymans, the, 220.
Price, William, and others, 95.
—— Rev. Mr., 245.
Prices, growth of, 109.
Priestley, Dr., 218.
Privileges, Committee of, 10.
Proteus, the, 308 n.
Prothero, R. E., 42.
Public schools, 23.
Pulteney, Sir William, 153.
Punishment, discretion of judges, 202;
penal code, 203;
fears of its mildness, 204.
See also Transportation.
Purley, 71.
Pym, Mr., 101.
—— Mr., J.P., 192.
Pyt House affray, 261 f., 292 f.
Quainton (enclosure), 51, Appendix A (13).
Quarrier, Dr., 283.
Quarter Sessions, change in procedure, 17 f.
Quesnai, 4.
Quidhampton, 261.
Radicals, the, 169, 236, 312.
Radnor, Lord, 9, 291, 313.
Rastall, Rev. Mr., 43 n.
Raunds (enclosure), 39, 51.
Ray, river, 93 f.
Reading, 231, 267;
Special Commission at, 302 ff.
Reading Mercury, 121 n. f., 161 n. ff.
Redlich and Hirst, 7, 20.
Redlinch, 67.
Reed, Mr., 249.
Reform Bill, riots, 243;
agitation for, 324.
See also Parliamentary Reform.
—— Government, and 1830 rising, 311 ff.;
prosecution of Carlile and Cobbett, 315 ff.;
incapacity for social legislation, 324.
Reni, Guido, 326.
Revolution of 1688, 5, 26.
Reynolds, Sir J., 24, 326, 332.
Ricardo, 207.
Richardson, Samuel, 18, 19, 33, 45.
Richelieu, 1 ff., 5 f.
Richmond, 9, 214.
Richmond, Duke of, 24, 191, 309.
Rick-burning. See Arson.
Ride, J. and F., and R., 102.
Ringmer, 251.
Riots, enclosure, 78 (see also Otmoor);
food riots of 1795, 120 ff.;
of 1816, 175, 177 ff.;
law about riot, 272 f.;
in 1830, Chaps. xi. and xii. passim.
Rising in 1830, 240 ff.;
origin in Kent, 244;
spread to Sussex, 247;
to Berks, Hants, and Wilts, 258;
alarm of authorities, 266 ff.;
spread West and North, 268;
wholesale arrests, 267, 270;
trials, 272 ff.
Robertsbridge, 249, 253 f.
Robespierre, 217.
Robinson, Mr., M.P., 68.
—— William, 102.
Rochefoucault, Duc de la, 217.
Rockingham, Lord, 13.
Rockley, 297.
Rode, 107.
Rogers, Sarah, 121.
—— T. L., 102.
Rome, comparison between English and Roman social history, 330 f.
Romilly, S., 202 ff.;
on Game Laws, 189, 198.
Romsey, 289.
Roundsman system, 148, 159, 164 f.
Rous, Sir John, 141.
Rousseau, 4, 226, 232.
Rowland, John, 295.
Rowlandson, 329.
Ruggles, Thomas, 108, 112 n., 115, 133, 147 n.
Run-rig system, 28 n.
Russell, Lord John, 140, 183, 308 n.
—— Lord William, 48.
—— 273 n.
Rutland, 155, 159.
Rutland, Duke of, 43 n.
Rye, 12.
Sagnac, P., 87 n.
St. Davids, Bishop of, 42, 55 f.
St. Denis, 2.
St. Germain, 219.
St. John, H., and Sedgmoor, 65 ff.
St. Lawrence Wootten, 281.
St. Mary Bourne, 263.
St. Neots, 102 n.
Salehurst, 253.
Salisbury, Special Commission at, 275, 290 ff.;
gaol rules at, 276, 291 f.;
scene in court, 298 f.
Salisbury, Bishop of, 85.
—— Lord, 85 n., 323.
Sanctuary, Mr., 257.
Sandwich, Lord, 58.
Sandy (enclosure), 101.
Sarney, John, 307.
Savile, Sir George, 54 f., 57.
Scarborough, Lord, 155.
Schools of Industry, 149 f.
