Index.
Reading edition
Accrington, 35
Acson, Thomas, 89
Actors, French, in London, 62
Adam, progenitor of Scottish kings, 233
Adams, Roger, printer, 40
Adlington, 96
Advertisements, 61, 65, 69
Æneas Sylvius, 248
Agarde, Arthur, 80
Alchemy, 83
Alcock, Bishop, John, 247, 249
Ale, 176
Algerine pirates, 47
Algiers, 47, 53
Allen, Gabriel, 94;
Cardinal Witham, 94
Allenson, Rev. Mr., 11
Amber, 57, 58
Ancoats, 226
Annapolis, 18
Anderton family, secret printing press, 39
Arab trade with Europe, 57
Ardwick, 230
Asshelle Lawne, 225
Assheton, Edmund, 96
Assheton crest, 81
Ashton, Sir Thomas, 83, 84
Atkinson, F. R., 185
Babelon, Ernest, 56
Babies for sale, 70
Babs, 71
Bacup, 33
Bailey, Mrs., centenarian, 29
Baker, Daniel, drowned, 97;
Sir Thomas, 61, 65
Bamfield or Bampfield, Francis, 42;
Sir John, 42;
Thomas, 42
Bamford, Samuel, 173, 175;
trial, 184
Banbury, 68
Bankes, Legh, 10, 11
Baptist preacher and sea captain, 46
Barcelona, 45
Barclay, Alexander, career of, 245;
mention of Manchester, 246
Barley-bird, 76
Barton-in-Kendal, 30
Bauwens, Liévin, 119
Baxter, John, 93
Baxter, William, centenarian, 66
Bayley, Christopher, 94;
James, 229
Bedloe, William, 14
Beggarwoman’s fortune, 64
Belfast, 36
Belgium and spinning machinery, 119
Belgrade, 64
Bell, James, priest, executed, 93
Berry, John, printer, journalist, etc., 61, 65, 70
Bexwyke, Hugh, 223, 224;
Joan, 223, 224
Bickerstaffe, 26
Bickersteth, Anne, centenarian, 30
Billinge, Anne, 37;
Charles, 37;
Lydia, 37;
Margaret, 37;
Mary, centenarian, 36;
William, 37
Birds’ feathers, 77
Birds’ language, 76
Birley, Capt., 183;
H. H., 185
Birmingham, 186, 196
Blackbird, 77
Blackburn, 30, 78
Blackley, 235
Blackpool, 33
Blainscough, 93
Blake, Admiral, 45
Blakesley, Mrs., centenarian, 27
Blanketeers, 174
Blue titmouse, 77
Blundell, William, trial, 4, 24
Boardman, Mrs., centenarian, 29
Boardman, Bolton dwarf, 136
Boggart, flitting, 210
Bolton, 24, 94, 112, 136
Bolton Percy, 88
Bone and Skin, 228
Booksellers, 61, 65
Booth of Barton, 95
Boothe, Anne, 90;
John, 90;
Marget, 90
Boston, Mass., 19
Bowker, James, 201
Bradshaw, Rev. Joseph, 88
Bradford, 61, 65
Bradley, Mr., 61, 65
Braidley, B., 185
Branded for roguery, 9
Brandwood, Ellin, centenarian, 27
Bread baking, 223
Brereton, Col. Uriah, 9, 12
Brereton, Sir Urian, 87
Brierley, Ben, 200
Briscoe, William, centenarian, 28
Bristol, 18, 62;
murder at, 17
Broadnax or Broadneux, Major Robert, centenarian, 25
Brome, H., 42
Bromfield, Dr., a Jacobite Quaker, 5
Brookes, Rev. Joshua, 34
Brookes, Mrs., 69
Brooks, John, 186
Breweries, 227, 230
Buckinger, Matthew, death of, 64
Buddhist stories, 219
Burnley, 24, 28, 204
Burt, James, 192
Bury, 30, 68
Byrom, John, 228
Cannel coal ornaments, 112
Canterbury, Archbishop of, 192
Cape Hone, 51
Carlisle, 34
Carmarthen, 17
Carpenter, General, 239
Carr, 28
Catharine of Liverpool, 163
Cecil, Lady Mildred, 95
Centenarians, Lancashire, 22-38
Chaderton, William, Bishop of Chester, 91, 92, 93
Chaffinch, 77
Chambers’s Cyclopædia, 65
Chapels wrecked, 235
Charles II., 47, 233;
and Quaker sailor, 53
Cheetham, 230
Cheetham Hill, 36
Chester, 44, 61, 65
Chetham, Humphrey, 98
Childe of Hale, 133
Children, marriage of, 82, 86
Chimney, 87
China blue, 34
Chorlton, 94, 195
Chorlton-on-Medlock, 34
Chorlton, Alexander, 89
Chowbent, 240
Church porch marriages, 84
Church sites supernaturally changed, 204
Churchdown, 204
Circulating library, 144
Clavell’s catalogue, 42
Clay soils, 75
Clayton, 229
Clayton, William, centenarian, 29
Clifton, Sir Thomas, trial, 4, 5
Clitheroe, 27, 72
Clowes, Rev. John, 159
Coal ornaments, 112
“Cock nests,” 75
Cockerell, James, centenarian, 24
Cockerham, 7, 203
Coffee, 176
Colliers’ wages, 62
Cooper, Bishop, and Martin Marprelate, 39
Cooper, Dr. Thomas, 167
Cork, 64
Corn mill, 223
Corpse arrested for debt, 67
Cotton, 75
