INDEX.
Reading edition
abbey, new 28
abbeys 3, 290, see monasteries
Abbot, Archbishop 157, 164, 211, 222, 258
Aberdeen, boro. 280 n., 285, 286, 289;
diocese of 287
Abingdon 226, 260
able-bodied poor, see poor
accounts of overseers of Alton 174
" of Bridewell 352 seq.
" of Gloucester 129, 130
" of overseers &c. of Finsbury division 360 seq.
" of Newcastle corporation 125
" of overseers, collectors, deacons, &c. of Norwich, 102 n., 367
" of overseers in St Alban's district 182
" of overseers of St John's Walbrook 97
" of Sheffield corporation 225, 226
" of overseers of Staplegrove 327 seq.
" of Reading workhouse 113
Acland, Sir John, charity of 216 n.
Acts of Parliament, see statutes
actions legal, fees for 44
Acton, J. and W., charities of 234 n.
administration, see execution of law
Aelfric 3 n.
Agbrigg 192 n., 255 n.
aldermen, authority of, 134 n.
" of London 26, 30, 55, 95, 96, 305 seq.
" Court of 26, 30
" of Norwich 102 n., 104, 105, 106, 224 n.
" of Newcastle 124
" of Cambridge 44
Aldrich, Allderiche, Aldriche, John 104, 308, 311 seq.
Aldworth, Richard 212 n.
Aldworth, Thomas 122, 222 n.
alehouses, alehouse keepers, license of 117, 179, 332
" unlicensed 174, 346 seq.
" questions touching, 344
" misdemeanours in 175, 346 seq., 366, see fines
" reduction and suppression of 145, 185 seq., 194 n., 252, 325, 332, 358, 366
" regulation of 179, 180, 325, 331, 332, 346 seq.
" fines for unlicensed &c. 138 n., 360 seq., 366, see Sunday
Alfred, King 3
All Saints', Hereford 211 n.
allowance to poor brethren 42 n., see pensions
almoners, Gloucester 129 n.
alms, almes, almose, allmns, almesse, alyms, 30, 35, 36, 52, 54, 55, 102, 271
" increase beggars 40
" in Anglo-Saxon times 2 seq.
" at Southampton 9
" of great houses, 17 seq.
" distributed by parish priests, monks and guilds 6 seq.
" of Sir Julius Caesar, 295
" official collection of, 26, 55, 56, 57, 62, 63, 96, 278
" whether or not given to particular people in Norwich, 308 seq.
" in France 290
" see charities, collections, contributions and giver, restraint of
almsgiving, 66, see alms
almshouses, 8, 19, 27 n., 77, 101, 204, 207 seq.
Alton 173, 176, 177 n., 186, 256 n.
Alythwaite 214
amendments 75 seq.
America 230 n.
Amesbury 50 n.
Andersfield 194 n., 254 n., 261
Andover 186, 298
Anglo-Saxon times 2 seq.
Antigua 230
Applebye, William 217 n.
Appleton in the Street 171 n.
Appletree 151, 262 n., 299
Appowell, charity of 233
apprentices, statutory provisions touching 55, 56, 57, 76, 134 n., 138 n., 154, 155, 158, 179 n., 343 n.
" in Scotland 279, 279 n.
" poor children placed as 35 n., 117 n., 129, 167, 173, 174, 175, 177, 180, 182, 183, 215 seq., 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253 seq., 299, 315, 328, 345 seq., 357, 359, 361 seq., 366, 369
" in Bridewell 38, 217, 352, 353, 354, 356, 270
" opinion concerning 215 seq., 244, 295
" questions touching 247, 342, 344, see charities
archbishops, see Canterbury and York
aristocracy 296
Arksey 168
Armingford 82
arms and armour 338, 339
army, Parliamentary 274
Arth, Henry 127 seq., 139, 168 n.
articles sent to justices 81
" " overseers 174, 181
artificers 49, 228 n., 322, 323, see labourers and lending cash
Arundel 256
Ashley, Prof. 20
Ashton-under-Line 259
Askham 257 n., 363
assemblies, tumultuous 270
Asser 3 n.
assessments, cessments 116 seq., 167, 173 n., 180
" in London 29, 96
" in Cambridge 44
" in Norwich 104, 223 n., 367 seq.
" in North Riding 171, 171 n., 173
" in West Riding, 168
" voluntary 117, 129, see rates
assizes 179 n., 247 n., 299
assize of bread and beer 176, 332, 344
Atkinson, Thomas 176
attorneys 44
Athelstan, the Atheling 3 n.
" King 2 n.
Atwill, charity of 222 n.
Aucher, Richard 187 n.
Audeley, Robert 265 n.
Augsburg 20
Axton 264 n.
Aylesham 331
Babergh 173 n., 187, 245
babis 280 n., 285
Bacon, Lord 73, 74, 76, 79, 294
Bacon, Nathaniel 316
Badbury 256 n.
badges for beggars 25, 26, 41, 280 n., 284 n., 285, 288 n., see beggars, tokens
badgers 50 n., 87 seq., 188 n., 193, 316, 322, 323 seq., 340
" def. of 320
Bagby 214 n.
Bailey, Old 71 n.
bailies, bailiffs 44, 57
" Scotch 279, 287 n.
" of Ipswich 42, 43, 115
" of Norwich Bridewell 104, 312
" of Lydd 178
bairns 280
baize, bays, bayes 152, 160, 225
bakehouse 37
bakers 124, 150, 176, 321, 332, 358
Bakers 197 n.
Bamme, Adam 23
Banbury 185
Banff 284
banishment 77
bankruptcies 148
bar of House of Lords 76
Barbados 229, 330
Barbor, charity of 234 n.
bark 85
Barker, Andrew 215 n.
Barking 83
barley 179, 185 seq., 189 n.
" bread corne of poore, 145, see corn
Barnes, Sir George 31, 35
Barnet 181, 182, 214 n., 258, see Chipping Barnet and Friern Barnet
Barnstaple, 121, 202, 202 n., 227, 230, 234
Barnwell Gate 226
barrack 27 n.
Barrett, John, charity of 234
Barrington, Sir Thomas 340, 341
baskitmaker 309
Bastable 228 n.
Bastardy 75
Bassetlaw, report from 256 seq., 361 seq.
Bath, Earl of, 121
beadle, biddell, 34, 98, 355
bearwards, bearewards 68, 69, 70, 344
Becontree 228 n.
bedding, bedsteads, bedticks, 33, 260 n., 357 n.
Bedford co. 89, 91 n.
Bedford boro. 255, 261
Bede 2
beer 181, 198, 199, 207
" export forbidden 150
" price of 179, 331
beggars, beggary 2, 11 seq., 31, 36, 38, 43, 54, 77, 81, 151, 167, 169, 175, 242, 244, 295
" continental 13
" Scotch 278 seq., 287 seq.
" Irish 93
" sturdy and able-bodied, 4, 11 seq., 34, 56, 59, 99, 325, see vagrants, rogues
" impotent, see poor
" licensed or badged 20, 25, 26, 41, 42, 45, 53, 54, 58, 63, 168, 279, 280 n., 284, 287 seq.
" movements restricted 5, see settlement
" regulations of London 25 seq.
" number in Norwich 102
" punishment of 25, 79, 181, see vagrants
" multitude of 11 seq., 280 n., 288
" declared rogues, 134, 344
" disappearance of 128, see vagrants
begging prohibited 58, 101, 104, 105, 106, 311
Bell, Thomas 209
Belman 224
benevolences 227 n., 269
Bennett, Sir T., charity of 221 n.
Bentley 168
bequests, see charities
Bergholt 50
Berkshire 48, 87 n., 192, 193, 196 n.
Bethlehem, Bedlam 27 n., 28, 35, 38, 354, 370, see hospitals, royal
Beverley 210, 223, 255
Bills 68 seq.
" of 1566 68
" of 1571 69
" of 1572 69
" new, of 1597 74 seq.
" for Houses of Correction 75 seq., 137
" new bill for rogues 76, 137
bill of churchwardens 99
billeting of poor 192, 214, 242, 251
Bilstrop (Bilsthorpe) 364
Birden, W., charity of 234 n.
Bishops 58 n., 59 n., 86 n.
" exhortation of, 52, 57, 59
" appropriates tithe for poor 6 n.
" letter to 122
" inquire into breaches of trust 78, 136
" interrogatories of 58 n.
Bishops Castle 263 n.
Black Death 3
" Friars, House of 43
Blackfriars 272
Blackwell Hall 48, 369
Blandford 253
blind 55
Blofield 228 n., 191 n.
Bloise, Alice and Rose, charities of 234 n.
Blue Coat School, see Christ's Hospital
Blundell, Alice, charity of 233
Blythe, Dr 44
Blything, hundred of 89 seq., 190 n.
boarding out 202, 219, 369
Bocardo 221 n.
Bocking 152, 160, 161
Bole 257 n.
Boltby 171 n.
Book of Orders, see Orders
book register 57 n.
books of subscriptions, London 31
"Booke devised for the settinge of the poore on worke" 93, 98 seq.
Booke for the Poore, Norwich 102, 311 seq., see Maioris Bocke
boote wrighte 309
booth 44
boroughs, see towns
Boscombe 50 n.
Boteler, John 351
Bountisborough 246
Bowes 35, 111
box, poor's 55, 58 n., 113, 288, 290
boys 216, 216 n., 217 n.
" of St Giles' 198
" emigrant 230, see children
" at school 218
Bradford 186
Brafferton, Thomas 111
Braintree 152, 160, 161
Bramber 256 n., 265 n., 298
branding 138 n., 243
Braughing, half hundred report on book of orders 248 seq., 256 n., 344 seq.
" corn sold under price 190 n., 191 n., 252, 263 n., 344 seq.
Braughing town 345, 349
bread 198, 199
" poor relieved with 90, 124, 192
" gifts of 207, 212, 212 n., 345, 349
" serving poor with 180, 181
" three sorts of 332, see assize of bread
brethren of St Cross 208 n.
brewers 176, 321, 324, 331, 335, see maltsters
Bridewell 26 n., 31, 32, 33, 36 seq., 65, 69, 92 n., 98, 99, 100, 217 seq., 229, 244 n., 269, 370
" London apprentices of 38, 217 seq., 235, 352, 353, 354, 356
" report of 351 seq.
" better sort in 37
" steward and officials of 37, 351, 355 seq.
" clerk of the work in 37
" value of labour in 352
" money given towards 352
" debts due to 354
" revenues of 356
" occupations in 33, 100, 217
" Norfolk 94
" Norwich House of Normans 101, 104, 311 seq., 314
" Bristol 114 n., see hospitals royal and governors of, and also Correction Houses of
Bridgwater 185 n., 157
" Earl of 156 n.
bridges, charities for 136, 137 n.
Bridport 193
briefs for collections 203
Brinklow 28, 30
Bristol, Brestow 40, 86 n., 114, 121 n., 124, 150, 189, 209, 210, 212, 213, 215 n., 219, 220, 222 n., 227
" scarcity measures 1594-7, 122 seq.
" pressure on employers at 231, lending cash
Brittany 291
Brixton 83, 256
broggers 320
buck sold under price 191 n.
Buckingham co. 88 n., 193
" boro. 188, 256 n., 261, 265 n.
Buckingham, Duke of 12, 19 n.
