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

by W. F. Dawson

• G
• Gairdner, Mr. James, [86]
• Gaities, [309]
• Gala, [309]
• Galerius, [20]
• Gambia, [345]
• Gambols, [213], [221], [228], [247], [251]
• Games, [33], [88], [98], [102], [154], [205], [246]
• Garden of pleasure, [88]
• Garrard, Rev. G., [156]
• Garret, Mr. Edward, [284]
• Garrick, David, [219], [230], [237]
• Gascoigne, [140]
• Gascon wine, [57]
• Gaul, [28]
• Gaunt, John of, [94]
• Gay, John, [229]
• Geikie, Dr., [11]
• Generosity, [31], [263]
• Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal, [136], [141]
• Gentleman's Magazine, [243]
• Gentry, [55], [91]. (Also see items under names of "Gentry.")
• Geoffrey of Monmouth, [31], [49], [136]
• Geological Society, [297]
• George I., [229]
• George II., [231]
• George II., costumes, [286]
• George III., [240]
• George IV., [258]
• George's Chapel, St., Windsor, [140]
• George, King of Bohemia, [89]
• George, Prince, [225]
• George, St., village of, [324]
• George, St., and the Dragon, [59], [284]
• Germans, [33], [35], [288], [332], [333], [334]
• Germany, Emperor and Empress of, [334]
• "Germania," [295]
• Gesta Grayorum, [142]
• Ghost Stories, [33], [237], [274], [276]
• Giants, [195]
• Gifford, [152], [197]
• Gifts, [30], [42], [69], [89], [96], [148], [170], [300], [323]
• Giles, [140]
• Giles's Christian Mission, St., [265]
• Giles Fields, St., London, [81]
• "Gillie Cullum," [305]
• Gipps, Mr. Richard, [218]
• Giraldus Cambrensis, [49]
• Gleemen, [31], [69] (Also see "Minstrels.")
• "Gloria in Excelsis," [317]
• Gloucester, [38], [45]
• Gloucester, Duke of, [92]
• Gloucestershire, Sheriff of, [65]
• Goblins of the "Iliad," [325]
• Goddesses and huntresses, [119]
• Godwin, House of, [38]
• Goffe, [212]
• Gold Coast, [288]
• Golden play at Court, [154]
• Goldsmith, Oliver, [241]
• "Good old fashion," [146]
• Googe, Barnaby, [121]
• Goose-pie, [256]
• "Gorboduc," [125], [136]
• Gorgeous apparelling, [101]
• Gosford Street, Coventry, [148]
• Gospatric, [38]
• Gourdon, Sir Robert, [190]
• "Governance Lord," [112]
• "Gracious time," a, [34]
• Graduals, [22]
• Grand entertainments, [99], [100]-2
• "Grand Christmas" ceremonies, [132]
• Grand Guiser, [286]
• Grant, [254]
• Granthuse, Lord of, [87]
• Grape gathering, [16]
• Grattan, [59]
• Gray's Inn, [111], [112], [142], [143], [144], [145], [193], [218]
• Gray's Inn List of Performers, [143]-5
• Great houses, [111]
• Gregory Nazianzen, Bishop, [22]
• Gregory the Great—His Antiphonary, [22];
• • his story about English slaves, [27];
  • sends Augustine to England, [28]
• Greek Church show, [328]
• Greek Empire, [324]
• Green, J. R., [122], [200]
• Greenland, [295], [296]
• Greenwich, [100], [108], [115], [119]
• Greenwich Hospital Gathering, [288]
• Grey de Ruthyn, Lord, [82]
• Grey, Lady Jane, and her husband, [117]
• Grey, Lord Richard, [92]
• Griffiths, William, [136]
• "Grimston, Young," [273]
• Groceries, [265]
• Grose, [227]
