Enterprise, Money and Credit in England before the Black Death 1285-1349

Chapter 1: The Place of Credit and Coin in the Medieval English Economy

The Relationship of Credit to the Monetary Economy

The Shortage of Coin

The Crown and the Coinage

Barter

The Constraints on Credit

Usury and Interest

Risks of Default

The Instability of Credit

The Balance of Trade and Coin

The Wool Trade and Credit

Chapter 2: The Records of the Statutes of Acton Burnell, and Merchants, 1284-1349

The Registries

Conflicting interpretations of the Certificates

The Certificates of Debt as a Sample of Credit

A London Merchant's record of Credit.

The Relationship between Credit and Wool Exports

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Chapter 3: The Contribution of Alien Creditors to the English Economy, 1285-1289

            Italian Creditors, 1285-9

            Cahorsin Creditors, 1285-9

            Gascon Creditors, 1285-9

            German Merchants

            Other alien creditors

            London and Alien Merchants

Chapter 4: English Wealth and Credit, 1285-1289

London and its Region

Shropshire

Lincolnshire

Yorkshire

Hampshire

Credit in other coastal counties

Northumberland

The Inland Counties

Chapter 5: The Growth of English Credit, 1290-1294

Hampshire

Yorkshire

Shropshire

Lincolnshire

London

Bristol

The New Registries

Nottingham

Chester

Chapter 6: Warfare, Currency Confusion, and Falling Credit, 1295-1299

            Hampshire

            Lincolnshire

            Yorkshire

            Shropshire

            Herefordshire

            Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire

            London

Chapter 7: Recovery and New Patterns of Credit, 1300-1304

London

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire

Lincolnshire

Norfolk

Yorkshire

Shropshire

Herefordshire

Devon

Chapter 8: Monetary Expansion and Economic Growth, 1305-1309

            London and its Region

            Oxford and its Region

Bristol and its Region

Norfolk

Nottinghamshire

Derbyshire,

Leicestershire

Lincolnshire

Yorkshire

Shropshire

Herefordshire

Hampshire

Devon

Chapter 9: Crises, Conflicts, and Mercantile Credit, 1311-1329

            Circumstances inimical to credit

            Repeal of the Ordinances, 1322

            Differing regional concentrations of merchants

            London

            London's Region

            Norfolk

            Suffolk

            Lincolnshire

            Yorkshire

            Shropshire

Herefordshire

Bristol, Somerset and Gloucestershire

Nottinghamshire

Staffordshire

Chapter 10: Warfare, Gold, and Regional Disparities, 1330-1339

London

The expansion of London's Region

Norfolk

Suffolk

Growth in the Midlands:

Northamptonshire

Warwickshire

Oxfordshire

Bristol and Somerset

Dorset

Cornwall and Devon

Counties with Declining Credit:

Lincolnshire

Shropshire

Herefordshire

Yorkshire

Chapter 11: English Financiers, a Gold Currency and Plague, 1340-1349

Coin and Credit

            Counties with Falling Credit:

            Oxfordshire

            Norfolk

Counties with Increased Credit:

London

The Rise of London's Mercers

Other London Creditors

Increased Provincial Enterprise and Credit

Devon

Wiltshire

Bristol

Gloucestershire

Herefordshire

Warwickshire

Lincolnshire

Newcastle and Northumberland

Yortkshire

Chapter 12: Conclusions