"Transept," history of the word, 287, 337
"Transliteration," earliest use of the word, 268
"Traps"=personal effects of travellers, 347, 391
"Traversnail," meaning of the word, 426, 478
"Trayhor," meaning of the word, 210
"Tredekeiles," meaning of the word, 45
Trees, list of fruit trees, 1753 26
Trees growing from graves, 425, 494
Trelawny (Sir J.), Bishop of Winchester, 189, 218
"Tribulis," meaning of the word, 426
"Tribune" (eighteenth century), its publication, 368
'Triumphs of Faith,' 1766, by J. Bonar, 350
Tromp (Harpert) of Delft, 1632-91, 490
Troopship, British, wrecked on Reunion Island 48, 130
"Trowlathis," meaning of the word, 426
"Trystes," meaning of the word, 426
"Tuition," Anglo-Irish use of the word, 326
Tunnel scheme under the Channel, 1802, 266
Tussaud's (Madame), granary on site of, 510
Tweezer's Alley, London street-name, 310
Twelve good rules, alluded to by Goldsmith, 54
Twitching, divination by, 187, 237, 273, 280, 417, 471
Tyzack and Du Thisac family of Lorraine, 28
U
Ulster Covenant, the "Red Hand," 14, 95, 154, 217, 273
"Unconscious humour," author of the phrase, 80
Unicorn, its horn, 16, 33
Uniform worn by officers off duty, 89, 137
Upper Heyford Church, Oxon, shield of arms, 232, 278
Uskoks, frontiermen, Slavonic word, 165
V
Van Helmont. See Helmont.
Vandervart family, 149, 254
Vane and Fane families, arms of, 273
Vane, Vaughan, Fane, surnames, 117
Vasconcellos family, the name Smith in, 510
Vata tree, Indian plant, 369
Vaughan, Vane, Fane, surnames, 117
Vegetation, new birth by fire, 325, 376, 418, 454
Vere (Alberic de), nearest representative of, 330, 412
Verne (Jules), his works published in serial form, 168, 256; his stories in English magazines, 489 "Vestis adriatica," in Voragine's 'Legends Aurea,' 270
Virgil, legend of St. Paul at his tomb, 8, 93
"Vitremyte," meaning of the word, 327
Voltaire (F. M. A. de), mention of Mount Krapuk, 329, 376
Voragine (J. de), "vestis adriatica" in his 'Legenda Aurea,' 270
W
Wade (Armigall), d. 1568, his sons, 208, 277
Walker (Ellis), translator of Epictetus, 1716, 29, 115
Walker (George), Governor of Londonderry, 54, 150
Wallace (W.) of St. Thomas Island, 1840, 429
Waller (Richard) of Cully, his will, 1676, 188
Wallis (Ralph), the "Cobler of Gloucester." c. 1664, 1, 71, 154
Waltham Abbey, Spilman monument in, 247
Walton (Izaak) and tomb-scratching, 52, 97
Ward (Ned), author of 'The London Spy,' 128
Warde (Capt. John), 1544-1601, of Kent, 509
Warenne (Gundrada de), her parentage, 74
Wargrave two fonts in the churchyiird, 108
Warren (Rev. J.) of Ottery St. Mary, Devon, c. 1820, 148, 198
Warwick (Katherine, Countess of), her will, 1369, 326, 392
Warwick (Rev. T.)=Ann Durell, 188
Washington (George), his connexion with Selby, 36; lost portrait, 487
Washington family and Christian name Lawrence, 269, 418
"Water flower," meaning of the term, 426
Waterloo, the distance the guns were heard, 269, 310, 320, 517; model of, 1839, 348, 393
Watson (Rear-Admiral C.), d. 1757, 189
Watson-Wentworth (C.), Marquis of Rockingham, 189
Watts (Alaric), c. 1850, his descendants, 350
Watts (Isaac), use of his Catechism, 331, 434
Waure family of cos. Warwick and Stafford, 70
Way (Rev. W.), poet, c. 1839, 429, 470
"Wear the blue," meaning of, 49, 155
Webster (J.), date of 'Appius and Virginia,' 63; and Sir Thomas Overbury, 221, 244, 263, 282, 304, 355, 424; 'The Duchess of Malfi,' 355, 424
Wedding-pieces from bridegroom to bride, 48, 276
Weddings Field, Harborne, place-name, 169
Wednesday Club, later called Grillion's Club, 30, 57, 495
Wellington (Duke of) at Eton, 346
Wells dedicated to St. Ann, 347
Wells (Mrs.)=Sumbel, Fleet Prison, 1797, 408, 176
Welwyn, Herts, epitaph in churchyard, 506
Weston family, Farnborough, Berkshire, 390, 471
Weston (E. Joanna), c. 1598, her family, 306, 490
Whichcote in Wiltshire, 209, 254, 316, 378
"Whistling Oyster" sign, Drury Lane, c. 1840, 208, 237, 258, 336
White (W. Hale) as astronomer, 246
White's Club, the dining-room before 1840, 129
"Whorlgogy," 1584, meaning of the word, 509
Widows of Navy officers, petition from, 1828, 447
'Widsith,' "ea" in proper names, 261; the Heruli in, 402
Wilcocke (J.), painter, c. 1704, 268
Wilderness Row, London, its locality, 37, 53, 151, 233
Wilkes (John), his death, 250; and La Rochefoucauld, 1758, 286
William III., statue of, Hoghton, Lanes, 328, 376
Windsor, the choir of St. George's Chapel, 168, 212, 315, 358
Winthrop (Governor John), his letters, 169
Wit and humour of the ancients, 289, 334, 434, 491, 517
Wolfe (General), his 'Life and Letters,' 368, 514
Women and the freedom of the City of London, 206
Woodville (Elizabeth), miniature portrait of, 266
Woodward (Samuel) of Massachusetts, 1715, 468
Worcester Cathedral, bell stolen, 1863, 27, 290, 377
Words in old documents, their meaning, 425
Wright (Sir George) of Richmond, d. 1623, 348, 410, 452, 496
Y
Yew trees, their age, 331, 391, 475
Yonge (Philip) and the battle of Blore Heath, 387
Yorkshire charters of twelfth century, 489
Yorkshire place-names, etymology of, 370, 438
"Yousters" and "Eowestre," meaning of the words, 107, 173
Z
Zobel (Benjamin), b. 1762, his sand-pictures, 69, 116
"Zona Libre" of Mexico, 149
Zouaves, Papal, Glasgow men as, 1867, 50