• Guildford, [60], [73]
• Guising, [286]
• Gunhild, [37]
• Gunning, Mr., [211]
• Gustavus, [342]
• Guy of Warwick, [195]
• Gybson, Richard, [100]

• H
• "Hackin, the," [216], [235]
• Haddon Hall, [224], [225]
• Hagmenae, [305]
• "Halig monath" (Holy month), [29]
• Hallam, [223]
• Hall, chronicler, [100], [104]
• Hall, a gentleman's, [30], [201]
• Halstead, [93]
• Hamilton, Marquesse of, [192]
• "Hamlet," [34], [142]
• Hampton Court, [108], [139]
• Handel, [350]
• Hanover, [229]
• "Hansa," the, [295]
• "Happy Land," the, [286]
• Harefield, [200]
• Harefleur, [93]
• Hare soup, [295]
• Harleian, MS., [30], [95]
• Harlequin, [230]
• "Harlequin Sorcerer," [230]
• Harold I., son of Canute, [37]
• Harold II., son of Godwin, [39]
• Harpers, [31], [41], [91]
• Harrison, President, and Mrs., [313]
• Harthacnut, [37]
• Haselrig, [213]
• Haslewood, Mr. Joseph, [232], [241], [244]
• Hastings, battle of, [39]
• Hastings, Lord, [87], [88]
• Hatfield House, [119], [120]
• Hat of Estate, royal, [96]
• Hatton, Lady, [211]
• Hawaii, [307]
• Hawking, [32], [154]
• Hay, Lord, [190]
• Heathenish practices, [26]
• Hebrew and Hellenic elements, [19]
• Heine, Henrich, [321]
• Helena of York, [21]
• Heliogabalus, [312]
• Helmes, Mr. Henry, [143]
• Hemans, Mrs., [47]
• Hems, Mr. Harry, [278]
• Hengest, [28]
• Henley-on-Thames, [157]
• Henrietta Maria, [214]
• Henry, Cardinal of Winchester, [82]
• Henry I., [47]
• Henry II., [52], [56]
• Henry III., [62], [64]
• Henry IV., [79]
• Henry V., [80];
• • widow of, [94]
• Henry VI., [83], [85], [86], [87]
• Henry of Richmond, [93]
• Henry VII., marries Elizabeth of York, [94]
• Henry VIII., [98];
  • becomes head of Church, [107]
• Henry V. of Germany, [47]
• Henry, Prince, Son of James I., [152], [188]
• "Henry, Prince of Purpoole," [32]
• Herald Angels, the (a poem), [3]
• Heralds and pursuivants, [89]
• Herbert, Sir Philip, [153]
• Hereford, Duke of, [78]
• Herod, King, [7]
• Herons, [96]
• Herrick, Robert, [202], [279]
• "Hesperides," the, [203], [279]
• Heton, [68]
• Heynalte, Syr John, [70]
• Heywood, a player, [108]
• Higgs, Griffin, writer of the "Christmas Prince," [157], [350]
• High Festival at Court, [240]
• Highgate, [122]
• Highlands, [254]
• Hilary's Day, St., [73]
• Hilo, [306]
• Hinds' and maids' festivities, [213]
• Hippodrome, [52]
• Hobbyhorse, the, [197]
• Hobgoblins, [237]
• Hochstetter, Professor, [297]
• Hogges, village of, [52]
• Hogges, village of, [52]
• Holbein, Hans, [109], [114]
• Holinshed, [100], [115], [122]
• Holland, Governor of, [87]
• Holland, Lord, [156]
• Hollington, near Hastings, [284]
• Hollis, Sir William, [220]
• Holst, Duke of, [153]
• Holt, Sir, [243]
• Holly, [273], [282]
• "Holly Bough, under the," [274]
• Holy evenings, [342]
• Holy Land, [67]
• Homage in the fifteenth century, [90]
• Hone, [66], [241], [317]
• Honey and wine, [55]
• Hood, Thomas, [274]
• Hoop and hide, [237]
• Hooton Roberts, [220]
• Horses gaily caparisoned, [99]
