Strange Pages from Family Papers

by T. F. Thiselton-Dyer

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INDEX.

• "Abbey Vows," The, [56-58].
• Abingdon, John, Secret Room built by, at Hendlip Hall, [91-93].
• Abrams, Disappearance of a Jew named, [251], [252].
• Accidents, Lucky, [279-288].
• Adolphus, Gustavus, Burial of, [262].
• Ainsworth and Cuckfield Place, [180], [181].
• Alexander III., Banquet of, [73-75].
• Alfred, Prince, Death of, [79], [80].
• Allan David, the Painter, [279], [280].
• Anne of Austria, Heart of, [262].
• Anne of Burton Agnes Hall, Skull of, [40-43].
• Antoinette, M., and the Chevalier D'Eon, [220].
• Armscott Manor, Secret Room at, [95], [96].
• Arrowsmith, Father, Hand of, [158-160].
• Arundell, Sir John, [12], [13].
• Aubrey's "Miscellanies," [132], [133].
• "Awd Nance" of Burton Agnes Hall, [40-43].
  
• Baillie, James, [290-292].
• Baker, Sir Richard, [110-112].
• Baker, Sir Richard, and the Murder of Edward II., [89].
• Baliol, John, The Heart of, [256].
• Ballafletcher, Estate of, [201], [202].
• Ballyshannon, Waterfall at, [272].
• Bandini, The Sisters, [137-140].
• Bank of England, Discovery in the Vaults of the, [264].
• Banquets, Strange, [69-87].
• Banshee, The, [193].
• Barcroft Hall; the Idiot's Curse, [9], [10].
• Baring-Gould, Rev. S., Story by, [156], [157].
• Barn Hall, Tradition of, [165], [166].
• Barritt, Thomas, and the Wardley Hall Skull, [39], [40].
• Baydoyle Bank's Tragedy, The, [115].
• "Bearded Watt," The, [68].
• Beauchamp, Lord, Ghost of, [275], [276].
• Belgrade, Bombardment of, Vow made by the Servians at, [68].
• Benedick, Vow of, [51].
• Berkeley Castle, Walpole and, [88], [89].
• Bernard, Samuel, "Address to the Deil," [173].
• Bernshaw Tower, Lady Sybil of, [168-170].
• Berry Pomeroy Castle, Spectre at, [197].
• Betsy, the Doctress (Russell), [222-224].
• Bettiscombe, Screaming Skull at, [29-32].
• Bisham Abbey, Spirit of Lady Russell at, [122], [123].
• Bistmorton Court, Secret Room at, [97].
• Blackwell, Murder at, [114], [115]
• Blandy, Miss, [296], [297].
• Blandy, Mr., of Henley, Poisoning of, [296], [297]
• Blenkinsopp Castle, Romantic Story of, [60-62].
• Blood Stains, Indelible, [114-134].
• "Bloody Baker," [110-112].
• "Bloody Chamber," The, [118], [119]
• "Bloody Footstep," Legend of the, [115-117].
• Bodach Glass, The, [193-195].
• Boleyn, Anne, Monument to, [254], [255].
• Bolle, Sir John, Story of, [215], [216].
• Boscobel House, Secret Chambers at, [97].
• Bourne, Mr. John, [205], [206].
• Bracegirdle, Mrs., the Actress, [301-303].
• Bradshaigh, Sir William, [246-248].
• Bramshill, A Chest at, [235].
• Bransie Castle, Tradition associated with, [275], [276].
• Brent Pelham Church, [166].
• Brereton Family, The, [181].
• Bromfield, Story of a Dragon at, [268], [269].
• Bromley, Sir Henry, [92].
• Broughton Castle, Room at, [90], [91].
• Brown, Mrs., and the Death of Robert Perceval, [151], [152].
• Browne, Sir Anthony, and Cowdray Castle, [19-21].
• Bruce, Robert, The Heart of, [257-258].
• Brunel, the Engineer, [282], [283].
• Bryn Hall, "Dead Hand" at, [157-160].
• Buckland Abbey, Sir F. Drake and, [170-173].
• "Buckland Shag," Spectre of the, [124-126].
• Bulgaden Hall, Tale of, [71-73].
• Burdett, Mr. Sedley, [20].
• Burke, Sir Bernard, and Bulgaden Hall, [73];
  • and Sir Robert Scott of Thirlestane, [78];
  • and Capt. Cayley, [148];
  • and Cecil, Earl of Exeter, [219];
  • and Draycot, [141];
  • and Gordon Castle, [182];
  • and Mrs. Nimmo, [292].
• Burnaby, Col. Fred., Incident of the Carlist Rising, [212], [213]
• Burton Agnes Hall, "Awd Nance" of, [40-43].
• Byron, Lord, and Skull at Newstead Abbey, [44], [45];
  • Club Foot of, [282];
  • and the Spectre of Newstead Abbey, [196];
  • The Heart of, at Newstead Abbey, [260].
    