Coward, Timothy, centenarian, 25
Crawford, Sir James, 122
Creeper, 76, 77
Crest, Trafford, 80
Crossley, Frances, centenarian, 29
Croxteth, 7, 12
Cruikshank, the surgeon, 15, 22
Crumpsall, 35
Cuba, 67
Cuerdale, Kufic coins found at, 56
Curril, Elizabeth, centenarian, 29
Dacre, Lord, 186
Danes’ commerce with the East, 60
David le Seintpier, 83
Davis, Mr., 61, 65
Deacon, Anne, a rich beggar, 63
Deer, red, 26
De Quincey, Thomas, account of a highwayman, 15
Derby, 195
Derby, Earl of, 39
Derwentwater, Earl of, 237
Dettingen Battle, 31
Detrosier, Rowland, 189
Devil in folk-lore, 203, 212
Dialect, 106, 113
Diamond, Dr., 37
Dickenson, Mrs. Margaret, 64
Dicconson, Roger, 11, 13
Dicconson, William, trial, 3, 4, 7, 9
Disley, 25
Dissenters and Test Act, 232
Divine right, 233
Divorce, 87
Dixon, Elijah, 186, 195
Dog, mad, 68
Dolls, 70
Doni, Antonio Francisco, 208
Downes, Francis, 97;
John, 97;
Roger, 97
Dream, story of, 213
Dress, 113
Driving the stags, 26
Duberdo, Isaac, centenarian, 27
Dublin working schools, 64
Dudley, Earl of, 196
Duel, 81
Dukenhalgh, 7, 12
Dunstanville, Lord de, 186
Dwarf, 136
Dyer, J. C., 188
Dyeing, 34-35
Dynham, William, 250
Eccles, 83
Eccleston, Thomas, 3
Eels, 78
Eldon, Lord, 186
Elell, 27
Ellis, William, centenarian, 28
Enfield, 28
Everton, 37
Eveson, Susan, centenarian, 28
Executions, 63, 93, 242
Exon, 62
Eyre, Sir Giles, 12, 13
Fables, migration, 219
Fairies, 221
Faloghys, Thomas, 85
Featherstone’s doom, 204
Felons, prosecution, 68
ffarington, William, 99
Fielden, John, 195
“Fighting sailor turned peaceable Christian,” 54
Finch, John, recusant, executed, 93
Finger nails, 203
Fish ova artificial impregnation, 74
Fleming, Jane, 36
Fleming, Mr., centenarian, 27
Fleming the spy, 172
Fletcher, Mrs., 157
Flodden Field, 86
Folk-Lore of Lancashire, 197
Fool of Lancaster, 243
Ford, William, 41-42
Footpad, 67
Forster, General, 241, 242
Fox, George, and Thomas Lurting, 47-48
French players, 62
Friends, early, 46-55
Friers, Roger, centenarian, 25
Fulling mills, 226
Funeral, 88;
by torchlight, 96;
sermon, 96
Gainsburgh, William of, 153
Gairdner, James, 249
Gale, Miss, 68;
Roger, 68
Gamul, story of, 206
Gardner, Martha, centenarian, 37-38
Garnett, Richard, 70;
Dr. Richard, 70;
Jeremiah, 78;
Thomas, biographical notice, 72
Garstang, 27, 30
Gaskell, Mrs., her “Squire’s Story,” 15-21
George IV., 187
Gerard, Sir W., 3, 100
“Gesta Romanorum,” 208
Giants, 130
Gibson, Rev. T. E., 25
Glasgow, 34
Glass trade, 69
Glave family in Wigan, 32
Glover, Mr., centenarian, 27
Gomme. G. L., 199
Goosnargh, 7
Gorton, 230
Gosnal, Jane, centenarian, 29
Gosnell, Rev. James, 94
Goss, Rev. Alexander, 14
Gossamer, 78
Gough, Mr., 61, 65
Grammar School of Manchester, 222
Green, Rev. Henry, 20
Greenwood, John, 176
Greg family, 161;
R. H., 188, 192
Grelle, Thomas, 223
Grey, Earl, 189, 194, 196
Grey wagtail, 75
“Guide to Heaven,” 41
Hadfield, George, 188, 192
Hale giant, 133
Halifax, 61, 65
Hall, J., 42
Hamer, Richard, centenarian, 30
Hamo de Massey, 80
Hanson, Colonel, trial of, 170
Harding, George, centenarian, 29
Hardwick, Charles, 201, 211
Harland, John, 200
Harper, Thomas, printer, 41-42
Harrison, Mary, centenarian, 33
Hartley, Barnard, centenarian, 32;
John, 227
Hatton, Roman Catholic priest, 93
Haunted cabin, 46
Hawick, 66
Hawker, R. S., 204
Hawkshead, 29
Hay, Rev. W. R., 172, 174, 180, 181, 184
Hayes, Elizabeth, centenarian, 30
Hazard tables suppressed, 64
Healey, Joseph, trial, 184
Hearse cloth, 96
Henry III., imposture at his tomb, 148
Henry IV., 83
Henry VI., 83
Herle, Warden, 94
Hicks Hall, 69
Higgins, Edward, career as highwayman, 15-21
High Church Jacobites, 236
Highwaymen, 15, 63, 66, 67, 69
Hilton, Elizabeth, centenarian, 27
Hodgkins, a printer, 39
Hodgson, Mr., 61, 65
Holland glass trade, 69
Holmes, Mrs., centenarian, 28
Honford, John, 84;
