J
James I. grants twenty assart-lands in the Forest, 43.
Jar-bird, meaning of a, 187.
John, King, his oppression of the Cistercian order, 61;
founds Beaulieu Abbey, 62.
K
Kalkesore, old name of Calshot, 54.
Keltic element in the dialect of the New Forest, 163;
in the topography, 164.
Kestrel, eggs of, weight of the, 264.
“Keystone under the hearth,” meaning of the proverb, 170.
King’s Day, the, explanation of, 231.
King’s Rue, 56.
Kitts Hill, 91.
Knives, flint, found at Eyeworth, 297 (foot-note).
Knoll, Black, 78, 84.
Knyghton, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 24;
his authority of no value, 95 (foot-note).
Knyghtwood Oak, the, 16.
L
Labourers in the New Forest, average wages of, 47 (foot-note).
Lane, Jane, 121.
Langley Heath, barrows on, opened by the Rev. J. P. Bartlett, 211.
Lappenberg, his account of the afforestation of the New Forest by William I., 21;
on the Ictis of the ancients, 56.
Latchmore Pond, 81, 199.
Lawrence, the sprite, in the Forest, 174.
Law-Courts, last of the Forest, 12, 87.
Laws, Forest-, Canute’s, 35;
made still severer by William I., 38;
Charles I., attempts to revive, 42.
Leap, 55;
the spot where the Dauphin, Louis VIII. of France, embarked, 55;
where Charles I. embarked, 56;
British and Roman road at, 56;
mass of tin found near, 57.
Lease to, meaning of, 193.
Leighton, Mr., fresco in Lyndhurst church by, 88.
Leland on the death of William II., 96 (foot-note).
Lepidoptera, list of the Forest, Appendix IV., 319.
Lewis, Sir George C., on the Ictis of the ancients, 57;
his theory corroborated, 58.
Lichens, used as specifics in the Forest, 176.
Lichmore Pond, 81, 199.
Life, modern, its hurry and confusion, 73.
Liney Hill Wood, 83.
Lisle, Alice, 121.
Loute, to, meaning of, 188.
Lungs of oak (Sticta pulmonaria), used as a specific for consumption, 176.
Lung-wort, narrow-leaved, the, 69, 256.
Lymington, port of, 154;
its history, 155, 156;
extracts from the Corporation Books of, 155 (foot-note).
Lyndhurst, derivation of, 86 (foot-note);
church of, 87;
scenery round, 89, 90;
ancient tenure at, 86, 87;
woods round, 90, 91.
M
Malmesbury, William of, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 25 (foot-note);
on the death of William II., 93, 94 (foot-note), 95 (foot-note);
on the physical appearance of William II., 99 (foot-note).
Map, Ordnance, mistake of the, 128 (foot-note).
Mapes, Walter, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 24.
Mark Ash Wood, 17.
Mead, made in the New Forest, 184.
Merlin, breeding of the, in the Forest, 267, 268 (foot-note);
weight of supposed egg of, 161, 264.
Middle Marine Bed, the, at Mineway, 237, 238.
Milford, church of, 150, 151.
Millaford Brook, the, 83, 90.
Mills in the New Forest, comparative value of, by Domesday, 29;
rented by a payment of eels, in Domesday, 119 (foot-note).
Milton, words used by, now provincialisms, 191.
Milton, village of, mentioned in Domesday, 148 (foot-note).
Minestead, 92.
Monastery, average library of a, 65 (foot-note);
life in a, 72, 73.
Monmouth’s Ash, 122.
Monmouth, capture of, 122;
writes to James, the Queen Dowager, and the Lord Treasurer, 123.
Moon-Hill Woods, the, 75.
Morefalls, the Lord Treasurer, Southampton, on the evils of granting, 43, 44 (foot-note).
Moyles Court, 120, 121.
Moyne, William le-, tenure of, at Lyndhurst, 87.
Mudeford, 146.
N
Natan-Leaga, the name preserved, 33.
Nation, history of a, how best read, 224;
its æsthetic life, how best determined, 224, 225.
