INDEX

à Becket, Thomas, 53, 247 Abbeys, Bath, 13; Eynsham, 66; Girwy, 13; Monte Cassino, 14; Oseney, 66; Wearmouth, 13; York, 14 Abbot of Unreason, 41 "Abbot, The," 41 Abelard, 91 Abjuration, 83, 163-5, 170 Ad Montem ceremony, 50 Affiliation of towns, 173-4, 177-8 Alcuin, 12-14 Aldgate, 188, 193 Aliens, 179 Allotments, 210-11 Alms and loans, 61-70, 104 Alnwick, 210 Alwyn, 134 Ancients, 117 Angild, 152 "Antiquary," the, 173, 226 Appeals, 77 Apprentices-at-law, 119-21, 123 Arles, 196 Arrears of rent, 172 Ashburton, 59, 61 Assise, the, 149 "Assises de Jérusalem," 140, 142 Assize of Clarendon, 165; of Northampton, 140 Athelstan, King, 20, 133, 160 Augustine, St., 27 Aungerville, Richard, 68 Austin Friars, 108-9 "Austins," 107, 109 Australs and Boreals, 93 Bachelor of Arts, 102-3, 109 Bacon, Roger, 108 Badges, 242-3 Bailiffs, 205-6 Bakers, 183-4, 186, 195; "baker's dozen," 186 Ballantine, Mr. Serjeant, 125-6 Banishment, 98 Banner of St Paul, 222-3 Barbers, 79-80 Barbitoria, 80 Bargains, hand-clasp, 199 Barnstaple, 62 Barrington, Dr., 202 Beam, Royal, 195 Beards, 85-6 Beaumanoir, 141 Becket, Thomas à (see under A) Bedel Stokys, 104 Bedels, 72-7, 96 Bedford, custom of, 177 Bell, Prior, 16 Benediction of a widow, 21 Benefactors, 68, 111 Berwick, 197, 211 Beverley cycle, 58, 60; sanctuary, 160-1 Birkett, Mr., 231 Black cap, 117 Black Death, 225 Blackstone, 134, 226 Blakiston, Mr., 68 Blewbury (Berks.), 226 Blount's "Ancient Tenures," 187, 189 Bondmen, 233-7 "Book of Nurture, The," 37 "Booke of Orders and Rules," 245 Borough English, 217-23 Boroughs, free, 208-9 Botticelli, 65 Bower, 28 Boy-Bishop, the, 39-50; Song of, 39 Bracton, 142, 163, 197 "Brais," meaning of, 89 Bristol, 198 Britton, 142, 163, 165 Broadgates Hall, 84-5 "Brother," "brotherhoods," technical meaning of, 13 Buckingham, Duke of, 157-8 Burgages, 174-5 "Burial of the Alleluia," 42 Burnby Prior, 16 Butler, Alban, 20 Cambridge, 61-2, 110, 169 Came, Bedel, 73-5 Carrara, Bridge of, 52 Castellans, hereditary, 188 Catherine, play of St., 53 Causes, civil, 149 Caustone, John D., 239 Cawthorne (Yorks.) 62 "Chamberdekenys," 98 Champions, 141, 144 Chancellor, office of, 77-90, 94-5, 98, 100-1, 103-6 Chapel, children of the, 32-7; gentlemen of the, 32-6 Chapels, domestic, 32-3 Charms, 142, 144, 146 Charter, 171, 206 Chaucer, 63, 84, 113, 242 Chaundler, Dr., 64, 113 Cheapside, 184-6 Chester plays, 54-6, 60 Chests, 66-9 Chetham Society, 196 Churchwardens' accounts, 59-63 Cinque Ports, 163, 177 City marshals, 125 Clark, Mr. A., 64, 114 Cloth, cutting, 171 Cluny, 12 Cobham, Bishop, 69 Coke, 117, 119 "Coke-Lyght," 82 Colet, Dean, 46 "Collection of Glover, Somerset Herald," 190 Collections, 74-5 Collier, Mr. W. F., 230 Colman's Engravings, 202 Commissaries, 77, 95 Common Serjeant, 125 Common town bargains, 176 Commons, 212-17, 229-32 Compurgation, 82, 128-31, 240 Constable of England, 145-7 "Constitutional History," Stubbs's, 229 Cooks, 82-3 Copes, 43-5, 49 Coroner, 163-5 Corporation MSS., 60 Corporation of London, 125-6 Corpus Christi festival, 54-5, 58-9 Council of Vienne, 54 Council, Roman, 27 County Court, 155 Court Leet proceedings, 206 Costume, legal, 115-6; university, 113-4 Coventry plays, 57-9 Creations, 