Margaret 85;
William, 85
Horse in woollen stockings, 16
Horsleydown, 54
Hoskins, Thomas, 45
Houghton tower, 96
Houghton, Sir Henry, 238
Howard, Queen Catharine, 90
Howard, alias Dicconson, 12
Howley, William, Archbishop of Canterbury, 192
Hoyle, Thomas, and Son, 34
Hudleston, Richard, Benedictine, 98
Hudson, William, 89
Hugh of Manchester, 146
Hugson, William, 89
Hulme, 33, 230
Hulme, Ralph, 223, 224
Hunt Fold, 30
Hunt, Henry, 178, 183, 190, 191;
trial, 184
Hunter, Mrs., centenarian, 30
Husan, Mr., centenarian, 28
Hutton, John, centenarian, 34, 36
Ice, 78
Idelot de la Ferté, Baron, 125
Illegitimacy, 109
Indian, North American, princes, 31
Ireland, Sir Gilbert, 133
Irk, 224, 225
Irwell, 224, 225
Jackson, John, mathematician, 40
Jackson, Matthew, centenarian, 29
Jackson, Thomas, centenarian, 27
Jacobins, 167
Jacobite trials in 1694, 1;
Rising of 1715, 231
Jaláuddin, 218
James III., 236, 238, 239, 242
Jamieson, T. H., 247
Jeanie Deans, a Manchester, 129
Jenkins, Jasper, centenarian, 27
Jesuits, 91
Johnson, John, 113
Johnson, Joseph, 195;
trial, 184
Johnson, Thomas, centenarian, 27
Jones, Mary, centenarian, 30
Journalism, early, 70
Kay, Alexander, 188
Keck, Leigh, 185
Keggan, Thomas, centenarian, 28
Kelso, 237
Kendal, 25, 27, 238
Kensington, 65
Kenyon, James, 121;
Mary, 121, 125
Kingswood riots, 62
Kirkpatrick, Mr., 61, 65
Knight, Joseph, trial, 184
Knightsbridge, 69
Knutsford highwayman, 15-21
Kufic Coins in Lancashire, 56
Ladridge, 27
Lampreys, 78
Lancashire Folk-Lore, 197
“Lancashire Journal,” 61, 70
Lancashire Plot, 1
Lancaster, 27, 30, 93, 236, 239, 243
Langholm, 237
Langton, Philip, trial, 4
Latimer, Hugh, 252
Laùro, 211
La Warr, Lord, 224, 226
Leading article in newspaper, 62
Leatherbarrow, Mary, centenarian, 33
Le Bon G., 56
Leeds, 186
Leek, 195
Legh, Peter, 26;
Sir Peter, 96;
Sir Urian, 96
Legh of Adlington, 86
Leghorn, 47
Leicester, Elizabeth, 90;
Ralph, 91
Leigh, 26, 27, 29
Leversege, Thomas, 85
Lewis, Sir G. C., 23, 74
Library, circulating, 144
Liévin Bauwens family, 125
Linford, Peter, centenarian, 28
Lister, Dr. Martin, 24
Literary Taste of the Eighteenth Century, 144
Liverpool, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 38, 44, 45, 47, 61, 65
Livesey, 29
Locusts, 77
London, 195
Longevity, 22-38, 66
Long Meg of Westminster, 131
Longworth, Mrs. Anne, centenarian, 30
Lord, Henry, centenarian, 28
Lord, Mrs., 61, 65
Lostock, 39
Low Moor, 72
Lunt, John, perjurer, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Lurting family, 44;
Thomas, the fighting sailor, turned peaceable Christian, 44
Lyme, 25, 96
Lyndhurst, Lord, 186, 194
Lyon, Capt., 79
Macaulay, Margaret, centenarian, 30
MacKee, John, centenarian, 30
Mackintosh, Brigadier, 237, 240, 242
Mad Roger, 28
Maddock, Mr., 61, 65
Maghall, 28
Maghull, 29
Majorca, 48, 51
Manchester, 29, 30, 33, 34, 90, 186, 196, 236, 238
Manchester churchwarden and parish clerk appointed by Traffords, 95
Manchester Corn Mills, 224
Manchester, first book printed in, 39
Manchester Free Library, 41, 61
Manchester, mentioned by Alexander Barclay, 245
Manchester Grammar School Mill, 87, 222
Manchester Jacobite trials, 1
Manchester, Higgins, the highwayman, resident at, 19
Manchester in 1807, 117
Manchester Mathematical Society, 40
Manchester Parish Church, heads exposed on, 93
Manchester Guardian, 72, 75
Manchester Magazine, 65
Manchester, George, will of, 106
Manchester, Hugh of, 146
Marlborough, Duke of, 240
Massenius, 207
Marriages, 63, 69, 82, 84, 86, 90, 91
Marsh, William, centenarian, 27
Marshall, Christian, centenarian, 30
Marsh titmouse, 76
Martin Marprelate, 39
Matthew Paris, 208
Maryland, 78
Massey, Hamo de, 80
Massie, William, sermon at Trafford, 91
“Mathematical Lectures,” 40;
Society, 40
Maud, Lady, 17
Mayfield print works, 34
Medicine, abstinence from, 29
Medicines, 71
