Rince pytcher, a drunkard, [13]

Ring chopper, description of, [11]

— faller, description of, [10]

Robardesmen, robbers, [27]. See William of Nassington’s description of them quoted in Notes & Queries by F. J. F., 1869; and The Vision of Piers Plowman, ed. Wright, ii. 506, 521.

Robin goodfelow, [36]

Rochester, [66]

Rogeman, a receiver of stolen clothes, [3]

Roger, or tyb of the buttery, a goose, [83]

Roges, description of, [36]; subject to beastly diseases, [37]; list of names of, [80], [81]

Rogues, a story of two, who made the acquaintance of a parson at an ale-house, and afterwards went to his house and robbed him, [37]