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The biography and typography of William Caxton, England's first printer

INDEX.

Reading edition

Abbey, Meaning of word, 73

Adventurers (See Merchant Adventurers)

Advertisement printed by Caxton, 72, 239

Æneid by Virgil, 347

Æsop, The Fables of, printed by Caxton, 48, 91, 287

Aforge, Daniel, 86

Ailly, Cardinal Pierre d’, 228

Alburgh, John, 150

Alcock, Bishop, 181

Aldus, Pius Romanus, 106

Alfonse, The Fables of, printed by Caxton, 287

Almonry, The, Its position, &c., 73, 74, 75, 79

Alphage, St., Parish of, 4

Ambassadors at Bruges, 27

Ames, Joseph, Note on Caxton’s death, 85

Amman, Jost, 104

Anderson’s History of Commerce, 26

Anelida, Queen, and False Arcyte, printed by Caxton, 212

Anne, St., Chapel of, 73, 74

Apprentices, Entry and Issues of, 6

Apprentices, Duties of, 8

Apprentices and Executors, 14

Apprentices, Oath of, 145

Apprenticeship of Caxton, 5

Arbre de, Batailles, 337

Arcyte, Queen Anelida, and False, printed by Caxton, 212

Ars moriendi, printed by Caxton, 358

Art, The, and Craft to know well to Die, printed by Caxton, 346, 354

Arthur, The Noble Histories of King, and of certain of his Knights, printed by Caxton, 304

Arundel, Earl of, his Device, 81

Ascensius Jodocus Badius, 128

Assumption, Guild of Lady of, 77

Atkyns, Richard, Origin and Growth of Printing, 90

Aubert, David (a Scribe), 35, 187

Avian, The Fables of, printed by Caxton, 287

Ayenbit of Inwit, The, 324

Aymon, The four Sons of, printed by Caxton, 343

Bagford, John, 75, 91

Baker, John, 150

Bakker, Jenyne, 149

Ballads, Some, printed by Caxton, 211

Ballad, A, 369

Ballard, Mr., of Cambden, 85

Balls, Inking, 124

Bartholomeus de Proprietatibus, 55, 64, 65, 340, 368

Bath Cathedral, 284

Bavaria, Henry, Duke of, 353

Bayntun, W., 321

Beauvais, Vincent de, 226, 227

Bedford, Duke of, 34, 36

Bedford Library, 255

Bedfordshire General Library, 324

Bedleem Hospital, Bequest to, by Large, 10

Belet, 282

Benet College Library, 220

Bernard, M. A., 106, 109

Bernard, M. A., Opinion on Colard Mansion, 62

Berners Juliana, 338

Betts, Edward, 151

Bequests, Various, of Large, 10

Bible, The Mazarine, 45

Bibles and Psalters, First, 43

Bibles not in demand in Fifteenth Century, 83

Bird, the Chorle and the, printed by Caxton, 209, 210

Blanchardin and Eglantine, The History of, printed by Caxton, 342

Blanche, Queen of France, 326

Blandford, Marquis of, 198

Blois, Library of, 36

Boat Hire, 19

Bocace, Fall of Princes, 347

Boethius de Consolatione Philosophiæ, translated into English by Geoffrey Chaucer, printed by Caxton, 215

Boke of Noblesse, The, 336

Bolomyer, Henry, 307

Boloyne, The History of Godfrey of, printed by Caxton, 252

Bomsted, Henry, 20

Bonet, Honoré, 337

Bonifaunt, Rich, 10, 147

Bowyer, William, 109

Bookbinder described, 130

Bookbinding, 95

Book of Courtesy, The 1st Edition, printed by Caxton, 211

Second Edition, 355

Book of Good Manners, printed by Caxton, 81, 315

Book, A, of Divers Ghostly Matters, printed by Caxton, 350

Book of Fame, The, printed by Caxton, 292

Book, The, which the Knight of the Tower made to the “enseygnement” and teaching of his daughters, printed by Caxton, 273

