The story of Coventry

by Mary Dormer Harris

A
Abingdon, monastery at, [16];
letter sent to, [152]
Actors, Coventry, [288]
Aelfgar, [23]
Alchemist, an, [240]
Aldermen, [77];
appointment of, proposed, [115];
police duties of, [267], [279]
Aldgyth, [23]
Ale-tasters, [247]
Ale-wives, [228], [249]
Almshouse, [263]
"Angel" inn, [131]
Annals, or mayor-lists, unreliability of, [106] (and note)
Annunciation, [82];
pageant of, [287], [299]
Apprentices, swear to franchises, [200]-1, [226];
morals of, [227], [279];
number of, limited, [225];
on setting up shop, pay fine, [226] and note;
treatment of, [227]
Archery, [278]
Armour, provided by citizens [114]-115;
delivered to captains, [311]-2
Arms, view of, [311]
Arthur, Prince of Wales, [307]
Assize of ale, [246];
of bread, [51], [71], [98], [246], [248]
Assumption, [82];
pageant of, [287], [299]
Audley, Lord, [130]
Bablake, church of St John the Baptist at, see Churches, Hospital;
gate at, [8]
Baginton, [102], [248]
Bagot, Sir William, [102]
Bailiffs, duties of, [88];
see also Sheriffs
Bakers, offend against assize of bread, [98];
take sanctuary at Baginton, [248];
rules of, [251] (note).
Ball, John, taken at Coventry, [97];
discourse of, [98]
Banbury, [144], [151];
Puritanism at, [279]
Barnet Field, [151], [152]
Baron's Field, [179]
Bath, Roman town, [15]
Battle, trial by, [53]
Beam, wool weighed at the, [250]
Bear-baiting, [278]
Bearward, [88], [278]
Beaumont, Lord, [120], [128]
Bedford, Duke of, [110];
Duchess of, [111], [149]
Bedon, William, quarrels with Huet, [137]
Belfry, symbol of independence, [74] (note).
Bell, church, [158], [234] and note;
daybell, rung at dawn, [234];
"larum" bell, [126] (note)
Benedictines, house of, at Coventry, [16], [24];
life among the, [27]-8;
habit of, [238];
see also Coventry, Monks, Priors, Priory
"Benevolences," [155]
Beverley, plays at, [290]
Bishopric of Coventry, title of, [167]
Bishops of Coventry, see Coventry
Black Death, [13], [244]
Blood, Holy, of Hales, [238]
Bloreheath, battle of, [130]
Blue thread, special colour used in dyeing, [252]
Bolingbroke, Henry, 9, [101], [102]
Bond, John, [216];
see also Almshouse
Bonfires on S. John's Eve, [285]
Books sold at fairs, [253]
Bordars, [37] (note)
Boston, ship of, [259]
Bosworth Field, battle of, [157], [256]
Boteler, Henry, see Recorders
Botoner, family of, trade with Bristol, [256];
build S. Michael's steeple, [257];
purchase estate, ibid.
—— Adam, [257]
Botoner, William, [257]
Brakemen, workers in iron, [221]-3
Brass, memorial, to Sir William Bagot, [102]
Braytoft, Richard, [176]
Breauté, Faulkes de, [95]-6
Bredon, Friar John, opposes the hermit's preaching, [107];
attacks monks, [276]-8;
nails bills on the church door, [277]
Brethren, of the mayor, see Mayor's Council
Brewers, forbidden to take water from conduits, [246];
forestall barley, [249];
trade of, lucrative, [248]
Bridgman, Sir Orlando, house of, [6]
Bristol, cannon brought from, [115];
trade with, [215], [252], [256];
toll demanded at, [257]
Bristowe, John, draper, [172], [216];
encroaches on common lands at Whitley, [172]-3, [180];
drives cattle on Coventry pastures, [173]
—— William, of Whitley, [172], [174];
offends the corporation, [174]-5;
the mayor and citizens break into his closes, [175]-6, [177]-8;
appeals to the privy council, [177];
suit between, and the community about the ownership of enclosed lands, [178]-80;
keeps meadows, several, [194];
further suit, [196]-7;
see also Whitley
Broadgate, [73]
Bruges, staple for cloth at, [258]
Buckingham, Duchess of, [128]
—— Duke of, Humphrey Stafford, quarrels with Coventry men, [113];
retainers and badge of, [113], [238];
attends Henry VI., [119], [128];
assists Duke of York to escape, [126];
visits Coventry, [131];
dies at Northampton, [132]
Bull-baiting, [278]
Bull-ring, poulterers stand near the, [250]
Burgage, free, [46]
Burgundy, wool trade with, [140], [150]
Bury S. Edmund's, monastery at, [16];
men of, get concessions from the abbot, [66]
C
Cade, Jack, [114];
quarters of, exposed on town gates, [243]
Caen, abbeys at, [16]
Calais, [143], [146];
