- Accounts, settling of, at fairs, 9.
- Actors at Sturbridge fair, 128, 144.
- Aix-la-Chapelle, early fair of, 7.
- Alarm bells at fairs, 6.
- Ale at fairs, price fixed, 81, 82.
- tested, 82.
- Alfred the Great, did he introduce fairs? 19.
- Amphyctionic fairs, 3.
- Anglo-Saxon fairs, 13.
- Antwerp, influence of fairs, 10.
- “Ara,” the signal of the money-changers, 9.
- Armour from Milan sold at Sturbridge fair, 163.
- Asia, early fairs in, 19.
- Assize of bread, wine, and beer, 63.
- Bacon fair of Paris, 282.
- Bailey, Mr., manager of company of comedians, 150.
- Bailiffs at Sturbridge fair, 78.
- Bakers at fairs, 80, 81, 84, 155.
- Barnwell Abbey, history of, 148.
- Barnwell (Cambridge) fair, 13, 59, 69, 75.
- Bartholomew fair, origin of, 164.
- charter, 167.
- new charter, 173, 175.
- right of holding challenged, 173.
- review of during four centuries, 181.
- disputation of scholars in, 182.
- described by a foreigner, 188.
- proclaimed by City of London, 190.
- unauthorized proclamation of, 205.
- proclamation discontinued, 242.
- under the Commonwealth, 201, 204.
- described (1641), 199.
- visited by a Frenchman, 215.
- surveyed by Hone, 236.
- threatened, 210, 213, 217, 229, 232,
240.
- duration limited, 221, 223, 227,
229, 233.
- cash taken by shows, &c., 239.
- suppression of, 223.
- the end, 240.
- new, 241.
- Beaucaire (France), fair of, 262.
- Bells for giving alarm at fairs, 6.
- Beer, sale of, at Sturbridge fair, 155.
- Berdicheff (Russia), fair of, 285.
- Besançon, fair of, 263.
- Bible references to fairs, 5.
- Bills of exchange at fairs, 267.
- Blackstone on fairs and markets, 15.
- Book sale at Sturbridge fair, 126.
- Book stalls at Bartholomew fair, 239.
- Books at the fairs of Lyons, 269.
- Booths in Barnwell fair, 60.
- bequests of, 66, 67, 68, 79.
- Booths in Sturbridge fair, 102, 103, 112, 118, 132,
141.
- Bordeaux, fair of, 264.
- Borough laws of Scotland, 27.
- Braisne-le-Comte (France), fair of, 283.
- Bread, assize of, 191.
- Bridewell boys at Bartholomew fair, 231.
- Brie (France), fairs of, 8, 245.
- Bristol, fair at, 35, 66.
- Bruges (Flanders), fair of, 8.
- Butchers to sell good meat, 84.
- Caen (Normandy), fair of, 264.
- Calendar, alteration of, 47, 230.
- Cambridge, fairs of, 35, 55.
- Cambridge town, conflict with university, 56, 104.
- Cambridge university, rights in Sturbridge fair, 70, 74.
- Carter’s account of Sturbridge fair, 144.
- Cash receipts of shows, &c., at Bartholomew fair, 239.
- Cattle fair at Smithfield, 210, 224.
- Champagne, fair of, 8.
- Champagne and Brie, fairs of, 245.
- Chapel at Sturbridge fair, 77.
- Charity dormitory at Nijni fair, 305.
- Charters of fairs, 14.
- Cheese fair at Sturbridge, 150.
- China, productions of, at Russian fairs, 292, 297, 300, 308.
- Christening at Sturbridge fair, 145.
- Church festivals and fairs, 2, 15.
- Churchyard fairs abolished, 25.
- Christie, Mr. Chancellor, 269.
- Citizens of London attending fairs, 60, 66, 68, 100.
- Citizens of London free of fairs, 20.
- City of London, grant to, of Smithfield, 198.
- Clark, Joseph, the “Posturer,” 215.
