The Elizabethan People/Index
INDEX
Abbot of Unreason, 171
Abraham man, 45
Adjectives, substantives and, 200
Against the bias, 189
Agnes' Eve, Saint, 282
Alchemy, books on, 80
Ale, Ales, 176
Ale-houses in Stratford, 57
Allhallow Eve, 171
Almanacs, 281
Amulets, 274
Angels, superstition concerning, 281
Antic, 208
Apes in Hell, 302
Apostle spoons, 288
Archery, 12
Architecture, 60
Architecture, domestic, 344
Armada, 37
Armada, political effect of the, 7
Armour, 379
Arms, the wearing of, 11
Arras, 383
Assay, the, 126
Assembly, the, 123
Attendants, 391
Autolycus, 181
Backgammon, 214
Badger baiting, 23
Baiting with dogs, 21
Bale of dice, 214
Ballads, ballad singing, 46, 180
Ball games, 182
Balloon ball, 182
Balustrades, 352
Band, falling, 371
Bandy ball, 184
Banks, 191
Baptism, 286
Barbers, 224
Barla-breikes, 186
Barley-break, 185
Base, 187
Basin, barber's, 70
Bate, to, 117
Bawds, carting of, 70
Bawdy houses, 150
Bay, at, 125
Bay tree, superstition concerning, 275
Bearing cloth, 286
Beasts of the field, of the forest, 120
Beasts, superstition concerning, 275
Bed clothes, 387
Bed rooms, 355
Beds, 386
Beggars, 45
Bells of a hawk, 117
Bells of Morris dancers, 159
Betrothal, 295
Bewits, 117
Beginning of the world, 207
Bias, against the, 189
Birthday, 290
Black ship, superstition concerning, 275
Black witches, 326
Blessing the bridal bed, 303
Bloodstone, 278
Blood sucking, 333
Blue candles, 310
Blue coat, 396
Blue gown, 379
Blundeville's writing on horsemanship, 139
Bodice, 372
Boke of Saint Albans, 120
Bonfires, 283
Books, 387
Books on horsemanship, 139
Bower, 364
Bowling, 57
Bowling alley, 188
Bowls, 188
Branding, 17
Brass as building material, 349
Brawl, 208
Breaking a hawk, 113
Brick as a building material, 347
Bride ale, 176
Bride cake, 301
Bride's hair, 297
Bride laces, 298
Buffet, 384
Building material, 347
Building restrictions, 347
Bull baiting, 21
Bum rolls, 374
Burghley, Lord, 136
Burial, 315
Burlington Arcade, 97
Burning at the stake, 16
Buttons, 378
Cabinet-making, 382
Cable hat-bands, 366
Cadge, cadge-boy, 116
Calendar, the, 145
Canary, 209
Candlemas Day, 171
Canions, 375
Carbuncle, 274
Cardan, Jerome 83
Cards, 203
Carrierre, the, 138
Ceilings, 356
Changelings, 285
Chapel, 355
Charity of the Elizabethans, 29
Cheapside, strewing with gravel, 39
Checking, 114
Chess, 203
Chests, 387
Childbirth, 283
Chimneys, 61
China, 385
Chopine, 377
Chrisom cloth, 287
Christmas, 146
Christmas customs, 166
Christmas dinner, 169
Christinas Eve, 167
Claudius in Hamlet, 321
Clerk Ale, 176
Clogs, 128
Clopton, Hugh, 54
Closets, 355
Cloud in's face, 134
Cock fighting, 25
Cockpit burned, 151
Coffins, decoration of, 315
College of Stratford, 48
Collop Monday, 147
Colors of horses, 133
Conjurers, 84
Consorts, 221
Corks, 377
Corpse candles, 310
Counterpane, 387
Court-shaped house, 351
Courtship, 290
Crackers, fire, 190
Craps, 214
Creance, 117
Cribbage, 205
Crime and ghostlore, 321
Cross-roads, 311
Cruelty, 10
Cruelty of laws, 13
Cry, the, 123
Crystal globe, 89
Cuckolds, 96
Cunning men, 84
Cupboard, 384
Curtains, 384
Cushion dance, 207
