INDEX.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, Y.

Abbey, traditional origin of, 6 —— foundation by Sebert, 21 —— miraculous hallowing of, 21 —— church, relics in, 24 —— the, 98 —— Henry III.’s alterations, 145 —— tombs in, 162 —— coronations, 165 —— —— Henry IV., 165 —— —— Elizabeth, queen of Henry VII., 167 —— —— Henry VIII., 168 —— —— Elizabeth, 168 —— —— George III., 170 —— —— Victoria, 170 Aix Cathedral, 27 Almshouses, 341 Anchorite, the, 132 Apollo, Temple of, 20 Archers, Richard II.’s, 41 Aristocracy, history of, 325 —— caste, 330 Bacon, 64 Bailly, Inner and Outer, 48 Banquet, royal, 269, 277 Bardwell’s accounts of Westminster, 5 Barton Street, 338 Benedictines, 110 Black Friars, 253 Blue Coat School, 353, 357, 361 Breaking of sanctuary by Richard III., 182 Broken cross, 201 Brother Ambrosius, 111 Burdett, Sir Francis, 375 Burtt and Harrod, story of robbery of King’s Treasury, 150 Caxton, 211 —— birth and origin, 217 —— apprenticed, 219 Caxton at Bruges, 223 —— house of, 231 —— marriage of, 234 —— at Westminster, 235 —— death of, 246 Charles II., Court of, 381 Charter, Edgar’s, 29 Chaucer, 162 Chaucer’s monk, 126 Chess, 235 Chivalry, 38 City without citizens, 1 —— without industries, 2 —— without Folk’s Mote, 2 —— of the Abbot, 2 Civil Government, 382 Clock Tower, 82 Cnut, King, 35 Cnut’s “Hus Carles,” 41 College buildings, 53 Consecration, service of, 139 Coronation of Elizabeth, 168 —— of George III., 170 Coronations in Abbey, 165 Court, itinerant, 40 —— of Requests, Whitehall, 49 —— of Exchequer, 54 —— under Elizabeth, 267 —— in reign of Elizabeth and James, 267 —— of James I., 277 —— of Charles II., 381 Cromwell’s prisoners, 374 Cross of Neath, 155 Crypt of St. Stephen’s Chapel, 53 Cunningham, Peter, 216 Dean, authority of the, 4 “Desert” of Westminster, 363 Destruction of first church on Thorney, 20 Dissolution, 4 “Domus Anglorum,” 223 Drokenesford, John de, 156 Dyfan and Ffagan, 20 Eagle Tavern, 207 Edgar’s charter, 29 Edward the Confessor, 40 Elections: that of 1741, 294 —— —— 1784, 294 Elizabeth, queen of Henry VII., in Abbey, 167 —— in Abbey, 168 —— coronation pageant, 168 Elizabeth Woodville, queen of Edward IV., 182 Emanuel Hospital, 345 Essenes, rule of the, 30 Evil May-day, 87 Execution in Tothill Fields, 370 Extent of King’s Palace, 61 Fair of St. Edward’s Day, 372 Ffagan and Dyfan, 20 Fight between London and Westminster, 78 First church on Thorney, founding of, 20 George III. in Abbey, 170 Gourdemains, the witch, 370 Great College Street, 337 Great Seal, seizure of, 306 Green Coat Hospital, 346 Grey Coat Hospital, 351 Gunpowder Plot, 78 Harrod and Burtt, story of robbery of King’s Treasury, 150 Henry II., 40 —— IV. in Abbey, 165 —— VIII. in Abbey, 168 Historical associations of the Palace, 62 Holbein Gate, 262 Horseferry Road, 359 Hospital, Green Coat, 346 —— Grey Coat, 351 House of Lords, old, 49 Houses of Parliament, 291 Hugh de Steyninge, 100 Inigo Jones, 251 —— —— his design, 260, 261 Inner and Outer Bailly, 48 Invasion of Saxons, 20 Islip, Abbot, 239 Jews, massacre of the, 96 Kensington Palace, 250 Kilburn, the cell of, 147 King’s House, removal to Whitehall, 76 King’s Palace of Westminster, 38 et seq. —— —— —— Painted Chamber, 49 —— —— —— extent of, 61 King Street, 186, 335 ——- —— worthy inhabitants, 332 Knights, ceremony of creation, 165 Large, Robert, 221 Loftie’s theory of origin, 31 Lollardism, 104 London, map of, 28 —— a city of palaces, 39 —— old House of Lords, 49 —— and Westminster, quarrel between, 78 Long Meg, 207 Marsh, great, round Thorney Island, 8 Masque, “Hue and Cry after Cupid,” 283 Masques, 283 Matthew of Westminster, 151 May-day, Evil, 87 May-pole, the, 95 Members for City, 4 Messengers, service of, 71 Milton, 337 Miracle of Hallowing, 21 Mob in Old Palace Yard, 78 Monastic life, services, 