- Clerk of the fair, 24.
- Cloth at fairs, 278, 299.
- Cloth trade in Bartholomew fair, 186, 210.
- Cloth, right of search, 98.
- Clothiers at Sturbridge fair, 136.
- Coinage, 46.
- College gowns, material bought at fairs, 87.
- Cologne, merchants of, might attend English fairs, 23.
- Commerce at fairs, 163.
- Commonwealth and Bartholomew fair, 201.
- Company of merchants from Holstein, 293.
- Cotton goods at Russian fairs, 299.
- Courtray (France), fair of, 8.
- Courts for adjusting differences. See Piepowder, courts of.
- Courts of pedlars, 27.
- Coventry, fair at, 35.
- Crecy, fair of, 283.
- Crying the fair, 32.
- Dagonizing of Bartholomew fair, 206.
- Danish slaves sold, 10.
- Day, Charles, his booth at Sturbridge fair, 147.
- Defoe’s description of Sturbridge fair, 133.
- Dice and hazard tables at Bartholomew fair, 225.
- Dieppe, fair of, 265.
- Disputation of scholars in Smithfield, 182.
- Disputes, adjustment of, 9.
- Disputes between City of London and Prior of St. Bartholomew, 169.
- Dissolution of monasteries, 180.
- Dower, right of, in fair booths, 119.
- Draining the Fens, 122.
- Drama, the, at Bartholomew fair, 195.
- Drapers’ Company, 194.
- Duddery in Sturbridge fair, 77, 135, 137.
- Duration of fairs, 32.
- Elegy on “Bartlemy” fair, 234.
- Elizavetgrad (Russia), fair of, 285.
- Ely, fair at, 35.
- Embroidery, search for, 64.
- England, early fairs in, 19.
- England, laws relating to fairs, 12.
- English merchants attending fairs, 37.
- at French fairs, 272, 276.
- Escheator, duties of, as to fairs, 25.
- Europe, early fairs in, 19.
- Evelyn visits Bartholomew fair, 201.
- Exchanges at fairs, 248.
- Executions at Smithfield, 171.
- Fair committee, 302.
- Fair, signification of the term, 2.
- Fairs, origin of, 1.
- by prescription, 15, 16, 17, 29.
- Fair on Mount Calvary, 3.
- Fairs, duration of, 33.
- sources of revenue to religious houses, 2.
- courts for adjusting differences at, 6, 26.
- prohibited during plague. See Plague.
- restricting dealings in, 41.
- seal of, 248.
- specific legislation for, 28.
- Feast days, fairs on, 34.
- Fellowship of Mercers, 37.
- Fielding kept a booth at Bartholomew fair, 225.
- Fire, alarm of, at Sturbridge fair, 149.
- at Bartholomew fair, 225, 234.
- “Firm peace,” a privilege of fairs, 168.
- Fish at fairs to be good, 83.
- forestalling of, 73, 76, 111.
- Flanders, fairs of, 8.
- Flemish weavers at Sturbridge fair, 161.
- Flood at Sturbridge fair, 1562, 100.
- Foreign merchants in England, 21-24, 61.
- Foreigners at Bartholomew fair, 168.
- Forestalling, 50, 72, 73, 85.
- Forsyth (W.), his work quoted, 307.
- Four early fairs in England, 19.
- France, early fairs in, 8.
- fairs in, 244, 261, 274.
- Franchises of fairs, 18, 246, 269.
- Fraternity of St. Thomas Becket, 38.
- Free borough, right of fairs in, 18.
- Freemen of London attending fairs, 34, 36.
- Gaming prohibited at Sturbridge fair, 156.
- Garlick-row, Sturbridge fair, 157.
- Genoese commerce, 8, 9, 10, 296.
- merchants at Sturbridge fair, 161.
- Germany, early fairs, in, 7.
- Goal delivery in Sturbridge fair, 118.
- Golden crowns of the sun, 269.
- Greece, origin of fairs in, 3.