Sclater, W. L., 281.
Scot and lot boroughs, 8.
Scotland, 129, 195 n.
Scotsmen, Cobbett on, 213.
Scott, Sir William, 214, 221.
Seaford, 121.
Sedgefield, 129.
Sedgford, 137.
Sedgmoor. See King’s Sedgmoor.
Selborne Workhouse, 243, 260.
Select Committees. See List of Authorities.
—— Vestry. See Vestry Reform.
Selwyn, George, 103, 223;
and Sedgmoor, 65 ff., 103.
Settlement, Laws of, 112 ff., 141, 178 f., 261;
effect of, 114 ff.;
reforms made and proposed, 152 f.;
Whitbread’s proposals in 1807, 179;
litigation, 215.
Settlements, family, 21 f.
Sevenoaks, 244.
Sheffield, 115 f.
Sheffield, Lord, 37, 123 n., 124, 153, 310.
Shelley, Sir Timothy, 257.
—— P. B., 257, 326.
Shepherd, Aaron, 295.
Sheppard, Joseph, 301.
Sheraton, 327.
Sheridan, 14, 24, 139, 161 n., 223, 314, 326, 328, 329;
on enclosure Bills, 57;
and minimum wage, 140, 233;
and Pitt’s Poor Law Bill, 149;
and Game Laws, 198.
Shooting, change in character, 187.
Shopkeepers and allotments, 159.
Shore, Mrs., 125 n.
Shottesbrook, 268.
Shrewsbury, 147 n., 152.
Sidlesham, 107.
Sidmouth, Lord, 218, 299, 314.
Sidney, Sir Philip, 312.
Silcock, 286.
Simms, the brothers, 263, 277.
Simond, M., 242.
Simpson (enclosure), 50, 51, 58 n., 59, Appendix A (9).
Simpson, Rev. Mr., 257.
Sinclair, Sir John, 74;
on common-field system, 36;
and enclosure, 59 ff., 83 ff., 157.
Sinecures, 173.
Sinking Fund, 173.
Sittingbourne, 246 f.
Skipton, 116.
Slade, Mrs. Charlotte, 263, 305.
Slater, Dr., 7, 28 n., 30 n., 32 n., 41, 42 n., 85.
Slaugham, 229.
Slinn, John, 194.
Smart, Professor, 173 n.
Smith, Abel, 156.
—— Adam, 29, 36, 40, 110, 143, 152, 181, 207, 312;
on settlement, 114 f.;
on clergy, 216 f.
—— General, 142.
—— Sydney, 190 n., 198, 201.
Smollett, 18, 63, 214, 216.
Snettisham, 137.
Society for Bettering the Condition of the Poor, 85.
—— for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 318.
—— for the Reformation of Manners, 222.
Soldiers and food riots, 121 f.
Somerset, 98 n.
Soup for the poor, 125 and n.
Southampton, 267.
Southey, 14 n.
South Sea Bubble, 175.
Special Commissions, in 1816, 172;
in 1830, 272 ff.;
at Winchester, 278 ff.;
Salisbury, 290 ff.;
Dorchester, 300 ff.;
Reading, 302 ff.;
Abingdon, 305 ff.;
Aylesbury, 306 f.;
conduct of prosecutions, 291.
Speenhamland, 19, 161 ff.
—— system, 19, 83, 302, 331;
introduction of, 161 ff.;
scale, 163;
effects of, Chaps. viii. and x. passim;
introduction into Warwickshire, 170;
reduction in scale, 184 ff.
Spenser, 5.
Spring guns, 195 f.;
Melbourne’s suggested reintroduction, 319.
Squatters, 28;
described, 31;
ignored in enclosure consents, 52;
results of enclosure on, 97, 102 f.
Standing Orders, about enclosures, 43 f., 60, 62;
origin of, 73 f.
Stanhope, Lord, 320.
Stanwell (enclosure), 33, 55, 58 n., 59, 86, 102, Appendix A (10).
Star Chamber and enclosures, 34.
States-General, 5.
Stavordale, Lord, and Sedgmoor, 67 ff.
