Parish Life in Mediaeval England

INDEX

Absolution Day, 177
Adoration of the Cross, 179
Advent, 164
Altar, 46-49;
cælatura, 46;
frontal of, 49;
beam, 51, 134
Ambry, 46
Angelus, 162, 163
Appropriations, 86
Aquæbajularius, 112-114
Arundel, Archbishop, 162, 217
Ash Wednesday, 168-170
Ave bell, 162
Babe of Nurture, 248, 249
Banns, 209, 225
Baptism, sacrament of, 188-192;
no fee exacted, 190
Becon, 48
Bede-rolls, 136, 222-225
Bedes, bidding of, 222, 223
Bellman, 119, 120
Benefice of the Blessed Water, 115
Brentano, 255
Bidding prayer, 157
Boke of Kervynge, 145
Booth, Mr., 244, 246
Borde, Andrew, 145
Boy-bishop, 165-167
Bracton, 27, 67, 82, 209
Brantyngham, Bishop, 23, 26, 100, 115, 197
Bride gear, 61
Bronescombe, Bishop, 86
Brunton, Bishop, 197
Candlemas Day, 168
Candle-silver, 138
Candlesticks, 50, 51
Cælatura, 46
Cemetery, 66, 67, 68;
consecration of, 68;
trees in, 67
Cess, 125
Chancel, the, 22, 23, 44-46, 54
Chantries, 59, 73, 74, 95, 96, 111, 149, 264, 266
Chantry certificates, 264, 266
Chantry priest, 95, 96, 111, 118, 266
Chapel of ease, 99-101
Chapel of repose, 178
Chaplains, 99-101
Chaucer, 151
Childermas, 165
Choir, 44, 45
Chrism, 196
Chrismatory, 196
Chrism-cloths, 27, 196
Christmas, 165
Church ale, 237-239
Churches, riches of, 70
Church house, 233-237, 239
Churchwardens, 103;
origin of, 103, 104;
election of, 104;
number of, 105;
duties of, 106, 108, 110, 111, 121, 122, 126, 132, 133, 138, 210, 232, 241, 243
Churching of women, 193;
origin of rite, 193;
fee, 193
Clergy, district, 3, 4;
from all classes, 72-76;
their education, 74-78;
dress of, 80, 81;
status of, 81;
qualifications, 83;
hospitality, 84
Collections, 127-130, 240-243
Confession. See Penance
Confirmation, sacrament of, 193-197;
spiritual relationship of god-parents in, 194;
instruction before, 194;
preparation for, 194
Confraternities, 30, 109
Constitutions of Cardinal Otho, 27, 78, 82, 92;
of St. Edmund of Canterbury, 28, 64, 189;
of Archbishop Winchelsea, 53;
of Cardinal Othobono, 80;
of Archbishop Stratford, 82;
of Lambeth, 86;
of Archbishop Courtney, 93;
of Archbishop Boniface, 113, 114;
of Archbishop Peckham, 141, 148, 214-218;
of Bishop Gilbert, 159;
of Province of York, 159;
of Archbishop Chichely, 159;
of Archbishop Thoresby, 159;
of Archbishop Mepham, 180;
of Archbishop Walter Reynold, 199
Corona, 78, 80;
of candles, 57
Corpus Christi day, 185
Councils of Orleans (fourth), 4;
of Mainz, 4;
of Macon (second), 5, 11;
of Rouen, 5;
of Merton, 12;
of York, 217;
of Oxford, 226
Cranmer, Archbishop, 140, 190
Creeping to the Cross, 179
Crucifix, on altar, 50, 54;
summus, 54, 57, 58
Curate, 92, 94, 224
“Cyphus pro Infirmis,” 205
De Asserio, Bishop, 88, 91, 95
De Bytton, Bishop, 25
De Salopia, Ralph, Bishop, 162
De Worde, Wynkin, 145
Deacon, 101, 116
Dives and Pauper, 11, 12, 32, 50, 57, 58, 140, 161, 174, 179, 209, 210, 247, 249