• Hospitality, [30], [124], [145], [146], [220], [256], [260]-6, [278]
• Hostilities suspended for Christmas-day, [81], [84]
• Hot cockles, [229], [247], [252]
• Houghton Chapel, [220]
• Household Book of Henry VII., [95]
• Household Book of Henry VIII., [100]
• Housekeeping, Christmas, [232]
• House of Commons, [207]
• House of Peers, [226]
• Howard family, [101]
• Howard, Frances, Countess of Essex, [155]
• Howitt, Mary, [276]
• "Hue and Cry after Christmas," [208]
• Huet, Sir John, [153]
• Huish, [241]
• Humber, the, [43]
• Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, [82]
• Hungary, [153];
  • King of, [35]
• Hunting, [32], [54]
• Huntingdon, Earl of, [79];
  • Countess of, [82]
• Hunt the Slipper, [247], [313]
• Hussars, 10th, [301]
• Hussey, Sir Richard, [153]
• Hypocras, [55]

• I
• Iceberg, Christmas upon an, [297]
• Ice-bound regions, [295]
• Ice sports, [45], [138], [154]-5
• Ideler, [13]
• Illuminations at Hampton Court, [120]
• Immanuel, [5]5, [6]
• India, [299]
• Indian Ocean, [308]
• Ingenuities and devices, [63]
• Inner Temple, [125], [136], [138]
• Innocents' Day, [38], [119], [169]
• Inns of Court, [111], [112], [137], [201], [218]
• Interludes, [103], [112]
• Interruptions of festivities, [85], [206]
• "Investigator," the, [294]
• Iona, the monks of, [27]
• Ipomydon, Romance of, [33]
• Ipswich, [68], [210]
• Ira Seu Tumulus Fortune, [183]
• Ireland, [52], [288]
• Irish customs, [251]
• Irish Princes and Chieftains, [55]
• Irving, Washington, [241], [258]
• Isabel, Queen of France, [78]
• Isabella, daughter of Edward III., [75]
• Isaiah, the Prophet, [5]
• Italy, [288]
• Italian characters, [230]
• Italian Masque, [100]

• J
• "Jack Straw," a masque, [112]
• Jacobites, [237]
• Jade, a charming, [252]
• Jamaica, [288]
• James I., [138], [150], [191], [193], [196]
• James II., [220], [225]
• James III. of Scotland, [98]
• James IV. of Scotland, [98]
• James's, St., [241]
• "Jane the Fool," [108]
• Jellalabad Plain, [302]
• Jermyn, Sir Isaac, [153];
• • Sir Robert, [153]
• Jerome, St., [13], [21]
• Jerusalem, the church at, [11]
• Jerusalem Chamber, [207]
• "Jesus, the Nazarene," [52]
• Jhelum, [300]
• Jinks, high, [285]
• Joan of Arc, [84]
• Joan of Kent, [76], [149]
• Jocund holiday, [266]
• John's College, St., Oxford, [111]
• John III., Duke of Cleves, [109]
• John's Day, St., [86], [134], [153], [219], [320]
• John, King, [59]
• John of Gaunt, [74]
• John of Salisbury, [54]
• John the Baptist, [13]
• Joints of meats, [265]
• Jones, Rev. A. G., [308]
• Jones, Mr. Charles C., [102]
• Jones, Mrs. Herbert, [85], [263]
• Jones, Inigo, [151]
• Jones, Mary, [280]
• Jonson, Ben, [86], [141], [148], [149], [151], [152], [190], [197]
• Jordan, [19]
• Joseph, [5], [6]
• Jousts, [32], [120]
• Judas Maccabæus, [17]
• Judæan origin of Christmas, supposed, [17]
• Jugglers, [31]
• Jule (see Yule)
• "Julebukker," [342]
• Julius Agricola, [25]
• Julius I., Bishop of Rome, [11]
• Jupiter, [152]
• Justin Martyr, [7]