- Greek church, festivals of the, 27.
- Guibray (France), fair of, 266.
- Gunning, Henry, “Reminiscences of Cambridge,” 148.
- Hackney coaches in Sturbridge fair, 117, 126, 140, 142.
- “Hand and shears,” tailors at the, 204, 211.
- Hangman hanged in Smithfield, 184.
- Hanse Towns trading at Sturbridge fair, 161.
- Hanseatic League, 23.
- Helston (Cornwall), fair at, 13.
- Heretics burned in Smithfield, 179.
- Hertford, claimed exemption from tolls, 70.
- Historical shirt, 203.
- Hone’s survey of Bartholomew fair, 236.
- Hone, account of Sturbridge fair, 149.
- Hops at Sturbridge fair, 137, 139, 143.
- right of weighing at Sturbridge, 125.
- Horners’ Company, right of search, 66.
- Horse-bread at fairs, 84.
- Horse fairs, 43.
- fair, Sturbridge, 152, 157.
- and cattle fairs of France, 282.
- dealers in French fairs, 247, 250.
- fairs of Russia, 285, 307.
- Hospital for lepers, fair for, 55, 59.
- Hostilities suspended during fairs, 4.
- Household stores bought at fairs, 63.
- Idle games prohibited, 114.
- Ill fame, arrest of persons of, 78, 155, 156.
- Indulgences sold at fairs, 6.
- Initiation at Sturbridge fair, 145.
- Inquiries into grants of fairs, 16.
- Inquisitions as to fairs, 17, 54.
- Inspectors of fairs (France), 248, 273.
- International reciprocity, 21.
- Intoxicating liquors at fairs, 53.
- Ironmonger’s row, Sturbridge fair, 153.
- Ironware at fairs, 298.
- Ireland, fairs in, 51, 52.
- Italy, fairs in, 6.
- Jew traders, 7.
- Jews at the fair of Paris, 275.
- Jitomir (Russia), fair of, 286.
- Jonson, Ben, “Bartholomew fair,” 195.
- Karkoff (Russia), fair of, 286.
- Kasan (Russia), fair of, 286.
- Keeper of the fair, 24.
- Kensington, Lord, and Bartholomew fair, 205, 240.
- Kiakhta (Russia), fair of, 301, 308.
- “King’s beam,” 113.
- King’s jester, or court fool, 165.
- King’s market, Smithfield, 166.
- Korennaya (Russia), fair of, 287.
- Kremenchuk (Russia), fair of, 287.
- Kursk (Russia), fair of, 287.
- Land tax in Sturbridge fair, 144.
- Lapland, fairs in, 28.
- Laws relating to fairs amended, 51, 52.
- Leather, sale of, at Bartholomew fair, 167.
- Lendit fair (Paris), 275.
- Lister’s “Travels” quoted, 279.
- Locke, John, at Bartholomew fair, 208.
- Lombard exchange at Sturbridge fair, 161.
- Lombard merchants, 272.
- London, growth of, 185.
- London merchants attending fairs, 34.
- London merchants attend the fairs of France, 257.
- London theatres closed during Bartholomew fair, 219, 224.
- Lord of the fair, 166.
- “Lord of the taps,” 123.
- Lord Mayor, fatal accident to, 212.
- Lotteries in Bartholomew fair, 219.
- Lynn, port of, and Sturbridge fair, 160.
- Lyons, fairs of, 76, 93, 266, 270.
- Magna Charta, privileges as to fairs, 20.
- Maidstone fair prohibited, 126.
- Maimatchin (Russia), fair of, 308.
- Makariev, fair of, 287, 292.
- Manors, fairs granted to Lords of, 18.
- Markets of the Romans, 27.
- Mayor’s house at Sturbridge fair, 123.
- Measures at Bartholomew fair, 191.
- Measures tested at fairs, 83, 85.
- Mecklenberg, sale of slaves at, 10.
- Menageries, 280.