see also Staple
Caludon Castle, [102]
Cannock Chase, robbers at, [258]
Canterbury, Archbishop of, [210];
Arundel, [103], [104]
Cantilupe, Fulk de, [34]
Cappers, [225];
company of, survives, [232];
fines for admission to freedom of craft, [226] (note);
treatment of apprentices among, [227] (note);
see also Apprentices, Chapel, Journeymen, Pageants
Caps, making of, by journeymen forbidden, [232]
Cardmakers, bill concerning abuses of the, [222];
see also Journeymen
Card-wiredrawers, see Cardmakers
Carmelites, habit of, [238]
Carpenter, John, of London, [263]
Carpenters, apprentices of, [232];
feasts of, [284], [309] (note)
Carthusians, house of, at Coventry, [100];
habit of, [238];
see also Charter-house
Cartwright, Presbyterian, at Warwick, [165]
Castle, of Coventry, [40]
Catesby, John, [178], [180]
Catherine of France, Queen, [107]
Chamberlain, duties of, [88], [187];
see also Saunders, Laurence
Chapel Fields, [41]
Chapel of S. George on the Gosford Gate, [83], [275] (note)
—— of S. James and S. Christopher, [8]
—— of S. Mary Magdalene, at Spon, [41]
Chapels of the crafts in the parish churches, [274], [275] (note)
Chard, [152]
Charity of the merchants, [259], [263];
of the corporation, [268]
Charles I. is refused entrance to Coventry,[ 6], [166]
—— II. orders the walls to be dismantled, [7], [166]
Charter, Ranulf's, [47]-9, [61], [62];
confirmation of, [59];
privileges granted by, [69], [70], [74], [121];
probably purchased by Guilds, [80];
of 1621, [75];
to prior, [59], [60]
Charter-house, [6], [100], [278];
see also Carthusians
Chester, bishop's seat transferred from, [30];
canons of, [32];
S. Werburgh's at, [18] (note);
Earls of, [38];
Hugh rebels against Henry II., [40]-1;
builds lazar-house, [41];
Hugh Lupus, [39];
Ranulf Blonvil's career, [42];
gives charter to burghers, [47];
Ranulf Gernons, his career, [39]-40;
Ranulf Meschines, [39];
plays at, [290];
written by Higden, [291]
Cheylesmore, officers of, [135]-6;
becomes royal manor, [96];
Earl of Chester's dwelling at, [44], [95] (note), [101];
Princes of Wales at, [154]
Chimneys, wooden, [245].
Churches, of Coventry, [269]-78
—— S. John the Baptist's, [8], [82], [270];
priests of, [120]
—— S. Michael's, bell brought to, [158];
chapels of crafts in, [274];
door of, verses nailed to, [204], [208], [277];
priests of guilds employed in, [82]-3, [270] (note);
royal visits to, [120], [167];
sale of cloth in porch of, [202]
—— S. Nicholas, supported by Corpus Christi guild, [163] (note);
chaplains of, [270] (note)
—— Holy Trinity, [269]-70;
fresco in, [273], [306];
priests employed in, [83], [270] (note)
Churchyard, S. Michael's, [49], [250]
Clapham, [144], [243] (note)
Clarence, Duke of, conspires with Warwick, [142], [143];
pledges jewel, [146];
deserts Warwick, [151];
mediates with Edward IV. for Coventry men, [152]
Cloth of Coventry, [212]-5;
drapers, merchants of, [215];
dyers, makers of, [203] (note), [220];
Florentine, [315];
makers of, [203] (note);
manufacture of, [61];
sale of, [202], [212];
sealing of, [214]-5;
weaving of, how paid, [230];
see also Drapery, Frieze
Clothiers, company of, survives, [232]
Clothmakers, see Cloth
Cock-fighting, [278]
"Cofantreo," [16] (note)
Coket, bread, [248] and note
Colchester, [15]
Coleshill, [128], [129];
pillory at, [240]
Combe, abbot of, [179]
Commission of array, [312]-3
Common Council, [204]
Common labour, [310]
Common lands, enclosures of, [170]-3;
part of, held by Trinity guild, [91]-2;
old men testify to the extent of, [179]-80;
ploughed up, [160];
technical possessors of, [171] (note);
see also Enclosures, Lammas lands, Prior's Waste, Saunders, Laurence, Stint, Surcharging
Common seal, [92]
Competition, rules against, [225];
of outsiders, [251]
Compurgation, [51] (note)
Conduits, [1], [246]
Coniers, Sir John, [141]
Cook, Laurence, [109], [258]
Cookery in Middle Ages, [283]
Coopers, feast of, at Whitefriars, [275] (note)
Coroner, [59]
Corpus Christi, eve of, [282];
procession on feast of, [287]-8, see also Pageants
Corpus Christi guild, see Guild
Corrody, [63] (note)
Corvesars, [283]