• Justiciars' extravagance, [59]

• K
• Katherine of Arragon, [99]
• Katherine, wife of Henry V., [81]
• Kalends of January, [22]
• Karumpie, [55]
• Ken, Bishop, [11]
• Ken, Bishop, [11]
• Kenilworth Castle, [67], [68], [69], [84], [93], [197]
• Kent, [118]
• Kent, earldom of, [46]
• Kent, Countess of, [82];
• • Fair Maid of, [149]
• "Kepe Open Court," [69]
• "Kepe open thy door," [30], [146], [220]
• Kilaue, [307]
• Kimberley, [299]
• King and Council, [117]
• King at Lord Buckingham's, [192]
• King, Josiah, [233]
• King of Christmas, [112]
• "King of the Cockneys," [112]
• "King of the Peak," [224]
• King of Egypt and his daughter, [284]
• King's deer, [75]
• King's Lynn, [85]
• King's players, [151], [153]
• King's singing men, [89]
• King's train-bearer, [96]
• "Kingdome's Weekly Intelligencer," [208]
• Kinloch, [300]
• Kirke, George, [201]
• Kissing Bush, [250], [281]
• Kitts, St., [288]
• Knevet, Sir Thomas, [101]
• Knights and Ladies, playing at, [252]
• Knights of the Round Table, [30]
• Knights in armour, [99]
• Knight Templars, [60]
• Knipton, [266]
• Kyrie Eliesons, [22], [28]

• L
• La Blanche Nef, [47]
• Ladies-in-waiting, [263]
• Lady-bells ring, [267]
• Lady-Mass, [88]
• "Lady Public Weal," [112]
• Ladysmith, [299]
• Lalain, Count of, [118]
• Lamb, Charles, [200], [244]-6
• Lambeth, [38], [138]
• "Lamentation," [145]
• Lancastrians, [85], [86]
• Lanfranc, Archbishop, [46], [49]
• Lanterns, Feast of, [345]
• "Largess," a, [129]
• Latimer, Hugh, [113]
• Latin and Greek verse, [111]
• Laube, Dr., [297]
• Laud, Dr. (Archbishop), [191], [195]
• Launcelot, Sir, [32]
• Laurel, [273], [282]
• Laurel blent with cypress, 298
• Lavaine, Sir, [32]
• Lavish entertainments, [59]
• Law, Christmas, ancient, [35]
• Lawes, Henry, [151]
• Leaping, [32], [229]
• Leech, John, [289]
• Lee's "Mithridates," [218]
• Leeds, [283], [291]
• Legend of St. Nicholas, [310]
• Leicester, Earl of, [66], [139]
• Leigh, Gerard, [127]
• Leland, [95]
• Lenox, Duke of, [190]
• Leo, Pope, [35]
• Leon, King of Armenia, [78]
• Leon von Rozmital, [89]
• Leonard's chime, St., [267]
• Lerwick, [286]
• Letter Missions, [292]
• Leyden, [157]
• Library, St. John's College, [156]
• Lichfield Cathedral, [349], [350];
• • Deanery of, [157], [350]
• Lincoln, [51], [68]
• Lincoln, Earl of, [64]
• Lincoln's Inn, [111], [112], [138]
• Lincolnshire, [266]
• Linlithgow, [68]
• Lion and antelope as performers, [102]
• Lions' heads, [119]
• Lisbon, [226]
• Lists of combat, [101]
• Literature, [292], [313]
• Llanfairpyllycrochon, [280]
• Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, [67]
• Log-fires, [32], [301]
• Lollards, [80]
• London, [36], [38], [43], [45], [51], [60], [63], [71], [78], [138]
• London, Bishop of, [25], [79]
• Longchamps, William, Bishop of Ely, [59]
• Longe, John, [71], [72]
• Longfellow, [26], [43], [44], [271]
• Lord Chamberlain, [87], [139]
• Lord Chamberlain's players, [151]
• Lord Mayor of London, [116]
