INDEX.

abbey, new [28]
abbeys [3], [290], see monasteries
Abbot, Archbishop [157], [164], [211], [222], [258]
Aberdeen, boro. [280] n., [285], [286], [289];
diocese of [287]
Abingdon [226], [260]
able-bodied poor, see poor
accounts of overseers of Alton [174]
" of Bridewell [352] seq.
" of Gloucester [129], [130]
" of overseers &c. of Finsbury division [360] seq.
" of Newcastle corporation [125]
" of overseers, collectors, deacons, &c. of Norwich, [102] n., [367]
" of overseers in St Alban's district [182]
" of overseers of St John's Walbrook [97]
" of Sheffield corporation [225], [226]
" of overseers of Staplegrove [327] seq.
" of Reading workhouse [113]
Acland, Sir John, charity of [216] n.
Acts of Parliament, see statutes
actions legal, fees for [44]
Acton, J. and W., charities of [234] n.
administration, see execution of law
Aelfric [3] n.
Agbrigg [192] n., [255] n.
aldermen, authority of, [134] n.
" of London [26], [30], [55], [95], [96], [305] seq.
" Court of [26], [30]
" of Norwich [102] n., [104], [105], [106], [224] n.
" of Newcastle [124]
" of Cambridge [44]
Aldrich, Allderiche, Aldriche, John [104], [308], [311] seq.
Aldworth, Richard [212] n.
Aldworth, Thomas [122], [222] n.
alehouses, alehouse keepers, license of [117], [179], [332]
" unlicensed [174], [346] seq.
" questions touching, [344]
" misdemeanours in [175], [346] seq., [366], see fines
" reduction and suppression of [145], [185] seq., [194] n., [252], [325], [332], [358], [366]
" regulation of [179], [180], [325], [331], [332], [346] seq.
" fines for unlicensed &c. [138] n., [360] seq., [366], see Sunday
Alfred, King [3]
All Saints', Hereford [211] n.
allowance to poor brethren [42] n., see pensions
almoners, Gloucester [129] n.
alms, almes, almose, allmns, almesse, alyms, [30], [35], [36], [52], [54], [55], [102], [271]
" increase beggars [40]
" in Anglo-Saxon times [2] seq.
" at Southampton [9]
" of great houses, [17] seq.
" distributed by parish priests, monks and guilds [6] seq.
" of Sir Julius Caesar, [295]
" official collection of, [26], [55], [56], [57], [62], [63], [96], [278]
" whether or not given to particular people in Norwich, [308] seq.
" in France [290]
" see charities, collections, contributions and giver, restraint of
almsgiving, [66], see alms
almshouses, [8], [19], [27] n., [77], [101], [204], [207] seq.
Alton [173], [176], [177] n., [186], [256] n.
Alythwaite [214]
amendments [75] seq.
America [230] n.
Amesbury [50] n.
Andersfield [194] n., [254] n., [261]
Andover [186], [298]
Anglo-Saxon times [2] seq.
Antigua [230]
Applebye, William [217] n.
Appleton in the Street [171] n.
Appletree [151], [262] n., [299]
Appowell, charity of [233]
apprentices, statutory provisions touching [55], [56], [57], [76], [134] n., [138] n., [154], [155], [158], [179] n., [343] n.
" in Scotland [279], [279] n.
" poor children placed as [35] n., [117] n., [129], [167], [173], [174], [175], [177], [180], [182], [183], [215] seq., [247], [248], [249], [250], [251], [252], [253] seq., [299], [315], [328], [345] seq., [357], [359], [361] seq., [366], [369]
" in Bridewell [38], [217], [352], [353], [354], [356], [270]
" opinion concerning [215] seq., [244], [295]
" questions touching [247], [342], [344], see charities
archbishops, see Canterbury and York
aristocracy [296]
Arksey [168]
Armingford [82]
arms and armour [338], [339]
army, Parliamentary [274]
Arth, Henry [127] seq., [139], [168] n.
articles sent to justices [81]
" " overseers [174], [181]
artificers [49], [228] n., [322], [323], see labourers and lending cash
Arundel [256]
Ashley, Prof. [20]
Ashton-under-Line [259]
Askham [257] n., [363]
assemblies, tumultuous [270]
Asser [3] n.
assessments, cessments [116] seq., [167], [173] n., [180]
" in London [29], [96]
" in Cambridge [44]
" in Norwich [104], [223] n., [367] seq.
" in North Riding [171], [171] n., [173]
" in West Riding, [168]
" voluntary [117], [129], see rates
assizes [179] n., [247] n., [299]
assize of bread and beer [176], [332], [344]
Atkinson, Thomas [176]
attorneys [44]
Athelstan, the Atheling [3] n.
" King [2] n.
Atwill, charity of [222] n.
Aucher, Richard [187] n.
Audeley, Robert [265] n.
Augsburg [20]
Axton [264] n.
Aylesham [331]
Babergh [173] n., [187], [245]
babis [280] n., [285]
Bacon, Lord [73], [74], [76], [79], [294]
Bacon, Nathaniel [316]
Badbury [256] n.
badges for beggars [25], [26], [41], [280] n., [284] n., [285], [288] n., see beggars, tokens
badgers [50] n., [87] seq., [188] n., [193], [316], [322], [323] seq., [340]
" def. of [320]
Bagby [214] n.
Bailey, Old [71] n.
bailies, bailiffs [44], [57]
" Scotch [279], [287] n.
" of Ipswich [42], [43], [115]
" of Norwich Bridewell [104], [312]
" of Lydd [178]
bairns [280]
baize, bays, bayes [152], [160], [225]
bakehouse [37]
bakers [124], [150], [176], [321], [332], [358]
Bakers [197] n.
Bamme, Adam [23]
Banbury [185]
Banff [284]
banishment [77]
bankruptcies [148]
bar of House of Lords [76]
Barbados [229], [330]
Barbor, charity of [234] n.
bark [85]
Barker, Andrew [215] n.
Barking [83]
barley [179], [185] seq., [189] n.
" bread corne of poore, [145], see corn
Barnes, Sir George [31], [35]
Barnet [181], [182], [214] n., [258], see Chipping Barnet and Friern Barnet
Barnstaple, [121], [202], [202] n., [227], [230], [234]
Barnwell Gate [226]
barrack [27] n.
Barrett, John, charity of [234]
Barrington, Sir Thomas [340], [341]
baskitmaker [309]
Bastable [228] n.
Bastardy [75]
Bassetlaw, report from [256] seq., [361] seq.
Bath, Earl of, [121]
beadle, biddell, [34], [98], [355]
bearwards, bearewards [68], [69], [70], [344]
Becontree [228] n.
bedding, bedsteads, bedticks, [33], [260] n., [357] n.
Bedford co. [89], [91] n.
Bedford boro. [255], [261]
Bede [2]
beer [181], [198], [199], [207]
" export forbidden [150]
" price of [179], [331]
beggars, beggary [2], [11] seq., [31], [36], [38], [43], [54], [77], [81], [151], [167], [169], [175], [242], [244], [295]
" continental [13]
" Scotch [278] seq., [287] seq.
" Irish [93]
" sturdy and able-bodied, [4], [11] seq., [34], [56], [59], [99], [325], see vagrants, rogues
" impotent, see poor
" licensed or badged [20], [25], [26], [41], [42], [45], [53], [54], [58], [63], [168], [279], [280] n., [284], [287] seq.
" movements restricted [5], see settlement
" regulations of London [25] seq.
" number in Norwich [102]
" punishment of [25], [79], [181], see vagrants
" multitude of [11] seq., [280] n., [288]
" declared rogues, [134], [344]
" disappearance of [128], see vagrants
begging prohibited [58], [101], [104], [105], [106], [311]
Bell, Thomas [209]
Belman [224]
benevolences [227] n., [269]
Bennett, Sir T., charity of [221] n.
Bentley [168]
bequests, see charities
Bergholt [50]
Berkshire [48], [87] n., [192], [193], [196] n.
Bethlehem, Bedlam [27] n., [28], [35], [38], [354], [370], see hospitals, royal
Beverley [210], [223], [255]
Bills [68] seq.
" of 1566 [68]
" of 1571 [69]
" of 1572 [69]
" new, of 1597 [74] seq.
" for Houses of Correction [75] seq., [137]
" new bill for rogues [76], [137]
bill of churchwardens [99]
billeting of poor [192], [214], [242], [251]
Bilstrop (Bilsthorpe) [364]
Birden, W., charity of [234] n.
Bishops [58] n., [59] n., [86] n.
" exhortation of, [52], [57], [59]
" appropriates tithe for poor [6] n.
" letter to [122]
" inquire into breaches of trust [78], [136]
" interrogatories of [58] n.
Bishops Castle [263] n.
Black Death [3]
" Friars, House of [43]
Blackfriars [272]
Blackwell Hall [48], [369]
Blandford [253]
blind [55]
Blofield [228] n., [191] n.
Bloise, Alice and Rose, charities of [234] n.
Blue Coat School, see Christ's Hospital
Blundell, Alice, charity of [233]
Blythe, Dr [44]
Blything, hundred of [89] seq., [190] n.
boarding out [202], [219], [369]
Bocardo [221] n.
Bocking [152], [160], [161]
Bole [257] n.
Boltby [171] n.
Book of Orders, see Orders
book register [57] n.
books of subscriptions, London [31]
"Booke devised for the settinge of the poore on worke" [93], [98] seq.
Booke for the Poore, Norwich [102], [311] seq., see Maioris Bocke
boote wrighte [309]
booth [44]
boroughs, see towns
Boscombe [50] n.
Boteler, John [351]
Bountisborough [246]
Bowes [35], [111]
box, poor's [55], [58] n., [113], [288], [290]
boys [216], [216] n., [217] n.
" of St Giles' [198]
" emigrant [230], see children
" at school [218]
Bradford [186]
Brafferton, Thomas [111]
Braintree [152], [160], [161]
Bramber [256] n., [265] n., [298]
branding [138] n., [243]
Braughing, half hundred report on book of orders [248] seq., [256] n., [344] seq.
" corn sold under price [190] n., [191] n., [252], [263] n., [344] seq.
Braughing town [345], [349]
bread [198], [199]
" poor relieved with [90], [124], [192]
" gifts of [207], [212], [212] n., [345], [349]
" serving poor with [180], [181]
" three sorts of [332], see assize of bread
brethren of St Cross [208] n.
brewers [176], [321], [324], [331], [335], see maltsters
Bridewell [26] n., [31], [32], [33], [36] seq., [65], [69], [92] n., [98], [99], [100], [217] seq., [229], [244] n., [269], [370]
" London apprentices of [38], [217] seq., [235], [352], [353], [354], [356]
" report of [351] seq.
" better sort in [37]
" steward and officials of [37], [351], [355] seq.
" clerk of the work in [37]
" value of labour in [352]
" money given towards [352]
" debts due to [354]
" revenues of [356]
" occupations in [33], [100], [217]
" Norfolk [94]
" Norwich House of Normans [101], [104], [311] seq., [314]
" Bristol [114] n., see hospitals royal and governors of, and also Correction Houses of
Bridgwater [185] n., [157]
" Earl of [156] n.
bridges, charities for [136], [137] n.
Bridport [193]
briefs for collections [203]
Brinklow [28], [30]
Bristol, Brestow [40], [86] n., [114], [121] n., [124], [150], [189], [209], [210], [212], [213], [215] n., [219], [220], [222] n., [227]
" scarcity measures 1594-7, [122] seq.
" pressure on employers at [231], lending cash
Brittany [291]
Brixton [83], [256]
broggers [320]
buck sold under price [191] n.
Buckingham co. [88] n., [193]
" boro. [188], [256] n., [261], [265] n.
Buckingham, Duke of [12], [19] n.
Buckrose, [259] n.
