The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England / Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Shows, Processions, Pageants, and Pompous Spectacles from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

INDEX.

• A B C of Aristotle, 398.
• Abbot of Misrule, 339, 340.
• Abbots, 8, 9.
• See Clergy.
• Abingdon, 353.
• Abington Abbey, 26.
• Abraham, 167.
• Ace of Roses, 320.
• Aery of Hawks, 28.
• Ælfric, Earl, 26.
• Æman, 174.
• Æthan, 174.
• Ætheric, Bishop, xxi.
• Agapæ, 364.
• Agesilaus, 380.
• Agnes of Poictou, 192.
• Alauntes, 19.
• Albans, St., 17, 150, 255.
• Alcibiades, 38.
• Alcinous, 91.
• Alea, 305.
• Ales (Church and Whitsun), xxxiv, 367.
• Alexander the Great, xxii, li.
• Alfred, xx.
• All-hallows, 391.
• Alleys (Bowling), lxiii, 268.
• Andromache (a rural), lxvi.
• Animals—baiting, teaching, imitating, &c., xlix, liii, 175, 239, 242, 253, 256, 388.
• Anjou, Duke of, 200.
• Anlaff, a Dane, 183.
• Anne, 168, 211, 216, 230, 236, 242, 245, 247, 259.
• —— Lady, daughter of Duke of Norfolk, 148.
• Apes, 22, 204, 239, 241, 242, 243, 257.
• Apples, diving for, 391, 396.
• Arabians, 308, 325.
• Archbishops, 9.
• See Clergy.
• Archery, lxii, 48
• bow known to Saxons and Danes, ibid
• archery of the Normans, 50
• by ladies, ibid
• forms of Saxon bows, ibid
• use and practice of the cross-bow, 53
• bows and arrows to be kept, 54, 56
• decay of archery, 55
• prices for bows, 58
• equipment of an archer, 59
• directions for archery, 61
• marks for shooting at, 62, 63
• feats in archery, 64
• ancient bowmen's superiority, 66
• a good archer called Arthur, 68
• prizes for archery, &c. 69, 73, 115.
• Arcubalistarians, 73.
• Arden of Feversham, 307.
• Argument and testimony compared, 51.
• Arion and Harry Goldingham, xlviii.
• Aristotle, A B C of, 398.
• Ark, Noah's, 166.
• Arms, list of under Elizabeth, 58
• at tournaments, 134, 135, 137.
• Arragon, 161, 327.
• Arrows, 59, 63, 70.
• See Archery.
• Arsnic, to save giants, xliv.
• Art of Memory, 335.
• Arthur, round table of, 140.
• —— a good archer why called, 68.
• —— Prince of Wales, 161, 327.
• Artillery, list of, under Elizabeth, 58.
• —— gardens, xxxiv.
• Arundell, Robert, a good slinger, 67.
• Asaph, 174.
• Ascanius, 126.
• Asia and Asiatics, 71 199, 281, 306, 308, 325.
• Asses, Ass-racing, 22, 47, 256, 346.
• Astley (Amphitheatre), 90, 230, 246, 247, 265.
• Athelstan, 18, 31, 40.
• Attitudes for archery, 61.
• Augustus, 384.
• Austria, Duke of, 179.
• Automaton chess-player, 201.
• Axes, combats with, 149.
• See Justs.
• Baboon, 259.
• Babylon, 308.
• Backgammon, xxi, 319.
• Badger, 18, 22, 280.
• Bagpipes, 194, 195.
• Baiting animals with dogs, lii, liii, 276, 280.
• Balancing, 231, 232, 233, 234, 242.
• Balistarii, 52, 73.
• Ball, games with, 91 to 110, 173, 195, 196, 204, 231, 300.
• —— of little dogs, 167.
• Ballad-singers, 287.
• See Joculators.
• Balloon-ball, 96.
• Ban-dogs, 258.
• Bandy-ball, 101, 102.
• Banners, 134, 135, 136.
• Baptism of Bells, 292.
• Bar, throwing of, 75, 76, 369.
• Baraton, Martin, 196.
• Barbary horses, 42.
• Barber, a bagpiper, 194, 195.
• Barbers, 287, 337.
• Bards, 170.
• See Minstrels.
• Barge, Lord Mayor's, 307.
• Barley-brake, 382.
• Barlo, Marquis of, 67.
• Barnard Peres, 337.
• Barnet, 255.
• Base, or Prisoners' Bars, 78, 381.
• Bason-ringing, 294.
• Basset, 335.
• Bastard dogs, 19.
• —— swords, xxix.
• Baste the Bear, 387.
• Bastile, 319.
• Bat for hurling, &c., 91.
• See Ball.
• Bath, 370.
• —— , Lord, 210.
• Batting (Bird), 38.
• Battle, tournaments like, 131, 132.
• Bayeaux tapestry, 4.
• Bean, King of the, 343, 400.
• Bears, bear-baiting, bear-garden, &c., xlviii, 18, 176, 204, 211, 227, 239, 256, 257, 258, 259, 262, 264.
• —— game of "Baste the Bear," 387.
• Beast, a game at cards, 335.
• Beasts for hunting, 17, 22.
• —— of chase, 17, 22.
• Beasts of flight, 18.
• Becket, Thomas à, 11.
• Bedford-square archery, 66.
• Beef-steak, dressing of, 236.
• Beelzebub, 153, 201.
• Bell, Adam, 65, 185.
• Bell Savage, shows at the, 356.
• Bells for ringing, hawk-bells, prize-bells, &c., 291, 32, 39, 42, 46, 223, 255.
• —— (Dumb), 77.
• Benjamin Street, 298.
• Benjamites, slingers, 71.
• Beoric, king's falconer, 27.
• Berdic, king's joculator, 195, 205.
• Bermondsey, Southwark, 35, 377.
• Berners, Juliana, 17.
• —— , Lord, 17.
• Bessy (the), 348.
• Beverley, 189, 195, 346.
• Bevis of Southampton, 185.
• Bewits, or hawk's bells, 32.
• Bible-plays. See Plays.
• Billiards, 270, 299.
• Binding Tuesday, 350.
• Birds, tutoring, catching, imitating, &c., 28, 38, 39, 248, 255, 390.
• See Hawking, Partridge, &c.
• Bishop of Fools, 345.
• —— (Boy), 346.
• Bishops, 8, 9, 11.
• See Clergy.
• Bitterns, 37.
• Blackfriars bridge, 90.
• Bladder (blown), foot-ball, 101.
• Blessing of Bells, 292.
• Blie, 133.
• Blind-man's-buff, 392, 393.
• Blois, Charles, Earl of, 52.
• Blondel, a minstrel, 179.
• Blow Point, 403.
• Boar-hunting, fighting, &c., 5, 17, 23, 252, 256.
• Boats, 88, 146.
• Bob-cherry, 391.
• Bodmin, xxxvii.
• Bone Ace, 335.
• Bonfires, 360, 372.
• Boniface, or Winifred, Archbishop of Mons, 25.
• Bonner, Bishop, 157.
• Borough, Sir Ed., 68.
• Boss-out, or Boss and Span, 384.
• Boteler, John de, 194.
• Bourbon, Duke of, 93.
• Bow and Arrows, lxii, 48, 58, 63, 73, 379.
• Bowl (Wassail), 363.
• Bowling, lxii, lxiii, 266, 270.
• Box (Dice), 306.
• Boxley, Kent, 165.
• Boy Bishop, 346.
• Boys, 379 to 400.
• Braintree fair, 287.
• Brakely, 133.
• Brandenborow, Marquis of, 94.
• Bread, 23.
• Breakfast (Royal), 356.
• Breeches formerly worn by ladies, 14.
• Breslaw, juggler, 249, 255.
• Bretail, Robert de, 128.
• Bridal (Country), 119.
• British Museum, 79, 99.
• Brittany, 291.
• Broad-street, 68.
• Brunanburgh, victory at, 3.
• Bubble the justice, 274.
• Bucket of water, tilting at, 120.
• Buckingham, 19.
• Buckler-play, 262.
• Bucks. See Deer.
• Buffoons. See Joculators.
• Buling Hans, a mountebank, 236.
