Perry, 130.

Pestilences, 38, 42, 68, 79.

Piecework, 28, 163, 206.

Pigeons, number of, 49, 96, 105, 143, 244, 274, 275.

Pigs,
  export of, 330;
  feeding, 16, 125;
  foot-and-mouth disease attacks, 290;
  import of, 326;
  number of, 333-4;
  profit on, in 1763, 200;
  size of, in 1592, 104;
  value of, 20, 35n., 96, 200-3;
  varieties of, 170, 346.
  (See Prices.)

Pinchbeck, 103.

Pitt, William, 238, 239.

Plat, Sir Hugh, 127, 152.

Plattes, Gabriel, 76, 127.

Pleuro-pneumonia, see Cattle plagues.

Plot, 145.

Plough, eleventh- and twelfth-century, 17.

Ploughing,
  cost of, 33, 65, 135, 141, 177, 179, 246;
  months for, 17, 124.

Ploughland, the, 16, 18.

Ploughs and ploughing, 65, 83, 113, 125, 129, 135, 143, 150,
  153, 177, 191, 203, 217, 218, 225, 273, 342, 354.

Plums, 15, 93, 130, 131, 136, 329, 332.

Poaching, 48;
  by labourers, 55, 210, 248, 282, 291.

Population of England, 79, 89, 111, 120, 140, 156, 160, 163, 211, 240, 287.

Pork, price of, see Prices.

Porter, ‘Progress of Nation,’ 276, 279, 286, 287.

Portugal, exports to, 349.

Potatoes, 106, 107, 112, 187, 191, 194, 227, 318, 331-3, 353;
  disease, 277.

Poultry, 41n., 66, 80, 132, 169, 170 (see Prices);
  carrying, to London,171.

Praepositus, 12.

Precarii, or boon days, 9.

Precious metals,
  influx of, 89, 111;
  scarcity of, 66n.

Prices: 
  Apples, 15, 65, 188, 189. 
  Bacon and pork, 96, 102, 238, 239, 263, 313, 334. 
  Barley, 20, 35, 69, 114, 133, 138, 142, 155, 179, 223, 247,
    312, 347, 350-3. 
  Beans, 35, 155, 180, 347. 
  Beef, 96, 102, 114, 164, 206n., 239, 240, 241, 242, 247, 262, 263, 265. 
  Bread, 206n., 207n., 223, 230, 242n., 280, 285, 286, 291. 
  Butter, 33, 66, 114, 206n., 241, 247, 285-6, 312, 334, 347. 
  Carts, 203. 
  Cattle, 19, 20, 35, 41, 65, 89, 105, 114, 119, 133, 146, 163, 165n.,
    167, 169, 203, 235, 263, 307, 312, 347. 
  Cheese, 173-4, 206n., 241, 242, 312, 334, 347. 
  Clover, 166. 
  Eighteenth century, 145, 160, 163, 164, 165n., 166, 167, 169, 170,
    172, 173-4, 179, 180, 186, 188, 189, 200, 203, 206n., 222, 223, 227,
    229, 230, 231, 237, 238, 239, 240, 285, 341, 355. 
  Fifteenth century, 40, 66, 69, 355. 
  Fourteenth century, 39, 40, 41, 59, 65, 327, 355. 
  Flax,152. 
  Grapes, 144. 
  Harness, 203. 
  Hay, 157, 165n., 166, 241-2, 262, 347. 
  Hops, 87, 89, 150, 247, 298, 330, 347. 
  Horses, 19, 20, 35, 36, 114, 142, 165n., 203, 347, 355. 
  Horse-shoes,96. 
  Implements, 83, 138. 
  Malt, 89, 240, 241. 
  Milk, 168, 170, 312.