• Calverley Hall, Blood Stains at, [120], [121].
• Calverley, Walter, [120], [121].
• Cambuskenneth Abbey, Destruction of, [15].
• Canning, Elizabeth, Disappearance of, [239-241].
• Carbery, Baron, Tale of, [71-73].
• Carew, B.M., A Companion of Russell, [223].
• Carlist Rising in 1874, Incident of the, [212], [213].
• Caroline, Queen, and the Countess of Deloraine, [295].
• Carr, Earl of Somerset, [18], [19].
• Castle Dalhousie, Death Omen, [181].
• Castle Treasure, near Cork, [270].
• Castlereagh, Lord, and the "Radiant Boy" Spectre, [196].
• Cathcart, Lady, Strange Disappearance of, [236-238].
• Cayley, Capt. John and Mrs. Macfarlane, [148], [149].
• Cecil, Earl of Exeter, [217-220].
• Chancery, Unclaimed Funds in, [266], [267].
• Charles I., Bernini's Bust of, [133], [134].
• Charles II., at the Trent Manor House, [96];
  • at Boscobel House, [97].
• Chartley, Park at, [187-189].
• Chattan, Clan of, [6-9].
• Chettiscombe, Village of, [274], [275].
• Chiappini, L., Daughter of, [136-140].
• Chilton Cantels, Skull in a Farmhouse in, [34].
• "Claimant," The, [23].
• Clayton Old Hall, The "Bloody Chamber" at, [118].
• Clifford, Lord, the "Shepherd Lad," [224-227].
• Clifford, Wild Henry, [227].
• Clifton, Family of, Death Omen of, [187].
• Closeburn Castle, Lake at, [183-185].
• "Coalstoun Pear," The, [199-201].
• Coleridge, Sir John, Strange Romance recorded by, [241-243].
• Compacts with the Devil, [162-179].
• Condover Hall, Blood Stain at, [118].
• Congreve and Henrietta, Duchess of Marlborough, [86].
• Cook, Kraster, Myles Phillipson and, [35-37].
• Cooper, Sir Astley, [285].
• Cope, Sir John, [235].
• Corbet, Legend of the House of, [75], [76].
• Corby Castle, "Radiant Boy" Spectre of, [196].
• Cornish Belief re St. Denis' Blood, [127].
• Corstophine, Castle of, Tragedy at, [290-293].
• Cortachy Castle, [189], [190].
• Cothele, Blood Stains at, [119].
• "Couleur Isabelle" Dresses, Origin of, [46], [47].
• Cowdenknowes, Curse of the House of, [25].
• Cowdray Castle, [19], [20].
• Cows at Chartley Park, [187-189]
• Cranbrook, Sir R. Baker at, [110-112].
• Cranstoun, Capt., [296], [297].
• Crawford, Earl of, [99].
• "Crawls," The, Estate named, [22].
• Creslow Manor House, Mysterious Room at, [105], [106].
• Crichton Chancellor, Banquet given by, [80], [81].
• Cuckfield Place, [180], [181].
• Cullen, Viscount, Marriage Feast of, [69-71].
• Cunliffes, The, of Billington, [105]
• Curious Secrets, [135-153].
• Curses: M'Alister Family, [2-5];
  • The Curse of Moy, [6-9];
  • Idiot's Curse, [9], [10];
  • Quaker's Curse, [10-12];
  • A Shepherd's Curse on Sir J. Arundell, [12], [13];
  • Curse on the Family of Mar, [14-17];
  • On Sherborne Castle, [17-19];
  • On Cowdray Castle, [19], [20];
  • The Curse of Furvie, [23];
  • Of Ettrick Hall, [24], [25];
  • On the Earl of Home, [25];
  • Of Edmund, King of the East Angles, [26];
  • On Capt. Molloy, [26], [27];
  • The Midwife's Curse, [27], [28].
    