Buddlesgate [256] n.
Budleigh, West [190] n.
Bullington [82]
Bulmer [196] n.
Bulmer, Henry de [8]
Buntingford [228], [228] n.
Burgesses [42], see towns
Burghley, see Cecil
burial, paupers [180], [329]
Burneston [171] n.
Burnham [245]
Burton's almshouse [210]
Bury [65], [113], [116], [157], [157] n., [163] n., [200]
bushel, varying size of [84] n., [187] n.
butchers, fines of, [138] n., [175]
butter [51], [199]
buttons, making of [223], [309]
Caesar, John [296]
Caesar, Sir Julius [244], [295], [331]
Caistor, Sessions of, [88]
cakes [332]
Calais [48]
Cambridge co. [82], [162], [191] n., [192], [253] n., [263], [358] seq.
" boro. [43] seq., [45], [62], [64], [108], [200], [264]
" new tenements in, [93]
" workhouse at [226]
" Mayor [174]
" St Mary's church in [44]
" reports from [174] seq., [176], [177] n.
" university of [93] n., [176]
Campbell, Lady [233]
Canninge, William [210]
Cannington [254] n., [261]
canons, see Aelfric
Canterbury [4], [41]
" parishes of St Andrew, St George, St Michael [41]
" work at [110]
" see of [211]
Canterbury, Archbp. of [86] n., [101], [102], [122], [157], [211], [217]
caps [33]
captives, charities for [136]
Carberton (Carburton) [257] n.
cards, carders, carding [33], [85], [260] n.
Carew, Sir Ranulph [178]
Carhampton [245]
Caribee Isles, Lord of [230]
Carleton, letter to [145] n., [146]
Carlford [264] n.
Carmarthen [151]
Carlisle, Earl of, [230]
carpenters [103], [218], [225], [354]
Carr, John [219]
carriers [138] n., [175]
carts, attacks on [196], [197] n.
Cartmell [214]
Cashio [191] n., [255] n.
Catherine, wife of Hen. VIII. [27]
cavaliers [370]
Cecil, Lord Burghley [31], [32], [68], [74], [75], [79], [81], [86], [93], [119] n., [146], [318], [334]
" letter to [32], [126]
" Sir Robert [130] n., [136] n.
" Sir Thomas [74]
census of poor, Norwich [103], [308] seq.
certificate of punishment [54]
" of observance of fasts &c. [122], see reports
Chamberlain [146] n.
Chamberlain, the [8], [25]
Champion, Humphrey [212] n.
Chancellor, Lord [78], [136]
" of the Exchequer [157]
" of University [70]
chantries, statute of [43]
chapmen, petty [70], [344]
charge to overseers [142], [180]
" of Lord Chancellor [166]
charity, charities [7], [59], [61], [63], [86] n., [136], [137], [200], [204], [210] seq., [259], [289], [295]
" old methods of [17]
" for providing work [222] seq., see work
" for apprentices [215], [216]
" for prisoners [220] seq., see lending cash, endowments
charitable uses [78], [248], [342], [345] seq.
Charles I. [27] n., [16], [151], [153], [161], [163], [164], [172], [198], [295], [337]
" justices of [292], [298], [304]
" reign of [1], [21], [68], [198], [288]
" personal government of [238], [241], [254]
Charles II., reign of [276]
Charter of University [176]
" of St Cross [207]
Charterhouse [211]
cheese [199]
Cheeseman [112] n.
Cheap, Chepe, Cheape, ward of [25], [305]
Cherbury [299] n.
Chert, B., charity of [222] n.
Cheshire [138] seq.
" constable of [139]
" reports from [248]
chest, town [111], [201], [222], [280] n.
Chester [8]
" fair of [139]
" Earl of [139]
" castle at [248]
" hospital at [271]
Chesterton [82] n., [264]
" [358] seq.
Cheveley [82], [191] n.
Chichester [228] n.
children [31], [32], [34], [39], [43], [57], [64], [65] n., [76], [98], [99], [109], [113], [117] n., [134], [135] n., [167], [167] n., [169] n., [175], [198], [215] seq., [226], [238], [294], [299], [369] seq.
" unapt for learning [33]
" vagrant [82], [83]
" apprenticing of, see apprentices
" payments for [181]
" emigrant [229]
" in Norwich [103], [104], [105], [313] seq.
" in Wardrobe [272], [273]
" Scotch [279], [281]
" those overcharged with [127]
" see apprentices, Christ's Hospital, Bridewell, orphanages, schools
Children's Hospital, see St Giles' Norwich
Chilford [192] n., [253] n., [256] n., [264] n.
Chipping Barnet [181], [182], [214] n.
Chipping Wycombe [188] n., [192] n., [193] seq.
Chorley [346]
Christ's Church [28]
Christ's Hospital, London [26] n., [31], [32], [33], [34], [35], [36], [39], [40], [216], [219], [269] seq., [369]
" Treasurer of [97], [97] n., [99]
" Ipswich, [43], [113], [117], [218], [269], [270]
" guider of [113]
Christmas 1622 [145], [146]
chroniclers of Bristol and Shrewsbury [123] seq.
church, churches, every one to go to [58] n., [65], [100]
" people called to [31], [306]
" absence from, see fines
" in London [28]
" charities for repairing [136]
" plate [41]
churchwardens, [44], [55], [56], [57], [59], [96], [122], [129], [154], [159], [167], [169] n., [170] n., [171] n., [174], [175], [263] n., [305], [306], [360]
" French [290]
" accounts of [327]
" inquiries made from [337]
" returns of [345] seq.
citizens of London [27] n., [34], [35], [64]
City of London, see London
Cirencester [82]
Civil War [113], [132], [150], [153], [198], [202], [231], [238], [266] seq., [270], [274] seq., [301], [301] n., [302]
Clackclose [264] n.
Clavering [190] n.
Clay, North and South [361]
clergy, felony without [70]
Clerkenwell [264], [360] n.
clerk in Bridewell [355]
cloth, cloathing, cloth trade [16], [138] n., [150], [152] seq., [160] seq., [173] n., [369]
" crisis in trade [48] seq., [85] seq., [145], [147] seq., [152] seq., [230] seq., [245], [337] seq.
" poor employed to make [111], [182], [222], [223], [225], [358]
" making at Bridewell [37] seq.
" length of [160]
" vent of [145] n., [337]
" unsold [152]
" linen [117] n.
clothiers, clothworkers, clothemen [37], [49], [85] seq., [147] seq., [160] seq., [173] n., [223], [255], [259], [336] seq., [358]
" wages of workfolk [160] seq.
" pressure on employers, see employers
" representative [148] n.
" money lent to [234], [235]
" Gloucestershire [85], [115], [149]
" Reading [231]
" Ipswich [115]
clothing, gifts of [212] n.
Clothworkers' Company [212]
Clugny, cells of [27] n.
coal [199], see fuel
cobbler [308]
Cock, Christopher, charity of [234]
coin, coinage [16], [49], [50] n., [147]
Coke, Lord [74], [156] n., [157], [241], [243], [338]
Colchester [157], [157] n., [197] n.
" provision of work, and workhouse at [110], [113]
" corn in [50], [185]
" lending cash, charity in [235]
colers of iron [25]
collections [55], [62], [229], [283], [290], [315]
" in London [26], [29], [31], [96], [97]
" in Lincoln [42] seq.
" for plague stricken [52], [200], [201]
" for sufferers from fire [202]
collectors for the poor [130] n.
" Scotch [279]
" for individuals [344]
colleges, French [290]
Colneis [264] n.
commissions [84], [85] n., [144], [262] n.
" draft of [145] n., [243], [244], [342]
commissions of 1630/1 [152], [156], [157], [240], [246], [252], [292]
" local [157]
" of charitable uses [248]
commissioners, [31], [50], [156], [157] seq., [159], [173], [253], [371], [351]
" in Norwich [104], [106]
" division of [157]
" for the Poore [156] note [2], note [3]
committees [156], [157], [280] n.
" of Council of State [273]
" great [74], [76], [79]
" for enclosures [74]
" of Lords [75]
" of eastern counties [275]
" of Privy Council [148] n., [156], [156] n., [161]
Common Council [24], [28], [29], see Journals and London
Commons, House of [68] seq., [73] seq., [79], [293], [297]
Commonwealth [269] seq., [308]
communication, means of [84]
Companies, City [29], [30], [63], [97], [100], [212], [213], [233]
" at St Albans [111], see Ironmongers &c.
Complaynt of Roderyck Mors [7]
Comptroller, Mr [338]
conclusions [293] seq.
Conningsby hospital [211] n.
Conners [197] n.
Connock, charity of [221] n.
Consforthe, Southe [308], [310]
constables [65], [95], [98], [99], [120], [159], [166], [171], [174], [175], [180], [181], [182], [247], [273] n., [343], [360]
" Scotch [282]
" as collectors of revenue [268]
" return of [345] seq.
" high [71], [170] n., [175], [317]
continent [20], [71], see Europe
contributions [45], [167], [202], [222], [285], [286] n., [289] n.
" deficient [97], [289] n.
convention of Scottish boroughs [280], [285]
Cooper, John [227] n.
Copley, Edw. [176]
corn [68], [83] seq., [204]
" scarcity of, dearth of, in England [23] seq., [40] seq., [44], [49] seq., [51], [61], [84] seq., [119] seq., [130] n., [144] seq., [149], [150] seq., [163], [164], [172], [184] seq., [243], [245], [294], [316] seq., [318] seq., [338] seq., [344] seq., in Scotland [282], [286] seq.
" success of orders touching [89], [192] seq.
" price of [84] seq., [119], [121] seq., [180], [191] n., [193], [194] seq., [301] n., [316], [341]
" difficult to obtain [121], [125], [195] seq.
" price fixed [51], [88], [121]
" transportation forbidden [144] n., [150]
" stores of [23] seq., [40] seq., [50], [121] seq., [188] seq., [191] seq., [203], [340], [345], [346] seq.
" sold under price [89], [121] seq., [149], [187] seq., [193], [197] n., [249], [323], [341]
" sold at home [185], [187], [190] seq.
" surveys of [50], [87], [185], [186] seq., [193], [195], [317], [319] seq., [334] seq.
" gifts of [8], [204]
" corn seized [85], [148] n.
" neglect to provide [124]
" plentiful [192], [192] n., [203]
" see engrossers, badgers, orders and reports
corne busynes [166]
corn dealers [24], [85], see badgers
corne maisters and mongers [128]
corn owners [88] n., [89], [195]
corner in wheat [195]
Cornwall [84], [130] n., [150], [187], [192] n., [196] n., [239], [258], [262] n., [266]
Corporation of the Poor [272], [273]
" in Barnstaple [271]
corporations, see town, rulers of
correction by parents [99]
Correction, Houses of [36], [43], [66], [72], [75], [77], [79], [80], [113] seq., [126], [130], [134] n., [136], [137], [140] seq., [158], [167], [170], [179] n., [217], [221], [223], [225] seq., [241], [272], [294] seq., [325], [360], [366]
" Scotch [281], [286]
" at Arundel [228] n.,
Barnstaple [227] n.,
Bristol [114] n.,
Buntingford [228] n.,
Bury [113] seq.,
Cambridge [226],
Chester [248],
Chichester [228] n.,
Devonshire [227],
Devizes [229],
Essex [228] n.,
Gloucester [129], [227],
Hastings [228],
Herts [156] n.,
Ipswich see Christ's Hospital,
Kendal [227] n.,
Liverpool [227] n.,
London, see Bridewell,
Manchester [228],
Middlesex [156] n., [228], [264] n.,
Norfolk [228] n.,
Norwich [101], [107],
Nottingham [218], [227], [228],
Preston [228],
Reading [114],
Shepton Mallet [228] n.,
Stafford [274] n.,
Suffolk [228] n.,
Surrey [228],
Wakefield [128],
West Riding [168],
Winchester [118],
York [114]
Cosford [173] n., [245] n., [264] n.
cost of living [34]
costs and charges of Royal Hospitals [369] seq.
