21differed little from country,12,21trade theirraison-d’être,13town gild,13,31struggle of classes in continental,9but not in English,9growth of select body,19,105Trade favoured by Conquest,10,13,35expansion of,20localisation of,31Trade Unions,47,68,141-144Treasurer of gild,43Tudor, Owen,79Universities,119Usury,33,78,80Villain enfranchised by joining Merchant Gild,16,22,30Vintners,59Vulcan,118Wake, John,27Wales,2,30,146,154incorporated with England,79cloth trade of,3,89-97,99Prince of,27,38,79Wallingford,25Walsall,28Wardens’ Oath,39Warenne, Reginald de,24Warwick,69Warwickshire,116Weavers,29,32,34,44,59,131Weddings,43Welshpool,26Wenlock,28Weymouth,28Wigan,147leve-lookers or gate-waiters at,152William I.,10Wilton,24Winchester,16,25,35,85,147,148,155Windsor,26S. Winifred,31,59,61Witan,13Wite,60Women, members of gilds,39,40but not burgesses,18Woodman,29Woodstock,28Wool-comber,28wool-buyer,29woollen-trade,78Worcester,26,147,149,154,155Working men, of middle ages,49degraded by Reformation,75and by subsequent policy,106hopes for their future,142-144Worsted Trade,78Wrekin,124Wycombe,27Yarmouth,25,147Yeomen gilds,5York,24,84,115Abp Thurstan of,24