• Dalrymple, Janet, [52-56].
• Dalzell, Gen., [85], [86].
• Danby Hall, Secret Room at, [98].
• Danesfield, Withered Hand at, [161].
• Darrells, The, of Littlecote House, [106-108].
• Dauntesey, Eustace, Story of, [173-176].
• Dead Hand, The, [154-161].
• Death Omens, [180-191].
• Deloraine, Countess of, [295].
• D'Eon, Chevalier, in Woman's Attire, [220-222].
• Derwentwater, Lord, Execution of, [130], [131].
• Despencer, Lord le, [259], [260].
• Devil Compacts, [162-179].
• "Devil upon Dun" Public House, Story of the, [163], [164].
• "Dickie," Skull called, at Tunstead, [33], [34].
• Dickens, Chas., Original of Miss Havisham, [50], [51].
• Dilston Groves, Ghost of the, [131]
• Disappearances, Extraordinary, [229-252].
• Disguise, Romance of, [208-228].
• Dobells, Seat of the, [97].
• Doggett, Wm., Suicide of, [121].
• Don Carlos, Col. Fred. Burnaby and, [212], [213].
• Doughty, Sir Edward, [23];
  • Vow made by, [64].
• Douglas, Sir James, and the Heart of Robert Bruce, [257], [258].
• Douglas, Earl of, at Sir A. Livingstone's Banquet, [80], [81].
• Downes, Roger, of Wardley Hall, [37-40].
• Dragon at Bromfield, Story of, [268], [269].
• Drake, Sir Francis, Befriended by the Devil, [170-173].
• Draycot, Walter Long of, [141-144].
• Drinking Glass in possession of Sir George Musgrave, [202], [203].
• Drummer, Mysterious, at Cortachy Castle, [189], [190].
• Duckett, Justice, [11-12].
• Dunbar, David, and Jane Dalrymple, [53-56].
• Dundas, Laird named, Lord Hopetoun and, [84], [85].
  
• Eagle's Crag, Lady Sybil and the, [168-170].
• "Earl Beardie," [99].
• Eastbury House, Blood Stains at, [121].
• Easterton Ghost, The, [123], [124].
• East Lavington, Mysterious Crime at, [123], [124].
• Eccentric Vows, [46-68].
• Eden Hall, Tradition relating to, [202], [203].
• Edgewell Oak, Tradition, [181].
• Edgeworth, Col., [67].
• Edinburgh, Mysterious Crime at; Sir Walter Scott and, [108-110].
• Edmund, King of the East Angles, [25], [26].
• Edward, Lord Bruce, Heart of, [254]
• Edward, Lord Windsor, The Body of, [259].
• Edward the Confessor and Earl Godwin, [79], [80].
• Edward I., The Heart of, [256], [257].
• Edward II., The Murder of, [88], [89].
• Eleanor, Duchess of Buckingham, [255].
• Ellesmere, Countess of, and the Wardley Hall Skull, [40].
• Elizabeth, Queen, and Sir Henry Lee, [47], [48].
• Erskine, Mr. Thomas, [287].
• Erskine of Mar, The, [16].
• Ettrick Hall, Curse of, [24], [25].
• Evans, Right Hon. George, Tale of, [71-73].
• Evelyn's "Diary," and Ham House, Weybridge, [95].
• Exeter, Coins found in, [268].
• Extraordinary Disappearances, [229-252].
  