Melfort, Jacobite Earl of, 8
Merry Andrew, 126
Merton Sands, 204
Methodism and theatres, 115
Middleton, 177
Middleton, John, the Hale giant, 134
Middlewich, 61, 65
Miller’s “Gardeners’ Dictionary,” 65
Milner, George, 200
Minnows, 78
Molyneux, Lord, 3, 7, 13
Monks, Jane, centenarian, 29
Monton, 235
“More work for the Cooper,” 39
Morocco, 66
Mosley, Sir Oswald, 228
Mossley Common, 26
Moss Side, 230
Moston, Sir Roger, 26
Muley, Abdalah, 66
“Mull jenny,” 122
Murphy, the Irish giant, 135
Murray the spy, 184
Namptwich, 61, 65
Napoleon I., 123
Nateby, 29
Newbiggin, 27
Newbigging, Thomas, 206
Newcastle, 238
Newcome, Henry, 101;
Daniel, 101
Newspapers in 1738-39, 61
Newton Lane, 39
New Year’s Day, 202, 205
Nodal, J. H., 200
Northampton, 195
Northumberland, Duke of, 191
Nichison, Mr., 61 65
Northrop, 34
“Now thus,” 80
Oates, Titus, 14
Old folks’ tea-party, 35
Oldham, 229
Oldham, Hugh, 223
Oliver the spy, 175
Old Sarum, 189
Ormskirk, 28, 65;
longevity at, 24
Osbaldeston, Mr., centenarian, 27
Over, 204
Overton, 30
Owen, Mrs., centenarian, 30
Oxburgh, Colonel, 241
Oxford, 91
Ozly, Mr., 61
Paisley, 36
Papists, 92
Park Gate, 28
Park keeper, a centenarian, 25
Park Lane, 30
Parsons, Lawrence, 9
Patriarchal theory of government, 233
Pattison, George, 48
Pauw, François de, 121
Parliamentary reform, 165
Pearcy, Elizabeth, 27
Pennybridge, 27
Peploe, Abel, 239
Peruke maker, 61, 65
Peterloo, 176, 180, 190, 195
Philips, Mark, 186, 191;
Robert, 195
Philosopher’s stone, 83
Piccolomini, 247
Picton, Sir James Allenson, 44
Piercy, Thomas, 69
Pilgrimage, 83
Pilkington, Sir John, 84;
Elizabeth, 84
Pilkington crest, 81
Pinkerton, James, 36
Pinkerton, Jane, centenarian, 36
Pirates, Algerine, 47
Pius II., 247
Pollitt, William, centenarian, 33
Pope, Alexander, verses on, 67
Potter, Richard, 188, 192;
Sir Thomas, 185, 19
Poulton-in-the-Fylde, 30
Poxton, Thomas, centenarian, 28
Prentice, Archibald, 180, 186
Prescot, 27
Prescott, Catharine, at the age of 100 learns to read, 33
Preston, 26, 61, 65, 238, 239, 241
Pretender, Jacobite, 234
Prices of wheat, 69
Priests, Roman Catholic, 91
Prigg, Anne, centenarian, 30
Printing, early Manchester, 39
Prosecution of felons, 68
Protestants, 92
Pye, Roger, centenarian, 30
Quaker highwayman, 63
Quakers, early, 46-55
Quarry Bank, 161
Railway, Manchester and Liverpool, 189
Ramscar, Martha, centenarian, 28
Ralphson, Mary, centenarian, 31;
at Battle of Dettingen, 31
Ralphson, Ralph, 31
Randle, Earl of Chester, 223
Rathbone family, 162
Red deer driven from Lyme to Windsor, 26
Reform agitation, 165, 196
Rhampsinitus, 198
Richardson, Sarah, centenarian, 33;
R. J., 193
Richmond’s “History of Trafford family,” 104
Ridgeway, Jonathan, centenarian, 29
Riots, 62, 167, 170, 171, 193, 228, 235
Rising of 1715, 231
Ritchie, Joseph, 79
Robert of Brunne, 154
Roberts, Betty, centenarian, 34
Roberts, James, centenarian, 27
Roby, John, 200, 210
Rochdale, 29, 61, 65, 115, 204
Rockett, Mr., 61, 65
Roeder, Charles, 137
Rogers, William, centenarian, 27
Rogues branded, 9
Roman Catholics, 3, 92, 93, 94, 95;
secret printing press, 39;
Test Act, 232
Romanus, Archbishop John, 149
Rome, 93
Rood, 251
Rook, 77
Roscoe, William, 162
Ross, Janet, 211
Rossall, 93
Rossendale, 28, 206, 209
Rowlinson, William, 138
Rudd, Joe, 32
Ruscombe, Mrs., murder of, 17
Russell, Lord John, 186, 189
Sabbatarian Church, 42
Sabbath, 42-43
Sabine’s snipe, 78
Saddleworth, 204, 229
Sagar, John, centenarian, 24
Sailors, Quaker, 47
St. Germain, 250
Salford, 191, 192, 195, 223, 224
Salisbury, Marquis of, 186
Salmon, 73
Salmon, David Stewart, centenarian, 31
Salt water cure, bite of mad dog, 68
Samlesbury, 204
Santa Cruz sea-fight, 45
Saturday Sabbath, 42
Savage, William, 85
Schools, Dublin, 64
Seal, Mrs., centenarian, 30
Sears, Mr., 61, 65
Seaton, Sir John, 101
Seddon, Rev. Thomas, 103