Books, Covers of, 215

Books not printed by Caxton but having some connection with his types, &c., 363

Books, Passion for, in Europe, 36

Botfield, Mr., 306

Bouillon, Godefroy de, 253

Bradshaw, H., of Cambridge, 55, 192, 295

Brand, John, 198

Bretaylles, Louis de, 190

Brice, Hugh, 228

Bristol, 350

Brito, Jean, 38

Broad, St. Ward, 75

Brown, J., 151

Browne, Willis (Mit. Abb.), 223

Bruges, 13, 15, 27, 37, 38, 57, 81, 150

Bruges, City of, Caxton, a Merchant at, 15, 17

Bruges, Ducal Library of, 214

Bruges, Guild of St. John the Evangelist, 37

Bruges, Records of, 158-160

Brute, Chronicle of, 89

Bryant, Mr., 327

Bryce, H., 82

Bryce, T., 17

Bullen, Mr., 244

Burdeux, John de, 340

Burchiello, Portrait of, 91

Burgh, Richard, 16, 17, 148, 204, 205, 279

Burgundy, Duke of, 15, 16, 24, 27, 34, 38, 58

Burgundy (Philip the Good), 38

Burial Fees for Wm. Caxton, 79

Campbell, M. F. A. G., 330

Canterbury Tales, 1st Edition, printed by Caxton, 193

Canterbury Tales, 2nd Edition, printed by Caxton, 290

Caradoc, Prince, 304

Carmen de Vere, 271

Caslon, W., 105, 108

Castel, Etienne, 193

Catchwords, 133

Catho Magnus, printed by Caxton, 1st Edition, 202, 204

Catho Magnus, printed by Caxton, 204, 205

Caton, printed by Caxton, 277

Cattlyn, Richard and John, 224

Caustons, Manor of, 3

Causton, Michael de;

Henry de;

Nichol de;

Richard de;

Theobald de;

Roger de;

William de;

Stevyn, 147

Cauxton and Causton, a form of Caxton, 3

Cawston, Johannes, Will of, 3

Cawston, Oliver, 161

Caxston, W., 148

Caxton, Elizabeth (daughter of Caxton), 30

Caxton, Elizabeth: Deed of Separation, 166

Caxton, John, 4

Caxton, Maude, 81

Caxton, Pedigree, 4;

his Patrons, 29;

his knowledge of Printing, derived from Colard Mansion, and not at Cologne, 49 to 68;

Settles at Westminster, 70;

Extracts from Works, showing a connection between his own name and a locality, 70;

his Daughter, 75;

Patronised by Edward IV., 80;

Receives a Payment from Edward IV., 80;

List of Works, 82;

Classification of Works, 82;

Time taken for Translation of Works, 83;

Death and Burial, 85;

his Property at Death, 85;

his Will, 86;

his Literary Attainments, 87 to 90;

a Linguist, 88;

Portraits of, 90;

Anecdotes in Appendix to Æsop’s Fables, 91;

his Character, 92;

a Master Printer, 93 to 142;

his Printing Office and Workmen, 93;

his Types, 103;

his large Device, 137;

Price of his Books, 141;

Judgment by, 158;

Payment by the King, 160;

Burial Fees, 161;

Auditor of Parish Accounts, 161;

Chess Book, Interpolation of, 174

Caxton, William (not the Printer), 81;

Burial, 4

Censuria literaria, 197

Charles, King of France, 33

Charles the Bold succeeds Philip the Good, 24

Charles the Great (Prologue), 83

Charles the Great, the Life of the Noble and Christian Prince, printed by Caxton, 306

Charron, The Jesuit, 310

Charters, Mercers and Merchant Adventurers, 18-21

Chartier, Alain, 297

Chases, 123

Chastising, The, of God’s Children, printed by Caxton, 359

Chato, et Parvus Magnus, 1st Edition, printed by Caxton, 202;

2nd Edition, 205;

3rd Edition, 224

Chaucer, Geoffrey, 89, 294;

Envoi of, to Skogan, printed by Caxton, 211

Chaucer, Geoffrey, Canterbury Tales, 1st Edition, 193;

2nd Edition, 290;