• Family Death Omens, [180-198].
• Fanshaw, Lady, Strange Spectre of, [192].
• Fardell, Stone at, [271].
• Fatal Curses, [1-28].
• Fatal Passion, [289-307].
• Ferguson, Agnes, Disappearance of, [235], [236].
• "Field of Forty Footsteps," Tale of the, [128], [129].
• Fielding, Beau, and Robert Perceval, [150], [151].
• Flamsteed, the Astronomer, [281].
• Foote, Accident to, [283].
• Forrester, First Lord, [290], [291].
• Foulis, Mr. Robert, [280].
• Fox, George, at Armscott Manor, [96].
• Freke, Sir Ralph, Daughter of, [71-73].
• Furness Abbey, Romance of, [56-58].
• Furvie, Curse of, [23].
  
• Galeazzo of Mantua, Ball given by, [49].
• Garnet, Father, [91], [93].
• Garnett, Dr. Richard, and Skull at Bottiscombe, [30-32].
• Garrick, David, and Agnes Ferguson, [235], [236].
• Garswood, "Dead Hand" at, [160].
• Gascoyne, Sir Crisp, [240].
• Gladstone, Mr., Address on Wedgwood's Life, [281].
• Glamis Castle, Tradition relating to, [98-103].
• Goblet in possession of Colonel Wilks, [201], [202].
• Godwin, Earl, Edward the Confessor and, [79], [80].
• Goldbridge, [26].
• Goodere, Sir John, Murder of, [82], [83].
• Gordon, Mr., of Ardoch Castle, Daughters of, [285-288].
• Gordon Castle, Tree at, [182].
• Grayrigg Hall, [11], [12].
• Grey, Dr. Z., and Bust of Charles I., [133], [134].
• Guisboro' Priory, The Monks of, [274].
• Gunpowder Conspirators, The, at Hendlip Hall, [92], [93].
• Gunwalloe Parish Church, Tradition relating to, [64], [65].
  
• Haddon Hall, "Dorothy Vernon's Door" at, [213-215].
• Haigh Hall, Romance associated with, [246-248].
• Hale, Sir Matthew, in Disguise, [227], [228].
• Ham House, Weybridge, Secret Rooms at, [95].
• Hand, The Dead, [154-161].
• Hannen, Sir James, and the case of de Niceville, [265]
• Hapton Tower, [168], [169].
• Harper, Story of an old Irish, [271], [272].
• Harpham Hall, [41], [42].
• Harrington, Sir John, [18].
• Hastings Priory, Skulls from, [32].
• Havisham, Miss, The original of, [50], [51].
• Hawthorne, Nathaniel, and the Legend of "The Bloody Footsteps," [115], [116].
• Heart Burial on the Continent, [260].
• Hearts, Honoured, [253-262].
• Helston, Mother, a Lancashire witch, [169].
• Hendlip Hall, Secret Room at, [91-93].
• Herbert, Sir Richard, at the Battle of Edgcot Field, [5], [6].
• Hermitage Castle, Story of, [166];
  • Treasures Hidden in, [270], [271], [276].
• Hidden Money and Treasure, Traditions re, [268-278].
• Hill, Captain R., [301-303].
• Hoby, Sir Thomas, [123].
• Holland House, Room at, [120].
• Holyrood Palace, Blood Stains on floor of, [117].
• Home of Cowdenknowes, Family of, [25].
• Honoured Hearts, [253-262].
• Hopetoun, Earl, and Laird named Dundas, [84], [85].
• Horndon-on-the-Hill Church, [254], [255].
• Howe, Mr., Strange Disappearance of, [244-246].
• Howe, Lord, and "John Taylor," [211].
• Howgill, Francis, a Noted Quaker, [10-12].
• Hoxne, Tradition at, [26].
• Hulme Hall, Legend connected with, [269], [270].
• Hume's "History of the House of Douglas," [81].
• Hungerford, Vault of the, [256].
  