Council, great, held at Coventry, [126], [127];
see also Mayor's Council, Prince of Wales
Court, of the royal household, [101];
of statute merchant, [253]-4 and note;
spiritual, for trial of craftsmen, [218];
see also Leet, Portmanmote
Coventry, bishops of, Blythe, [158];
Durdent, [32], [40];
Limesey, [30];
Nunant, expels monks from Priory, [30]-2;
la Pucelle, [33];
elections of the, [32]-5;
burgesses of, protest against confiscation of guilds' lands, [162];
cathedral of, [18], [25];
derivation of, [11];
see also Charters, Mayors, Recorders
—— send to, [3]
—— bells, flower name, [3]
Cox Street, or Mill Lane, pageant houses in, [12], [293]
Crafts, combinations of, suppressed, [220] (note);
companies of, now existing, [232];
members of, tried in spiritual courts, [218];
feasts of, [284];
fines paid by, [219];
fines paid on admission to freedom of, [226]
and note; power of corporation over, [217]-23;
rules of, overlooked, [218] (note);
see also Apprentices, Cappers, Dyers, etc., Pageants
Cucking stool, [240]
D
Danes, [15], [308]
Dartmouth, [141] (note)
Daubers and rough masons forbidden to form a fellowship, [231]
Daventry, [6]
Despensers, plot to kill by witchcraft, [64]
Dieulacres, [42]
Dissolution of the monasteries, [161]-2
Domesday Survey, Coventry in, [37] and note;
Prior's-half not in, ibid.
Doomsday, pageant of, [129], [295], [305], [306]
Drama, liturgical, see Pageants
Drapers, apprentices of, [226] (note);
chapel of, [275] (note);
influence of, [75], [216];
overlook searchers of cloth, [217];
survival of company of, [232]
Drapery, cloth sold in, [202], [212], [250] and note;
and Trinity guild, [82];
drapers live near, [250]
Drayton, Michael, [1], [14]
Drogheda, [252] and note
Dublin, [252] (note), [254]
Dugdale, Sir William, attributes the Ludus Coventriæ to the Grey Friars, [297]
Dunstable, [56], [276] (note);
play at, [290]
Dunster, [22]
Dye, French, [218], [257]
Dyers, men of, ride in armed watch, [286];
chapel of, [275] (note);
raise price of dyeing cloth, [220] and note;
combinations of, [217], [220] and note;
payment of, to minstrels, [309] (note);
petition against abuses of, [217], [220] (note);
treatment of, by corporation, [220]-1;
see also Journeymen, Saunders
E
Eadric Streona, [15]
Earl's-half of Coventry, [7], [38], [57];
becomes a royal manor, [67];
see also Prior's-half
Edgcote, battle of, [144], [243] (note)
Edward I., [61]
—— II. borrows from citizens, [61];
supports prior, [62];
plot to kill by witchcraft, [64]
—— III., [68]
—— IV. and jurisdiction, [135]-136;
citizens embrace cause of, [132]-3;

citizens give welcome to, [153];
confiscates franchises, [152];
plots of Warwick against, [143], [145];
a prisoner in Coventry, [144];
war between, and Warwick, [150]-1
Edward V. as Prince of Wales, appeal to, by Saunders, [184];
arbitrates in Bristowe's case, [197];
born, [149];
corporation entreats mediation of, [155];
member of guilds, [154];
oath of allegiance taken to, ibid.;
reception of, [153]-4
Edward the Confessor, charter of, [16]-17
Election of officials, [75]
Elephant, city arms, [214]
Eliot, George, [3], [4],[ 7]
Elizabeth, Queen, visits Coventry, [14], [164];
sees Hox Tuesday play, [308]-9
—— Queen of Bohemia, [165]
—— Woodville, [149], [154]
—— of York, [160], [296]
Empson, Richard, see Recorders
Enclosures, award of 1860, [170]-1;
commons break into, [160];
petition to parliament concerning, [131];
list of, presented by Saunders, [188], [197];
of Prior's Waste, [176]-7;
see also Common Lands
Ethelnoth, [18]
Exeter, [146];
Vespasion at, [14]
F
Fair, grant of, [54];
of Coventry, [251]-2, [288] (note);
of Stourbridge and Winchester, [252]
Fee-ferm, [74], [162];
in arrears, [138];
paid by Trinity guild to prior, [91]
Fineux, Chief-Justice, [210]
Fire, protection against, [245]
Fishmongers, [247], [249]
Fleet prison, [210]
Folk-lore, [3]-4
Ford, William, founds almshouse, [263]
Forestalling, [247], [248], [249]
Fortification of Coventry, [114]-5
Forty-eight, Council of, [92]-4;
see also Mayor's Council
Foss Way, [24]
Fotheringay, [141]
Fresco, at Charter-house, [100];
in Trinity Church, [306]-7