Cotele, Thomas [342]
cottages [57], [73], [125], [169], [169] n., [297]
Council of State [271], [273], [277]
" of the North [80]
" French [292]
" see Privy Council, Common Council
counties, maritime [85], [85] n.
" home [85] n.
" clothmaking [145] n., [147]
" officials of [179], [292], [294], see justices, treasurer
" export from [150], [151]
" to have a house of correction [137]
Countrey Justice, The [139] seq.
country employment in [231]
Court [146]
" of Royal Hospitals [36]
" Leet [158], see Aldermen, Common Council
Court books of Bridewell [38], [229] n.
Cox, Edw. [215] n.
Coxall [152]
cows for poor [346]
crafts [24], [37]
" guilds of [210]
Crediton [190] n.
Cromwell, Henry [87] n., [265] n.
" Oliver [87] n., [265] n.
" Thomas [18]
Crotch, Nathaniel [224] n.
Croydon [211], [216], [222] n.
Croyland [3]
Cuckney [257] n.
Cumberland [239]
curate [305], [307]
curés [290]
Curse of Corne horders [196]
Dacorum [190] n.
Dalton, Michael [139] seq., [179] n.
Danby, Edm., will of [136] n.
" Earl of [156] n.
Danzig, Dansicke [124]
Darleton (Darlton) [363]
Dartford [264] n.
deacon, deaconnes, Scotch [285] n.;
Norwich [102] n., [105], [106], [311] seq., [313];
orders for [314]
dealers [50], [50] n., [84], [93], [193]
" sell to poor under price [192], see badgers
Deane, Thos. [212] n.
death, punishment of [57], [70], [71] n., [73], [77]
dearth of corn, see corn
debates [68] seq., [76], [294]
debtors [220], [221] n.
decades, wages during successive [301] n.
December, 1630, corn reports of [194]
decrepit and auld [280] n.
Deepwade [191] n.
Deerhurst [82]
denizens [152]
Denmark [124]
depopulation [158], see enclosures
Derby [188]
Description of England [12]
Devizes [228], [229]
Devon [84], [91] n., [93], [120], [148] n., [196], [213], [239], [241], [242], [258], [259] n., [262] n., [266]
" discontent in [155] n.
" corn in [187], [190]
" justices of [155]
" poor billeted [192]
" prisoners of [220]
Dewsbury [169] n.
diet for vagrants [99], [113] seq.
" for orphan boys [198]
" wealthy to moderate [122]
dinner, see St Giles, Bury, St Cross
directions, see orders
discussions, see debates
disorder, disquiet [51], [61], [149], [196], [298], see riots, insurrections, disturbances
Diss [191] n.
distress [49], [73], [126], [193], [294], [303]
" in Scotland [286] seq.
disturbances [51], [115], [125], [144], [145], [145] n.
Dobbs, Sir Rich. [31]
Dodbrooke [196] n.
doggerel [196], [197]
doles [18], [54], [55], [63]
Doncaster [169] n., [197] n., [256] n.
Dorchester [82], [202]
" Viscount [156] n., [157], [164], [340]
Dorset [84], [125], [148] n., [253]
draft of orders [86], [318] seq.
drapery, new [225]
Drayton, East [362]
drum [126]
drunkards, drunkenness, see fines
dues [43], [44], [116] seq.
Dumbarton [286] n.
Dunham [363]
Dunmow [190] n., [194] n.
Durham [127]
" Bishop of [6] n.
" Dean of [125], [127]
" bishopric of [239]
Dutch, Dutchman, Duchman [104] n., [110], [111], [200] n., [273]
Dutton, rights of lord of [138] seq.
dyeing [33]
Eadgar, Archbp of York [3] n.
Eakring [258] n., [362]
ear, boring through [70], [71] n., [73]
earnings, unstable [15], [295]
Earsham [191] n.
Easby [214] n.
eastern counties [153], [191], [192], [245], [265]
Eastwick [232] n., [249], [345] n., [346], [351]
Eaton [363]
ecclesiastics [2], [3]
edicts [290] seq.
Edinburgh [279], [283]
Edisbury [262] n.
education [18], [103], [105], [215] seq.
Edw. II. [6] n.
Edw. IV. [27] n.
Edw. VI. [27] n., [33], [34], [36] n., [38], [209]
Edwinstree [190] n., [191] n., [193], [196] n., [228], [263] n., [296]
Egmonton [257] n., [364]
Egyptians, [127]
elders, [281], [284], [287] n.
Elizabeth, Queen, [25], [80], [208], [209], [297]
" " hospital of, [219]
Elstree, Idlestrey [142] n., [181], [182], [214] n., [258]
Ely [3], [82]
emergency, relief in [184] seq., see poor relief
Emperor [48]
employers [100], [160] seq.
" pressed to keep men at work [48] seq., [85], [115] seq., [147], [152] seq., [155], [223], [230] seq., [232]
" losses of [148]
" might compel service [141]
enclosures [73] seq., [125], [126], [144], [151]
endowments [269]
" control of [3], [6] seq.
" misuse of [157]
" old [207] seq., see charities
England [1], [48], [49], [70], [150], [183], [241], [242]
" many die of want in [124]
engrossers, ingrossers [50], [50] n., [73], [144] n., [176], [197] n., [296], [323], [331], [332], [358]
Erpingham, South [218], [264] n., [331]
Essex [50], [83], [93], [149], [162], [190], [194] n., [255] n.
" justices of [153], [154], [336] seq.
" provision of work in [265] n.
Ethelred, law of [3]
Etherington, Sir Rich. [170] n.
Europe, Western [1], [13], [277], [293]
Ewecross [299] n.
Exchequer Chamber [74]
execution of poor law and Book of Orders [97], [128], [129] seq., [143] seq., [150], [153], [158], [159], [174], [237] seq., [294]
" " improved [241] seq., [250] seq., [345]
" " negligence in [246] n., [247], [270] seq., [287], [371]
" " difficulty in [248]
" " machinery for [142] seq., [165] seq., [292]
" " in Scotland [279] seq., [286] seq.
Exeter [9] n., [114], [150], [155], [157] n., [216] n., [219], [222] n.
Exning [245], [334] seq.
expulsion of poor, see new comers
Eynesford [218], [264] n., [331]
factors in making English poor relief [21] seq.
Factory Acts [62]
Fairfax, Lord [177], [215], [259] n.
fairs [8], [139], see Stourbridge
Falkland, Lord [156] n., [157], [164]
family, earning of [198]
" as unit [300]
Farmanby [203]
farmers [203], see markets
Farringdon [192]
fasts, fast days [122], [252]
Fawley [186], [246], [247], [342]
feaste of St John the Baptiste [308]
felon, felony [70], [71] n., [126], [221] n., [299]
felts [100]
fencers [69]
Fenner, Sir John [264] n.
feudal system [14]
fiddlers [139]
Fielding, Basil [338]
fifteenths, fiftene, fifteens, quinzièmes [29], [100], [116]
Finch, Mr [74]
Finchley [264] n., [360] n.
Finger bread [332]
fines, forfeitures [4], [55], [117], [138] n., [174] seq.
" list of those assigned to poor [138] n.
" fines, for absence from church [58] n., [130] n., [138] n., [173] n., [174], [177]
" of givers to beggars [105], [106], [311]
" of deacons [315]
" for bringing over poor immigrants [71]
" for negligence [77]
" for being drunk [138] n., [174], [177], [300], [344], [347], [348], [350], [351], [357]
" for swearing [138] n., [175], [177], see Sunday, alehouse keepers
Finsbury [360]
fire [202] seq.
Fishborne, Rich., charity of [233]
fishing trade [273]
Fitz-Geffrie [196]
Fitzmary, Simon [27]
Flanders [48]
flax, stock of [72], [222], [225], [256], [272], [349], [358]
Fleet [163], [197] n.
Flegg, East and West [191] n.
Flendish [82], [191] n., [264] n.
Fletcher of Saltoun [288]
Flint [192] n., [196] n.
fluctuations in price [196]
" in trade [232], see trade
food [194], [198]
" lack of [85], [288], see poor
football [270]
Ford [299] n.
Forehoe [191] n.
foreigners, forainer [49], [117] n.
forestaller, forestalling [50], [50] n., [73], [176], [296], [320], [332], [358]
forfeitures, see fines
fortune tellers [70], [344]
Fortunes of Nigel [216]
Foulness, Island of [135] n.
Fox, almshouses of [210]
Foxton, Richard [176]
Framingham, Edw. [125]
Framloyde [85]
France [14], [48], [54], [110] n., [183], [267], [277], [279], [290] seq., [303]
Francis I. [290], [291]
fraud [269], [271]
Freebridge [264] n.
freedom of town [44], [116], [117], [117] n.
" interference with [65]
Freemanors [245]
freemen [109], [116]
Freshwell [190] n.
Freston [89]
Friern Barnet [264] n., [360] n.
Friars [55]
" churches of [28]
" mendicant [55]
Fridays, fast on [122]
Friendly Societies [61]
Frome [263] n.
Froxfield [173]
fuel [181], [199] bis, [315]
Fuller [295]
Fullers [37], [117] n., [147]
Fulsey, charity of [234] n.
funds [4], [39] seq., [41], [43], [55], [56], [57], [59], [60], [62], [77], [107], [154], [167], [177], [216], [273], [278], [290]
" methods of raising [115] seq., [221] seq.
" insufficient [97]
" misuse of [157]
" parochial [213]
" county [213]
" Scotch [285] seq.
" Norwich [106]
" Cambridge [44]
" for Reading hospital [112] seq.
funeral, beggars at [12]
Furness [214]
Games, unlawful [55], [69], [138] n., [173], [175], [177]
Gamolston, (Gamston) [362]
gaol, jaillies [241], [283], [299]
Gardiner, Dr. [295]
Gateshead [209]
Gaunt's hospital [219] n.
gentlemen [211], [283], see home
Germany [13], [14], [277], [278], [293]
" towns in [20] seq.
gifts, voluntary [66], [72]
" small [211]
Gilston [345] n., [347], [350]
girls, see children
giver, restraint of, [3], [25], [41], [54], [105], [106], [283], [311]
Glasgow [280] n., [286] n., [289]
Glassmen, glaziers [103], [138] n., [344]
Glastonbury [3]
Gloucester co. [82], [88], [115], [148] n., [149], [303]
" boro. [45], [114], [129] seq., [150], [160] n., [163] n., [197] n., [213] n., [227], [262] n.
" hospitals at [129], [204], [208] seq.
gloves, glovers [100], [224], [354]
Godalming [156]
Goderynges dowghetyr [8]
Godolphin, Sir Francis [130] n.
gold and silver thread [145] n.
Goodwin, Thos. [234] n.
government, subordinate [146]
governors, see hospitals
Gower, bequest of [19]
gowns, gifts for [212]
grandparents [134], [135] n.
grain and granary, see corn
Grand Concern of England explained [275]
Grantham [201]
graziers [49]
Great Yarmouth [188], [189] n., [273]
Greenhoe, Greenhoo, South [88], [191] n., [263], [264] n., [317]
Greevous Grones for the Poore [244]
Gresham, Sir Rich. [28] n.
Grey Friars, see Christ Church
Grimshoe [88], [191] n., [263], [264] n.
Grimsworth [186] n.
Grindal, Archbp. [110], [211]
Grinton [171] n.
Grove [257] n., [364]
guardians of the poor [141] n.
Guildford [222], [357] seq.
Guildford, Sir Henry [48]
Guildhall [23], [306], [307]
guilds [7], [42], [43] n., [210]
Guiltcross [88]
gun [349]
Gunthwaite [169] n.