Nature, beauty the end and aim of, 5;
her care for trees, 10;
the proper spirit with which to see, 19.
Natural history, its value, 235, 276.
Needsore, 54;
derivation of, 165.
Netley Abbey Church, ruins of, 49;
fort, 49, hospital, 50.
New Forest, the; its connection with our history, 3;
scenery of, 4;
trees of, 16, 17;
in the winter, 18;
its boundaries in the reign of Edward I., 20, 21;
its afforestation by William I., 21;
value of land in Domesday, 29;
geology of, 4, 10, 29, 30, 234-249;
botany of, 250, 257 (see also Appendix II., 289);
ornithology of, 258-276 (see also Appendix III., 307);
churches of, 4;
the first and second perambulations of, 40;
character of the second perambulation of, 41, 42;
hills of, 10;
its former woody nature proved by the local nomenclature, 33;
general character of, 11;
in the time of the Normans, 12, 13;
changes in, 12;
granted as security by Charles I. to his creditors, 42;
its neglected state under the Stuarts, 43, 44;
William III. legislates for, 44;
statistics of, 40, 47 (foot-note);
present management of, 47 (foot-note);
assart lands in, granted by James I., 42;
hurricane in, 44;
ethnology of, 160, 161;
smuggling in, 169, 170;
deer-stealing in, 171;
folk-lore of, 173, 180;
poetry of, 176;
love superstitions of, 179;
proverbs of, 179;
local sayings, 179;
provincialisms of, 181, 195 (see, also, Appendix I., 279);
traditions in, 96, 97, 180, 181;
barrows of, 196-213;
Parish Registers and Churchwardens’ Books of, 226-233;
Lepidoptera of, Appendix IV., 319.
New Park, 86.
Nodes, the, 197.
O
Oak, the Cadenham, 110.
Oaks, character of in the Forest, 16;
measurements of, 16 (foot-note);
“bustle-headed,” meaning of, 183.
Ocknell Wood, 113.
Onomatopoieia, its occurrence amongst provincialisms, 186.
Ordnance map, mistake of, 126 (foot-note).
Ore Creek, 54 (foot-note).
Ornithology of the Forest, 260;
white-tailed eagle, 260;
osprey, 261;
hobby, breeding of the, 261;
honey-buzzard, breeding habits of, 261, 263, 265;
common buzzard, breeding habits of, 265;
merlin, nesting of, 267, 268 (foot-note);
harriers, 268;
owls, 269;
raven, breeding of, 270;
winter birds, 271;
woodpeckers, 272;
herons, 273;
hawfinches, 274;
chough, 275;
census of birds, 275 (see also Appendix III., 307).
Ovest, meaning of, 183.
Oxenford and Oxford, true derivation of, 80.
P
Paris, Matthew, on William II.’s death, 94 (foot-note), 95 (foot-note).
Parish Registers. See Registers.
Park Grange, 71.
Park, New, 86.
Pennington, the village of, 153.
Perambulation of the New Forest, the first, 40;
the second, 40, 41;
character of the second, 41, 42.
Pignel Wood, 272, 273.
Pigs, right of turning out, in the Forest, 46;
breed of in the Forest, peculiar, 259.
Pitt’s Enclosure, Roman and Romano-British potteries, at, 220.
Pliny on the Isle of Wight, 57 (foot-note).
Poetry of the New Forest, character of, 175, 176 (foot-note).
Ponies, Forest, 259.
Potteries, Roman and Romano-British, 214;
at Crockle, first discovered by the Rev. J. Pemberton Bartlett, 215;
at Anderwood, 215;
at Oakley, 215;
at Sloden, 216;
at the Lower Hat, 217;
at Crockle, description of, 218, 219;
at Island Thorn, 220;
at Pitt’s Enclosure, 220;
at Ashley Rails, 221;
at Black Heath, 221.
Provincialisms, Keltic element in the New Forest, 163;
the real character of, 173;
in the New Forest, 181-195.
(See also Appendix I., 279).
Proverbs in the Forest, 179.
Puck, the fairy, in the Forest, 174;
names of fields, and woods, and barrows, derived from him, 175.
