INDEX

Absolution Day, 177

Adoration of the Cross, 179

Advent, 164

Altar, 46-49;

cælatura, 46;

frontal of, 49;

beam, 51, 134

Ambry, 46

Angelus, 162, 163

Appropriations, 86

Aquæbajularius, 112-114

Arundel, Archbishop, 162, 217

Ash Wednesday, 168-170

Ave bell, 162

Babe of Nurture, 248, 249

Banns, 209, 225

Baptism, sacrament of, 188-192;

no fee exacted, 190

Becon, 48

Bede-rolls, 136, 222-225

Bedes, bidding of, 222, 223

Bellman, 119, 120

Benefice of the Blessed Water, 115

Brentano, 255

Bidding prayer, 157

Boke of Kervynge, 145

Booth, Mr., 244, 246

Borde, Andrew, 145

Boy-bishop, 165-167

Bracton, 27, 67, 82, 209

Brantyngham, Bishop, 23, 26, 100, 115, 197

Bride gear, 61

Bronescombe, Bishop, 86

Brunton, Bishop, 197

Candlemas Day, 168

Candle-silver, 138

Candlesticks, 50, 51

Cælatura, 46

Cemetery, 66, 67, 68;

consecration of, 68;

trees in, 67

Cess, 125

Chancel, the, 22, 23, 44-46, 54

Chantries, 59, 73, 74, 95, 96, 111, 149, 264, 266

Chantry certificates, 264, 266

Chantry priest, 95, 96, 111, 118, 266

Chapel of ease, 99-101

Chapel of repose, 178

Chaplains, 99-101

Chaucer, 151

Childermas, 165

Choir, 44, 45

Chrism, 196

Chrismatory, 196

Chrism-cloths, 27, 196

Christmas, 165

Church ale, 237-239

Churches, riches of, 70

Church house, 233-237, 239

Churchwardens, 103;

origin of, 103, 104;

election of, 104;

number of, 105;

duties of, 106, 108, 110, 111, 121, 122, 126, 132, 133, 138, 210, 232, 241, 243

Churching of women, 193;

origin of rite, 193;

fee, 193

Clergy, district, 3, 4;

from all classes, 72-76;

their education, 74-78;

dress of, 80, 81;

status of, 81;

qualifications, 83;

hospitality, 84

Collections, 127-130, 240-243

Confession. See Penance

Confirmation, sacrament of, 193-197;

spiritual relationship of god-parents in, 194;

instruction before, 194;

preparation for, 194

Confraternities, 30, 109

Constitutions of Cardinal Otho, 27, 78, 82, 92;

of St. Edmund of Canterbury, 28, 64, 189;

of Archbishop Winchelsea, 53;

of Cardinal Othobono, 80;

of Archbishop Stratford, 82;

of Lambeth, 86;

of Archbishop Courtney, 93;

of Archbishop Boniface, 113, 114;

of Archbishop Peckham, 141, 148, 214-218;

of Bishop Gilbert, 159;

of Province of York, 159;

of Archbishop Chichely, 159;

of Archbishop Thoresby, 159;

of Archbishop Mepham, 180;

of Archbishop Walter Reynold, 199

Corona, 78, 80;

of candles, 57

Corpus Christi day, 185

Councils of Orleans (fourth), 4;

of Mainz, 4;

of Macon (second), 5, 11;

of Rouen, 5;

of Merton, 12;

of York, 217;

of Oxford, 226

Cranmer, Archbishop, 140, 190

Creeping to the Cross, 179

Crucifix, on altar, 50, 54;

summus, 54, 57, 58

Curate, 92, 94, 224

“Cyphus pro Infirmis,” 205

De Asserio, Bishop, 88, 91, 95

De Bytton, Bishop, 25

De Salopia, Ralph, Bishop, 162

De Worde, Wynkin, 145

Deacon, 101, 116

Dives and Pauper, 11, 12, 32, 50, 57, 58, 140, 161, 174, 179, 209, 210, 247, 249

Dowelling money, 137

Ducange, 56

Durham Halmote Rolls, 244-246;