Buckrose, 259 n.
Buddlesgate 256 n.
Budleigh, West 190 n.
Bullington 82
Bulmer 196 n.
Bulmer, Henry de 8
Buntingford 228, 228 n.
Burgesses 42, see towns
Burghley, see Cecil
burial, paupers 180, 329
Burneston 171 n.
Burnham 245
Burton's almshouse 210
Bury 65, 113, 116, 157, 157 n., 163 n., 200
bushel, varying size of 84 n., 187 n.
butchers, fines of, 138 n., 175
butter 51, 199
buttons, making of 223, 309
Caesar, John 296
Caesar, Sir Julius 244, 295, 331
Caistor, Sessions of, 88
cakes 332
Calais 48
Cambridge co. 82, 162, 191 n., 192, 253 n., 263, 358 seq.
" boro. 43 seq., 45, 62, 64, 108, 200, 264
" new tenements in, 93
" workhouse at 226
" Mayor 174
" St Mary's church in 44
" reports from 174 seq., 176, 177 n.
" university of 93 n., 176
Campbell, Lady 233
Canninge, William 210
Cannington 254 n., 261
canons, see Aelfric
Canterbury 4, 41
" parishes of St Andrew, St George, St Michael 41
" work at 110
" see of 211
Canterbury, Archbp. of 86 n., 101, 102, 122, 157, 211, 217
caps 33
captives, charities for 136
Carberton (Carburton) 257 n.
cards, carders, carding 33, 85, 260 n.
Carew, Sir Ranulph 178
Carhampton 245
Caribee Isles, Lord of 230
Carleton, letter to 145 n., 146
Carlford 264 n.
Carmarthen 151
Carlisle, Earl of, 230
carpenters 103, 218, 225, 354
Carr, John 219
carriers 138 n., 175
carts, attacks on 196, 197 n.
Cartmell 214
Cashio 191 n., 255 n.
Catherine, wife of Hen. VIII. 27
cavaliers 370
Cecil, Lord Burghley 31, 32, 68, 74, 75, 79, 81, 86, 93, 119 n., 146, 318, 334
" letter to 32, 126
" Sir Robert 130 n., 136 n.
" Sir Thomas 74
census of poor, Norwich 103, 308 seq.
certificate of punishment 54
" of observance of fasts &c. 122, see reports
Chamberlain 146 n.
Chamberlain, the 8, 25
Champion, Humphrey 212 n.
Chancellor, Lord 78, 136
" of the Exchequer 157
" of University 70
chantries, statute of 43
chapmen, petty 70, 344
charge to overseers 142, 180
" of Lord Chancellor 166
charity, charities 7, 59, 61, 63, 86 n., 136, 137, 200, 204, 210 seq., 259, 289, 295
" old methods of 17
" for providing work 222 seq., see work
" for apprentices 215, 216
" for prisoners 220 seq., see lending cash, endowments
charitable uses 78, 248, 342, 345 seq.
Charles I. 27 n., 16, 151, 153, 161, 163, 164, 172, 198, 295, 337
" justices of 292, 298, 304
" reign of 1, 21, 68, 198, 288
" personal government of 238, 241, 254
Charles II., reign of 276
Charter of University 176
" of St Cross 207
Charterhouse 211
cheese 199
Cheeseman 112 n.
Cheap, Chepe, Cheape, ward of 25, 305
Cherbury 299 n.
Chert, B., charity of 222 n.
Cheshire 138 seq.
" constable of 139
" reports from 248
chest, town 111, 201, 222, 280 n.
Chester 8
" fair of 139
" Earl of 139
" castle at 248
" hospital at 271
Chesterton 82 n., 264
" 358 seq.
Cheveley 82, 191 n.
Chichester 228 n.
children 31, 32, 34, 39, 43, 57, 64, 65 n., 76, 98, 99, 109, 113, 117 n., 134, 135 n., 167, 167 n., 169 n., 175, 198, 215 seq., 226, 238, 294, 299, 369 seq.
" unapt for learning 33
" vagrant 82, 83
" apprenticing of, see apprentices
" payments for 181
" emigrant 229
" in Norwich 103, 104, 105, 313 seq.
" in Wardrobe 272, 273
" Scotch 279, 281
" those overcharged with 127
" see apprentices, Christ's Hospital, Bridewell, orphanages, schools
Children's Hospital, see St Giles' Norwich
Chilford 192 n., 253 n., 256 n., 264 n.
Chipping Barnet 181, 182, 214 n.
Chipping Wycombe 188 n., 192 n., 193 seq.
Chorley 346
Christ's Church 28
Christ's Hospital, London 26 n., 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 216, 219, 269 seq., 369
" Treasurer of 97, 97 n., 99
" Ipswich, 43, 113, 117, 218, 269, 270
" guider of 113
Christmas 1622 145, 146
chroniclers of Bristol and Shrewsbury 123 seq.
church, churches, every one to go to 58 n., 65, 100
" people called to 31, 306
" absence from, see fines
" in London 28
" charities for repairing 136
" plate 41
churchwardens, 44, 55, 56, 57, 59, 96, 122, 129, 154, 159, 167, 169 n., 170 n., 171 n., 174, 175, 263 n., 305, 306, 360
" French 290
" accounts of 327
" inquiries made from 337
" returns of 345 seq.
citizens of London 27 n., 34, 35, 64
City of London, see London
Cirencester 82
Civil War 113, 132, 150, 153, 198, 202, 231, 238, 266 seq., 270, 274 seq., 301, 301 n., 302
Clackclose 264 n.
Clavering 190 n.
Clay, North and South 361
clergy, felony without 70
Clerkenwell 264, 360 n.
clerk in Bridewell 355
cloth, cloathing, cloth trade 16, 138 n., 150, 152 seq., 160 seq., 173 n., 369
" crisis in trade 48 seq., 85 seq., 145, 147 seq., 152 seq., 230 seq., 245, 337 seq.
" poor employed to make 111, 182, 222, 223, 225, 358
" making at Bridewell 37 seq.
" length of 160
" vent of 145 n., 337
" unsold 152
" linen 117 n.
clothiers, clothworkers, clothemen 37, 49, 85 seq., 147 seq., 160 seq., 173 n., 223, 255, 259, 336 seq., 358
" wages of workfolk 160 seq.
" pressure on employers, see employers
" representative 148 n.
" money lent to 234, 235
" Gloucestershire 85, 115, 149
" Reading 231
" Ipswich 115
clothing, gifts of 212 n.
Clothworkers' Company 212
Clugny, cells of 27 n.
coal 199, see fuel
cobbler 308
Cock, Christopher, charity of 234
coin, coinage 16, 49, 50 n., 147
Coke, Lord 74, 156 n., 157, 241, 243, 338
Colchester 157, 157 n., 197 n.
" provision of work, and workhouse at 110, 113
" corn in 50, 185
" lending cash, charity in 235
colers of iron 25
collections 55, 62, 229, 283, 290, 315
" in London 26, 29, 31, 96, 97
" in Lincoln 42 seq.
" for plague stricken 52, 200, 201
" for sufferers from fire 202
collectors for the poor 130 n.
" Scotch 279
" for individuals 344
colleges, French 290
Colneis 264 n.
commissions 84, 85 n., 144, 262 n.
" draft of 145 n., 243, 244, 342
commissions of 1630/1 152, 156, 157, 240, 246, 252, 292
" local 157
" of charitable uses 248
commissioners, 31, 50, 156, 157 seq., 159, 173, 253, 371, 351
" in Norwich 104, 106
" division of 157
" for the Poore 156 note 2, note 3
committees 156, 157, 280 n.
" of Council of State 273
" great 74, 76, 79
" for enclosures 74
" of Lords 75
" of eastern counties 275
" of Privy Council 148 n., 156, 156 n., 161
Common Council 24, 28, 29, see Journals and London
Commons, House of 68 seq., 73 seq., 79, 293, 297
Commonwealth 269 seq., 308
communication, means of 84
Companies, City 29, 30, 63, 97, 100, 212, 213, 233
" at St Albans 111, see Ironmongers &c.
Complaynt of Roderyck Mors 7
Comptroller, Mr 338
conclusions 293 seq.
Conningsby hospital 211 n.
Conners 197 n.
Connock, charity of 221 n.
Consforthe, Southe 308, 310
constables 65, 95, 98, 99, 120, 159, 166, 171, 174, 175, 180, 181, 182, 247, 273 n., 343, 360
" Scotch 282
" as collectors of revenue 268
" return of 345 seq.
" high 71, 170 n., 175, 317
continent 20, 71, see Europe
contributions 45, 167, 202, 222, 285, 286 n., 289 n.
" deficient 97, 289 n.
convention of Scottish boroughs 280, 285
Cooper, John 227 n.
Copley, Edw. 176
corn 68, 83 seq., 204
" scarcity of, dearth of, in England 23 seq., 40 seq., 44, 49 seq., 51, 61, 84 seq., 119 seq., 130 n., 144 seq., 149, 150 seq., 163, 164, 172, 184 seq., 243, 245, 294, 316 seq., 318 seq., 338 seq., 344 seq., in Scotland 282, 286 seq.
" success of orders touching 89, 192 seq.
" price of 84 seq., 119, 121 seq., 180, 191 n., 193, 194 seq., 301 n., 316, 341
" difficult to obtain 121, 125, 195 seq.
" price fixed 51, 88, 121
" transportation forbidden 144 n., 150
" stores of 23 seq., 40 seq., 50, 121 seq., 188 seq., 191 seq., 203, 340, 345, 346 seq.
" sold under price 89, 121 seq., 149, 187 seq., 193, 197 n., 249, 323, 341
" sold at home 185, 187, 190 seq.
" surveys of 50, 87, 185, 186 seq., 193, 195, 317, 319 seq., 334 seq.
" gifts of 8, 204
" corn seized 85, 148 n.
" neglect to provide 124
" plentiful 192, 192 n., 203
" see engrossers, badgers, orders and reports
corne busynes 166
corn dealers 24, 85, see badgers
corne maisters and mongers 128
corn owners 88 n., 89, 195
corner in wheat 195
Cornwall 84, 130 n., 150, 187, 192 n., 196 n., 239, 258, 262 n., 266
Corporation of the Poor 272, 273
" in Barnstaple 271
corporations, see town, rulers of
correction by parents 99
Correction, Houses of 36, 43, 66, 72, 75, 77, 79, 80, 113 seq., 126, 130, 134 n., 136, 137, 140 seq., 158, 167, 170, 179 n., 217, 221, 223, 225 seq., 241, 272, 294 seq., 325, 360, 366
" Scotch 281, 286
" at Arundel 228 n.,
Barnstaple 227 n.,
Bristol 114 n.,
Buntingford 228 n.,
Bury 113 seq.,
Cambridge 226,
Chester 248,
Chichester 228 n.,
Devonshire 227,
Devizes 229,
Essex 228 n.,
Gloucester 129, 227,
Hastings 228,
Herts 156 n.,
Ipswich see Christ's Hospital,
Kendal 227 n.,
Liverpool 227 n.,
London, see Bridewell,
Manchester 228,
Middlesex 156 n., 228, 264 n.,
Norfolk 228 n.,
Norwich 101, 107,
Nottingham 218, 227, 228,
Preston 228,
Reading 114,
Shepton Mallet 228 n.,
Stafford 274 n.,
Suffolk 228 n.,
Surrey 228,
Wakefield 128,
West Riding 168,
Winchester 118,
York 114
Cosford 173 n., 245 n., 264 n.
cost of living 34
costs and charges of Royal Hospitals 369 seq.