Friars, Grey, [55];
church of, [4], [296];
habit of, [238];
Isabella protects the, [97];
supposed actors in pageants, [4], [296]-8;
see also Bredon, Ludus Coventriæ
Frieze of Coventry, [212]
Fullbrook, castle of, [110], [111]
Fullers, craft of, [201], [232];
guild of, [219];
adopt special mark, [218];
two appointed searchers, [214]
G
Gaming, [279]-80
Gaol, [240]
Gates, closed at nine o'clock, [237]
Girdlers, [221]-3;
chapel of, [274] (note)
Gloucester, city of, [133]
—— Duke of, Humphrey, [113];
loan demanded by, [109];
present made to, [110]-11
Glover, Robert, martyr, [163]
Godiva, buried at Coventry, [17];
family of, [23];
founds and endows Priory, [16];
estate of, [37] and note;
employs goldsmiths, [17]-18;
procession, [19]-20;
legend of ride of, [18]-23;
and horse-toll, [18];
and "black lady," [22];
and "Peeping Tom," [22]-3
Gosford Green, [171];
proposed duel at, [11], [102];
executions at, [144];
hermitage at, [238]
—— Street, and pageants, [12]
Grace, John, disturbance caused by preaching of, [107]
Grauntpee, William, suit of, with prior, [63]
Greville, Sir Fulk, [278]
Grey, Walter de, [34], [35]
Guild of S. Anne, founded by journeymen, suppressed, [83], [229]
—— of S. Catherine, united with Trinity, [82]
—— of Corpus Christi, [80], [83];
chapel of, [83];
feasts of, [283]-4;
master of, and mayoralty, [77];
and Corpus Christi procession, [287];
and S. Nicholas church, [163] and note;
Prince Edward, member of, [154]
—— of S. George, founded by journeymen, suppressed, [83], [229]
—— of S. John the Baptist, founded and builds Bablake church, [82];
united with Trinity guild, ibid.
—— merchant of S. Mary, founded, [80];
and S. Mary's Hall, [81]-2;
masters of and the mayoralty, [80] and note;
reasons for foundation of, [80] (note);
priests of, [83];
union with Trinity guild, [82]
Guild merchant of Priory tenants, [59], [60]
—— of the Nativity of fullers and tailors, [83], [219]-20;
pageant of, [299]
—— of Holy Trinity, [80], [83];
and Bablake church, [82];
and the Drapery, ibid.;
and Corpus Christi injured by formation of other guilds, [83];
master of, [77], [85], [87];
encloses commons to pay ferm to prior, [78], [91];
feasts of, [283];
and procession, [287];
pays schoolmaster, [266];
union of, with other guilds, [82] and note
Guilds, rise of, [79]-80;
suppression of fresh, [83];
suppression of, and chantries, [162]-3
Guy of Warwick, [12], [24] (note)
Guy's Cliff, [131]
H
Haddon, John, loans of, [216]
Hales, John, [162]
Hanseatic League, [258]
Harcourt, Sir Richard, brawls in Coventry, [281]-2
"Harrowing of Hell," see Pageants
Hawking, [280]
Hearsall Common, [8], [171]
Hell-mouth, [305]
Henry II., [40], [49]
—— III., [57]
—— IV., [104];
see also Bolingbroke
—— V., loan to, [104];
as Prince of Wales and Justice Gascoigne, [105];
and Mayor Hornby, [106];
visits Coventry, [107], [288]
—— VI., [114];
visits Coventry, [116]-21, [125], [126], [127];
grants charter, [121];
letter of, [131]-2;
men of Coventry turn against, [132];
see also Church, Margaret of Anjou
—— VII., [159]-60, [198];
at Coventry, [156], [157], [288], [296];
appeals for loan, [158]-9
—— VIII., at Coventry, [307]
Herbergeors, [255]
Herbert, Lord, [144]
Hereford, Nicholas, [100]
Heresy, court of, [158]
Hermits, in Coventry, [238]
Herod, King, see Pageants
Heywood, John, see Pageants
Hinckley, [254]
Holy cake, [87]
Hopkins' family, [165]
Hostry, monastic, [25]-6
Hospital of S. John the Baptist, [26]-7
Hox-Tuesday play, [3]-4, [308]-9
Huet, William, appeals to King-maker, [137]
Huguenot silk weavers, [167]
Hull, [252] (note), [265] (note)
"Hundred Merry Tales," [288]
I
Iklynton collar left in pledge, [104]
Immorality, punishment of, [243]
Indenture tripartite, [71]-2
Inns, [255]-6;
blind, [279]
Iron, workers in, abuses of, [221]-3
Isabella, Queen, Earl's-half manor of, [43], [67];
feud between and the prior, [67]-70, [71]-2;
protects the Grey Friars, [97];
and Bablake church, [82];
grants charter of liberties, [74]
J
James I., [166]
James II., [165],[167]
Jews in Coventry, [55]
John, King, [31];
forces his candidate on the chapter, [33]-5