• Idiot's Curse, The, [9], [10].
• Indelible Blood Stains, [114-134].
• Indre, M'Alister, Curse of, [2-5].
• Ingatestone Hall, Strange Room at, [94].
• "Ingoldsby Legends," Dead Hand mentioned in, [160], [161].
• Iron Chest in Ireland, Story of an, [205], [206].
• Isabella, Countess of Northampton, [256].
• Isabella Eugenia, of the Netherlands, [46], [47].
• Isabella, Queen, [49].
• Ithon, John de, Story of, [178], [179].
  
• James II., The Heart of, [259].
• Jerratt, Lady, Ghost Story of, [119], [120].
• Joan, Queen of Naples, [49].
• Johnson, Dr., Conversations with a Man in Woman's attire, [224].
• Joinville, Count Louis, [138-140].
• Jones, Molly, Sir Wm. Kyte and, [298-300].
  
• "Katie Neevie's Hoard," [271].
• Kellie, The two Countesses of, [285-288].
• Kempenfeldt, Admiral, [182].
• Kersal Hall, Romantic Story of, [173-176].
• Kilburn Priory, Legend connected with, [126], [127].
• Kirdford, Piece of Ground at, [128].
• Kirkpatrick of Closeburn, Family of, [183-185].
• Knevett, Lord, Murder of, [118].
• Konigsmark, Count, [300].
• Kyte, Sir Wm., and Molly Jones, [298-300].
  
• Lally, John, A Piper, [77], [78].
• Lecky, Mr., and Devil Compacts in the Fourteenth Century, [163].
• Lee, Sir Henry, Queen Elizabeth and, [47], [48].
• Leech, John, Strange Story of, [175], [176].
• Lefanu, Mrs., Story of "The Banshee," [193].
• Legend of the Robber's Grave, [129], [130].
• Leigh, Lord, Charge of Murder against, [152], [153].
• Lincoln Cathedral, Blood Stains at, [118], [119].
• Lincolnshire, Strange Disappearance at a Marriage in 1750, [230].
• Lindsays, The, [101].
• Littlecote House, Mysterious Crime at, [106-108].
• Livingstone, Sir A., Banquet given by, [80], [81].
• Long, Walter, of Draycot, [141-144].
• Long, Sir Walter, Story of his Widow, [206], [207].
• Louis XIV., Burial of Heart of, [261].
• Lovat, Lord, Story of, [206].
• Lovel, Lord, Disappearance of his Bride, [234].
• Lovell, Lord, The Mysterious Death of, [89], [90].
• "Luck of Muncaster," The, [203-205].
• Lucky Accidents, [279-288].
• Lynton Castle, Tradition relating to, [62-64].
  