Cotele, Thomas 342
cottages 57, 73, 125, 169, 169 n., 297
Council of State 271, 273, 277
" of the North 80
" French 292
" see Privy Council, Common Council
counties, maritime 85, 85 n.
" home 85 n.
" clothmaking 145 n., 147
" officials of 179, 292, 294, see justices, treasurer
" export from 150, 151
" to have a house of correction 137
Countrey Justice, The 139 seq.
country employment in 231
Court 146
" of Royal Hospitals 36
" Leet 158, see Aldermen, Common Council
Court books of Bridewell 38, 229 n.
Cox, Edw. 215 n.
Coxall 152
cows for poor 346
crafts 24, 37
" guilds of 210
Crediton 190 n.
Cromwell, Henry 87 n., 265 n.
" Oliver 87 n., 265 n.
" Thomas 18
Crotch, Nathaniel 224 n.
Croydon 211, 216, 222 n.
Croyland 3
Cuckney 257 n.
Cumberland 239
curate 305, 307
curés 290
Curse of Corne horders 196
Dacorum 190 n.
Dalton, Michael 139 seq., 179 n.
Danby, Edm., will of 136 n.
" Earl of 156 n.
Danzig, Dansicke 124
Darleton (Darlton) 363
Dartford 264 n.
deacon, deaconnes, Scotch 285 n.;
Norwich 102 n., 105, 106, 311 seq., 313;
orders for 314
dealers 50, 50 n., 84, 93, 193
" sell to poor under price 192, see badgers
Deane, Thos. 212 n.
death, punishment of 57, 70, 71 n., 73, 77
dearth of corn, see corn
debates 68 seq., 76, 294
debtors 220, 221 n.
decades, wages during successive 301 n.
December, 1630, corn reports of 194
decrepit and auld 280 n.
Deepwade 191 n.
Deerhurst 82
denizens 152
Denmark 124
depopulation 158, see enclosures
Derby 188
Description of England 12
Devizes 228, 229
Devon 84, 91 n., 93, 120, 148 n., 196, 213, 239, 241, 242, 258, 259 n., 262 n., 266
" discontent in 155 n.
" corn in 187, 190
" justices of 155
" poor billeted 192
" prisoners of 220
Dewsbury 169 n.
diet for vagrants 99, 113 seq.
" for orphan boys 198
" wealthy to moderate 122
dinner, see St Giles, Bury, St Cross
directions, see orders
discussions, see debates
disorder, disquiet 51, 61, 149, 196, 298, see riots, insurrections, disturbances
Diss 191 n.
distress 49, 73, 126, 193, 294, 303
" in Scotland 286 seq.
disturbances 51, 115, 125, 144, 145, 145 n.
Dobbs, Sir Rich. 31
Dodbrooke 196 n.
doggerel 196, 197
doles 18, 54, 55, 63
Doncaster 169 n., 197 n., 256 n.
Dorchester 82, 202
" Viscount 156 n., 157, 164, 340
Dorset 84, 125, 148 n., 253
draft of orders 86, 318 seq.
drapery, new 225
Drayton, East 362
drum 126
drunkards, drunkenness, see fines
dues 43, 44, 116 seq.
Dumbarton 286 n.
Dunham 363
Dunmow 190 n., 194 n.
Durham 127
" Bishop of 6 n.
" Dean of 125, 127
" bishopric of 239
Dutch, Dutchman, Duchman 104 n., 110, 111, 200 n., 273
Dutton, rights of lord of 138 seq.
dyeing 33
Eadgar, Archbp of York 3 n.
Eakring 258 n., 362
ear, boring through 70, 71 n., 73
earnings, unstable 15, 295
Earsham 191 n.
Easby 214 n.
eastern counties 153, 191, 192, 245, 265
Eastwick 232 n., 249, 345 n., 346, 351
Eaton 363
ecclesiastics 2, 3
edicts 290 seq.
Edinburgh 279, 283
Edisbury 262 n.
education 18, 103, 105, 215 seq.
Edw. II. 6 n.
Edw. IV. 27 n.
Edw. VI. 27 n., 33, 34, 36 n., 38, 209
Edwinstree 190 n., 191 n., 193, 196 n., 228, 263 n., 296
Egmonton 257 n., 364
Egyptians, 127
elders, 281, 284, 287 n.
Elizabeth, Queen, 25, 80, 208, 209, 297
" " hospital of, 219
Elstree, Idlestrey 142 n., 181, 182, 214 n., 258
Ely 3, 82
emergency, relief in 184 seq., see poor relief
Emperor 48
employers 100, 160 seq.
" pressed to keep men at work 48 seq., 85, 115 seq., 147, 152 seq., 155, 223, 230 seq., 232
" losses of 148
" might compel service 141
enclosures 73 seq., 125, 126, 144, 151
endowments 269
" control of 3, 6 seq.
" misuse of 157
" old 207 seq., see charities
England 1, 48, 49, 70, 150, 183, 241, 242
" many die of want in 124
engrossers, ingrossers 50, 50 n., 73, 144 n., 176, 197 n., 296, 323, 331, 332, 358
Erpingham, South 218, 264 n., 331
Essex 50, 83, 93, 149, 162, 190, 194 n., 255 n.
" justices of 153, 154, 336 seq.
" provision of work in 265 n.
Ethelred, law of 3
Etherington, Sir Rich. 170 n.
Europe, Western 1, 13, 277, 293
Ewecross 299 n.
Exchequer Chamber 74
execution of poor law and Book of Orders 97, 128, 129 seq., 143 seq., 150, 153, 158, 159, 174, 237 seq., 294
" " improved 241 seq., 250 seq., 345
" " negligence in 246 n., 247, 270 seq., 287, 371
" " difficulty in 248
" " machinery for 142 seq., 165 seq., 292
" " in Scotland 279 seq., 286 seq.
Exeter 9 n., 114, 150, 155, 157 n., 216 n., 219, 222 n.
Exning 245, 334 seq.
expulsion of poor, see new comers
Eynesford 218, 264 n., 331
factors in making English poor relief 21 seq.
Factory Acts 62
Fairfax, Lord 177, 215, 259 n.
fairs 8, 139, see Stourbridge
Falkland, Lord 156 n., 157, 164
family, earning of 198
" as unit 300
Farmanby 203
farmers 203, see markets
Farringdon 192
fasts, fast days 122, 252
Fawley 186, 246, 247, 342
feaste of St John the Baptiste 308
felon, felony 70, 71 n., 126, 221 n., 299
felts 100
fencers 69
Fenner, Sir John 264 n.
feudal system 14
fiddlers 139
Fielding, Basil 338
fifteenths, fiftene, fifteens, quinzièmes 29, 100, 116
Finch, Mr 74
Finchley 264 n., 360 n.
Finger bread 332
fines, forfeitures 4, 55, 117, 138 n., 174 seq.
" list of those assigned to poor 138 n.
" fines, for absence from church 58 n., 130 n., 138 n., 173 n., 174, 177
" of givers to beggars 105, 106, 311
" of deacons 315
" for bringing over poor immigrants 71
" for negligence 77
" for being drunk 138 n., 174, 177, 300, 344, 347, 348, 350, 351, 357
" for swearing 138 n., 175, 177, see Sunday, alehouse keepers
Finsbury 360
fire 202 seq.
Fishborne, Rich., charity of 233
fishing trade 273
Fitz-Geffrie 196
Fitzmary, Simon 27
Flanders 48
flax, stock of 72, 222, 225, 256, 272, 349, 358
Fleet 163, 197 n.
Flegg, East and West 191 n.
Flendish 82, 191 n., 264 n.
Fletcher of Saltoun 288
Flint 192 n., 196 n.
fluctuations in price 196
" in trade 232, see trade
food 194, 198
" lack of 85, 288, see poor
football 270
Ford 299 n.
Forehoe 191 n.
foreigners, forainer 49, 117 n.
forestaller, forestalling 50, 50 n., 73, 176, 296, 320, 332, 358
forfeitures, see fines
fortune tellers 70, 344
Fortunes of Nigel 216
Foulness, Island of 135 n.
Fox, almshouses of 210
Foxton, Richard 176
Framingham, Edw. 125
Framloyde 85
France 14, 48, 54, 110 n., 183, 267, 277, 279, 290 seq., 303
Francis I. 290, 291
fraud 269, 271
Freebridge 264 n.
freedom of town 44, 116, 117, 117 n.
" interference with 65
Freemanors 245
freemen 109, 116
Freshwell 190 n.
Freston 89
Friern Barnet 264 n., 360 n.
Friars 55
" churches of 28
" mendicant 55
Fridays, fast on 122
Friendly Societies 61
Frome 263 n.
Froxfield 173
fuel 181, 199 bis, 315
Fuller 295
Fullers 37, 117 n., 147
Fulsey, charity of 234 n.
funds 4, 39 seq., 41, 43, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 62, 77, 107, 154, 167, 177, 216, 273, 278, 290
" methods of raising 115 seq., 221 seq.
" insufficient 97
" misuse of 157
" parochial 213
" county 213
" Scotch 285 seq.
" Norwich 106
" Cambridge 44
" for Reading hospital 112 seq.
funeral, beggars at 12
Furness 214
Games, unlawful 55, 69, 138 n., 173, 175, 177
Gamolston, (Gamston) 362
gaol, jaillies 241, 283, 299
Gardiner, Dr. 295
Gateshead 209
Gaunt's hospital 219 n.
gentlemen 211, 283, see home
Germany 13, 14, 277, 278, 293
" towns in 20 seq.
gifts, voluntary 66, 72
" small 211
Gilston 345 n., 347, 350
girls, see children
giver, restraint of, 3, 25, 41, 54, 105, 106, 283, 311
Glasgow 280 n., 286 n., 289
Glassmen, glaziers 103, 138 n., 344
Glastonbury 3
Gloucester co. 82, 88, 115, 148 n., 149, 303
" boro. 45, 114, 129 seq., 150, 160 n., 163 n., 197 n., 213 n., 227, 262 n.
" hospitals at 129, 204, 208 seq.
gloves, glovers 100, 224, 354
Godalming 156
Goderynges dowghetyr 8
Godolphin, Sir Francis 130 n.
gold and silver thread 145 n.
Goodwin, Thos. 234 n.
government, subordinate 146
governors, see hospitals
Gower, bequest of 19
gowns, gifts for 212
grandparents 134, 135 n.
grain and granary, see corn
Grand Concern of England explained 275
Grantham 201
graziers 49
Great Yarmouth 188, 189 n., 273
Greenhoe, Greenhoo, South 88, 191 n., 263, 264 n., 317
Greevous Grones for the Poore 244
Gresham, Sir Rich. 28 n.
Grey Friars, see Christ Church
Grimshoe 88, 191 n., 263, 264 n.
Grimsworth 186 n.
Grindal, Archbp. 110, 211
Grinton 171 n.
Grove 257 n., 364
guardians of the poor 141 n.
Guildford 222, 357 seq.
Guildford, Sir Henry 48
Guildhall 23, 306, 307
guilds 7, 42, 43 n., 210
Guiltcross 88
gun 349
Gunthwaite 169 n.