Steel, George, 281.
Sterne, 24.
Stevens, James, 295.
—— Jane, 279.
Steyning, 9.
Stirling, Mrs., 196 n.
Stixswold, 32.
Stockbury, 247.
Stockton, 130.
Stoke, 154 n.
—— Cheriton, 285.
Stokes, 277.
Stone, Thomas, 81, 85.
Stotfold, 269.
Strafford, Lord, 48, 60.
Strudwick, Dame, 208 ff.
Stubbes, 34.
Studley, 89.
Sturges Bourne, 278, 322.
Suffield, Lord, 238;
and spring guns, 195 f., 319;
scheme in 1830, 320 ff.;
interviews with ministers, 322 ff.
See also Harbord Harbord.
Suffolk, 122, 135, 177, 269;
prisoners, 308 n.
Sumner, Bishop, 159, 264.
Surplus profits, 167 ff.
Surrey, 258.
Sussex, 1830 rising in, 247;
prisoners, 308 n.
Sutterton (enclosure), 100 n.
Sutton, Sir Richard, 30.
—— William, 281.
Swabey, Maurice, 306.
Swaffham, 99.
Swift, 235.
Swing, Captain, 245.
Taltarum’s Case, 21.
Taunton, Mr. Justice, 274, 310 f.
Taxation, 171 ff.
Tea-drinking, 128 f.
Tenant farmers, 28 f.
Tennyson, Mr., M.P., 196.
Tenterden, Chief Justice, 317.
Thanet, Lord, 321.
Thelwall, 136, 169, 241.
Themistocles, 70.
Thompson, Mr., 156.
—— Captain, 284.
Threshing machines, destruction of, Chap. xi. passim;
reason of hostility to, 245;
penalty for destruction, 273, 275.
Thurlow, Lord, on enclosure procedure, 53, 56 f., 61.
Ticehurst, 250.
Tilsworth, 43 n.
Times, the, 177 n., 178 n., 193 n., and Chapters xi. and xii. passim, including articles quoted, 269, 274, 302, and Special Correspondent, 269, 274, 302.
Tisbury, 261 f.
Tithes, 217 f., 222;
origin, 167 f.;
demand for abatement in 1830, Chap. xi. passim.
Tithe-owners, and enclosure, 56, 61 f., 97, 168.
Tollington, 71.
Tonbridge, 255.
Tonga Islands, 187.
Tooke, J. Horne, 72.
—— William, 71 f.
Toomer, James, 277.
Transportation, dreaded by labourers, 198 f.;
described, 205 f.;
effect on village life, 239.
Treason and Sedition Acts, 139, 329.
Trecothick, James, 48.
Trevelyan, Sir George, 71.
Trout, J., 102.
Tunbridge Wells, 255 f.
Turgot, 4 f.
Turner, Mr., M.P., 198.
—— Mr. (Pyt House affray), 262.
Ullathorne, Dr., 206 n.
Universities, the, 23.
Upper Clatford, 285.
Vachel, Rev. Mr., 178.
Van Diemen’s Land, 205, 283 n., 308 n., 310 n., 324.
Vansittart, 134.
—— Rev. Dr., 268.
Vaughan, Baron, on Special Commissions, 273 f., 278 ff., 300 f.
Vavasour, Sir Henry, 157.
Venice, 173.
Versailles, 2, 4, 327, 328.
Vestry Reform, Whitbread’s proposals, 179 ff.;
Acts of 1818 and 1819, 182 f.
Village officials, 103.
Vine Hall, 249.
Vinogradoff, Professor, 17, 27.
Virgil, 122, 206, 238.
Voltaire, 4, 24.
Wages, and prices, 111;
regulation of, 133 ff.;
assessment in 1725, 133;
in 1732, 144 f.;
proposals to assess at Speenhamland, 162;
wages in 1824, 183;
demand for living wage in 1830, Chaps. xi. and xii. passim;
wages in Berks, Hants, and Wilts, 259.
Wakefield (enclosure), 47 f., 55, 59 f., Appendix A (11).
Walden, 268.
