Index
Abbatial staff, [196]
Abbots Bromley, horns at, [13]
Advent ringing, [46]
Agnus Bell, [43]
Ale, baptized in, [80]
Ales, Church, [19], [151-152]
Altars in churches, [161-166]
Andrews, William, F.R.H.S., Inscriptions on Bells, [49-63];
Laws of the Belfry, [64-73];
Bells cast in churchyards, [154-156].
Anglo-Saxon burials, [127]
Anglo-Saxon marriage, [100]
Anglo-Saxon prelates, [198-201]
Annointing at baptism, [89]
Announcements of fortunes at marriages, [121]
Apostle Spoons, [90]
Armour, burial in, [132]
Armour in Churches, [174-181]
Armour at funerals, [129], [178]
Arvel Dinner, [139]
Ascension Day customs, [188-189]
Axon, W. E. A., Shorthand in Church, [246-260]
Banns, forbidding, [113]
Banns peal, [46]
Baptism, earliest titles of, [78]
Baptism rejected, [79]
Barton-le-Street, curious customs at, [20]
Batley bells, poem on, [61-63]
Beating the Bounds, [182-190]
Bell inscriptions, [35], [39], [40], [45], [49], [63]
Bells cast in churches and churchyards, [154]
Bells lost, [38-39]
Benham, Rev. Canon, B.D., F.S.A., Customs and Superstitions of Baptism, [78-98];
Reminiscences of our Village Church, [261-270]
Bibles, throwing dice for, [165]
Biddenden Maids, [25]
Bidding at weddings, [119]
Bidding for funerals, [146]
Bishops in Battle, [198-231]
Black Prince, armour of, [175]
Blinds taken down at death, [139]
Bragget Sunday, [23]
Bread and beer distributed at a tomb, [20]
Bridegrooms, [104]
Box at funerals, [145]
Boy-bishop, [2-8]
Bozeat toffee, [25]
Bridesmaids, [103]
Briscoe, J. Potter, “Curiosities of the Belfry,” [73]
Bull-running, [28]
Burial Customs, [126-146]
Burial without city walls, [127]
Bumping children, [187-188];
a curate, [188]
Buns and cider, [24]
Burning books, [158]
Burnley marriage custom, [123]
Butchers’ serenade, [122]
Caistor gad-whip, [28]
Canute’s crown, [175]
Card-playing, [20]
Carling Sunday, [23]
Caroline, Queen, trial of, [26];
Catechising, [266]
Chanting in Church, [265]
Choir in the olden days, [263-264]
Christening bit, [92];
garments, [89];
tongs, [91];
folk-lore, [94-98]
Chrisom, [143]
Christmas, [13], [22], [29], [46]
Church-Ales, [19], [151], [152]
Churchwardens’ accounts, [186-187]
Churchyards, [127]
Cider, [24]
Cock-fighting, [20]
Coffins, burials without, [134-135]
Collecting at funerals in Wales, [139-140]
Commonwealth, marriages under, [115]
Corpse, and right of way, [140]
Costume at weddings, [123]
Cox, Rev. J. C., LL.D., F.S.A., on Sports in Churches, [1-20];
Armour in Churches, [174-181]
Cremation, [127]
Cromwell, satire on, [252]
Cross roads, burial at, [144]
Crosses, burial, [141], [144], [158]
Crusaders, [218], [224]
Customs and superstitions of baptism, [78-98]
Dancing in churches, [8-15]
Dates on bells, [40]
Day for marriage, [125]
Dead, baptism of, [84]
Dead, ringing home, [130]
Deaf and dumb marriages, [120-121]
Dice cast on the Altar, [165]
Disputes settled in churchyards, [147]
Doles at funerals, [135], [152]
Domesday Book, churches mentioned in, [147]
Dowry for poor maidens, [111]
Druids, [26]
Easter, [24], [36]
Easter Eggs, [31]
Eastern portion of churchyard, burial in, [136-138]