• Lord Mayor and Lord of Misrule at loggerheads, [198]
• Lord of Misrule, [74], [95], [100], [105], [109], [112], [115], [125], [126], [198], [200], [218]
• Lord President of Wales, [200]
• Lord Treasurer, [192]
• Lorrainers, [319]
• Loseley, Surrey, [122]
• Lott, Mr. J. B., [350]
• Louis of France, [62]
• Lambert, [213]
• Louis, St., [317]
• "Love's Triumph," [198]
• Lucius Verus, [24]
• "Luck of Christ," the, [325]
• Ludlow, [92], [200]
• Luke, St., [6], [7]
• Luther, Martin, [106]
• "Lying Valet," [237]
• Lyly's Plays, [141]
• Lyson's "Magna Britannia," [251]

• M
• Macaulay, Lord, [40]
• Machinists, ingenious, [151]
• Mackay, Dr. Charles, [274]
• Madden, Sir Frederick, [87]
• Madeley, Shropshire, [255], [284]
• Mafeking, [299]
• Magdalen College, Oxford, [109], [110]
• Magdalene College, Cambridge, [145]
• Magi, the, [11], [19], [28]
• Magna Charta, [60]
• Magnificence, [40], [87]
• Magnus, St., [49]
• Maid of Kent, Fair, [76], [149]
• Maid Marians, [286]
• Maid Marians, [286]
• Mainard, John, [117]
• Mallard, John, [114]
• Malory, Sir Thomas, [32]
• Malta, [307]
• Manger, superb substitutes for, [328]
• Manners, Lord and Lady John, [266]
• Manners, Sir John, [224]
• Manor, ancient, [148], [149]
• Mansfeld, [106]
• Mansions, [55]
• Manuel, Emperor, [52]
• Maori Pa, [304]
• March, Earl of, [82]
• Marcus Aurelius Antonius, [24]
• Margaret, daughter of Henry III., [64]
• Margaret of Anjou, [85], [86]
• Margaret, daughter of Henry VII., [97]
• Mark's, St., Venice, [336]
• Marlboro', [304]
• Marlborough, Duchess of, [225];
• • Duke of, [225]
• "Marmion," [36]
• Marriage festivities, [62], [63], [64], [81], [99], [151]-2
• Marseilles, [307]
• Marteaux (a game with balls), [88]
• Martial music, [84]
• Martigny, George, [88]
• Martin, [152]
• Martin's, St., Canterbury, [24]
• Martyn, John, [231]
• Martyrs, British, [20]
• Mary, the mother of Jesus, [5], [6]
• Mary, St., [53]
• Mary, Princess (afterwards Queen), [105];
  • her accession, [117];
  • Queen, [119], [136]
• Maryland, [314]
• Mary, Queen, wife of William III., [221]
• Mason, [251]
• Masquerade, [100], [102], [236]
• Masques, [52], [99], [119], [120], [143], [151], [152], [153], [154], [168], [192], [195], [197], [201];
  • rustic masque, [272]
• Massacres of Christians, [20]
• Massinger, Philip, [112], [193]
• "Master Christmas," [206]
• Master of the Children, the, [136]
• Master of the Revels, [74], [112], [125], [218] (see also Lord of Misrule)
• Matilda, Empress, daughter of Henry I., [47], [51]
• Matilda, Queen of Henry I., [49]
• Matins, [88]
• Matthew, St., [6]
• Maud, General, [300]
• Maupigyrum, [55]
• Mauritius, [288]
• Mayor and Aldermen of London, [74], [96]
• Mayor of Canterbury mobbed, [210]
• McClure, Sir R., [294]
• Mead, [55]
• Meade, Mr., [192], [198]
• Mediterranean, [307], [321], [331]
• Medley of Nymphs, savages, &c., [102]
• Melbourne, [303]
• "Meliades," [189]
• Melrose, [98]
• Memphis, [59]
• Mendelssohn, [350]
• Men of Kent, [210]
• Mephistopheles, [342]