Gustavus Adolphus 264
Haberdashers' Company 233
habitations for poor 71, 75, 180, 214, see cottages
Haddington 283
Hadleigh 149, 160 n.
Hale, Sir Matthew 276
Halesworth 189
Hampden, John 193, 296
Hampshire 48, 173, 186
hand, living at his own 179 n.
handbooks, legal 139 seq., 215
handemyll 35 n.
Happing 191 n.
Harbert, Sylva 160
Harman 11 seq., 17, 288, 298
Hartesmere 228 n., 264 n.
harvests 49, 51, 141 n., 144, 149, 161, 164, 184 seq., 275
Hastings, rape of 228, 261
" Sir Francis 74
Hatfield, Hadfeild 361
havens 136, 137 n.
Haward, John 119 n., 296 seq.
Hawes, Sir James 93
Hayridge co. Devon 228 n.
Hayward, Sir Rowland 93
Headon 365
Heads of Houses 44
hedgebreaker 174, 348
Heiden House 272
Hemlingford 87, 90
hemp, stock of 72, 222, 225, 229, 232, 255 n., 256, 257 n., 272, 349, 358
hempdressers 218, 354
hempmen 355
Henderson, Mr 202 n.
Henley 216
Henry II. 207
" V. 27 n.
" VII. policy of 14
" " vagrant acts of 5
" VIII. 11, 15, 19, 21, 35, 47, 48, 54, 58, 278, 288, 291, 293
" " hospitals refounded by 27 n., 28
Henstead 191 n.
Hereford co. 82, 192 n.
" boro. 8 n., 208, 211 seq., 216, 222, 260, 262 n.
heritors 287
herrings, gifts of 345, 349
Hertford co. 93, 156 n., 186, 191, 225, 256, 345
" justices of 218, 220
" towns of 225
" population of 274, 275, see Sessions, Jury
Hertford, hundred of 191 n., 252, 256 n., 261
" boro. 163 n., 186
" fire at 202
Hext, Edward 74, 76, 126 seq., 288, 298
Heydon's charity 235 n.
Highlands 14
High Peak 298
highwaymen 243
highways 136, 247, 252, 358, 360
Hitchen 190 n., 201, 201 n., 235, 263
Hobson, workhouse of 226
hoill, theiffes 284
Holland, Linc. 82, 226
" Earl of 157
" poor in 277
" refugees from 110 n.
Holworthy, Rich. 221 n.
home, order to return 120, 140, 144, 145 seq.
Hopton, Arthur 89
Horncastle 194, 264
Hornsey 360 n.
hosiers 231
Hospitality 2, 7, 17 seq., 144, 145, see alms
hospitals 8, 19 seq., 39, 61, 75, 76, 77, 113, 169 n., 201, 204, 207 seq., 220, 242, 277
" royal 34, 35, 36, 38, 59 n., 64, 269, 369 seq.
" in London 26 seq., 98, 157 n.
" town 45
" county 167, 170, 170 n.
" French 291
" Edw. VI.'s foundation 31
" governors of 35, 36 seq., 38, 64, 96, 100, 269, 352
Houghton, Sir Robert 178
House of the Poor 108, see St Bartholomew's, London, and St Giles's, Norwich
householder, poor 36, 187, 212, 225, 235
housekeeping, laudable 146, see hospitality
houses 100, 181, 202 " regulation of 73, 100, 108, 297 n., see tenements
" provided for poor 214 n., 257 n., 287, 315, see cottages, habitations
Humber, counties south of 266
Humbleyard 191 n.
hundred 4, 54, 78, 151, 154, 159
Hunsdon, 249, 347, 351
Huntingdon 82 n., 87 n.
" Henry, Earl of 81
Huntspill 254 n., 261
Hurstington 265 n.
husbandry, one brought up in 179 n., 259
" poor work at 224
husbondman 308
idle, idlers 104, 174, 176, 228, 229, 299, 300, 347, 349, 350, see vagrants, rogues, work
idoll to be gazed upon 166
immigrants, pauper 71
import of coal 199
imprisonment 77
indenture 28, 33, 217 n.
indictments at Sessions 167 seq.
indifferent 50, 50 n., 77
individualist 300
individuals 8, 300
industry, national organisation of 302
infants 227 n.
informers, rewards to 361
inhabitants 50, 50 n., 77, 134 n., 168, 169, 180
" of Paris 291
" of Knaresborough 167, 168
" employ poor 131, 232
injunctions 58 n.
inmates, lodgers 73, 169, 170 n.
inn, vagrants at 12 seq.
instructions to overseers 218
insurrections 91, 91 n., 126, 127, 298, 303, 338
interest 118, 233 seq.
Interludes, enterludes 69
interrogatories 58 n.
Ipswich 42, 45 seq., 62, 108, 113, 117 seq., 129, 197 n., 218, 261, 264, 293
" fair at 8
" new comers in 108
" provision for corn in 124 n.
" taxes for poor in 116, 117
" charities of 136 n., 233, 234
Ireland 71, 150, 192 n.
iron, stock of 72, 76
iron works 33
Ironmongers, Company of 37
Ironside, charity of 234
Isle of Man 71
Isle of Wight 151
Islington 210, 264 n., 360 n.
Italy 89
James I. 146, 209 n., 211, 301 n.
January 1630/1, reports of 194
Jenis, Mathias, charity of 222 n.
Jersey school, Newark 204, 225
Johnson, John, charity of 216 n.
" Richard, charity of, 234
Journals of London 29 n., 305
Judde, Lady 110
judges 143, 149, 154, 159, 165, 166, 173, 178 seq., 183, 247 n.
" resolutions of 135 n., 141 n., 178, 179 n., 336
" advice of 178, 337
" decision of 276
juglers 70, 344
jurats 8
Juries 87, 88 n., 319
" Grand 275
Justice, Lord Chief 75
justice of Somerset, see Hext
justices 41, 53, 59, 67, 70-94, 112, 119, 120 seq., 134 n., 158 seq., 171 seq., 179 n., 292, 298, 318 seq., 341
" powers and position of 165 seq.
" negligence of 143, 158, 197, 246
" reports of 151, 152, 181 seq., 192 seq., 245 seq., 274, 316 seq., 326 seq., 331 seq., 340 seq., 342, 357 seq.
" letters to 143, 147 seq., 153, 162, 240 seq., 336, 338
" of Commonwealth 277
" Scotch 279 seq., 281 seq., 288, 290, 296
" Devon 112, 120, 148, 155
" Essex 149, 153, 162
" Wilts 121, 148
" Gloucestershire 148 seq.
keeper of House of Correction 227 n.
Keeper, Lord 119 seq., 338
Kemp, charity of 235 n.
Kendal 227
Kendrick's charity 156, 157 n., 204
Kent 48, 51, 148 n., 157, 191 n., 196 n., 264, 303
Kentish street 100
Kerry's hospital 211 n.
Keylock's almshouses 213
kidders, def. of 320
Kilmerston 263 n.
Kineburgh's Hospital 208
King James' Hospital 208
kings, Anglo-Saxon 2 seq.
King's Bench 220
Kingsclere 262 n.
King's Council, see Privy Council
King's Lynn 113, 209, 224
Kingston-upon-Hull 52
Kington 90 n.
Kirby, John 228 n.
kirk officials 290
kirk sessions 281, 283, 285 n., 286, 289 n.
Kirklington 171 n.
Kirton 257 n., 363
Knapp, Augustine 212 n.
Knaresborough, orders for 167, 168 seq.
knightes, younge 166
knitting taught 299
" dames 332, see school
Knollys, Sir Francis 69
labour, value of, in Bridewell 352
labour-statutes, see statutes
labour yards 141 n.
labourers 4, 17, 70, 180, 275, 309
" wages of 301, 343, see statutes labour
" movements restricted 4 seq.
" casual 301
" standard of comfort of, 198 seq.
" supplied with corn 89, 185, 187, 192, 341, see corn
" questions concerning 343, see work
labouring class, relief of 203 seq.
Lackford 245, 334 seq.
Lambeth 57 n.
lame persons 7, 55
Lamporte 327 n.
Lancashire 192 n., 239, 251
Lancaster 194 n.
landlords 105, 108, 128, 169, 195, 203
lands misapplied 78
" tax on 178
" for charities 345 seq.
" let by governors of Bridewell 352
landwart parishes 280
Laneham 257 n., 361
Lanterne 97
Latimer 28, 64
Laud 157, 164, 208, 211, 216, 216 n., 295
Launceston 209, 221 n.
law, labourers elude 4
" course allowed by 289 n.
" interpretation of 178
" firm and forcible 296
" Common 297, see statutes, and execution of law
Lawrence, W., bequest of 260 n.
Laxton-cum-Morehouse 257 n., 365
lazars and lazar houses 8, 26 seq., 201, see lepers
leamit and impotent persones 280 n.
Leche, charity of 204
legacies, see bequests, charities
legislation 296, 297
" history of 3 seq., 53 seq., 62, 67 seq., 133 seq., 278 seq.
" French 290 seq., see statutes
Leicester co. 299
" boro. 45, 111, 129, 188
" Earl of 86 n.
lending cash charities 204, 232 seq., 271
Leominster 262 n.
lepers 27 n., 42, 54, 209 n.
Lesnex 264 n.
letter to be obtained by travellers 4
" beggars with 54
" of Archbp. 122
" to Carleton 145, 146, see Privy Council
Letters Patent 28, 33, 161, 209, 271, 291
Lever 28, 30, 64
Lewes 187
Liber Vagatorum 13
licences 70, 241
" for badgers 322, 323 seq.
" to erect working houses 138 n.
" to collect money 271
" to transport corn 150 seq.
Lichfield 234, 274 n.
Liddington 338
Lieutenants, Lord 51, 241
" Deputy 153, 154, 337
lights, payment for 58 n.
Lincoln co. 82, 87 n., 157, 191, 194, 226
" boro. 41 seq., 42, 45, 111
Lingen's almshouses 211 n.
Linlithgow 283 n.
Little 264 n.
Liverpool 194 n., 227
living idly 142, 173, 174, see idlers
loan, loone 24, 51, 124 n., see lending cash
Locke, letter of 145 n.
lodgers, see inmates
lodging 18, 214, 279, 290
Loes 264 n., 365
loiterers 68
London 34, 38, 40, 45, 46, 52, 54, 56, 62 seq., 66, 86 n., 98, 108, 111, 123, 150, 212, 217, 219, 227, 229, 233, 235, 269, 270, 272, 273, 293, 295, 297 n.
" organisation of poor in 23-40, 95-101
" orders for repressing vagrants 5, 21, 25
" population of 188
" Court of orphans in 9 n.
" official collection of alms 26
" fifteenth levied 29, 100, 116
" assessment for poor 117
" collection in 160 n.
" small holdings in 73
" coal yard in 199
" pest house of 200
" corn store in 23, 188
" precepts of 305 seq.
" authorities of 92 seq.
" parishes in and about 157, 157 n.
looms 37, 111
Lords, ordinance of 270, 371
" jurisdiction of 158
" to go to country 146
Lords, House of 58, 68, 69, 70, 75, 76, 79
Lords Lieutenant, see Lieutenant
Lothian 283
Lothingland 190 n.
