Part 3 — INDEX.

Abbo, monk of St. Germain-des-Pres, his account of the siege of Paris in 886, p. 88.

Advocati of the Church, Part ii. 165.

Adze-axe, Part i. 45, 48.

Aestii, 68.

Agathias, 4, 5, 16.

Ailettes, 245, 368;

various forms of, 250; their purpose, 251; enriched, 252; of leather, 369.

Ailettes figured, 247, 250, 254.

Aketon, 129.

Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne, his enigma, "De Lorica," 62.

Andegavi, 9.

Anelace, 315.

Anglo-Saxons, 9, 15, 17, 21, 65.

Angon, 6, 25.

Arabic Treatise on the Art of War in the thirteenth century, 329.

Arbalest (see Cross-bow).

Arbalestina, 204.

Archers, Part ii. 100, 104, 105, 115, 157, 186, Pt. iii. 198, 224;

mounted, Pt. ii. 102, Pt. iii. 195; of Anjou, 200; placed at the wings, Pt. iii. 224; intermixed with cavalry, 225.

Arcubalestarii, 201.

Armati, 197.

Armour (see Body-armour).

Arms, View of, Part iii. 211.

Army forms barrier of carts and wagons, 225.

Arrière-ban, Pt. ii. 98, 99, Pt. iii. 212.

Arrows, Pt. i. 54, Pt. ii. 156, Pt. iii. 325;

poisoned, Pt. i. 54; found in graves, Pt. i. 55; tri-barbed, Pt. ii. 157; within and without the Forest, 211, 212; with phials of quick-lime attached, 325.

Arrows figured, 56, 195, 199, 201.

Artillerie, 203.

Astrologers, Part ii. 118, Pt. iii. 227.

Axe, Part i. 5, 12, 45, Pt. ii. 104, 153, Pt. iii. 213, 319;

of copper and iron, Pt. i. 45; inscribed, Pt. i. 47; handle of, Pt. i. 49; handle of iron, Pt. i. 50; Danish, Pt. i. 12, Pt. iii. 219, 320, 321; carved on knightly tomb, 318; double-axe (see Bipennis).

Axes figured, 46, 205, 206.

Bainbergæ, 244.

Balista, Part i. 88, Pt. ii. 158, (see Cross-bow).

Ban, Pt. i. 99.

Banded-mail, 260;

effigies exhibiting it, 260 note, 267; for horse-trappers, 267; for elephant-trappers, 267.

Banner, Pt. i. 95, Pt. ii. 165, Pt. iii. 334;

imperial, of the Eagle, 332; of French king to be borne by the Chief Chamberlain, 334; of St. Paul of London, 335; of St. John of Beverley, 338.

Bannerer of London in the thirteenth century, 334.

Barbican, 355;

examples of, remaining in England, 360.

Basques, 99, 219.

Bassinet, 292, 367.

Bâton, 131, 322.

Battering-Ram, Pt. i. 88, Pt. ii. 178.

Battle of the Casilin, 16;

of Hastings, 16, 19, 21, 55, 114; of Stanford Bridge, 20; of Cuton Moor, or of the Standard, 108; of Bovines, 198, 343; of Falkirk, 217; of Lewes, 331; of Nuova Croce, 342.

Bayeux Tapestry, 93, 120.

Beads, found in graves of Anglo-Saxon period, 39.

Beáh, 10.

Beard, its fashion, Pt. i. 21, Pt. ii. 149, Pt. iii. 300.

Beffroi, 173, 354.

Behourd, Pt. ii. 182, Pt. iii. 211.

Bells used in tournament equipment, 369.

Berefreid, 174.

Bezanted armour, 255.

Biblia, 352.

Bidaux, Pt. iii. 196, 206.

Biffa, 349.

Bill, Pt. i. 57, 58, Pt. iii. 324.

Bipennis, Pt. i. 5, 45, 48, Pt. ii. 154, Pt. iii. 320.

Bisacuta, 155.

Biturici, 9.

Blazonæ, 369.

