The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information

Egglesfield, founder, Queen's college, Oxford,
685.

Eight years, a remembrance of, 1461.
Elephant exhibition, 968.
Elf-shots, 1534.

Elizabeth, queen, coronation, 91; visited by
a prince of misrule, 351; at Wanstead
May games, 527; death, 361; supposed to
have been bewitched, 1566; curious por-
trait of, 364.

queen of Bohemia, 1074.
princess of Bohemia, 1078.
Elstow church, Bedfords., 975.
fair, flies at, 1595.

Eltham, walk to, 62.
Embracing, 1118.

Enchanters, 1558.

English, the, character of, 1357.

Engravings of animals, 1037.
Enoch, book of, 75.

Ephemeron, the, 1097.

Epiphany, 43.

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Fools, 65; of the morris-dance, 849.
Foote, Samuel, 95.

Fobbing parsonage, Essex, 199.
Fonthill abbey burnt, 189.
Form and formality, 191.

Fortune tellers, 1560.

Fountayne, rev. John, schoolmaster, 501.
Fox, right hon. C. J., 1182.

hunting, first day of, 1206.

Frampton, W. T., sportsman, 610, 1244.
Fransham, John, mathematician, Norwich,
1289.

Frank, Dr. Johnson's man, 1044.

Franklin, Dr. Benj., one of his tricks, 477.
Frederic, king of Bohemia, 1074, 1077.
Henry, prince of Bohemia, 1078.

Froissart's Chronicle, 1161.
Frost, animalculæ in, 184.
Frosty weather, a walk in, 106.
Fuller, Will, impostor, 734.
Funeral customs, 858.

of an eccentric farmer, 155.
Gainsborough, 694.
Garden, its uses, 520.
Gardenstone, lord of Session, Edinburgh, 703.
Gardiner, D. D., Samuel, description of his
rare "Booke of Angling 1606,"1603.
Gargrave, Yorks., poet and parish-clerk, 1614.
Garlands, 709, 1204.

Gassendi's adventure with a sorcerer, 1567.
Gay, J., at Edinburgh, 796.

George I., his economy, 189; death, 710.
II., his statue at Greenwich, 1491.
III., birth-day, 663; sayings of,
701; death, 120.

IV. patronage of an old woman, 212.
German masters, 355.

watch-songs, 655.

Ghost story, 102.

Gibbon, verses written in his history, 1182.'

Grinlin, sculptor, account of, 908.

Gibson, Richard, martyr, 1043.

Gypsies, 1480, 1561; funeral, 915.

Gluttony, 310.

Hackney-marsh mill, for boring cannon, 307. High Jinks, 1131.

Hagbut, harquebuse, 1030.

Hailes, lord of session, Edinburgh, 703.
Hair, 169; hair-cutting puffs, 1508.
Hairy people, what born to, 252.

Hale, sir M., his rules, 1497.

Half-holiday, a, in Kent, 1134.
-penny, 1072.

Halters, collection of, 505.

Halves, 1600.

Hamper, William, antiquary, 1378.

Highworth, Oxfordshire, gipsey funeral at,
915.

Hind's-head inn, Ascot, 1319.

Historical pictures unsatisfying, 1441.

History of England, published gratis, 684.
Hob or nob? 1514.

Hobby-horse of the morris-dance, 850.
Hocus-pocus, Hiccius-doctius, 1477.
Hogarth ornaments a tobacco box, 1572.
Hollar's View of Basing-house, 1193.

Hampstead, private weddings at Sion chapel, Hollymore, capt., died on the day foretold,

1049.

road, 47.

Handel, anecdote of, 501.

Hand-fasting, 1050.

Handsel, 954, 1526.

Hand-wheel spinning, 1329.

Hanging judge, the, 614.
Harness, armour, 127.

Harrington's, sir John, New years' gift, 21.
Harris, organ-builder, 180.

Harrop, Joseph, bookseller, Manchester, 683.
Harvest-home supper, &c., 1065, 1069, 1172,
1595.

Hassel, Phebe, "a jolly old fellow," 209.
Hastings, Warren, his presents to the queen,
401.

Hats, 1386; ladies', 169, 171.

Haunted houses, 1559.

Hawkins, sir John, 1206.

Hawks and hawking, 275, 534, 609, 1233,
1246.

Hawthorn cultivation, 534.

Hay-making, 1172.

VII., his coronation processions, 1274.
-VIII., licenses learned clerks to see
and command spirits and build churches,
425; died, 120.

Henry, prince, son of James I., 15.

IV. of France flagellated by proxy,

807.
Herba clavorum, 1550.

1339.

Holt, sir John, 215.

Homes of England, 768.

Hommecastle, Worces., treasure found there,
859.

Honthorst, G., painter, teaches the palatine
family, 1074.