Louis XI. 14
Low Countries 123
Lucy, Sir Thomas 90 n.
Lukyn, Rob. 176
lunatics 27 n., 36
Luther 13
Lydd 8, 178
Lynn, 7, 261, 264 n.
Lyons 291
maces 271
Mackworth, Sir Hen. 338
magistrates 106, 128, 213, 246 n., 300, see justices
Maidenhead 216 n.
Maidstone 192, 223, 261
Mainsborough 247
maintenance, cost of 113
Maioris Bocke 102, 106, 308
malefactors 241
malting 186 seq.
" prohibited 123, 144, 179, 186
Malton 170 n., 213
maltsters 145, 331, 335
" disobedient 179, 186
" contribute to poor 186, see malting
Man, Edw. 197 n.
Manchester 228 n.
Mansbridge 256 n.
Mansion House 40
manufactures, manufacturers 15, 48, 49, 140, 147, 155, 230, 271
" losses of 148, 259, see trade
Manwood 86, 318
mariners 43, 53, 55, 75, 78, 211, 211 n.
maritime districts 85
market, supply of 85, 87 seq., 120, 140, 144, 152, 186, 187 seq., 193, 194, 195, 196, 316, 319 seq., 323 seq., 339, 340 seq., see corn
Markham, East 257 n., 364
" West 365
Marlborough 179 n., 260 n.
marriage of poor maids 137 n.
Marshal, Earl 338
Marshalsea 220
marshals, see provost marshals
Marten, charity of 216 n.
Martin, Rich., charity of 234 n.
Mary, Queen 27 n., 58
master, &c. of London beggars 25
masterless men 37, 39, 69, 108, see vagrants
masters of apprentices 215, 216, 239, 253, 359
materials bought for poor 223, 224, 256, 261, 264, 272
Matilda, wife of Hen. I. 27 n.
" " Stephen 27 n.
matron 34, 35 n., 209, 219, 355
Mattersey 257 n.
mayor 44, 55, 56, 57, 59, 72, 106, 134 n.
Mayor, Lord 23, 24, 30, 31, 95, 193, 305 seq., see London
meal 188, 189 n., 283 n
" price fixed 193
meals provided 123, 242, see billeting
meetings of justices 159, 173, 175-178, 181, 182, 247, 249, 250, 253, 345, 357, 359
" of churchwardens and overseers 342
Melmerby 170 n.
Mercers, Company of 27 n., 233
Merchant Adventurers 86 n., 145 n., 148 n., 152, 153
" Eastland 148 n.
" strangers 86 n., 152
" companies 210
" taylor 224
merchants 48 seq., 115 n., 140, 147, 152 seq., 211, 230
Merchants' Hospital 210
Merthyr Tydfil 141 n.
Michelle Louise 303
Middlesex 70 n., 93, 156 n., 160 n., 228, 264, 360
Middle Temple Hall 79
Middleton 251
midland counties 240
Mildenhall 335
Mildmay 86, 318
mill 37
millers 195, 335, 340
mines, assessment of 135 n.
minister 77, 122, 122 n., 128, 154, 191 n., 246 n., 337
" Scotch 283, 287
Minories 272
minstrels, minstrells 69, 70, 82, 139, 344
minutes 156, 173
Misterton 257 n.
Mitford 191 n.
Mombridge 114 n.
monasteries 18 seq., 61, 277
" dissolution of 26, 63 seq., 56, see tithes
Moner, Anthony 110
money, value of 212 seq.
" gifts of 345, 346, 349
" agreement to contribute 280 n., see rates, lending cash
monks and nuns 63, see monasteries
Monslow 250, 299 n.
More, Mr 227 n.
More, Sir Thomas 12 n., 57, 62
Morleston 299 n.
Morton Hampstead 211
municipal rulers, see town
murders 288
Mutford 190 n.
mutiny, mutinee 85
nails, nailhouse 33, 37
Negroose 297 n.
Netherlands 14, 16, 49
Newark 204, 225, 234
Newbury 197 n., 234, 260
Newby, Francis 112 n.
Newcastle 124 seq., 201, 202, 202 n.
new comers 23, 98, 107 seq., 307, 314
Newgate, Bristol 221
New Forest 250
Nicholas 232
nightman 356
nobles, noblemen 14, 55
Norfolk 84, 88, 125, 126, 127, 157, 162, 185, 190, 220, 263, 303, 316 seq.
" justices of 94, 218, 220, 331
" Duke of 47, 48, 50 n.
Normancross 82
Normans, see Bridewell, Norwich
Norris, Lord 126, 127
Northampton co. 82, 144, 151, 259, 266
" boro. 160 n.
Northaw 181, 182
northern circuit 157
" counties 254
Northowram 169 n.
Northumberland 191, 239
Norwich 45, 101 seq., 129, 188, 204, 209 seq., 219, 220, 224, 227, 231, 261, 300
" organisation of poor in 95, 101-107, 179, 186, 198, 199 seq., 308
" tax at 117, 163
" Mayor of 104, 106, 162
" cathedral of 273
" sessions at 331
" St John's parish in 103 n.
" assessment of 367 seq.
" orders for poor &c. in, see orders
" census at 103, 308 seq., see Bridewell and St Giles'
" Bishop of 58 n.
" Dean and Chapter of 101
Nottingham co. 178, 192, 256 n., 264, 266, 361
" boro. 218, 227, 228
Nuremburg 20
Oakham 338
oath of corn jurors 320 seq.
oatmeal 194
obiits 43
obstinate persons 59, 71 seq., 279
occupations in Bridewell 33, 100, 312, 354, 370
occupiers of land, liability of 77, 134 n., 168
occupiers responsible for tenants 108
Odsey 190 n., 191 n., 196, 228, 263 n., see Edwinstree
officials, training of 92
" local 52, 92 seq.
" parochial 96, see town rulers
Offlow 262 n.
old, provision for 43, 112, 206 seq., see poor
order, peace 47 seq., 51, 80 seq., 85, 91, 122 n., 127, 145, 196 seq., 272, 298 seq., 303, 338 seq., see riots, disturbances &c.
Orders of Bishop 78
" and Directions, Book of 2 n., 87, 142, 152, 156, 158 seq., 164, 171 seq., 177, 197, 240, 248 seq., 265 n., 268, 276, 277, 292, 294, 297 seq., 340, 342, 357, 365
" of Privy Council 47 seq., 80 seq., 143, 149, 150, 240 seq.
" of Privy Council re corn 49, 84 seq., 119 seq., 125, 150, 318, 334
" scarcity book of 87 seq., 144, 145, 151, 158, 185 seq., 192 seq., 318 seq., 334
" draft of 86, 318 seq.
" re vagrants 81 seq., 282 seq.
" of justices 167 seq., 171 n., 180 seq., 214 n., 331 seq.
" of the House 76
" for Royal Hospitals 36 seq.
" for Christ's Hospital, Ipswich 113
" for poor &c., Norwich 105 seq., 311 seq.
" for poor, London 92 seq., 98 seq.
" for poor, Cornwall 130 n.
Ordinance of the Lords 270, 371
ordinances at Cambridge 44
" of Bridewell 356
" French 291
ordinaries 86 n.
orphanages 215, 219 seq., 273
orphans 8 seq., 117, 136, 137 n., 199, 264 n., 272
Ossett 169 n.
Oswald, King 2
overseers 71, 76, 78, 90, 90 n., 154, 159, 167, 169 n., 170 n., 171 n., 175 seq., 180 seq., 201, 204, 214 n., 217, 231, 244, 247, 250, 258 n., 263 n., 265 n., 274, 279, 299
" accounts of 174, 327 seq.
" presented 171, 171 n.
" reports of 173, 248 seq., 345 seq.
" collectors of revenue 268
" inquiries made from 247, 337, 342 seq.
outdoor relief 141 n.
Owen, Dame 210
owners of corn 192
Oxford co. 82, 88, 126, 127, 148 n. 1 and n. 2, 193, 262 n., 303
" boro. 215 n., 221 n., 234
painter 310
Palmer, Sir Guy 338
Palmer, William 121 n.
Palmistry, palmestrye 69, see fortune tellers
pamphlets re St Bartholomew's 34
" Stanleyes Remedy 243
" Greevous Grones &c. 243 seq.
" Arth's 127 seq.
" on fishing trade 273
" on poor 275, 276
paper makers 201
papers, to wear 125
Papworth 82 n., 264, 358
parental government 65, 66
parents, 215, 219
" liability of 134
Paris, 290, 291
parish, officers of 77, 342
" landward 279
parishes 63, 134 n., 153, 154, 169, 210, 211 n., 242, 306
" liability of 5, 154, 278, 281
" rich 55, 77, 106, 158
parishioners 6, 44, 55, 58, 72, 99, 168, 230 n.
Parliament 6 seq., 29, 56 seq., 64, 67-80, 83, 91, 130, 131, 133 seq., 135, 294
" resolutions of 271
" of Paris 291, see statutes
parsons, vicars, curates 52, 55, 57, 109 n., 117, 134 n., 135 n., 290, 305, 306, 307
passes, counterfeiting of 70, see letters
patent gatherers 344
paternal government 65, 140, 201, 203
Pater's almshouse 213
patients 34, 39, 269
paupers 203, 204, 210, see poor
" goods made by 33, 100
" increase of 289
payments, amount of 104
" to poor 180
" for children 219
" for emigrants 229, see taxation, pensions
pedlars 68, 70, 82
Pember, Francis 222 n.
Pembroke co. 151, 225
penalties 135 n., 175, 177, see fines
pensioners 208, 209
pensions, allowances, for poor 35, 44, 96, 97 n., 99, 106, 143, 180, 182, 211, 213, 214, 252, 258 n., 274, 276
" for soldiers and sailors 136
Perne, Dr 44
Perse, Martin 176
personal government 153, 163, 164, 172, 241, 295
Perthshire 283 n.
pest houses 200, 201
Peterborough, soke of 185
Petersfield 174
Petherton, North 254 n., 261
petite forfeitures 75
petition of Commons 4 n.
" of citizens of London 28, 32 seq.
" of Sylva Harbert 160
Pevensey 185, 191 n.
Phisnomye 69
Physician 201, 202, 208
pickeryes 298
Pider 187
pinmakers 218, 354
pins 100
Pirehill 262 n.
plague 42, 130 n., 144, 160, 167, 182, 200 seq., 306, 360, see rates
Planner, charity of 216 n.
plantations 230
players, plaiers 69, 138 n., 344
plays, plaies 100
Plomesgate 264 n., 365
Plymouth 219
pole, for every 121
Poole 227 n.
poor, def. of 32 seq., 36, 127 seq., 139 seq.
" three classes of 32 seq., 44, 64, 139 seq.
" surveyed 42, 44, 103, 261
" census of 103, 308, 314
" in great distress 30, 123, 125, 147, 247, 282
" questions touching 342 seq.
" expulsion of strange poor, see new comers
" sins of 128
" two collections for 45
" earnings of 105
" feeding a hundred 3
" appeal to sessions 167, see poor relief rates
" impotent 83, 87, 128 seq., 153 seq., 180, 207 seq., 238
" statutory regulations concerning 5, 53 seq., 70, 71, 79, 134
" relief reported by justices 89 seq., 174 seq., 182 seq., 214, 245, 247, 250, 252, 253 n., 256, 258, 275 seq., 356, 358, 359, 361 seq., 365
" in towns 28, 32, 40, 64, 98 seq.
