NORMANS IN ENGLAND TO THE REFORMATION. CHAP. I. Observations on the Conquest—account of the changes then 327 introduced—their effects on the kingdom in general, and on Lynn and its vicinity in particular. CHAP. II. Further remarks on the revolutionary effects of the 342 Conquest, throughout the whole kingdom as well as at Lynn—Catalogue of bishops to whose civil rule the town used to be subject, or who bore temporal sway here till the Reformation. CHAP. III. State of Lynn previously and subsequently to its becoming a 374 corporate town, or free burgh; or general remarks on that event, and on the progressive state of society in the cities and towns of this country, as well as at Lynn, in those times—John, Henry III, and Henry VIII, great benefactors to this town; the latter of whom put an end to the temporal domination of the bishops here, and ought to be held in grateful remembrance. CHAP. IV. Further observations on the history of Lynn during the same 390 period—horrid treatment of the Jews here—probable state of the town as to its internal police and municipal economy previously to its being declared a free burgh and receiving its first royal charter—changes resulting from that event—statement of subsequent occurrences. CHAP. V. State of society at Lynn during this period—the subject 408 elucidated from documents relative to the ancient _gilds_—observations on the nature of those institutions—very common in the country before the reformation—names and number of those of Lynn. SECT. 1. Observations on the origin of the gilds. 411 SECT. 2. Names and number of the Lynn gilds, with 415 additional observations. SECT. 3. More particular account of some of our gilds. 419 SECT. 4. Account of the gilds continued. 439 SECT. 5. Account of the Holy Trinity company, or great 450 merchant’s gild. SECT. 6. Account of the remaining gilds, and particularly 474 those of _St. Francis_ and _St. William_. CHAP. VI.