INDEX
à Becket, Thomas, [53], [247]
Abbeys, Bath, [13];
Eynsham, [66];
Girwy, [13];
Monte Cassino, [14];
Oseney, [66];
Wearmouth, [13];
York, [14]
Abbot of Unreason, [41]
"Abbot, The," [41]
Abelard, [91]
Abjuration, [83], [163-5], [170]
Ad Montem ceremony, [50]
Affiliation of towns, [173-4], [177-8]
Alcuin, [12-14]
Aldgate, [188], [193]
Aliens, [179]
Allotments, [210-11]
Alms and loans, [61-70], [104]
Alnwick, [210]
Alwyn, [134]
Ancients, [117]
Angild, [152]
"Antiquary," the, [173], [226]
Appeals, [77]
Apprentices-at-law, [119-21], [123]
Arles, [196]
Arrears of rent, [172]
Ashburton, [59], [61]
Assise, the, [149]
"Assises de Jérusalem," [140], [142]
Assize of Clarendon, [165];
of Northampton, [140]
Athelstan, King, [20], [133], [160]
Augustine, St., [27]
Aungerville, Richard, [68]
Austin Friars, [108-9]
"Austins," [107], [109]
Australs and Boreals, [93]
Bachelor of Arts, [102-3], [109]
Bacon, Roger, [108]
Badges, [242-3]
Bailiffs, [205-6]
Bakers, [183-4], [186], [195];
"baker's dozen," [186]
Ballantine, Mr. Serjeant, [125-6]
Banishment, [98]
Banner of St Paul, [222-3]
Barbers, [79-80]
Barbitoria, [80]
Bargains, hand-clasp, [199]
Barnstaple, [62]
Barrington, Dr., [202]
Beam, Royal, [195]
Beards, [85-6]
Beaumanoir, [141]
Becket, Thomas à (see under A)
Bedel Stokys, [104]
Bedels, [72-7], [96]
Bedford, custom of, [177]
Bell, Prior, [16]
Benediction of a widow, [21]
Benefactors, [68], [111]
Berwick, [197], [211]
Beverley cycle, [58], [60];
sanctuary, [160-1]
Birkett, Mr., [231]
Black cap, [117]
Black Death, [225]
Blackstone, [134], [226]
Blakiston, Mr., [68]
Blewbury (Berks.), [226]
Blount's "Ancient Tenures," [187], [189]
Bondmen, [233-7]
"Book of Nurture, The," [37]
"Booke of Orders and Rules," [245]
Borough English, [217-23]
Boroughs, free, [208-9]
Botticelli, [65]
Bower, [28]
Boy-Bishop, the, [39-50];
Song of, [39]
Bracton, [142], [163], [197]
"Brais," meaning of, [89]
Bristol, [198]
Britton, [142], [163], [165]
Broadgates Hall, [84-5]
"Brother," "brotherhoods," technical meaning of, [13]
Buckingham, Duke of, [157-8]
Burgages, [174-5]
"Burial of the Alleluia," [42]
Burnby Prior, [16]
Butler, Alban, [20]
Cambridge, [61-2], [110], [169]
Came, Bedel, [73-5]
Carrara, Bridge of, [52]
Castellans, hereditary, [188]
Catherine, play of St., [53]
Causes, civil, [149]
Caustone, John D., [239]
Cawthorne (Yorks.) [62]
"Chamberdekenys," [98]
Champions, [141], [144]
Chancellor, office of, [77-90], [94-5], [98], [100-1], [103-6]
Chapel, children of the, [32-7];
gentlemen of the, [32-6]
Chapels, domestic, [32-3]
Charms, [142], [144], [146]
Charter, [171], [206]
Chaucer, [63], [84], [113], [242]
Chaundler, Dr., [64], [113]
Cheapside, [184-6]
Chester plays, [54-6], [60]
Chests, [66-9]
Chetham Society, [196]
Churchwardens' accounts, [59-63]
Cinque Ports, [163], [177]
City marshals, [125]
Clark, Mr. A., [64], [114]
Cloth, cutting, [171]