Cypress, 364
Dancing at weddings, 302
Death customs, 308
Death penalties, 14
Deathbed, 276
Death's head ring, 99
Devil, belief in the, 261
Devils, 281
Dice, 211
Dier, Mrs., 339
Dingham, 369
Disedge, to, 117
Dishonesty of tradesmen, 68
Dog days, 275
Dogs, baiting with, 21
Domestic architecture, 344
Doublet, 372
Drawers, 365
Dreams, 281
Dress, 358
Dress, discomfort of, 361
Dress, imitation in, 34
Dress of morris-dancers, 159
Dress, regulation of, 360
Drinking tobacco, 79
Duelling, 217
Dutch slop, 376
Eclipse, 275
Egg Saturday, 153
Elizabeth as a musician, 225
Elizabeth, description of, 244
Elizabethan fads, 33
Elizabethan, the point of view, 2
Elizabethans, charity of, 29
Elizabethans, immaturity of, 5
Elizabethans, qualities of, 6
Elizabethans, realization of their national strength, 7
Elizabethans, religious quality of, 28
Elizabethans, their imitation, 32
Entry, the, 121
E-shaped house, 351
Evil eye, 284
Extinguishers, 350
Extremity of dress, 359
Fads, 33
Fairy lore, 331
Falcon, 111
Falconer, 115
Falling band, 371
False lights, 68
Familiar spirits, 333
Fans, 379
Farmers' houses, 367
Farthingale, 373
Feathers, 309
Female hawks. 111
Filth, 380
Fire, 65
Fireworks, 189
Fives, 184
Flanders horse, 135
Flat cap, 379
Flirting, 195
Floors, 357
Floors, construction of, 349
Floors, rushing of, 380
Flowers, 387
Flowers at funerals, 315
Flying a hawk, 117
Folklore, belief in, 266
Food, 368
Foot-ball, 183
Foot-cloth, 136
Forfeits in a barber-shop, 72
Forks introduced, 386
Fortress of Beauty, 231
Friar Tuck, 167
Friday, 275
Funeral feast, 316
Funeral of Sidney, 337
Funerals, 316
Gable roofs, 352
Gallery, 365
Galliard, 209
Gallygascoyne, 376
Gaily hose, 375
Gambling, 311
Gardening, 8
Gardens, 61
Gaskins, 376
Gipsies, 46
Glass, use of, 349
Gleek, 303
Gloves, 379
Gold, manufacture of, 91
Golf, 184
Gossips' feast, 389
Graves, 311
Gray's Inn Mask, 254
Greene, 84
Green men, 188
Gresham, Sir Thomas, 37
Guild of the Holy Cross, 46, 48
Haggard, 114
Halifax punishment, 15
Hall, the, 354
Hamlet, end of, 4
Hamlet, Ghost in, 319
Handkerchiefs, 379
Hand tennis, 184
Harbouring the stag, 121
Hats, 366
Hatton, Christopher, 307
Haunted houses, 273
Haunted rooms, 270
Hawk, to man a, 114
Hawk, seeling a, 113
Hawk, watching, 113
Hawking, 110
Hay, 208
Hazard, 314
Head dress, 364
Healths, drinking, 291
Heaving, 205
Herbs, 394
Herbs, remedial, 274
Hermitage Dock, 14
Holy Cross, Guild of the, 46, 48
High Almaine horse, 135
Hired murderers, 19
Hobby, the, 131
Hobby-horse, 157
Hoe at Plymouth, 188
Hood of hawks, 116
Hoodman blind, 170
Hooks, 350
Horse in Shakespeare, the, 139
Horse market of Smithfield, 132
Horse racing, 137
Horses, 130
Hose, 376
Hot cockles, 170
Houses, domestic, 61
Housewife, the, 391
Hunting of the fox, 207
Hunting with hawks, 118
Hunt's up, 304
Imitation in the drama, 33
Imitation, love of, 32
Immaturity of the Elizabethans, 5
Imping, 115
In and in, 214
Inner Temple Masque, 254
Inns, country, 40
Insanity, treatment of, 27
Irish hobby, 136
Iron as a building material, 350
I spy, 187
Jesses, 116
Jewelry, 378
John come kiss me, 307