Hooke, Robert, his improved watches, 314.
Hooping-cough, cures for it, 253.

Horace, stanza of, sung at a funeral, 540.
Horne, bishop, 283.

Horse and lamb, Inner Temple, 113.
man, advertisement, 381.
diseases, charm for, 1549.
--manship, 538.

racing established, 1097.
fair, Stourbridge, 1543.
-shoes, 952, 1526.

to make them fall off, 1551.
shoeing, to help, 1550.

Hour glasses in coffins, 704.

Houseleek on cottages to repel lightning, 1552.
Howard, lady Mary, 1262.

Howe's, lord, victory, 619.

Howell, L., nonjuror, his cruel sentence, 857.
Howitt's Book of the Seasons, 259.

Hucks, W., M.P., brewer to the household,
1311.

Huddleston, father, 16, 1039.

Hudson, Jeffery, 16, 999.
Huli festival, 401.
Hunter's song, 1206.

Huntsmen, bewitched, 1567.

Huntingdon's, earl of, new year's gift, 20.
Husband and wife, parting epistles, 208.
Hush ! hush ! awful sounds, 303.
Hutton, William, antiquary, 1114; extracts
from his unpublished MSS., 1115;
visits to places in London, 1417 t› 1424,
1437 to 1440.

Huygens's improved watches, 314.
Hydon Hill, Surrey, 939.

Herbert, judge, his bad advice to James II., Hyena, his wonderful properties, 494.
755.

Hypochondria, 1214.

his

Herculaneum, 22.

Insects, 766, 780, 1097.

Invisibility, to effect, 1432.

Irish servant's dialogue, 222; inventory, 255;
customs, 310, 311, 1608.

Isaiah, Book of the Ascension of, 75.
- martyrdom of, 76.

Jacklin, John, poet and shaver, Cambridge,
1505.

Jackson, a murderer, the charm he wore, 1586
James I., his cradle and chair, 401; how ad-
dressed on his accession, 429; frightened,
49; revels and intoxicates with the king
of Denmark, 831; his daughter Eligabeth
married to the elector palatine, 1074; his
death, 379.

II., omens concerning, 1404; his de-
cline and fall, 755.

Jefferies, Id. chanc, a musical umpire, 181.
E. W., finds treasure, 860.
Jennings, Sir John, admiral, 1491.

Jew, a, ceremonies on executing, 1384.
Jews' harp, played by fools, 65.

in a garden, 920.

of excellent conversation, 1233.
a, rides for a wager, 538.

and nightingale, 731.
́s song, 1042.
--Day, 375.

Ladies sawing, 75; riding-habits 172
Laguerre, Louis, artist, 490.
Lahontan, in France, ruined by law, 126.
Lake, bishop, 149.

Lamiters, the, of Edinburgh, 1017.
Lamb, Charles, sonnet to, 1375.

Miss, "Mrs. Leicester's school," by,

227.
Lambeth palace garden, Surrey, 918.
Lanark Marches, riding of, a custom, 696.
Land, dedicated to Satan, 1552.
Landscape-paintings, 1442.

Jewel, bishop, preaches against witchcraft, Languages, character of, 1000.

1565.

Joan of Arc, honours to her kindred, 638.
John, king, his palace near Toten-hall, 47.
Johnson, Dr. S., his dictionary, &c., 1043.
Jones, Thomas Mount, immortalized, 310.
Jordan, Abr., seu. and jun., organ builders,
180.

Jordane, Margery, the witch of Eye, 1565.

Kames, lord of Session, Edinburgh, 702.
Keith, Rev. George, Fleet and May Fai
wedding-parson, 596.

Kellerman, Mr., alchemist of Lilly, Herts,
229.

Kenn, bishop, 160.

Kennet, White, 1184.

Landlords and tenants' new years gifts, 23.
Languet, rector of St. Sulpice, 96.
Lantern and candle-light, 23, 1611.
Lanthorn, a new year's gift, 21.
Largess, 1068.

Lark, the, to rear, 1038.
Lating the witches, 1276.

Laud, Abp., 64, 66,

Laurel, repels thunder, 1552.

Laurence, Dr. R., Abp. of Cashel, 75,
Law and lawyers, 124.

notice of the profession, 1049.
pleasantries, 1387.

suits on, New Year's Day, 27.

Laws, old, 1454, 1587.

Lawyers, drunken, and their clerks, 1124.

Kent, John, parish clerk of St. Alban's, 1079. Lawless-day at Exeter, 636.

Kentish customs, 361, 375.

Ker of Kersland, J., a spy, 807.

Kern-supper, 1065.

Lawn-sleeves, a drink, 116.

Lawrence, Rev. J. L., horticulturist, 616.
Layer, counsellor, his head parboiled, 1048.