• Mercia, [34], [35]
• "Merciless Parliament," [78]
• "Mercurius Academicus," [207]
• "Mercurius Civicus," [208]
• Mermaid Inn, [152]
• "Merry Boys of Christmas," [215]
• Merry Disports, Lord of, [117] (see also Master of the Revels)
• "Merry in the hall," [235]
• Merry tales, [195]
• Merton College, Oxford, [237]
• "Messiah," [304], [350]
• Metrical Romance, [69]
• Mexborough, [219]
• Michell, Sir Francis, [194]
• Middle Temple, [156], [192]
• Middleton Tower, Norfolk, [84]
• Midnight Mass, [316], [323]
• Midwinter Customs in the north, [284]
• Mildmay, Sir Henry, [192]
• Milford Haven, [93]
• Millbrook, Southampton, [265]
• Miller, Thomas, [248]
• Mills, [148]
• Milner, Dr., [31]
• Milton, [13], [200], [253]
• Mimics, [69]
• "Mince-pie," [273]
• Minerva, the Goddess, [102]
• Minstrels, [31], [41], [42], [43], [44], [58], [69], [315]
• Miracles at Becket's Sepulchre, [54]
• Miracle Plays, [52], [77]
• "Misa del Gallo," [340]
• "Misa di Lux," [340]
• Miscomia, [297]
• Misrule (see "Lord of Misrule")
• Missionary's Christmas, [308]
• Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, [286]
• Mistletoe, [28], [228], [250], [273], [282], [307], [318], [319]
• M'Kee, Mr. and Mrs., [313]
• Modern Christmases at home, [240]
• Modern Christmases abroad, [294]
• "Modern Intelligencer," The, [208]
• Mohnpielen, [335]
• Monk, General, [214]
• Monks, merry, [37], [56]
• Monson, Sir William, [192]
• Monstrelet, [81]
• Monte Carlo, [331]
• Montegele, Lord, [154]
• Montgomery, [154], [190]
• Morat, [55]
• Moray, Earl of, [71]
• More, Mr., of Loseley, [122]
• Morley, Lady, [91]
• Morley, Professor Henry, [69], [125], [136], [193], [229]
• Morrice Dance, [102]
• Mortimer, Anne, [86]
• Morville, Hugh de, [53]
• Mosaics, [16], [331]
• Mother of the maids, [139]
• Motley throng, [286]
• Mowbrays, [148]
• Moyle, Thomas, [112]
• Muddle, General, [297]
• Mumming, [52], [80], [121], [234], [236], [267]
• Murray, Sir Andrew, [71]
• Murray, Sir Andrew, [71]
• Muschamp, Sir Thomas, [153]
• Music, [195]
• Musicians, [129]
• Musk veal, [294]
• Mysteries, [77]

• N
• "Naogeorgus," [121]
• Naples, [336]
• Napoleon Bonaparte, [321]
• Naseby, [209]
• Nativity, place of the, [7];
• • Church and Convent of the, 7;
  • feast of the, [15];
  • massacres at the, [20];
  • sermons on the, [193]-5
• Navarre, [63]
• Navidad discovered, [96]
• Negroes' merry Christmas, [314]
• Negro minstrels, [286]
• Neighbours and Tenants, [146], [220]
• Nelson, New Zealand, [304]
• Nero, [15], [20]
• Netherlands, [288]
• Neville's Cross, [74]
• Neville, Sir Richard, [82]
• Nevil, Lord, [86], [101]
• Newark-on-Trent, [62]
• New Brunswick, [288]
• Newcastle-upon-Tyne, [68]
• New England Puritans, [314]
• New Forest, [47]
• Newmarket, [194], [218]
• New style, [237]
• Newton, Sir Isaac, [14], [204]
• New Year's Day, [93], [95], [96], [100], [130], [135], [169], [170], [189], [199], [203], [260], [263], [271], [284], [286], [291], [323], [342]
• New Zealand, [304]