- Menagerie, first travelling, at Bartholomew fair, 222.
- Merchant Adventurers, Company of, 36.
- Merchants attending fairs in England, 19, 20.
- Merchant Taylors’ right of search, 193.
- Messen, German designation for fairs, 2.
- Metropolitan Police District, fairs in, 49, 51.
- Michell’s “Handbook of Russia,” 303.
- Miracle plays, 179.
- Missa, Latin designation for fair, 2.
- Monasteries, dissolution of, 180.
- Mont Casel, fair of, 8.
- Montely, fair of, 283.
- Montrichard (France), fair of, 270.
- Mount Calvary, fair on, 3.
- Mouravieff’s folly, 293.
- Nangis, fair of, 283.
- New Bartholomew fair, 241.
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, fair at, 13.
- Night-watch at Sturbridge fair, 88.
- Nijni Novgorod, fair of, 163, 284, 291, 306.
- trade at, 303.
- Niort (France), fair of, 283.
- Nogent-sur-Seine (France), fair of, 283.
- Normans, fairs largely introduced by, 14.
- North of Europe, fairs in, 10.
- Northampton claimed freedom from tolls, 70.
- Northumberland, fairs in, 13.
- Notaries at fairs, 272.
- Nottingham, fair at, 35.
- Olearius, travels of, 293.
- Olympian games, 3, 27.
- Onion fair of Notre Dame, 282.
- Orel (Russia), fair of, 288.
- Owen Lewy, clown at Sturbridge fair, 150.
- Owners of fairs, 53.
- Oxford, fair at, 35, 66.
- Oysters at Sturbridge fair, 144, 152.
- Paris, fairs of, 275.
- Passport system at fairs, 305.
- Paving the streets, 194.
- Payments at fairs, 267.
- Parchment sold at fairs, 277.
- Pepys on Bartholomew fair, 207, 209.
- Pewterers’ Company, right of search, 89.
- Philips, W., actor, &c., 214.
- Piepowder, courts of, 6, 26, 28, 29, 30, 91,
142.
- Piepowder court at Sturbridge fair, 152, 159.
- Plague, 44, 46, 101, 114, 118, 119,
121, 124.
- Plague in London, 174, 186, 190, 197, 208.
- Political allusions at Bartholomew fair, 214.
- Political pamphlets, 200.
- Poltava (Russia), fair of, 289.
- Pope, merchandise of the, 22 (note).
- Pork fair of Paris, 282.
- Preaching at Sturbridge fair, 123, 130.
- Prescription, fairs held by, 15, 16, 17.
- Prince of Wales at Bartholomew fair, 227.
- Printed matter, sale of, at fairs, 46.
- Priory of Bartholomew, 164, 169, 173.
- Privilege of fairs, 16.
- Procession to proclaim Sturbridge fair, 132.
- Proclamation of fairs, 33, 79.
- Proctors’ booth in Sturbridge fair, 117.
- Proximity of fairs, 16.
- Puritans, the, and Bartholomew fair, 202.
- Queen Elizabeth, rejoicings on birth of, 73.
- Rahere, founder of St. Bartholomew fair, 165.
- almoners, 166.
- Rattlesnakes at Bartholomew fair, 225.
- Regulations for markets and fairs, 50.
- Religious petticoat, 203.
- Restricting dealings in fairs, 41.
- Restoration, the, and Bartholomew, 206.
- Retail dealings prohibited, 43.
- Rheims, fair of, 270.
- Rich, Lord, and Bartholomew fair, 184, 188.
- Riga, fair of, 289.
- Rival fairs, 16.
- Robberies in fairs, 40, 184.
- Robbery at Caen fair, 265.
- Rogers, E. Thorold, on Sturbridge fair, 160.
- Rome, fairs of, 5.
- Roman fairs in England, 13.
- Roman markets, 27.
- Rostof (Russia), fair of, 290.
- Rouen, fairs of, 270.
- Royal grant, fairs originated by, 15, 17.
