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Baker on the Death of Cardinal Wolsey, 28.

Ballistrarius Regis, 379.

Bank of England, 254.

Baptismal Church, what, 311.:
Baptisteries, 311.

Barber-surgeons, their hall and library, 433.
Barbican, 254.

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Blase, St. 304; Custom on the Anniversary of, 311

Bloomsbury, 255.

Blossom's Inn, Laurance-lane, 255.

Bones, Human, found filled with Lead, 138.

Book, date of a, 209.

Borough, English, 389.

Bows, Cross, the Antiquity of, 379.

Bow-staves, importation of, 347; prices of, 348.
Brand's History of Newcastle upon Tyne, 425.
Brandon, Charles, Duke of Suffolk, Case of, 44.
Brandons, 149.

Bride, Custom of saluting, 456.
Bridewell, 255.

Britain, on Julius Cæsar's Descent on, 94, 99.
Bromley, Church of, 135.

Brown, Sir Thomas, 182.

Bull and Gate, 419.

Bull and Mouth, 419.

Bumbards, baiting of, 218.

Bumper, Origin of that word, 216.

Burial Garlands, 134.

Burning the Dead, Ancient Custom of, 182.

C.

Cæsar, Julius, the Precise Day when he made his first Descent
upon Britain, and the very spot where he landed, 94;
the Precise Place disputed, 99; his Passage over the
Thames, 101.

Calendaries, Guild of, 427.

Cambridge, Queen Elizabeth's Reception at, 75.

Cangi, where situated, 302.

Canonbury-house, 255.

Canterbury, great Entertainments at, 265; Palaces and Houses
anciently belonging to the See of, 268; the burning and
rebuilding the Church of, 273.

Capito, Atteius, 455.

Cardinals, Ceremony in electing, 344.

Catechism, Letters used in, 344.

Cats, Wild, 303.

Catteshill, Manor of, 422.

Cavendish, Sir William, his Life of Wolsey, 27, 28, 32.

Cercella, the meaning of, 377.

Chancels, Stalls in, 394.

Change, Old, 255.

Channel Row, 255.

Chantries, 359, 397.

Characters, Numerical, 162.

Charing Cross, 255.

Charter-house, 255.

Charteris in the Isle of Ely, 248.

Chaucer, on the Marriage Service, 456.

Cheapside, 256.

Chertsey, Abbey at, 101; Cowley's House at, 106.

Chesterfield Tokens, 161.

Chinese Inscription, 146.

Chingford, Curious Tenure at, 410.

Chocolatta, 381.

Christian-names converted into Sir-names, 286.

Christmas-eve, 368, 369.

Christ's Hospital, 256, 432.

Churches, burying in, 223; adorned with Evergreens, 245 j
Baptismal, 311.

Churches, Parochial, remarkable Particulars in, 391..
Churches in Cornwall, 358.

Cinque Ports, Manner of taking Refuge in the, 270.

Cities, on ancient English, 404.

Claims to do Service at the Coronation of James II. 50.

Clausentum, Derivation of, 302.

Clerkenwell, 256; Church-yard, 134.

Cleveland Court, 256.

Clifford's Inn, 256.

Coal, when first used, 425.

Cock-pit, 434.

Coffee-house, Particulars concerning the first in England, 350;
the Character of, a Poem, 382.

Coffin, Stone, 220.

Coin, a scarce Gold one supposed to be Saxon, 226; Gold, pre
vious to the Reign of Edward IIL 229.

Colchester, Castle Green, 176.

Cole, Dr. Anecdote of, 74.

Colet, Dean, bust and monument of, 435.

Coleman-street, 255.

College, of Heralds, 256; of Physicians, 256.

Combat, single, 376.

Commemoration, Days of Public, 410.

Committee of the House of Commons, debate in, 1.

Commons, House of, 257.

Constable, Lord High, 373.

Constantine, 198.

Cornwall, Druidical Customs retained in, 458.

Coronation Chair, 354.

Coronation, Claims of Service at that of James II. 49.

Corpus Christi Day, Solemnities of, 371.

Country Dance, 167.

Covent-garden, 256.

Coway Stakes, 103.

Cowley, his house at Chertsey, 100.

Cramp Rings, 310.

Cripple-gate, 256.

Cromwell, Oliver, desired to assume the title of King, 1.

Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex, 37.

Cross, in Cheapside, 241, 464..

Cross, creeping to the, 310.

Crosses on Tomb Stones, 224.
Cross-bows, the Antiquity of, $79.
Crowd, 166.

Culprit, Origin of that word, 218.
Crutched Friars, 256.
Curfeu, 345.

Customs, Ancient, 366,
Custom-house, 256.

D.

Dance, Country, 167.

Dances, Sacred, 153.

Days, names of our, whence derived, 137.`

Dead, Feast of the, 412.

Debate between the Committee of the House of Commons and,
Oliver Cromwell, I.

Denne, Rev. Samuel, 317, note.

Domesday-book, a passage in, illustrated, 420,

Domus Conversorum, 428.

Dronfield Church, 165.

Druidical Customs, 457.

Dryness, Cause of, in Dead Bodies, 171.

Duel, Writ issued for, 376.

Dulwich College, library, 433.

Dunmow, the Ancient Custom of, 140.

Dunstan, St. 274, 276, 364.

E.

Easter, 368.

East India House, 256.

Eastwell Register, Extract from, 124, 127.
Edmundsbury Monastery, 361, 376.

Education, its Influence on our Actions, 12.

Edward I. Groats of, 227.

Edward III. Florin coined by, 230.

Egyptian Mummies, 142.

Egyptian Lotus, 186.

Elephant, Skeleton of, discovered, 439.

Elizabeth, Queen, her grand Reception at Cambridge, 75; her

Latin Speech, 92; entertained at Canterbury, 267.

Elphege, St. 274, 276.

Ely, Isle of, 247.-House, 256.

Emaciated Figures in Churches, 365.

Embalming, Method of, 142.

Enamelled Steeple, 435.

Episcopacy in Scotland, 115.
Esquires, 212.

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