Waller, William, 65.
Walpole, 6, 214.
—— Sir Spencer, 238.
Walsingham, Lord, 220.
Waltham (enclosure), 43 n.
Wanstead, 132 n.
Warbleton, 250.
Warburton, Mr., M.P., 187
Ward, Mr., 304.
Warde Fowler, Mr., 331.
Warren, John. See St. Davids, Bishop of.
Warwick, 10.
Warwickshire, 169, 194.
Wasing, 303.
Waterloo, 332.
Watson, Bishop, 217.
Webb, Mr. and Mrs., 7, 16, 19, 30 n., 191 n., 234 n.
Webster, Sir Godfrey, 250, 254.
Wellingborough, 269.
Wellington, Duke of, 140, 214, 221, 240, 252, 320;
as Prime Minister, 253, 311, 316;
and 1830 rising, 258, 278, 302, 309.
Wensleydale, Lord. See Mr. Justice Parke.
Westcote (enclosure), 43 n.
Western, C. C., 176.
—— Squire, 50, 187, 222, 328.
—— Sophia, 211.
West Grimstead, 294.
Westminster, 8.
Wetherall, 127.
Wharncliffe, Lord, 190.
Wheble, Mr., 305.
Wherwell, 284.
Whitaker, Sergeant, 203.
Whitbread, Samuel, and minimum wage proposals, 86, 134, 139 ff., 149, 210, 233;
scheme of 1807, 20, 179 ff.
—— Mr., J.P., 269.
Whitchurch, 289.
Whitecross Green, 89.
Whiteparish, 293.
White’s, 69, 332.
Wickham, Mr., 266 n.
Wigtoft (enclosure), 100 n.
Wilbarston (enclosure), 78.
Wilberforce, William, 124 n.;
and minimum wage, 143;
and Protestant Church in Copenhagen, 178 n.;
and the reform of manners, 222;
and Prince of Wales on Cobbett, 223;
on blessings of England, 332.
Wilde, Mr. Serjeant, 278, 282.
Wilford, 118, 120.
Wilkes, 72.
Wilkinson, Dr., 79.
Wilkinson, Mr. John, 116 n.
Willet, Mr., the banker, 177.
—— —— the butcher, 177.
William III., 5.
—— IV., 312.
Williams, Mr., 221.
—— Mr., J. P., 265.
—— George, 305.
—— William, 226.
Wilton, 261, 292.
Wiltshire, 122;
1830 rising in, 258 ff.;
labourers compared with Hampshire, 298;
prisoners, 308 n.
Winchester, 15, 121, 219;
and 1830 rising, 265;
Special Commission at, 274, 276, 278 ff.;
scenes outside gaol, 289.
Winchester, Bishop of. See Sumner.
—— Lord, 284.
—— Mayor of, 265.
Winchilsea, Lord, 101, 130, 242;
his allotments, 155, 157 ff., 160.
Windermere, 217.
Windham, W., 57, 224.
Windsor, 80.
Winfrith Newburgh, (enclosure), 51, 59, Appendix A (12).
Winkworth, William, 285.
Winslow, 164.
Winter, Captain, 310.
Winterbourne, 305.
Withers, Peter, 297.
Witley, 208.
Wonston, 284.
Woolridge, Henry, 306.
Worcester, 152.
Worcestershire, 169.
Workhouses, 147;
destroyed in 1830, 260.
Wraisbury, 50 n.
Wycombe, 306.
Wynne, Squire, 293.
Xenophon, 197.
Yardley Goben, 164.
Yorkshire, 13, 155, 269.
Young, Arthur, 31, 33 n., 74, 80, 102 n., 160;
on France and England, 3, 105, 111, 224;
on common-field system, 37;
on enclosure and its methods, 44, 58, 60, 62, 79, 81;
protest against methods, 82 ff., 154;
scheme for allotments, 84, 173, 321;
and Otmoor, 89, 93;
on wheaten bread, 126;
and minimum wage, 135, 143;
and Speenhamland system, 165;
and bailiffs, 213;
and curates, 221.
—— Sir William, 141, 143, 148.
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