John of Stratford, 47
Juliet's character, 3
Juniper, 382
Juniper fire, 76
Katharine, 112
Kenilworth, 351
King's Evil, 279
Kissing, 196
Knives at meals, 385
Knives worn by brides, 301
Laced garments, 362
Laces, 378
Lacing, 374
Lancaster witches, 338
Lant, Thomas, 240
Laski, Albert, 90
Last Couple in Hell, 185
Latten, 289
Lavolta, 209
Laws, cruelty of, 13
Lawlessness, 11
Lead roofs, 349
Leak, Madam, 151
Leet Ale, 176
Leicester's influence over the Queen, 267
Lethe, 127
Letters, 388
Liam hound, 121
Limer, 121
Lion baiting, 23
Lodam, 203
London shops, 68
London streets, 67
London theatres, 66
London wall, 67
Lord of the May, 156
Love-lock, the, 291
Love lyrics, 219
Lute, 233
Lutes in barber-shops, 71
Lute strings, 223
Lym, 131
Lyric poetry, 219
Mack, 203
Madden, 297, note
Maid Marian, 156
Man a hawk, to, 114
Mandrake, 278
Maple block, 76
Marmion's motto, 115
Marriage, 394
Martlet, the, 374
Masque, the, 253
Masque of the Inner Temple, 255
Masques, 364
Maw, 303
Maying, 154
Meals at Court, 246
Medicine, 83
Medical superstitions, 275
Mews, 116
Mice, 275
Middle class, rise of, 37
Middleton, 96
Midsummer Watch, 240
Mirrors, 366
Mistresses, 99
Monsters, 191
Moon, 278
Morocco, 191
Mort, the, 126
Mumming, 168
Murderers, hired, 19
Music, 219
Musical instruments, 159
My Lady's Hole, 303
Napkins, 385
Nash, 84
Neapolitan horse, 135
Needle-work, 195
New clothes on Easter, 152
New Year's Day, 146
Night clothes, 387
Nine Men's Moris, 193
Noble Art of Venery, the, 126
Noise of musicians, 231
Northern Spell, 185
Nose-bleed, 277
Obedience of children, 294
Old English Popular Music, 219
Old maids, 302
Overlooking, 284
Overtopping, 128
Owl, 275
Pack horse, 137
Padding of clothes, 363
Pair of cards, 206
Painted cloth, 383
Painting the face, 366
Pancakes, pancake bell, 149
Pancake Tuesday, 147
Paned hose, 376
Panelling, 357
Partelets, 369
Pasche eggs, 153
Passage, 314
Passing bell, 313
Pavin, 220
Peascod bellied doublet, 373
Pedlars, 45
Pens, 388
Perfumer, the, 381
Perjury, punishment for, 17
Pets, 196
Philosopher's stone, 92
Physiognomy, art of, 83
Pindar's house, ceilings of, 356
Piracy, punishment for, 14
Pitch, the, 117
Plague, 65
Plate, 385
Points, 378
Population, 36
Population, shift of, 345
Post and Pair, 203
Post boy's habit, 41
Poking stick, 370
Potts' Account, 338
Practical jokes, 199
Presents, 387
Pressing to death, 16
Prison bars, 187
Prison base, 187
Prize, to play a, 215
Prizes for dancing, 211
Progresses, 38
Punishment for decay of walls, 17
Punishment for treason, 14
Purification, feast of, 171
Put on your Smock a' Monday, 208
Quinola, 206
Quacks, 80
Qualities of the Elizabethans, 1
Quarterstick, 37
Queen of the May, 156
Quintain, 193
Racquet, 184
Rapidity of national development, 8
Raven, 379
Ravens' eggs, 274
Reclaiming a hawk, 115
Ring-walks, 122
Roads, condition of, 36, 39, 40, 130
Robin Hood, 155
Roofs, gable, 352
Rogero, 207
Roofs, lead, 349
Rosemary, 300
Roses, 377
Rowan tree, 340
Rudolph II, 90
Ruffs, 368
Rural wedding, 305
Sabbath, witches', 335
Saint Paul's, 99
Salamander, 374
Sanitary conditions, 64
