Chapter XVI: Old Coventry at the Present Day (2)

Clarence, Duke of, conspires with Warwick, 142, 143;
pledges jewel, 146;
deserts Warwick, 151;
mediates with Edward IV. for Coventry men, 152

Cloth of Coventry, 212-5;
drapers, merchants of, 215;
dyers, makers of, 203 (note), 220;
Florentine, 315;
makers of, 203 (note);
manufacture of, 61;
sale of, 202, 212;
sealing of, 214-5;
weaving of, how paid, 230;
_see also_ Drapery, Frieze

Clothiers, company of, survives, 232

Clothmakers, _see_ Cloth

Cock-fighting, 278

"Cofantreo," 16 (note)

Coket, bread, 248 and note

Colchester, 15

Coleshill, 128, 129;
pillory at, 240

Combe, abbot of, 179

Commission of array, 312-3

Common Council, 204

Common labour, 310

Common lands, enclosures of, 170-3;
part of, held by Trinity guild, 91-2;
old men testify to the extent of, 179-80;
ploughed up, 160;
technical possessors of, 171 (note);
_see also_ Enclosures, Lammas lands, Prior's Waste, Saunders, Laurence,
Stint, Surcharging

Common seal, 92

Competition, rules against, 225;
of outsiders, 251

Compurgation, 51 (note)

Conduits, 1, 246

Coniers, Sir John, 141

Cook, Laurence, 109, 258

Cookery in Middle Ages, 283

Coopers, feast of, at Whitefriars, 275 (note)

Coroner, 59

Corpus Christi, eve of, 282;
procession on feast of, 287-8, _see also_ Pageants

Corpus Christi guild, _see_ Guild

Corrody, 63 (note)

Corvesars, 283

Council, great, held at Coventry, 126, 127;
_see also_ Mayor's Council, Prince of Wales

Court, of the royal household, 101;
of statute merchant, 253-4 and note;
spiritual, for trial of craftsmen, 218;
_see also_ Leet, Portmanmote

Coventry, bishops of, Blythe, 158;
Durdent, 32, 40;
Limesey, 30;
Nunant, expels monks from Priory, 30-2;
la Pucelle, 33;
elections of the, 32-5;
burgesses of, protest against confiscation of guilds' lands, 162;
cathedral of, 18, 25;
derivation of, 11;
_see also_ Charters, Mayors, Recorders

---- send to, 3

---- bells, flower name, 3

Cox Street, or Mill Lane, pageant houses in, 12, 293

Crafts, combinations of, suppressed, 220 (note);
companies of, now existing, 232;
members of, tried in spiritual courts, 218;
feasts of, 284;
fines paid by, 219;
fines paid on admission to freedom of, 226
and note; power of corporation over, 217-23;
rules of, overlooked, 218 (note);
_see also_ Apprentices, Cappers, Dyers, etc., Pageants

Cucking stool, 240

D

Danes, 15, 308

Dartmouth, 141 (note)

Daubers and rough masons forbidden to form a fellowship, 231

Daventry, 6

Despensers, plot to kill by witchcraft, 64

Dieulacres, 42

Dissolution of the monasteries, 161-2

Domesday Survey, Coventry in, 37 and note;
Prior's-half not in, _ibid._

Doomsday, pageant of, 129, 295, 305, 306

Drama, liturgical, _see_ Pageants

Drapers, apprentices of, 226 (note);
chapel of, 275 (note);
influence of, 75, 216;
overlook searchers of cloth, 217;
survival of company of, 232

Drapery, cloth sold in, 202, 212, 250 and note;
and Trinity guild, 82;
drapers live near, 250

Drayton, Michael, 1, 14

Drogheda, 252 and note

Dublin, 252 (note), 254

Dugdale, Sir William, attributes the _Ludus Coventriæ_ to the Grey Friars, 297

Dunstable, 56, 276 (note);
play at, 290

Dunster, 22

Dye, French, 218, 257

Dyers, men of, ride in armed watch, 286;
chapel of, 275 (note);
raise price of dyeing cloth, 220 and note;
combinations of, 217, 220 and note;
payment of, to minstrels, 309 (note);
petition against abuses of, 217, 220 (note);
treatment of, by corporation, 220-1;
_see also_ Journeymen, Saunders

E

Eadric Streona, 15

Earl's-half of Coventry, 7, 38, 57;
becomes a royal manor, 67;
_see also_ Prior's-half