• Mab's Cross, near Wigan, [248].
• M'Alister Family, Curse of the, [2-5].
• McClean, Family of, [195].
• Macfarlane, Mrs., Secret relating to, [146-149].
• Mackenzie, Maria, [295].
• Macleod, Dr. Norman, Anecdote told by, [66], [67].
• Magdalene College, Oxford, Cup found at, [274].
• Maguire, Col., and Lady Cathcart, [236-238].
• Malsanger, House at, [234], [235].
• Manners, John, and Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall, [214], [215].
• Manor House at Darlington, [119].
• Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice, and the Chevalier D'Eon, [221].
• Mar, The Earl of, [14-17].
• Market Parsonage, Mysterious crime at, [123], [124].
• Marlborough, Duchess of, and Congreve, [86].
• Marsh, George, the martyr, [116].
• Marwell Old Hall, Traditions re, [234].
• Mary Queen of Scots at Chartley Park, [189].
• Matthews, C.J., the actor, [284].
• Mazarin, Cardinal, Heart of, [262].
• Medicis, Marie de, Heart of, [261].
• Medicis, Queen Catherine de, Story of, [177], [178].
• Merton College, Oxford, Pictures discovered at, [273].
• Mertoun, Stephen de, Murder committed by, [126], [127].
• Middleton Family in Yorkshire, [197].
• Midwife's Curse, The, [27], [28].
• Millbanke, Miss, Lord Byron and, [196], [197].
• Mills, Anne, the female sailor, [209].
• Misers' Hoards, [272], [273].
• Missing Wills, [267].
• "Mistletoe Bough," The (song), [234].
• Modena, The Duke of, [85], [86].
• Mohun, Lord, [301], [302].
• "Moiva Borb" (song), [272].
• Molloy, Captain, of H.M.S. "Cæsar," [26], [27].
• Montagues, The, and Sherborne Castle, [18];
  • and Cowdray Castle, [19].
• Montgomery Church Walls, Tale of, [129], [130].
• Morley, Sir Oswald, [269].
• Mountford, Wm., Murder of, [301-303].
• Moy, The Curse of, [6-9].
• Muncaster Castle, Room at, [203-205].
• Musgrave, Sir George, [202], [203].
• Mysterious Rooms, [88-113].
  
• Newborough, Lady, Romantic Story relating to, [136-140].
• Netherall, Secret Room at, [98].
• Newstead Abbey, Skull at, [44], [45];
  • Spectre of, [196];
  • Lord Byron's Heart at, [260].
• Niceville A.A. de, [265], [266].
• Nimmo, Mrs., [290-293].
• Northam Tower, Spectre at, [119].
• Northumberland, Duke of, The Eleventh Daughter of the, [300], [301].
• Nugent, Lord, "Memorials of Hampden," [90], [91].
  
• Ogilvies, The, [101].
• Omens, Family Death, [180-198].
• Ormesby, Treasure found at the Vicarage House of, [274].
• Osbaldeston Hall, Tradition relating to, [83], [84].
• Oulton House, Tragedy at, [303].
• Overbury, Sir Thomas, Murder of, [19].
• Owls, The Family of Arundel of Wardour and, [185].
• Oxenham Family, Death Warning of the, [185-187].
  
• Page, Murderer of a Jew named Abrams, [251], [252].
• Paré, Ambrose, the Surgeon, [285].
• Parma, Duke of, and Baron Ward, [284].
• Passion, Fatal, [289-307].
• Payne, Col. Stephen, Curse on, [27], [28].
• Pear, The Coalstoun, [199-201].
• Pembroke, Earl of, at the Battle of Edgcot Fields, [5], [6].
• Pennington, Sir John, [204].
• Perceval, Robert, Strange Death of, [150-152].
• Phillipson, Myles, [35-37].
• Pitt, Wm., Accident to, [283].
• Plaish Hall, Legendary Tale connected with, [132].
• Poe, Edgar A., "Masque of the Red Death," [73-75].
• Political Vows, [68].
• Pope's Satire, [282].
• Possessions, Weird, [199-207].
• Poyntz, Mr. Stephen, [21].
• Prestwich, Sir Thomas, [269], [270].
• Price, Mr., [295].
• Prophecy relating to Cowdray Castle, [19], [20].
• Pudsey, Bishop, [119].
  
• Quaker's Curse, The, [10-12].
  