Body-armour, Part i. 60, Pt. ii. 119, Pt. iii. 227;

at first used by chiefs only, 61; of chain-mail, 61, 227, 233; of jazerant, Pt. i. 64, Pt. ii. 111; of hide, Pt. i. 64; quilted, Pt. i. 64, Pt. ii. 134, Pt. iii. 229, 239; of scale-work, Pt. i. 65, Pt. ii. 132, 133, Pt. iii. 255; of leather, 132, 240; of horn, 133; studded, 134, 243, 255, 256; of banded-mail, 260; with breast and back-plates, 271.

Body-guard, Pt. i. 10, Pt. ii. 100.

Boots, 136.

Bosses (see Shields).

Bosses figured, 73, 75.

Bovines, battle of, 198, 343.

Bow (long-bow), Part i. 54, Pt. ii. 105, 156, 160, Pt. iii. 199, 211, 325;

found in graves, 57; its superiority to the Cross-bow, 160.

Bows figured, 195, 199, 201, 205, 206.

Brabanters, 99.

Brachières, 240, 369.

Brasses, monumental, Pt. iii. 193, 195 note.

Breast-plate, early example of, 271.

Bretèche, 357 and note.

Bridles, Pt. i. 79, Pt. ii. 171, Pt. iii. 341.

Brigands, 196, 206.

Bronze Period, 1.

Bucula, 292.

Burgundians, 9.

Byrnie, Pt. i. 12, 61, Pt. ii. 109.

Caerphilly Castle, xxv., 377.

Caliburn, 152.

Caltrops, 172.

Canute, 10.

Capitularies of Charlemagne, 8, 9, 14, 15, 54, 61.

------------ of Charles le Chauve, 8, 166.

Captains of Bowmen, 214.

Carcassone, Siege of, 355;

its present state, 360.

Carda, a kind of cloth used in the fabrication of armour, 240, 368.

Cargan, 241.

Carrocio, Part i. 86, Pt. ii. 107, 165, Pt. iii. 331.

Casilinus, battle of the, 16, 17.

Casque normand, 130.

Castle, Norman, xii., 189.

------- Edwardian, xxv., 377.

Cat or Cattus, an engine for siege purposes, Part ii. 178, Pt. iii. 353, 361.

Catapulta, 89.

Ceorl, 10, 38.

Cervellière, 292;

its invention, 293.

Chain-mail, Part i. 61, Pt. ii. 130, Pt. iii. 227;

early fragment in British Museum, 63; various modes of representing, 123, 270; shewn of different colours, 270.

Chanfrein, 348.

Chantones, 292.

Charge "en haie," 115, 223.

Charlemagne, his armour, 8;

his sword and belt, 38; (see Capitularies).

Chastones, 347.

Chat-Chastel, 355.

Chausses, iron, 134;

studded, Pt. ii. 134, Pt. iii. 243, 255; of chain-mail, 241; of chain-mail, laced behind, 241; of banded-mail, 242; with poleyns, 242.

Chausson, 242;

with knee-pieces, 243.

Childebert I., 30, 47.

--------- II., 18.

Chinese armour, 120.

------- incendiary weapons, 331.

Chivalry, 94, 97.

Church, armed contingent of, 9.

Circle, the ornament of the coif and hood of mail, Pt. iii. 235, 237.

Clavones, 347.

Clergy militant, Pt. i. 14, Pt. ii. 108, 113, 153, Pt. iii. 220.

Clientes, 196, 208.

Clovis, 9, 17.

Club, 324.

Code, military, Pt. ii. 103.

Cœnomanici, 9.

Coif of mail, continuous, Pt. ii. 130;

flat-topped, Pt. iii. 235; rounded, 235; how fastened, 235; worn with or without other head-defence, 236; under-coif, 238; with, front of plate, 291.

Coin, with figure of a Frankish warrior, 31.

Collarium, Pt. iii. 234.

Communal militia, Pt. i. 99, Pt. ii. 166, Pt. iii. 195.

Connoissances, Pt. ii. 167, Pt. iii. 196.

Constables, Pt. iii. 211;

of bowmen, Pt. iii. 214; of cavalry, Pt. iii. 215.

Contus, 155.

Copita, 348.

Coterelli, 99.

Coudières, 234.

Coustillers, 196, 204.

Crest, fan, for helm, 142;

for knight, 347, 368; for horse, 347, 368.

Croc, 324.

Cross-bow, Pt. ii. 158, Pt. iii. 325;

various kinds of, 326, 353.