Edgcote, battle of, 144, 243 (note)

Edward I., 61

---- II. borrows from citizens, 61;
supports prior, 62;
plot to kill by witchcraft, 64

---- III., 68

---- IV. and jurisdiction, 135-136;
citizens embrace cause of, 132-3;
citizens give welcome to, 153;
confiscates franchises, 152;
plots of Warwick against, 143, 145;
a prisoner in Coventry, 144;
war between, and Warwick, 150-1

Edward V. as Prince of Wales, appeal to, by Saunders, 184;
arbitrates in Bristowe's case, 197;
born, 149;
corporation entreats mediation of, 155;
member of guilds, 154;
oath of allegiance taken to, _ibid._;
reception of, 153-4

Edward the Confessor, charter of, 16-17

Election of officials, 75

Elephant, city arms, 214

Eliot, George, 3, 4, 7

Elizabeth, Queen, visits Coventry, 14, 164;
sees Hox Tuesday play, 308-9

---- Queen of Bohemia, 165

---- Woodville, 149, 154

---- of York, 160, 296

Empson, Richard, _see_ Recorders

Enclosures, award of 1860, 170-1;
commons break into, 160;
petition to parliament concerning, 131;
list of, presented by Saunders, 188, 197;
of Prior's Waste, 176-7;
_see also_ Common Lands

Ethelnoth, 18

Exeter, 146;
Vespasion at, 14

F

Fair, grant of, 54;
of Coventry, 251-2, 288 (note);
of Stourbridge and Winchester, 252

Fee-ferm, 74, 162;
in arrears, 138;
paid by Trinity guild to prior, 91

Fineux, Chief-Justice, 210

Fire, protection against, 245

Fishmongers, 247, 249

Fleet prison, 210

Folk-lore, 3-4

Ford, William, founds almshouse, 263

Forestalling, 247, 248, 249

Fortification of Coventry, 114-5

Forty-eight, Council of, 92-4;
_see also_ Mayor's Council

Foss Way, 24

Fotheringay, 141

Fresco, at Charter-house, 100;
in Trinity Church, 306-7

Friars, Grey, 55;
church of, 4, 296;
habit of, 238;
Isabella protects the, 97;
supposed actors in pageants, 4, 296-8;
_see also_ Bredon, _Ludus Coventriæ_

Frieze of Coventry, 212

Fullbrook, castle of, 110, 111

Fullers, craft of, 201, 232;
guild of, 219;
adopt special mark, 218;
two appointed searchers, 214

G

Gaming, 279-80

Gaol, 240

Gates, closed at nine o'clock, 237

Girdlers, 221-3;
chapel of, 274 (note)

Gloucester, city of, 133

---- Duke of, Humphrey, 113;
loan demanded by, 109;
present made to, 110-11

Glover, Robert, martyr, 163

Godiva, buried at Coventry, 17;
family of, 23;
founds and endows Priory, 16;
estate of, 37 and note;
employs goldsmiths, 17-18;
procession, 19-20;
legend of ride of, 18-23;
and horse-toll, 18;
and "black lady," 22;
and "Peeping Tom," 22-3

Gosford Green, 171;
proposed duel at, 11, 102;
executions at, 144;
hermitage at, 238

---- Street, and pageants, 12

Grace, John, disturbance caused by preaching of, 107

Grauntpee, William, suit of, with prior, 63

Greville, Sir Fulk, 278

Grey, Walter de, 34, 35

Guild of S. Anne, founded by journeymen, suppressed, 83, 229

---- of S. Catherine, united with Trinity, 82

---- of Corpus Christi, 80, 83;
chapel of, 83;
feasts of, 283-4;
master of, and mayoralty, 77;
and Corpus Christi procession, 287;
and S. Nicholas church, 163 and note;
Prince Edward, member of, 154

---- of S. George, founded by journeymen, suppressed, 83, 229

---- of S. John the Baptist, founded and builds Bablake church, 82;
united with Trinity guild, _ibid._

---- merchant of S. Mary, founded, 80;
and S. Mary's Hall, 81-2;
masters of and the mayoralty, 80 and note;
reasons for foundation of, 80 (note);
priests of, 83;
union with Trinity guild, 82

