Arscott, John, his jester, 53
— his toad, 49, 53
Arscott, "the wicked," 49
Ashburton, first Lord, 630
Ashburton, 279, 370, 436, 437, 440, 442, 445, 447, 452, 478, 604, 619, 622-624, 628, 633
Ashburtonian, 456
Ashprington, 371
Ashton, John, 277
Ash water, 371
Aspect, reason for north, 223
Assassination of Henry III, attempted, 226
As You Like It, 514
Audley End, 196
Aurungzebe, 381
Austen, Rudolphus, 13
Austin, Alfred, 329
Avelyn, Lieutenant, 656 note, 660, 670, 695
Averie, Elizabeth, 251
Avery, Captain John, 375-389
— autocracy in Madagascar, 376, 386, 388
— as pirate, 381
— captures Great Mogul's daughter, 381
Baba Hasan, 159
Babbage, Jack, 553, 554, 556, 557, 562
Babley, 414
Badger, John, 65
Baggator, 702
Bagnal, Sir Nicholas, 268
Bailey, Mr., 708
Baker, Archdeacon, 372
Baker, Bessie, 73
Baker, Mary. See Caraboo
Baker, Sir Richard, 183
Baker's Chronicle, 183
Ballads and Songs, 328
Ballads, A Century of, 277
Ballad of Cyder, 15
— of Dick Simmins, 524
— of Lady Howard, 210
— of "Lusty" Stucley, 273
— of the Bideford Witches, 277
— of Wrestling, 515
Ballads, 244, 417, 503, 615
"The Bay of Biscay," 354
"The Death of the Smuggler," 354
"The Death of Parker," 364-368
"Dear Catholic Brother," 243
"The Fish on the Coast," 253
"The Hunting of Arscott, of Tetcott," 54, 243
"Joy to Great Caesar," 245
"Just Like Love," 353
"The Lamentation of Strangwidge," 103
"The Little Girl down the Lane," 445
"May We Never Want a Friend," 354
"Mrs. Page's Lament," 102
"Nice Young Maidens," 423
"One Long Whitsun Holiday," 245
"The Scotch Yoke," 5
Ballard, Joseph, 415
Bailer, Anthony, 422
Bampfylde, Mr., 613
Bancroft, Mr. and Mrs., 33
Banks, Sir Joseph, 750
Banterer, 775
Barclay, 133
Baring, Charles, 616
Barker, Hon. Charles, 257
Barnes, Grace, 276
Barnes, John, 320-324
— taverner to highwayman, 321
— executed, 324
Barnstaple, 102-104, 224, 230-234, 326, 414, 417, 422, 543, 561, 772, 774, 782
Barnstaple, Literary History of, 103
Baron, John, 222
Barré, Colonel Isaac, 628, 629
Barry, Mr., 472
Barum ware, 234
Baskerville, Mary, 458
Bastard, Colonel, 482, 483, 704
Bateman, Mary, 394
Bath Chronicle, 40
Bath, Earl of, 231
Bathurst, Lord, 418
Battle of Alcazar, 272, 273, 734
Battyn, 47
Batworthy, 755
Bawden the Mole-catcher, 520
Bayard, 238