• Bull-baiting and Bull-running, xliv, liii, liv, 256, 257, 259, 276, 277.
• —— dogs, 19, 257, 259.
• —— John, game called, 275.
• Bullen, Anne, 374.
• Bulrushes, 86.
• Bumble-puppy, 274, 275.
• Burford, Ox., 46, 362.
• Burgundy, old Duke of, 93.
• Burlesque Music, 293.
• Burlettas, 290.
• Bury St. Edmund's, 8, 14, 27, 29.
• Butchers' hounds, 20.
• Butt (Water), tilting at, 120.
• Butterfly and boy, 389.
• Butts, archery, 53, 58, 62, 64, 65.
• Byrhtric, a Saxon, 26.
• Caedmon, 177.
• Caiaphas, 153.
• Cakes, tansy, 349.
• Calculation, methods of, 313.
• Caledonians, xix.
• Calf (Golden), 296.
• Calves-head feast, 42.
• Cambuc, 101.
• Camp-ball, 101.
• Candles, play about lighting, 395.
• Cane Game, 128.
• Canute, xxi, 4, 10, 309.
• Caparison for a hawk, 32.
• Capet, Hugh, 40.
• Car, Robert, Earl of Somerset, 229.
• Cards, xxxii, xxxiii, xxxix, 323 to 336.
• —— , Houses of, 397.
• Carpet-working, lxvi.
• Carreau, French game called, 266.
• Cast of Hawks, 36.
• Castanets, 223.
• Casting the bar, 75.
• Cat, pole-cat, wild-cat, 18, 22, 109.
• Cat after mouse, 381.
• Catabanque, 185.
• Catherine of Portugal, 69, 335.
• —— of Arragon, 161, 327.
• Cauldron, Iron, a play with, 400.
• Ceres, 364.
• Chabloun, Earl of, 130.
• Chaffinches, li.
• Chaffnets, 38.
• Chaldea, 308.
• Chalezun, castle of, 52.
• Challenger to justs and tournaments, xxix, 148, 263.
• Chan (Great), 199.
• Changes, ringing of, 291.
• Charing-cross, a mews, 37, 242.
• Charlemagne, 175.
• Charles I., lvii, 56, 69, 309.
• —— II., xliv, 46, 59, 68, 220, 235.
• —— V. of France, 324.
• —— VI. of France, 76, 217, 252, 323, 324.
• —— VII. of France, 311.
• Charles the Bald, 132.
• Charms for hawks, 34.
• Chartley-hall, 297.
• Chase, beasts of, 17.
• Chases. See Forests.
• Cheapside pageants, xli.
• Cheats, 241.
• See Joculators.
• Cheek-music, 201.
• Chelsea, 89.
• Cherry (Bob), 391.
• Cheshire, 79, 370.
• Chess, xxi, lxv, 300 to 310.
• Chester, 41, 88, 95, 101, 184, 277.
• Cheveretter, Janino de, 194, 203.
• Childermas, 346, 347.
• Childrens' plays, 379 to 400.
• Chiltre (The), 15.
• Chimney-sweepers, 358.
• China, 281, 390.
• Chivalry, xxvii.
• Christmas, 118, 156, 222, 251, 252, 285, 327, 339 to 349, 370.
• Chuck-farthing, 386.
• Churches—plays, abuses, festivals, ales, in, 25, 150, 157, 345, 346, 348, 365, 367.
• Churn, or corn, supper, 364.
• Circus in St. George's-fields, 230, 245, 246.
• Clarencieux, king at arms, 135.
• Cleavers (marrow-bones and), 294.
• Clench of Barnet, li, 255.
• Cleremont, Earl of, 129.
• Clergy, xxi, liv, lx, 8, 9, 11, 21, 24, 31, 37, 150, 152, 155, 156, 157, 183, 190, 192, 241, 256, 306, 344.
• Clerkenwell, 81, 263, 289, 298.
• —— , Marquis of, 67.
• Cleveland, Duchess of, 221.
• Closh, game of, 271.
• Cloudesle, William, an archer, 95.
• Clown, 204.
• Club-ball, 104, 105.
• Clubs, suit of, 324.
• Clym of the Clough, 65, 185.
• Coaches, hackney—a horse and his keeper parading in one, 245.
• Coat and Badge, rowing for the, 89.
• Coblers, 22.
• Cock—cock-fighting, cock-throwing, &c., xxxiv, liii, 248, 349, 370, 394.
• Cockchafers, &c. spinning of, 388, 389.
• Cock-pit, 281.
• Cockneys, 343.
• Coleshill Heath, Warwickshire, 47.
• Colet, Dean, 346.
• Coll, the tregetour, 202.
• Colts, 22.
• Columbines, king of, 327, 328, 329, 330.
• Combats (ordeal), lists for, 138.
• Concerts, 287.
• Conjurer, the dumb, li.
• Constantine of Wales, 3, 18.
• Constantinople, 131.
• Cooks, 22.
• Coots, 32.
• Corcyra, 91.
• Corineus, giant, xlii.
• Corners, Four, 273.
• Cornhill, 118, 351.
• Cornish and Cornwall, 62, 63, 67, 80, 98, 158, 363, 367, 382.
• Corpus Christi, mystery called, 151.
• Costly Colours, 335.
• Cotswold, game of, xxxvi.
• Covent Garden theatre, xxx, l.
• Coventry Play (the), xlviii, xlix, 151.
• Counters, 327.
• Country Bridal, 119.
• —— Plays, 159.
• See Plays.
• Courcy, Earl of Ulster, 264.
• Court, or Coat, Cards, 332.
• —— Plays, 159.
• See Plays.
• Cow and Cow-hide, 250, 358.
• Cowdry, in Suss., 14.
• Crambo, 398.
• Cranes, 25, 37.
• Crawl, a showman, 166, 247.
• Creag, 403.
• Cressets, xlvi, 247, 373.
• Cressy, battle of, 52.
• Cribbage, 335.
• Cricket, 106.
• Crimp, 336.
• Criol, Bertram de, 16.
• Cross-bow, 51.
• See Archery.
• —— Purposes, 403.
• Cross-and-Pile, 337.
• Crotonians, 242.
• Crowds, violins, xxxiv.
• Crown coffee-house, 335.
• Croyland, Abbot of, 291, 292.
• Cruelty to animals, 388, 389.
• Cuckolds, 22.
• Cuckows, 25.
• Cudgel players, 369.
• Cumberland sailing society, 90.
• Cups (prize), 20, 90.
• Cure of Hawks, 33.
• Curlews, 37.
• Curs, 20.
• See Dogs.
• Cushion dance, 297.
• —— working, lxiv.
• Cut-work by ladies, lxvi.
• Cuthred, King of W. Saxons, 363.
• Dances, Dancers, Dancing Animals, and Rope-dancing, xlvii, lxv, 196, 207 to 228, 239 to 259, 295, 342, 349, 357.
• Danes, xx, lix, 26, 48, 49, 183, 257, 306, 350.
• Darts, 75, 76.
• Datchet-mead races, 46.
• David, 71, 174, 293.
• D'Eu, Count, 93.
• Dee river, 88.
• Deer, xxv, 9, 17, 18, 20, 22, 54.
• Defence, science of, 262.
• Deformity curiously imitated, 235.
• Delphos Bells, 51.
• Demihags, 58.
• Derbyshire, 79, 279, 280.
• Deserter acted, 249.
• Devil and Devils, 153, 201, 365.
• —— among the Taylors, 385.
• Devil's dance, 342.
• Devonshire, 80, 382.
• —— Duke of, 279.
• Dice, xxxii, xxxiii, lix, 305, 306.
• Diomedes, 308.
• Discus, 74.
• Disquirements, or Mummings, 251.
• Dislocation curiously imitated, 235.
• Diving, 85.
• —— apple diving, 391.
• Dobney's, near Islington, 246.
• Dogget's Coat and Badge, 89.
• Dogs, 2, 19, 20, 22, 43, 167, 204, 239, 243, 246, 253, 257, 258, 259, 276, 284.
• —— a ball of little dogs, 167.
• Domino, 322.
• Dort in Holland, 33.
• Double wicket, 106.