Guild merchant of Priory tenants, 59, 60

---- of the Nativity of fullers and tailors, 83, 219-20;
pageant of, 299

---- of Holy Trinity, 80, 83;
and Bablake church, 82;
and the Drapery, _ibid._;
and Corpus Christi injured by formation of other guilds, 83;
master of, 77, 85, 87;
encloses commons to pay ferm to prior, 78, 91;
feasts of, 283;
and procession, 287;
pays schoolmaster, 266;
union of, with other guilds, 82 and note

Guilds, rise of, 79-80;
suppression of fresh, 83;
suppression of, and chantries, 162-3

Guy of Warwick, 12, 24 (note)

Guy's Cliff, 131

H

Haddon, John, loans of, 216

Hales, John, 162

Hanseatic League, 258

Harcourt, Sir Richard, brawls in Coventry, 281-2

"Harrowing of Hell," _see_ Pageants

Hawking, 280

Hearsall Common, 8, 171

Hell-mouth, 305

Henry II., 40, 49

---- III., 57

---- IV., 104;
_see also_ Bolingbroke

---- V., loan to, 104;
as Prince of Wales and Justice Gascoigne, 105;
and Mayor Hornby, 106;
visits Coventry, 107, 288

---- VI., 114;
visits Coventry, 116-21, 125, 126, 127;
grants charter, 121;
letter of, 131-2;
men of Coventry turn against, 132;
_see also_ Church, Margaret of Anjou

---- VII., 159-60, 198;
at Coventry, 156, 157, 288, 296;
appeals for loan, 158-9

---- VIII., at Coventry, 307

Herbergeors, 255

Herbert, Lord, 144

Hereford, Nicholas, 100

Heresy, court of, 158

Hermits, in Coventry, 238

Herod, King, _see_ Pageants

Heywood, John, _see_ Pageants

Hinckley, 254

Holy cake, 87

Hopkins' family, 165

Hostry, monastic, 25-6

Hospital of S. John the Baptist, 26-7

Hox-Tuesday play, 3-4, 308-9

Huet, William, appeals to King-maker, 137

Huguenot silk weavers, 167

Hull, 252 (note), 265 (note)

"Hundred Merry Tales," 288

I

Iklynton collar left in pledge, 104

Immorality, punishment of, 243

Indenture tripartite, 71-2

Inns, 255-6;
blind, 279

Iron, workers in, abuses of, 221-3

Isabella, Queen, Earl's-half manor of, 43, 67;
feud between and the prior, 67-70, 71-2;
protects the Grey Friars, 97;
and Bablake church, 82;
grants charter of liberties, 74

J

James I., 166

James II., 165.167

Jews in Coventry, 55

John, King, 31;
forces his candidate on the chapter, 33-5

Jordan Well, 13

Joseph, character in pageants, 302

Journeymen, cappers and cap-making, 231;
working hours of, _ibid._;
workers in iron, 223;
dyers, 231;
guilds of, 80, 83, 228-31;
_see also_ Guilds;
suppers of, 284;
tailors, 83, 229;
weavers, 229-30;
and pageants, 292 (note), 294

Justices of Peace, 76

K

Kenilworth, Abbot of, 179;
castle of, 96, 123;
prisoners kept in, 161;
royal visits to, 127, 129, 308

L

Lady Tower, 8

Lammas day, 160, 181

Lammas lands, 170, 171;
_see also_ Common Lands, Enclosures

Landor, Walter Savage, 18

Laneham's letter, 308-9

Leet Book, 76

Leet, court of, or view of Frankpledge, 51 (note), 77;
jury of, 77, 90;
orders of, 87;
petitions to, 90, 221-3

Leicester, 116, 133, 150;
bailiff of, 38;
men of, rebel against Henry II., 41

Leofric, buried at Coventry, 17;
founds and endows the Priory, 16;
husband of Godiva, 23;
_see also_ Godiva

Leprosy, 41

Lichfield, title of bishopric of, 167;
canons of, and Coventry monks, 32-5;
play performed at, 289

Lincoln, customs of, 47;
burgesses of, 48

Livery and maintenance, Henry VI. warns Coventry men against, 121

Loans to royal persons, 104, 109, 110, 146, 159

Lollard martyrs, 158

Lollardry, 3, 98-100, 108, 158

London, 42;
inn-signs in, 234 (note);
streets in, 250 (note);
precautions against fire in, 245 (note);
S. John's Eve, in, 284-5;
schools in, 263 (note), 265 (note);
sympathy of men of, with Coventry men, 64 (note);
body of Twenty-four in, 90;
Tower of, 38