Gustavus Adolphus [264]
Haberdashers' Company [233]
habitations for poor [71], [75], [180], [214], see cottages
Haddington [283]
Hadleigh [149], [160] n.
Hale, Sir Matthew [276]
Halesworth [189]
Hampden, John [193], [296]
Hampshire [48], [173], [186]
hand, living at his own [179] n.
handbooks, legal [139] seq., [215]
handemyll [35] n.
Happing [191] n.
Harbert, Sylva [160]
Harman [11] seq., [17], [288], [298]
Hartesmere [228] n., [264] n.
harvests [49], [51], [141] n., [144], [149], [161], [164], [184] seq., [275]
Hastings, rape of [228], [261]
" Sir Francis [74]
Hatfield, Hadfeild [361]
havens [136], [137] n.
Haward, John [119] n., [296] seq.
Hawes, Sir James [93]
Hayridge co. Devon [228] n.
Hayward, Sir Rowland [93]
Headon [365]
Heads of Houses [44]
hedgebreaker [174], [348]
Heiden House [272]
Hemlingford [87], [90]
hemp, stock of [72], [222], [225], [229], [232], [255] n., [256], [257] n., [272], [349], [358]
hempdressers [218], [354]
hempmen [355]
Henderson, Mr [202] n.
Henley [216]
Henry II. [207]
" V. [27] n.
" VII. policy of [14]
" " vagrant acts of [5]
" VIII. [11], [15], [19], [21], [35], [47], [48], [54], [58], [278], [288], [291], [293]
" " hospitals refounded by [27] n., [28]
Henstead [191] n.
Hereford co. [82], [192] n.
" boro. [8] n., [208], [211] seq., [216], [222], [260], [262] n.
heritors [287]
herrings, gifts of [345], [349]
Hertford co. [93], [156] n., [186], [191], [225], [256], [345]
" justices of [218], [220]
" towns of [225]
" population of [274], [275], see Sessions, Jury
Hertford, hundred of [191] n., [252], [256] n., [261]
" boro. [163] n., [186]
" fire at [202]
Hext, Edward [74], [76], [126] seq., [288], [298]
Heydon's charity [235] n.
Highlands [14]
High Peak [298]
highwaymen [243]
highways [136], [247], [252], [358], [360]
Hitchen [190] n., [201], [201] n., [235], [263]
Hobson, workhouse of [226]
hoill, theiffes [284]
Holland, Linc. [82], [226]
" Earl of [157]
" poor in [277]
" refugees from [110] n.
Holworthy, Rich. [221] n.
home, order to return [120], [140], [144], [145] seq.
Hopton, Arthur [89]
Horncastle [194], [264]
Hornsey [360] n.
hosiers [231]
Hospitality [2], [7], [17] seq., [144], [145], see alms
hospitals [8], [19] seq., [39], [61], [75], [76], [77], [113], [169] n., [201], [204], [207] seq., [220], [242], [277]
" royal [34], [35], [36], [38], [59] n., [64], [269], [369] seq.
" in London [26] seq., [98], [157] n.
" town [45]
" county [167], [170], [170] n.
" French [291]
" Edw. VI.'s foundation [31]
" governors of [35], [36] seq., [38], [64], [96], [100], [269], [352]
Houghton, Sir Robert [178]
House of the Poor [108], see St Bartholomew's, London, and St Giles's, Norwich
householder, poor [36], [187], [212], [225], [235]
housekeeping, laudable [146], see hospitality
houses [100], [181], [202] " regulation of [73], [100], [108], [297] n., see tenements
" provided for poor [214] n., [257] n., [287], [315], see cottages, habitations
Humber, counties south of [266]
Humbleyard [191] n.
hundred [4], [54], [78], [151], [154], [159]
Hunsdon, [249], [347], [351]
Huntingdon [82] n., [87] n.
" Henry, Earl of [81]
Huntspill [254] n., [261]
Hurstington [265] n.
husbandry, one brought up in [179] n., [259]
" poor work at [224]
husbondman [308]
idle, idlers [104], [174], [176], [228], [229], [299], [300], [347], [349], [350], see vagrants, rogues, work
idoll to be gazed upon [166]
immigrants, pauper [71]
import of coal [199]
imprisonment [77]
indenture [28], [33], [217] n.
indictments at Sessions [167] seq.
indifferent [50], [50] n., [77]
individualist [300]
individuals [8], [300]
industry, national organisation of [302]
infants [227] n.
informers, rewards to [361]
inhabitants [50], [50] n., [77], [134] n., [168], [169], [180]
" of Paris [291]
" of Knaresborough [167], [168]
" employ poor [131], [232]
injunctions [58] n.
inmates, lodgers [73], [169], [170] n.
inn, vagrants at [12] seq.
instructions to overseers [218]
insurrections [91], [91] n., [126], [127], [298], [303], [338]
interest [118], [233] seq.
Interludes, enterludes [69]
interrogatories [58] n.
Ipswich [42], [45] seq., [62], [108], [113], [117] seq., [129], [197] n., [218], [261], [264], [293]
" fair at [8]
" new comers in [108]
" provision for corn in [124] n.
" taxes for poor in [116], [117]
" charities of [136] n., [233], [234]
Ireland [71], [150], [192] n.
iron, stock of [72], [76]
iron works [33]
Ironmongers, Company of [37]
Ironside, charity of [234]
Isle of Man [71]
Isle of Wight [151]
Islington [210], [264] n., [360] n.
Italy [89]
James I. [146], [209] n., [211], [301] n.
January 1630/[1], reports of [194]
Jenis, Mathias, charity of [222] n.
Jersey school, Newark [204], [225]
Johnson, John, charity of [216] n.
" Richard, charity of, [234]
Journals of London [29] n., [305]
Judde, Lady [110]
judges [143], [149], [154], [159], [165], [166], [173], [178] seq., [183], [247] n.
" resolutions of [135] n., [141] n., [178], [179] n., [336]
" advice of [178], [337]
" decision of [276]
juglers [70], [344]
jurats [8]
Juries [87], [88] n., [319]
" Grand [275]
Justice, Lord Chief [75]
justice of Somerset, see Hext
justices [41], [53], [59], [67], [70-94], [112], [119], [120] seq., [134] n., [158] seq., [171] seq., [179] n., [292], [298], [318] seq., [341]
" powers and position of [165] seq.
" negligence of [143], [158], [197], [246]
" reports of [151], [152], [181] seq., [192] seq., [245] seq., [274], [316] seq., [326] seq., [331] seq., [340] seq., [342], [357] seq.
" letters to [143], [147] seq., [153], [162], [240] seq., [336], [338]
" of Commonwealth [277]
" Scotch [279] seq., [281] seq., [288], [290], [296]
" Devon [112], [120], [148], [155]
" Essex [149], [153], [162]
" Wilts [121], [148]
" Gloucestershire [148] seq.
keeper of House of Correction [227] n.
Keeper, Lord [119] seq., [338]
Kemp, charity of [235] n.
Kendal [227]
Kendrick's charity [156], [157] n., [204]
Kent [48], [51], [148] n., [157], [191] n., [196] n., [264], [303]
Kentish street [100]
Kerry's hospital [211] n.
Keylock's almshouses [213]
kidders, def. of [320]
Kilmerston [263] n.
Kineburgh's Hospital [208]
King James' Hospital [208]
kings, Anglo-Saxon [2] seq.
King's Bench [220]
Kingsclere [262] n.
King's Council, see Privy Council
King's Lynn [113], [209], [224]
Kingston-upon-Hull [52]
Kington [90] n.
Kirby, John [228] n.
kirk officials [290]
kirk sessions [281], [283], [285] n., [286], [289] n.
Kirklington [171] n.
Kirton [257] n., [363]
Knapp, Augustine [212] n.
Knaresborough, orders for [167], [168] seq.
knightes, younge [166]
knitting taught [299]
" dames [332], see school
Knollys, Sir Francis [69]
labour, value of, in Bridewell [352]
labour-statutes, see statutes
labour yards [141] n.
labourers [4], [17], [70], [180], [275], [309]
" wages of [301], [343], see statutes labour
" movements restricted [4] seq.
" casual [301]
" standard of comfort of, [198] seq.
" supplied with corn [89], [185], [187], [192], [341], see corn
" questions concerning [343], see work
labouring class, relief of [203] seq.
Lackford [245], [334] seq.
Lambeth [57] n.
lame persons [7], [55]
Lamporte [327] n.
Lancashire [192] n., [239], [251]
Lancaster [194] n.
landlords [105], [108], [128], [169], [195], [203]
lands misapplied [78]
" tax on [178]
" for charities [345] seq.
" let by governors of Bridewell [352]
landwart parishes [280]
Laneham [257] n., [361]
Lanterne [97]
Latimer [28], [64]
Laud [157], [164], [208], [211], [216], [216] n., [295]
Launceston [209], [221] n.
law, labourers elude [4]
" course allowed by [289] n.
" interpretation of [178]
" firm and forcible [296]
" Common [297], see statutes, and execution of law
Lawrence, W., bequest of [260] n.
Laxton-cum-Morehouse [257] n., [365]
lazars and lazar houses [8], [26] seq., [201], see lepers
leamit and impotent persones [280] n.
Leche, charity of [204]
legacies, see bequests, charities
legislation [296], [297]
" history of [3] seq., [53] seq., [62], [67] seq., [133] seq., [278] seq.
" French [290] seq., see statutes
Leicester co. [299]
" boro. [45], [111], [129], [188]
" Earl of [86] n.
lending cash charities [204], [232] seq., [271]
Leominster [262] n.
lepers [27] n., [42], [54], [209] n.
Lesnex [264] n.
letter to be obtained by travellers [4]
" beggars with [54]
" of Archbp. [122]
" to Carleton [145], [146], see Privy Council
Letters Patent [28], [33], [161], [209], [271], [291]
Lever [28], [30], [64]
Lewes [187]
Liber Vagatorum [13]
licences [70], [241]
" for badgers [322], [323] seq.
" to erect working houses [138] n.
" to collect money [271]
" to transport corn [150] seq.
Lichfield [234], [274] n.
Liddington [338]
Lieutenants, Lord [51], [241]
" Deputy [153], [154], [337]
lights, payment for [58] n.
Lincoln co. [82], [87] n., [157], [191], [194], [226]
" boro. [41] seq., [42], [45], [111]
Lingen's almshouses [211] n.
Linlithgow [283] n.
Little [264] n.
Liverpool [194] n., [227]
living idly [142], [173], [174], see idlers
loan, loone [24], [51], [124] n., see lending cash
Locke, letter of [145] n.
lodgers, see inmates
lodging [18], [214], [279], [290]
Loes [264] n., [365]
loiterers [68]
London [34], [38], [40], [45], [46], [52], [54], [56], [62] seq., [66], [86] n., [98], [108], [111], [123], [150], [212], [217], [219], [227], [229], [233], [235], [269], [270], [272], [273], [293], [295], [297] n.
" organisation of poor in [23-40], [95-101]
" orders for repressing vagrants [5], [21], [25]
" population of [188]
" Court of orphans in [9] n.
" official collection of alms [26]
" fifteenth levied [29], [100], [116]
" assessment for poor [117]
" collection in [160] n.
" small holdings in [73]
" coal yard in [199]
" pest house of [200]
" corn store in [23], [188]
" precepts of [305] seq.
" authorities of [92] seq.
" parishes in and about [157], [157] n.
looms [37], [111]
Lords, ordinance of [270], [371]
" jurisdiction of [158]
" to go to country [146]
Lords, House of [58], [68], [69], [70], [75], [76], [79]
Lords Lieutenant, see Lieutenant
Lothian [283]
Lothingland [190] n.