" Scotch 281 seq.
" French 290 seq.
" able-bodied, see work, vagrants, rogues
" children, see children and apprentices
" criminal 220
" laws, see statutes and execution of poor law
" relief by private individuals 2, 17 seq.
" " by monasteries 3, 18 seq., 26 seq., 63 seq.
" " by tithes 3, 6 seq.
" " from other endowed charities 7 seq., 19 seq., 26 seq., 207 seq.
" " by guilds 7, 42, 43 n., 210
" " in the towns 7 seq., 22 seq., 62 seq., 65, 95 seq., 121, 122 seq., 129 seq., 174, 208 seq., 259 seq., 278 seq., 280, 285 seq., 286 n., 293 seq., 305 seq.
" " provided by statute 3 seq., 6, 45, 53 seq., 60, 62, 67 seq., 131, 133 seq., 278 seq.
" " efforts of Privy Council to enforce 47 seq., 83 seq., 119 seq., 143 seq., 184 seq., 201
" " characteristics of 203 seq.
" " connected with order 48 seq., 51, 80 seq., 85 seq., 91, 122 n., 123, 125, 145, 196 seq., 298, 303 seq., 338 seq.
" " connected with increase of beggars 39, 64 seq.
" " connected with labour statutes 3 seq., 9
" " connected with scarcity measures 23 seq., 51, 84 seq., 91, 197 seq.
" " connected with voluntary system 136 seq., 204
" " under the Commonwealth 272 seq.
" " on the continent 20 seq., 277 seq.
" " in Scotland 278 seq.
" " in France 290 seq.
" " in emergency 184 seq.
" " ordinary 124, 133, 206 seq.
" " insufficient 284, 286 seq., 288
" " outdoor 35, 42, 99, 214 seq.
" " alteration in opinion about 131
" " political side of 295 seq.
" " summary of early history 293 seq.
" " results 297 seq., 300, see work, children, poor, pensions, corn, almshouses, hospitals, rates
poore makers 128
Popham 86, 318
population of London 188
" of Banff 284
" of Portsmouth 173
porter 355
Portsmouth 151, 173
pottage 198
poultry 51
poverty, cause of 128
preachers 290, 307, 355
preambles 53, 54, 246, 292
precepts 95 seq., 305, 306
prerogative 296, 297
presbytery 281, 284
presentments 170 n., 173 seq., 177, 182, 247, 344, 345, 357, 358
President of Council of North 80, 86 n.
" of Corporation of Poor 272
Preston 228
Price, Mary, almshouses of 211 n.
Price's hospital 211 n.
prices fixed by authority 51, 88, 121, 193
" moderated by justices 87, 190, 194, 302, 324
" rise in 16, 49, 50, 73, 84, 194
" enquiries touching 84 seq.
" of corn 16, 50, 73, 84, 119-124, 145 n., 341
" " sudden alteration in 121 n.
" of oatmeal 194
" of provisions 16 n.
priest 13
priests 3, 4, see tithes
prior 207
priories 290
prisoners, presonars 33, 53, 70, 75, 77, 136, 167, 220 seq., 228 n., 229, 279, 299, 311
prisons 220 seq., see prisoners
privilege of Parliament 76
privileges, payments for 117
Privy Council 33, 46, 47-53, 67, 68, 80-94, 118, 119, 125, 130, 131, 137, 142-166, 171, 172, 178, 179, 193, 201, 216, 230, 232, 253, 268, 276, 277, 286, 296, 334
" " letters of 52, 81, 85, 86 n., 143, 149, 154, 155, 162, 165, 166, 174, 175, 240 seq., 292, 294-297, 304, 336 seq., 338 seq., 359
" " letters to 126, 147, 340
" " instructions of 193
" " thanks to 194
" " lords of 204, see Privy Councillors
" " Scotch 282 seq., see corn, orders, reports
Privy Council Register 143, 150, 156, 156 n., 336 seq., 338 seq.
Privy Councillors 156, 204, 297
Privie Seale, Lord 338
procession 8
proclamations, royal 3, 51, 86, 143, 144 bis, 145, 146 bis, 150, 165, 166, 296, 298
" of 1629 153, 155, 171, 172
" Scotch 283, 286 seq.
" municipal 104, 305
proctors or procurators 69, 70, 344
Providours of the Poore 110
Provision for the poore now in penurie 127 seq.
proviso re Dutton 138
provost 279
provost marshals 93, 298
Pukenham, North 317
punishment of able-bodied beggars 4, 25 seq., 53, 70, 77, 80 seq., 221, 299 n.
" fourme of 94
" at Bury 114, see whipping, fines, death, branding, stocks
Purchas, Thos. 176
Puritan counties 297
Puriton 254 n., 261
Quarter Sessions, see Sessions
questions put to judges 178
" " overseers 247, 337, 342 seq.
quinzièmes, see fifteenths
Radfield 192 n., 253 n., 256 n., 264 n.
Radnorshire, report from 247
Ragland 252, 262 n.
Ragnell 362
Rahere 27
raker 355
Raleigh, Sir Walter 76, 79, 294
Rampton 363
Rand, Samuel 202 n.
rates, tax, taxation 1, 2, 38, 59, 60, 62, 64, 71, 95, 106, 108, 130 n., 204, 251, 254, 256, 261, 268, 269, 279, 296, 358
" imposed by town rulers before 1572 29, 42, 43, 45, 102
" for soldiers and sailors 73, 78, 79, 136, 166
" for prisoners and hospitals 77, 167, 220
" for Houses of Correction 118, 137, 167
" for plague stricken 137, 200, 201
" for setting poor to work 121, 154, 225, 255 seq.
" for corporation of poor 273 n.
" semi-voluntary 59, 97
" dispute concerning 179 n.
" refusal and objection to pay 168, 169, 197 n., 248, 260 n., 350
" increased 158, 175, 177, 245, 248 seq., 250
" in Scotland 282, 283 seq., 286 seq.
" in Aberdeen 285, 289
" in Glasgow 289, 290 n.
" in France 291
" in Norwich 367
" amount of, Rochdale 251
" " Ware 346
" " Braughing and Stortford 348 seq.
" none in Middleton 251
" legality at Lydd 178
" in aid, see parishes, rich
" of wages, see wages
ratepayers 141 n., 261, 290, 303
Ravensworth 170 n.
Reading 112, 114, 129, 156, 157 n., 192, 200, 200 n., 204, 216, 217 n., 218, 225, 231, 259, 263
rebels, rebellion 51, 73, 80, 81, 126, 151, see order
recognizance 179, 321 seq.
recusants 173, 182
Redcliffe almshouse 210, 213
Red Maid's School 219
Reepham 331
reeves 2
Reformation 20, 207, 208
refugees 110 n.
refuissars 289 n.
register of names 71, 290
regrating, regrators 50, 50 n., 73, 320, 332, 358
Reigate 261
Reynolds, Thomas 163
relief, see poor relief
relief works 141
rent 214
Repertories 25 n.
reports re corn 50, 87, 88 seq., 149, 151, 152, 172, 185 seq., 193 seq., 195, 204, 316 seq., 326, 334 seq., 340 seq., 344 seq.
" re vagrants 80, 81 seq.
" re poor relief and vagrants 173 seq., 177, 181 seq., 245, 248, 251 seq., 256 seq., 268, 297, 342 seq.
" not in northern counties 239
" from same place at different dates 253, 252
" of four royal hospitals 269 seq., 369 seq.
" of Bridewell 351 seq.
" Bassetlaw 257 seq.
" Cambridge 174 seq.
resolutions of 1527 135 n., see judges at Quarter Sessions 275
Restoration 275, 277
retainers 15, 120
Retford 361
returns, overseers 214 n., see reports
revenues for armies 268
Revolution, French 291, 303
Rhodes, hospital for defence of 27 n.
Rhuddlan Castle 139
rich 145 n., 201, 302 seq.
Richard II. 54, 293
Richmondshire 171, 255
Riding, North 203, 213, 214 n.
" " Session, Rolls of 169 seq.
" West, Sessions, Rolls of 167 seq., 241, 248
Ridley, Bishop 30-33, 35, 59 n.
riots, rioters 49, 51, 85, 148 n., 151, 192, 197 n., 288, 303
Ripon 185
Rixman's charity 216 n.
roads 84
robbery 13, 126, 288, 303
Rochdale 251
Rochester 110
Rogers, Prof. 301 n.
rogues 227 n., 256, 332
" bills for 75, 76, 137
" act for 77
" def. of 68 seq., 344
" depredations of 13, 126, 288, 298, 303
" incorrigible 57
" poor unjustly made 168
" questions touching 344
" branding of 138 n., see vagrants
Rolls of Parliament 4
Romer, Lord Justice 141 n.
Romsey 85
roundsman system 130 n., 232
Royal Exchange 242
royalists 274
rule which must govern clothier &c. 148
rumours, false and seditious 81
Rupert, Prince 231
Rutland 156 n., 265 n., 338 seq.
" Duke of 89, 187
Ruxley 264 n.
Rycherds, John 331
Rye 8 n.
Ryedale 177 n., 259 n.
Sabbath, see Sunday
sailors 73, 77, 93, 213, see mariners
St Albans 108 seq., 110, 117, 117 n., 129, 163 n., 199, 261, 263 n.
" Liberty of 181, 191 n., 255 n., 263 n.
St Andrews, Andries, Norwich 101, 310
St Anthony's, Broad Street 27 n.
" York 114
St Augustine, rule of 19
St Bartholomew's, London 27 n., 28, 30, 31, 34, 36, 38, 39, 98, 201, 208, 269, 369
" " Glos. 129, 208
" " Sandwich 8, 208
St Benedict, parish of 367
St Catherine's, York 209
" " by the Tower 27 n.
St Cross, hospital of 207 seq.
St Edmondes, Norwich 310
St Edmund's, Gateshead 209
St Ethelbert's, Hereford 211 n.
St Ethelred, Liberty of 191 n., 365
St Giles', London, parish of 264 n., 360
" in the Fields 27 n.
" Hereford 8 n., 208, 211 n.
" Norwich 105, 198 seq., 209 seq.
" Reading parish 212
St James' in the Fields 27 n.
" church of King's Lynn 224
St John's, of Jerusalem 27 n.
" Nottingham 227
" Sandwich 8
" Sepulchre 104 n.
" Walbrook 97
St Julianes, Norwich 310
St Just 213 n.
St Leonard's, Launceston 209, 209 n.
St Margaret's, Glos. 129, 208
St Mary's, Barking 27 n.
" Cripplegate 27 n.
St Mary Magdalen, Exeter 8 n.
" " Glos. 129 n., 208
" " King's Lynn 209
" Rounceval 27 n.
" Redcliffe 210
St Mary's, Spital 27 n., 97
St Nicholas, London 28
" Scarborough 8 n.
St Paul's Hospital, Norwich 101
St Peter's parish, Norwich 308
St Sepulchre 264 n., 360 n.
St Thomas' of Acon 27 n.
