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Evergreens, the Custom of adorning Churches with, 215.
Evesham, Abbey of, 334.
Exchange, Royal, 260.

Exeter 'Change, 256.

F.

Faringdon-ward, 255.

Faustina, Temple of, 193.

Feast of the Dead, 412.

Feasts, Custom of taking Persons to, without Invitations, 240.

Fenchurch-street,' 256.

Ferculum, Signification of, 459.

Festa Duplicia, 235.

Feversham, Arden of, 176.

Fiddes, his Life of Cardinal Wolsey, 27, 32.

Fiddlers, King of the, 166.

Figures, emaciated, in Churches, 365.

Finchingfield, Vicarage of, 389.

Finsbury, 256.

Fisher's, Bp. Grave, 174.

Fleet Ditch, 256.

Fleet Prison, 256.

Florin coined by Edward III. 230.
Fonts, 392.

Forsooth, Title of, 463.

Fox-hunting in the Thirteenth Century, 442.
French-church, Library belonging to the, 433.
Friars, Austin, 432; Grey, 432; White, 432.
Friga, the Saxon Deity, 138.

Fuller's Charge against an Abbey in Essex, 388.
Furmety, 367, 371.

G.

Garlands, Burial, 134.

Gate House, 256.

Gellius, Aulus, on the Ring, 455.

Gemsege, Paul, Papers under the Signature of, by whom written,
34, note.

Gerrard's-hall, 256.

Gervase, his account of the burning and rebuilding the Church
at Canterbury, 273.

Gibbet, Origin of, 416.

Glass made by the Britons, 249.

Glastonbury, Cell of St. Dunstan at, 364.

Gold coined by the Anglo-Saxons, 226.
Goodman's-fields, 256.
Grace-church-street, 256.
Grace-cup, 216.

Grants, curious, 361.

Gravesend, Church of, 139.

Gray's Inn, 256, 430.

Gresham College, 257.
Grey Friars, 432.

Grey-hound, Etymology of, 443, note.

Grey-weathers, 307.

Groats of Edward I. 227.

Guild-hall, 257.

Guildford, Court at, 422.

H.

Hadrian's Wall, 147.

Hall on the Articles against Cardinal Wolsey, 35, 38.

Hamlet, a Passage in that Play illustrated, 385.

Hannibal said to have engraved Characters on the Alpine Rocks,

145.

Harp, Jews, 386.

Henry I. his Body said to have been found at Reading, 127.

Henry III. Gold coined by, 227.

Henry IV. his Body said to have been thrown into the Thames,

132.

Henry V. Strange Incident in the Life of, explained, 48.

Henry VI. his Body deposited in Chertsey Abbey, 102.

Henry VIII. Divorce of, from Queen Catharine of Arragon, 44.
Herald's College, 431.

Heriots, 460.

Hicks's Hall, 257.

Holborn, 257.

Honorius, Archb. of Canterbury, 282.

Hosts, mode of preparing, 316.

Houndsditch, 257.

Hounslow, House of the Holy Trinity at, 132.

Hour-glass found in a Coffin, 134.

House of Commons, 257.

Hugonots, Origin of the, 55.

Hunting, Expences of, formerly, 442.

Hypogees, 143.

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Jaku, what, 233.

James's, St. Palace, 257.-Park, 257.

Idols, Saxon, worshipped in England, 157.
Jerusalem, Holy Places at, 237.

Jews destroy their Library, 433.

Jew's Harp, 386.

Infants formerly baptized by Midwives, 385.

Inscriptions, Ancient, 144.

Inscription, the Walcote, 180.

John, King, his Death, 122.

John's, St. Church, Steeple of, 435,

John's, St. Gate, 257.

Joscelin, his Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury, 283.

Isis, 187.

Jubilarian, 461.

Judea, Shepherds of, 168.

Jupiter Olympius, Temple of, 193, 195.

Juvenal, 455.

King's Evil, 310.

King-street, 257.