105-6, 124 Crosses, 43, 90 Crying creaunt, 149 Curfew, 181 "Curtasie money," 186 Customs (by-laws), 162, 172, 177-8 Customs (revenue), 175 "De Nova Costuma" (statute), 195-6 "Demonologie," 136 Determination, 101-2 Devonshire commons, 229-32 "Dialogus de Scaccario," 153, 166 Doctors of laws, 115-6 Doddridge, Justice, 202 Dover, 172 Ducange, 13 Duel, 127, 140-9 Dugdale, 125, 187, 190 Dunmow flitch, 191; priory, 193 Dunstable, 52 Durham, 49, 156-7, 161-2 Durham College, 68, 98 Dymond, Mr. R., 219 Earmarking, 232 Earnest money, 196-9 Ebner, Herr, 12 Ecfrith, King of Northumbria, 160 Edgar, laws of King, 154, 226-7 Edward I., 246 Edward the Confessor, laws of, 150, 224 Edwards, Richard, 37 Edwin, King of Northumbria, 17 Elizabeth, St., 20 Elms (near Smithfield), 189 Elton, Mr., 220 Emma, Queen, 134 Essex, the Earl of, 174 Estrene, 186 Ewing, Mr. W. C., 202 Exeter Ordinale, 47 "Extinct Baronage of England," 190 Faculties of Law, Medicine, and Theology, 109-10 Fast, the Lady, 27-31 Fasts, 27 Feast of Fools, the (see Rex Stultorum festival) Feasts, 85-6, 101-5, 122 Fee-farm leases, 175 Felons, punishment of, 189 Ferrières, 14 Festivals, 28-9, 42, 179 Fines, 96, 151-3 Fisher, Bishop, 111 Fishmongers, 195 "Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry," 36 Fitzwalter, John, 191; Matilda, 192; Robert (Marshal of the Army of God), 191-3; Robert (grandson), 191-2; Walter, 191 Fitzwalters, Lords of Wodeham, 187-94 Fleta, 197 "Foreigners," 171, 174 Forest, 228-9, 230-2 Forster, Mr. R. H., 160, 162-3 Fortescue, 115, 122-3 Francis, St., 20 Franciscans, 108-9 Frideswyde Chest, 66 Frideswyde's Church, St., 90 Frideswyde, the Blessed, 90 Frithstool, 161 Froude, Mr., 91 Gascoigne, Dr., 128 Gascoigne, Sir William, 243 Gavelkind, 218, 221 "General sophist," 109 Germans, 101 Gibbon, 141 Gilds, 54-5, 242-3 Glastonbury Abbey, 20 Gloucester, Thomas, Duke of, 145 Gloucester, town of, 171-2, 205 God's Penny, 195-9 Godwin's "Life of Chaucer," 52 "Going a-Kathering," 48 Gomme, Mr. G. L., 209, 211 Googe, Barnabe, 28 Gordon, Mr. Gerald P., 1, 6-8 "Grand Coutumier de Normandie," 142 Grammar masters, 99-101 Green, J. R., 234 Greenwood, the, 153 Gregorie, 49 Gregory of Tours, 80 Gregory, Pope, 53 Grimm, 136 "Grithmen," 163 Grosseteste, Robert, 66, 108, 247 Halls, 98 Hazlitt, Mr. W. C., 187 Hearne, 81 Henderson's "Select Historical Documents," 132, 154 Henry VI., letter of, 78 Henry VIII., Acts of, 30-1, 48, 65, 182 Herbergeours, 180 Hereford, 177-8 Hereward the Wake, 154 Hexham, 161 Highway, taking in the, 169-70 "Hires," 236 "History of the University of Cambridge" (Willis and Clark's), 62 Holidays, 237 Holmgang, 140 Holy women, festival of, 21 Homeyer, 203 Hopkins, witchfinder, 139 Host of London, 188, 194 Hostelers, 180-1 "Hostels," 119, 180-1 "Hudibras," 139 Hugo de Balsham, Bishop, 108 Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 69 Hunting, 97 Immortality, 179, 185-6 Impostors, 184-5 Inception, 103-6 Ine, King, law of, 224 Innkeepers, 179-81 Inns of Court, 118-21 Inquisition, post-mortem, 200 Ipswich, 198 Irishmen, 92, 94 Islip, Archbishop, 17 James I., 136 Jews, 90 John, King, 173, 192 John's Coll., St., Cambridge, 80, 110-12 Jonson, Ben, 248 Judgment by