• Dover, Rob., xxxvi.
• Doves, 37.
• Dragon (Snap), 397.
• Dragons, xl, 223, 224, 342, 360, 362, 363, 374.
• Dramas. See Plays.
• Draughts, 316.
• Draw-bridge on London-bridge, xlii.
• Drawing Dun out of the Mire, 403.
• Dresses, hunting, 15.
• —— equipment for an archer, 59.
• —— Minstrels', 189.
• —— caparison of a hawk, 32.
• Drury-lane, 282.
• Duck-hunting, 284.
• —— and Owl, 285.
• Ducks and Drakes, 387.
• Duke, appropriate hawks of a, 37.
• —— of Shoreditch, 67, 68.
• Dumb Bells, 77.
• Dun (drawing out of the Mire), 403.
• Dunghill dogs, 20.
• Dunstable, 150.
• Dunstan, St. xx, 171.
• Dutch, xxxix, 220, 233, 234, 236, 270, 273.
• Duzedeys, Perrot, 194.
• Eagles, 34, 37.
• Earls—their hawk, and their tax for tournaments, 37, 133.
• Easter, 41, 94, 116, 349, 367.
• Eating fire and stones, 236.
• —— hasty-pudding, 367.
• Ecclesiastics. See Clergy.
• Edelswitha, 40.
• Eden, Sir Fred, 144.
• Edgar, 4, 18, 21, 88, 171, 365.
• Edmund, King of East Angles, 27, 49.
• Education of Princes, James I. on, xxxi.
• Edward the Confessor, 26, 34.
• —— I., 7, 16, 52, 130, 140, 190, 194, 260, 325, 403.
• —— II., lx, 17, 183, 188, 191, 203, 210, 227, 337.
• —— III., lx, lxi, 19, 28, 34, 43, 55, 75, 100, 102, 104, 140, 159, 189, 193, 194, 195, 222, 235, 281, 344.
• —— IV., lxi, 55, 58, 139, 148, 184, 189, 194, 274, 325, 403.
• —— VI., xliii, 69, 218, 328, 340, 354, 362.
• Edwin King of Northumberland, xxxvii.
• Egerton, Sir P, 43.
• Egg dance, 225.
• Eggs of hawks, 35.
• Elizabeth, xlii, xlvi, lvi, 14, 44, 45, 58, 67, 77, 95, 99, 119, 121, 147, 159, 162, 185, 203, 205, 224, 252, 257, 296, 374, 378.
• —— , daughter of Ed. I. 194.
• Elk, 18.
• Eltham, Hants, 375.
• Elverton, Derb., 367.
• Elvetham, Hants, 95.
• Elysian Fields, 377.
• Emanuel Comminus, 131.
• Emperors, appropriate hawks of, 37
• meanness of one, 192.
• Enchanters, 199, 200.
• Enclosures, 20, 21, 50, 56.
• Eneas, 126.
• Engravings in the work, notice of, lxvi.
• Entertainments, royal and noble, xxxviii, xliv.
• E. O. tables, 307.
• Epiphany, 344.
• Ervalton of Spain, 265.
• Esau, 50.
• Esquires and Esquireship, xxv, 37, 115, 135, 137.
• Essex, 19, 79, 108, 349.
• Ethelbald, King of Mercia, 362.
• Ethelbert, King of Kent, 25.
• Ethelred the unready, 350.
• Eton Montem, 347.
• Eu, Count d', 93.
• Eubœa, 305, 308.
• Even or Odd, 386.
• Evil Merodac, 308.
• Eurydice, 377.
• Exorcism of bells, 292.
• Fabulators, 180.
• See Joculators.
• Fair sex, 143.
• See Ladies.
• Fairs, 366, 369.
• Falcon, 37.
• See Hawking.
• Falconer, 24, 28.
• Fantoccini, 167.
• Feathers, 59, 60, 234.
• Fenchurch-street, 353.
• Ferrers, George, 340.
• Ferrets, 22.
• Festival of Fools, 344, 345.
• Fiddle without strings, music with, 255.
• Fiddlers, 186.
• See Minstrels.
• Figgum, 403.
• Fighting of cocks. See Cock-fighting.
• Fingers, games with, 403.
• Fireworks, 374.
• Fishing and Fowling, 38.
• Fives, 95.
• Flight, beasts of sweet and of stinking, 18.
• Flora, 351, 357.
• Florentines, xlii.
• Flower de luce, a beast called, xliii, xlv.
• Flute, imitation of, 255.
• Foix, Earl of, 7, 194, 264.
• Fol, Rob. le, 194.
• Fool, or Fools, 152, 153, 154, 236.
• Fool's dance, 221, 222.
• —— bolt, 55.
• —— festival, 345.
• —— plough, 348.
• Foot, standing on one, 383
• contest with the feet, 121.
• —— ball, 100, 369.
• —— racing, 77, 101.
• Forcer, Francis, musician, 290.
• Forests (Royal), xxi, 6, 9, 17, 19, 22, 34, 54, 133.
• Fote in Bosom, 47.
• Four Corners, 273.
• —— Kings, 325.
• Fowling and Fishing, 38.
• Fox, 5, 17, 18, 22, 23, 381.
• —— and Geese, 318.
• France and French, 28, 92, 94, 131, 132, 140, 179, 191, 257, 266, 270, 299, 309, 316, 317, 319, 323, 324.
• Frederic Barbarossa, 25.
• Freize jerkin, 29.
• French Draughts, 316.
• Friar Tuck, 354.
• Friars, 22.
• See Clergy.
• Frog in the middle, the, 393.
• Frying-pan music, 294.
• Fulco Guarine, 309.
• Fulimart, 18.
• Fulke, Dr. 316.
• Game—names of beasts of sport, 17, 31, 50.
• —— cocks, 281.
• See Cock-fighting.
• —— laws, xxi, 4, 6, 8, 20, 34, 35.
• —— of Goose, 336.
• —— The solitary Game, 319.
• Gaming, xxi, lix to lxii, 44, 45, 307, 327, 328.
• Gardens, Artillery, xxxiv.
• —— Dorset Garden, xxxiv.
• Gardens, Marybone, 290.
• —— Northumberland public, lxiii.
• —— Paris Garden, lvi, 256, 257.
• —— Ranelagh, 289, 377.
• —— Spring, or Vauxhall, 288.
• Garter, Order of, 141.
• Gascoygne, Thomas, poet, xlvii, 252, 378.
• Gaston, Earl of Foix, 7, 194, 264.
• Gaunt, John of, 132, 191, 279.
• Geese, 22, 37, 349.
• Genoese, 52, 62.
• Geoffry, Lord of Previlli, 132.
• George I., 46.
• —— II., 376.
• —— III., 374.
• Germans, 20, 131, 132, 141, 143, 214, 306, 325, 336.
• Geofrey, Abbot of St. Albans, 150.
• Giants (pageant), xl, xli, xlii, xliii, 147, 362.
• Gladiators, 260.
• Gleek, 334.
• Gleemen, 171, 173, 183, 213, 359.
• See Joculators.
• Globe Tavern, near Hungerford-market, 168.
• Gloves, hawks, 33.
• Gloucester, Thomas, Duke of, 138.
• Goats, 22, 253.
• Godefroy, Earl of Bologne, xli.
• Goff, game of, 101, 102, 103.
• Gog-magog, xlii.
• Golden Calf, 296.
• Goldfinches, 38.
• Goldingham, Harry and Arion, xlviii.
• Goliah, 71.
• Goose, game of, 336.
• —— (Fox and), 318.
• Gordon, Will, 158.
• Goshawks. See Hawking.
• Grace, time of, in hunting, 20, 23.
• Gray, George, fencer, 263.
• Great Chan, performance by, 199.
• Greeks, 74, 84, 87, 89, 281, 303, 305, 308, 313, 314, 325, 338, 380, 383, 385, 386, 387, 390, 392, 393, 398, 400, 403.
• Green, Jack in the, 358.
• —— man, 294, 375, 377, 378.
• —— Park, 376.
• Greens (Bowling), lxiii, 268.
• Greenwich, xxix, 156, 161, 162, 257, 355, 374.