Kings, Statues of, 436.

K.

L.

Lady, Origin of the Word, 295.

Lamb's Wool, 369.

Lanfranc, 317.

Langbourn, 257.

Lavatory, 312.

Laundresses, 422.

Lead, Human Bones found filled with, 138 ;-Pigs of, 295;-
when first known in Britain, 298.

Leaden-hall, 257.

Leicester, St. Mary's Church at, 363, note.
Letters, Instances of the Change of, 213,
Libra Arsa, 232; Pensata, 232.

Libraries, Public, 429.

Libri Editi, 210; Scripti, 210.

Lincoln's Inn, 257, 431.

Little Ease, the Cell so called, 363.

Litchfield, Stone Coffin discovered at, 220.

Lombard-street, 257.

London, Buildings, Streets, &c. in, 254;-Libraries, 429;→
Bridge, 258;-Claims of the Lord Mayor and Citizens
of, 51;-Curiosities, 434;-Etymology of, 453;-Stone,
258;-View of, 433;-Wall, 258.

Long Acre, 258.
Long Meg, 143.

Lothesley, Manor of, 422.
Lotus, the Egyptian, 186.
Low Sunday, 234.

Lucian's Crono-Solon, 413.

Ludgate, 258.

Luton, carved Wainscot at, 467.

M.

Macrobius, 413, 415, 455.

Maiden Castle, 399,

Malden, 405.
Mansion-house, 258.

Marcheta Mulierum, 389.

Margaret, St. Westminster, Church of, 171.

Mark Lane, 258.

Marshal, the Earl, 373.

Marshall, Stephen, 389.

Martin's, Le Grand, St. 258.

Maunday-Thursday, Custom on, 313, 343.

Maydestone, Clement, his Testimony concerning the Body of
Henry IV. 132.

Medals, the Reverses of, 187.

Meg, Long, 143.

Merchant Taylor's School, 258.

Meretrices, 422.

Mewse, 258.

Midwives formerly baptized Infants, 385.
Mimicis, a wrong reading for Inimicis, 384.
Minories, 258.

Mitre, Archiepiscopal, 318.

Monarchy, Arguments in favour of, 17.

Money, broken, 378.

Monks, manner of punishing, 314.

Monument, the, 258.

Moon, Saxon Idol of the, 137.

Moorfields, 258.

Month's Mind, explained, 244.

More, Sir Thomas, 36, note.—177,

Mortuaries, 460.

Mothering-Sunday, 367,

Mother-night, 367.

Mulberry-trees in Church-yards, 347.
Mummies, Egyptian, 142.
Museum, British, 258.

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N.

Names of Persons, 284.

Navigation of the Ancients, 107.
Newgate, 258.

Newcastle House, 258.

New Inn, 259.

Newport Pagnel, Church of, 139.

New River, 259.

Nicholas, St. Legendary Story of, 328.
Nismes, Amphitheatre at, 206.

Nonni, 461.

Numerical Characters, 162.

Nun, Derivation of, 463.

O.

Oak Parliament, 452.

Oath used by William Rufus, 160.
Octaves of Festivals, 234, 252.

Offering, a curious one, 463.

Olympian Jupiter, Temple of, 193, 195.
Orus, 187.

Oxford, Claim of the Mayor and Burgesses of, 51.

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Parker, Archb. great Entertainments given by, 265.
Parishes, when instituted, 282.

Parochial Churches, remarkable Particulars in, 391.

Pater-Noster-Row, 259.

Paul, St. Commemoration of, 466.

Paul Gemsege, Papers under that Signature, by whom written,

34, note.

Paul's, St. Church, Offering in, 463.

Paul's, St. Church, at Rome, 199.

Paul's, St. School, 259.

Pegge, Dr. Samuel, 34, note; 127 note.

Peg Tankard, 262.

Pennies of William I. and II. 227.

Philipot, on the Death of Cardinal Wolsey, 28, 30.
Physicians, College of, 432.

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