rites, 182

Easter Day, 181-183;

customs, 183

Easter sepulchre, 177-179

Ecclesiastical institutes, 170

Edyndon, Bishop, 66

Ethelwulf of Wessex, 11

Evensong, 159

Excommunications, 227-230

Extreme unction, sacrament of, 201-207

Farming of tithes, 19

Feast of the Star, 165

Fees, for consecration of altar, 50;

for blessing altar-cloths, 50;

for burial, 130;

for churching, 193;

for marriage, 209;

for quethe-word, 225;

for Mass, 86

FitzRalph, Archbishop, 185

Font, 63, 64;

safe-keeping of, 64, 192;

leave for construction of, 192;

blessing of, 189;

made of stone and kept covered, 192

Fraternities, 253-273

Gabriel bell, 162

Gawayne and the Green Knight, 146

Gervase, 51

Gifts in kind, 135

Golden Legend, 166

Good Friday, 179

Grace with meals, 247, 248

Grandisson, Bishop, 16, 24, 80, 190, 193, 196, 206

Grosseteste, 220

Guilds, 120, 142, 253;

craft, 254;

religious, 254, 255;

chapels, 59;

hall, 236, 237;

lands, 256;

priests, 264;

statutes, 261, 269-273;

objects, 265;

trusts, 267;

processions, 269;

oaths, 260, 261

Halmote Rolls, Durham, 244-246

Harleian charters, 82

Hingeston-Randolph, Prebendary, 28, 219

Hobhouse, Bishop, 7, 21, 106, 134, 213, 225, 258

Hock-tyde, or hock-days, 241, 242

Holy Eucharist, sacrament of, 200, 201;

obligatory once a year, 200;

under form of bread, 201;

use of wine and water from chalice, 201

Holy Innocents’ Day, 165

Holy loaf, 139, 157

Holy Saturday, 64, 180, 181, 189;

superstition concerning, 189, 190

Holy-water bearer, 112-114

Holy water, blessing of, 155;

stoup for, 65

Impropriation of tithes, 15-18

Indulgences, 226, 227

Innocent I., Pope, 3

Instructions, familiar, by clergy, 214

Interrogations, seven, 206

Jessopp, Dr., 69, 236, 239, 262

Jesu Mass, 142

John XXII., Pope, 162

Judas candle, 175

Judas of the Paschal, 181

Jus pauperum, 85

Langham, Simon, Bishop of Ely (after, Archbishop), 45, 93, 150, 160, 188, 216

Langland, 171, 184

Langton, Walter, Bishop, 226

Latimer, Bishop, 75

Lent, 170, 171

Lenten veil, 170, 171

Liber Festivalis, 171, 176

Lollards, 216

Lord’s Bread, the, 8

Lyndwood, 8, 10, 19, 23, 64, 71, 87, 98, 113, 114, 141, 159, 180, 194, 204

Manuals, 220

Marriage, 207;

at the church door, 209;

form, 209;

ornaments, 209, 210;

some provided by parish, 210

Mass, daily, 140, 144, 146

Mass, High, 155

Matins, 152-154;

books, 152

Matrimony, sacrament of, 207-210

Maundy, the, 176, 177

Maundy Thursday, 176, 177

Mepham, Simon, Archbishop, 180

Minstrels, 246

Miracle plays, 248-252

More, Sir Thomas, 153, 171, 177

Morrow Mass, 142, 143

Myrc, John, 19, 68, 148, 153, 192, 193, 196, 199, 205, 222

Nave, 45

Nevill, Archbishop, 217

Obits, 96, 97, 266, 267, 268

Oblations, 10, 87

Old Symon, 76

Orders, reception of, 76

Otho, Cardinal, 81, 91

Othobono, Cardinal, Legate, 23, 188

Palm Sunday, 171-174

Palms, 172

Parish, derivation of word, 2;