Ludlow, castle of, 184, 188, 189, 196;
_misericord_ in church at, 249

_Ludus Coventriæ_, _see_ Pageants

Lullaby, 310

Lutterworth, 98

Lynn, 148;
burgesses and guilds of, 162

M

Mace, 128

Maintenance, 127

Mareshall, Robert le, informer, 63-4

Margaret of Anjou, Coventry men turn against, 132;
Coventry called "secret harbour" of, 112;
reception of, 125-6;
visits Coventry, 127-8;
sees pageants, 129, 288;
is reconciled to Warwick, 147;
lands after Battle of Barnet, 151

Marisco, Richard de, 34

Market, held in Prior's-half, 58, 62-3, 71;
regulations concerning, 249-51;
toll-free, except for horses, 18

Marlborough, 49 (note)

Marmion, of Tamworth, 39-40

"Marprelate, Martin," 253 and note

Marshal of the royal household, 101

Mary, Queen of Scots, 164

Martyrs, 5, 158, 163

Masons, fellowship of, 231

Matilda, Queen of Henry I., called Godiva, 23

Maxstoke, 113, 158

Mayor, arbiter in cases of craft disputes, 219;
cap of, 89;
supports malcontents, 161;
duties of, 88;
fee of, 89;
attends mass, 86;
overlooks craft rules, 218

Mayor's Council, of Forty-Eight, 90, 92-4;
tyranny of, 94;
Saunders expelled from, 204;
of Twenty-Four, 90

Mayors of Coventry:
Bette, John, deprived of civic sword, 152;
Cook, Laurence, 177;
Deister, John, and the sword, 101, 207;
Dove, John, 207;
Green, Robert, 199, 205;
Onley, Sir Robert, and Henry VII., 156, 157;
Saunders, William, 142, 174;
opens Bristowe's fields, 175, 177;
Stoke, Richard, 6;
Strong, John, 94;
Wyldegrys, John, 131, 132

Melton, 47

Mempric, founder of Oxford, 15

Mercers, craft of, apprentices to, 216 (note);
chapel of, 275 (note);
company of, survives, 232;
influence of, 75, 216

Merchant Adventurers, 314

Merchants, attend council of Edward I., 61;
families of, 256-9;
manage municipal affairs, 74 and note, 216

Merevale, Abbot of, 179

Military duties of citizens, 311-3

Minstrels, 309

Miracle plays, _see_ Pageants

"Moll of Coventry," 3

Monks, of Coventry, receive charters, 16-17, 38;
dispute with bishops, 30-2;
with canons, 32-5;
with Coventry men, 58, 59, 60, 62-3, 67-72, 190-4;
with Friar Bredon, 276-8;
with Isabella, 67-72;
as landlords, 36

Montalt or Mohaut, Roger de, 58-9, 95 (note)

Montfort, Simon de, 96

"Mother of Death," 305;
_see also_ Pageants

N

Neville, Sir Humphrey, 145

Newgate, and Charles I., 6;
wall, begun it, _ibid._

"Nine Conquerors," 125

Northampton, 130, 131;
battle of, 132;
Earl of, 166

Norwich, 75 (note);
court-leet of, 50 (note)

Nottingham, 34, 250 (note);
receives customs after pattern of Coventry, 48 (note)