Cluny, [12]
Cobham, Bishop, [69]
Coke, [117], [119]
"Coke-Lyght," [82]
Colet, Dean, [46]
"Collection of Glover, Somerset Herald," [190]
Collections, [74-5]
Collier, Mr. W. F., [230]
Colman's Engravings, [202]
Commissaries, [77], [95]
Common Serjeant, [125]
Common town bargains, [176]
Commons, [212-17], [229-32]
Compurgation, [82], [128-31], [240]
Constable of England, [145-7]
"Constitutional History," Stubbs's, [229]
Cooks, [82-3]
Copes, [43-5], [49]
Coroner, [163-5]
Corporation MSS., [60]
Corporation of London, [125-6]
Corpus Christi festival, [54-5], [58-9]
Council of Vienne, [54]
Council, Roman, [27]
County Court, [155]
Court Leet proceedings, [206]
Costume, legal, [115-6];
university, [113-4]
Coventry plays, [57-9]
Creations, [105-6], [124]
Crosses, [43], [90]
Crying creaunt, [149]
Curfew, [181]
"Curtasie money," [186]
Customs (by-laws), [162], [172], [177-8]
Customs (revenue), [175]
"De Nova Costuma" (statute), [195-6]
"Demonologie," [136]
Determination, [101-2]
Devonshire commons, [229-32]
"Dialogus de Scaccario," [153], [166]
Doctors of laws, [115-6]
Doddridge, Justice, [202]
Dover, [172]
Ducange, [13]
Duel, [127], [140-9]
Dugdale, [125], [187], [190]
Dunmow flitch, [191];
priory, [193]
Dunstable, [52]
Durham, [49], [156-7], [161-2]
Durham College, [68], [98]
Dymond, Mr. R., [219]
Earmarking, [232]
Earnest money, [196-9]
Ebner, Herr, [12]
Ecfrith, King of Northumbria, [160]
Edgar, laws of King, [154], [226-7]
Edward I., [246]
Edward the Confessor, laws of, [150], [224]
Edwards, Richard, [37]
Edwin, King of Northumbria, [17]
Elizabeth, St., [20]
Elms (near Smithfield), [189]
Elton, Mr., [220]
Emma, Queen, [134]
Essex, the Earl of, [174]
Estrene, [186]
Ewing, Mr. W. C., [202]
Exeter Ordinale, [47]
"Extinct Baronage of England," [190]
Faculties of Law, Medicine, and Theology, [109-10]
Fast, the Lady, [27-31]
Fasts, [27]
Feast of Fools, the (see Rex Stultorum festival)
Feasts, [85-6], [101-5], [122]
Fee-farm leases, [175]
Felons, punishment of, [189]
Ferrières, [14]
Festivals, [28-9], [42], [179]
Fines, [96], [151-3]
Fisher, Bishop, [111]
Fishmongers, [195]
"Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry," [36]
Fitzwalter, John, [191];
Matilda, [192];
Robert (Marshal of the Army of God), [191-3];
Robert (grandson), [191-2];
Walter, [191]
Fitzwalters, Lords of Wodeham, [187-94]
Fleta, [197]
"Foreigners," [171], [174]
Forest, [228-9], [230-2]
Forster, Mr. R. H., [160], [162-3]
Fortescue, [115], [122-3]
Francis, St., [20]
Franciscans, [108-9]
Frideswyde Chest, [66]
Frideswyde's Church, St., [90]
Frideswyde, the Blessed, [90]
Frithstool, [161]
Froude, Mr., [91]
Gascoigne, Dr., [128]
Gascoigne, Sir William, [243]
Gavelkind, [218], [221]
"General sophist," [109]
Germans, [101]
Gibbon, [141]
Gilds, [54-5], [242-3]
Glastonbury Abbey, [20]
Gloucester, Thomas, Duke of, [145]
Gloucester, town of, [171-2], [205]