• Gregory, Pope, 365.
• Groat (Shove), 301.
• Gresco, 333.
• Grey, or Badger, 18, 280.
• —— waters of, 15
• —— (Henry de), of Codnor, 16.
• —— hounds, 7, 14, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 280.
• Gridiron music, 294.
• Grief, how counteracted, lii.
• Gringonneur, Jacquemin, 323.
• Grinning-match, 371.
• Grooms of tutored greyhounds, 21.
• Guards, officers of, 356.
• Guarine, Fulco, 309.
• Guary miracle (the), 158.
• Guilford, 159.
• Gums, 31, 379.
• Gyfford, John, 17.
• Hag-butts, 58.
• Hags (Demi), 58.
• Half-bowl, 274.
• Halgaver Moor, Cornw., xxxvii.
• Haliday, Walter, 184.
• Hall, Jacob, rope-dancer, 220.
• Hammer-throwing, xxxii, 75.
• Hammersmith, 237.
• Hampshire, 350.
• Hampstead, 259.
• Hand-ball, 91, 95, 292, 349.
• —— guns, 54, 57.
• See Bow.
• —— in Hand, lxi.
• Handel, 289, 290.
• Hands—persons equally right and left handed, 71.
• Handy-dandy, 397.
• Hart, 17, 18.
• See Deer.
• Harvest-home, 363.
• Hastings, 175.
• Hasty-pudding, eating, 372.
• Hatfield, 195.
• —— House, 257.
• Hawking, xxxi, xxxiii
• travelling with hawks, &c., 4, 6, 7, 8, 11
• how hawking conducted for ladies, 11
• hawks paid in tribute, 16
• early treatise on hawking, &c., 17, 24
• value of hawks, 24, 25
• hawks, ensigns of nobility, 24
• origin of hawking, 25
• hawks and hounds taken to church, 25
• training hawks essential to the education of a gentleman, 25
• romantic story about hawking, 26
• among Saxons, 29
• decline of hawking, 31
• method of hawking, 31
• caparison of hawks, 32
• their value, 34, 36
• early treatises on hawking, 33
• different species of hawks, 36, 37
• law against having any but foreign ones, 35
• terms used in hawking, 37.
• Hay, or Raye, dance, 297.
• Haye, a fence-work of netting, 20.
• Haymarket Theatre, l, 221.
• Hazel wands, 62.
• Head or Tail, 337.
• Health-drinkers, lviii, lxiii.
• —— , public, bonfires for, 372.
• Helmets, 134, 139, 140, 264.
• Henchmen, 362.
• Hen (threshing the fat), 348.
• Henry I., 20, 187, 195.
• —— II., 9, 10, 11, 15, 40, 76, 132, 192, 256, 309.
• —— III., lx, 9, 72, 81, 105, 117, 140.
• —— IV., 7, 17, 151.
• —— V., 17, 137, 202.
• —— VI., 11, 81.
• —— VII., xxviii, xlvi, lx, 11, 81, 35, 54, 58, 68, 93, 148, 186, 195, 327, 352, 357, 372.
• —— VIII., xxx, xli, xliii, 8, 32, 37, 56, 67, 68, 75, 94, 160, 161, 205, 251, 252, 254, 262, 269, 272, 286, 287, 295, 328, 347, 354, 356, 362.
• —— I. Emperor, 132.
• —— III. —— 192.
• —— II. of France, 129.
• —— son of James I., 103, 298, 385.
• Heralds and Heraldry, 17, 135, 138, 139.
• Herbert, Sir W. 307.
• Hercules, 98.
• Hermits, 22.
• Herodias, 208, 209.
• Herons, 34, 37.
• Hertford, 219.
• —— Earl of, 375.
• Hertfordshire, 15, 274.
• Heywood, Master of St. Paul's School, 220.
• Hide and Seek, 381, 400.
• Higgins, a posture-master, 236.
• High Game, 335.
• Hinguar, 27.
• Hippas, 84.
• Hitchin, Herts, 22.
• Hobby-horses, xliv, 224, 254, 341, 342.
• Hock Tuesday and Hocking, 162, 349, 350.
• Hockley in the Hole, li, 259, 263.
• Hocus Pocus, 206.
• Hog, learned, 248.
• Hoglard, John de, 195.
• Holland, John, Earl of, 194.
• Holy Land, 128.
• Home (Harvest), 363.
• Hoodman-blind, 392, 393.
• Hoods for hawks, 32.
• Hoops, leaping through, &c., 229, 383.
• Hopping, 225, 366, 382, 383.
• Horn-blowing, xxxii, 12, 19, 30, 172.
• Horse-collar, grinning through, 371.
• —— racing and Horses
• tribute in horses, &c., 16
• horses trained to conceal sportsmen, 38
• racing in Smithfield, 40
• seasons for racing, 41
• Chester races, 41
• Barbary horses, 42
• value of racers, 43
• racers of romance, 44
• racing, a liberal pastime, 44
• breed of horses attended to, 44
• royal patrons of racing, 45
• Hyde Park races, 46, 47
• Stamford races, 43
• tricks and performances by horses, 242 to 246
• horses baited with dogs, &c., 243, 357, 380.
• —— (Stalking), 38.
• Hospitality on saints' days, &c., 373.
• Hot-cockles, 392, 393.
• Hounds, 7, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21, 25.
• See Greyhounds.
• Houses (card), 397.
• Hubba, 27.
• Huffe-cap, 368.
• Hug, Cornish, 80.
• Hugh Capet, 40.
• Hughes's Royal Circus, 246.
• Hugo Petroleonis, 10.
• Hungary, King of, 28.
• Hungerford, Sir Ed., 69.
• Hunting, xxv, xxxi, xxxiii
• more ancient than hawking, 1
• among the Britons, 2
• the Saxons, Danes, and Normans, 3, 4, 5, 6
• hunting swine and the wild-boar, 5
• how conducted for ladies, 11
• hunting dresses, 14, 15
• hunting privileges of Londoners, 15
• beasts of sport, 17
• early treatises on hunting, 17
• different modes of hunting, 20
• in enclosures, 20
• hunting terms, 22.
• —— (Duck), 284, 285.
• —— (Squirrel), 285.
• —— "Hunt the Fox," 381.
• —— "Hunt the Squirrel," 297.
• —— "Hunt the Slipper," 387.
• Hurling, 98.
• Husbands, 22.
• Hustle (Pitch and), 276.
• Hyde Park, 46, 88.
• Ice sliding, 86, 382, 384.
• Idethun, 174.
• Illuminations, 373.
• Imitations of animals, 249 to 256.
• Infection, bonfires against, 372, 373.
• Iniquity, a dramatic character, 153.
• Innocents' day, 346, 347.
• Installation, mock, at schools, 396.
• Interludes, 156.
• See Plays.
• Ireland, a vaulter, 230.
• Isabel of Bavaria, 217, 252, 310.
• Ishmael in the desert, 50.
• Islington, 67.
• Italy and Italians, lii, 112, 120, 133, 141, 211.
• Jack in the Green, 358.
• —— of the Clock-house, 164.
• —— Pudding, 375.
• James I., xxxi, lvi, 7, 36, 46, 56, 201, 229, 254, 282, 298, 304, 307, 375.
• —— II., 167, 220, 236, 286.
• Janglers, 181, 192.
• See Minstrels.
• Japers, 181.
• See Minstrels.
• Jerkin (Frieze), 29.
• Jermin, Sir T., 29, 282.
• Jervis (Justice), 301.
• Jesses, a hawk's, 32.
• Jestors, Jestours, 180.
• See Minstrels.
• Jewin-street, 282.
• Jews, 94, 296, 364.
• Jigs, 297.
• Jingling-match, 370.
• Joculators, 197
• their performances ascribed to magic, 198
• Asiatic jugglers, 199
• their tricks accounted for, 201
• Rykell, a tregetour, 202
• privileges of king's jugglers, 205
• disrepute of modern jugglers, 205
• dancing, tumbling, and balancing by joculators, 205, 208
• Herodias tumbling, 208, 209
• various modes of dancing and tumbling, 211
• representations of tumbling, 211, 212
• gleemens' dances, 213
• sword-dancing, rope-dancing, 214 to 221
• Morris-dance, 223
• the posture-master, 235
• mountebanks, 236
• balancing, 231
• the tinker, 237
• animals trained for baiting, &c. by joculators, 239 to 259
• sword-play, 259, 293.