Sedge-warbler, 77
Sermon, funeral, 88;
marriage, 91;
in honour of the Virgin Mary, 250
Shaw, Dr. W. A., 247
Shelley on Peterloo, 182
Sherborne family, 98;
Sir Nicholas, 3
Sherdley, Sarah, centenarian, 29
Ship money, 99
Shudehill riot, 229
Shuttleworth, John, 185, 193, 195
Siddons, Mrs., at Manchester, 113
Sidebottom, Mr., 61, 65
Siglisthorne, 88
Simmondsone, 28
Skelton, 131
Slave trade, 162
Sloe leaves, 176
Smethley, Leonard, 96
Smith, Aaron, 8, 10, 11
Smithy Door, 41
Sneezing, 202
Soldiers, Lancashire, for Irish wars, 95
Somersham, 86
Southwark, 54
Southworth, Sir John, 93
Spence, Miss E. I., 111
Spiders, 117;
aëronautic, 78
Spinning Machinery taken to Belgium, 119
Spirits, 176
Stags, driving, 26
Stair, Earl of, 236
Stand Hall, 112
Standish, William, 3
Stanley, Edward, centenarian, 26;
Sir Edward, 27;
Henry, 27;
Bishop, James, 86;
Sir John, 86;
Dame Margaret, 87;
Sir Rowland, trial of, 4, 5, 7, 9
Stephenson, Jane, centenarian, 30
Stoat, 76
Stockport, 28, 61, 65
Storey, Elizabeth, centenarian, 27
Streaming, 73
Stretford, 94
Stukeley, Dr., marriage, 68
Sunday, not the Sabbath, 42
Sutton, John, 85
Swarberick, James, centenarian, 29
Swedenborgians, 159
Syddal, Thomas, 235, 239, 242
Symms, a printer, 39
Taafe, an informer, 10, 11, 13
Tailor who cheated the devil, 213
Tarbuck, 27
Taylor family (Whitworth doctors), 115
Taylor, J. E., 176, 180
Tea, 176
Tennyson, Alfred, 210
Theatre-going, 114
Thinking Club, 168
Thoms, W. J., 23, 37, 197
Three tasks, 203
Threlfall, Mr., 7
Throstles, 76
Titmouse, 76
Toft, 91
Tomlyn, a printer, 39
Trafford, 94
Traffords of Trafford, 80
Travis, Anthony, 226
Trumbles, Francis, Quaker highwayman, 63
Turks captured by Quaker sailors, 48
“Twisting in,” 172
Tyas, John, 181
Uppleby, Rev. George, 88
Venables, Alice, 82;
Dulcia, 82;
Sir William, 82
Vestments restored, 90
Vikings’ commerce, 60
Vitalis, 207
Wabee tribe, 31
Wages, 62
Wakefield, 61, 65
Waldegrave, Robert, 39
Walker, C. J. S., 195;
Jacobus, 89;
Thomas, trial of, 167
Walker’s Croft, 225
Walmsley, Mr., 7
Walsingham, 83
Walthamstow, 67
Warburton, Lady, 16
Warburton, Sarah, centenarian, 35
Ward, Dr. A. W., 247, 249
Ward, Robert, 250
Warden, Florence, 15
Warrington, 3, 4, 33, 61, 65;
in 1807, 112
Warwick, the great Earl, 84
Water-ouzel, 77
Watkin, Absolom, 194
Watson, James, centenarian, 25;
John, centenarian, 28;
Rev. Joseph, 26
Waugh, Edwin, 200
Wellington, Duke of, 188, 194, 196
West, Sir Thomas, 224
Westhead, William Wilkinson, 135
West Mead, 17
Westminster Abbey, 87
Whaley, 27
Wharncliffe, Earl of, 192
Whately, Archbishop, 213
White, Charles, F.R.S., 15, 22
White Moss, 183
Whitworth Doctors, 115
Wickfield, Nathaniel, centenarian, 27
Wickstead, Mr., centenarian, 27
Widdrington, Lord, 237, 238
Wigan, 27, 28, 32;
in 1807, 112
Wilcock, Elizabeth, centenarian, 27
Wilford, George, centenarian, 27
Wilkinson, Jemima, centenarian, 33;
T. T., 201
Will of George Manchester, 106
William III., alleged plot for his murder, 4, 8
William IV., 190, 191, 196
Williams, Sir William, 5
Williamson, John, centenarian, 27;
Robert, 89;
Roman Catholic priest, 93
Wills, Gen., 240, 241
Wilmslow, 87, 88
Wilson, James, centenarian, 25, 27;
Rev. John, 38
Wilson, branded for roguery, 9, 12
Windness, William, centenarian, 30
Winwick, 204
Witches, 219
Wolf in St. James’s Park, 66
Wolsey, Cardinal, 86
Womball, a carrier, 9, 12
Woman in soldier’s uniform, 31
Women indicted for being Roman Catholics, 93
Women’s amber ornaments, 57
Wood, G. W., 185;
John, 195;
William, escapes from ward, 63
Woods, Rev. James, 240
Worcester, 18
Worsaae, J. J. A., 56, 59, 60, 210
Worsley, 35, 83
Worthington, Mr., 93
Wren, 77
Wren’s nest, 75
Wright, Thomas, the prison philanthropist, 164
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BYGONE LINCOLNSHIRE (2 vols), edited by William Andrews.