God's Penny, [195-9]
Godwin's "Life of Chaucer," [52]
"Going a-Kathering," [48]
Gomme, Mr. G. L., [209], [211]
Googe, Barnabe, [28]
Gordon, Mr. Gerald P., [1], [6-8]
"Grand Coutumier de Normandie," [142]
Grammar masters, [99-101]
Green, J. R., [234]
Greenwood, the, [153]
Gregorie, [49]
Gregory of Tours, [80]
Gregory, Pope, [53]
Grimm, [136]
"Grithmen," [163]
Grosseteste, Robert, [66], [108], [247]
Halls, [98]
Hazlitt, Mr. W. C., [187]
Hearne, [81]
Henderson's "Select Historical Documents," [132], [154]
Henry VI., letter of, [78]
Henry VIII., Acts of, [30-1], [48], [65], [182]
Herbergeours, [180]
Hereford, [177-8]
Hereward the Wake, [154]
Hexham, [161]
Highway, taking in the, [169-70]
"Hires," [236]
"History of the University of Cambridge" (Willis and Clark's), [62]
Holidays, [237]
Holmgang, [140]
Holy women, festival of, [21]
Homeyer, [203]
Hopkins, witchfinder, [139]
Host of London, [188], [194]
Hostelers, [180-1]
"Hostels," [119], [180-1]
"Hudibras," [139]
Hugo de Balsham, Bishop, [108]
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, [69]
Hunting, [97]
Immortality, [179], [185-6]
Impostors, [184-5]
Inception, [103-6]
Ine, King, law of, [224]
Innkeepers, [179-81]
Inns of Court, [118-21]
Inquisition, post-mortem, [200]
Ipswich, [198]
Irishmen, [92], [94]
Islip, Archbishop, [17]
James I., [136]
Jews, [90]
John, King, [173], [192]
John's Coll., St., Cambridge, [80], [110-12]
Jonson, Ben, [248]
Judgment by default, [154-5]
Judgment of God, [144-9];
of the Boiling Water, [135];
of the Cold Water, [136-7];
of the Glowing Iron, [132-4];
of the Morsel, [137-8];
of the Ploughshares, [134-5];
of the Psalter, [138-9]
Judith, [19]
Kelynge, Chief Justice, [123]
Kemble, [151]
"King Edward and the Shepherd," [240]
King's Champion, [144]
King's Purveyors, [240]
King's Secretary, [239]
"King's Shilling," [196]
"King's Musick, The," [37]
"Kloster Gebets-verbrüderungen, Die," [12]
Knights Hospitallers, [121]
Lacy, Bishop, pontifical of, [21]
Lansdowne MS., [63]
"Last Supper, The," [57]
Laud, Archbishop, reforms of, [67], [105]
Law, Great, [128];
Middle, [129], [148];
Third, [130]
Leagues of Prayer, [11-17]
"Lectures on Heraldry," [201]
"Legible" days, [75], [87]
Leicester, [60], [148]
Leland, [25], [161]
Letter, testimonial, [64]
Letters, patent, [173]
"Liber Custumarum," [190], [192]
Librarian, [69-70]
Library, [68-70]
Libri vitae, [17]
Licentiates, [88], [103-5]
Limerick, [198]
Lincoln, [205]
Lindisfarne, monks of, [13-17]
Linguists, [112]
Liverpool, [170], [173-7], [198]
Livery, [33], [241-3]
Liverymen, City, [241]
Lollards, [81]
London, [171-3], [177-87], [193], [195], [204], [239-41]
Longchamps, Bishop, [247]
Lord Mayor's Banquet, [125-6]
Love-days, [83-5]
Lucian, [40]
Magdalen College, [97]
Maid Marian, [192]
Maitland, [152]
Manchester, [204-11]
Mancipatio, [199]
Manning, Robert, [53]
Mansfield, [121]
Manu, the, [18]