• See Minstrels.
• John Bull, game called, 275.
• —— (King), 264, 278, 309.
• —— I. of Castile, 324.
• —— of Gaunt, 141, 279.
• —— de Holland, 141.
• —— (St.), 12, 16, 34, 43, 209.
• Judges looking big as lions, xli.
• Jugglers, 181, 182, 185, 193, 199.
• See Minstrels, Joculators.
• Justice Jervis, 301.
• Justinian, 116.
• Justs, xxi, xxvii, xxviii
• challenges to, &c. 111, 148, 263
• difference from tournaments, 125
• law for, 133
• justs represented, 142
• peculiarly in honour of the ladies
• the lance of the ladies, 143
• great splendour of justs, &c., 143, 146, 355.
• Kayles, 270.
• Kenilworth, xlii, xlvi, 19, 20, 117, 140, 162, 211, 252.
• Kent, 15, 25.
• Kenulph, King of the Mercians, 26.
• Kern-baby, or Corn-baby, 364.
• Keygwyn, John, 158.
• Kidlington, Oxon. 358.
• King, his hawks, 37.
• —— birth-day, 376.
• —— deer. See Deer.
• —— duty to God, by James I., xxxi.
• —— of the bean, 343, 400.
• —— Cockneys, 343.
• —— jugglers, 205.
• —— minstrels, 185, 189, 190, 194.
• —— and Queen, game of, 60.
• Kings, ancient splendour of, xxvii, 88.
• —— at arms, 135.
• Kissing-dance, 297.
• Kite-flying, 390.
• Kittle-pins, 272.
• Knave of pinks, 328.
• —— out of doors, 35.
• Knevyt, Anthony, 57.
• Knights and Knighthood, xxii, xxiv, 37, 120, 125, 133, 135, 137, 139, 140, 141, 143.
• Knives, and knives and balls, and knives of jugglers, 137, 173, 203, 231, 294.
• Knowsley, Thomas, cryer, 277.
• Kolson, a northern hero, xix, 88.
• Lace-making, by ladies, lxv.
• Ladder-dance, 226.
• Ladies, xxvii, xxxv, liv, lxiv to lxvi, 11, 13, 14, 22, 29, 30, 31, 37, 50, 91, 97, 104, 105, 138, 139, 143, 148, 257, 263, 287, 366.
• See also Women.
• Ladies' puppies, 26.
• Lady of the Lamb, 358.
• Lamb, Lady of the, 358.
• Lambeth, 350.
• Lamps (Glass), 373.
• Lance of the Ladies, 143.
• Lances, 125, 139.
• Lansquenet, 335.
• Lanterloo, 335.
• Larks, li, 38, 39.
• Latimer, Bishop, 354.
• Laund, Perrot de la, 194.
• Laws, Game. See Game Laws.
• Lazarus, 166.
• Leadenhall, 40, 118.
• Leap-frog, 382.
• Leaping and Vaulting, 229, 230.
• Learned pig, 248.
• Learning, xxxii, xxxvii.
• Ledo, a Greek, 308.
• Leicester, Abbot of, 11.
• —— Earl of, 128.
• See Kenilworth.
• Lemors, dogs called, 20.
• Lent, xxiii, 126, 151, 290, 334.
• Leopards, 22.
• Letters described by skating, 88.
• Leufe Castle, 200.
• Lincoln's Inn Society, 343.
• Lions, 22.
• Lists and Barriers, 131.
• See Tournaments.
• Little Goes, 399.
• Living Quintain, 120.
• Loggats, 271, 272.
• Lombards, 94.
• Lombardy, game of, 322.
• London and Londoners; exercises, pastimes, privileges, &c. of, xxiii, xxxiv, xxxv, xxxvi, xxxix, xlvi, lv, lvii, lxii, 16, 55, 56, 57, 66, 69, 75, 76, 80, 86, 87, 90, 92, 126, 146, 147, 150, 186, 219, 220, 252, 256, 261, 262, 269, 274, 281, 284, 286, 296, 302, 316, 325, 327, 347, 349, 358, 359, 361, 362, 372, 375.
• See Finsbury, Lord Mayor, Shoreditch, &c.
• Long Bow. See Bow.
• Long-bowling, 269.
• Longchamp, Bishop, 187.
• Lord and Lady of the May, 353.
• —— Mayor, xxxvi, xxxix, xli, 81, 89, 340, 361, 374.
• —— of Misrule, 339, 340, 341.
• Lorem, Johan de Mees de, 189.
• Lothbroc, story about, 26.
• Lotteries, childrens', 398.
• Lovain, 247.
• Love-feasts, 364.
• Love perfecting Valor, 143.
• Louis XIII., 245.
• Louis, Emperor, 132.
• Lowbelling, 38.
• Luce, a beast called, xliii, xlv.
• Lydians, 91, 304.
• Lyon, William de, 93.
• Lytell John, 354.
• Maces, 129.
• Mad-bull, bequest about, 278.
• Madely Manor, 298.
• Madrid, 280.
• Magic-lanthorn, 198, 201.
• Mahometan paradise, 288.
• Maid Marian, 353, 354.
• Main (Welch), 282.
• Making and Marring, 403.
• Mall in St. James's Park, 103.
• Mallards, 37.
• Mandeville, Sir J., 199, 201.
• Marbles, 384.
• Margaret, daughter of Henry VII., 327.
• Margot, a French lady, 94.
• Marian (Maid), 353, 354.
• Marks for shooting at, 62, 65.
• Marriages, game of quintain at, 119.
• Marrow-bones and Cleavers, 294.
• Martins, 17, 18, 22.
• Mary, xli, 58, 210, 219, 257, 347, 362, 372.
• Marybone Gardens, 290, 376.
• Masquerades, 251.
• Mass, burlesque, 346.
• Massey, Master, 43.
• Master of Defence, 262.
• —— of the game, 17, 20, 21.
• —— of King's revels, 340.
• Match (quick), 376.
• Matilda, Queen of Hen. II., 192.
• Matrimony, game of, 337.
• Mattock, balance-master, 234.
• Maximilian, Emperor, 94, 157.
• May-games, May-day, and May-poles, lvii, 351 to 358.
• Mecheln, Israel Van, 332.
• Melitus (Abbot), 365.
• Men not so easily taught as children, 62.
• Mendlesham, John le, 194.
• Menelaüs, 210.
• Merchant Taylors' Hall, 67.
• Mercia, 362.
• Merelles, or nine men's morris, 317.
• Meritot, or Merry-trotter, a swing, 302.
• Merlin, 37.
• Merry Andrew, 236, 370.
• —— makers. See Minstrels.
• Merrythought [Meritot], 302.
• Messina, 128.
• Metromachia, 316.
• Mews at Charing-cross, 37.
• Mewtas, Peter, 57.
• Middlesex, 15.
• Middleton, Sir T., 42.
• Midsummer Eve, 359, 360.
• Milan, 33.
• Mile-end archers, 68.
• Miles, James, performer, 226.
• Military Sports, xxvii to xxxi.
• See Archery, &c.
• Milk-maids (May), 357.
• Mimes, or Mimics, 171.
• See Minstrels.
• Minstrels, Merrymakers, &c., lii, 170
• northern scalds, 171
• Saxon gleemen, 171, 172
• plays with balls and knives, 173
• a very distinguished minstrel, 175
• Saxon harpers, 177
• jestours, 180, 181, 182
• guild of minstrels, 184
• abuses and decline of minstrelsy, 185
• minstrels satyrists and flatterers, 186
• anecdotes and dress of minstrels, 189, 190
• rewards to them, 192, 194
• their profligacy, 192, 205
• sometimes dancing-masters, 196
• other notices, 279, 286, 287, 293, 358, 361, 363.
• See Joculators.
• Minuets on the Serpentine ice, 88.
• Miracle plays, 150, 158.
• See Plays.
• Mississippi, 300.
• Mixeberg, 133.