clergy, 3;

system, 4, 6, 7;

meaning of word, 4, 5, 21;

revenues, 9;

repairs nave, 28;

duties, 33;

expenses, 34-43;

provides frontal of altar, 49;

management, 102;

officials, 103-123;

church, 107;

land, 235;

provides marriage ornaments, 210;

meetings, 234-236;

house, 233-237, 239

Parson, the, 43, 71, 82, 83

Paschal candle, 181;

money, 138

Pax, the, 34

Peacock, Mr., 238, 239

Peckham, Archbishop, 8, 32, 114, 167, 193, 203, 215

Penance, sacrament of, 197-200;

obligatory once a year, 197;

instructions, 198, 199;

manner of confessing women, 199;

and men, 200

Penances, public, 231, 232

Pentecostal, 137

Peter’s pence, 42, 138

Pew-rents, 135

Piscina, 51, 52

Pollock and Maitland’s History of English Law, 81, 103, 104

Porch, 65

Processions, 156, 157, 172-174, 184, 185

Proofs of age, 189

Prymer of 1538, 145, 152

Pulpit, 211, 212;

publication of laws from, 227;

of notices, 227;

of excommunications, 227-230;

of citations, 230

Pyx, the, 48, 49, 101

Quethe-word, the, 225

Quevil, Peter, Bishop, 13, 23, 25, 66, 75, 87, 109, 115, 129, 149, 192, 207

Rates, voluntary, 42, 124, 125

Rector, the, 71, 82;

qualifications, 83

Rectory house, 88, 89

Red Cross, 171

Registers, Bishop Grandisson’s, 196, 229;

Bishop Brantyngham’s, 100, 197;

Bishop Bronescombe’s, 229

Reichel, Rev. Oswald, 1, 3, 4, 6

Rites of Durham, 182

Robert of Gloucester, 146

Rock, Dr., 158, 166, 172

Rogations, 184

Rood, 54;

screen, 54, 56;

light, 57;

loft, 56, 57

Rotherham, Archbishop, 74

Rowell, 57

Sacramental system, 187

Sanctus bell, 147

Sarum Manuale, 20

Schaft, 109, 259

Schoole of Virtue, 75

Schoolmaster, 118

Scott Robertson, Canon, 51

Screen, 44

Scrope, Archbishop, 238

Sedilia, 51

Sermons, 211-222;

distinguished from instructions, 213

Servile work, 159-161

Sexton, 118

Sheer Thursday, 176

Sheffield, William, Dean of York, 9

Shrovetide, 168-170

Shryving-stool, 200

Simons, Canon, 145, 146

Smoke-farthing, 137, 138

Stafford, Bishop, 28, 100

Stapledon, Bishop, 16, 24, 90, 95, 219

Statute of Labourers, 106

Stipendiary priest, 98

Stoup, 65

Stubbs, Bishop, 86

Stratford, Archbishop, 86

Sunday, observance of, 159-161

Synods of Exeter, 109, 115, 137, 192, 197, 201, 207;

of Ely, 93, 150, 188, 216;

of Oxford, 194, 214, 215

Tenant-right, 246

Tenebræ, 175

Theodore, Archbishop, 156

Thoresby, Archbishop, 215

Thorold Rogers, 72, 256, 265, 266

Thurible, 33

Tithes, 10-14, 16-18

Tonsure, 78, 80

Toulmin Smith, Mr., 253, 256, 261, 266

Towneley mysteries, 251

Universities, education of clergy at, 76, 77

Valor Ecclesiasticus, 14, 87, 92, 118

Vespers, 159

Viaticum, 206

Vicar, duties and position of, 90, 91;

institution of, 91;

perpetual, 92;

general, 92

Visitations, 218-220

Visitation of the sick, 201-205

Wickham Legg, Dr., 116

Winchelsey, Archbishop, 33, 46

Windows, 58, 59

Wives’ dance, 243

Woodlock, Bishop, 26, 194

Young Children’s Book, 145

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