Marbeck, [199]
Marching Watch, the, [181-2]
Margaret, Countess of Richmond, [110-11]
Marks, pictorial, [203];
Merchants, [200-2];
Yeomen's, [199], [203]
Marshal, [45-7];
of the King's Household, [239-40]
Martin's-le-Grand, St., [158]
Mary, Queen, [39]
Master Henry Sever, [68]
Master of the Children, [36-7], [43]
Masters Regent, [101-2], [106-7];
Non-Regent, [100]
Matriculation, [99]
Mayhem, [129]
Mayor, Lord, [189-91]
"Mayoralty of London, The Origin of," [173]
Mercheta mulierum, [221], [235]
Metingham, Judge, [166]
Middlesex Iter, [227-8], [233-4]
Ministri sacelli, [110]
Minstrels, [246-7]
Montague, Anthony, Viscount, [245]
Montesquieu, [141]
Monuments, funeral, [25-6]
Mootemen, [117]
Mortmain, [168]
Motbelle, [194]
Munday, Anthony, [192]
"Munimenta Gildhallæ Londiniensis," [190]
Muster of arms, [193-4]
"Nations," [91-7]
"New Custom," the, [196]
New College, [80], [113-14]
Newcastle, [58], [60], [177], [210]
Nicholas, St., [43-4]
Nicols, [182]
"Norfolk and Norwich Archæological Society Transactions," [202]
Norris, Lord, [97]
Northampton, [197]
Northumberland, [177];
Assize rolls, [156]
Northumberland Household Book, [33-4]
Nottingham, [210-11], [220]
"Novel Disseisin," [168]
Noyes, Attorney General, [197]
"Nut-Brown Maid," the, [150]
Oaths, [95], [124], [127], [146]
Oblates, order of, [20]
Officers, domestic, [243-5];
municipal, [209-11]
O'Keeffe, [198]
Open field, the, [217], [222-5]
Orders, Dominican, [25-6]
Orders, Franciscan, [25-6]
Orders of widows, [19]
Ordinances, household, [241]
Oriel College, [81]
Othobon's Constitutions, [116], [154]
Outlawry, [150-66], [227]
Oxford (academic customs, passim)
Oxford Historical Society, [89]
Oxford, city of, [86], [177]
Pageants, [52], [54-9]
Pages, [247-8]
Panniers, [186]
"Panyers Alley," [186]
"Paradise of Dainty Devices," [37]
Paris, Matthew, [52]
Patent Rolls, [190]
Paul, St., [19], [23]
Paul's Cathedral, St., [44-6], [124], [188], [241]
Peacock, Mr. E. A., [220-1]
"Peres the Ploughman's Crede," [201]
Peterhouse, Cambridge, [108]
Petitions, [88-9], [92], [158]
"Piers Plowman," [27]
Pillory, [184-5]
"Placita de quo Warranto," [191]
Plays, Miracle, [51-60]
Plymouth, [62]
"Points," [146]
Ponies, Dartmoor, [231-2]
"Popish Kingdom, The," [28], [50]
Portuguese, [180]
Portreeve, [206-8]
Pound, Dunnebridge, [232]
Pound-keepers, [210]
Precinct (sanctuary), [160-1]
Precinct (university), [72]
Pre-emption, [240-1]
Preston, [197]
Prise, [240]
Privilege, the, [71-90]
Processions, [87], [90], [206-8]
Proctors, [75], [95], [104]
Professions, [22]
Professors, Regius, [105]
Purcell, Henry, [38]
Pui, festival of the, [179]
Pulling, Mr. Serjeant, [119], [121]
Punishments, [183-6]
Puritans, [60]
Puttenham's "Arte of Poesie," [47]
Queen's College, Oxford, [113]
Questionist, [101]
Readers, [117-18], [120]
Recreations, [112]
"Rectitudines, Singularum Personarum," [235]
Responsions, [101]