• Moles, 22.
• Monasteries, 346.
• See Clergy.
• Monday, Plough, 348.
• Mongrels, 20.
• Monkeys, l, li, 204, 221, 239, 241, 259.
• Monks, 10.
• See Clergy.
• Mons, Winifred, Archbishop of, 25
• Monson, Sir T., 36.
• Montacute, Lord, 14.
• Montague House, 79.
• Montein (Eton), 347.
• Moody, John, 32.
• Moorflelds, 68.
• Moors, 252, 384.
• Moralities, plays called, 153.
• See Plays.
• More, Sir T., 283.
• Moreland, S. founder of Vauxhall, 288.
• Morging, Lord, 68.
• Morisco, Spanish, 223.
• Morlen, a bagpiper, 195.
• Morris-dancing, 223, 247, 254.
• —— , Nine Mens', &c., 317.
• Morris, Sir Chr. 57.
• Mortimer, Roger de, 140.
• Mosbie, a paramour, 307.
• Moselle the Pegge, 403.
• Mottoes, 403.
• Moving pictures, 168.
• Mount Saint, 334.
• Mountebanks, 236.
• Mountjoy, Charles, Lord, xx.
• Mules, 22.
• Mummings, or Disguisements, 160, 250.
• See Plays.
• Music and Musicians, xxiv, 182, 286 to 294.
• See Minstrels.
• —— houses, 287.
• Muskets, 31, 379.
• Mysteries, plays called, 151.
• See Plays.
• Nails, 327.
• Nakerer, Janino le, 194.
• Naples, 200.
• Nauplius, King of Eubœa, 305, 308.
• Nausica, 91.
• Needle-work, lxiv.
• Nevill, Hugh de, 194.
• New Cut, 334.
• —— Forest, 6.
• —— year, 250, 343, 363.
• Newcastle, 95.
• Newmarket races, 46.
• Newton, Master, 103, 298.
• Nightingales, 28.
• Nine Worthies, xliii.
• —— holes, 274.
• —— men's morris, 317.
• —— pins, 272, 384.
• Noah, 16, 158.
• Nobility, xxii, xxiii, xxiv, xxxi, xxxii, xxxvii, xxxviii, xlvi, 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 21, 24, 111, 125, 137, 139, 183.
• Nola, Bishop of, 250, 291.
• Norfolk, 284.
• —— Duke of; Lady Anne, his daughter, 148.
• Norman, John, Lord Mayor, 89.
• Normans, xx, xxi, lix, lxiv, 6, 50, 73, 132, 175, 177, 197, 225, 306.
• Norroy, King at Arms, 135.
• North Walsham, 284.
• Northamptonshire, 19.
• Northumberland house and gardens, lxiii.
• Norway, xix.
• Norwich, 11, 343.
• Nunneries, 346.
• Oars, 89.
• Odd (Even and), 386.
• Oatlands, palace of, 14.
• Okebrook, Derb., 367.
• Olaf, Trygession, xix, 85, 175.
• Olympic games, 78, 80.
• Ombre, 335.
• Opera, l, 228, 290.
• Orange, Prince of, 94.
• Oratorios, 290.
• Ordeal combats, 138.
• Organ, imitation of, 255.
• Orleans, 377.
• Ostrachinda, 338.
• Othes of Bresugeth, Sir, 200.
• Otter, 18.
• Ouronomachia, 316.
• Outroaring Dick, 287.
• Owls, 284, 285.
• Oxen, docility and adornment of, 243, 285.
• Oxfordshire, 19.
• Pace, R., xxxii.
• Paganica, 102.
• Pageants, xxxv, xl, xli, 159, 161, 361, 362, 376.
• Pages, xxv, 135.
• Painter, peril of a, xliii.
• Pair of cards, 332.
• Palestine, 130.
• Pall-mall, a game, xxxi, 103, 249.
• Pancakes, 284.
• Pancrass, Earl of, 67.
• Pantheon, Pinkethman's, 169.
• Pantomimes, 6, 167.
• Paper windmill, 390.
• Paradise, Mahometan, 288.
• Pardoners, 22.
• Paris, 204, 217, 241.
• —— Garden, lvi, 256, 257.
• —— Matthew, 73.
• Parks, 6.
• Parrot (Popinjay), 54, 57, 62.
• Parson has lost his cloak, 403.
• Partridges, 37, 39, 283.
• Paulinus, Bishop of Nola, 250, 291.
• Paume Carie, 322.
• Pavon, a dance, 295.
• Paye, Sir Charles de la, 200.
• Peacock-dance, or Pavon, 295.
• Peacocks, 37, 60, 117, 234.
• Pedlers, 22, 185.
• Peecke, R. curious combat of, 264.
• Pel-quintain, 113, 119, 120.
• Penneech, 335.
• Penny Pricke, 403.
• Pentecost, 183.
• Perrot de Laund, 194.
• Persian Ambassador, 380.
• Peter the Dutchman, 220.
• Pharo bank, lxiv.
• Pheacia, 91.
• Pheasants, 37.
• Philip and Mary, lix.
• See Mary.
• —— of France, 141, 264, 309.
• Philips, a Merry-Andrew, 167.
• Philosopher's game, 314.
• Pick-point, 403.
• Picts, xix.
• Pictures (moving), 168.
• Pigs, li, 5, 248, 370.
• See Boar.
• Pile (Cross and), 337.
• Pinkethman, Mr., lii, 169.
• Pinks, Knave of, 329, 331.
• Pins, wooden, games with, 269.
• Pipe-call, 39.
• Pipers, 22, 342.
• Piquet, or Picket, 334.
• Pitch and Hustle, 276.
• Pitchley North, 19.
• Plain dealing, 335.
• Plays and Players, xxxii, liv
• ancient plays, 150
• their long duration, 151
• Coventry play, ibid
• mysteries described, 152
• secular plays, 155
• plays performed in churches, 157
• Cornish miracle-plays, 158
• court plays, 159
• character of old itinerant players, 159, 181
• representations of mummers, 160
• play in honour of Princess Mary, 161
• of Hock Tuesday, 162
• decline of secular plays, 163
• origin of puppet-plays, 164, 165
• pantomimes and puppet characters, 167
• moving pictures, 168.
• See also Minstrels.
• Plovers, 37.
• Plough Fool and Plough Monday, 348.
• Plummet, casting the, 75.
• Plumpton, Sir Rob., 19.
• Pluvinel, M., riding-master, 245.
• Poesy, effects of, 170.
• Poets, 179.
• See Minstrels.
• Points, ribbons, 327.
• Pole, Cardinal, 210.
• Poles, May-poles, balancing-poles, &c., 123, 205, 351, 352.
• Polish Draughts, 316.
• Pope, the, 242.
• —— of Fools, 345.
• Popinjay (Parrot), 54, 57, 62.
• Porters, 22.
• Post-quintain, 113.
• Posture-master, 234, 235.
• Pot-guns, or Pop-guns, 380.
• Powel, a puppet-showman, l, 165.
• Powel, a famous fire-eater, 237.
• Prayers books, how illuminated, 102, 123, 209, 232, 240, 267, 395.
• Preville, Geoffry, Lord of, 132.
• Price, predecessor of Astley, 246.
• —— a burlesque musician, 294.
• Prices ordained for bows, 58.
• Priests. See Clergy.
• Prime and Primero, 328, 333.
• Princes, education of, xxxi, 22.
• Printing traced to cards, 326.
• Prisoners'-bars, 78, 381.
• Prizes for archery, wrestling, rowing, at tournaments, &c. 69, 82, 83, 89, 90, 133, 138, 139, 143, 149, 192, 225, 263, 372.
• —— called weapons, 262.
• Processions and Pageants, xxxv, xlii, 361, 362, 395.
• Prose of the Ox and Ass, 346.
• Pryckeared Curs, 20.
• Punch, li, 164, 166.
• Pudesey, the piper, 195.
• Puns, royal, 8.
• Puppets and Puppet-shows, xlix, 164, 165, 167, 223, 231.
• Puppies, ladies', 20.
• Puritans, their zeal against some pastimes, lv, lvii.
• Push-pin, 398.
• Puss in the corner, 382.