BYGONE MIDDLESEX, edited by William Andrews.
BYGONE NORFOLK, edited by William Andrews.
BYGONE NORTHUMBERLAND, edited by William Andrews.
BYGONE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, by William Stevenson.
BYGONE SCOTLAND, by David Maxwell, C.E.
BYGONE SOMERSETSHIRE, edited by Cuming Walters.
BYGONE SOUTHWARK, by Mrs. E. Boger.
BYGONE STAFFORDSHIRE, edited by William Andrews.
BYGONE SUFFOLK, edited by Cuming Walters.
BYGONE SURREY, edited by George Clinch and S. W. Kershaw, F.S.A.
BYGONE SUSSEX, by W. E. A. Axon.
BYGONE YORKSHIRE, edited by William Andrews.
Literary Byways.
By WILLIAM ANDREWS.
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Contents:—Authors at work—The Earnings of Authors—“Declined with Thanks”—Epigrams on Authors—Poetical Graces—Poetry on Panes—English Folk Rhymes—The Poetry of Toast Lists and Menu Cards—Toasts and Toasting—Curious American Old-Time Gleanings—The Earliest American Poetess: Anne Bradstreet—A Playful Poet: Miss Catharine Fanshawe—A Popular Song Writer: Mrs. John Hunter—A Poet of the Poor: Mary Pyper—The Poet of the Fisher-Folk: Mrs. Susan K. Phillips—A Poet and Novelist of the People: Thomas Miller—The Cottage Countess—The Compiler of “Old Moore’s Almanack”: Henry Andrews—James Nayler, the Mad Quaker, who claimed to be the Messiah—A Biographical Romance: Swan’s Strange Story—Short Letters—Index.
“Readable and entertaining.”—Notes and Queries.
“Turn where you will, there is information and entertainment in this book.”—Birmingham Daily Gazette.
Curious Epitaphs.
Collected and Edited with Notes
By WILLIAM ANDREWS.
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Contents:—Epitaphs on Tradesmen—Typographical Epitaphs—Epitaphs on Good and Faithful Servants—Epitaphs on Soldiers and Sailors—Epitaphs on Musicians and Actors—Epitaphs on Sportsmen—Bacchanalian Epitaphs—Epitaphs on Parish Clerks and Sextons—Punning Epitaphs—Manxland Epitaphs—Epitaphs on Notable Persons—Miscellaneous Epitaphs—Index.
“A most entertaining collection.”—Newcastle Daily Chronicle.
“A book that is sure to be widely read and appreciated.”—People’s Journal.
“It is an entertaining and instructive work, it may fairly be regarded as the best on its subject, and it will take a permanent place in our literature.”—Hull Critic.
Legal Lore: Curiosities of Law and Lawyers.
Edited by WILLIAM ANDREWS.
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Contents:—Bible Law—Sanctuaries—Trials in Superstitious Ages—On Symbols—Law under the Feudal System—The Manor and Manor Law—Ancient Tenures—Laws of the Forest—Trial by Jury in Old Times—Barbarous Punishments—Trials of Animals—Devices of the Sixteenth Century Debtors—Laws Relating to the Gipsies—Commonwealth Law and Lawyers—Cock-Fighting in Scotland—Cockieleerie Law—Fatal Links—Post-Mortem Trials—Island Laws—The Little Inns of Court—Obiter—Index.
“There are some very amusing and curious facts concerning law and lawyers. We have read with much interest the articles on Sanctuaries, Trials in Superstitious Ages, Ancient Tenures, Trials by Jury in Old Times, Barbarous Punishments, and Trials of Animals, and can heartily recommend the volume to those who wish for a few hours’ profitable diversion in the study of what may be called the light literature of the law.”—Daily Mail.
Divine Song in its Human Echo.
Or, Song and Service.
A Series of Short, Plain Sermons on Old-Fashioned Hymns.
By the REV. J. GEORGE GIBSON.
Crown, Cloth gilt, 7s. 6d.
“This volume contains thirty-seven sermons on old-fashioned hymns, and when we say that each discourse averages about ten octavo pages, printed in good-sized type, it will be seen that they are entitled to be called short. The Rector of Ebchester is an adept at the production of short sermons, and the line he has adopted in this instance is an extremely happy one. It is a conception that appeals to a great multitude, and the hymns which give the cue to the reflections form a large variety of well-known spiritual songs, the favourites, indeed, in communities of every name. Some of the sermons, indeed, most of them, have been prepared for anniversaries and special occasions, and all are such as might be expected from a man who is an undoubted lover of hymns. Their brevity excludes prolixity, and terse summaries of facts, sharp statements of doctrine, succinctness of argument, and directness of appeal characterise the whole.”—Newcastle Daily Leader.