---- John de, necromancer, 63-4

O

"Obits," 275

Onley, family of, 257 (note), 258

---- 144 and note

Ordeal, trial by, 53

Oven, feudal lord's, 46

Oxford, 15;
S. Frideswide's fair at, 253

P

Pageants, Corpus Christi, 287-307;
acted 1392 in Coventry, 290;
absence of Old Testament scenes in, 299;
payment of actors in, by crafts, 293;
dress of actors in, 306;
of cardmakers, later cappers, 300, 305, 306;
characters of Herod, Pilate and the devil in, 287, 303-5;
minor characters in, 305-6;
crafts evade contributions to, 292;
_Ludus Coventriæ_ probably unconnected with Coventry cycle of, 297-8;
"Doomsday" or drapers', 129, 295, 300, 305, 306;
liturgical drama and, 289;
of girdlers, 300;
"Harrowing of Hell," _see_ Cardmakers;
Heywood's allusions to, 305;
of mercers, 299, 307;
and miracle plays, 289-90;
pageant houses, 293;
of pinners and needlers, 299-300;
"Nativity" or sheremen's and tailors', 299-302;
of smiths, 299, 300, 304;
royal spectators of, 288;
stage properties of, 305-6;
stations where acted, 294-5;
titles of, 299-300;
vehicles used for, 293-4;
"Presentation in Temple" or weavers', 292 (note), 299, 300, 302;
for reception of royalty, Arthur, Prince of Wales, 307;
Edward, Prince of Wales, 152-4;
Henry VIII., 307;
Margaret of Anjou, 124-6;
Princess Mary, 307

Pakeman, Simon, prior's bailiff, 68

Palace Yard, 165

Park, Little, 5, 107;
martyrs burnt in, 6, 158;
plays played in, 290, 296

Parliament "Unlearned," 102-3;
"Diabolical," 131

"Pastores," 289;
_see also_ Pageants

Peasant revolt, 97

"Peeping Tom," _see_ Godiva

"Peregrini," 289;
_see also_ Pageants

Pewterers, 200

Pilate, _see_ Pageants

Pilgrims, 238-9

Pinners, feast of, 275 (note)

Pisford, William, 263

Plague, 244

Players, strolling, 279;
of Coventry, 288

Play, S. Christian's, 296 and note

Plays, stationary, acted in the Little Park, 296

Poddycroft, common land, 92

Polesworth, 15;
S. Edith of, 40

Population of Coventry, 162

Portmanmote, court of, 48, 49-51

Poulterers, 250

Preston, 47 (note)

Prince of Wales, lord of the Earl's-half, 43, 167;
Council of, 184;
_see also_ Edward V., Henry V.

Prince's Chamber, title of Coventry, 73

Prior, quarrel between Isabella and the men of Coventry, 67-72

Priors of Coventry: Brightwalton, William of, purchased Earl's-half, 58;
Deram, 190-4;
Geoffry, 29;
Irreys, Henry, 62;
plot to kill by witchcraft, 63-4

Prior's-half of Coventry, 37, 57;
Trinity Church serves for parish of, 7, 37

Prior's Waste, 176

Priory, 39;
remains of, 25-6, 74;
Henry VI. lodged at, 119-20;
shrine at, 8

Procession at Corpus Christi, 287-8;
on Midsummer and S. Peter's Eves, 284-7;
of royalty, 120, 128

_Processus Prophetarum_, 289, 299

R

Reading, 16

Recorders of Coventry: Boteler, Henry, 121, 187;
death of, 198;
disgrace of, 199;
opposes Saunders, 188;
quells tumult, 195;
Empson, Richard, 159, 198, 206, 207;
Littleton, Thomas, 119, 121;
Swillington, Ralph, 274

Regratery, _see_ Forestalling

Richard I., 33

---- II., 102;
forbids duel, 11, 101-2;
lays foundation-stone of Carthusian chapel, 6, 100

---- III., 155-6;
sees pageants, 288

Rivers, Earl, 148;
guardian of the Prince of Wales, 184

---- Lord, 126, 129;
beheaded on Gosford Green, 11, 144

Robin of Redesdale, 140, 144

Rochester, Bishop of, Thomas Savage, 207

Roger of Wendover, 18, 19

Rood, of Bronholme, of Chester, 238

Rous, John, antiquary, 131

S

Saddlers, journeymen, of London, 230

S. Albans, 16;
battles of, 122, 132;
men of, 46, 56

S. Augustine of Hippo, 18

S. Catharine, chapel of, 82;
character of, 287;
play of, 296;
_see also_ Guilds

S. George, Coventry birthplace of, 4, 154 (note);
chapel of, 12, 275 (note);
character of, in pageants, 153-4;
riding of, 307;
mummers's play of, _ibid._;
_see also_ Guild

S. John the Baptist's Eve, 284, 285-6

S. Margaret, 125, 287

S. Mary's Hall, 74, 161, 178, 190;
guild-hall of, 81-2;
tapestry in, 82;
window in, 314

S. Nicholas Hall, 1

S. Osburg, 15;
pool of, 7-8;
shrine of, 8, 238

S. Paul's Cathedral, 160

S. Thomas' or cappers' chapel in S. Michael's, 274

S. Thomas of India, 287

Samson, character of, welcomes Edward IV., 133

Sanctuary, right of, 95

Sanitation, 244-5

Saunders, Laurence, dyer, made chamberlain, 182;
champion of malcontents, 181, 204;
complains of abuses, 184-8, 197-8, 316;
imprisoned, 190, 204, 210;
member of the Forty-Eight, 199 (note);
seditious speeches of, 203;
trials of, 189, 210