• Nicholas's Day, St., [119]
• Nichols, [120], [124], [126], [153], [155], [191], [192], [193]-5
• Nicomedia, [20]
• Nigellus, [53]
• Novgorod, [319]
• Nip, [342]
• "Nippin Grund," the, [286]
• Noblemen, [99], [124] (see others named)
• Noche-buena, [340]
• Nocturnal Office, [317]
• Noël or Nowell, [9], [33], [319], [321], [346], [350]
• Nonconformists, [207]
• Norfolk, [143], [146], [218]
• "Norman Baron," the, [43]-4
• Norman celebrations, [40], [41]
• Norman Conquest helped, [37]
• Norman-French customs, [38]
• Normandy, dukedom of, [47]
• Normandy, [42], [318], [320]
• Northampton, Marquis of, [139]
• Northamptonshire, [284]
• North, Mr. Thomas, [232]
• Northern nations, [15]
• North Pole, [295]
• North Sea fishermen, [286]
• North West Passage, [294]
• Northumberland, [43], [255]
• Northumberland, Earl of, [37], [86];
  • earldom of, [43];
  • Duke of, [117]
• Northumberland Household Book, [103]
• Northumbrians, [27], [38]
• Norton, Thomas, [125]
• Norway, [288], [342]
• Nottingham, [68], [189]
• Nova Scotia, [288]
• Nuns, [267], [271], [321]

• O
• Oberon, [342]
• Odo, Bishop, [46]
• Offa, "the mighty," [34], [350]
• Officers of "Grand Christmas," list of, [126];
• • of Christmas Prince, [165]-6-7;
  • officers, Royal, of Arms, [139]
• Oglethorpe, Bishop, [123]
• Olaf, King, [26]
• "Old Christmas," [145], [230], [273], [276]
• "Old and Young Courtiers," [217]
• Oldisworth, Michael, [201]
• "Open Court" of Cardinal Wolsey, [104]
• "Open House," [113], [220]
• Opera, the, [228]
• Order of the Garter instituted, [72]
• Ordinances of the Puritans, [207]
• Orkney Isles, [287]
• Orleans, [84]
• Orpheus, [19], [29], [152]
• Osborne House, [261]-3
• Othbert, [49]
• Ovation to Henry V., [81]
• Overbury, Sir Thomas, [155]
• Ovid, [230]
• Oxford, [38], [51], [68], [109], [140], [210]

• P
• Paganism, [19], [20], [22], [28]
• Pageantry, [31], [63], [122]
• Paget, Lord, [120]
• Palatine, marriage of, [151]
• "Palemon and Arcite," [140]
• Palestine, [54]
• "Pallas, Knights of," [102]
• Palmer, Mr., Lord of Misrule, [198]
• Pansch, Dr., [295]
• Panting Piper, [305]
• Pantomime, [229], [230]
• Papal Legate, [64]
• Pappa Westra, [287]
• Paris, [35], [291], [316], [317], [318]
• Paris, Matthew, [54], [63]
• Paris Tournament, [78]
• Parker, Lieutenant and Mrs., [313]
• "Parlement," [45]
• Parliamentarians, [206]
• Parliament, new Houses of, [46]
• Parliament, the first English, [65]
• Parson makes merry with parishioners, [113]
• Parties, [309]
• "Paston Letters," [86], [91]
• Pastoral, "Calisto," [218]
• Patriarch of Venice, [336]
• Patrick, St., [284]
• Paulinus, Missionary, [30]
• Paul, Mr. Howard, [309]
• Paul's Cathedral, St., [140]
• Paul's Church, St., [119]
• Paul's Cross, St., [92]
• Paul's Cross, St., [92]
• Paul St., Earl of, [79]
• Paul's School, St., [77]
• Paupers, merry, [288]
• Pavy, Salathiel, [142]
• Peacocks, [96], [97]
• Pegasus, [198]
• Pembroke, the Regent, [62]
• Pembroke, Countess of, [241]
