Notes and Queries for Worcestershire
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By JOHN NOAKE,
AUTHOR OF THE RAMBLER, &c.
LONDON: LONGMAN AND CO. AND SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. MDCCCLVI.
PRICE FIVE SHILLINGS .
DEDICATED BY PERMISSION
JOHN GOODWIN, ESQ.,
TWICE-ELECTED MAYOR OF WORCESTER;
AND UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF
THE VERY REV. DR. PEEL, DEAN OF WORCESTER,
John Noake
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Preface.
Index.
St. Michael's.
St. Swithin's.
St. Nicholas
St. Peter's.
St. Andrew's.
St. Helen's.
St. Alban's.
St. Martin's.
All Saints.
St. John's.
St. Clement's.
Claines.
COUNTY SESSIONS RECORDS.
Witchcraft.
Crime.
The Gaol.
The Poor.
Social Regulations.
The Church and the People.
Dissenting Chapels and Meeting Houses.
The Civil Wars.
A Traveller's Passport.
Bridges and Highways.
The Plague.
Theatres.
Compositions to the King's Household.
Worcestershire Manuscripts.
THE DINELEY MANUSCRIPTS.
THE JEFFRIES MANUSCRIPTS.
DIARY OF MISTRESS JOYCE JEFFRIES.
THE TOWNSEND MANUSCRIPTS.
VACARIUS' ROMAN LAW.
ABINGTON'S MANUSCRIPT.
BISHOP SWINFIELD'S ROLL.
BISHOP SKINNER.
DODDINGTREE HUNDRED TWO CENTURIES AGO.
Superstitions.
BELLS
GOOD FRIDAY
BEES.
CHARMS
TOUCHING FOR THE KING'S EVIL
WITCHCRAFT.
GHOSTS.
LOVE SPELLS.
Legends and Traditions.
Old Customs.
THE BABES OF BETHLEHEM.
RINGING FOR THE PARSON.
BAPTISMS.
CRABBING THE PARSON.
PRIMITIVE CATHEDRAL CUSTOMS.
MARRIAGE CUSTOM.
FUNEREAL.
ASCENSION DAY.
GUY FAULX.
"ROYAL OAK DAY"—MAY 29,
MOTHERING SUNDAY.
ALL FOOLS' DAY.
PLEDGING.
MAY-POLES.
HEAVING.
VALENTINE'S DAY
MORRIS DANCING
THE "WAITS"
THE CURFEW BELL
PLUM-PUDDING AND OTHER BELLS.
ST. CATHARINE'S DAY.
THE WHOOP.
TENURE.
NICKNAMES.
BRIDE ALES.
PAUPER RELIEF.
CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS.
HOP-CRIBBING,
BEATING THE BOUNDS.
Queries.
CIVIL AND MILITARY.
THE BLACK PEAR.
KING CHARLES'S COINS.
HOPS.
NEEDLE TRADE.
MARINE STORE DEALERS.
GROVES.
CROMWELL PILLORIED.
THE MILWARD EVIDENCES.
CAST-IRON GRAVE SLABS.
STEWPONEY.
QUEEN ELIZABETH AT HARTLEBURY.
DR. PRATTINTON'S PAPERS.
THE PAGEANT HOUSE.
CURIOUS DISCOVERY.
THE HOLY LOAF.
A SOUNDING NAME.
THE KING'S DUTY.
SCULPTURES ON CHURCHES.
THE FIRST WORCESTER PRINTER.
KING CHARLES'S STAFF.
GIANTS.
SAFFRON.
Miscellaneous Notes.
OLD SAYINGS.
A HAPPY VILLAGE.
A GREAT FLOOD.
OLD FAMILY.
BELLS AND BELL-FOUNDERS.
TOBACCO.
"MEDITATION ON SMOKING.
HERMITAGES AND CAVES
WORCESTERSHIRE DESCRIBED BY A ROUNDHEAD.
PECULIAR WORDS.
CURIOUS NAMES OF PLACES.
THE CHINA TRADE.
LONGEVITY.
GLOUCESTER CITY GATES.
ANCIENT INNS.
A FINE MEMORY.
LONGDON MARSHES.
HEREDITARY CLERKS AND SEXTONS.
THE REV. DR. LEE.
THE MARTYR RIDLEY.
VERSIFIED WILL.
BLOODY POND.
CROMWELL'S PROPERTY AND INCOME-TAX.
GRAVEYARD PUNNING.
KNIGHTS OF THE ROYAL OAK.
WORCESTERSHIRE MAGISTRATES IN 1483.
NONCONFORMITY.
COMMUNICANTS IN 1548.
ASSIZE NOTICES.
JOHN TALBOT, ESQ., OF SALWARPE.
KING'S NORTON LIBRARY.
OLD ENGLISH RATS.
PAPER.
ANCIENT SEAL OF WORCESTER.
DESTROYING AN IMAGE AT WORCESTER.
EAST WINDOW OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH.
BISHOP THORNBOROUGH'S MONUMENT.
VINEYARDS.
ECHOES.
THE LAST FOOL.
NOTES ON ELMLEY LOVETT.
COUNTY MAGISTRATES' WAGES.
ROYAL VISIT TO KING'S NORTON.
CROMWELL'S PARLIAMENT.
WORCESTERSHIRE ROYALISTS COMPOUNDING.
A QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE.
A VIRTUOUS PARISH.
DROITWICH BRINE.
SMALL PARISHES.
A CONTRADICTION.
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S ARREARS.
WORCESTERSHIRE TOKENS—Seventeenth Century.
THE CLOTHING TRADE.
THE MORTUARY CLOTH OF THE CLOTHIERS' COMPANY.
WEATHER RHYMES AND SAYINGS.
SHIP MONEY.
FINES FOR NOT TAKING THE ORDER OF KNIGHTHOOD.
SLAUGHTER OF DOGS AND CATS.
TRACES OF THE STUARTS IN WORCESTERSHIRE.
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