Boethius de Consolacione Philosophiæ, printed by Caxton, 213

Chaucer, The complaint of, to his purse, printed by Caxton, 212

Chertsey, Andrew, 355

Chess Book, The, 56, 59, 61, 68, 80, 111, 289

Chess, Game and Play of, 1st Edition, printed by Caxton, 23, 173

Chess, The Game and Play of, the, 2nd Edition, printed by Caxton, 232

Chivalry, The Order of, printed by Caxton, 289

Chobham, Eleanor, her penance, 13

Chorle, The, and the Bird, printed by Caxton, 209, 210

Chronicles of England, The, 1st Edition, printed by Caxton, 247;

2nd Edition, 255

Chronicle of King Alfred, 104

Chronicle of Brute, 248

Churche, Daniel, 204

Clarence, Duke of, 173

Cloth, English, excluded by Duke of Burgundy, 16, 23

Coburger, Nuremberg, printer, 239

Colard Mansion, See Mansion

Cologne, 62

Colonna Ægidius, 174

Commission issued, 1464, for renewal of Treaty of Trade, 22

Complaint, The, of Chaucer to his purse, printed by Caxton, 212

Commemoratio Lamentationis sive compassionis Beatæ Mariæ in morte filii, printed by Caxton, 329

Composing-Stick, 122, 124

Compositor, The, described, 121

Confessio Amantis, printed by Caxton, 271

Congregational Library, 331

Connection between Caxton and Colard Mansion, 64

Copenhagen, Royal Library, 316

Copland, R., 344;

one of Caxton’s workmen, 70

Copland, W., 94, 345

Corpus Christi College, 220

Cordyale, or the Four Last Things, printed by Caxton, 216

Court of Sapience, printed by Caxton, 250

Courtesy, Book of, printed by Caxton, 211, 355

Cowper, Mr., 331

Craes, W., 16

Creveceur, Seigneur de, 50

Crede Mihi, Tractatus, printed by Caxton, 319, 345

Croppe, Gerard, 30

Crosse, John, 86

Cristyne of Pisan—Moral Proverbs, 194, 195

Cura Sapentiæ; or the Court of Sapience, printed by Caxton, 250

Curial, The, 296

D’Ailly, Pierre, Cardinal, 180

D’Angers, Guy, 187

Dares Phrygius, 172

Daubeney, William, 80

Daunnou, M., 227

Day, John, Printer, 104

Death-bed Prayers, printed by Caxton, 285

Dedes, Robert, 10

Deguilleville, Guillaume de, Pilgrimage of the Soul, 259

Delff, 76

Denis de Leewis, 186

Description of Britain, The, printed by Caxton, 249

Development of Printing, 38

Device, Caxton’s, 48, 138

Devonshire, Duke of, Purchase of the Recuyell, 171

Dictes and Sayings, 24, 65, 70, 79, 86, 188, 221, 348

Dictes and Sayings, printed by Caxton, 1st Edition, 188;

2nd Edition, 221;

3rd Edition, 348

Dictys Cretensis, 172

Dinner, Visitation of Mercers’, 76

Directorium, seu Pica Sarum, printed by Caxton, 241

Directorium Sacerdotum, una cum Defensorio ejusdem, item tractatus qui dicitur crede mihi, printed by Caxton, 319, 345

Doctrinal de la foy Catholique, 326

Doctrinal of Sapience, The, printed by Caxton, 324

Domus Angliæ, 22

Donatus, St., Church of, 50

Douce, F., 172

Douce Collection, 356

Drapers, Merchant Adventurers, 18

Durham Cathedral, 351

Dysart, Earl of, 341

Echard, Script. Ordin. Prædicat, 351

Edward III introduces cloth factories to England, 2

Edward IV, 3, 27, 28, 35, 80, 87

Elizabeth of Hungary, Saint, the Revelations of, 365

Ellis, Sir Henry, 370

Eneydos, printed by Caxton, 2, 74, 80, 346

English, First Book in, 170

English Nation, The, 22

Esterlings, 22, 192

Essex, Earl of, 204

Esteney, John, Abbot of Westminster, 74

Eton College, 179, 230

Eugenius III, Pope, 353

Evilmerodach, King, 233

Exeter, 215

Exeter College, Oxford, 279, 301, 350

Eye, witch of, 13

Eyre, Thomas, husband of Elizabeth Large, 11

Fables of Æsop, the; of Avian; of Alfonse; and of Poge, the Florentine, printed by Caxton, 287

