The History of British Commerce/Volume 1

by George Lillie Craik

THE HISTORY

OF

BRITISH COMMERCE

from the Earliest Times.

REPRINTED FROM
THE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND;

WITH CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS,
AND A CONTINUATION TO THE PRESENT DAY.

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By GEO. L. CRAIK, M.A.

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IN THREE VOLUMES.—VOL. I.

LONDON:
CHARLES KNIGHT & Co., LUDGATE STREET.

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1844.

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London:—Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street.

CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I.
Before and During the Roman Occupation.	9
CHAPTER II.
The Anglo-Saxon Period A.D. 449—1066.	52
CHAPTER III.
From the Norman Conquest to the Death of King John. A.D. 1066—1216	88
CHAPTER IV.
From the Accession of Henry III. to the End of the Reign of Richard II. A.D. 1216—1399	120
CHAPTER V.
From the Accession of Henry IV. to the End of the Reign of Richard III. A.D. 1399—1485	159
CHAPTER VI.
From the Accession of Henry VII. to the End of the Reign of Elizabeth. A.D. 1485—1603	199