---- Laurence, martyr, 5, 163

Schoolmaster and school, 25, 264-6

Severn, river, 257

Shakespeare, 105

Sharpe, Jack, rising under, 109

Shepey, Jordan, mayor, 12

Sherbourne river, regulations concerning, 87

Sheremen, _see_ Tailors

Sheriffs, 254 (note);
county court of 52-3;
Henry VI. promises to make, 121

Ship-money, 166

Shipton, Mother, prophecy of, 7

Shops, 62 (note), 234 (note)

Shrewsbury, Countess of, 129;
_see also_ Talbot

Shrines, of saints, 238-9

Silk industry, 167

Simnel bread, 248 (note)

Sluys, battle of, 8

Smith, Walter, age of, 296

Smiths, craft of, 286;
abuses of, 221-3;
chapel of, 275 (note);
journeymen of, 223;
_see also_ Pageants

Soap, making of, 61 and note

Somerset, Duke of, retainers of, and city watch, 126-7

Somerset, Duke of, Protector, 162

Southampton, 257

Sowe, Richard, killed by witchcraft, 64

Spain, 252

Spicer-stoke, 250

Stafford, Sir Humphrey, brawl between and the Harcourts, 281-2

Stamford, 141 (note)

Staple of Calais, 147;
John Onley of Coventry, mayor of, 257;
monopoly of wool trade, 140, 215

Star Chamber, 210, 211 (note)

Stephen, King, 40

Steward; _see_ Town Clerk

Stivichall, 4, 40;
common at, 171

Stocks, 240

Stoke, common at, 171

Stoneleigh, Abbot of, 179;
church of, 4;
monks of, 283

Stourbridge, fair at, 252

Stowe, antiquary, of London, 284

Stralsund, 259

Strike of journeymen, 230

Swanswell Pool, 24 (note), 191, 193

Swine of S. Anthony's Hospital, 234 (note)

Sulby, Prior of, 253

Surcharging of common lands, 187-8

Swynderby, William, 98-9

T

Tables, draughts, 280

Tailors, journeymen of, 83, 229;
guild and fullers, 219-20;
_see also_ Pageants

Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, 3, 110

Tamworth, 40

Tanners, title of pageant of, lost, 299;
regulations concerning, 200

Tapestry, 82

Tewkesbury, 35

Thomas, monk of Coventry, 31-2, 34

Thornton, John, window of, 314

Tilers, 275 (note)

Toll, 17, 257;
Coventry free from, 18, 19, 71;
at Southampton, 257

Town clerk and steward, Boteler, John, 189, 194, 197, 211

Towton, battle of, 133

"Trial and Crucifixion of Christ," _see_ Pageants

Tree, traditional, near Smithford Bridge, 9

V

Vagabonds, sturdy, 266-7

Vespasian, visit of, to Exeter, 14

Victuallers, 169 and note, 246-9

W

Wakefield, battle of, 133;
cycle of plays at, 301

Walkers, _see_ Fullers

Walls of city, begun, 6;
dismantled, 6-7, 166-7

Walter of Coventry, 28 (note)

Ward, Joan, martyr, 158

Wardens, 88, 202

Wards of the city, meeting of men of, 91 (note), 92

Warwick, 151, 161;
Leycester Hospital at, 165

---- Earl of, Richard Beauchamp, 109, 110

---- Earl of, Richard Neville, the King-maker, 149;
appeal made to by Huet, 138;
plans to raise Clarence to throne, 139-40;
foments rebellion, 140-1, 144, 145-8;
letter from, to Coventry mayor, 141-3;
marriage of daughters of, 143, 147;
Edward IV. prisoner of, 144;
refused to give battle at Coventry, 150

Wastel bread, 248 (note)

Watch, 237, 311;
fray between Somerset's retainers, 126-7

Weavers, craft of, 201, 202;
apprentices of, 225;
journeymen of, 229-30;
searchers of cloth, 212-3;
_see also_ Pageant