Faits d’Armes, les, 335

Fait d’Armes et de Chevalerie, 336

Fall of Princes, 347

Fame, the Book of, printed by Caxton, 292

Farmer’s, Dr., Library, 241

Faron, Jean, 174

Fastolf, Sir John, 81, 232

Fayts of Arms and of Chivalry, The, printed by Caxton, 80, 335, 338

Felding Geoffrey, Mayor, 17

Festial, The (Liber Festialis) 1st Edition, printed by Caxton, 263, 331

Festial, The (Liber Festialis) 2nd Edition, printed by Caxton, 356

Fèvre Ravne le, 58

Fifteen Oes, the, and other Prayers, printed by Caxton, 352

Figgins, V., 108

Filastre, Guillaume, 172

Fineschi Vincenzio, 102

Fishmongers, Merchant Adventurers, 18

Flanders, Peace between England and, 13

Flemish goods prohibited, 23

Flemish settlers in England, 2

Fostalf, John, Knight, 191

Founders’ Company, 18

Four Last Things or Cordyale, printed by Caxton, 216

Four Sermons, printed by Caxton, 1st Edition, 265

Four Sermons, &c. (Quatuor Sermones, &c.), printed by Caxton, 2nd Edition, 358

Four Sons of Aymon, The, printed by Caxton, 343

Fowls, Parliament of, printed by Caxton, 211

Frankfort typefounders, 107

Franklin, Benjamin, 108

Freeman of London, Oath of, 146

Friskets, 129

Gairdner, Mr., Memorials of King Henry the Seventh, 269

Galiard, Messire, 197

Gallopes, Jean de, 261, 318

Galiot du Pré, 297

Gedney, John, 11

Geiffe, William, 86

Gering, Ulrich, 367

Gerson, Chancellor, 338

Gervers, M., 29

Ghent, 27

Ghent, Public Library at, 330

Glass, The Temple of, printed by Caxton, 208

Gloucester, Humphrey, Duke of, 30

Godfrey of Bulloyn, printed by Caxton, 83

Gödike, K., 230

Golden Fleece, order of, 15

Golden Legend, 65, 96;

Copies left by Caxton to St. Margaret’s, Westminster, 86;

1st Edition, printed by Caxton, 280;

2nd Edition, printed by Caxton, 310;

3rd Edition, 365

Gossin, Jean, 51, 227

Göttingen, Royal University Library, 208

Governal of Health, The, printed by Caxton, 340, 358

Governor of English Merchants at Bruges—Duties of, 20

Guido of Colonna, 172

Granton, John, 16

Grenville Library, 210

Greyhounde, The, 75, 76, 79

Groote, Guerard le, 16

Gruthuyse, Louis de Bruges, 35, 36, 50

Guilds:⁠—

St. John the Evangelist, 37;

St. Thomas-à-Becket, 18;

Lady Assumption, 77;

Vassel feasts, 78;

Accounts, 78;

“Les Frères de la Plume” of Brussels, 37;

St. Luke at Antwerp, 37

Hadlow, 3

Hague, Royal Library, 330

Halle, Robert, 147

Hamburgh, 13

Ham House, Surrey, 304

Hansard, T. C., 109

Hanseatic League, 192

Hardwicke Hall, 205

Harrowe, John, 10, 148

Hasted on Kent, 2

Hastings, Lord, 24, 197, 229

Hawes, 209

Haywarde, a Scribe, 191

Health, The Governal of, printed by Caxton, 340

Hecht-Heinean Library, Halberstadt, 271

Hende, William, 19

Henricus, Rex, 353

Henry, Dr., 232

Henry II, 204

Henry IV, 18

Henry VI, 18, 36, 80

Henry VII, 80

Heton, Christopher, 10

Heton, Jas., 147

Higden’s, Ralph, Polycronicon, 249

History of Blanchardin and Eglantine, The, printed by Caxton, 342

History of Godfrey of Boloyne, The; or the Conquest of Jerusalem, printed by Caxton, 252