Jordan Well, [13]
Joseph, character in pageants, [302]
Journeymen, cappers and cap-making, [231];
working hours of, ibid.;
workers in iron, [223];
dyers, [231];
guilds of, [80], [83], [228]-31;
see also Guilds;
suppers of, [284];
tailors, [83], [229];
weavers, [229]-30;
and pageants, [292] (note), [294]
Justices of Peace, [76]
K
Kenilworth, Abbot of, [179];
castle of, [96], [123];
prisoners kept in, [161];
royal visits to, [127], [129], [308]
L
Lady Tower, [8]
Lammas day, [160], [181]
Lammas lands, [170], [171];
see also Common Lands, Enclosures
Landor, Walter Savage, [18]
Laneham's letter, [308]-9
Leet Book, [76]
Leet, court of, or view of Frankpledge, [51] (note), [77];
jury of, [77], [90];
orders of, [87];
petitions to, [90], [221]-3
Leicester, [116], [133], [150];
bailiff of, [38];
men of, rebel against Henry II., [41]
Leofric, buried at Coventry, [17];
founds and endows the Priory, [16];
husband of Godiva, [23];
see also Godiva
Leprosy, [41]
Lichfield, title of bishopric of, [167];
canons of, and Coventry monks, [32]-5;
play performed at, [289]
Lincoln, customs of, [47];
burgesses of, [48]
Livery and maintenance, Henry VI. warns Coventry men against, [121]
Loans to royal persons, [104], [109], [110], [146], [159]
Lollard martyrs, [158]
Lollardry, [3], [98]-100, [108], [158]
London, [42];
inn-signs in, [234] (note);
streets in, [250] (note);
precautions against fire in, [245] (note);
S. John's Eve, in, [284]-5;
schools in, [263] (note), [265] (note);
sympathy of men of, with Coventry men, [64] (note);
body of Twenty-four in, [90];
Tower of, [38]
Ludlow, castle of, [184], [188], [189], [196];
misericord in church at, [249]
Ludus Coventriæ, see Pageants
Lullaby, [310]
Lutterworth, [98]
Lynn, [148];
burgesses and guilds of, [162]
M
Mace, [128]
Maintenance, [127]
Mareshall, Robert le, informer, [63]-4
Margaret of Anjou, Coventry men turn against, [132];
Coventry called "secret harbour" of, [112];
reception of, [125]-6;
visits Coventry, [127]-8;
sees pageants, [129], [288];
is reconciled to Warwick, [147];
lands after Battle of Barnet, [151]
Marisco, Richard de, [34]
Market, held in Prior's-half, [58], [62]-3, [71];
regulations concerning, [249]-51;
toll-free, except for horses, [18]
Marlborough, [49] (note)
Marmion, of Tamworth, [39]-40
"Marprelate, Martin," [253] and note
Marshal of the royal household, [101]
Mary, Queen of Scots, [164]
Martyrs, [5], [158], [163]
Masons, fellowship of, [231]
Matilda, Queen of Henry I., called Godiva, [23]
Maxstoke, [113], [158]
Mayor, arbiter in cases of craft disputes, [219];
cap of, [89];
supports malcontents, [161];
duties of, [88];
fee of, [89];
attends mass, [86];
overlooks craft rules, [218]
Mayor's Council, of Forty-Eight, [90], [92]-4;
tyranny of, [94];
Saunders expelled from, [204];
of Twenty-Four, [90]
Mayors of Coventry:
Bette, John, deprived of civic sword, [152];
Cook, Laurence, [177];
Deister, John, and the sword, [101], [207];
Dove, John, [207];
Green, Robert, [199], [205];
Onley, Sir Robert, and Henry VII., [156], [157];
Saunders, William, [142], [174];
opens Bristowe's fields, [175], [177];
Stoke, Richard,[ 6];
Strong, John, [94];
Wyldegrys, John, [131], [132]
Melton, [47]
Mempric, founder of Oxford, [15]
Mercers, craft of, apprentices to, [216] (note);
chapel of, [275] (note);
company of, survives, [232];
influence of, [75], [216]
Merchant Adventurers, [314]
Merchants, attend council of Edward I., [61];
families of, [256]-9;
manage municipal affairs, [74] and note, [216]
Merevale, Abbot of, [179]
Military duties of citizens, [311]-3
Minstrels, [309]
Miracle plays, see Pageants
"Moll of Coventry," [3]
Monks, of Coventry, receive charters, [16]-17, [38];
dispute with bishops, [30]-2;
with canons, [32]-5;
with Coventry men, [58], [59], [60], [62]-3, [67]-72, [190]-4;
with Friar Bredon, [276]-8;
with Isabella, [67]-72;
as landlords, [36]
Montalt or Mohaut, Roger de, [58]-9, [95] (note)
Montfort, Simon de, [96]
"Mother of Death," [305];
see also Pageants
N
Neville, Sir Humphrey, [145]
Newgate, and Charles I., [6];
wall, begun it, ibid.