default, 154-5 Judgment of God, 144-9; of the Boiling Water, 135; of the Cold Water, 136-7; of the Glowing Iron, 132-4; of the Morsel, 137-8; of the Ploughshares, 134-5; of the Psalter, 138-9 Judith, 19 Kelynge, Chief Justice, 123 Kemble, 151 "King Edward and the Shepherd," 240 King's Champion, 144 King's Purveyors, 240 King's Secretary, 239 "King's Shilling," 196 "King's Musick, The," 37 "Kloster Gebets-verbrüderungen, Die," 12 Knights Hospitallers, 121 Lacy, Bishop, pontifical of, 21 Lansdowne MS., 63 "Last Supper, The," 57 Laud, Archbishop, reforms of, 67, 105 Law, Great, 128; Middle, 129, 148; Third, 130 Leagues of Prayer, 11-17 "Lectures on Heraldry," 201 "Legible" days, 75, 87 Leicester, 60, 148 Leland, 25, 161 Letter, testimonial, 64 Letters, patent, 173 "Liber Custumarum," 190, 192 Librarian, 69-70 Library, 68-70 Libri vitae, 17 Licentiates, 88, 103-5 Limerick, 198 Lincoln, 205 Lindisfarne, monks of, 13-17 Linguists, 112 Liverpool, 170, 173-7, 198 Livery, 33, 241-3 Liverymen, City, 241 Lollards, 81 London, 171-3, 177-87, 193, 195, 204, 239-41 Longchamps, Bishop, 247 Lord Mayor's Banquet, 125-6 Love-days, 83-5 Lucian, 40 Magdalen College, 97 Maid Marian, 192 Maitland, 152 Manchester, 204-11 Mancipatio, 199 Manning, Robert, 53 Mansfield, 121 Manu, the, 18 Marbeck, 199 Marching Watch, the, 181-2 Margaret, Countess of Richmond, 110-11 Marks, pictorial, 203; Merchants, 200-2; Yeomen's, 199, 203 Marshal, 45-7; of the King's Household, 239-40 Martin's-le-Grand, St., 158 Mary, Queen, 39 Master Henry Sever, 68 Master of the Children, 36-7, 43 Masters Regent, 101-2, 106-7; Non-Regent, 100 Matriculation, 99 Mayhem, 129 Mayor, Lord, 189-91 "Mayoralty of London, The Origin of," 173 Mercheta mulierum, 221, 235 Metingham, Judge, 166 Middlesex Iter, 227-8, 233-4 Ministri sacelli, 110 Minstrels, 246-7 Montague, Anthony, Viscount, 245 Montesquieu, 141 Monuments, funeral, 25-6 Mootemen, 117 Mortmain, 168 Motbelle, 194 Munday, Anthony, 192 "Munimenta Gildhallæ Londiniensis," 190 Muster of arms, 193-4 "Nations," 91-7 "New Custom," the, 196 New College, 80, 113-14 Newcastle, 58, 60, 177, 210 Nicholas, St., 43-4 Nicols, 182 "Norfolk and Norwich Archæological Society Transactions," 202 Norris, Lord, 97 Northampton, 197 Northumberland, 177; Assize rolls, 156 Northumberland Household Book, 33-4 Nottingham, 210-11, 220 "Novel Disseisin," 168 Noyes, Attorney General, 197 "Nut-Brown Maid," the, 150 Oaths, 95, 124, 127, 146 Oblates, order of, 20 Officers, domestic, 243-5; municipal, 209-11 O'Keeffe, 198 Open field, the, 217, 222-5 Orders, Dominican, 25-6 Orders, Franciscan, 25-6 Orders of widows, 19 Ordinances, household, 241 Oriel College, 81 Othobon's Constitutions, 116, 154 Outlawry, 150-66, 227 Oxford (academic customs, passim) Oxford Historical Society, 89 Oxford, city of, 86, 177 Pageants, 52, 54-9 Pages, 247-8 Panniers, 186 "Panyers Alley," 186 "Paradise of Dainty Devices," 37 Paris, Matthew, 52 Patent Rolls, 190 Paul, St., 19, 23 Paul's Cathedral, St., 44-6, 124, 188, 241 Peacock, Mr. E. A., 220-1 "Peres the Ploughman's Crede," 201 Peterhouse, Cambridge, 108 Petitions, 88-9, 92, 158 "Piers Plowman," 27 Pillory, 184-5 "Placita de quo Warranto," 191 Plays, Miracle, 