Histoire du Chevalier Paris, et de la belle Vienne, 310

Holkham Library, 198

Holtrop’s Monumens Typographiques, Woodcut from, 76

Horæ, 242, 320, 331, 352

Horæ, printed by Caxton, 1st Edition, 191;

2nd Edition, 242;

3rd Edition, 321;

4th Edition, 332

Horham, Manor of, 9

Horse, Shepe, and Ghoos, printed by Caxton, 66, 205, 206

House of the English Nation, 22

Hunter, Rev. Joseph, 223

Illuminators, 95, 113, 134

Image of Pity, printed by Caxton, 322, 324

Indenture of Apprentice, 5

Infancia Salvatoris, printed by Caxton, 207

Initials, 42, 135

Ink for Printing, 95

Jackson on Wood Engraving, 137

James, John, Typefounder, 109

Jason, English Edition by Caxton, 187;

French Edition, 56, 60, 63, 172, 178

Jason, Derivation of Name, 15

Jean de Bruges, 36

Jersey, Earl of, 306

Jerusalem, Conquest of, or the History of Godfrey of Boloyne, printed by Caxton, 252

Joan of Arc, 195

John, Duke of Berry, 34

John II, King of France, 33

John Stubbes, 28

Jones, J. Winter, 182, 187, 215

“Justification”: a Printer’s term, 44

Karlemaine, 307

Katherine, Saint, the Life of, printed by Caxton, 365

Kendal, John, Letters of Indulgence issued by, printed by Caxton, 222, 223

Kentish Dialect, 2

Kynge Apolyn of Thyre, 70

King Edward VI Grammar School, St. Alban’s, 243

Knight of the Tower, the, Book to the ensaygnement and teaching of his Daughters, printed by Caxton, 40, 81, 273

Knight Paris, the, and the Fair Vienne, printed by Caxton, 308

Könnecke, Dr. G., 271

Lambert, John, 150

Large, Alice, 11;

Elizabeth, 9, 11;

Jone, 161;

Johanna, 9-11;

Marries John Godnay, 11;

John, 5, 9, 148;

Richard, 9;

Robert, 147;

a Mercer, 8;

Sheriff and Lord Mayor, 8;

Warden, 9;

House in the Old Jewry, Account by Stow, 9;

Family, 9;

Death and Will, 9;

Widow, 10

Large, Robert, his Will, 153-158;

the younger, 5, 11;

Thomas, 9, 11

Latour-Landry, 274

Laurent, Frere, 324

Le Recueil des Histoires de Troye (see Recueil), 25

Leeu Gerard, 188, 309

Lefevre, Raoul, 188

Legenda Aurea, 282

Legends, Bequest from Caxton, 162

Legh-Gerard, 188

Legh, Stephen, M.P., 140

Legh, W. J., Esq., 368

Legrand, Jacques, 316

Leper Houses, Bequest to, by Large, 10

Letter to Caxton from Mercers, 23

Letters of Indulgence from Johannes de Giglis, printed by Caxton, 254

Letters of Indulgence issued by John Kendal in 1481, printed by Caxton, 222

Lettou, 94

Lewis, Rev. John, 91, 217

Life of Christ, 318

Life of Saint Katherine, The, 365

Life, The, and Miracles of Robert, Earl of Oxford, 369

Life, The, of the Holy Blessed Virgin, Saint Winifred, printed by Caxton, 301

Life, The, of the Noble and Christian Prince, Charles the Great, printed by Caxton, 306

Lilly, Mr., 339

Lincoln Cathedral, 285

Livre de Sapience, 326

Livre des bonnes Mœurs, le, 316

Livre des Vices et des Vertus, 323

Livre Royal, le, 323

Louis de Bruges, 35

Louis of Anjou, 34

Louvre Library, 33

Low Countries, 20

Lucidary, The, 370

Lydgate, John, 172, 206, 211, 262, 299, 341, 354

Lyf of our Lady, printed by Caxton, 299

Lyndewode’s Constitutiones, 370

Machlinia, 45, 339

Madden, Sir F., 223

Maittaire, 217

Mallet, Gilles, 33

Malory, Sir Thomas, 305

Manipulus Curatorum, 326

Mansion Colard, 36, 38, 39, 42, 43, 45, 49, 51, 54, 63, 67, 109, 179, 214, 253, 355