Cross-bows figured, 201, 205.

Cross-bowmen, mounted, Pt. iii. 195, 202;

in thirteenth century, 201; wearing armour, 204; placed on the wings, 225.

Cuirie, Pt. iii. 240, 368.

Cultellus, Pt. ii. 154, Pt. iii. 210, 314.

Cultellarius, 155.

Culvertage, Pt. iii. 213 and note.

Cuneus, Pt. i. 16, Pt. iii. 223.

Cuton Moor, battle of, 108.

Dagger, Pt. i. 7, 43, 51, Pt. ii. 110, 154, Pt. iii. 318;

of bronze and iron, Pt. i. 53; inlaid, 53; carved on knightly tomb, Pt. iii. 318; at Durham, of the thirteenth century, 318.

Daggers figured, 52, 244, 283.

Dagger-sheath, Pt. i. 43, 53.

Danes, Pt. i. 12.

Danish axe, Pt. i. 12, Pt. iii. 219, 320.

Destrier, Pt. iii. 197, 340.

Divers employed against shipping, Pt. ii. 177.

Duel, Legal, 375.

Eagle, Imperial, 164, 332.

Effigies, knightly, Pt. iii. 193;

works illustrative of, 194 note.

Engines, military, Pt. i. 87, Pt. ii. 173, Pt. iii. 224, 348;

Arabic in thirteenth century, 329.

Eorl, 9, 38.

Espée à l'estoc, 314.

Esquire, Pt. ii. 95, Pt. iii. 195.

Espringale, Pt. iii. 224, 353.

Exempts, 9.

Exercises of military aspirants, Pt. i. 83, Pt. ii. 181, 185, 188.

Falarica, 89.

Falchion, Pt. iii. 312.

--------- figured, 313.

Falkirk, battle of, 217.

Falx, faus, or falso, Pt. iii. 211, 323.

Faussar, 324.

Female warriors, Pt. i. 15.

------ spies, 209.

Fetel, 10.

Feudal levy, Pt. i. 95, Pt. ii. 103, Pt. iii. 195.

Fitzstephen, his description of London games in the twelfth century, 185.

Flag, lance, Pt. ii. 150, 167, 168, Pt. iii. 305, 338.

Flags, Pt. i. 84, Pt. ii. 163, Pt. iii. 331.

Flail, military, 327.

Foot, knights contend as, Pt. ii. 116.

Foot-troops, Pt. iii. 196, 197, 216;

ridden down by the knights of their own party, 203.

Fork, military, Pt. i. 57.

Formation of troops, Pt. i. 16, Pt. ii. 101, 108, 114, Pt. iii. 217, 223.

Forts of wood, 180.

Francisca, 45.

Franks, 4, 9, 16, 53.

Fraternitas armorum, 50 note.

Frieslanders, Pt. iii. 219.

Gambeson, Pt. ii. 111, 127, Pt. iii. 229, 239.

Gauls, 9.

Gauntlets of scale-work, 234.

Gaveloches, 219.

Geldon, 151.

Gerefa, 15.

Germans, Pt. i. 9, 16, 17, 31.

Gesa, 106.

Gibet, 153.

Godbertum, 292.

Godendac, 323.

Godwin, Earl, his present to Hardecanute, 12.

Gonfanon, Pt. ii. 103, 166.

Graisle, 168.

Greaves, Pt. iii. 244.

Greek fire, Pt. i. 89, Pt. ii. 161, Pt. iii. 327;

Arabic treatise on, 329; discharged in barrels, 351.

Guisarme, Pt. i. 50, Pt. ii. 106, 155, Pt. iii. 211, 322.

Gula, Laws of, 12.

Gunpowder, 89.

Gwentland, archers of, 105.

Hair, how worn, Pt. ii. 148, Pt. iii. 301.

Halbard, Pt. i. 11, Pt. iii. 323.

Harold II., 18, 64.

Harold Harfagar, 20.

Hastiludes, 181.

Hastings, battle of, 16, 19, 21, 55, 114.

Hauberk, Pt. ii. 129, Pt. iii. 233;

with continuous coif, Pt. ii. 130, Pt. iii. 233; short-sleeved, 131, 239; long-sleeved, 131; with fingered gloves, Pt. iii. 234; with separate gauntlets, 234; with coudières, 234.

Haubergeon, Pt. ii. 131, Pt. iii. 239.

Helm, flat-topped, 279, 346;

flat-topped, with moveable ventail, 281; worn over the mail-coif, 281; round-topped, 281; of "sugar-loaf" form, 282; of leather, 282, 368, 369; secured by a chain, 285; with fan-crest, 285; with peacock plume, 286; with horns, 289; crowned, 289; of Poitiers, 293.

Helmets, Pt. i. 66, Pt. ii. 138, Pt. iii. 274;

combed, Pt. i. 67, Pt. ii. 140; conical, Pt. i. 67, Pt. ii. 140, Pt. iii. 290; Phrygian, Pt. i. 67, Pt. ii. 140; round-topped, Pt. i. 67, Pt. ii. 140, Pt. iii. 290; crested, Pt. i. 68, Pt. ii. 141, 142, Pt. iii. 285; charmed, 68; frame, Pt. i. 69, Pt. iii. 291; of bronze, 71; of bronze gilt, 71; of wood, 71; crowned, 72, 289; nasal, Pt. i. 72, Pt. ii. 130, 138, Pt. iii. 291; wide-rimmed, Pt. ii. 112, 141, Pt. iii. 290; with cheek-pieces and neck-pieces, 139; flat-topped, Pt. ii. 141, Pt. iii. 289; with heraldic device, 142; open-faced, 291.

Hood of chain-mail, Pt. iii. 236;

flat-topped, 236; round-topped, 236; slipped off the head and resting on the shoulders, 237; hood of cloth-like material, 237.

Horns, Pt. ii. 169, Pt. iii. 338.

Horse, buried in the grave of warrior, 80, 83 note;

spare in the field of battle, 116; Spanish, Pt. ii. 173, Pt. iii. 339; of William the Conqueror, 173; with fan-crest, 286; breeds of, 339; horses of contending knights fight also, 340; armed horses come into use in England, 344.

Horse furniture, Pt. i. 79, Pt. ii. 169, Pt. iii. 340;

rich, 80, 340; of chain-mail, Pt ii. 169, Pt. iii. 197, 335, 341, 343; of cloth, 335; of silk, 336; quilted, 341, 343; armoried, 341, 345, 347.

Horse troops, Pt. i. 17, Pt. ii. 103, Pt. iii. 195.

Hourds, 358 note.

Hungarians, 13.

Húscarlas, 10, 38.

Icelanders, 11.

Irish troops, Part ii. 103.

Iron Period, 2.

Italy, troops in, Pt. i. 12, Pt. iii. 195, 218.

Javelin, Part i. 29, Pt. ii. 156, Pt. iii. 325.

Jazerant armour, Pt. i. 64, Pt. ii. 111.

Joust, 182.

Jousts of Peace, 368.

Knee-pieces, 243.

Knife (see Dagger).

Knight bachelor, 95.

------ banneret, 95.

Knights, of low degree, 96;

tied to saddle, 172; effeminate, 188; perform every kind of military duty, 222; equipment of in 1298, 292.

Lance (see Spear).

Legal Duel, 375.

Leg-bands, Part i. 65, Pt. ii. 134.

---------- defences, 134.

Levy, feudal, Pt. i. 95, Pt. ii. 103, Pt. iii. 195.

Levy, general, Pt. i. 97.

London pastimes in the twelfth century, 185.

Mace, Pt. i. 57, Pt. ii. 153, Pt. iii. 321.

Machicoulis, 357 note.

Maître des Arbalestriers de France, 204.

Mallet, 207.

Mangona, Pt. i. 88, Pt. ii. 179, Pt. iii. 348.

Mangonella, 179;

sea-mangonel, 325, 352; Arabian, 330.

Mantle, 133, 137.

Manufacture of arms and armour, Pt. ii. 162, Pt. iii. 293, 316, 320.

Massue, 324.

Mate-Griffon, 176.

Men-at-arms, Pt. ii. 103, Pt. iii. 197.

Mercenary troops, Pt. i. 99, Pt. ii. 115.

Mines, Pt. ii. 180;

defiances in, 181; knightly vigils in, 181.

Misericorde, 319.

Monk of St. Gall, his description of the armour of Charlemagne, 8.

Monument of victory in the Campagna di Roma, 361.

Morning-star, 57, 58.

Musculus, 88.

Musical instruments, Pt. ii. 168, Pt. iii. 338.

Mustilers, 367.

Necromancers, 118.

Normans, Pt. i. 17, Pt. ii. passim.

Odo, bishop of Bayeux, his armour and arms, 113, 131.

Omens consulted for military purposes, 17.

Oriflamme, Pt. ii 165, Pt. iii. 333.

Otho the Great, ceremonies at his coronation, 31.

Panzar, Part i. 12, Pt. ii. 109.

Pay of knights in the time of King John, 213;

of knights and others in the reign of Edward I., 214.

Pennon, Pt. i. 95, Pt. ii. 103, 167, Pt. iii. 338.

------- of French King to be borne by the Chief Varlet Tranchant, 334.

Petrary, Turkish, 356.

Pictavi, 9.

Pigacia, 137.

Pike, Pt. i. 57, Pt. ii. 162.

Pilete, 207, 342.

Plastron-de-fer, 119.

Plate-armour introduced, 227.

Pluteus, 88.

Poisoned weapons, Pt. i. 40, 54, 59.

Poitrail, Pt. ii. 171, Pt. iii. 341.

Pole-axe, Pt. i. 45, 48, Pt. iii. 322.

Poleyns, 242, 243.

Porchester Castle, xii., 189.

Posse Comitatûs, 10, 97 (and see Statutes of Arms).

Pourpoint, 210, 239.

Pourpointers of Paris in the thirteenth century, 239.

Prayer-book of Charles the Bald, 57.

Procopius, 4.

Prussians, 112.

Quarrels or bolts of cross-bows, Pt. ii. 159, Pt. iii. 204, 326.

-------- "empennés d'airain," 327.

Quintain, water, Pt. ii. 186;

various kinds of, 187; on Offham Green, Kent, 187; at London in 1252, 374.

Quiretta, 368.

Quiver, Pt. i. 55, Pt. ii. 102, 158, Pt. iii. 325.

Races, migrations of, 1.

Relics, Saintly, in request for warlike purposes, 17.

Ribauds, Pt. iii. 196, 206, 228;

Roi des Ribauds, 208.

Richard Cœur-de-Lion an archer, 157.

Roi des Hérauts, 367.

Roman influences, 7, 88, 89.

Round-table Game, 306, 370;

at Wallenden, 371; at Kenilworth, 372; Round Table of King Arthur at Winchester, 372.

Rutarii, 99.

Sabre, curved, Pt. iii. 314.

Saddle, Part i. 79, 81, Pt. ii. 169, Pt. iii. 340.

Saddle-cloth, 170;

armoried, 336, 340.

Saintly aid in battle, 117.

Saracens, 13.

Saracenic wall, 357.

Satellites, 196, 209.

Saxon Chronicle, 11, 14, 76.

Scale armour, Pt. i. 65, Pt. ii. 132, 133, Pt. iii. 234, 255.

Scandinavians, Pt. i. 12, Pt. ii. 109.

Scottish troops, Pt. ii. 106, Pt. iii. 217.

Scramasaxi, 60.

Scutage, 99.

Sea-fights, 362;

sea-mangonels, 325, 352.

Seals, their use in the study of ancient costume, 93;

various modes of expressing armour upon them, 122.

Seal of William the Conqueror, 92, 142;

of William Rufus, 102, 123; of Henry I., 119; of Alexander I., king of Scotland, 106; of King Stephen, 122, 126, 145; of Henry II., 151, 170; of Conan, duke of Britanny, 140; of Richard Cœur-de-Lion, 123, 140, 141, 142, 146; of King John, 228, 289, 290; of Saer de Quinci, 345; of Alexander II. of Scotland, 147, 340; of King Henry III., 298, 308; of Roger de Quinci, 345; of Hugo de Vere, 345; of King Edward I., 339, 345; of Robert Fitz Walter, 336, 340.

Seals figured:—of William I., 92;

of William II., 102; of Henry I., 119; of Alexander I. of Scotland, 107; of Stephen, 122, 144; of Henry II., 151, 170; of Conan, duke of Britanny, 140; of Richard I., frontispiece; of John, 228; of Henry III., 299, 307; of Roger de Quinci, 346; of Edward I., 339.

Seax, 34, 35.

Sergens-d'armes, Pt. ii. 100, Pt. iii. 196, 198.

------- de pied, 196, 197.

Shields, Pt. i. 72, Pt. ii. 143, Pt. iii. 293;

bosses of, Pt. i. 72, 78, Pt. ii. 143, 144, Pt. iii. 295; handle, 72; reinforced with iron strips, 74; of Anglo-Saxon period, usually of lime-wood, 74; partly of leather, 76; rim of metal, 76, 111; round, Pt. i. 72, Pt. ii. 111, 143, 145, Pt. iii. 294, 318; oval, 76; painted and gilt, 76, 146; carried at back, 77, 146; large, 77; bronze coatings of, 78; Danish, 78; guige, Pt. i. 79, Pt. ii. 146, Pt. iii. 295; position in the graves, 79; kite-shaped, Pt. ii. 143, Pt. iii. 294; triangular, Pt. ii. 143, Pt. iii. 294; enarmes, 145, 295; heraldic, Pt. ii. 146, Pt. iii. 296; rich, 78, 147; used for bier of slain knight, 147; heart-shaped, Pt. iii. 294; pear-shaped, 294; quadrangular, 295; rounded below, 295; materials of, in thirteenth century, 295; with "pattern" ornaments, 297; slung at hip, 297; hung on room walls, 297; hung up in churches as memorials of distinguished knights, 297; carved on knightly tomb, 318.

Shields figured: frontispiece, Part i. 60, 64, 65, 67, 77, Pt. ii. 92, 102, 119, 122, 127, 129, 135, 136, 140, 144, 151, 170, Pt. iii. 228, 230, 232, 237, 243, 244, 250, 275, 283, 285, 287, 296, 299, 303, 313, 339, 346.

Ships, Pt. i. 11, 90, Pt. ii. 110, 147, 173, 178, Pt. iii. 362.

Sica, 35.

Sidonius Apollinaris, 4, 34.

Siege of Paris in 886, 88;

of Jerusalem in 1099, 173; of Crema in 1160, 176, 181; of Ancona in 1174, 177; of Messina in 1190, 178; of Acre, in 1191, 180; of Bedford castle in 1224, 360; of Carcassone in 1240, 355; of the Castle of Capaccio in 1246, 350.

Sigeward, duke of Northumberland, his death, 66.

Skating tilt, 187.

Sling, Pt. i. 57, 58, Pt. ii. 156, Pt. iii. 204, 327;

sling-stones, 59; staff-sling, 206, 327.

Slings figured, Pt. i. 59, Pt. ii. 135, Pt. iii. 205, 206.

Soket, 306.

Song, war, 20.

Soudoyers, 208.

Sow, an engine for sieges, 174.

Spears, Pt. i. 21, Pt. ii. 150, Pt. iii. 301.

------- figured, Pt. i. 22, 23, 64, 65, 66, 67, 77, 90, Pt. ii. 92, 102, 107, 119, 122, 127, 129, 133, 135, 136, 137, Pt. iii. 237, 243, 244, 250, 254, 303.

Spear, shaft of, 27, 150;

shoe of, 29; represented on knightly tomb, 305, 318; for hastiludes, 306.

Spies, 209.

Spingarda, 353.

Spingardella, 353.

Spurs, Pt. i. 81, Pt. ii. 171, Pt. iii. 298;

on left heel only, 82; rowelled, 298; enriched, 300; suspended in churches as trophies, 300.

Standards, Pt. i. 84, Pt. ii. 163, Pt. iii. 331;

Danish, 84; Anglo-Saxon, 85; Dragon, 85, 164, 331, or Carrocium, Pt. i. 86, Pt. ii. 107, 165, Pt. iii. 331; of William the Conqueror, 163; of the emperor Otho, 164; of Philip Augustus, 302, 334; French Royal Standard, 334.

Standard, battle of the, 107.

Stanford Bridge, battle of, 20.

Statute-of-Arms of William of Scotland, 50;

of Henry II. in 1181, 97; of Frejus in 1233, 230, 241; of Henry III. in 1252, 210; of Winchester in 1285, 199, 210; of Edward I. in 1298, 344.

Steallera, 11.