103 —— —— rules, 106 —— —— state of abbot, 118 —— —— diversions, 122 —— —— Scriptorium, 146 Monks, life of, 146 Murder and sacrilege, 160 Neighborhood of Sanctuary, 186 New Palace Yard, 79 Officers of State, 44 Old House of Lords, 49 Old Palace Yard, 78 Old Pye Street, 365 Orchard Street, 365 Ordeal of battle in Tothill Fields, 370 Pageants, splendor of Richard II., 46, 65 Painted Chamber, 49, 64 Palace, picturesque character of the, 61 —— historical association of, 62 —— early morning in the, 65 Palace Yard in 15th century, 82 Park Lane, 32 Parliament suspended, 161 Pickering Cup, 206 Picturesque character of the Palace, 61 Pillory, New Palace Yard, Perkin Warbeck, 82 —— —— —— —— Titus Oates, 82 —— —— —— —— William Prynne, 82 Podelicote, Richard, 147 Prince’s Chamber, 49 Printing, invention of, 228 Prisoners of Cromwell, 374 Quarrel between London and Westminster, 78 Queen of Henry VII., Elizabeth, in Abbey, 167 Queen Anne’s Gate, 336 Queen Square, 336 Raleigh, 64 —— execution of, 78 Ramage, John de, 155 Recuyell, 234 Red Pale, 208 —— —— sign of, 211 Refugees in Sanctuary, 182 Richard II., Palace in his time, 38 —— —— his archers, 41 —— —— his Court, 44 —— —— —— —— Harding’s description, 45 —— —— built Tower, 57 —— —— asserts himself, 73 Robbery of Royal Treasury, 147 Rochester Row, 346 Roman civilization, 12 Rosamond’s Pond, 369 Rule of the Essenes, 30 Sacrilege and murder, 160 Sacrist, 154 Sailor’s riot, 318 St. Andrew Undershaft Church, 85 St. James’s Park, 369 St. Katherine Cree curate, 95 St. Margaret’s Church, 354, 355 —— —— parish of, 3 St. Stephen’s Chapel, 53 —— —— —— crypt of, 53 Salutation Inn, 338 Sanctuary, 173 —— theory of, 174 —— refugees, 182 —— breaking of, by Richard III., 182 —— neighborhood of, 186 Saxon Church, destruction of, by Danes, 27 Saxons, invasion of, 20 Scrope v. Grosvenor, 281 Sebert, founder of Abbey, 21 Service, the, of the Palace, 41 —— of consecration, 139 Silent City, 4 Skelton, John, 194, 195 “Slender Billy,” 373 Slums, 363 Snipe in South Kensington, 30 Snuff-box, the Westminster, 373 Spanish prisoner, 159 Speaker’s Court, 319 Spenser, poet, 335 Stanhope, Anne, 339 Star Chamber, 54 Steyninge, Hugh de, 100 Taverns, 340 Thames highway, 332 Theory of Sanctuary, 174 Thorney Island, 3, 5, 6 —— —— evidence of situation, 7 —— —— —— of excavation, 9 —— —— —— of ancient monuments, 11 Thorney Island, Roman remains on, 10 —— —— place of trade, 16 —— —— evidence of tradition, 19 —— —— founding of first church, 20 —— —— destruction of first church on, 20 —— —— evidence of history, 23 —— —— area of, 34 Tombs in Abbey, 162 Tothill Fields, 366, 372 —— —— execution in, 370 —— —— tournaments in, 370 —— —— ordeal of battle in, 370 —— —— Cromwell’s entry, 374 Tournaments in Tothill Fields, 370 Tower built by Richard II., 57 Trade route across Thorney Island, 15 Traditional origin of the Abbey, 6 Vanished palace, 248 Victoria in Abbey, 170 Wall of defense, 46 Watling Street, 20, 32 Westminster, Bardwell’s account of, 5 —— older than London, 33 —— King’s Palace of, 38 et seq. —— —— —— officers of state, 44 Westminster, King’s Palace of, service in, 44 —— —— —— Prince’s Chamber, 49 —— —— —— St. Stephen’s Chapel, 53 —— —— —— Painted Chamber, 49 —— and London, quarrel between, 78 —— elections, 293 —— streets of, 331 —— hustings, 1868, 307 —— “Desert” of, 363 —— the snuff-box, 373 —— slums, 363 Westminster Abbey, arms of, 99 —— —— Scriptorium, noted, 146 —— —— monuments of men of letters, 162 —— —— Addison on, 164 Westminster Hall, 54, 85 Whitehall and Court of Requests, 49 Whitehall Palac e, 248 —— —— description, 259 —— —— destruction, 265 —— —— plan of, 280 Woffington, Peg, 336 Wolsey, Cardinal, 197, 257 Wool staple, 85 Wray, Sir Cecil, 307 —— —— —— posters, etc., 311 York House, 257

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