Dowelling money, 137
Ducange, 56
Durham Halmote Rolls, 244-246;
rites, 182
Easter Day, 181-183;
customs, 183
Easter sepulchre, 177-179
Ecclesiastical institutes, 170
Edyndon, Bishop, 66
Ethelwulf of Wessex, 11
Evensong, 159
Excommunications, 227-230
Extreme unction, sacrament of, 201-207
Farming of tithes, 19
Feast of the Star, 165
Fees, for consecration of altar, 50;
for blessing altar-cloths, 50;
for burial, 130;
for churching, 193;
for marriage, 209;
for quethe-word, 225;
for Mass, 86
FitzRalph, Archbishop, 185
Font, 63, 64;
safe-keeping of, 64, 192;
leave for construction of, 192;
blessing of, 189;
made of stone and kept covered, 192
Fraternities, 253-273
Gabriel bell, 162
Gawayne and the Green Knight, 146
Gervase, 51
Gifts in kind, 135
Golden Legend, 166
Good Friday, 179
Grace with meals, 247, 248
Grandisson, Bishop, 16, 24, 80, 190, 193, 196, 206
Grosseteste, 220
Guilds, 120, 142, 253;
craft, 254;
religious, 254, 255;
chapels, 59;
hall, 236, 237;
lands, 256;
priests, 264;
statutes, 261, 269-273;
objects, 265;
trusts, 267;
processions, 269;
oaths, 260, 261
Halmote Rolls, Durham, 244-246
Harleian charters, 82
Hingeston-Randolph, Prebendary, 28, 219
Hobhouse, Bishop, 7, 21, 106, 134, 213, 225, 258
Hock-tyde, or hock-days, 241, 242
Holy Eucharist, sacrament of, 200, 201;
obligatory once a year, 200;
under form of bread, 201;
use of wine and water from chalice, 201
Holy Innocents’ Day, 165
Holy loaf, 139, 157
Holy Saturday, 64, 180, 181, 189;
superstition concerning, 189, 190
Holy-water bearer, 112-114
Holy water, blessing of, 155;
stoup for, 65
Impropriation of tithes, 15-18
Indulgences, 226, 227
Innocent I., Pope, 3
Instructions, familiar, by clergy, 214
Interrogations, seven, 206
Jessopp, Dr., 69, 236, 239, 262
Jesu Mass, 142
John XXII., Pope, 162
Judas candle, 175
Judas of the Paschal, 181
Jus pauperum, 85
Langham, Simon, Bishop of Ely (after, Archbishop), 45, 93, 150, 160, 188, 216
Langland, 171, 184
Langton, Walter, Bishop, 226
Latimer, Bishop, 75
Lent, 170, 171
Lenten veil, 170, 171
Liber Festivalis, 171, 176
Lollards, 216
Lord’s Bread, the, 8
Lyndwood, 8, 10, 19, 23, 64, 71, 87, 98, 113, 114, 141, 159, 180, 194, 204
Manuals, 220
Marriage, 207;
at the church door, 209;
form, 209;
ornaments, 209, 210;
some provided by parish, 210
Mass, daily, 140, 144, 146
Mass, High, 155
Matins, 152-154;
books, 152
Matrimony, sacrament of, 207-210
Maundy, the, 176, 177
Maundy Thursday, 176, 177
Mepham, Simon, Archbishop, 180
Minstrels, 246
Miracle plays, 248-252
More, Sir Thomas, 153, 171, 177
Morrow Mass, 142, 143
Myrc, John, 19, 68, 148, 153, 192, 193, 196, 199, 205, 222
Nave, 45
Nevill, Archbishop, 217
Obits, 96, 97, 266, 267, 268
Oblations, 10, 87
Old Symon, 76
Orders, reception of, 76
Otho, Cardinal, 81, 91
Othobono, Cardinal, Legate, 23, 188
Palm Sunday, 171-174
Palms, 172