"Nine Conquerors," [125]
Northampton, [130], [131];
battle of, [132];
Earl of, [166]
Norwich, [75] (note);
court-leet of, [50] (note)

Nottingham, [34], [250] (note);
receives customs after pattern of Coventry, [48] (note)
—— John de, necromancer, [63]-4
O
"Obits," [275]
Onley, family of, [257] (note), [258]
—— [144] and note
Ordeal, trial by, [53]
Oven, feudal lord's, [46]
Oxford, [15];
S. Frideswide's fair at, [253]
P
Pageants, Corpus Christi, [287]-307;
acted 1392 in Coventry, [290];
absence of Old Testament scenes in, [299];
payment of actors in, by crafts, [293];
dress of actors in, [306];
of cardmakers, later cappers, [300], [305], [306];
characters of Herod, Pilate and the devil in, [287], [303]-5;
minor characters in, [305]-6;
crafts evade contributions to, [292];
Ludus Coventriæ probably unconnected with Coventry cycle of, [297]-8;
"Doomsday" or drapers', [129], [295], [300], [305], [306];
liturgical drama and, [289];
of girdlers, [300];
"Harrowing of Hell," see Cardmakers;
Heywood's allusions to, [305];
of mercers, [299], [307];
and miracle plays, [289]-90;
pageant houses, [293];
of pinners and needlers, [299]-300;
"Nativity" or sheremen's and tailors', [299]-302;
of smiths, [299], [300], [304];
royal spectators of, [288];
stage properties of, [305]-6;
stations where acted, [294]-5;
titles of, [299]-300;
vehicles used for, [293]-4;
"Presentation in Temple" or weavers', [292] (note), [299], [300], [302];
for reception of royalty, Arthur, Prince of Wales, [307];
Edward, Prince of Wales, [152]-4;
Henry VIII., [307];
Margaret of Anjou, [124]-6;
Princess Mary, [307]
Pakeman, Simon, prior's bailiff, [68]
Palace Yard, [165]
Park, Little, [5], [107];
martyrs burnt in, [6], [158];
plays played in, [290], [296]
Parliament "Unlearned," [102]-3;
"Diabolical," [131]
"Pastores," [289];
see also Pageants
Peasant revolt, [97]
"Peeping Tom," see Godiva
"Peregrini," [289];
see also Pageants
Pewterers, [200]
Pilate, see Pageants
Pilgrims, [238]-9
Pinners, feast of, [275] (note)
Pisford, William, [263]
Plague, [244]
Players, strolling, [279];
of Coventry, [288]
Play, S. Christian's, [296] and note
Plays, stationary, acted in the Little Park, [296]
Poddycroft, common land, [92]
Polesworth, [15];
S. Edith of, [40]
Population of Coventry, [162]
Portmanmote, court of, [48], [49]-51
Poulterers, [250]
Preston, [47] (note)
Prince of Wales, lord of the Earl's-half, [43], [167];
Council of, [184];
see also Edward V., Henry V.
Prince's Chamber, title of Coventry, [73]
Prior, quarrel between Isabella and the men of Coventry, [67]-72
Priors of Coventry: Brightwalton, William of, purchased Earl's-half, [58];
Deram, [190]-4;
Geoffry, [29];
Irreys, Henry, [62];
plot to kill by witchcraft, [63]-4
Prior's-half of Coventry, [37], [57];
Trinity Church serves for parish of, [7], [37]
Prior's Waste, [176]
Priory, [39];
remains of, [25]-6, [74];
Henry VI. lodged at, [119]-20;
shrine at, [8]
Procession at Corpus Christi, [287]-8;
on Midsummer and S. Peter's Eves, [284]-7;
of royalty, [120], [128]
Processus Prophetarum, [289], [299]
R
Reading, [16]
Recorders of Coventry: Boteler, Henry, [121], [187];
death of, [198];
disgrace of, [199];
opposes Saunders, [188];
quells tumult, [195];
Empson, Richard, [159], [198], [206], [207];
Littleton, Thomas, [119], [121];
Swillington, Ralph, [274]
Regratery, see Forestalling
Richard I., [33]
—— II., [102];
forbids duel, [11], [101]-2;
lays foundation-stone of Carthusian chapel, [6], [100]
—— III., [155]-6;
sees pageants, [288]
Rivers, Earl, [148];
guardian of the Prince of Wales, [184]
—— Lord, [126], [129];
beheaded on Gosford Green, [11], [144]
Robin of Redesdale, [140], [144]
Rochester, Bishop of, Thomas Savage, [207]
Roger of Wendover, [18], [19]
Rood, of Bronholme, of Chester, [238]
Rous, John, antiquary, [131]
S
Saddlers, journeymen, of London, [230]
S. Albans, [16];
battles of, [122], [132];