• Putney, 90.
• Pythagoras, 314.
• Quack doctors, 236.
• Quadrille, 335.
• Quails, 19, 37, 283.
• Quarter-staff, 264.
• Queen, privileges of, at tournaments, &c. 139.
• —— Nazareen, 335.
• —— of Rabbits, 328.
• Queke-borde, 403.
• Questions and Commands, 397.
• Quick-borde, lxi.
• —— match, 376.
• Quinctus, or Quintas, 115.
• Quindena Paschæ, 349.
• Quintain, 112 to 121.
• Quintus Curtius, li.
• Quoits, 75, 76.
• Rabbits, 22, 82, 285.
• —— , Queen of, 329, 330.
• Races. See Horse-racing, Foot, &c.
• Raches, hounds called, 6.
• Racket, 92, 93.
• Raher, or Royal Minstrel, 195.
• Ram, ancient prize for wrestling, 81, 82.
• Ranelagh, 289, 377.
• Ranelagh, Earl of, 289.
• Raskall, vermin called, 18.
• Rat (White), 18.
• Ratcliffe, John, of Chester, xliv.
• Raye, or Hay dance, 297.
• Reclaiming of hawks, 32.
• Regan, King's trumpeter, 344.
• Rein-deer, 18.
• Rethmomachia, 314.
• Reynaud de Roy, 141.
• Ribible, 280.
• Richard I., lix, 16, 52, 59, 128, 132, 177, 187.
• —— II., 10, 37, 55, 138, 151, 155, 191, 295.
• Riddlesdale, Manor of, Northumberland, 19.
• Riding at the ring, 111, 123.
• Ridotto al Fresco, 288.
• Rinaldo and Armida, l.
• Ring-ball, 104.
• —— , hopping for, 225.
• —— , tilting at the, 111, 123.
• Ringing bells, 291.
• —— basins, 294.
• Roaver, archery mark, 62.
• Robin Hood, 64, 223, 224, 353, 354, 356.
• Roche de Rien, 52.
• Rochester, Walter, Bishop of, 11.
• Rocks of Scilly, 301.
• Rodham, Norfolk, 27.
• Roe and roebuck, 17, 23, 232.
• Roger the trumpeter, 194, 195.
• Roland, 175.
• Rolling-pin and salt-box music, 294.
• Rolly-polly, 274.
• Rome and Romans, xviii, 25, 72, 95, 102, 115, 125, 281, 313, 314.
• Rooks, 38.
• Rope-dancing, &c., xlix, 204, 216, 217, 218, 242, 243, 303, 383, 402.
• Roses, ace of, 329, 331.
• Rosignol, imitator of birds' singing, 255.
• Roubilliac, 289.
• Rouen, 309.
• Rouge et Noir, lxiv.
• Roulet, 336.
• Round Table (the), 140, 141.
• Rowena, daughter of Hengist, 363.
• Rowing matches on the Thames, &c. 89.
• Royal breakfast, 356.
• —— dancing, 295.
• —— education, xxxi.
• —— entertainments, xxxviii, xlvi.
• —— forests, 6, 54.
• —— hunting, 20.
• —— player with three darts, 17.
• See Kings.
• —— Exchange, 255.
• Ruff, game of, 335.
• Ruffian Hall, Smithfield called, 261.
• Running. See Horse-racing, Foot-racing, &c.
• —— (Bull), 277.
• Rustics, curious imitation by one, 256.
• Rutlandshire, 19.
• Rykell, John, the tregetour, 202.
• Sack running, 371.
• Sadler, Mr. 290.
• —— 's Wells, 221, 210, 226, 234, 247, 289.
• Saddlers, 42.
• Sailing, 90.
• Salmon, Mrs. 51.
• Saint Albans, 17, 150, 255.
• —— Austin, 156.
• —— Bartholomew, Fair, Hospital, &c., 81, 195, 216, 230.
• —— Brice's Day, 350.
• —— Catharine, 151, 362.
• —— Clement, 347.
• —— Cuthbert, 92.
• —— George, 57.
• —— James, 80.
• —— John, xliv, 209, 346, 367, 373.
• —— Louis, 129, 204.
• —— Matilda's Hospital, 81.
• —— Nicholas, 346.
• —— Paul's church, dean, &c., 36, 152, 155, 218, 219, 373.
• —— Peter, 361, 373.
• —— Stephen, 346.
• —— Saviour's, 356.
• Saintre, Jean de, 324.
• Saints' days, hospitality on, 373.
• Salt-box and rolling-pin music, 294.
• Sampson, predecessor of Astley, 246.
• Sandwich, 147.
• Saracens, 115, 252, 388.
• Sarum, 133.
• Saturnalia, 250, 344.
• Satirists, 186, 187.
• Savoy, 130, 178.
• —— Earl of, 200.
• Saulus, 152.
• Saxons, xviii, xx, xxix, xxxvii, lix, lxiv, 25, 40, 48, 49, 50, 72, 88, 91, 183, 184, 187, 188, 208, 210, 214, 225, 259, 306, 320, 345, 363.
• Scalds (Northern), 171, 178.
• See Minstrels.
• Scandinavians, 171, 178.
• See Minstrels.
• School-plays, 379 to 400.
• Scotland, 88, 309.
• Scripture dramas, 150.
• See Plays.
• —— phrases used as charms, 34.
• Seasons (hunting), 22, 23.
• Seaton, manor of, Kent, 16.
• Secular music and plays, 155, 287.
• See Music, Plays.
• Serjeants, 22.
• Serpentine River, 88.
• Servants, xxxv, lxv, 37.
• Shacklewell, 67.
• Shadow fighting, 77.
• Shakespeare, xlix.
• Sheep-shearing, 363.
• Sheriffs, 20, 340.
• Sherries, in Spain, 264.
• Sherwood Forest, 19, 59.
• Shields, xxix.
• Shoe-lane, 282.
• Shoes, quoits sometimes called, 77.
• Shooters' Hill, 56, 63.
• Shooting. See Archery.
• Shoreditch, Duke of, 67, 68.
• Shovel-board, xxx, 297, 298.
• Shropshire, 309.
• Shrove Tuesday, or Tide, 42, 92, 101, 281, 288, 284, 343, 349, 390.
• Shuttle-cock, 303.
• Sicily, 128.
• Sidney, Sir R. 14.
• Sieges, cross-bows used at, 52.
• Similes, 403.
• Simpson, Master, a vaulter, 230.
• Singers, ballad-singers, &c. 287, 294, 372.
• See Joculators.
• —— , imitation of singing birds, 255.
• Single-wicket, 106.
• Skating, 86, 87.
• Skinner's Well, near Smithfield, 151.
• Skiomackia, 77.
• Skipping, 383.
• Skittles, 272, 384.
• Sledge-hammer throwing, 75.
• Sledges, ice, 86.
• Sleights of jugglers, 204.
• See Joculators.
• Slide-thrift, 301.
• Sliding on ice, 86, 382, 384.
• Slinging, 52, 71, 72, 73, 74, 379.
• Slipper (Hunt the), 387.
• Slur-bows. See Bows.
• Slyp-groat, 301.
• Smalserhorn Rock, xix.
• Smithfield, 40, 68, 165, 259, 261, 287.
• Smock-racing, 371.
• Smoking apes and matches, 243, 371.
• Snake, game of, 337.
• Snap-dragon, 397.
• Snatchood, lxi.
• Snipes, 37.
• Socrates, 380.
• Soldiers, xxxii, xxxiii, 85, 314.
• Solitary Game (the), 319.
• Somersault, 229, 230.
• Somerset, Duke of, uncle of Ed. VI., 340.
• Somersetshire, 95.
• Sompners, 22.
• Songsters. See Minstrels.
• Soup, a fire-eater's, 236.
• Southwark fair, 247.
• Spades of playing cards, 324.
• Spain and Spaniards, lii, 222, 243, 280, 324, 334.
• —— , Ervalton of, 265.
• Span (Counter), 384.
• Spaniels, 19.
• Sparrows, li.
• Spears, throwing, balancing, &c., 5, 75, 141, 148, 234.
• Spell, Northen, 109.
• Spendall, Sir J. 166.