Louis XI. [14]
Low Countries [123]
Lucy, Sir Thomas [90] n.
Lukyn, Rob. [176]
lunatics [27] n., [36]
Luther [13]
Lydd [8], [178]
Lynn, [7], [261], [264] n.
Lyons [291]
maces [271]
Mackworth, Sir Hen. [338]
magistrates [106], [128], [213], [246] n., [300], see justices
Maidenhead [216] n.
Maidstone [192], [223], [261]
Mainsborough [247]
maintenance, cost of [113]
Maioris Bocke [102], [106], [308]
malefactors [241]
malting [186] seq.
" prohibited [123], [144], [179], [186]
Malton [170] n., [213]
maltsters [145], [331], [335]
" disobedient [179], [186]
" contribute to poor [186], see malting
Man, Edw. [197] n.
Manchester [228] n.
Mansbridge [256] n.
Mansion House [40]
manufactures, manufacturers [15], [48], [49], [140], [147], [155], [230], [271]
" losses of [148], [259], see trade
Manwood [86], [318]
mariners [43], [53], [55], [75], [78], [211], [211] n.
maritime districts [85]
market, supply of [85], [87] seq., [120], [140], [144], [152], [186], [187] seq., [193], [194], [195], [196], [316], [319] seq., [323] seq., [339], [340] seq., see corn
Markham, East [257] n., [364]
" West [365]
Marlborough [179] n., [260] n.
marriage of poor maids [137] n.
Marshal, Earl [338]
Marshalsea [220]
marshals, see provost marshals
Marten, charity of [216] n.
Martin, Rich., charity of [234] n.
Mary, Queen [27] n., [58]
master, &c. of London beggars [25]
masterless men [37], [39], [69], [108], see vagrants
masters of apprentices [215], [216], [239], [253], [359]
materials bought for poor [223], [224], [256], [261], [264], [272]
Matilda, wife of Hen. I. [27] n.
" " Stephen [27] n.
matron [34], [35] n., [209], [219], [355]
Mattersey [257] n.
mayor [44], [55], [56], [57], [59], [72], [106], [134] n.
Mayor, Lord [23], [24], [30], [31], [95], [193], [305] seq., see London
meal [188], [189] n., [283] n
" price fixed [193]
meals provided [123], [242], see billeting
meetings of justices [159], [173], [175-178], [181], [182], [247], [249], [250], [253], [345], [357], [359]
" of churchwardens and overseers [342]
Melmerby [170] n.
Mercers, Company of [27] n., [233]
Merchant Adventurers [86] n., [145] n., [148] n., [152], [153]
" Eastland [148] n.
" strangers [86] n., [152]
" companies [210]
" taylor [224]
merchants [48] seq., [115] n., [140], [147], [152] seq., [211], [230]
Merchants' Hospital [210]
Merthyr Tydfil [141] n.
Michelle Louise [303]
Middlesex [70] n., [93], [156] n., [160] n., [228], [264], [360]
Middle Temple Hall [79]
Middleton [251]
midland counties [240]
Mildenhall [335]
Mildmay [86], [318]
mill [37]
millers [195], [335], [340]
mines, assessment of [135] n.
minister [77], [122], [122] n., [128], [154], [191] n., [246] n., [337]
" Scotch [283], [287]
Minories [272]
minstrels, minstrells [69], [70], [82], [139], [344]
minutes [156], [173]
Misterton [257] n.
Mitford [191] n.
Mombridge [114] n.
monasteries [18] seq., [61], [277]
" dissolution of [26], [63] seq., [56], see tithes
Moner, Anthony [110]
money, value of [212] seq.
" gifts of [345], [346], [349]
" agreement to contribute [280] n., see rates, lending cash
monks and nuns [63], see monasteries
Monslow [250], [299] n.
More, Mr [227] n.
More, Sir Thomas [12] n., [57], [62]
Morleston [299] n.
Morton Hampstead [211]
municipal rulers, see town
murders [288]
Mutford [190] n.
mutiny, mutinee [85]
nails, nailhouse [33], [37]
Negroose [297] n.
Netherlands [14], [16], [49]
Newark [204], [225], [234]
Newbury [197] n., [234], [260]
Newby, Francis [112] n.
Newcastle [124] seq., [201], [202], [202] n.
new comers [23], [98], [107] seq., [307], [314]
Newgate, Bristol [221]
New Forest [250]
Nicholas [232]
nightman [356]
nobles, noblemen [14], [55]
Norfolk [84], [88], [125], [126], [127], [157], [162], [185], [190], [220], [263], [303], [316] seq.
" justices of [94], [218], [220], [331]
" Duke of [47], [48], [50] n.
Normancross [82]
Normans, see Bridewell, Norwich
Norris, Lord [126], [127]
Northampton co. [82], [144], [151], [259], [266]
" boro. [160] n.
Northaw [181], [182]
northern circuit [157]
" counties [254]
Northowram [169] n.
Northumberland [191], [239]
Norwich [45], [101] seq., [129], [188], [204], [209] seq., [219], [220], [224], [227], [231], [261], [300]
" organisation of poor in [95], [101-107], [179], [186], [198], [199] seq., [308]
" tax at [117], [163]
" Mayor of [104], [106], [162]
" cathedral of [273]
" sessions at [331]
" St John's parish in [103] n.
" assessment of [367] seq.
" orders for poor &c. in, see orders
" census at [103], [308] seq., see Bridewell and St Giles'
" Bishop of [58] n.
" Dean and Chapter of [101]
Nottingham co. [178], [192], [256] n., [264], [266], [361]
" boro. [218], [227], [228]
Nuremburg [20]
Oakham [338]
oath of corn jurors [320] seq.
oatmeal [194]
obiits [43]
obstinate persons [59], [71] seq., [279]
occupations in Bridewell [33], [100], [312], [354], [370]
occupiers of land, liability of [77], [134] n., [168]
occupiers responsible for tenants [108]
Odsey [190] n., [191] n., [196], [228], [263] n., see Edwinstree
officials, training of [92]
" local [52], [92] seq.
" parochial [96], see town rulers
Offlow [262] n.
old, provision for [43], [112], [206] seq., see poor
order, peace [47] seq., [51], [80] seq., [85], [91], [122] n., [127], [145], [196] seq., [272], [298] seq., [303], [338] seq., see riots, disturbances &c.
Orders of Bishop [78]
" and Directions, Book of [2] n., [87], [142], [152], [156], [158] seq., [164], [171] seq., [177], [197], [240], [248] seq., [265] n., [268], [276], [277], [292], [294], [297] seq., [340], [342], [357], [365]
" of Privy Council [47] seq., [80] seq., [143], [149], [150], [240] seq.
" of Privy Council re corn [49], [84] seq., [119] seq., [125], [150], [318], [334]
" scarcity book of [87] seq., [144], [145], [151], [158], [185] seq., [192] seq., [318] seq., [334]
" draft of [86], [318] seq.
" re vagrants [81] seq., [282] seq.
" of justices [167] seq., [171] n., [180] seq., [214] n., [331] seq.
" of the House [76]
" for Royal Hospitals [36] seq.
" for Christ's Hospital, Ipswich [113]
" for poor &c., Norwich [105] seq., [311] seq.
" for poor, London [92] seq., [98] seq.
" for poor, Cornwall [130] n.
Ordinance of the Lords [270], [371]
ordinances at Cambridge [44]
" of Bridewell [356]
" French [291]
ordinaries [86] n.
orphanages [215], [219] seq., [273]
orphans [8] seq., [117], [136], [137] n., [199], [264] n., [272]
Ossett [169] n.
Oswald, King [2]
overseers [71], [76], [78], [90], [90] n., [154], [159], [167], [169] n., [170] n., [171] n., [175] seq., [180] seq., [201], [204], [214] n., [217], [231], [244], [247], [250], [258] n., [263] n., [265] n., [274], [279], [299]
" accounts of [174], [327] seq.
" presented [171], [171] n.
" reports of [173], [248] seq., [345] seq.
" collectors of revenue [268]
" inquiries made from [247], [337], [342] seq.
outdoor relief [141] n.
Owen, Dame [210]
owners of corn [192]
Oxford co. [82], [88], [126], [127], [148] n. [1] and n. [2], [193], [262] n., [303]
" boro. [215] n., [221] n., [234]
painter [310]
Palmer, Sir Guy [338]
Palmer, William [121] n.
Palmistry, palmestrye [69], see fortune tellers
pamphlets re St Bartholomew's [34]
" Stanleyes Remedy [243]
" Greevous Grones &c. [243] seq.
" Arth's [127] seq.
" on fishing trade [273]
" on poor [275], [276]
paper makers [201]
papers, to wear [125]
Papworth [82] n., [264], [358]
parental government [65], [66]
parents, [215], [219]
" liability of [134]
Paris, [290], [291]
parish, officers of [77], [342]
" landward [279]
parishes [63], [134] n., [153], [154], [169], [210], [211] n., [242], [306]
" liability of [5], [154], [278], [281]
" rich [55], [77], [106], [158]
parishioners [6], [44], [55], [58], [72], [99], [168], [230] n.
Parliament [6] seq., [29], [56] seq., [64], [67-80], [83], [91], [130], [131], [133] seq., [135], [294]
" resolutions of [271]
" of Paris [291], see statutes
parsons, vicars, curates [52], [55], [57], [109] n., [117], [134] n., [135] n., [290], [305], [306], [307]
passes, counterfeiting of [70], see letters
patent gatherers [344]
paternal government [65], [140], [201], [203]
Pater's almshouse [213]
patients [34], [39], [269]
paupers [203], [204], [210], see poor
" goods made by [33], [100]
" increase of [289]
payments, amount of [104]
" to poor [180]
" for children [219]
" for emigrants [229], see taxation, pensions
pedlars [68], [70], [82]
Pember, Francis [222] n.
Pembroke co. [151], [225]
penalties [135] n., [175], [177], see fines
pensioners [208], [209]
pensions, allowances, for poor [35], [44], [96], [97] n., [99], [106], [143], [180], [182], [211], [213], [214], [252], [258] n., [274], [276]
" for soldiers and sailors [136]
Perne, Dr [44]
Perse, Martin [176]
personal government [153], [163], [164], [172], [241], [295]
Perthshire [283] n.
pest houses [200], [201]
Peterborough, soke of [185]
Petersfield [174]
Petherton, North [254] n., [261]
petite forfeitures [75]
petition of Commons [4] n.
" of citizens of London [28], [32] seq.
" of Sylva Harbert [160]
Pevensey [185], [191] n.
Phisnomye [69]
Physician [201], [202], [208]
pickeryes [298]
Pider [187]
pinmakers [218], [354]
pins [100]
Pirehill [262] n.
plague [42], [130] n., [144], [160], [167], [182], [200] seq., [306], [360], see rates
Planner, charity of [216] n.
plantations [230]
players, plaiers [69], [138] n., [344]
plays, plaies [100]
Plomesgate [264] n., [365]
Plymouth [219]
pole, for every [121]
Poole [227] n.
poor, def. of [32] seq., [36], [127] seq., [139] seq.
" three classes of [32] seq., [44], [64], [139] seq.
" surveyed [42], [44], [103], [261]
" census of [103], [308], [314]
" in great distress [30], [123], [125], [147], [247], [282]
" questions touching [342] seq.
" expulsion of strange poor, see new comers
" sins of [128]
" two collections for [45]
" earnings of [105]
" feeding a hundred [3]
" appeal to sessions [167], see poor relief rates
" impotent [83], [87], [128] seq., [153] seq., [180], [207] seq., [238]
" statutory regulations concerning [5], [53] seq., [70], [71], [79], [134]
" relief reported by justices [89] seq., [174] seq., [182] seq., [214], [245], [247], [250], [252], [253] n., [256], [258], [275] seq., [356], [358], [359], [361] seq., [365]
" in towns [28], [32], [40], [64], [98] seq.