• "Penelope's Wooer," [187]
• Penshurst, Kent, [148]-9
• Pepys, Samuel, [145], [218]
• Perche, Countess of, [47]
• Peres, William, [103]
• Performers, various, [41], [77]
• "Periander," a tragedy, [185]
• Periodicals, [292], [313]
• Period of Christmas, [11], [35], [111], [135], [227]
• Perrers, Alice, [74], [75]
• Perth, [274]
• Perry, [55]
• Peshawur, [300]
• Petavius, [13]
• Peter of Blois, [56]
• Peter, St., [283]
• Peter the Great, of Russia, [223]
• Peter's, St., Rome, [330]
• Pétit Souper, [322]
• Petworth, [225]
• Philip of Spain, [118]
• Philip and Mary, [119]
• Philippa, Queen, [72]
• "Philomathes," [176]
• "Philomela," a tragedy, [169]
• Philosopher's game, [195]
• Phœnicia, [55]
• Picnics, [304]
• Picts and Scots, [26], [31]
• "Picturesque Europe," [224]
• Pièce de résistance, [294]
• Piers Gaveston, [68]
• Pigment, [55]
• Pilgrims, [59]
• Pires Barnard, [68]
• Pipers, [31], [89]
• Place de la Madeline, [319]
• Place de la République, [319]
• Plague, the, [139]
• Plantagenets, [68]
• Plato's Dialogue, [17]
• Plays, Christmas, [76]-7, [84], [91], [95], [102], [112], [125], [136]-7, [142], [284], [320]-1
• Playing Cards, [90]
• Plum-pudding, [245], [263], [265], [273], [317], [319]
• Pocahontas, [314]
• Poculum charitatis, [237]
• Poetic pictures of Christmas, [33], [34], [43]-4, [69], [203], [204]-5, [217], [221]-2, [227], [250], [258], [274], [276]-8, [288], 298, [350]
• Poictiers, [74]
• Pointer, [237]
• Poleaxes for Pensioners, [156]
• Pole, Cardinal, [118], [119]
• "Pompey," [36]
• Pontefract, [87], [92]
• "Poor Robin's Almanack," [217], [222], [223], [230]
• Pope, poet, [46], [230]
• "Popish Customs," so called, [109]
• Popple, John, [257]
• Popular festivities, [242]
• Portugal, [226], [288]
• Post and Pair, [247], [250]
• Post-office and postmen, [292]
• Poverty at Court, [86]
• Prayer Books of Edward VI., [117]
• Presbytery, [109]
• Presents, [15], [42], [69], [88], [312], [323], [326], [335]
• Presentation in the Temple, [348]
• Presepio (manger), [328]
• Preston, Sir Richard, [190]
• Priestess, Druid, [228]
• Priests bearing relics, [90]
• Priestly practices, [121], [317], [328]
• Primate's cruelty, [200]
• Primitive celebrations, [19]
• "Prince Charlie," [237]
• Prince of Wales, [85], [225], [263]
• Prince of Wales's Strait, [294]
• Princes of Germany, [35], [109]
• Princes play in masques, [152], [197]
• Privy Council, [117]
• Prolongation of Revels, [201]
• Promethus, [152]
• Protectorate, the, [213]
• Protestantism of Queen Elizabeth, [122]
• Provençal Plays, [320]-1
• Provence, [320], [321];
• • Eleanor of, [62]-4
• Provision for the poor, [257]-8, [260]-6
• Prowess, [67], [72], [73], [84], [99], [190]
• Prussian Royal Family, [334]
• Prynne, William, [199]
• Psyche, [19]
• Ptarmigan pasties, [295]
• Punch, [282], [342]
• Puppet shows, [227], [321], [328]
• Purification, the, [73]
• Puritan Directory, [207]
• Puritanism, [109]
• Purposes, [195]
• Puss-in-the-Corner, [236]
• Pynson, printer, [104]