Edward III., armour of, [176]
Embalming, [126]
Epitaph, curious, [58], [137]
Fairs held in churchyards, [149], [237]
Feast, [22]
Feasts, burial, [136]
Feasting in churches, [19]
Feudal tenures, [211]
Fig-pie Sunday, [23]
Font, use of, [81]
Football, [27]
Foxhunting parson, [262]
Funeral banquets, [19]
Garlands at funerals, [143]
Garlands, nuptial, [105]
Gifts at christening, [92-93]
Girls baptised first, [94]
Gold and silver, altars made of, [163]
Good Friday, [24], [28]
Good Shepherd, [193]
Grain at weddings, [119]
Great Rebellion, [227], [231]
Great Tom of Lincoln, [41]
Gretna Green marriages, [120]
Gowrie Plot, [37]
Gunpowder Plot, [35-36]
Hats worn in church, [247]
Hampshire burial superstitions, [131]
Handbells, [44]
Hare-pie, [24]
Harvest Bell, [45]
Haxey Hood, [27]
Heart burial, [128]
Hearse, [130]
Hindoo marriage custom, [110]
Holy Cross, [147], [167]
Holy Day Customs, [21-32]
Horn-dancers, [13-14]
Horse claimed at a mortuary, [129]
Hot cross buns, [24]
Hot pot at weddings, [102]
Hour-glasses in coffins, [131]
Howlett, England, F.S.A., Marriage Customs, [99-125],
Burial Customs, [126-146]
Hucksters’ stalls in churches, [1]
Husband and Wife re-united, [117]
Images, [244]
Immersion, [81]
Inscriptions on Bells, [49-63]
Kershaw, S. W., F.S.A., The Cloister and its story, [232-245]
Kendal Custom, [30]
Kissing, [109]
Knives, [103]
Lamplough, Edward, Bishops in Battle, [198-231]
Lights to guide travellers by night, [232]
Longest day, [242]
Laws of the Belfry, [64-73]
Market Bell, [37]
Marriage Customs, [99-125]
Mass on the field of battle, [213]
May 29th, ringing on, [34]
Maunday Thursday, [30]
Midnight burials, [142]
Mince-pies, [22]
Miracle Play, [16-18]
Mistletoe, [26]
Mitred Abbots, [196]
Molly Grime, [28]
Monks of Durham, [204]
Moravian marriage customs, [117]
Morris dancers, [10-12]
Mothering Sunday, [23]
Mulled ale, [23]
Myton, battle of, [203]
New Year’s eve ringing, [40]
Nicholson, John, Concerning the Churchyard, [147-160]
Notorious characters buried north side of the church, [137]
Oak-apple day, [34]
Palm Sunday at Leigh, [29]
Palls, [145]
Page, John T., The Rood Loft and its uses, [167-173];
Beating the Bounds, [182-190]
Pancakes, [22], [37]
Pancake bell, [23]
Parish Armour, [178-181]
Parish Clerks, [114]
Passing Bell, [47], [128]
Pastoral staff, [129]
Paul’s Pitcher Day, [30]
Paying toll at weddings, [122]
Peacock, Florence, Church Bells, when and why they were Rung, [33-48]
Penance performance in Hull, [158]
Preaching from Shorthand, [259]
Private baptism, [83]
Proxy, marriage by, [106]
Processioning, [184]
Puritan, [267]
Quakers baptized, [81]
Quarrels in churchyards, [151]
Reeve, Isaac J., Ringers’ Jugs, [74-77]
Refreshment Sunday, [23]
Reminiscences of our Village Church, [261-270]
Reporting, objections to, [258]
Revival of the rood screen, [172]
Rice at wedding, [118]
Rings, wedding, [107]
Ringers’ Jugs, [74-77]
Rival Popes, [216]
Rome, ancient, marriage in, [10]
Rood Loft and its Uses, [167-173]
Roods swept away at the Reformation, [170]
Rogation Week, [183]
Rosemary at funerals, [131]