" Scotch [281] seq.
" French [290] seq.
" able-bodied, see work, vagrants, rogues
" children, see children and apprentices
" criminal [220]
" laws, see statutes and execution of poor law
" relief by private individuals [2], [17] seq.
" " by monasteries [3], [18] seq., [26] seq., [63] seq.
" " by tithes [3], [6] seq.
" " from other endowed charities [7] seq., [19] seq., [26] seq., [207] seq.
" " by guilds [7], [42], [43] n., [210]
" " in the towns [7] seq., [22] seq., [62] seq., [65], [95] seq., [121], [122] seq., [129] seq., [174], [208] seq., [259] seq., [278] seq., [280], [285] seq., [286] n., [293] seq., [305] seq.
" " provided by statute [3] seq., [6], [45], [53] seq., [60], [62], [67] seq., [131], [133] seq., [278] seq.
" " efforts of Privy Council to enforce [47] seq., [83] seq., [119] seq., [143] seq., [184] seq., [201]
" " characteristics of [203] seq.
" " connected with order [48] seq., [51], [80] seq., [85] seq., [91], [122] n., [123], [125], [145], [196] seq., [298], [303] seq., [338] seq.
" " connected with increase of beggars [39], [64] seq.
" " connected with labour statutes [3] seq., [9]
" " connected with scarcity measures [23] seq., [51], [84] seq., [91], [197] seq.
" " connected with voluntary system [136] seq., [204]
" " under the Commonwealth [272] seq.
" " on the continent [20] seq., [277] seq.
" " in Scotland [278] seq.
" " in France [290] seq.
" " in emergency [184] seq.
" " ordinary [124], [133], [206] seq.
" " insufficient [284], [286] seq., [288]
" " outdoor [35], [42], [99], [214] seq.
" " alteration in opinion about [131]
" " political side of [295] seq.
" " summary of early history [293] seq.
" " results [297] seq., [300], see work, children, poor, pensions, corn, almshouses, hospitals, rates
poore makers [128]
Popham [86], [318]
population of London [188]
" of Banff [284]
" of Portsmouth [173]
porter [355]
Portsmouth [151], [173]
pottage [198]
poultry [51]
poverty, cause of [128]
preachers [290], [307], [355]
preambles [53], [54], [246], [292]
precepts [95] seq., [305], [306]
prerogative [296], [297]
presbytery [281], [284]
presentments [170] n., [173] seq., [177], [182], [247], [344], [345], [357], [358]
President of Council of North [80], [86] n.
" of Corporation of Poor [272]
Preston [228]
Price, Mary, almshouses of [211] n.
Price's hospital [211] n.
prices fixed by authority [51], [88], [121], [193]
" moderated by justices [87], [190], [194], [302], [324]
" rise in [16], [49], [50], [73], [84], [194]
" enquiries touching [84] seq.
" of corn [16], [50], [73], [84], [119-124], [145] n., [341]
" " sudden alteration in [121] n.
" of oatmeal [194]
" of provisions [16] n.
priest [13]
priests [3], [4], see tithes
prior [207]
priories [290]
prisoners, presonars [33], [53], [70], [75], [77], [136], [167], [220] seq., [228] n., [229], [279], [299], [311]
prisons [220] seq., see prisoners
privilege of Parliament [76]
privileges, payments for [117]
Privy Council [33], [46], [47-53], [67], [68], [80-94], [118], [119], [125], [130], [131], [137], [142-166], [171], [172], [178], [179], [193], [201], [216], [230], [232], [253], [268], [276], [277], [286], [296], [334]
" " letters of [52], [81], [85], [86] n., [143], [149], [154], [155], [162], [165], [166], [174], [175], [240] seq., [292], [294-297], [304], [336] seq., [338] seq., [359]
" " letters to [126], [147], [340]
" " instructions of [193]
" " thanks to [194]
" " lords of [204], see Privy Councillors
" " Scotch [282] seq., see corn, orders, reports
Privy Council Register [143], [150], [156], [156] n., [336] seq., [338] seq.
Privy Councillors [156], [204], [297]
Privie Seale, Lord [338]
procession [8]
proclamations, royal [3], [51], [86], [143], [144] bis, [145], [146] bis, [150], [165], [166], [296], [298]
" of 1629 [153], [155], [171], [172]
" Scotch [283], [286] seq.
" municipal [104], [305]
proctors or procurators [69], [70], [344]
Providours of the Poore [110]
Provision for the poore now in penurie [127] seq.
proviso re Dutton [138]
provost [279]
provost marshals [93], [298]
Pukenham, North [317]
punishment of able-bodied beggars [4], [25] seq., [53], [70], [77], [80] seq., [221], [299] n.
" fourme of [94]
" at Bury [114], see whipping, fines, death, branding, stocks
Purchas, Thos. [176]
Puritan counties [297]
Puriton [254] n., [261]
Quarter Sessions, see Sessions
questions put to judges [178]
" " overseers [247], [337], [342] seq.
quinzièmes, see fifteenths
Radfield [192] n., [253] n., [256] n., [264] n.
Radnorshire, report from [247]
Ragland [252], [262] n.
Ragnell [362]
Rahere [27]
raker [355]
Raleigh, Sir Walter [76], [79], [294]
Rampton [363]
Rand, Samuel [202] n.
rates, tax, taxation [1], [2], [38], [59], [60], [62], [64], [71], [95], [106], [108], [130] n., [204], [251], [254], [256], [261], [268], [269], [279], [296], [358]
" imposed by town rulers before 1572 [29], [42], [43], [45], [102]
" for soldiers and sailors [73], [78], [79], [136], [166]
" for prisoners and hospitals [77], [167], [220]
" for Houses of Correction [118], [137], [167]
" for plague stricken [137], [200], [201]
" for setting poor to work [121], [154], [225], [255] seq.
" for corporation of poor [273] n.
" semi-voluntary [59], [97]
" dispute concerning [179] n.
" refusal and objection to pay [168], [169], [197] n., [248], [260] n., [350]
" increased [158], [175], [177], [245], [248] seq., [250]
" in Scotland [282], [283] seq., [286] seq.
" in Aberdeen [285], [289]
" in Glasgow [289], [290] n.
" in France [291]
" in Norwich [367]
" amount of, Rochdale [251]
" " Ware [346]
" " Braughing and Stortford [348] seq.
" none in Middleton [251]
" legality at Lydd [178]
" in aid, see parishes, rich
" of wages, see wages
ratepayers [141] n., [261], [290], [303]
Ravensworth [170] n.
Reading [112], [114], [129], [156], [157] n., [192], [200], [200] n., [204], [216], [217] n., [218], [225], [231], [259], [263]
rebels, rebellion [51], [73], [80], [81], [126], [151], see order
recognizance [179], [321] seq.
recusants [173], [182]
Redcliffe almshouse [210], [213]
Red Maid's School [219]
Reepham [331]
reeves [2]
Reformation [20], [207], [208]
refugees [110] n.
refuissars [289] n.
register of names [71], [290]
regrating, regrators [50], [50] n., [73], [320], [332], [358]
Reigate [261]
Reynolds, Thomas [163]
relief, see poor relief
relief works [141]
rent [214]
Repertories [25] n.
reports re corn [50], [87], [88] seq., [149], [151], [152], [172], [185] seq., [193] seq., [195], [204], [316] seq., [326], [334] seq., [340] seq., [344] seq.
" re vagrants [80], [81] seq.
" re poor relief and vagrants [173] seq., [177], [181] seq., [245], [248], [251] seq., [256] seq., [268], [297], [342] seq.
" not in northern counties [239]
" from same place at different dates [253], [252]
" of four royal hospitals [269] seq., [369] seq.
" of Bridewell [351] seq.
" Bassetlaw [257] seq.
" Cambridge [174] seq.
resolutions of 1527 [135] n., see judges at Quarter Sessions [275]
Restoration [275], [277]
retainers [15], [120]
Retford [361]
returns, overseers [214] n., see reports
revenues for armies [268]
Revolution, French [291], [303]
Rhodes, hospital for defence of [27] n.
Rhuddlan Castle [139]
rich [145] n., [201], [302] seq.
Richard II. [54], [293]
Richmondshire [171], [255]
Riding, North [203], [213], [214] n.
" " Session, Rolls of [169] seq.
" West, Sessions, Rolls of [167] seq., [241], [248]
Ridley, Bishop [30-33], [35], [59] n.
riots, rioters [49], [51], [85], [148] n., [151], [192], [197] n., [288], [303]
Ripon [185]
Rixman's charity [216] n.
roads [84]
robbery [13], [126], [288], [303]
Rochdale [251]
Rochester [110]
Rogers, Prof. [301] n.
rogues [227] n., [256], [332]
" bills for [75], [76], [137]
" act for [77]
" def. of [68] seq., [344]
" depredations of [13], [126], [288], [298], [303]
" incorrigible [57]
" poor unjustly made [168]
" questions touching [344]
" branding of [138] n., see vagrants
Rolls of Parliament [4]
Romer, Lord Justice [141] n.
Romsey [85]
roundsman system [130] n., [232]
Royal Exchange [242]
royalists [274]
rule which must govern clothier &c. [148]
rumours, false and seditious [81]
Rupert, Prince [231]
Rutland [156] n., [265] n., [338] seq.
" Duke of [89], [187]
Ruxley [264] n.
Rycherds, John [331]
Rye [8] n.
Ryedale [177] n., [259] n.
Sabbath, see Sunday
sailors [73], [77], [93], [213], see mariners
St Albans [108] seq., [110], [117], [117] n., [129], [163] n., [199], [261], [263] n.
" Liberty of [181], [191] n., [255] n., [263] n.
St Andrews, Andries, Norwich [101], [310]
St Anthony's, Broad Street [27] n.
" York [114]
St Augustine, rule of [19]
St Bartholomew's, London [27] n., [28], [30], [31], [34], [36], [38], [39], [98], [201], [208], [269], [369]
" " Glos. [129], [208]
" " Sandwich [8], [208]
St Benedict, parish of [367]
St Catherine's, York [209]
" " by the Tower [27] n.
St Cross, hospital of [207] seq.
St Edmondes, Norwich [310]
St Edmund's, Gateshead [209]
St Ethelbert's, Hereford [211] n.
St Ethelred, Liberty of [191] n., [365]
St Giles', London, parish of [264] n., [360]
" in the Fields [27] n.
" Hereford [8] n., [208], [211] n.
" Norwich [105], [198] seq., [209] seq.
" Reading parish [212]
St James' in the Fields [27] n.
" church of King's Lynn [224]
St John's, of Jerusalem [27] n.
" Nottingham [227]
" Sandwich [8]
" Sepulchre [104] n.
" Walbrook [97]
St Julianes, Norwich [310]
St Just [213] n.
St Leonard's, Launceston [209], [209] n.
St Margaret's, Glos. [129], [208]
St Mary's, Barking [27] n.
" Cripplegate [27] n.
St Mary Magdalen, Exeter [8] n.
" " Glos. [129] n., [208]
" " King's Lynn [209]
" Rounceval [27] n.
" Redcliffe [210]
St Mary's, Spital [27] n., [97]
St Nicholas, London [28]
" Scarborough [8] n.
St Paul's Hospital, Norwich [101]
St Peter's parish, Norwich [308]
St Sepulchre [264] n., [360] n.
St Thomas' of Acon [27] n.
