23. The manumission of a villein, 1334 97 24. Grant of a bondman, 1358 98 25. Imprisonment of a gentleman claimed as a bondman, 1447 98 26. Claim to a villein, _temp._ Henry IV-Henry VI 100 27. The effect of the Black Death, 1350 102 28. Accounts of the Iron Works of South Frith before and after the Black Death, 1345-50 103 29. The Peasants' Revolt, 1381 105 SECTION V TOWNS AND GILDS 1. Payments made to the Crown by gilds in the twelfth century, 1179-80 114 2. Charter of liberties to the borough of Tewkesbury, 1314 116 3. Charter of liberties to the borough of Gloucester, 1227 119 4. Dispute between towns touching the payment of toll, 1222 121 5. Dispute with a lord touching a gild merchant, 1223-4 123 6. The affiliation of boroughs, 1227 124 7. Bondman received in a borough, 1237-8 125 8. An inter-municipal agreement in respect of toll, 1239 126 9. Enforcement of charter granting freedom from toll, 1416 126 10. Licence for an alien to be of the Gild Merchant of London, 1252 127 11. Dispute between a gild merchant and an abbot, 1304 128 12. Complaints of the men of Leicester against the lord, 1322 131 13. Grant of pavage to the lord of a town, 1328 133 14. Misappropriation of the tolls levied for pavage, 1336 135 15. Ordinances of the White Tawyers of London, 1346 136 16. Dispute between Masters and Journeymen, 1396 138 17. Ordinances of the Dyers of Bristol, 1407 141 18. Incorporation of the Haberdashers of London, 1448 144 19. Indenture of Apprenticeship, 1459 147 20. A runaway apprentice, c. 1425 148 21. Incorporation of a gild for religious and charitable uses, 1447 148 SECTION VI THE REGULATION OF TRADE, INDUSTRY, AND COMMERCE 1. Assize of Measures, 1197 154 2. Grant to the lord of a manor of the assize of bread and ale and other liberties, 1307 155 3. An offence against the assize of bread, 1316 156 4. Inquisition touching a proposed market and fair, 1252 157 5. Grant of a fair at St. Ives to the abbot of Ramsey, 1202 158