Puckpit’s Wood, 112, 113.
Pulpit, the, of Beaulieu Refectory, 68.
Purkess, family of, 97.
Q
Quarr Abbey, 155.
Queen’s Bower Wood, the, 83.
Queen’s Mead, the, 83.
Queen’s North, 11, 113, 114.
R
Raven, its breeding in the Forest, 270.
Reachmore Barrow, 113.
Redbridge, in Domesday, 51 (foot-note).
Redstart, Black, its periodical occurrence in the Forest, 274.
Refectory of Beaulieu Abbey, now the parish church, 67;
pulpit of, 68.
Registers, Parish, at Eling, extract from, 227, 228;
at Ibbesley, extracts from, 233, 234;
at Christchurch, 234;
date of registers in the Forest, 227 (foot-note).
Reredos, in the Priory Church of Christchurch, 140, 141;
in St. Mary’s Overie, 141 (foot-note).
Rere-mouse, meaning of, 192.
Rhinefield, nursery at, 47.
Rich and poor, difference between, 5.
Rights, Forest-, their origin, 36 (foot-note), 46 (foot-note).
Ringwood, 123;
fine brass at, 124.
Rodford, derivation of, 166.
Romans, why they chose the New Forest for their potteries, 224;
their influence on the district, 225.
See also Potteries and Buckland Rings.
Rood-screen in Ellingham Church, 122;
at Christchurch, 140.
Rose, the Red King by, 33 (foot-note);
Gundimore, extract from his, 146, 147 (foot-note).
Ross, John, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 25 (foot-note).
Rue Copse, 56.
Rue, King’s, 56.
S
Salisbury Chapel, the, in the Priory Church of Christchurch, 141.
Salisbury, Countess of, her execution, 141, 142.
Salisbury, John of, on the character of William II., 99 (foot-note);
on William II.’s death, 106.
Sanctuary of Beaulieu, the right of, given by Innocent III., 63;
the Countess of Warwick flies to the, 64;
Perkin Warbeck, flies to, 64.
Sandyballs, 118.
Screen, Rood-, in Ellingham Church, 122;
in the Priory Church of Christchurch, 140.
Sepulchre, Easter, in Brockenhurst Church, 77.
Serlo and William II., 93, 94.
Setthornes, 81.
Shade, meaning of the word in the Forest, 181, 182.
Shakspeare, words used by, now provincialisms, 189.
Sheets-axe, meaning of the word, 183.
Shepherd’s Gutter Beds, the, 244, 245.
Shrewsbury, Fulchered, Abbot of St. Peter’s at, prophetic words spoken by, 94 (foot-note), 102.
Sloden, Roman and Romano-British potteries at, 216.
Sloden Hole, plan of, 217 (foot-note).
Smoke Silver, 178 (foot-note);
explanation of, 232.
Smuggling, formerly carried on in the Forest, 169, 170.
Snow-storm, great, in the Forest, 180, 181.
Solent, traditions concerning the former depth of, 58.
Somerford Grange, 147.
Songs of the New Forest, 175, 176 (foot-note).
Sopley, derivation of, 127;
church of, 127.
Southey, married his second wife at Boldre Church, 80;
at Burton, 146.
Southampton, the Lord Treasurer, on the evils of granting moorefalls, 43, 44 (foot-note).
Southampton, Sir Bevis of, 3;
ships built by Henry V. at, 4.
Souley Pond, 72;
iron-works at, 72.
Spelman, Peter, tenure at Brockenhurst held by, 76.
Spotswood, blunder of, 24 (foot-note).
Squoyles, meaning of the word, 183.
St. John’s Worts in the Forest, 254, 255.
Staneswood, in Domesday, 51 (foot-note).
Staple Cross, the, 145.
Stone, Rufus’s, 96, 97.
Stoney-Cross, views from, 110, 112.
Streams, character of the Forest, 14;
the best guide, 17;
beauty of, 83, 84.
Sunsets in the Forest, 15, 113;
from the Barton Cliffs, 149, 150.
Swanimote, Court of, 35.
