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wealth of the people distinguished from wealth of the monarch, 272, 295, 298, 299, 555, 556.

Wedding, number of children to a, 388, 389, 400; tables of: for Cranbrook, 419–421; for Romsey, 412–415; for Tiverton, 416–418.

Weather, investigation of, 170.

Weekly bills of mortality. See Bills.

Welsh language, 206.

West Country, beggars to be sent to, 354.

West-Frizia, area of, 542.

West Indies, sugar of, 257; trade of, 258, 278.

West Looe, Petty represents, in Richard Cromwell's parliament, xix.

Westminster, a distinct city, 423; included in the bills, Ixxxiv, lxxxvi, 342; comprehended within "London," 459; court at, 381; palace of, 42; table for, 410.

Westminster Hall, Pepys buys Graunt's Observations at, xxxvi, 317.

Weston, Sir Richard, 250.

Wexford, language in, 206.

Wheat, value of, 275.

Whistler, Daniel, presents Graunt's Observations to the Royal Society, xxxvi.

White Chapel grown in population, 380.

Whitehall, 42.

Wilkins, John, Bishop of Chester, xxi, xxii, xxiv, xxxvi.

Willcox, Walter Francis, ix.

William III., Political Arithmetick dedicated to, 239, 240.

Williamson, Sir Joseph, his interest in political arithmetic, lxxvii; relation to the Political Anatomy, 122, 124; mentioned, 237, 450 n.

Willoughby, Francis (?), had MS. of Political Arithmetick, 237.

Winchester, decrease of, 370, 372.

Winchester, marquis of, his house turned into a tenement, 380.

Windet, John, printer, lxxxiii.

Windmills in Holland, 256.

Winds, 170, 171.

Wine, importation of, 60, 304, 309; from France, 297; from Spain, 50, 58; into Ireland, 586, 587, 596; smuggling of, 60, 61.

Wiseman, Thomas, to Pennington, 407 n.

Women more frequently ill than men, 376. See also Males and Females.

Wood, Anthony, his life of Petty, xiii n.; of Graunt, xxxviii; letter of Aubrey to, 8 n.

Wood, Robert, 210.

Wool, exports of, from England, 295, 296; from Ireland, 175, 296; prohibited, 59, 60; worked in Holland, 258; manufacture of said to be declining, 242 n.; is flourishing 258; seat of at London, 381.

World, age of, 388; population of, 295, 463–465, 467 n., 477, 478.

Worms, children die of, 349.

Worship, liberty of, 71.

Worsley, Benjamin, surveyor in Ireland, xvi–xviii.

Wren, Sir Christopher, his lectures on astronomy, xxii.

Yarmouth, increased, 303.

Yarn, exportation of, 59 n.; in Ireland, 222, 296; Turkish in Holland, 258.

Yearly bill of mortality. See Bills.

Years, healthfulness of, 368, 369, 390.

Years' purchase, lxxiii, 45. See also Land.

York, Duke of. See James II.

York, province of, persons in, 461 n.


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