Mansion Colard, a Skilful Caligrapher, begins to Print, 68;

his Connection with Caxton, 54;

Dean of the Guild of St. John, 50;

Place of Residence and Workshop, 51;

Opinion by Bernard, 62;

Peculiarity of his Printing, 52-54;

the first Printer at Bruges, 49

Mansion, Paul and Robert, 51

Marchand, Guy, 355

Margaret (of Flanders), 34

Margaret, Queen, 284

Margaret’s, St., Westminster, Records, 4, 31, 77-79, 85, 163

Margarita Eloquentiæ, Fratris Laurentii Gulielmi de Saona, printed by Caxton, 218

Mariæ Virginis Servitium de Visitatione, printed by Caxton, 267

Marot, Jean, 337

Marshall, J., 151

Marten, Walter, 86

Marte Townes, Apprentices sent to the, 14

Martin, St. Otewich, 75

Maskell, Mr., 322, 332

Maydestone, Clement, 320

Maynyal, W., 140, 367

Medicina Stomachi, printed by Caxton, 340, 341

Meditacions sur les Sept Pseaulmes Penitenciaulx, printed by Caxton, 179

Mercer’s Company, 5, 8, 16, 28, 75, 76, 145

Merchant Adventurers, their Institution, Object, and Charters, 15-19, 21, 24

Metamorphoses of Ovid, 51

Meun, Jean le, 336

Middleton, Dr., 321

Mielot, Jean, 187, 232

Mirkus, John, 264

Mirrour of the World, printed by Caxton, 1st Edition, 226;

2nd Edition, 234

Missale ad Usum Sarum, printed for Caxton, 366

Montaiglon, M., 276

Moral Distichs, printed by Caxton, 199

Moral Proverbs, printed by Caxton, 194

Mores, Rowe, 109

Moule, Bib. Herald, 290

Mountfort, Symoni, 222

Moxon, Joseph, 105, 109

National Library, Paris, 355

Neche, Thomas, 10, 148

Nichols, J. G., 76

Noblesse, Declamation of, 230

North, Mr., 220

Nouns, Substantive, and Verbs, The proper application of certain, printed by Caxton, 205, 206

Nugent, Dr., 321

Nyche, Thomas, 147

Obray, William, Governor of the English Merchants, 19, 21

Old Age, Tully of, 330

Oldys, 228

Onkmanton, Henry, 10, 148

Order of Chivalry, The, printed by Caxton, 289

Orford, Lord, 217

Orologium Sapientiæ, 351

Osborne, 208

Ottley, 128, 135

Ovid, Metamorphoses of, 90, 368

Oxford, Robert, Earl of, 208, 369

Palmer, Samuel, 109

Paper, its Value, 102;

its Watermarks, 98;

Large-Paper Copies, 97;

Paper Mill, 96;

the kind used by Caxton, 97

Paris, M., 172, 214

Parker, Archbishop, 105, 220

Pannartz, 84

Pannizzi Sir Anthony, 106

Pegge Dr., 3

Pembroke College, Cambridge, 273

Pepysian, 235, 342, 350, 368, 369

Perkin Warbeck, 223

Perrot, Thomas, 27

Peterborough, Earl of, 253

Petrus Carmelianus, Sex Epistolæ, printed by Caxton, 268

Petzholdt, Dr. Julius, 271

Philadelphia, Loganian Library, 285

Pica Sarum, seu Directorium, printed by Caxton, 241

Pica, type of printers, 240

Pilgrimage of the Soul, The, printed by Caxton, 259

Pins, Jean de, 310

Pisan, Christine de, 336

Poge, the Florentine, the Fables of, printed by Caxton, 287

Polycronicon, printed by Caxton, 65, 89, 256

Portraits of Caxton, 90

Pratt, William, 17, 75, 81, 316

Prayers, Death-bed, printed by Caxton, 285

Premierfait, Laurence de, 231

Preste, Simon, 24

Psalter, the First, 44

Psalterium, &c., printed by Caxton, 243

Purgatoire des mauvais Maris, 63

Pye, The, a Tenement, 75

Pye, a collection of rules, 240

Pykering, John, 151;