Westminster, Abbey of, 149;
Abbot of, 29

Wheatley, founder of Bablake School, 259-60

White, Sir Thomas, 264

Whitley, common at, 171-2;
Bristowe, encloses land at, 175;
meadows at, thrown open, 175-6;
suit concerning meadows at, 177-80, 194-5, 196-7

Whittington, Sir Richard, 263

Wickliffe, 98, 100

William I., 16, 29, 38

Winchester, 15;
fair at, 252;
men of, receive customs after pattern of Coventry, 48 (note)

Woodville, John, 9, 144-5

Wool, 140, 184, 215, 224

---- hall, 202, 212, 250

Worcester, Tiptoft, Earl of, 149

Y

York, 15;
men of, 207 (note);
plays performed at, 290

---- Archbishop of, 143, 149

---- Richard, Duke of, 119, 123, 126

"York Plays," 301, 305

INDEX TO CHAPTER XVI.

A

America and Coventry men. John Davenport, 319;
the Sewell family, 326

B

Bablake School, founded by Wheatley, 344-5;
staircase in, 345

Bond's Hospital at Bablake, 344, 345

Botoner, family of, 319, 322

Bridgman, Sir Orlando, mantelpiece from the house of, at Bablake School, 345

Butcher Row, 342

C

Cathedral, ruins of, 342

Church of Christ, or of the Greyfriars, 320

Church of S. John the Baptist at Bablake, 342-4;
clear-story in, 343;
ground-plan of, _ibid._;
history of, 343-4;
Isabella and, 343;
Scots prisoners in, _ibid._;
Walscheman's aisle, _ibid._

Church of S. Michael, 322-9;
apse, 328;
architecture, 323;
brasses, memorial, 326, 327;
communion table, 327;
cove, 329;
"Dance of Death," 327-8;
drapers' chapel, 326-8;
lantern, 324;
Latin hymn on beam, 329;
misericordes, 327-8;
steeple, 322;
tombs--Dame Bridgman's, 326;
Nethermyl's, 324;
Swyllington's, 325;
Wayd's, _ibid._; windows, 328-9

Church of the Holy Trinity, 339-342;
alms-box, 341;
brass to John Whitehead, _ibid._;
font, 341;
fresco, 340;
Godiva window, 341;
lectern, _ibid._;
monument of Philemon Holland, _ibid._;
porch, 339;
pulpit, 341

D

Davenport, Christopher, Franciscan, 320,

---- John, Puritan, 319

Dugdale, Sir William, 320

E

Eliot, George, 319;
describes S. Mary's Hall in "Adam Bede," _ibid._

Elizabeth of York, 335, 336

F

Ford's or Greyfriars' Hospital, 321

G

Godiva, 319;
window commemorating, 341

H

Henry VI., 323;
statue of, 330;
portrait in tapestry, 336;
in window, 334

Henry VII., 335, 336

M

Margaret of Anjou, 336

Marston, John, dramatist, 319

Mary, Queen of Scots, chamber of, 339;
_see also_ S. Mary's Hall

P

"Peeping Tom," 342

Pisford, William, 321

Population of Coventry, 318

S

Saints, _see_ S. Mary's Hall, tapestry.

S. Mary's Hall, 329-39;
armour, 334;
chair of state, 333;
charters, _ibid._;
crypt, 330;
kitchen, _ibid._;
Mary, Queen of Scots, letter concerning, in Muniment Room, 333;
Mayoress's parlour, _ibid._;
Minstrel Gallery, 339;
Muniment Room, 332-3;
portraits, 333;
roof, 335;
S. Gertrude of Nivelles, 338;
tapestry, 335-8;
whipping-post, 330;
window, 334-5

S. Osburg, 319

Saunders, Laurence, martyr, 319

School, Free Grammar, 342;
Dugdale educated at, 320;
Philemon, Holland, and Tovey, masters at, 342

Siddons, Sarah, 319

T

Terry, Miss Ellen, 319

W

Wanley, Humphrey, 320

---- Nathaniel, 320

Ward, Joan, martyr, 319

Wheatley, Bablake School founded by, 344-5;
mantel piece in, 345;
staircase in, _ibid._

White, Sir Thomas, statue of, 319

Whitefriars, 318

Women in Coventry history, 319

[Transcribers note: Original spelling has been retained]

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