Curious Church Customs.
Edited by WILLIAM ANDREWS.
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Contents:—Sports in Churches—Holy Day Customs—Church Bells: When and Why They were Rung—Inscriptions on Bells—Laws of the Belfry—Ringers’ Jugs—Customs and Superstitions of Baptism—Marriage Customs—Burial Customs—Concerning the Churchyard—Altars in Churches—The Rood Loft and its Uses—Armour in Churches—Beating the Bounds—The Story of the Crosier—Bishops in Battle—The Cloister and its Story—Shorthand in Church—Reminiscences of our Village Church—Index.
“A thoroughly excellent volume.”—Publishers’ Circular.
“A handsomely got up and interesting volume.”—The Fireside.
“We are indebted to Mr. Andrews for an invaluable addition to our library of folk-lore, and we do not think that many who take it up will slip a single page.”—Dundee Advertiser.
Bygone Church Life in Scotland.
Edited by WILLIAM ANDREWS.
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Contents:—The Cross in Scotland—Bell Lore—Saints and Holy Wells—Life in the Pre-Reformation Cathedrals—Public Worship in Olden Times—Church Music—Discipline in the Kirk—Curiosities of Church Finance—Witchcraft and the Kirk—Birth and Baptisms, Customs and Superstitions—Marriage Laws and Customs—Gretna Green Gossip—Death and Burial Customs and Superstitions—The Story of a Stool—The Martyrs’ Monument, Edinburgh—Index.
“The volume is certain to receive a welcome from Scotsmen at home and abroad.”—Daily Chronicle.
“Every sentence in the book is either instructive or amusing, and it should consequently find many appreciative readers. It contains a vast amount of traditional and historical lore referring almost to every district of Scotland. There are some artistic illustrations, especially those of Glasgow Cathedral and views of ancient portions of that city from the pencil of David Small.”—Dundee Advertiser.
England in the Days of Old.
By WILLIAM ANDREWS.
Demy, Cloth extra, 7s. 6d. Numerous Illustrations.
Contents:—When Wigs were Worn—Powdering the Hair—Men Wearing Muffs—Concerning Corporation Customs—Bribes for the Palate—Rebel Heads on City Gates—Burials at Cross Roads—Detaining the Dead for Debt—A Nobleman’s Household in Tudor Times—Bread and Baking in Bygone Days—Arise, Mistress, Arise!—The Turnspit—A Gossip about the Goose—Bells as Time-Tellers—The Age of Snuffing—State Lotteries—Bear-Baiting—Morris Dancers—The Folk-Lore of Midsummer Eve—Harvest Home—Curious Charities—An Old-Time Chronicler—Index.
“A most delightful work.”—Leeds Mercury.
“Mr. Andrews has the true art of narration, and contrives to give us the results of his learning with considerable freshness of style, whilst his subjects are always interesting and picturesque.”—Manchester Courier.
“The old customs, domestic habits, and dress of our forefathers described in these chapters are too much neglected by historians, and a study of them will while away a leisure hour very pleasantly.”—The Times.
Bygone Punishments.
By WILLIAM ANDREWS.
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Contents:—Hanging—Hanging in Chains—Hanging, Drawing, and Quartering—Pressing to Death—Drowning—Burning to Death—Boiling to Death—Beheading—The Halifax Gibbet—The Scottish Maiden—Mutilation—Branding—The Pillory—Punishing Authors and Burning Books—Finger Pillory—The Jougs—The Stocks—The Drunkard’s Cloak—Whipping and Whipping-Posts—Public Penance—The Repentance Stool—The Ducking Stool—The Brank, or Scold’s Bridle—Riding the Stang—Index.
“A book of great interest.”—Manchester Courier.
“Full of curious lore, sought out and arranged with much industry.”—The Scotsman.
“Mr. Andrews has produced a most entertaining book, without departing from authenticated facts, there is no moralising, and the writer never obtrudes himself. The result is a work well worth a place on a bookshelf, and readable to a degree.”—Eastern Morning News.
Lore and Legend of the English Church.
By the Rev. GEO. S. TYACK, b.a.
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Contents:—Introduction—The Building of the Church—The Church Steeple—The Churchyard—Graves and Funerals—The Nave—The Pulpit and the Lectern—The Font—Folk-Lore and Customs of Marriage—The Chancel and the Choir—Alms and Offerings—Conclusion—Index.
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“A handsome and substantial volume.”—Birmingham Daily Gazette.
“The volume could scarcely be too warmly commended.”—Staffordshire Advertiser.
“A valuable addition to the splendid series of books on church curiosities published by Messrs. William Andrews & Co.”—Church Family Newspaper.
A Book About Bells.
By the Rev. GEO. S. TYACK, b.a.