• Spinacuta, a rope-dancer, 221.
• Spinning by ladies, lxv.
• —— cockchafers, &c., 388, 389.
• Sport, beasts of, names of, 17.
• Spring Gardens, 288.
• Spurs for cock-fighting, 282.
• Spytard (the), a centenarian hart, 18.
• Stalking-horse, 38.
• Stinking flight, beasts of, 18.
• Stone bows. See Bow.
• Stones, slinging, throwing. See Slinging.
• —— eating, 236.
• Stool-ball, 103.
• Stow-ball, 103.
• Straw-balancing, 234.
• Strength, instances of, xix, 264.
• Strings for bows, 59.
• Sturges, a great chess player, 317.
• Suffolk, 349.
• —— , Duke of, 328.
• Sunday, xlvii, xlviii, 8, 342, 355, 356, 366.
• Surrey, 15.
• Swallows, 38.
• Swan (the Old), near London bridge, 89.
• —— , White, Chelsea, 89.
• Swans, 35, 36, 37.
• Swash-buckler, 261.
• Sweet flight, beasts of, 18.
• Swimming, 85, 384.
• Swine-hunting, 5.
• Swinging, 122, 302, 384.
• Swords for tournaments, balancing dances, &c., xxi, xxix, 134, 203, 214, 215, 216, 232, 233, 259, 260, 263.
• Sybarites, 242.
• Syria, 179, 325.
• Tabernacles, feast of, 364.
• Table, the round, 140.
• Tables, or Backgammon, xxi, 319.
• Tabors beat by hares and horses, 208, 244.
• Taillefer, a minstrel, xix, 175.
• Takill, an arrow. See Arrows.
• Talares of the Greeks, 87.
• Tale-tellers, 180.
• See Joculators.
• Tambourine, 247.
• Tansy-cakes, 349.
• Taper lighting, 395.
• Tapestry, lxiv, 4.
• Tapper, or Span-Counter, 384.
• Targets, 62.
• Tarpeia, 357.
• Taw, 384.
• Taylors, 22, 235.
• —— (the Devil among the), 385.
• Tazel, place called, 54.
• Te-totum, 384.
• Tell, William, his feat of archery, 65.
• Tennis and Tennis-Courts, 94, 95.
• Terms applied in hunting, 22.
• —— hawking, 37.
• —— to various trades or classes, 22.
• Terrours, dogs called, 20.
• Testimony and argument, 51.
• Thames, the, xxxvi, 89.
• —— Street, 360.
• Theseus, xxii.
• Thieves, xxii.
• Tholomew, Sir, xxv.
• Thomas à Becket, 11.
• —— of Walsingham, 130.
• Thrace, 25.
• Thread the needle, 381.
• Thresh the fat hen, 348.
• Throwing at cocks, &c., xxxii, 283, 349, 355, 370.
• Timbrels, 231.
• Time, division of, 7.
• Tinkers, or Buffoons, 22, 185, 237.
• Tip-cat, 6, 109.
• Tiptoft, John, Earl of Worcester, 138.
• Titter-totter, 303.
• Tobacco-pipe music, 294.
• Tongs and bellows music, 294.
• Topas, Sir, 185.
• Tops, boys', 385.
• Torre, a firework maker, 376.
• Tothill-fields, 259.
• Tournaments, xxi, xxvii, xxviii.
• fatal violence at, 129
• interdicted by the church, 129
• real contest at one, 130
• laws for, 133
• different from justs, 125
• origin of tournaments, ibid
• first practice of tournaments, 131
• account of them in England, 132
• pages and perquisites of Kings at Arms, 135
• preliminaries of the tournament, 138
• lists for ordeal combats, 138
• their great splendour, 143
• toys for imitating them, 146, 380
• challenges for them, &c., 148, 380.
• Tower-hill, 376.
• Toys for children's imitation of martial exercises, 144.
• Tragedies, definition of, &c., 157.
• See Plays.
• Troubadours, 178.
• Tuck, Friar, 354.
• Tufa, a standard, xxxvii.
• Tuesday. See Hock, Shrove.
• Tumbling, 207 to 212, 217, 229.
• Turketully, Abbot of Croyland, 291.
• Turkish ambassador, 66.
• Turks, 220, 252.
• Turre, Essex, manor of, 16.
• Turtles, 37.
• Tutbury, Suffolk, 191, 277, 279.
• Tuttel, Mr. 332.
• Twelfth Eve, &c., 342, 349, 363.
• Twicy, or Twety, William, 17, 349.
• Twisted tree, 349.
• Tyers, Jonathan, 288.
• Tykehill, 133.
• Tyrrheno, a Greek, 308.
• Ule games, xxxiv.
• See Christmas.
• Ulster, Earl of, Courcy, 264.
• Ulysses, 308, 311.
• Umfraville, Robert de, 19.
• Unearthing a fox, 5.
• Unicorn, 252.
• Universities, 343
• London in 1615, called the third university, 261.
• Uter Pendragon, 140.
• Valentia, 280.
• Valor perfected by Love, 143.
• Vaulting, 207, 229.
• Vauxhall Gardens, 90, 280, 377.
• Venter Point, 403.
• Vermin, xxiv.
• Vice, a dramatic character, 153.
• Vielle, 178.
• Violante, Signora, 220.
• Vizors, 251, 252.
• Voices of animals and men, imitations of, 255.
• Vortigern, 363.
• Vulcan's Forge, 376.
• Vulture, 37.
• Waits, xli, 361, 363.
• Wakes, 364.
• Wales, Constantine, King of, 3.
• Wallingford, 133.
• Walloons, 147.
• Walsham (North), 284.
• Walsingham, Thomas of, 130.
• Walter, Bishop of Rochester, 11.
• Wardrobe, old theatrical, 159.
• Warren, Earl of, 278.
• Warwick, 133.
• —— Earl of, 52.
• Wassails, 363.
• Wasters and Bucklers, 35.
• Wat Wimbas, 287.
• Watch, setting the, xxxix, 361.
• Water-fowl, 28.
• —— tilting, 88, 120.
• —— fireworks on, 374.
• —— See Rowing, Sailing, Swimming, Thames, &c.
• Watteville, M. Robert, 337.
• Wedgenoke Park, 6.
• Welch, 320
• Welch-main, 282.
• Wells, William, bear-garden, of, 259.
• Westminster, 81, 117, 148, 320, 357, 372.
• —— Abbey, 289.
• —— Hall, 188.
• —— Palace, lxi, 79.
• Wheelbarrow-racing, 371.
• Wheels, balancing of, 233.
• Wherry (Astley's), 290.
• Whetstone, George, pageant by, xli.
• Whipping for gamblers, vi.
• Whirligig, 385.
• Whist, 94, 269, 282.
• Whistling, 255, 294.
• White and Black, 403.
• Whitehall, 94, 269, 282.
• Whitsuntide, xxxiv, 41, 309, 358.
• Whittington against Rinaldo, l.
• Wicker-work, boats of, 88.
• Wild-bear, cat, &c. See Boar, Cat, &c.
• William I., xxi, 4, 6, 175, 309.
• —— III., 46, 236.
• Wilton, 133.
• Windsor, 140, 157, 364.
• Wind-ball, 95.
• —— mill (paper), 390.
• Winifred, Archbishop of Mons, 25.
• Wire-dancing, 228.
• Wit and Reason, 335.
• Wives, 22.
• See Women.
• Wodehouse, or Woodhouses, 161, 378.
• Wolsey, Cardinal, 156.
• Wolves, 18, 22, 23.
• Women, xliv, 184, 188, 207, 216, 227, 350.
• See also Ladies.
• Woodcocks, 37, 39.
• Woodstock Park, 6.
• Worcester, Earl of, 138.
• Wrestling, 80 to 84, 76, 264, 285, 355, 359.
• Wurgund, Peter de, 189.
• Xeres in Spain, 264.
• Xerxes, a philosopher, 308.
• Yawning-match, 370.
• Yeomen of King's bow, 21.
• York, 189, 191.
• —— , Duke of, 148.
• —— shire, 230.
• Yule Plough, or Fool Plough, 348.
• Zany, 371.
• Ziklag, 71.