• Radcliffe, Tragedy at, [293], [294].
• Radclyffe, Sir Wm. de, [293], [294].
• "Radiant Boy" of Corby Castle, [196].
• Raffles, Dr., Amusing Story in the Life of, [233], [234].
• Raleigh, Sir Walter, and Sherborne Castle, [18], [19];
  • Seat at Fardell, [271].
• Rawlinson, Dr. R., The Heart of, [259].
• Richard I., The Heart of, [258].
• Rizzio, Murder of, [117].
• Robinson, Nicholas, Disappearance of, [241-243].
• Roby's "Traditions of Lancashire:"
  • The "Dead Hand" at Bryn Hall, [157], [158];
  • and the "Luck of Muncaster," [204], [205].
• Roderham, Robert de, Story of, [178], [179].
• Romance of Wealth, [263-278].
• "Rookwood Hall," Ainsworth's, [180], [181].
• Rooms, Mysterious, [88-113].
• Roslin, the Lords of, Traditions regarding, [190], [191].
• Royal George, Sinking of the, [182].
• Rushen Castle, Secret Room at, [103-105].
• Rushton, The Duke's Room at, [70].
• Russell, of Streatham, in Women's attire, [222-224].
• Russell, Lady, of Bisham Abbey, [122], [123].
• Rutherford, Lord, and Janet Dalrymple, [52-56].
  
• St. Antony, Church of, in Cornwall, Tradition Relating to, [64].
• St. Denis' Blood, Belief relating to, [127].
• St. Foix, Account of Ceremonial after the Death of a King of France, [86], [87].
• St. Louis, Queen of, Vow by the, [65].
• St. Michael's Mount, Sir J. Arundell and, [13].
• Samlesbury Hall, Vow Relating to, [58-60].
• Scarborough, Second Earl of, Death of, [144-146].
• Scotland, Legends re Hidden Treasures in, [270], [271], [276].
• Scott, Sir Robert, of Thirlestane, Second wife of, [77], [78].
• Scott, Sir Walter, Vow by an Ancestor of, Accident to, [68], [280];
  • and the Mysterious Crime at Littlecote House, [108];
  • at Edinburgh, [108-110];
  • and the Murder of Rizzio, [117];
  • and the Clan of Tweedie, [249].
• Scott, Sir Walter, "Antiquary," [155].
• Scott, Sir Walter, "Peveril of the Peak," [149], [195].
• Scott, Sir Walter, "Tales of a Grandfather," [117].
• Scott, Sir Walter, "The Betrothed," [248].
• Scott, Sir Walter, "The Bride of Lammermoor," [55], [56].
• Scott, Sir Walter, and "The Curse of Moy," [6-9].
• Scott, Sir Walter, "Waverley," The Bodach Glass in, [193-195].
• "Scottish Hogarth," The, [279], [280].
• Screaming Skulls, [29-45].
• Secrets, Curious, [135-153].
• Sedgley, Vow made by a Parishioner of, [66], [67].
• Servian Patriots, The, [68].
• Sharp, Lieut., [304-306].
• Shelley, The Poet, Heart of, [260], [261].
• "Shepherd Lad," Lord Clifford as the, [224-227].
• Sherborne Castle, Curse of, [17-19].
• Sheriff-Muir, Battle of, [5], [15].
• Shonkes, Piers, Tomb of, [166].
• Shropshire, Buried Well in, [276].
• Shuckburgh Hall, Tragedy at, [304-306].
• Sikes, Wirt, Anecdote of a Skull, [43], [44].
• Simpson, Christopher, Murder of, [115].
• Skull, The Screaming, [29-45].
• Skull House, near Turton Tower, Bolton, [34], [35].
• Smithell's Hall, [115], [116].
• Soulis, Lord, Compact with the Devil, [166-168].
• Southey, Anecdote recorded by, [96].
• Southey and "The Brothers' Steps," [128], [129].
• Southey's "Thalaba, the Destroyer," [154], [155].
• Southworth, Sir John, Daughter of, [58-60].
• Spectre, Lady Fanshaw's strange, [192].
• Spectre of the "Buckland Shag," [124-126].
• Stair, Lord, Daughter of the first, [52-56].
• Stamer, Col., Daughter of, [71-73]
• Stoke d'Abernon, Monument in the Church of, [56].
• Stokesay Castle, Treasure at, [277].
• Stoneleigh Abbey, [152], [153].
• Strathmore, Lord, of Glamis Castle, [98-103].
• Street Place, Old House called, [97].
• Swans of Closeburn, The, [184], [185].
• "Sweet Heart Abbey," [256].
• Swinton, Sir John, [146-149].
• Sybil, Lady, and the Eagle's Crag, [168-170].
  
• Talbot, Mary Anne as "John Taylor," sailor, [209-212].
• Talleyrand, Accident to, [280].
• "Taylor, John," alias Mary Anne Talbot, [209-212].
• Thirlestone, Lady, [77-78].
• Thomas the Rhymer, [75].
• Thorpe Hall, The "Green Lady" of, [215], [216].
• Thrale, Mr., of Streatham Park, [223], [224].
• Thynne, Sir Egremont, [141-144].
• Thynne of Longleat, Murder of, [300].
• Tichborne, Sir Henry, [21].
• Tichborne, Lady Mabelle, [21-23].
• Tichborne Trial, The Great, [21-23], [64].
• "Tiger Earl," The, [99].
• Timberbottom, Skull at Farmhouse called, [34], [35].
• Towneley, Charles, [10].
• Treasures concealed in the Earth, [267], [268].
• Tremeirchon Church, [165].
• Trentham, Elizabeth, Viscount Cullen and, [69-71].
• Trent, Manor House at, Strange Chamber in, [96], [97].
• Tufnell Park, Find of Gold at, [278].
• Tunstead, Skull at, [33], [34].
• Tweedie, The Clan of, [249], [250].
  
• Vardon, Douce, a Midwife, [28].
• Vavasour, Mrs. A., and Sir Henry Lee, [48].
• Venice, Statue at, [65], [66].
• Vernons of Hanbury, Cecil, Earl of Exeter, and one of the, [217-220].
• Vienna, The Church of St. Charles, [65].
• Vincent, Family of, at Stoke d'Abernon, [56].
• Voltaire, Vow in one of his Romances, [51], [52].
• Vows, Eccentric, [46-68].
  
• Wakefield Mills, The, [130].
• Walpole and Berkeley Castle, [88], [89].
• Ward, Baron, [284].
• Wardley Hall, Skull at, [37-40].
• Wealth, Romance of, [263-278].
• Wedgwood, Josiah, [280], [281].
• Weird Possessions, [199-207].
• Wellington, Duke of, Strange belief on the occasion of his funeral, [198].
• Wells, "Mother," [240], [241].
• Wesley, John, and the game of whist, [67], [68].
• Westminster Abbey, Hearts of Illustrious Personages at, [253].
• Whitehead, Paul, The Heart of, [259], [260].
• Widow's Curse, The, [2-5].
• Wilkinson, Tate, [67], [68].
• Wilks, Col., Heirloom in possession of, [201], [202].
• Wills, Missing, [267].
• Witches' Horseblock, The, [168-170].
• Wordsworth's "Song at the Feast of Brougham Castle," [225-227].
• Wye Coller Hall, Room at, [105].
  

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Typos corrected in text:

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Page 143: 'suddedly' corrected to 'suddenly'.
Page 190: 'fulful' corrected to 'fulfil'.
Page 219: 'accompany-' corrected to 'accompanying'.
Page 269: 'various others localities' corrected to 'various other localities'.
Page 279: 'playes' corrected to 'players'.
Page 281: 'De Sphoera' corrected to 'De Sphæra' [On the basis of
information found here: www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/sacrobosco.html].
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