Successor to Caxton as Governor of the English Nation, 21;

summoned before the Court of the Mercers, and discharged from his office, 21

Pynson, Richard, 94, 295

Quadrilogue, Le, by Colard Mansion, 67, 179

Quaternion, Meaning of, 132, 168

Quatre derrennieres Choses, 56, 61, 63, 64, 67, 68, 185, 330

Queen’s College, Oxford, 273

Quinternion, Meaning of, 168

Rawlett’s Library, Tamworth, 284

Recto, Meaning of, 168

Recueil, Le, des Histories de Troye, 25, 60, 63, 65, 68, 171

Recuyell, The, of the Histories of Troye, 26-28, 31, 41, 56-60, 63, 68, 104

Redeknape, Esmond, 17

Redeknape, W., 17, 19, 151

Red-Pale, The, 75, 80

Red Ink, Curious use of, by Caxton and Mansion, 185

Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, 341

Reglets, 123

Reinaert die Vos, die Historie Van, 230

Revelations of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, 365

Reynard the Fox, History of, printed by Caxton, 1st Edition, 229;

2nd Edition, 341

Rhodes, The Siege of, 223, 366

Richard III, 80, 198, 290

Richmond, Margaret, Countess of, 80

Ripon Minster, 215, 263

Ripoli Press, 102, 106

Ritson, 201;

Bib. Poet, 205

Rivers, Anthoine, Earl of, 24, 28, 80, 217;

translated the Dictes, 189

Robert, Monk of Shrewsbury, 302

Rock, Canon, D.D., 240

Roger, Monk of St. Werberg, 257

Roman Types, 43

Romans, Les, de la Table Ronde et les Contes des anciens Bretons, 305

Romuleon, written by Colard Mansion, 50

Rood of Oxford, 265

Rotherham, Bishop, 242

Roxburgh Club, 207, 210

Royal Book, the, or Book for a King, printed by Caxton, 322, 368

Roye, Guy de, 326

Rubrisher, The, 135

Rule of St. Benet, The, printed by Caxton, 350, 351, 355

Russell, John, Bishop of Lincoln, 24, 197, 228;

his “Propositio,” printed by Caxton, 196

Ryolle, William, 86

Sacerdotum Directorium, printed by Caxton, 345

Salisbury Missal, 367

Salve Regina, printed by Caxton, 199

Saona, Fratris Laurentii Gulielmi de, Margarita Eloquentiæ, printed by Caxton, 218, 220

Scala Cœli, 326

Scales, Lord, 24, 197

Scriptorium of Westminster Abbey, 74

Scrivers, 134

Scroope, Archbishop, 321

Selle, John, 16

Seven Points, The, of True Love and Everlasting Wisdom, or Orologium Sapientiæ, printed by Caxton, 350

Sermons, Four, printed by Caxton, 265, 358

Sermons of Vitriaco, The, 326

Servitium de Transfiguratione Jhesu Christi, printed by Caxton, 330

Servitium de Visitatione B. Mariæ Virginis, printed by Caxton, 267, 331

Sex perelegantissimæ Epistolæ per Petrum Carmelianum Emendatæ, printed by Caxton, 268

Shakspere, W., 172, 298

Shrewsbury, John Talbot, Earl of, 336

Siege of Rhodes, 220, 366

Signatures, 41, 42

Sixtus IV, Pope, 197, 220

Skogan, John, Envoy of Chaucer to, printed by Caxton, 211

Sloane, Sir Hans, 310

Sluis, The Port of, Bruges, 26

Smithfield, Jousts in, 12

Smith, John, 109

Somerset, Margaret, Duchess of, 343

Somme de Roi, La; or, La Somme des Vices et des Vertus, 323

Sophologium, 316

Sotheby, S. Leigh, 102

Soushavie, or Souabe, Jehan, 351

Southey, Robert, 305

Spacing, 44

Speculum Historiale, 307

Speculum Vitæ Christi, printed by Caxton, 1st Edition, 316;

2nd Edition, 328

St. Alban’s, the Printer Schoolmaster of, 45, 219;

Grammar School, 215, 241, 242;