men of, [46], [56]
S. Augustine of Hippo, [18]
S. Catharine, chapel of, [82];
character of, [287];
play of, [296];
see also Guilds
S. George, Coventry birthplace of, [4], [154] (note);
chapel of, [12], [275] (note);
character of, in pageants, [153]-4;
riding of, [307];
mummers's play of, ibid.;
see also Guild
S. John the Baptist's Eve, [284], [285]-6
S. Margaret, [125], [287]
S. Mary's Hall, [74], [161], [178], [190];
guild-hall of, [81]-2;
tapestry in, [82];
window in, [314]
S. Nicholas Hall, [1]
S. Osburg, [15];
pool of, [7]-8;
shrine of, [8], [238]
S. Paul's Cathedral, [160]
S. Thomas' or cappers' chapel in S. Michael's, [274]
S. Thomas of India, [287]
Samson, character of, welcomes Edward IV., [133]
Sanctuary, right of, [95]
Sanitation, [244]-5
Saunders, Laurence, dyer, made chamberlain, [182];
champion of malcontents, [181], [204];
complains of abuses, [184]-8, [197]-8, [316];
imprisoned, [190], [204], [210];
member of the Forty-Eight, [199] (note);
seditious speeches of, [203];
trials of, [189], [210]
—— Laurence, martyr,[ 5], [163]
Schoolmaster and school, [25], [264]-6
Severn, river, [257]
Shakespeare, [105]
Sharpe, Jack, rising under, [109]
Shepey, Jordan, mayor, [12]
Sherbourne river, regulations concerning, [87]
Sheremen, see Tailors
Sheriffs, [254] (note);
county court of [52]-3;
Henry VI. promises to make, [121]
Ship-money, [166]
Shipton, Mother, prophecy of, [7]
Shops, [62] (note), [234] (note)
Shrewsbury, Countess of, [129];
see also Talbot
Shrines, of saints, [238]-9
Silk industry, [167]
Simnel bread, [248] (note)
Sluys, battle of, [8]
Smith, Walter, age of, [296]
Smiths, craft of, [286];
abuses of, [221]-3;
chapel of, [275] (note);
journeymen of, [223];
see also Pageants
Soap, making of, [61] and note
Somerset, Duke of, retainers of, and city watch, [126]-7
Somerset, Duke of, Protector, [162]
Southampton, [257]
Sowe, Richard, killed by witchcraft, [64]
Spain, [252]
Spicer-stoke, [250]
Stafford, Sir Humphrey, brawl between and the Harcourts, [281]-2
Stamford, [141] (note)
Staple of Calais, [147];
John Onley of Coventry, mayor of, [257];
monopoly of wool trade, [140], [215]
Star Chamber, [210], [211] (note)
Stephen, King, [40]
Steward; see Town Clerk
Stivichall, [4], [40];
common at, [171]
Stocks, [240]
Stoke, common at, [171]
Stoneleigh, Abbot of, [179];
church of, [4];
monks of, [283]
Stourbridge, fair at, [252]
Stowe, antiquary, of London, [284]
Stralsund, [259]
Strike of journeymen, [230]
Swanswell Pool, [24] (note), [191], [193]
Swine of S. Anthony's Hospital, [234] (note)
Sulby, Prior of, [253]
Surcharging of common lands, [187]-8
Swynderby, William, [98]-9
T
Tables, draughts, [280]
Tailors, journeymen of, [83], [229];
guild and fullers, [219]-20;
see also Pageants
Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, [3], [110]
Tamworth, [40]
Tanners, title of pageant of, lost, [299];
regulations concerning, [200]
Tapestry, [82]
Tewkesbury, [35]
Thomas, monk of Coventry, [31]-2, [34]
Thornton, John, window of, [314]
Tilers, [275] (note)
Toll, [17], [257];
Coventry free from, [18], [19], [71];
at Southampton, [257]
Town clerk and steward, Boteler, John, [189], [194], [197], [211]
Towton, battle of, [133]
"Trial and Crucifixion of Christ," see Pageants
Tree, traditional, near Smithford Bridge, [9]
V
Vagabonds, sturdy, [266]-7
Vespasian, visit of, to Exeter, [14]
Victuallers, [169] and note, [246]-9
W
Wakefield, battle of, [133];
cycle of plays at, [301]
Walkers, see Fullers
Walls of city, begun, [6];
dismantled, 6-7, [166]-7
Walter of Coventry, [28] (note)
Ward, Joan, martyr, [158]
Wardens, [88], [202]
Wards of the city, meeting of men of, [91] (note), [92]
Warwick, [151], [161];
Leycester Hospital at, [165]
—— Earl of, Richard Beauchamp, [109], [110]
—— Earl of, Richard Neville, the King-maker, [149];
appeal made to by Huet, [138];
plans to raise Clarence to throne, [139]-40;