Scotch farthingale, 374
Seeling a hawk, 113
Seer, 89
Servants, 396
Servants' quarters, 353
Sets of instruments, 233
Shakespeare and superstition, 94
Shakespeare, John, 58
Sheets, 387
Shoes, 377
Shop, barber, 70
Shops of London, 68
Shove groat, 201
Shrove tide, 147
Shroud, 314
Sick bed, 275
Side arms, 214
Sidney, funeral of, 237
Sighs, 277
Signs, street, 350
Singing, 220
Sleep, 276
Slops, 376
Slot hound, 121
Smithfield, 131
Snakes, feeding on, 274
Social conditions, 37
Sonnet vogue, the, 33
Southwark, 67
Spiders, 274
Splay footed wench, 275
Spoons, apostle, 288
Squibs, 190
Squire, 99
Squirrels as pets, 195
Stag hunt, 120
Stall troublers, 68
Starches, colored, 369
Starch, introduction of, 369
Stews of London, 97
Stockings, 376
Stomacher, 372
Stone as a building material, 347
Stoop, to, 117
Storms, 277
Stow ball, 184
Stow, John, granted a license to beg, 45
Stow's superstition, 267
Stratford, 46
Stratford bridge, 55
Stratford church, 47
Stratford college, 48
Stratford grammar school, 54
Stratford guild, 48
Stratford, John of, 47
Stratford markets, 59
Stratford, population of, 60
Stratford trading companies, 59
Street cleaning, 64
Street parades, 229
Streets, condition of, 39
Streets of London, 67
Strype, 229
Substantives and adjectives, 200
Suburbans, 97
Suicide, 311
Sun dancing on Easter, 152
Taffeta, 98
Taking tobacco, 78
Taming, 112
Tapestry, 383
Tempest, The, 139
Tenements, 347
Tennis, 184
Tennis, hand, 184
Termer, 96
Terrifying children, 268
Thames, condition of, 39
Thames, frozen, 107
Thames, spectacles on, 338
Thatch, 349
Thing and who did it, a, 200
Thorpe, John, 240
Thracian stone, 274
Threshold, stumbling on, 275
Thunderstone, 274
Tib, 204
Tickle me quickly, 203
Tick tack, 214
Tiddie, 204
Tile as a building material, 347, 349
Tilting, 231
Tire, to, 117
Toad, 275
Toad throwing, 26
Tobacco adulteration, 76
Tobacco drinking, 79
Tobacco taking, 78
Tom, 204
Tom-o-bedlams, 45
Tom the Piper, 157
Toothpicks, 286
Tops, 193
Tower, to, 117
Towns, decay of, 346
Trade, increase of, 8
Tradesmen's houses, 353
Trained animals, 191
Training a hawk, 113
Training horses, 138
Trammels, 136
Trap ball, 186
Trap stick, 185
Trashing, 128
Travel, 130
Travel, means of, 40
Treason, punishment for, 14
Troll my dame, 207
Truckle bed, 387
Turner, Mrs., 370
Tumours, 274
Twelfth Day, 146
Tyrrit, 116
Uncleanliness, 64
Unity, the quality of, 5
Venery, 95
Venetian hose, 375
Vermin, 382
Verse writing to order, 291
Virginals, 224
Waits, 222
Wall of London, 67
Warwickshire, 46
Watch, midsummer, 240
Watching a hawk, 113
Watermen on the Thames, 39
Water quintain, 193
Weddings, 297
Wheat throwing at weddings, 301
Whip her Jenny, 203
Whipping, 17
Whipping post, 18
Whitefriars', 97
White witches, 325
Whitsun Ale, 176
Wigs, 365
Windows, 349
Winding sheet, 313
Wine, 399
Witchcraft, 324
Witches, Lancaster, 338
Witches, supernatural qualities of, 337
Women's dress, 363
Women, treatment of, 388
Wood as a building material, 347
Wooden dishes, 385
Wrestling, 193
Witches, 284
Writing materials, 388
Yew, 314
Yule dough, 168
Yule log, 167
Zittern in barber-shop, 71