Parish, derivation of word, 2;
clergy, 3;
system, 4, 6, 7;
meaning of word, 4, 5, 21;
revenues, 9;
repairs nave, 28;
duties, 33;
expenses, 34-43;
provides frontal of altar, 49;
management, 102;
officials, 103-123;
church, 107;
land, 235;
provides marriage ornaments, 210;
meetings, 234-236;
house, 233-237, 239
Parson, the, 43, 71, 82, 83
Paschal candle, 181;
money, 138
Pax, the, 34
Peacock, Mr., 238, 239
Peckham, Archbishop, 8, 32, 114, 167, 193, 203, 215
Penance, sacrament of, 197-200;
obligatory once a year, 197;
instructions, 198, 199;
manner of confessing women, 199;
and men, 200
Penances, public, 231, 232
Pentecostal, 137
Peter’s pence, 42, 138
Pew-rents, 135
Piscina, 51, 52
Pollock and Maitland’s History of English Law, 81, 103, 104
Porch, 65
Processions, 156, 157, 172-174, 184, 185
Proofs of age, 189
Prymer of 1538, 145, 152
Pulpit, 211, 212;
publication of laws from, 227;
of notices, 227;
of excommunications, 227-230;
of citations, 230
Pyx, the, 48, 49, 101
Quethe-word, the, 225
Quevil, Peter, Bishop, 13, 23, 25, 66, 75, 87, 109, 115, 129, 149, 192, 207
Rates, voluntary, 42, 124, 125
Rector, the, 71, 82;
qualifications, 83
Rectory house, 88, 89
Red Cross, 171
Registers, Bishop Grandisson’s, 196, 229;
Bishop Brantyngham’s, 100, 197;
Bishop Bronescombe’s, 229
Reichel, Rev. Oswald, 1, 3, 4, 6
Rites of Durham, 182
Robert of Gloucester, 146
Rock, Dr., 158, 166, 172
Rogations, 184
Rood, 54;
screen, 54, 56;
light, 57;
loft, 56, 57
Rotherham, Archbishop, 74
Rowell, 57
Sacramental system, 187
Sanctus bell, 147
Sarum Manuale, 20
Schaft, 109, 259
Schoole of Virtue, 75
Schoolmaster, 118
Scott Robertson, Canon, 51
Screen, 44
Scrope, Archbishop, 238
Sedilia, 51
Sermons, 211-222;
distinguished from instructions, 213
Servile work, 159-161
Sexton, 118
Sheer Thursday, 176
Sheffield, William, Dean of York, 9
Shrovetide, 168-170
Shryving-stool, 200
Simons, Canon, 145, 146
Smoke-farthing, 137, 138
Stafford, Bishop, 28, 100
Stapledon, Bishop, 16, 24, 90, 95, 219
Statute of Labourers, 106
Stipendiary priest, 98
Stoup, 65
Stubbs, Bishop, 86
Stratford, Archbishop, 86
Sunday, observance of, 159-161
Synods of Exeter, 109, 115, 137, 192, 197, 201, 207;
of Ely, 93, 150, 188, 216;
of Oxford, 194, 214, 215
Tenant-right, 246
Tenebræ, 175
Theodore, Archbishop, 156
Thoresby, Archbishop, 215
Thorold Rogers, 72, 256, 265, 266
Thurible, 33
Tithes, 10-14, 16-18
Tonsure, 78, 80
Toulmin Smith, Mr., 253, 256, 261, 266
Towneley mysteries, 251
Universities, education of clergy at, 76, 77
Valor Ecclesiasticus, 14, 87, 92, 118
Vespers, 159
Viaticum, 206
Vicar, duties and position of, 90, 91;
institution of, 91;
perpetual, 92;
general, 92
Visitations, 218-220
Visitation of the sick, 201-205
Wickham Legg, Dr., 116
Winchelsey, Archbishop, 33, 46
Windows, 58, 59
Wives’ dance, 243
Woodlock, Bishop, 26, 194
Young Children’s Book, 145