foments rebellion, [140]-1, [144], [145]-8;
letter from, to Coventry mayor, [141]-3;
marriage of daughters of, [143], [147];
Edward IV. prisoner of, [144];
refused to give battle at Coventry, [150]
Wastel bread, [248] (note)
Watch, [237], [311];
fray between Somerset's retainers, [126]-7
Weavers, craft of, [201], [202];
apprentices of, [225];
journeymen of, [229]-30;
searchers of cloth, [212]-3;
see also Pageant
Westminster, Abbey of, [149];
Abbot of, [29]
Wheatley, founder of Bablake School, [259]-60
White, Sir Thomas, [264]
Whitley, common at, [171]-2;
Bristowe, encloses land at, [175];
meadows at, thrown open, [175]-6;
suit concerning meadows at, [177]-80, [194]-5, [196]-7
Whittington, Sir Richard, [263]
Wickliffe, [98], [100]
William I., [16], [29], [38]
Winchester, [15];
fair at, [252];
men of, receive customs after pattern of Coventry, [48] (note)
Woodville, John, [9], [144]-5
Wool, [140], [184], [215], [224]
—— hall, [202], [212], [250]
Worcester, Tiptoft, Earl of, [149]
Y
York, [15];
men of, [207] (note);
plays performed at, [290]
—— Archbishop of, [143], [149]
—— Richard, Duke of, [119], [123], [126]
"York Plays," [301], [305]

INDEX TO CHAPTER XVI.

A
America and Coventry men. John Davenport, [319];
the Sewell family, [326]
B
Bablake School, founded by Wheatley, [344]-5;
staircase in, [345]
Bond's Hospital at Bablake, [344], [345]
Botoner, family of, [319], [322]
Bridgman, Sir Orlando, mantelpiece from the house of, at Bablake School, [345]
Butcher Row, [342]
C
Cathedral, ruins of, [342]
Church of Christ, or of the Greyfriars, [320]
Church of S. John the Baptist at Bablake, [342]-4;
clear-story in, [343];
ground-plan of, ibid.;
history of, [343]-4;
Isabella and, [343];
Scots prisoners in, ibid.;
Walscheman's aisle, ibid.
Church of S. Michael, [322]-9;
apse, [328];
architecture, [323];
brasses, memorial, [326], [327];
communion table, [327];
cove, [329];
"Dance of Death," [327]-8;
drapers' chapel, [326]-8;
lantern, [324];
Latin hymn on beam, [329];
misericordes, [327]-8;
steeple, [322];
tombs—Dame Bridgman's, [326];
Nethermyl's, [324];
Swyllington's, [325];
Wayd's, ibid.; windows, [328]-9
Church of the Holy Trinity, [339]-342;
alms-box, [341];
brass to John Whitehead, ibid.;
font, [341];
fresco, [340];
Godiva window, [341];
lectern, ibid.;
monument of Philemon Holland, ibid.;
porch, [339];
pulpit, [341]
D
Davenport, Christopher, Franciscan, [320],
—— John, Puritan, [319]
Dugdale, Sir William, [320]
E
Eliot, George, [319];
describes S. Mary's Hall in "Adam Bede," ibid.
Elizabeth of York, [335], [336]
F
Ford's or Greyfriars' Hospital, [321]
G
Godiva, [319];
window commemorating, [341]
H
Henry VI., [323];
statue of, [330];
portrait in tapestry, [336];
in window, [334]
Henry VII., [335], [336]
M
Margaret of Anjou, [336]
Marston, John, dramatist, [319]
Mary, Queen of Scots, chamber of, [339];
see also S. Mary's Hall
P
"Peeping Tom," [342]
Pisford, William, [321]
Population of Coventry, [318]
S
Saints, see S. Mary's Hall, tapestry.
S. Mary's Hall, [329]-39;
armour, [334];
chair of state, [333];
charters, ibid.;
crypt, [330];
kitchen, ibid.;
Mary, Queen of Scots, letter concerning, in Muniment Room, [333];
Mayoress's parlour, ibid.;
Minstrel Gallery, [339];
Muniment Room, [332]-3;
portraits, [333];
roof, [335];
S. Gertrude of Nivelles, [338];
tapestry, [335]-8;
whipping-post, [330];
window, [334]-5
S. Osburg, [319]
Saunders, Laurence, martyr, [319]
School, Free Grammar, [342];
Dugdale educated at, [320];
Philemon, Holland, and Tovey, masters at, [342]
Siddons, Sarah, [319]
T
Terry, Miss Ellen, [319]
W
Wanley, Humphrey, [320]
—— Nathaniel, [320]
Ward, Joan, martyr, [319]
Wheatley, Bablake School founded by, [344]-5;
mantel piece in, [345];
staircase in, ibid.
White, Sir Thomas, statue of, [319]
Whitefriars, [318]
Women in Coventry history, [319]

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