Webster, 102, 155, 221; _see_ Weaver. Weeding, 62, 89. Wet-nurse, 26, 58. Whipping dogs out of Church, 63. Whit-awers, 191. Winchcombe, John, 99. Winnowing, 49. Widow, 29, 33, 45, 86, 100, 122, 129, 137, 156, 171, 177, 189 _seq._, 195, 200, 201, 204 _seq._, 209, 213, 216, 218, 227, 230, 249-252 _passim_, 264, 268; _see_ Apprentice, Housing, Journeymen, Poor Relief, Weaver; _dependence on journeymen_, 185, 189, _seq._, 261; _membership in late husband’s gild_, 160 _seq._, 168, 174, 176 _seq._, 179 _seq._, 183, 185, 187, 233 _seq._, 261, 298; _pensions_ to, 69, _seq._ 170; _of soldiers_, 248 _seq._; _succession to late husband’s business_, 11, 30-34 _passim_, 104 _seq._, 151, 154 _seq._, 160-163 _passim_, 167-173 _passim_, 188 _seq._, 215, 217, 221, 293. Wife, 45, 70, 216, 237, 280; _see_ Alehouse, Bakers, Business, Capitalist, Dairy, Doctor, Domestic, Farmer, Household Management, Husbandman, Journeyman, Mother, Pig-keeping, Poultry-keeping, Shop-keeper, Sick nursing, Spinning, Wage-earner; _economic position of_, 11, 292; _membership in husband’s gild_, 150, 160, 171 _seq._, 179 _seq._, 191, 261, 301; _mutual dependence of husband and wife_, 12, 41, 44, 49, 54 _seq._, 300-302 _passim_; _pauperisation of wife_, 92, 147, 149; _wife provides food and clothes for family_, 12 _seq._, 39, 60, 63, 90, 94 _seq._, 106, 112, 125, 137, 145, 291, 293, 304; _separate business_, 17, 40, 151-156 _passim_, 165, 175-178 _passim_, 194 _seq._, 202 _seq._, 206, 208, 214, 219, 221, 228 _seq._, 231; _settlement_, 80-89 _passim_; _soldier’s wife_, 142; _subjection to husband_, 16, 35, 41, 45, 197, 240, 302-304 _passim_; _working in husband’s business_, 29, 34 _seq._, 40 _seq._, 45, 95, 100-102 _passim_, 144, 151, 153-159 _passim_, 163, 172 _seq._, 175, 184-187 _passim_, 192 _seq._, 196 _seq._, 202 _seq._, 212, 215 _seq._, 220 _seq._, 229, 234 _seq._, 293 _seq._, 302. Woollen manufacture, 42, 94, 97-124 _passim_, 126, 129, 138; _see_ Clothiers, Drapers, Poor, Spinning, Weaver; _capitalistic_, 94, 96 _seq._, 123 _seq._, 147; _domestic_, 49, 106; _family_, 97, 106; _dependence on women’s and children’s labour_, 97 _seq._, 112, 114; _fluctuations in trade_, 98 _seq._, 110 _seq._, 118-122 _passim_, 147 _seq._; _instruction in_, 110 _seq._; _men and women wage-earners unite in trade disputes_, 116-123 _passim_; _political power_, 126; _wages for spinning_, 49, 95-97 _passim_, 100, 108 _seq._, 113-118 _passim_, 120, 122 _seq._, 124, 134 _seq._, 137; _women’s position in_, 98, 102 _seq._, 106, 124; _wool-combers_, 155. Wycherley, 3, 37. Yeoman, 9, 50, 76, 90. York, 212. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIST OF STUDIES IN ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE.