Christmas: Its Origin and Associations / Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries

by W. F. Dawson

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INDEX

• A
• Abbot of Misrule, [95] (see also Lord of Misrule)
• Abbot of Westminster, [80]
• Abdication of Richard Cromwell, [213]
• Abingdon, [51], [208]
• Aboard the Sunbeam, [307]
• Abolition of Christmas celebration attempted, [206]
• Abraham, [29]
• Abyssinia, [298]
• "Adam Bell," [195]
• Adam's Noël, [319]
• Adams, Herbert H., [227], [249]
• Addison, [227]
• Adeste Fideles, [323]
• Adieu les Rois, [320]
• Adrian, Pope, [350]
• Advent of Christ, the, [005]5;
• • season of the, [11];
  • date of the, [14]
• Advertisement, curious, [232]
• "Aerra Geola" (December), [28]
• Africa, [345]
• Africa, South, [299]
• Agincourt, [81]
• Agrippina, wife of Claudius, [24]
• Aidan, Columbian Monk, [27]
• Ajaccio, [322]
• Alban, St., [20]
• Albert, Prince Consort, [261]
• Albemarle, Lady, [241]
• Aldrich, Commander Pelham, [308]
• Ale, [26], [55], [57], [231], [251], [258], [259]
• Alexander, King of the Scots, [64]
• Alexander Severus, [29]
• Alexandria, [54]
• Alfred the Great, King, [36]
• All Hallowtide, [73], [131]
• Almaine accoutrements, [120]
• "Almes" at Christmas, [148], [257]-8
• Almoner, Lord High, [260]
• Alsatians, [319]
• Alwyn, Walter, [95]
• Amadas, Rob, [100]
• Ambassadors, foreign, [152]
• Ambleteuse, Brittany, [220]
• Ambrose, St., [21]
• America, [309]-316
• Amours of Henry VIII., [106]
• Amusements, [33], [153], [195], [246]-9
• Ancaster Heath, [153]
• Andalusia, [339]
• Andrew, St., [283]
• Andrewes, Bishop, [193]
• Andromeda tetragona, [295]
• Angel, the, appears unto Joseph, [5];
  • unto the shepherds, [7]
• Angels' Song, [10], [11]
• Anger, [13]
• "Angleesh blom-bodding," [319]
• Angles, King of the, [34]
• Anglo-Norman language, [57]
• Anglo-Saxon Kings, [29]
• Anglo-Saxons, [25], [28]
• Angouleme, Duchess, [317]
• Angus, Scotland, [242]
• Anjou wine, [57]
• Annan, Dumfriesshire, [71]
• Anne, daughter of Frederick III., King of Denmark, [197]
• Anne, Queen, [226]
• Anne, wife of Richard III., [93]
• Annunciation, the, [13], [15]
• Anointing cattle, [325]
• Anselm, Archbishop, [49]
• Antioch, [59];
  • the church at, [11];
  • Prince of, [52]
• Antiochus Epiphanes, [17]
• Antipodes, [303]
• Ara Cœli, Church of, [328]
• "Archæologia," [200]
• Archbishops' Quarrel, [48]
• Archduchess Marie Valerie, [335]
• Arctic regions, [294]-6
• Aristophanes, [286]
• Armenian Church, the, [11]
• Armour under robes, [118]
• Arnot, S., [284]
• "Arraignment of Christmas," the, [209]
• Artaki Bay, [307]
• Arthur, King, and his Knights, [30], [67], [195]
• Arthur, Prince of Wales, [99]
• Arundel, Earl of, [190], [193], [194]
• Astley, Sir John, [201]
• Aston, near Birmingham, [243]
• Athelney, [36]
• Attainder, [222]
• Attire, magnificent, [99]
• Attorney-General, [199]
• Aubrey, [142], [201], [243]
• Audley, Lord, [82]
• Augusta, Princess, [241]
• Augustine, St., [26], [28]
• Australia, [303]
• Austria, [288], [335]
• Austria, Archduke of, [35];
  • Duke of, [58]

• B
• "Babe Cake," [273]
• Babingley, [263]
• Babylon, [54], [59]
• Bacchanalia, [13], [15], [19]
• Bacchus, [19]
• Bacon, Lord, [93], [94], [152]
• Baden, Marquis of, [139]
• Bagpipes, [220]
• Baker, Chronicler, [105]
• Balancing, feats of, [229]
• Balliol, Edward, [71]
• Balls, [249], [250], [309]
• Baltimore, Lord, [314]
• Banks Island reindeer, [294]
• Banquetings, [31], [88], [126], [146]-9, [219], [220], [232]
• Banqueting-night ceremonies, [135]
• Barabrith, [281]
• Barbadoes, [288]
• Barclay Alexander, [104]
• Barne, Sir George, [117]
• "Baron of Beef," [273]
• "Baron's Yule Feast," [266]
• Barons, [55], [60]
• Barriers, at, [189]
• Barristers singing and dancing, [137]
• Barrow, Isaac, [204]
• Barry, Sir Charles, [46]
• Barthe, Master George, [88]
• "Batt upon Batt," [221]
• Bay of Mercy, [294]
• Beamonde, Lord of, [70]
• Bear-baiting, [119], [229]
• Beatrice, Princess, [262]
• Beaufitz, John, [93]
• Beaumont, [152]
• Beauties, Court, [99]
• Becket, St. Thomas, [52]
• Bedchambers, fifteenth century, [88]
• Bede, the Venerable, [24]
• Bedford, [64]
• Bellman, the, [224]
• Bells, Christmas, [270], [271]
• Belshazzar, [78]
• Belton, Mr., [219]
• Belvoir Castle, [224], [266]
• Benevolence, [260]-6
• Bengel, [13]
• Berkeley, [69], [146];
• • Lord Henry, [146]
• Berkshire, [276]
• Berlin, [335]
• Bermondsey, [52]
• Berners, Lord, [69], [88]
• Berri, Duchess, [317]
• Bertha, Queen, [27]
• Berwick, [68]
• Besieged Paris, [318]
• Bethlehem, [7], [14]
• Betterton, [218]
• Bevis of Southampton, [195]
• Billiards, [195]
• Bills of fare, fifteenth century, [82]
• Bird, [140]
• Birds' dinner, [342]
• Birth of Christ, [5];
  • date of, [14]
• Blackborough Priory, [85]
• Blackburn, Mr. Francis, [238]
• Black Prince, [149]
• Blake, Mr. Andrew, [262]
• Blanchard, Laman, [268]
• Blenheim Mansion, [226]
• Blessington, Countess of, [266]
• Blindman's Buff, [236], [248], [249]
• Blue Jackets, [294]
• Boar, wild, [32], [33], [45], [110]
• Boar's Head ceremony, [109]-11, [125], [167]
• Bocking, John, [86]
• Bohemia, Queen of, [193]
• "Bold Slasher," [284]
• Boleyn, Anne, [106]
• Bolingbroke, Henry of, [80]
• Bonbonnieres, [314]
• Bonfires, [320], [336]
• Bonner, Bishop, [122]
• Boswell, [241]
• Bosworth Field, [93], [101]
• Bountifulness, [96], [260]
• Bounty Royal, [260]
• Bourchier, Archbishop, [94]
• Bourchier, John, [69]
• Bouvines, battle of, [60]
• Bowyer, Richard, [141]
• Boy Bishop, [68], [119], [156]
• Boyhood's Christmas breaking-up, [242]
• Boy-king taken to Tower, [92]
• Brabant, States of, [154]
• Brahmins, [28]
• Brand, [221], [232], [243], [244]
• Brandon, Charles, [101]
• Brandon, Sir William, [101]
• Brant, Sebastian, [104]
• Brassey, Lady, [305]
• Brave, blood of the, [73], [99], [190]
• Brawn, [96], [232]
• Brazil, [288]
• Breda, [214]
• Breton, Nicholas, [199]
• Bridgewater, [242]
• Bridgewater, Earl of, [200]
• Brill, Vale of Aylesbury, [60]
• Brilliant episodes, [59], [73], [84], [93], [99]
• Brinsford, [219]
• Bristol, [68], [242]
• British India, [288]
• British Museum, [114], [145], [210], [211], [232], [241], [244], [324]
• Brito, Richard, [53]
• Britons, Ancient, [23], [28]
• Brittany, [318]
• Brompton, [274]
• Brooke, George, [192]
• Brothers, Royal, at the Tower, [92]
• Browne, General, [207]
• Brown, Sir Sam., [300]
• Browning, Robert, [66], [270]
• Bruges, [116], [271]
• Buchan, [285]
• Buche-de-Noël, [319]
• Buckeridge, Bishop, [195]
• Buckhurst, Lord, [154]
• Buckingham, Duke of, [88]
• Buckingham, Lord, [191]
• Buckinghamshire peasants, [238]
• Bull, Dr., [140]
• Bull-baiting, [229]
• Bunbury, Mrs., [241]
• Bun-loaf, [281]
• Burford Downs, [218]
• Burgundy, Duke of, [88]
• Burgundy, House of, [154]
• Burlesque Court, [126]
• Burney, [140]
• Burnham, Buckinghamshire, [257]
• Burton, Robert, [195]
• Bury, [68], [84]
• Bushell, Sir Edward, [153]
• Buttry, William, [100]
• Bydnyak, or Yule-log, [345]
• Byzantium, [324]

• C
• Cabul River, [302]
• Cade, John, [85]
• Caer Caradoc, [24]
• Cæsars, the, [35]
• Cæsarea, the Church at, [11]
• Cakes, [36], [265], [321]
• Calais, [72], [81], [109]
• Calathumpians, the Vagabond, [313]
• Caledonian custom, [305]
• "Caliburne," the "gude sword," [58]
• Caludon, near Coventry, [146]
• Calvados, [320]
• Cambridge, [204]
• Camden Society, [219]
• Camp fire, [301]
• Campion, [154]
• Camulodunum, Bishop of, [25]
• Canada, [288], [302]
• Candle illuminations [168], [322], [331]
• Candlemas, [80], [138], [178]
• Canning, W., [143]
• Canons of Christchurch, [177]
• Canterbury, [63], [86], [210];
• • monks of, [56]
• Canterbury Cathedral, [53]
• Canterbury, Archbishop of, [60], [82], [99], [139]
• Canute, King, [37]
• Cape de Verd Islands, [288]
• Cape Finisterre, [226]
• Caradoc (called Caractacus), [24]
• Card-playing, [87], [91], [97], [98], [108], [195], [237], [241], [247], [256], [313]
• Carew, [152]
• Carleton, Sir Dudley, [154], [191]
• Carlisle, [68]
• Carminow, John, [113]
• Carnival, [286]
• Carols, [57], [204], [327]
• Carol service, [349], [350]
• Carol-singer Luther, [106]
• Carol-singing, [326]
• Caroline, Queen, [241]
• Car, or Ker, Robert, [155]
• Carvell, Sir Henry, [194]
• Cary, Sir Robert, [154]
• Casemanche, [345]
• Cassel, Dr., Germany, [16]
• Castanet, [340]
• Castellated mansion, [148]
• Castles, [52], [55], [57], [58]
• Catacombs of Rome, [19]
• Catches, [195]
• Catesby, [93]
• Cawarden, Sir Thomas, [116], [124]
• Cecil, Sir William, [143]
• Celebrations in times of persecution, [18]
• Central Germany, [333]
• Ceremonies for Christmas Day, [167]
• Ceremonies for Grand Christmas, [132]
• Cern, [264]
• Chaldeans, [28]
• Challon, [67]
• Challoner, Thomas, [154]
• Chamberlain to the King, [88]
• Chamberlain to the Queen, [88]
• Chamberlaine, John, [153], [154], [191]
• Chambers of Pleasance, [88]
• Chamber of Presence, [139]
• Champions of Diana, [102]
• Channel Islands, [288]
• Chapel Royal, [138], [140], [241]
• Chardai, [300]
• Charibert, King, [28]
• Charlemagne, Emperor, [34], [342]
• Charles Augustus, Emperor, [35]
• Charles I., [152], [195], [197], [212], [213]
• Charles II., [214]
• Charles, Prince, hiding in an oak, [215]
• Charles V. of Spain, [118]
• Charter, The Great, signed, [61]
• Chaucer, [9], [33], [73], [99]
• Cheetle, [142]
• Cherwell, [109]
• Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, [214]
• Chess, [33], [91], [195]
• Chester, Earl of, [64]
• Cheu Fu Chefoo, [308]
• Chevalier, Rev. W. A. C, [71]
• Chichester, Bishop of, [64], [193]
• Childermas Day, [112], [135]
• Children of the Chapel Royal, [100], [140], [141]
• Children's Treat, [264], [265]
• Chili, [288]
• China, [308]
• Chios, [324]-8
• Chippenham, [35]
• Chit-chat, [268], [269]
• Chivalric usages, [59], [84], [155], [190]
• Christiania, [342]
• Christ-Kirche, [333]
• Christmas—the origin and associations of, [5];
  • the word "Christmas," its orthography and meaning, [8];
  • words in Welsh, Scotch, French, Italian, and Spanish representing Christmas, [9];
  • an acrostic spelling Christmas, [9];
  • the earlier celebrations of, [10];
  • fixing the date of, [11];
  • Christmas the Festorum omnium metropolis, [11];
  • its connection with ancient festivals, [14];
  • Christmas-boxes and presents, [15], [29], [30], [89], [90], [96], [148], [257], [258], [260]-6, [300], [312], [325], [334]-5, [341];
  • candles, [168], [322], [331];
  • cards, [271];
  • ceremonies, [132], [167];
  • customs depicted in a carol, [204];
  • Eve, [125], [131], [250]-1, [286], [332]-5;
  • "Grand," [125];
  • Island, [308];
  • Lord, [95], [100], [109], [112], [115], [126], [198], [200];
  • Prince, [155];
  • at sea, [95], [96], [218], [307];
  • Tree, [106], [261], [263], [264], [296], [313], [325], [332]
  • (see also other items in the index arranged alphabetically).
• Chrysostom, St., [11]
• Church Parade, [301]
• Church reforms of Cardinal Wolsey, [106]
• Church shows, [316]
• Cicilie, Ladie, [139]
• Cider, [55]
• Cinque Ports, Barons of, [64]
• City and country feasts compared, [112]
• Civil war, [156]
• Clappart, Herr Von, [332]
• Clarence, Duke of, [86], [89]
• Classical and Christian elements, [19]
• Claudius, fourth Roman Emperor, [23]
• Clement of Alexandria, [11]
• Clement IX., tomb of, [330]
• Clerical players, [77]
• Cleves, Anne of, [108]
• Clifford, Lord, [82], [86]
• Closheys (ninepins), [88]
• Clothing, [265]
• Cloth of gold, [88]
• Clyde, Lord, [299]
• Clymme of Clough, [195]
• Cnut, King, [37]
• Cobham, Lord, [81]
• "Cob-loaf stealing," [243]
• Cockpit, [153]
• Collar-day at Court, [240]
• Colebrooke, Mr., [279]
• Coleridge, S. T., [274]
• Colleges' festivities, [109], [110], [111], [155]
• Collier, [124], [201]
• Colonist, English, [302]
• Columbine, [230]
• Columbus, Christopher, [95]
• Combats, inspiriting, [99]
• Comedies and Tragedies, Latin, [110]
• Comedies, [112]
• Comically cruel incident, [75]
• Commonwealth, [197]
• Communicants apprehended, [211]
• "Complaint of Christmas," [206]
• Concilium Africanum, [22]
• Conger, [96]
• Conjurors, [237]
• Consort, Prince, [261]-2
• Conspiracy against the King, [80]
• Constable Marshal, [125]
• Constantine the Great, [21];
  • Church of St. Constantine, [16]
• Constantinople, [52], [54], [307];
  • Emperor of, [80]
• Cooper, Sir Astley, [316]
• Cooper, T., [233]
• Cooper, Thomas, [266]
• Corbeuil, Archbishop, [48]
• Cordova, [339]
• Cornelius, a Roman Centurion, [23]
• Cornhill, London, [210]
• Corniche Road, [331]
• Cornisse, Mr., [100]
• Cornwall, [113], [156]
• Cornwall, the Duchy of, [188]
• Cornwall, Barry, [272]
• Cornwall, Sir Gilbert, [194]
• Cornwallis, Sir Charles, [188]
• Coronation of Edward III., [69]
• Corpus Christi, festival of, [93]
• Corsica, [321]
• Costly garments, [116]
• Costumes ablaze, [291]
• Cottage Christmas-keeping, fourteenth century, [71]
• Cotterell, Sir Clement, [194]
• Cotton, [152]
• Cotton MSS., [136]
• Council of Arles, [25]
• Council of Auxerre, [22]
• Councils, Great, [41]
• Country festivities, [219], [226], [227]
• Courrieres, Lord of, [118]
• Court entertainments, [151], [197]. (See other items under Sovereigns' names.)
• Court Fool, [77], [113], [116]
• Court Leet and Baron, [187]
• Court Masques, [151]-2
• Coventry, [85], [89], [93], [148], [198]
• Cox, Captain, [197]
• Crackers, [289]
• Cranbourne, Ralph, [276]
• Cranes' flesh, [55]
• Cranmer, Archbishop, [117]
• Crecy, [72]
• Creighton, [74]
• Crimean Christmas, [297]
• Croatians, [345]
• Cromwell, Oliver, [213]
• Cromwell, Richard, [213]
• Cromwell, Thomas, [107], [108]
• Crowne, [218]
• Croyland Chronicler, [87], [93]
• Crusades, The, [58], [59]
• Cuba, [96]
• Cuisine, [312]
• Cumberland, [256]
• Cumberland, Earl of, [143]
• Cumnor Custom, [251]
• Cupids, [119]
• Cyflath, [281]
• Cymbals, [339]
• Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, [22]
• Cyprus, [307];
  • King of, [74]
• Cyril, St., of Jerusalem, [11]

• D
• Dacre, Lord, [86]
• Dakka, [300]
• Dalmatians, [345]
• "Damon and Pythias," [140]
• Dancers, [32], [49];
• • dancing, [74], [132], [195], [224], [236], [249], [250], [261], [294], [296]
• Dane, a firework artificer, [154]
• Danes, [29], [35], [36], [38]
• Danube, [226]
• Darey, Sir Thomas, [190]
• David, City of, [7]
• David, King of Scotland, [72], [74]
• David, St., [284]
• Dawson, Mr. George, [274]
• Day, John, Aldersgate, [136]
• Days of "Good Queen Bess," [148]
• De Beauchamp, William, [64]
• De Broc, The family of, [53]
• December, [28], [29], [33]
• Decking, [15], [204], [227], [273], [282], [305], [318]
• Decline of Christmas, [217]
• De Comines, Philip, [93]
• Decorations, [323]. (See also "decking.")
• D'Egville, [316]
• "Delights of Christmas," [243]
• Dellegrout, [55]
• De Molis, Sir Nicholas, [64]
• Demonology, [152], [196]
• De Montfort, Simon, [65]
• Denby, [219]
• Denison, Hon. Mr. and the Misses, [273]
• Denis, St., [53], [283]
• Denmark, [284], [288]
• De Patteshall, Hugh, [64]
• Dependents feasting, [202]
• Deposition of Edward II., [69]
• De Præfecto Ludorum, [110]
• Deptford Dockyard, [223]
• Derby, Countess Dowager of, [200]
• Dersingham, [263]
• Desborough, [213]
• De Tracy, William, [53]
• Detroit, [291]
• Devon, Earl of, [87]
• Devonshire, [213], [278]
• De Worde, W., [91]
• Diana, [102]
• Diana Hunting, a masque, [120]
• Dice, [195], [237]
• Dickens, Charles, [274], [292]
• Dieppe, [43]
• Dimmick, Mrs., [313]
• Dinah, [316]
• Dingwell, Lord, [190]
• Dinners to 5,000 poor, [264]
• Diocletian's atrocities, [20]
• Dionysius Exiguus, [13]
• Dipmore End, [276]
• Disguisings, [75], [76], [91], [95], [100]
• D'Israeli, [151]
• "Dissipation and Negligence," [112]
• Dissolution of Monasteries, [108]
• Distributions to the poor, [257], [260], [264]
• Diversions, [76], [91], [95], [101], [119], [153], [205], [246]-7, [251]
• Diverting ditties, [233]-7
• Divinings, [345]
• "Doctor," [284];
  • medical, [341]
• "Domesday Book," [45]
• Donne, [152]
• Doran, Dr., [209], [210]
• Dorset, Countess of, [211]
• Dorset, Marquis of, [101]
• Dover, [63], [81]
• Dragon's heads, &c., [73]
• Dramatic displays, [123], [136]-7, [140]-2, [153]
• Dramatist, England's greatest, [142]
• Drinkhail, [58]
• Drinks, [55] (see "Ale," "Mead," &c.)
• Druidical plant, [228], [318]
• Druidism, [15], [28], [228]
• Drums, [220], [339]
• Dryden, [196]
• Dublin, [52]
• Dudley, Lord Robert, [126]
• Dugdale, Sir William, [112], [125], [138], [146]
• Dunn, Harriett, [316]
• Dunois, [84]
• Dunstan's Churchyard, St., [136]
• Durham, [43]
• Durham, Bishop of, [241]
• Dutchmen display fireworks, [154]
• Dwarfs, [195]

• E
• Ealdred, Archbishop, [39]
• Earl Marshal, [82]
• Early celebrations in Britain, [23]
• Eastern Churches, the, [11], [11], [325]
• Edgar, King, [36]
• Edinburgh, the late Duke of, [263]
• Edmondes, Sir Thomas, [192]
• Edmund, Archbishop, [63]
• Edmundsbury, St., [60]
• Edmund, son of Ethelred, [37]
• Edric, the Saxon, [37]
• Edric, Earl of Northumberland, [37]
• Edward the Confessor, [38]
• Edward, Prince, [241]
• Edward, St., [86]
• Edward I., [67]
• Edward II., [68]
• Edward III., [69]
• Edward IV., [86], [87], [88], [89]
• Edward V., [92]
• Edward VI., [108], [115], [116], [117]
• Edward the Black Prince, [74]
• Edwards, Richard, [137], [140]
• Edwin's Chiefs, King, [30]
• Effect of Season, [282]
• "Egeria," H.M.S., [308]
• Egg-nogg, [311]
• Egg Saturday, [183]
• Egmont, Count of, [118]
• Eija, [339], [340]
• Eisenach, [106]
• Eisleben, [106]
• Eleanor of Aquitane, [58]
• Eleanor of Castile, [68]
• Eleanor of Provence, [62]
• Eleutherius, Bishop of Rome, [24]
• Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Edward IV. [88]
• Elizabeth, Princess (afterwards Queen), [119], [120]
• Elizabeth, Princess of Austria, [335]
• Elizabeth, Queen, [122], [138], [140], [142], [150]
• Elizabeth of York, [93]
• Ellis, [105]
• El Teb, [302]
• Eltham, [78], [80], [81], [89], [104]
• Ely, Bishop of, [193]
• Ely, Monks of, [37]
• Emma, the Lady, [37], [38]
• England, [288]
• English Court, [38]
• English exiles, [93]
• Entertainments, [30], [77], [112], [218], [233], [294]
• Epiphany, [11], [60], [93], [97], [192], [345]
• Episcopal cautions, [22]
• Ernalton of Spayne, [75]
• Errant, Knights, [195]
• Essex, Earl of, [143]
• Ethelbert, King of Kent, [28]
• Ethelred, King, [36], [37], [38]
• Ethelwine, Bishop, [43]
• Eusebius, [13]
• Evelyn, John, [201], [211], [223]
• Evelyn, Richard, [200]
• Ewald, [13]
• Excursionists, [310]
• Exeter, [232]
• Exeter Cathedral, [280]
• Exeter Chapel, [211]
• Exeter, Duchess of, [88]
• Excesses, Anglo-Saxon, [33];
• • Norman, [56]
• Expenditure for Christmas-keeping, [100]-1
• Experiences, Christmas, [287]

• F
• Fabian, [81]
• "Fabliau of Sir Cleges," [69]
• Fair, Christmas, [337]
• Fairies, [195], [237]
• Fairy-bowl, [313]
• Fallow, Mr. T. M., F.S.A., [282]-3
• Fare, enormous, [65]
• Farnaby, [140]
• Farrar, Dean, [7]
• Fatally Burnt in Christmas Costumes, [291]
• "Father Christmas," [284]
• Favourites of James I., [155]
• Feast in the hall, [148]
• Feats of arms, [59], [67], [72], [73], [81], [99], [188]
• Fenwick, Sir John, [153], [222]
• Ferrers, George, [115], [116]
• "Ferrex and Porrex," [136]
• Festa Natalazie, [336]
• Festival in Scotland, the, [191]
• Festivities in the seventeenth century, [199]
• Fêtes, [309]
• Finland, [288]
• Fire, the all-attracting, at Christmas, [201], [217], [253], [259]
• Fire at King's Palace, [96]
• Fire in middle of halls, [30], [201]
• First English Tragedy, [125]
• First Footing in Scotland, [285]
• "First Nowell," the, [346], [350]
• Fitzstephen, [45]
• Fitz Urse, Reginald, [53]
• Fitzwilliam, Lord Admiral, [109]
• Fitzwilliam, Sir William, [122]
• Five Articles of James I., [191]
• "Five Bells of Magdalen Church," [182]
• Fleet, the, [112]
• Fleetwood, [213]
• Flemings, [52]
• Fletcher, [152]
• Flodden Field, [98]
• Flohr, Madame Appoline, [332]
• Florentine, Old, [249]
• Flowers, [306], [307]
• Foiz, Erle of, [75]
• "Fool's Dance," the, [116]
• Fool, or Jester, [77], [113], [116], [284]
• Forbes, Mr. Archibald, [299]
• Forest of Dean, [43]
• Foresters, Lady, [75]
• Foresters and huntsmen in play, [100], [102]
• Forfeits, [246]-7
• Forte, Mr., [303]
• Fosse, the, [267]
• Foster, Birket, illustrations by, [2], [32], [44], [57], [111], [202], [234], [240], [250], [257], [271]
• "Foula Reel," the, [286]
• France, [63], [72], [108], [288], [316]-321
• Francis II., Emperor, [35]
• Franco-German War, [35]
• "Franklin's Tale," the, [33]
• Fraser, Sir Simon, [71]
• Free-lunches at hotels, [311]
• Freeman, William, [25], [37], [43], [45]
• French Embassy, [101]
• Fretevel, [53]
• Friars, [195], [271]
• Friday Street Tavern, [152]
• Friscobald, Leonard, [100]
• Froissart, Sir John, [31], [69], [75]
• Frost, hard, of 1564, [138]
• Frozen regions, [296]
• Fuller, [94]
• Fur-clad revellers, [310]