Notes and Queries, Jan. 27, 1912.
INDEX.
559
" W " pronounced like " v," Cockney habit of
speech, 326
Waddesdon and Westcott, Bucks, 67 " Wait and see," political catchword, 74, 157 Waiter, murdered, charged for in the bill, date of
story, 66 Wakefield, ' Vicar of Wakefield,' its locality, 170,
216 Wales (Frederick Lewis, Prince of), baptism of
his children, 266
Wall church at Silchester, Hants, 235 Wallace (Sir William), his \Velsh descent, 146 Waller (Baron de), character in fiction, his identity,
329, 412
Waller (Sir Robert) at Agincourt, 329, 412 " Walm," derivation of the street-name, 290, 358,
517 Walters, Halley, Ward, and Wright families,
389
Walton (Izaak), his wives, 10 Wanstead Flats, George III.'s review of troops,
310 Ward, Wright, Walters, and Halley families,
389 " Wardens " =baked pears, sold at Bedford Fair,
309, 371, 438 " Ware and Wadesmill : worth half London,"
origin of the phrase, 167 Warner (John) = Avice Capell or Mrs. Jone Abbott,
c. 1616, 174
Warren, White, and Milburn families, 508 Warts, charms to cure, 446 Warwick Churchyard, Cumberland, epitaph in,
525
Wasps and the weather, 267 Watch (Will), the smuggler, his identity, 35 Watchmaker, epitaph at Lydford, 265 Watchmakers, their sons distinguished in art and
letters, 269, 336, 494 Water supply of London, 1641, 121 Water-suchy, old cooking recipe, 137, 276,
435 Waterton (Charles), naturalist, his pamphlets, 228,
295
Watkins (Henry), M.P. 1712, 170, 214 Weare (Mr. Wm.) and William Webb's ballad, 244,
394, 458, 537
Weather, influence of saints on, 45, 55, 94; fore- told by wasps, 267 Weather, dry, 1805, 1815, contemporary accounts,
409, 495 Weavers, Guilds of, in 16th and 17th centuries, 8,
50, 118 Webb (William), comedian, article on, 1839, 68 ;
and the cut -throat baUad, 244, 394, 458,
537
Weekes, Plasse, and Glubb families, 186 W 7 eever (John), his ' Epigrams,' 1599, and Shake- speare, 384
Wellington (Duke of), statues in London, 55 ; his first school, 107, 454 ; journal of his Penin- sular campaign, the author, 148 Wells, sacred, rags and clothes left at, 38 Welsh saints, their canonization, 328 Wesley (Eliza), her relatives, 508 Wesley (John), MS. journals, their whereabouts,
qoq
West (Benjamin), his picture of death of General
West India Committee, c. 1759, its early history,
507
W T est Indians and the Coronation, 41 Westcott and Waddesdon, Bucks, 67
Westminster, inscriptions in St. John's burial-
ground, 302, 403
Wey, battle on the, 1274, 24, 77, 113 " Whacok, le," sign in 1404, 97 Whig Club book, from 1784, 46 White, Warren, and Milburn families, 508 Whitehead family, 309 Whittington and his cat, Eastern variants, 503,
522
Whitty or Sorb pear tree, destroyed 1862, 145 " Wigesta," land-name in ' Tribal Hidage,' 304 Wild (Jonathan), his influence commented on,
1725, 305; his "Ghost resolving questions,"
308, 357
Wilkes, Griffin, and Arnold families, 249 William III., his statue in London, 285 Wilson family, certificates of baptism of, 470 Wimple, Scotch use of the word, 138, 218 Wint (Peter de), artist, his works, 93 Wolcot (Dr. John), " Peter Pindar," his early life,
329, 410
Wolfe (General), picture of his death, 446 Wollstonecraft (Mary), c. 1784, her allusion to
" Mrs. Brown," 208 Women carrying their husbands on their backs,
279 Woodberry (George), 1792-1819, his relatives,
428, 517 Woodward (Major Benjamin), Cromwellian, his
biography, 8
Wooldridge (Thomas), Alderman, c. 1789, 206 Woollen, burial in, and " dolberline," 368, 498 Woollett (William) = Hannah Morris, 1758, 346,
437
Woolley (Dr.), his wife, c. 1800, 7 Wordsworth (W.) and " Quam nihil ad genium,
Papiniane, tuum," 325, 531 Worsley (John), Hertford schoolmaster, c. 1730-
1740, 368, 474
Wray = corner, in place-names, 283, 333, 418 W T right, Walters, Halley, and Ward families,
389 Wright's Buildings, houses known as, 1793, 50,
92 Writers and officials, &c., of Ceylon, 268, 313, 355,
453
" Writes me," use of the phrase, 465, 536 Wyatt (Benjamin Dean), his biography, 289 Wyatt (M. C.), his statue of George III., 147 Wymondley chestnut tree and Julius Caesar, 287,
Wyre Forest, Sorb or Whitty pear tree, destroyed
1862, 145 Wyremongers, St. Clement's Day kept by, c. 1480,
147, 196
Yarm, sign commemorating Private T. Brown,
448, 514 Yelverton (Speaker) and House of Commons
prayer, 38 Yews, their association with churchyards, 03,
York (Duchess of), d. 1820, her will, 67 ' Young Man's Companion,' date of first edition, 449
Zadig of Babylon, temp. King Moabdar, 269,
O1 rj
Zeugma or syllepsis : ' Pickwick,' 366 Zucchero (Frederick), his portraits of Queen Eliza- beth, 244, 292