Rubbish heap in churchyards, [159]
Russian burial customs, [141]
St. Andrew, [40-41]
St. Hugh’s Day, [44]
Saints and martyrs buried under the altar, [161]
Salt at funerals, [144]
Sand strewing at weddings, [124]
Sanctus Bell, [42]
Sawdust strewing at weddings, [124]
Saxon Church, [261-262]
Screens in churches, [168-169]
Scrope, Richard, [224-227]
Scriptorium, [233-235]
Scrambling customs, [153-154]
Seasons for marrying, [111]
Secular uses of churches, [1]
Sceptre, [192]
Seville, dancing at, [14-15]
Shakespeare on armour, [175]
Sitting posture, buried in a, [134]
Shrines, [236]
Shrove Tuesday, [22-36]
Shoes at weddings, [118-124]
Shorthand in Church, [246-260]
Simnels, [23]
Skeletons represented on tombs, [142]
Smith, W. H., shorthand reports for, [259-260]
Spencer, Bishop of Norwich, [214], [216]
Sponsors, [86]
Sports in Churches, [1-20]
Sports in churchyards, [150-151]
Staff of authority, [191]
Standard, battle of, [201-202]
Stocks, [157]
Story of the Crosier, [191-197]
Sunday burials, [145]
Sunday of the Five Loaves, [23]
Sundials, [156-157]
Swedish funerals, [141]
Taxes on baptism, [94]
Torches at funerals, [137-138]
Tracts of the Times started, [269]
Trading in churchyards, [148]
True Lovers’ Knot, [107]
Twickenham cakes, [24]
Tyack, Rev. G. S., B.A., on Holy Day Customs, [21-32].
Altars in Churches, [161-166].
The Story of the Crosier, [191-197]
Umbrella, parish, [140]
Upright burial, [133]
Viands connected with Holy Days, [25]
Washing feet, [30]
Waxen effigies, [142]
Wedding bells, [114]
Wedding biddings, [119]
Well-dressing, [27]
Welsh custom, [29]
Whitby funeral cakes, [146]
Whitsuntide, [11]
Wine, baptized in, [80]
Wine drinking in church at weddings, [102]
Wills about armour, [177]
Wool stored in churches, [1]
Woollen, burial in, [132]
Wren stoning, [29]
Wymund, the Saxon, [205-207]
Yule-log, [26]
Yule, songs of, [13]
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Footnotes:
[1] The two best recent books on the subject are Pollard’s English Miracle Plays (Clarendon Press, 1890,) and Bate’s The English Religions Drama (Macmillan, 1893.)
[2] Peacock’s Church Furniture.—p. 103.
[3] Peacock’s Church Furniture.—p. 85.
[4] Ibid.—p. 103.
[5] English Bells and Bell Lore, 1888, T. North, cp. 16, p. 191.
[6] At the bottom of the plate occurs the name of the engravers, Sellers and Nelson, Leeds.
[7] See Edward’s History and Poetry of Finger Rings, Cap. 5, p. 221.
[8] See Robinson’s “History and Antiquities of Stoke Newington.”
[9] Acta SS. Ord. Benedict, sec. iii., part 2.
[10] York Fabric Rolls, p. 256.
[11] York Fabric Rolls, p. 255.
[12] Andrews’ “Curiosities of the Church.”
[13] Andrews’ “Curiosities of the Church,” p. 89.
[14] York Fabric Rolls, p. 116.
[15] 8th S. V. 150, Feb. 24th, 1894.
[16] In some parishes a Triennial or even Septennial visit to the boundaries is considered sufficient.
[17] Brand.
[18] Vol. ii., part i., p. 165.
[19] Walton’s “Life.”
[20] Lysons’ “London,” ii., 126.
[21] “History of Our Lord,” by the late Mrs. Jameson, continued by Lady Eastlake.
[22] “History of Our Lord,” by the late Mrs. Jameson, 1864.