Resumption, [109]
Retinues, [238-48]
"Reules Seynt Robert," [247]
Rex Stultorum festival, [42]
Rhodes, Hugh, [37], [39]
Riley, Mr., [190]
Rings, [23-4], [26], [122-3]
Riots, [86-7], [90], [92], [94], [97]
"Rites of Durham, The," [161]
Robin Hood, [150]
Rogers, Archdeacon, [55-6]
Rolf brass, [116-17]
"Romance of Sir Degrevant," [246]
Round, Mr. J. H., [173], [204]
Rudborn, [124]
Rye, [60]
Salisbury, Bishop of, [144]
Salisbury, Earl of, [144]
Salop Iter, [155], [167]
Sanctuary, [155-66]
Sarum Missal, [21]
Saturnalia, [40-1]
"Saxons in England, The," [151]
Scholastica's Day, St., [87]
School-street, [101]
Scotland, [177]
Scots, [92-3]
Scott, Mr. J. H., [203]
Scott, Sir Walter, [41]
"Scouts," [76]
Second marriages, [18-19]
Selden, [142]
Seneschal of the King's Household, [239]
Sergeant Chamberlain, [239]
Serjeants-at-law, [115-26]
Sermons, [46-7], [111]
Servile condition, [177-9]
Shaving, [80-1], [185-6]
Shop-signs, [201]
Shuttleworth accounts, [196]
Significavit, [77]
Soke and soken, [189]
Sokeman, [189]
"Specimens of English Literature," Skeat's, [201]
Stake, [172]
Stamford, [105]
Stealing children, [36], [107-8]
Stoford, [208]
Strongbow, [174]
Strype, Archbishop, [42]
Stubbs, Bishop, [229]
Summary justice, [170]
"Sussex Archæological Collections," [245]
Synod of Exeter, [154]
Tabarders, [113]
Tailors, [79]
"Tale of Gamelyn," [150]
Tallies, Exchequer, [240]
Tavistock, [63]
Templars, [81]
Thavie's Inn, [118], [121]
Theft, [127], [131]
Thomas of Acons, St., [124]
Timothy, First Epistle to, [19]
Tiverton, [202], [206-8]
Tokens, [50]
Torrington, [213-15]
Trained bands, [175]
Trial by battle, [140], [143-8]
"Trial of Jesus," the, [57]
Tryvytlam's "De Laude Oxoniæ," [93]
Tun (on Cornhill), [185-6]
Turner, Mr. Dawson, [202]
Tusser, Thomas, [36]
Tyndale, [27]
"Typet," [113]
"Upland men," [174]
Uthred de Bolton, [93]
Utter-barristers, [117-18], [120]
Venville rights, [230-1]
Vice-Chancellor, [105]
Villeins, [233]
Vills, [230]
Virgin, the Blessed, [27-8]
Vowesses, [18-26]
Vows, broken, [24-5]
Wadham College, [63]
Waking of the Sepulchre, [51]
Walworth, Sir William, [159], [184], [194]
Ward, Dr., [53]
Wardrobe book, [241]
Warranty, [168]
Warton, Thomas, [39]
Waste, the, [225-32]
Watch and Ward, [181]
Watchmen, [182-3]
Waterford, [197]
Welshmen, [92]
Westminster Sanctuary, [157-8]
Wheels, [28-9]
Whipping boy, [37]
Whitchurch, Rev. N. L., [226]
Widows, Benediction of, [21];
Hindu, [18];
order of, [19]
William I., [140]
William Rufus, [139]
Winchester, [177]
"Wolf's head," [150]
Wolsey, Cardinal, [243], [247]
Woodbury (Devon), [61]
Woolrych, Mr. Serjeant, [126]
Writ of forest, [228]
Writ of imprisonment, [233]
Writ of right, [168]
Wunibald, [14]
Wykeham, William of, [22]
Year-books, [168-70], [217-8], [227-9], [233-4]
York, [44-8], [52], [55], [58], [60], [161], [177], [193]
Youlgreave (Derbyshire), [63]
Youghal, [197]