" parish of, Bristol [210]
" Hospital, Scarborough [8]
" Hospital, York [209]
" " Southwark [19], [27] n., [28], [31], [33], [34], [35], [36], [38], [39], [98], [201], [269], [370]
Sands, Mr [69], [83], [130]
Sandwich [7] seq., [208]
Sandys, Lord [48]
Sarum, division of [204]
Sarum, New [200]
Savoy, hospital of [27] n., [63]
Sawbridgeworth, Sabridgworth [343] n., [345], [347], [348]
Scarborough [8], [170] n., [213]
scarcity, see corn
Schirewoode John [176]
scholars, poor [29] n., [53], [70], [136]
schoole dames [218], [332]
schools, scoole [103], [136], [215], [217], [218], [219], [308]
" industrial [113], [217], see Bridewell
" Free [27] n.
" knitting [111], [111] n., [218] seq., [300], [332]
" King Edward's [38]
Scotland [14], [54], [183], [267], [277] seq., [293], [294], [303]
Scrivener, Mrs Alice [234]
scrutineers, Glos. [129] n.
sea, vagrants sent to [229], [230] n.
searchers for vagrants, see vagrants
Segewyche, Dr [44]
select women [104], [105], [107], [218], [313]
Sellside [218]
Semys, almshouse of [213]
senators [273]
Sergeant-at-Mace [187] n.
serges [225]
sermons [55], [212], [307]
Servall, Agnes [65]
servants [55], [299]
" stubborn [94]
" refusing to serve as [179] n.
" whether hired by the year [104]
" discharging of [128], see labourers
service, cervis, servis [65], [70]
" placing in [77], [83]
" people to go to [104] n., [105], [142] n., [315]
" living out of [142], [142] n., [179] n., [228] n., [263], [350]
serving men [211] n.
Sessions, Quarter [77], [88], [120], [126], [134] n., [143], [154], [167] seq., [214] n., [275], [331], [337], [340], [343], [371]
" Petty [177] n., see kirk sessions
Session of 1597-8, [74], [75] seq.
settlement regulations [5], [107] seq., [167], [179] n., [302]
Shaftesbury [262] n.
Shaile, Rich. [212] n.
shearmen [149]
sheep farming [17]
sheeting [222]
Sheffield [225]
Shelf [169] n.
Shepton Mallet [228] n.
Shepway [187], [191] n., [256] n.
Sheriffs [81], [143], [173], [224], [319]
" High [340], [351]
Shinfield [217] n.
ship money [164]
shipmen [70]
ships [43], [93], [100], [123]
shirts, charities for [212], [212] n.
shoemakers [139], [234], [338], [339]
shop-keepers [233], [234]
shops, fines for opening on Sunday [117]
Shrewsbury [123] seq., [189], [260]
" Eliz., Countess of [17]
Shropham [88]
Shropshire [157], [224], [262], [299]
sick [7], [201] seq., [203], [306]
Sick Man's Hospital [8] n., [211] n.
silk lace [100]
silkmen [233], see weavers
Silkston [169] n.
silver, influx of [16]
silver plate [202]
Sisters of St Cross [208] n.
" of Normans, see St Paul's, Norwich
Skenfreth [252], [253]
Slaney, charity of [216] n.
slaves [56]
Smith, Henry, charity of [222] n.
Smithfield [108], see St Bartholomew's
Smiths, guild of [42] n.
smocks, charities for [212], [212] n.
Soke [256] n.
soldiers, souldiers, sojouries, souldyours [14], [73], [75], [78], [87], [93], [136], [143], [170], [211], [213], [220], [245], [290] n., [325], [327] n., [369], [370]
Somerset [84], [86] n., [126] seq., [145], [148] n. [1] and n. [2], [180], [185], [254], [261], [298], [299]
" Duke of [51], [303]
Sorbonne [20]
south eastern counties [240]
Southampton, Hampton [9], [43] n., [86] n.
Southgate, Norwich [308]
Southwark [35], see St Thomas' Hospital
Spain [89]
Spaldyng, Samuel [176]
Spanish ports [147]
Spencer, Sir Will. [126]
spinners [85], [147], [349]
spinning [218], [223], [226], [272], [276], [358]
" house, Bridewell [37]
spinster, spynsters, [65] n., [149], [160]
Sprott's charity [235] n.
stability [15], [302], [304]
Stafford co. [262]
" boro. [186], [274] n.
Staine [82], [191] n., [264] n.
Stamford [157], [157] n., [197] n.
Stanbury, Mr [121]
Stancliff [299] n.
standard of comfort [198]
Standon [347]
Stanleyes Remedy [243]
Stansted Abbots [345] n., [346]
Staplegrove, Stapelgrove [180], [214], [327] seq.
Staploe [82], [191] n., [264] n.
Star Chamber [119], [125]
starch [325]
Startforth [214] n.
starvation [124], [125]
state control [6] seq.
statutes, laws [3] seq., [45], [53] seq., [59], [60], [62], [67] seq., [73], [79], [81], [87], [133] seq., [143], [153]
" Scotch [278] seq.
" apprenticeship [155]
" of chantries [43]
" common or statute law [297]
" of Ethelred [3]
" factory [62]
" labour [3], [151], [256], [293], [343] n., [358], [359], see wages
" of retainers [120]
" of rogues [77], [141]
" for raising publicke stockes [147]
" effects of [297] seq., [302], see execution of law
" particular, mentioned or referred to:
[51] Hen. III. [332]
[13] Edw. I. [332]
[36] Edw. III. c. [8], [4]
[12] Rich. II. cc. [3] and [7], [4] seq.
[15] Rich. II. c. [6], [6] seq.
[4] Hen. IV. c. [12], [7]
[2] Hen. V. St. I. c. [1], [20]
[8] Hen. VI. c. [5], [332]
[10] Hen. VII. c. [4], [332]
[11] Hen. VII. c. [2], [5], [332]
[19] Hen. VII. c. [12], [5]
[22] Hen. VIII. c. [12], [12], [53] seq., [56], [57], [60], [62], [73], [78], [291]
[23] Hen. VIII. c. [11], [332]
[25] Hen. VIII. c. [1], [320]
[27] Hen. VIII. c. [25], [2], [53], [54] seq., [59], [60], [62], [278], [291]
[1] Edw. VI. c. [3], [56] seq., [70], [79]
[3] and [4] Edw. VI. c. [16], [57], [58], [60]
[5] and [6] Edw. VI. c. [2], [57], [58], [60] n.
[5] and [6] Edw. VI. c. [14], [320] n.
[7] Edw. VI. c. [11], [58]
[1] Mary St. II. c. [13], [58]
[1] Mary St. III. c. [12], [58]
[2] and [3] Ph. and Mary c. [5], [58], [60]
[4] and [5] Ph. and Mary c. [9], [58]
[1] Eliz. c. [2], [332]
[5] Eliz. c. [3], [58], [59], [60], [71], [102], [106], [291]
[5] Eliz. c. [4], [140], [162], [163] n., [256], [302], [343] n., [358], [359]
[5] Eliz. c. [12], [320], [322]
[14] Eliz. c. [5], [2], [68], [69] seq., [79], [95], [96], [130], [131], [220], [278]
[18] Eliz. c. [3], [68], [72], [79]
[23] Eliz. c. [1], [332]
[27] Eliz. c. [11], [72]
[29] Eliz. c. [5], [72]
[31] Eliz. c. [10], [72]
[35] Eliz. c. [4], [73], [136]
[35] Eliz. c. [6], [73]
[35] Eliz. c. [7], [73]
[39] Eliz. c. [3], [76] seq., [80], [133], [134], [135], [140], [143], [167], [220], [238], [241], [281], [294]
[39] Eliz. c. [4], [77], [332]
[39] Eliz. c. [5], [77]
[39] Eliz. c. [6], [78], [136], [137]
[39] Eliz. c. [16], [331]
[39] Eliz. c. [17], [78]
[39] Eliz. c. [21], [78], [136]
[43] Eliz. c. [2], [133] seq., [138], [140] n., [238], [240], [253] n., [281], [292]
[43] Eliz. c. [3], [136], [138] n., [220], [332]
[1] Jac. I. c. [6], [162]
[1] Jac. I. c. [7], [138] n., [243]
[1] Jac. I. c. [9], [138] n., [332]
[1] Jac. I. c. [27], [138] n.
[1] Jac. I. c. [31], [137]
[2] Jac. I. c. [4], [331]
[3] Jac. I. c. [4], [138] n., [332]
[4] Jac. I. cc. [4] and [5], [331]
[4] Jac. I. c. [5], [138] n.
[7] Jac. I. c. [3], [138] n.
[7] Jac. I. c. [4], [137], [243], [332]
[7] Jac. I. c. [10], [332]
[7] Jac. I. c. [11], [138] n.
[21] Jac. I. c. [1], [138] n.
[21] Jac. I. c. [7], [138] n.
[21] Jac. I. c. [20], [138] n.
[21] Jac. I. c. [28], [138] n.
[1] Car. I. c. [1], [138] n.
[3] Car. I. c. [2], [138] n.
[3] Car. I. c. [5], [138] n.
[13] and [14] Car. II. c. [12], [107], [109], [239]
[4] and [5] Will. IV. c. [76], [135], [294]
" Scotch:
James I. c. [66], [278]
James I. c. [103], [278]
James V. c. [22], [278]
James V. c. [74], [279]
James V. c. [149], [279]
James V. c. [272], [281]
James VI. c. [19], [281] n.
James VI. c. [8], [281] n.
Chas. II. c. [16], [281] n.
Chas. II. c. [38], [281] n.
stent roll [286] n.
Stettin, Duke of [242]
Stirling [287]
stocks for punishment [4], [35] n., [221], [300]
" stockes = stores [72], [85], [87], [118], [154], [172], [182], [222] seq., [225], [245], [247], [256], [260], [261], [276], [301], [342], [345] seq., [360], [361]
" town [202] n., [256] seq., [361] seq.
" amount of [258], [265]
" for House of Correction [170] n., see work
Stockw^th [257] n.
Stoke Newington [360] n.
Stokeham [362]
stoneminers [224]
Stourbridge, Sturbridge [43] seq., [82]
strangers [101], [128], [242], [286] n., see merchant strangers
strike [141] n.
stockings [112] n.
Stortford [345] n., [348], [349], [350]
Stow [18], [26]
" hundred of [82], [264] n., [358] seq.
Stretford [186] n.
Stuarts [66], [297], [300]
subscriptions [97], [202] n., [210]
subsidy [112] n., [116], [268] n.
" book [73]
success in Aberdeen [285] n.
" in Norwich [106]
" of corn measures [192] seq.
" of Book of Orders [298] seq.
Sudbury [160]
Suffolk [50], [84], [148], [148] n., [149], [153], [154], [178], [179], [190], [191] n., [201], [263], [334], [336] seq.
Sunday [57], [138] n., [212], see fines, collections
superintendents of beggars [44]
supervisors of the poor [171] n.
suppers on fast days [122], [129]
" of orphan boys [199]
surety [70], [71] n.
surgeon [202] n., [208], [355]
Surrey co. [83], [87] n., [160] n., [192] n., [228]
survey of corn, see corn
surveyors, surveiors of beggars [25], [26], [98]
" of hospitals [129]
" of poor [167] n.
" of highways [343]
swearing, see fines
Symes, Dr. [202] n.
Tabard [4]
tailors [103], [117] n.
Tanner MSS. [180]
Taunton [185], [186], [226]
Taverham [191] n.
taxes, charities for paying [136], [137] n., see rates, fifteenths, subsidies
technical education, see training
" school [217]
Temple, hall of Middle [75]
" Hospital [210]
" Gate almshouse [210]
tenants, oppression of [269], see landlords
tenements [73], [93], [108], [297], see cottages
tennis balls [100]
testimonials [168], [343]
Tewkesbury [82], [151]
Theale, report from [259]
thefts, thieves [15], [36], [38], [303]
thieves, language of [12], [13]
Thingoe [187]
Thirsk [170] n.
Thirty Years' War [147]
thread, twisting of [223]
Thredling [264] n.