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Contents:—Invention of Bells—Bell Founding and Bell Founders—Dates and Names of Bells—The Decoration of Bells—Some Noteworthy Bells—The Loss of Old Bells—Towers and Campaniles—Bell-Ringing and Bell-Ringers—The Church-Going Bell—Bells at Christian Festivals and Fasts—The Epochs of Man’s Life Marked by the Bells—The Blessings and the Cursings of the Bells—Bells as Time-Markers—Secular Uses of Church and other Bells—Small Bells, Secular and Sacred—Carillons—Belfry Rhymes and Legends—Index of Subjects, Index of Places.
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“‘A Book About Bells’ can be heartily commended.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
“A most useful and interesting book.... All who are interested in bells will, we feel confident, read it with pleasure and profit.”—Church Family Newspaper.
The Grotesque in Church Art.
By T. TINDALL WILDRIDGE.
ONLY 400 COPIES PRINTED, AND EACH COPY NUMBERED.
Quarto Cloth extra, 16s. 6d. Many illustrations.
Contents:—Introduction—Definitions of the Grotesque—The Carvers—The Artistic Quality of Church Grotesques—Gothic Ornament not Didactic—Ingrained Paganism—Mythic Origin of Church Carvings—Hell’s Mouth—Satanic Representations—The Devil and the Vices—Ale and the Alewife—Satires without Satan—Scriptural Illustrations—Masks and Faces—The Domestic and Popular—Animal Musicians—Compound Forms—Nondescripts—Rebuses—Trinities—The Fox in Church Art—Situations of Grotesque Ornament in Church Art—Index.
“The book is one which will appeal strongly to book-lovers; for the edition is a handsome one, exquisitely printed and profusely illustrated, and the edition is strictly limited to four hundred copies.”—Sheffield Daily Telegraph.
The Miracle Play in England.
An Account of the Early Religious Drama.
By SIDNEY W. CLARKE, Barrister-at-Law.
Crown, 2s. 0d. Illustrated.
Contents:—The Origin of Drama—The Beginnings of English Drama—The York Plays—The Wakefield Plays—The Chester Plays—The Coventry Plays—Other English Miracle Plays—The Production of a Miracle Play—The Scenery, Properties, and Dresses—Appendix—The Order of the York Plays—Extract from City Register of York, 1426—The Order of the Wakefield Plays—The Order of the Chester Plays—The Order of the Grey Friars’ Plays at Coventry—A Miracle Play in a Puppet Show—Index.
“An admirable work.”—Eastern Morning News.
“Mr. Clarke has chosen a most interesting subject, one that is attractive alike to the student, the historian, and the general reader.... A most interesting volume, and a number of quaint illustrations add to its value.”—Birmingham Daily Gazette.
Ecclesiastical Curiosities.
Edited by WILLIAM ANDREWS.
Demy, Cloth gilt, 7s. 6d. Numerous Illustrations.
Contents:—The Church Door—Sacrificial Foundations—The Building of the English Cathedrals—Ye Chapell of Oure Ladye—Some Famous Spires—The Five of Spades and the Church of Ashton-under-Lyne—Bells and their Messages—Stories about Bells—Concerning Font-Lore—Watching Chambers in Churches—Church Chests—An Antiquarian Problem: The Leper Window—Mazes—Churchyard Superstitions—Curious Announcements in the Church—Big Bones Preserved in Churches—Samuel Pepys at Church—Index.
“An interesting and engrossing volume.”—Church Bells.
“It consists of studies by various writers in the history, customs, and folk-lore of the Church of England. Whilst it will appeal most strongly to those who are given to antiquarian and ecclesiological inquiry, it contains much that should prove of interest to any intelligent reader. The various contributions give evidence of diligent and discriminating research, and embody much old-world lore that is curious and instructive.”—Aberdeen Free Press.
The Church Treasury of History, Custom,
Folk-Lore, etc.
Edited by WILLIAM ANDREWS.
Demy, 7s. 6d. Numerous Illustrations.
Contents:—Stave-Kirks—Curious Churches of Cornwall—Holy Wells—Hermit and Hermit Cells—Church Wakes—Fortified Church Towers—The Knight Templars: Their Churches and their Privileges—English Mediæval Pilgrimages—Pilgrims’ Signs—Human Skin on Church Doors—Animals of the Church in Wood, Stone, and Bronze—Queries in Stones—Pictures in Churches—Flowers and Rites of the Church—Ghost Layers and Ghost Laying—Church Walks—Westminster Waxworks—Index.
“The book will be welcome to every lover of archæological lore.”—Liverpool Daily Post.
“It is a work that will prove interesting to the clergy and churchmen generally, and to all others who have an antiquarian turn of mind, or like to be regaled occasionally by reading old-world customs and anecdotes.”—Church Family Newspaper.
Transcriber's Notes
Some presumed printer's errors have been corrected, including normalizing punctuation. Some index entries have been corrected to match the spelling and page numbers in the main text. Further corrections are listed below:
p. 15 Autobiographic -> Autobiographical
p. 50 May York -> May-York
p. 54 peacable -> peaceable
p. 54 Deliverences -> Deliverances
p. 79 riends -> friends
p. 98 there was a Trafford a priest -> there was at Trafford a priest
p. 138 367 -> p. 367
p. 218 indentified -> identified
Advertisements olk-lore -> folk-lore
Footnote 1 Ley -> Levy