St. Alban’s Chronicle, 248

St. Benet’s Chapel, Westminster, 214

St. James of Compostella, 189

St. John’s College, Cambridge, 349

St. John’s College, Oxford, 225, 248, 347

St. John’s Hospital of Jerusalem, 174

St. John the Evangelist, Guild of, 37

St. Martin’s Otewich, 152

St. Olave, Old Jewry, 10

St. Omer, Proposed Convention at, 23

Stans Puer ad Mensam, printed by Caxton, 66, 199

Stanzas, various, printed by Caxton, 205

Star Chamber Decree, 105

Statutes of Henry VII, printed by Caxton, 339

Staunton, Thos., 147

Steel Yard, 22, 78, 192

Steevens, G., 172

Stomachi Medicina, printed by Caxton, 340

Stow, John G., 250

Stower, C., 109

Streete, Randolph, 10, 147, 148

Strete, Hundred of, 10

Stubbes, John, 31, 149

Styles, Old and New, in the Year, 56

Suso, Henry de, 351

Sutton, John, 19

Surigo, Stephen, 214

Surse, Pistoie, 232

Sweynheim and Pannartz, 43, 84

Tate, John, 103, 151

Temple of Brass, The, printed by Caxton, 1st Edition, 208;

2nd Edition, 211

Terms, Explanation of, 168

Ternion, Meaning of, 132, 168

Thomassy, Raimond, 195

Thorney, Roger, 253

Timperley, C. H., 109

Title Pages, 45

Tractatus de ymagine mundi, 228

Trade Marks of Printers, 76

Trades, List of, in the Guild of St. John the Evangelist, 37

Trading Guilds, 17

Treatise of Love, A, printed by Caxton, 258

Treatise on Hunting and Hawking, 338

Treaty of Trade, Commission for Renewal of, 22

Tree of Battailes, 337

Treveris, Peter, 94

Troilus and Creside by Shakspere, 172

Trojan War, 172

Troy, Siege of, 172

Trinity College, Cambridge, 347

Trinity College, Dublin, 222

Troylus and Creside, printed by Caxton, 297

Tully of Old Age; Tully of Friendship; The Declamation of Noblesse, printed by Caxton, 230

Turnat, Richard, 10

Twelve Profits of Tribulation, The, printed by Caxton, 350

Tympans, 130

Typefounding, 104

Type, No. 1, Books printed in, described, 169-182

Type, No. 2, 64, 112

Type, No. 3, 114, 115

Type, No. 5, 118

Type, No. 6, 119

Types, 43, 104, 109

Upsala, University Library, 221

Utrecht, Old Records, 25

Vaghan, Thomas, 197

Valerius, Maximus, 50

Van Praet, M., 37, 50, 51, 179

Vegetius, De re militari, 336

Vellum used for Caxton’s books, 103

Vento, Jeronimo, 160

Vérard, Antoine, 338, 355

Verso, meaning of, 168

Vienna, Imperial Library 235, 253, 295

Vignay, Jehan de, 174, 283

Vignoles, Bernard de, 223

Vins d’honneur, 27

Vitæ Patrum, 85

Vocabulary in French and English, printed by Caxton, 262

Wagstaffe, Bishop, 321

Walbrook, Watercourse of, 10

Walpole, Horace, 196

Warde, John, 150

Warwick, Earl of, 23, 27, 80

Watermarks in Caxton’s books, 98

Watson, James, 109

Weald of Kent, 1

Westminster, 70;

Abbots of, 74;

Wool-staple at, 77

Whitehill, Sir Richard, 22

Whetyngton, Quit Rents, 152

Wideville, Richard, 161

Wilson, Joshua, Esq., 331

Winchester, Earl of, 35

Windsor, Royal Library, 289

Winifred, Life of Saint, printed by Caxton, 301

Wright, Thomas, Mr., 305

Wool-staple at Westminster, 77

Worde, Wynken de, 45, 75, 94;

His blunders, 64, 66;

Various ways he spelt his name, 66

Wyche, Hewe, 28, 31, 149

Wyche, Richard, burnt, 12

Year. Old and new style of reckoning in England and Flanders, 56

York, Cathedral Library, 207, 210

Zanetti, 102

Zel Ulric, 44, 62, 63

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