Thriplow [82]
Thomas, charity of [215] n.
Thornaby [111]
Thornbury [82]
Thorne, charity of [235] n.
Thorner, John [260] n.
Thornton [203]
Thundridge [345] n., [348]
thurdendeles [179]
tickets, see badges
Tickhill [168]
tillage [143]
tinkers, tynkers [68], [70], [82], [344]
Tinwell [338]
tippler [69], [321], [324], [332]
tippling, tiplinge [175]
tithe [3], [6] seq., [117], [134] n., [135] n.
tithingmen [174], [247], [329]
Tiverton, fire at [202]
tokens of tin [26]
tolls [116]
Topcliffe [171]
Totmonslow [262] n.
tow [182], [225], [232], [272], [349]
town, rulers of [6] seq., [62] seq., [65], [72], [96], [165], [187], [202], [290]
" control charities [7] seq., [204], [208], [209], [210], [211] n.
" contribute to charitable endowments [8], [23]
" parental government of [65] seq., see poor relief, orders, hospitals
Town Council, Glasgow [289] n.
Town Clerk [305]
towne haill [285]
towns, importance of Tudor [23]
" poor relief in, see poor relief
" of Suffolk [149]
" fires in [202]
" head officials of [78]
trade [115], [148], [148] n., [152], [153], [155], [164], [173], [259], [337], [344]
" right of exercising [117]
" teaching [111], [218], [299]
" depression of [145], [147] seq., [155], [163], [245], [336] seq.
traders [85], [344], see trades, tradesmen
tradesmen [136], [223], [235], see lending cash
training [110] seq., [225], [294]
Treasurer, County [73], [77], [136], [213], [220]
" Mr [338]
" Lord [338]
treatise, see pamphlets
Trellech [252]
trespass, action for [135] n.
Treswell [364]
Trevor, Sir Thomas [212]
Trinity Hospital, Bristol [209]
troops, number of [274]
truck [163]
Trust, Breaches of [78], [136], [248]
Tudors [66], [297], [298]
Tunstead [191] n.
Tuxford [364]
undersettles [170] n., see inmates
undertakers of poor [229]
unemployed [38], [45], [76], [110] seq., [221] seq., [238] seq., see work, and Correction, Houses of
United States [230]
Universities, poor scholars of [29] n., [53], [70], [136]
Uppingham [197] n., [338]
usurers [128]
Utopia [12] n., [15], [57]
V, letter of [25]
Vagrancy Acts [141] n.
vagrants, vagabonds, vacaboundes, sturdy and valiant beggars [15], [68] seq., [74], [79], [91], [93], [120], [127], [141] n., [156] n., [166], [229] seq., [252], [282] seq., [325], [336], [344-356], [359], [361] seq., [366], [370], [371]
" def. of [68] seq., [344]
" increase of [11] seq., [13] seq., [40], [53], [102], [127], [241], [270] seq.
" decrease of [241], [250], [298] seq., [358]
" statutory regulations for [4] seq., [53] seq., [56] seq., [69] seq., [73], [77], [278] seq.
" municipal regulations [5], [25] seq., [37] seq., [65] seq., [98] seq., [104], [108], [217], [285], [311], [315], [355]
" searches for [51], [71], [80] seq., [91], [359], see Correction, Houses of, poor relief, statutes, labour and work
vestry [210], [211] n.
vicars, see parsons
Vice-Chancellor [44], [70], [176]
villages, no lack of work in [259]
Vincent, Jenkin [216]
Virginia [229], [230] n.
visitation, see plague
" of Bishop [58] n.
votes of Parliament [273]
wages [3] seq., [16], [16] n., [52], [140], [160] seq., [224]
" of silk weavers [156] n.
" compared with price of food [198]
" rise in [300], [301] n.
" reasonable [52], [70], [224], [350]
" during Civil War [275], [301] n.
" assessment [161] seq., [343] n., [358], [359], see statutes, labour
" of schooldames [218]
" of waggoner [275]
Wakefield [122], [128] seq., [168] n., [255] n.
Wales [86] n., [239], [240]
Walker, Dr [44]
Wallingford [83], [216]
Wallington [256], [265], [298]
Walsham [191] n.
Walsingham [86] n., [94] n.
Walthamstow [83]
wanderers [298], [344], see vagrants, rogues
Wangford [190] n.
Wantage [192]
ward [175], [350], see watches
Wardell, charity of [221] n.
Wardrobe [272], [273]
Ware [189] n., [345] n., [346]
warp, white [308] seq.
warrants [171], [174]
wars [14], [48], [147]
Warsopp [257] n.
Warwick co. [87] n.
" boro. [186]
" Earl of [160]
waste lands [77]
Wat, Willie [284]
watches, waches [82], [120], [175], [264] n., [299] n., [344], [346] seq., [366]
watchmen [200], [201] n.
Wath [171] n.
Watts, charity of [110]
Wayland [88], [191] n., [263], [264] n.
wealth [15]
weavers, weaving [37], [103], [147], [149], [160], [217] n., [226], [272]
" silk [156] n., [217], [354]
" linen [218], [354]
" ribbon [218], [354]
Weaver's almshouses [211] n.
Wednesdays [122], see supper
weights and measures [84], [173], [187] n., [332]
Welhagh [364]
Wellow [263] n.
Wells [222], [248]
Welsh [139]
Wentllooge [185]
Wentworth, Viscount [157], [164], [295], [338]
Wessington, parish of [6] n.
" Sir Walter de [6] n.
Western counties [155], [192], [245], [262]
Westmill [249], [343] n., [345] n., [347], [349]
Westminster [73], [160] n., [196] n.
Westmoreland [218], [239], [298]
Wetherley [82]
wheels [111], [112] n.
whipping, punishment of [25], [53], [54], [57], [62], [65], [70], [71] n., [73], [77], [98], [105], [221], [243], [278], [311], [312]
whipping campaign [80] seq.
whipping-post [35] n.
White Friars, House of [129]
White, George [220], [222] n.
" Sir Thomas [234]
Whitgift [75], [79], [211]
Whitley [254] n., [261]
Whitmore, George [230] n.
Whitson [122], [123], [212], [235] n.
Whittington, Coll. of Richard [27] n.
Whittlesford [192] n., [253] n., [256] n., [264] n.
Whitwell [218]
Wickham, West [216] n.
Wicksted, John [176]
Widford [345], [350]
widows [211] n., [212]
Wigmore [186] n.
Wildbore, John [338]
Wilford [264] n., [365]
Williams' Hospital, Hereford [211] n.
Williamson [244]
Williton [245] n.
wills [55]
Wilmington [264] n.
Wiltshire [48], [50] n., [86] n., [121], [125], [145], [148] n. [1], n. [2], [204], [228], [229], [239], [258], [262] n., [266]
Wilson, Mr Thomas [69]
Wilson, Rob., charity of [234] n.
Wimbledon, Lord [156] n., [157], [164]
Winche's charity [234] n.
Winchester [114], [118], [207], [223], [255]
" Bishop of [118], [338]
Windsor [112] n., [200]
" New [216], [222]
Windsor, Andrew [222]
" Myles [221] n.
wire [33]
wite theow [2] n.
witness [116]
Wokingham [216], [216] n.
Wolsey [16], [20], [47], [48] seq., [50] n.
Wolverhampton [222] n., [234]
women [103], [313]
" almshouses for [211] seq.
" taught to knit [112] n.
" to teach children [181]
" easily obtain work [198]
Wonford [190] n.
wood [199], [212], see fuel
Wood, charity of [216] n.
Woodchurch [192]
Woodcross [93]
woods owner rated [134] n., [135] n.
Woodstock [88] n.
wool [65] n., [72], [85], [111] bis, [147] seq., [262] n.
" combers of [161]
woolchapman [224]
woolgrowers [148]
woolhouse [37]
Wootton [88]
Worcester co. [69], [83], [130], [148] n.
" boro. [41], [201], [262]
work on highways [343]
" proceeds of poor's [113]
" those who refused [134] n., [140] seq., [176], [344]
" those able to, not able to [103], [308] seq.
" lack of [14], [48], [80], [85], [86] n., [115], [146], [149] n., [152] seq., [156] n., [160] n., [231], [255] n., [261], [263], [265] n., [338]
" no lack of [6], [198], [249], [261]
" questions concerning [342]
" poor kept at [65], [99], [105], [140], see idlers
" found by inhabitants [131] n., [232], [349], [351]
" provided for soldiers and sailors [78]
" provided for children [181], [218] seq., [222] n.
" overseers ordered to provide [142], [181]
" provision of for poor [6], [110] seq., [132], [164], [167], [180], [181], [221] seq., [270] n., [271], [272], [273], [274] seq., [294] seq., [311], [313], [325], [332], [335], [336], [339], [346] seq., [358] seq.
" regulations in statutes and bills [54], [72], [75] seq., [137], [140]
" orders in Council and proclamations touching [85] seq., [87], [153] seq., [174], [325], [336] seq., [338] seq.
" effect on wages [300] seq.
" in particular places in the following counties:
Bedford [255], [256] n., [261], [265] n.;
Berks. [112] n., [222], [225], [262] n.;
Bucks. [245], [256] n., [261], [265] n.;
Cambs. [175], [253] n., [256] n., [263], [264] n., [369];
Cheshire [247], [248], [262] n.;
Derby [299], [299] n.;
Devon [112], [121], [155], [222] n., [259] n.;
Dorset [262] n.;
Essex [110], [255], [256] n., [265] n.;
Glos. [262] n.;
Hants. [223], [250], [255], [256], [256] n., [262] n.;
Hereford [222] n., [260], [262] n.;
Herts. [110] seq., [182], [248] seq., [252], [254], [256] n., [258], [261], [263], [263] n., [344] seq.;
Hunts. [265] n.; Kent [110], [223], [256] n., [261], [264];
Lancs. [259];
Leicester [111], [112], [265] n., [299];
Lincs. [42], [111], [264];
Middlesex [264] n.;
Monmouthshire [252], [262] n.;
Nottingham [256] n., [257] seq., [264], [361];
Norfolk [104], [105], [223] n., [224], [253] n., [256] n., [261], [263], [264] n., [311], [312], [313];
Pembroke [225];
Radnor [247], [248];
Rutland [156], [156] n., [265] n., [338];
Shropshire [224], [260], [262], [263] n.;
Staffordshire [222] n., [262];
Suffolk [149] n., [245], [261], [263], [264], [264] n., [365];
Sussex [256] n., [261], [265] n.;
Surrey [222] n., [256], [261], [265], [357] seq.;
Somerset [222], [245] n., [263] n.;
Warwick [263] n.;
Wilts. [260] n.;
Worcester [262], [262] n.;
Yorkshire [45], [111], [128], [222], [223], [255], [256] n., [259]
workhouses, workinghouse [75], [138] n., [173], [223], [241], [243], [260] n., [272], [274], [276];
Abingdon [226], [260];
Barnstaple [204];
Cambridge [226];
Colchester [113];
Guildford [222], [358];
King's Lynn [113], [224];
Little Holland [226];
Newbury [225], [260];
Plymouth [259] n.;
Reading [112], [225];
Sheffield [225];
Shrewsbury [260],
Taunton [226]
workmen, worckmen [4], [52], [70], [85], [140], see labourers, wages, statutes, labour
" worsted, manufacture of [110] n., [224]
Wright, Edmund [197] n.
Wroth, Sir T. [74]
Wycombe [185]
Wymer, Middle [103]
Wyot [121]
Yarmouth [200]
yarn [182], [272]
" house [37]
York co. [148] n., [167] seq., [177], [191], [194] n., [215], [240], [241], [242], [259], [340] seq.
" city [45], [64], [80], [81], [111], [114], [209]
" Archbishop of [86] n., [122]
young people [42], [99], [299], see children
Ypres [20]

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