A court formed out of the _Curia Regis_ to deal with questions of finance. It was established by Roger of Salisbury, in the reign of Henry I. Exclusion Bill. A Bill introduced into Parliament in 1679, providing for the exclusion of James, Duke of York, from the succession. The bill failed to pass, but was reintroduced in 1681. After it had been read a first time Charles II dissolved Parliament, and did not summon another during his reign. Executors. _See_ Sixteen, Council of. Exsurge Domine, Bull. The Bull issued by Leo X in 1520, “against the errors of Martin Luther.” It was publicly burnt by Luther in the market place of Wittemburg. F F. F. V’s. The First Families of Virginia. The name given to the descendants of the adventurers who colonized Virginia under the Charter of 1606. Fabius, The American. George Washington was so called. Factory Acts. A series of Acts providing for the inspection and regulation of factories in Great Britain. The first Act dealing with this question was the Cotton Industry Act of 1831, and further legislation took place in 1834, 1844, 1850, 1864, 1867, 1870, and 1874, some of these Acts relating to factories as a whole, and others to particular trades. The most important enactment, however, is that of 1878, which deals with factories and workshops of all kinds, as well as with domestic workshops. Regulations are made limiting the hours of employment of women, young persons, and children, forbidding the carrying on of certain trades by women, and providing for systematic inspection by Government officials. Faggot Votes. Votes manufactured, chiefly in country districts, by the creation of small freeholders. The sale of land to accomplish this was often merely nominal, no money passing, and the vendor lending the purchase money under mortgage. Fair Maid of Kent. The sobriquet of Joan, Countess of Salisbury, the wife of Edward the Black Prince. Fair Quakeress. Hannah Lightfoot, whom George III married in 1759, the year before he ascended the throne. The marriage was, of course, not recognized. Fair Rosamond. The daughter of Lord Clifford and mistress of Henry II of England. Falaise, Treaty of. A treaty between Henry II of England and William the Lyon of Scotland, signed in 1174. William, who had been captured by the English and carried off to Normandy, agreed, as the price of his liberty, to acknowledge Henry’s suzerainty and do homage for his crown. The right was, however, surrendered by Richard Cœur de Lion in 1189, in exchange for a payment of 10,000 marks. Falczi, Treaty of. _See_ Pruth. Falieri, Conspiracy of Marino. A plot, headed by Falieri, the Doge of Venice, to overthrow the Government of the Republic. The conspiracy was discovered, and Falieri was beheaded within the walls of the Ducal Palace in 1355. Falk Laws.