51-60 Plymouth, 62 "Points," 146 Ponies, Dartmoor, 231-2 "Popish Kingdom, The," 28, 50 Portuguese, 180 Portreeve, 206-8 Pound, Dunnebridge, 232 Pound-keepers, 210 Precinct (sanctuary), 160-1 Precinct (university), 72 Pre-emption, 240-1 Preston, 197 Prise, 240 Privilege, the, 71-90 Processions, 87, 90, 206-8 Proctors, 75, 95, 104 Professions, 22 Professors, Regius, 105 Purcell, Henry, 38 Pui, festival of the, 179 Pulling, Mr. Serjeant, 119, 121 Punishments, 183-6 Puritans, 60 Puttenham's "Arte of Poesie," 47 Queen's College, Oxford, 113 Questionist, 101 Readers, 117-18, 120 Recreations, 112 "Rectitudines, Singularum Personarum," 235 Responsions, 101 Resumption, 109 Retinues, 238-48 "Reules Seynt Robert," 247 Rex Stultorum festival, 42 Rhodes, Hugh, 37, 39 Riley, Mr., 190 Rings, 23-4, 26, 122-3 Riots, 86-7, 90, 92, 94, 97 "Rites of Durham, The," 161 Robin Hood, 150 Rogers, Archdeacon, 55-6 Rolf brass, 116-17 "Romance of Sir Degrevant," 246 Round, Mr. J. H., 173, 204 Rudborn, 124 Rye, 60 Salisbury, Bishop of, 144 Salisbury, Earl of, 144 Salop Iter, 155, 167 Sanctuary, 155-66 Sarum Missal, 21 Saturnalia, 40-1 "Saxons in England, The," 151 Scholastica's Day, St., 87 School-street, 101 Scotland, 177 Scots, 92-3 Scott, Mr. J. H., 203 Scott, Sir Walter, 41 "Scouts," 76 Second marriages, 18-19 Selden, 142 Seneschal of the King's Household, 239 Sergeant Chamberlain, 239 Serjeants-at-law, 115-26 Sermons, 46-7, 111 Servile condition, 177-9 Shaving, 80-1, 185-6 Shop-signs, 201 Shuttleworth accounts, 196 Significavit, 77 Soke and soken, 189 Sokeman, 189 "Specimens of English Literature," Skeat's, 201 Stake, 172 Stamford, 105 Stealing children, 36, 107-8 Stoford, 208 Strongbow, 174 Strype, Archbishop, 42 Stubbs, Bishop, 229 Summary justice, 170 "Sussex Archæological Collections," 245 Synod of Exeter, 154 Tabarders, 113 Tailors, 79 "Tale of Gamelyn," 150 Tallies, Exchequer, 240 Tavistock, 63 Templars, 81 Thavie's Inn, 118, 121 Theft, 127, 131 Thomas of Acons, St., 124 Timothy, First Epistle to, 19 Tiverton, 202, 206-8 Tokens, 50 Torrington, 213-15 Trained bands, 175 Trial by battle, 140, 143-8 "Trial of Jesus," the, 57 Tryvytlam's "De Laude Oxoniæ," 93 Tun (on Cornhill), 185-6 Turner, Mr. Dawson, 202 Tusser, Thomas, 36 Tyndale, 27 "Typet," 113 "Upland men," 174 Uthred de Bolton, 93 Utter-barristers, 117-18, 120 Venville rights, 230-1 Vice-Chancellor, 105 Villeins, 233 Vills, 230 Virgin, the Blessed, 27-8 Vowesses, 18-26 Vows, broken, 24-5 Wadham College, 63 Waking of the Sepulchre, 51 Walworth, Sir William, 159, 184, 194 Ward, Dr., 53 Wardrobe book, 241 Warranty, 168 Warton, Thomas, 39 Waste, the, 225-32 Watch and Ward, 181 Watchmen, 182-3 Waterford, 197 Welshmen, 92 Westminster Sanctuary, 157-8 Wheels, 28-9 Whipping boy, 37 Whitchurch, Rev. N. L., 226 Widows, Benediction of, 21; Hindu, 18; order of, 19 William I., 140 William Rufus, 139 Winchester, 177 "Wolf's head," 150 Wolsey, Cardinal, 243, 247 Woodbury (Devon), 61 Woolrych, Mr. Serjeant, 126 Writ of forest, 228 Writ of imprisonment, 233 Writ of right, 168 Wunibald, 14 Wykeham, William of, 22 Year-books, 168-70, 217-8, 227-9, 233-4 York, 44-8, 52, 55, 58, 60, 161, 177, 193 Youlgreave (Derbyshire), 63 Youghal, 197