Sway Common, 80, 81;
barrows on, 198, 199.
T
Thorougham, now Fritham, the Truham of Domesday, 96 (foot-note).
Tiril, Walter, William II. gives him two arrows, 93;
according to the Chroniclers shoots the King, 94;
his declaration to Suger, 106;
his implication in the murder, 106;
the cause of his supposed flight, 106;
his friendship with Anselm, 102.
Towns, historical interest in English, 129, 130;
their history, the history of the day, 130.
Tradition, its value in history, 97, 98.
Traditions in the Forest, 96, 97, 180, 181.
Trail of oak, the, meaning of, 183.
Travelling, modern, style of, 2.
Tree-forms, loveliness of, 9.
Trees, their comparative value as standing and cut, 18;
in the Forest, 254.
Truth, involuntarily perverted, 22.
Tweonea, the ancient name of Christchurch, 131.
Tyrrel’s Ford, 97, 126.
U
Urns found in Bratley barrow, 201, 202;
in Hilly Accombs barrow, 206 (foot-note);
in various other barrows, 211 (foot-note);
pieces of, in different barrows, 200, 204, 205, 207, 208.
Usnea barbata, its abundance in the Forest, 91 (foot-note).
V
Valley of the Avon, its character, 116.
Van-winged hawk, the, of the Forest, 261.
“Vineyards, the,” at Beaulieu Abbey, 67.
Vinney, meaning of the word, 190.
Vinney Ridge, 82, 83;
heronry at, 273.
Vitalis on the afforestation of the New Forest, 24;
on William II.’s death, 94, 95.
W
Wages, average, of labourers in the New Forest, 47 (foot-note).
Walking, advantages of, over driving, 6.
Warbeck, Perkin, takes refuge at Beaulieu Abbey, 64.
Warwick, Countess of, takes refuge at Beaulieu Abbey, 64.
Wendover, Roger, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 25 (foot-note).
West-Saxons, superstitious character of, still observable, 160, 161;
love of sport, 162;
peculiarity of dress, 162;
verbal characteristics of, 167.
Westminster, Matthew of, on the death of William II., 95 (foot-note).
Whitebeams at Sloden, 114;
at Castle Malwood, 254.
Whiteshoot, square barrow near, 207.
Wight, Isle of, atmospheric effects on the, 15;
the Ictis of the ancients, 57, 58;
Pliny on, 57 (foot-note), 236.
William I., his character, 21, 22;
his right to make a forest, 23;
possessions in the Forest, 23 (foot-note);
his love for the chase, 34;
his cruelty and oppression, 22, 38.
William II., his dream, as recorded, on the night before his death, 92, 93;
his speech to the monk from Gloucester, 94;
his death, 94;
his body brought to Winchester Cathedral, 95;
his brother and nephew killed in the Forest, 98;
his character, 99 (foot-note);
the events of his reign, 100 (foot-note);
the cause of his death, 101, 102, 103;
hated by his clergy, 104;
plots against his life, 104, 105;
his death read by his life, 108.
William III., his legislation for the Forest, 44;
not attended to, 45.
Wilverley Plantations, 81.
Wood, how sold for fuel in the Forest, 46.
Woodcocks, their breeding in the Forest, 269.
Woodmote, Court of, 87.
Woodpecker, great black, breeding of the, 272.
Woods, their beauty, 8;
as dwelt upon by our English poets, 9 (foot-note);
how valued in Domesday, 11, 12 (foot-note);
round Lyndhurst, 89, 90.
Woollen, affidavits of burials in, 232, 233.
Wootton plantations, 81;
woodcocks breed in, 269, 270.
Worcester, Florence of. See Florence.
Y
Yaffingale, local name for the green woodpecker, 272.
Yarranton, his report upon making the Avon navigable, 134;
on the ironstone of the coast, 151.
“Yellow as a kite’s claw, as,” a Forest proverb, 179.
Yews, measurements of various, 78 (foot-note), at Sloden, 114.
Ytene, the district of, 33, 163.
Yvery, Roger de, leads the Midland barons, 105;
possessed land at Lymington, 155.