Kennedy, James, brother of John, cotton-spinner, 127, 172; came to Lancashire from Kirkcudbright, 127. See Crompton, M‘Connel and Kennedy Kennedy, John, eminence in cotton industry, 126; improved mule, 126 and _n._; apprenticeship, 127; connection with M‘Connel & Kennedy terminated, 1826, 132; promoted public subscription on behalf of Crompton, 150; assisted Crompton’s appeal to Parliament, 154, 166-168; raised subscription to purchase annuity for Crompton, 159 and _n._; _Brief Memoir of S. Crompton_, 75_n._, 78_n._, 113, 114, 116_n._, 121, 122_n._, 123_n._, 124_n._, 125_n._, 130-131, 132_n._, 154_n._, 158_n._, 159; _Early Recollections_, 127_n._; _Rise and Progress of Cotton Trade_, 75_n._, 76_n._, 122_n._, 126_n._ Kersies, 6, 7_n._ Kirkcudbright, migration of young men from, to Lancashire, 127 L Lace, demand for fine cotton yarn for manufacture of, 131 _Lancashire and Cheshire Wills_, 2_n._, 32_n._, 33_n._ Lancashire, exempted from provisions of Weavers’ Act, xxv.-xxviii., 4; fustian manufacture, 9, 10; not opposed to restrictive legislation, 20; textile industry, 28, 29; number employed in linen industry, 29; organisation of cloth industry in sixteenth century, 30, 31; workers’ combinations and disturbances, 45; cotton manufacture established by beginning of seventeenth century, 65; cotton manufacture progressive before 1770, 65; new cotton manufacture arose at end of eighteenth century, 66, 72; fine fabrics manufacture, 131; small proprietors engaged in industry, 136; contrast between town and country weavers, 136-137; workers benefit from development, 144; Luddite risings, 154-155. See Cotton Industry, Combinations, Petitions Lancaster traders support Manchester Act (1736), 24; Assizes (1758), 45-46; light punishment of check-weavers, 1759, 51; port of entry for cotton, 57-58 Lee, G., promoter of subscription on Crompton’s behalf, 150, 170, 174, 182; predecessor of Robert Owen, 150_n._; partner in firm of Phillips & Lee, 150_n._; assisted Crompton in appeal to Parliament, 154, 157; evidence before Committee on Crompton’s petition, 187-189, 191; letter relative to amount of award to Crompton, 192 Leeds, food riots in 1753, 42 Leicester, Luddite risings, 154-155 Leigh, a centre of fustian manufacture, 56 Leland, _Itinerary_, 3 and _n._ Lennox, Duke of, alnager of new drapery, 9, 10, 11, 197_n._ Leyden, journeymen fullers of, xxiii. Linen industry, numbers employed in, 29; excluded from operations of restrictive legislation. See Lancashire, Manchester, Ireland Linen-yarn, used in fustian manufacture, 9, 29, 58; German used as substitute for Irish, 58 Linwood Company, 172 Liverpool purchased grain in 1756 to relieve distress, 43; superseded London as chief entry port for cotton, 57-58