" parish of, Bristol 210
" Hospital, Scarborough 8
" Hospital, York 209
" " Southwark 19, 27 n., 28, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 98, 201, 269, 370
Sands, Mr 69, 83, 130
Sandwich 7 seq., 208
Sandys, Lord 48
Sarum, division of 204
Sarum, New 200
Savoy, hospital of 27 n., 63
Sawbridgeworth, Sabridgworth 343 n., 345, 347, 348
Scarborough 8, 170 n., 213
scarcity, see corn
Schirewoode John 176
scholars, poor 29 n., 53, 70, 136
schoole dames 218, 332
schools, scoole 103, 136, 215, 217, 218, 219, 308
" industrial 113, 217, see Bridewell
" Free 27 n.
" knitting 111, 111 n., 218 seq., 300, 332
" King Edward's 38
Scotland 14, 54, 183, 267, 277 seq., 293, 294, 303
Scrivener, Mrs Alice 234
scrutineers, Glos. 129 n.
sea, vagrants sent to 229, 230 n.
searchers for vagrants, see vagrants
Segewyche, Dr 44
select women 104, 105, 107, 218, 313
Sellside 218
Semys, almshouse of 213
senators 273
Sergeant-at-Mace 187 n.
serges 225
sermons 55, 212, 307
Servall, Agnes 65
servants 55, 299
" stubborn 94
" refusing to serve as 179 n.
" whether hired by the year 104
" discharging of 128, see labourers
service, cervis, servis 65, 70
" placing in 77, 83
" people to go to 104 n., 105, 142 n., 315
" living out of 142, 142 n., 179 n., 228 n., 263, 350
serving men 211 n.
Sessions, Quarter 77, 88, 120, 126, 134 n., 143, 154, 167 seq., 214 n., 275, 331, 337, 340, 343, 371
" Petty 177 n., see kirk sessions
Session of 1597-8, 74, 75 seq.
settlement regulations 5, 107 seq., 167, 179 n., 302
Shaftesbury 262 n.
Shaile, Rich. 212 n.
shearmen 149
sheep farming 17
sheeting 222
Sheffield 225
Shelf 169 n.
Shepton Mallet 228 n.
Shepway 187, 191 n., 256 n.
Sheriffs 81, 143, 173, 224, 319
" High 340, 351
Shinfield 217 n.
ship money 164
shipmen 70
ships 43, 93, 100, 123
shirts, charities for 212, 212 n.
shoemakers 139, 234, 338, 339
shop-keepers 233, 234
shops, fines for opening on Sunday 117
Shrewsbury 123 seq., 189, 260
" Eliz., Countess of 17
Shropham 88
Shropshire 157, 224, 262, 299
sick 7, 201 seq., 203, 306
Sick Man's Hospital 8 n., 211 n.
silk lace 100
silkmen 233, see weavers
Silkston 169 n.
silver, influx of 16
silver plate 202
Sisters of St Cross 208 n.
" of Normans, see St Paul's, Norwich
Skenfreth 252, 253
Slaney, charity of 216 n.
slaves 56
Smith, Henry, charity of 222 n.
Smithfield 108, see St Bartholomew's
Smiths, guild of 42 n.
smocks, charities for 212, 212 n.
Soke 256 n.
soldiers, souldiers, sojouries, souldyours 14, 73, 75, 78, 87, 93, 136, 143, 170, 211, 213, 220, 245, 290 n., 325, 327 n., 369, 370
Somerset 84, 86 n., 126 seq., 145, 148 n. 1 and n. 2, 180, 185, 254, 261, 298, 299
" Duke of 51, 303
Sorbonne 20
south eastern counties 240
Southampton, Hampton 9, 43 n., 86 n.
Southgate, Norwich 308
Southwark 35, see St Thomas' Hospital
Spain 89
Spaldyng, Samuel 176
Spanish ports 147
Spencer, Sir Will. 126
spinners 85, 147, 349
spinning 218, 223, 226, 272, 276, 358
" house, Bridewell 37
spinster, spynsters, 65 n., 149, 160
Sprott's charity 235 n.
stability 15, 302, 304
Stafford co. 262
" boro. 186, 274 n.
Staine 82, 191 n., 264 n.
Stamford 157, 157 n., 197 n.
Stanbury, Mr 121
Stancliff 299 n.
standard of comfort 198
Standon 347
Stanleyes Remedy 243
Stansted Abbots 345 n., 346
Staplegrove, Stapelgrove 180, 214, 327 seq.
Staploe 82, 191 n., 264 n.
Star Chamber 119, 125
starch 325
Startforth 214 n.
starvation 124, 125
state control 6 seq.
statutes, laws 3 seq., 45, 53 seq., 59, 60, 62, 67 seq., 73, 79, 81, 87, 133 seq., 143, 153
" Scotch 278 seq.
" apprenticeship 155
" of chantries 43
" common or statute law 297
" of Ethelred 3
" factory 62
" labour 3, 151, 256, 293, 343 n., 358, 359, see wages
" of retainers 120
" of rogues 77, 141
" for raising publicke stockes 147
" effects of 297 seq., 302, see execution of law
" particular, mentioned or referred to:
51 Hen. III. 332
13 Edw. I. 332
36 Edw. III. c. 8, 4
12 Rich. II. cc. 3 and 7, 4 seq.
15 Rich. II. c. 6, 6 seq.
4 Hen. IV. c. 12, 7
2 Hen. V. St. I. c. 1, 20
8 Hen. VI. c. 5, 332
10 Hen. VII. c. 4, 332
11 Hen. VII. c. 2, 5, 332
19 Hen. VII. c. 12, 5
22 Hen. VIII. c. 12, 12, 53 seq., 56, 57, 60, 62, 73, 78, 291
23 Hen. VIII. c. 11, 332
25 Hen. VIII. c. 1, 320
27 Hen. VIII. c. 25, 2, 53, 54 seq., 59, 60, 62, 278, 291
1 Edw. VI. c. 3, 56 seq., 70, 79
3 and 4 Edw. VI. c. 16, 57, 58, 60
5 and 6 Edw. VI. c. 2, 57, 58, 60 n.
5 and 6 Edw. VI. c. 14, 320 n.
7 Edw. VI. c. 11, 58
1 Mary St. II. c. 13, 58
1 Mary St. III. c. 12, 58
2 and 3 Ph. and Mary c. 5, 58, 60
4 and 5 Ph. and Mary c. 9, 58
1 Eliz. c. 2, 332
5 Eliz. c. 3, 58, 59, 60, 71, 102, 106, 291
5 Eliz. c. 4, 140, 162, 163 n., 256, 302, 343 n., 358, 359
5 Eliz. c. 12, 320, 322
14 Eliz. c. 5, 2, 68, 69 seq., 79, 95, 96, 130, 131, 220, 278
18 Eliz. c. 3, 68, 72, 79
23 Eliz. c. 1, 332
27 Eliz. c. 11, 72
29 Eliz. c. 5, 72
31 Eliz. c. 10, 72
35 Eliz. c. 4, 73, 136
35 Eliz. c. 6, 73
35 Eliz. c. 7, 73
39 Eliz. c. 3, 76 seq., 80, 133, 134, 135, 140, 143, 167, 220, 238, 241, 281, 294
39 Eliz. c. 4, 77, 332
39 Eliz. c. 5, 77
39 Eliz. c. 6, 78, 136, 137
39 Eliz. c. 16, 331
39 Eliz. c. 17, 78
39 Eliz. c. 21, 78, 136
43 Eliz. c. 2, 133 seq., 138, 140 n., 238, 240, 253 n., 281, 292
43 Eliz. c. 3, 136, 138 n., 220, 332
1 Jac. I. c. 6, 162
1 Jac. I. c. 7, 138 n., 243
1 Jac. I. c. 9, 138 n., 332
1 Jac. I. c. 27, 138 n.
1 Jac. I. c. 31, 137
2 Jac. I. c. 4, 331
3 Jac. I. c. 4, 138 n., 332
4 Jac. I. cc. 4 and 5, 331
4 Jac. I. c. 5, 138 n.
7 Jac. I. c. 3, 138 n.
7 Jac. I. c. 4, 137, 243, 332
7 Jac. I. c. 10, 332
7 Jac. I. c. 11, 138 n.
21 Jac. I. c. 1, 138 n.
21 Jac. I. c. 7, 138 n.
21 Jac. I. c. 20, 138 n.
21 Jac. I. c. 28, 138 n.
1 Car. I. c. 1, 138 n.
3 Car. I. c. 2, 138 n.
3 Car. I. c. 5, 138 n.
13 and 14 Car. II. c. 12, 107, 109, 239
4 and 5 Will. IV. c. 76, 135, 294
" Scotch:
James I. c. 66, 278
James I. c. 103, 278
James V. c. 22, 278
James V. c. 74, 279
James V. c. 149, 279
James V. c. 272, 281
James VI. c. 19, 281 n.
James VI. c. 8, 281 n.
Chas. II. c. 16, 281 n.
Chas. II. c. 38, 281 n.
stent roll 286 n.
Stettin, Duke of 242
Stirling 287
stocks for punishment 4, 35 n., 221, 300
" stockes = stores 72, 85, 87, 118, 154, 172, 182, 222 seq., 225, 245, 247, 256, 260, 261, 276, 301, 342, 345 seq., 360, 361
" town 202 n., 256 seq., 361 seq.
" amount of 258, 265
" for House of Correction 170 n., see work
Stockwth 257 n.
Stoke Newington 360 n.
Stokeham 362
stoneminers 224
Stourbridge, Sturbridge 43 seq., 82
strangers 101, 128, 242, 286 n., see merchant strangers
strike 141 n.
stockings 112 n.
Stortford 345 n., 348, 349, 350
Stow 18, 26
" hundred of 82, 264 n., 358 seq.
Stretford 186 n.
Stuarts 66, 297, 300
subscriptions 97, 202 n., 210
subsidy 112 n., 116, 268 n.
" book 73
success in Aberdeen 285 n.
" in Norwich 106
" of corn measures 192 seq.
" of Book of Orders 298 seq.
Sudbury 160
Suffolk 50, 84, 148, 148 n., 149, 153, 154, 178, 179, 190, 191 n., 201, 263, 334, 336 seq.
Sunday 57, 138 n., 212, see fines, collections
superintendents of beggars 44
supervisors of the poor 171 n.
suppers on fast days 122, 129
" of orphan boys 199
surety 70, 71 n.
surgeon 202 n., 208, 355
Surrey co. 83, 87 n., 160 n., 192 n., 228
survey of corn, see corn
surveyors, surveiors of beggars 25, 26, 98
" of hospitals 129
" of poor 167 n.
" of highways 343
swearing, see fines
Symes, Dr. 202 n.
Tabard 4
tailors 103, 117 n.
Tanner MSS. 180
Taunton 185, 186, 226
Taverham 191 n.
taxes, charities for paying 136, 137 n., see rates, fifteenths, subsidies
technical education, see training
" school 217
Temple, hall of Middle 75
" Hospital 210
" Gate almshouse 210
tenants, oppression of 269, see landlords
tenements 73, 93, 108, 297, see cottages
tennis balls 100
testimonials 168, 343
Tewkesbury 82, 151
Theale, report from 259
thefts, thieves 15, 36, 38, 303
thieves, language of 12, 13
Thingoe 187
Thirsk 170 n.
Thirty Years' War 147
thread, twisting of 223
Thredling 264 n.
Thriplow 82
Thomas, charity of 215 n.
Thornaby 111
Thornbury 82
Thorne, charity of 235 n.
Thorner, John 260 n.
Thornton 203
Thundridge 345 n., 348
thurdendeles 179
tickets, see badges
Tickhill 168
tillage 143
tinkers, tynkers 68, 70, 82, 344
Tinwell 338
tippler 69, 321, 324, 332
tippling, tiplinge 175
tithe 3, 6 seq., 117, 134 n., 135 n.
tithingmen 174, 247, 329
Tiverton, fire at 202
tokens of tin 26
tolls 116
Topcliffe 171
Totmonslow 262 n.
tow 182, 225, 232, 272, 349
town, rulers of 6 seq., 62 seq., 65, 72, 96, 165, 187, 202, 290
" control charities 7 seq., 204, 208, 209, 210, 211 n.
" contribute to charitable endowments 8, 23
" parental government of 65 seq., see poor relief, orders, hospitals
Town Council, Glasgow 289 n.
Town Clerk 305
towne haill 285
towns, importance of Tudor 23
" poor relief in, see poor relief
" of Suffolk 149
" fires in 202
" head officials of 78
trade 115, 148, 148 n., 152, 153, 155, 164, 173, 259, 337, 344
" right of exercising 117
" teaching 111, 218, 299
" depression of 145, 147 seq., 155, 163, 245, 336 seq.
traders 85, 344, see trades, tradesmen
tradesmen 136, 223, 235, see lending cash
training 110 seq., 225, 294
Treasurer, County 73, 77, 136, 213, 220
" Mr 338
" Lord 338
treatise, see pamphlets
Trellech 252
trespass, action for 135 n.
Treswell 364
Trevor, Sir Thomas 212
Trinity Hospital, Bristol 209
troops, number of 274
truck 163
Trust, Breaches of 78, 136, 248
Tudors 66, 297, 298
Tunstead 191 n.
Tuxford 364
undersettles 170 n., see inmates
undertakers of poor 229
unemployed 38, 45, 76, 110 seq., 221 seq., 238 seq., see work, and Correction, Houses of
United States 230
Universities, poor scholars of 29 n., 53, 70, 136
Uppingham 197 n., 338
usurers 128
Utopia 12 n., 15, 57
V, letter of 25
Vagrancy Acts 141 n.
vagrants, vagabonds, vacaboundes, sturdy and valiant beggars 15, 68 seq., 74, 79, 91, 93, 120, 127, 141 n., 156 n., 166, 229 seq., 252, 282 seq., 325, 336, 344-356, 359, 361 seq., 366, 370, 371
" def. of 68 seq., 344
" increase of 11 seq., 13 seq., 40, 53, 102, 127, 241, 270 seq.
" decrease of 241, 250, 298 seq., 358
" statutory regulations for 4 seq., 53 seq., 56 seq., 69 seq., 73, 77, 278 seq.
" municipal regulations 5, 25 seq., 37 seq., 65 seq., 98 seq., 104, 108, 217, 285, 311, 315, 355
" searches for 51, 71, 80 seq., 91, 359, see Correction, Houses of, poor relief, statutes, labour and work
vestry 210, 211 n.
vicars, see parsons
Vice-Chancellor 44, 70, 176
villages, no lack of work in 259
Vincent, Jenkin 216
Virginia 229, 230 n.
visitation, see plague
" of Bishop 58 n.
votes of Parliament 273
wages 3 seq., 16, 16 n., 52, 140, 160 seq., 224
" of silk weavers 156 n.
" compared with price of food 198
" rise in 300, 301 n.
" reasonable 52, 70, 224, 350
" during Civil War 275, 301 n.
" assessment 161 seq., 343 n., 358, 359, see statutes, labour
" of schooldames 218
" of waggoner 275
Wakefield 122, 128 seq., 168 n., 255 n.
Wales 86 n., 239, 240
Walker, Dr 44
Wallingford 83, 216
Wallington 256, 265, 298
Walsham 191 n.
Walsingham 86 n., 94 n.
Walthamstow 83
wanderers 298, 344, see vagrants, rogues
Wangford 190 n.
Wantage 192
ward 175, 350, see watches
Wardell, charity of 221 n.
Wardrobe 272, 273
Ware 189 n., 345 n., 346
warp, white 308 seq.
warrants 171, 174
wars 14, 48, 147
Warsopp 257 n.
Warwick co. 87 n.
" boro. 186
" Earl of 160
waste lands 77
Wat, Willie 284
watches, waches 82, 120, 175, 264 n., 299 n., 344, 346 seq., 366
watchmen 200, 201 n.
Wath 171 n.
Watts, charity of 110
Wayland 88, 191 n., 263, 264 n.
wealth 15
weavers, weaving 37, 103, 147, 149, 160, 217 n., 226, 272
" silk 156 n., 217, 354
" linen 218, 354
" ribbon 218, 354
Weaver's almshouses 211 n.
Wednesdays 122, see supper
weights and measures 84, 173, 187 n., 332
Welhagh 364
Wellow 263 n.
Wells 222, 248
Welsh 139
Wentllooge 185
Wentworth, Viscount 157, 164, 295, 338
Wessington, parish of 6 n.
" Sir Walter de 6 n.
Western counties 155, 192, 245, 262
Westmill 249, 343 n., 345 n., 347, 349
Westminster 73, 160 n., 196 n.
Westmoreland 218, 239, 298
Wetherley 82
wheels 111, 112 n.
whipping, punishment of 25, 53, 54, 57, 62, 65, 70, 71 n., 73, 77, 98, 105, 221, 243, 278, 311, 312
whipping campaign 80 seq.
whipping-post 35 n.
White Friars, House of 129
White, George 220, 222 n.
" Sir Thomas 234
Whitgift 75, 79, 211
Whitley 254 n., 261
Whitmore, George 230 n.
Whitson 122, 123, 212, 235 n.
Whittington, Coll. of Richard 27 n.
Whittlesford 192 n., 253 n., 256 n., 264 n.
Whitwell 218
Wickham, West 216 n.
Wicksted, John 176
Widford 345, 350
widows 211 n., 212
Wigmore 186 n.
Wildbore, John 338
Wilford 264 n., 365
Williams' Hospital, Hereford 211 n.
Williamson 244
Williton 245 n.
wills 55
Wilmington 264 n.
Wiltshire 48, 50 n., 86 n., 121, 125, 145, 148 n. 1, n. 2, 204, 228, 229, 239, 258, 262 n., 266
Wilson, Mr Thomas 69
Wilson, Rob., charity of 234 n.
Wimbledon, Lord 156 n., 157, 164
Winche's charity 234 n.
Winchester 114, 118, 207, 223, 255
" Bishop of 118, 338
Windsor 112 n., 200
" New 216, 222
Windsor, Andrew 222
" Myles 221 n.
wire 33
wite theow 2 n.
witness 116
Wokingham 216, 216 n.
Wolsey 16, 20, 47, 48 seq., 50 n.
Wolverhampton 222 n., 234
women 103, 313
" almshouses for 211 seq.
" taught to knit 112 n.
" to teach children 181
" easily obtain work 198
Wonford 190 n.
wood 199, 212, see fuel
Wood, charity of 216 n.
Woodchurch 192
Woodcross 93
woods owner rated 134 n., 135 n.
Woodstock 88 n.
wool 65 n., 72, 85, 111 bis, 147 seq., 262 n.
" combers of 161
woolchapman 224
woolgrowers 148
woolhouse 37
Wootton 88
Worcester co. 69, 83, 130, 148 n.
" boro. 41, 201, 262
work on highways 343
" proceeds of poor's 113
" those who refused 134 n., 140 seq., 176, 344
" those able to, not able to 103, 308 seq.
" lack of 14, 48, 80, 85, 86 n., 115, 146, 149 n., 152 seq., 156 n., 160 n., 231, 255 n., 261, 263, 265 n., 338
" no lack of 6, 198, 249, 261
" questions concerning 342
" poor kept at 65, 99, 105, 140, see idlers
" found by inhabitants 131 n., 232, 349, 351
" provided for soldiers and sailors 78
" provided for children 181, 218 seq., 222 n.
" overseers ordered to provide 142, 181
" provision of for poor 6, 110 seq., 132, 164, 167, 180, 181, 221 seq., 270 n., 271, 272, 273, 274 seq., 294 seq., 311, 313, 325, 332, 335, 336, 339, 346 seq., 358 seq.
" regulations in statutes and bills 54, 72, 75 seq., 137, 140
" orders in Council and proclamations touching 85 seq., 87, 153 seq., 174, 325, 336 seq., 338 seq.
" effect on wages 300 seq.
" in particular places in the following counties:
Bedford 255, 256 n., 261, 265 n.;
Berks. 112 n., 222, 225, 262 n.;
Bucks. 245, 256 n., 261, 265 n.;
Cambs. 175, 253 n., 256 n., 263, 264 n., 369;
Cheshire 247, 248, 262 n.;
Derby 299, 299 n.;
Devon 112, 121, 155, 222 n., 259 n.;
Dorset 262 n.;
Essex 110, 255, 256 n., 265 n.;
Glos. 262 n.;
Hants. 223, 250, 255, 256, 256 n., 262 n.;
Hereford 222 n., 260, 262 n.;
Herts. 110 seq., 182, 248 seq., 252, 254, 256 n., 258, 261, 263, 263 n., 344 seq.;
Hunts. 265 n.; Kent 110, 223, 256 n., 261, 264;
Lancs. 259;
Leicester 111, 112, 265 n., 299;
Lincs. 42, 111, 264;
Middlesex 264 n.;
Monmouthshire 252, 262 n.;
Nottingham 256 n., 257 seq., 264, 361;
Norfolk 104, 105, 223 n., 224, 253 n., 256 n., 261, 263, 264 n., 311, 312, 313;
Pembroke 225;
Radnor 247, 248;
Rutland 156, 156 n., 265 n., 338;
Shropshire 224, 260, 262, 263 n.;
Staffordshire 222 n., 262;
Suffolk 149 n., 245, 261, 263, 264, 264 n., 365;
Sussex 256 n., 261, 265 n.;
Surrey 222 n., 256, 261, 265, 357 seq.;
Somerset 222, 245 n., 263 n.;
Warwick 263 n.;
Wilts. 260 n.;
Worcester 262, 262 n.;
Yorkshire 45, 111, 128, 222, 223, 255, 256 n., 259
workhouses, workinghouse 75, 138 n., 173, 223, 241, 243, 260 n., 272, 274, 276;
Abingdon 226, 260;
Barnstaple 204;
Cambridge 226;
Colchester 113;
Guildford 222, 358;
King's Lynn 113, 224;
Little Holland 226;
Newbury 225, 260;
Plymouth 259 n.;
Reading 112, 225;
Sheffield 225;
Shrewsbury 260,
Taunton 226
workmen, worckmen 4, 52, 70, 85, 140, see labourers, wages, statutes, labour
" worsted, manufacture of 110 n., 224
Wright, Edmund 197 n.
Wroth, Sir T. 74
Wycombe 185
Wymer, Middle 103
Wyot 121
Yarmouth 200
yarn 182, 272
" house 37
York co. 148 n., 167 seq., 177, 191, 194 n., 215, 240, 241, 242, 259, 340 seq.
" city 45, 64, 80, 81, 111, 114, 209
" Archbishop of 86 n., 122
young people 42, 99, 299, see children
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