Steel, hardening of in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, 163.

Stone-hammer, 57, 58.

Stone Period, 1.

Stones used as weapons, 162.

Stratagems, 116, 225.

Studded armour, 134, 243, 255;

of several kinds, 256.

Sudis, 155.

Surcoat, military, Pt. ii. 111, 126, Pt. iii. 271;

its use, 271; short and long worn throughout the thirteenth century, 272; armoried, 272; its purpose, 273; powdered with escutcheons, 273; sleeved, 274; of Sindon silk, 369; of Carda, 369.

Swords, Pt. i. 31, Pt. ii. 151, Pt. iii. 307;

rich, 37, 309; of Charlemagne, 38; inscribed, 39; inlaid, 40; named, 40, 152; poisoned, 40; bent, found in graves, 42; of William the Conqueror, 152; manner of furbishing, 153; Hungarian, 163; worn at the right side, 311; of King Henry III., 311; German and French in the thirteenth century, 311; curved sabre, 314; stabbing, 314; of Cologne, 316; sword and buckler fight, 316; sword carved on knightly tomb, 317, 318; made of whalebone, 368, 370.

Swords figured: frontispiece, Pt. i. 32, 33, 60, 67, Pt. ii. 130, 132, 135, 136, 140, 144, 151, 170, Pt. iii. 192, 199, 228, 230, 237, 238, 243, 247, 254, 257, 261, 268, 275, 283, 285, 287, 296, 299, 303, 313, 339, 346.

Sword-belts, 44, 152, 309.

----- cross-piece, 34, 151, 308.

----- handle, 35, 308.

----- sheath, 42, 309;

worn beneath hauberk, 130.

Tacitus, 7, 11, 16, 88.

Tactics, Pt. i. 16, Pt. ii. 108, 114, Pt. iii. 222.

Taper-axe, 45, 47.

Tartars, 172.

Tela nodosa, 106.

Tents, 362.

Tenures by various military services: at Riddesdale, Northumberland, 152;

at Faintree, Salop, 200; at Chetton, Salop, 201; by Castle-guard, at Portsmouth, 239; at Sockburn, Durham, 313; at Plumpton, Warwickshire, 321; at Baynard's Castle, London, 334.

Terebra, 89.

Testaræ, 348.

Testudo, 88.

Time of military service, 9, 96.

Tournament, Pt. ii. 182, Pt. iii. 362;

near St. Edmundsbury, 183; restricted to five localities in England, 184; in France under Philippe Auguste, 184; armour not different from that worn in battle, 185; writers on the subject, 185 note; forbidden, 211, 364; tumultuous at Rochester in 1251, 363; of Châlons in 1274, 363; Statute, circa 1295, 366; of Windsor Park, 366, 368.

Tourney, 182.

Tours, for bending cross-bows, 353.

Towers, Moveable, employed in sieges, Pt. i. 89, Pt. ii. 173, 174, Pt. iii. 354, 361.

Trébuchet, four kinds of in the thirteenth century, 349;

named, 351; reproduced at Vincennes in 1850, 351; projectiles of, 351.

Trialemellum, 324.

Tribulus, 200 (and see Caltrop).

Tripantum, 349.

Trumpet, 169, 338.

Trumulières, 292.

Tunic, 111, 126, 229.

Uniform costume not in vogue, 228;

but adopted on particular occasions, 229.

Urns, funereal, containing weapons, 30, 42.

Varlets, 196.

Vegecius, 30.

Vinea, Pt. ii. 173, 174, 178, Pt. iii. 354.

Vireton, 160.

Vomerulus, 306.

Wace, the particular value of his chronicle to the student of ancient usages, 94.

Wager of battle, 375.

Wams, Wambasium (see Gambeson).

War-cries, Pt. i. 20, Pt. ii. 117.

Watch: armed Town-watch, temp. Hen. III., 215;

Watch of Paris under St. Louis, 216.

Weapons, Pt. i. 21, Pt. ii. 150, Pt. iii. 301;

of peasants, 161, 315.

Weapon-smiths, 31, 41, 42.

Weland, 41.

Welsh troops, Pt. ii. 104, Pt. iii. 218.

William the Conqueror, his armour, 92, 131;

his horse, 173.

Wire-drawing, when invented, 227.