- Russia, fairs of, 284.
- smaller fairs of, 307.
- Asiatic fairs in, 308.
- St. Denis, fair of, 275.
- St. Germain, fair of, 278.
- St. Lawrence, fair of, 280.
- St. Ovide, fair of, 281.
- Salander, Dr. Tobias, in St. Bartholomew fair, 189.
- Salisbury, fair at, 35, 66.
- Sanitary arrangements at Nijni fair, 306.
- Schismatical congregations prohibited, 143.
- Seal of fairs, 24, 248.
- Search for defective cloth, 193.
- Selling after close of fair, penalty, 33.
- Setting of willows, 101.
- Ships of merchants coming to fairs, 20.
- Shoemaker row, Sturbridge fair, 153.
- Shops at Sturbridge fair, 151.
- Sismondi quoted, 272.
- Skinners’ Company, and Sturbridge fair, 117.
- Slaves, sale of, in fairs of Europe, 3 (note), 70.
- Slaves sold in Smithfield, 179.
- Slaves at St. Denis fair, 275.
- Smithfield, originally Smoothfield, 165.
- Smithfield, stage entertainment on, 220.
- Southwark (Our Lady) fair, 197.
- Stage plays, 49, 50, 128, 144, 195.
- Stage plays, act against, 201.
- Stage plays prohibited at Bartholomew fair, 217, 229, 232.
- Stars of London theatres acting at Bartholomew fair, 224.
- Statute of Gloucester, inquiries under, 17.
- Storm at Sturbridge fair (1741), 143, 147.
- Strolling player, life of, 226.
- Sturbridge chapel, 59.
- Sturbridge fair, 21.
- history of, 54.
- impeached, 75.
- new charter, 92, 106.
- De Foe’s description of, 133.
- plan of, 147.
- merchandise at, 149.
- money taken at, 152.
- last time called by university, 154.
- proclamation by university, 154.
- proclamation by town, 158.
- Sunday fairs, 34.
- Sunday trading prohibited, 156, 192.
- Supplies purchased at fairs, 103.
- Suspected people to be arrested, 99.
- Tallow, sale of, 72.
- Theatrical performances, 49.
- Thermopylæ, fairs of, 4.
- Tolls of fairs, 15, 21 (note), 65, 69, 94.
- Tolls, Bartholomew fair, 169, 176, 180, 205, 209,
230, 240, 241.
- Torhout, fair of, 8.
- Toulon, fair of, 271.
- Trespass at Sturbridge fair, 143.
- Tribunals of commerce, 28.
- Troy weight, 272.
- Troyes, fairs of, 7, 271.
- Tunbridge ware at Sturbridge fair, 154.
- Tuscan merchants, 272.
- Tyre, fairs of, 4.
- Tyson, Rev. Michael, 146.
- Universities, rights of, reserved, 43.
- Venetian merchants at Sturbridge fair, 161.
- Victuals, measures for sale of, to be sealed, 156.
- Voronej, fair of, 290.
- Walden claimed freedom from tolls, 70.
- Wales, fairs in, 18, 39.
- Wallace executed in Smithfield, 171.
- Wallace’s “Russia” quoted, 306.
- Warden of the fair, 249.
- Wardens of the privileges, 247.
- Weights for fairs, 25.
- Weighing goods at Sturbridge fair, 145.
- Weights in Bartholomew fair, 191.
- Westminster, statute of, 23.
- Wine at fairs, price fixed, 83, 156.
- Wines at Bordeaux fair, 264.
- Winter fair, Russia, 307.
- Wood at fairs to be good, 86.
- Wooden ware, Sturbridge, 157.
- Wool at Sturbridge fair, 139, 162.
- Woollen goods at fairs, 278.
- Women, “unhonest,” excluded from Sturbridge fair, 155, 156.
- Wrestling matches in Bartholomew fair, 198.
- Yekaterinburg (Russia), fair of, 310.
- Zytomiers (Russia), fair of, 286.