Keyson church, Bedfords., fall from steeple, Lectures, the first in London on experimental
1406.

philosophy, 251.

Killigrew, Tom, 164; made king's jester, Lee church, Kent, 1204.
166.

King, Cromwell's saying of the title, 892.

of the fairies, 1528.

-'s evil, touching for the, 799.

-John, overseer, light-horse volunteer,
&c., 1574.

Leeds, Yorks., great bottle, 95.
Leet, 1110.

——, Dr., physician to Charles II, unpaid, Leicester custom, 538.

159.

Erasmus, coachman and lecturer, 251.
John, printseller, 442.

Leigh, Samuel, bookseller, 115.
Lent crocking, 1599.

Letters, old, 205.

Lewis, Mr., chess-player, and writer on the Maidstone and church, 365–375, 621.
game, 568.

W., great drinker, 1406.

Library, public, at Manchester,

Licensing books, 66.

Life, mixed conditions of, 469.

Light, inward, 983.

Lightning, charm against, 1551.

Lincoln's Inn, prince of Misrule, 29.

Lincolnshire drainage, 1012.

Lingo, whence derived, 530,

Malcolm III., king of Scotland, 1209.
Mallard-day at Oxford, 88.

Malton, grave-digger, Yorks., 815.
Man accused of robbing his wife, 615.
Manchester College and library, 79; pub-
lisher, 684.

Mandrake, used in witchcraft, 1567.

Manesse, Rudiger von, his MS., 286, 655.
Manger in churches at Christmas,' 1579.
Manners, French and English, 1084.

Lion, a, annual sermon for deliverance from, Manors, origin of, 179.
1356.

Office, and lions in the Tower, 1035.
Lions and leopards, bearings in the royal
arms, 1323.

Literary blunders, 443.

Little Britain, old booksellers in, 1133.
--- John, a miser of old clothes, 358.

Lloyd, Roderic, prothonotary, N. Wales, 619.

Loaf, censing, 44.

Locks, charm to open, 1551.

Maps of Oxford, 682.

Mar, earl of, escape from prison, &c., 594.
Margaret, St., and St. John's, Westminster,

past overseers' society tobacco box, 1569.
Marian, maid, 834, 845.

Mark Lane, effigy on 1st. March, 265.
Marlborough, great duke of, 726.
Marrying day, 76.

Marks, witches', 1562, 1563.
Martilmasse day, 1342.

Lofting, J., inventor of the fire-engine, 1000. Marylebone gardens, 500.
Logan, poet, 1548.

stones at Paris, 440.

London, city of, royal processions through,
1057; Register office in 1658, 888; the
city burnt, 1034; its Charter signed, 729;
old grotto in a cellar, 193; London-stone,
1149; Mansion-house, 1462; swearng
in of sheriffs, 1149; Pinner's-hall ser-
mon, 503; artist's society, 448.

dealers at Stourbridge fair, 1547.
suburbs, 317-320; Raine's Charity-
school, May-day wedding portion, 534.
Bridge, suicide there, 468.

new bridge, St. Michael's church,
Crooked Lane, demolished for the ap-
proaches, 482; Roman remains found,
879. Further, see Hutton.
Londonderry, siege of, 777.
Lonely funeral, 1429.

Longevity, 209, 723, 836, 845, 1485.
how attained, 186.

of hawks, 274.

Loose, in Kent, curious tree at, 431.
Lord Mayor's-day, 1336; a lord mayor
made a LL.D., 1337; not compellable to
be one of the twelve company, 1267.
Lords, house of, first case of imprisonment
beyond the session, 1403.
Love-charms, 1439.

Lou Boulidou, near Montpelier, 222.
Louisa, princess, of Bohemia, 1079.
Luck of Eden-hall, 529.

Lumley, Jane, lady, 547.
Luther, Martin, 214.

Mace, the, 297; stealing, 1319.
Mack-Intosh stone, Arran, 1554.

of Kirani, a curious book, 491.
Magic tile to expel weeds, 1549.
Magicians, 1557.

Magnus, St., organ and church, 180.
Maiden's portion, 532.

Masque, drunken, at court, 831.
Mathematical problem, 894.
Matrimonial oracles, 1172.

Mattinson, rev. Mr., Patterdale, Westmorland,

Memory Garlands, 28.

Men, how they become wolves, 1510.
Mezzotinto engraving, origin of, 306.
Michaelmas-day, 1147.

Mickleham, Kent, account of, 943.
Middleton, Ireland, custom, 1608.

Lanc., parish officer outwitted, 862.
Midsummer-day, court ceremonies, 24; and
eve, 1172; fires, 871, 1580.
Milkmaid, a fair and happy, 511.
Miller's Tomb, Highdown Hill, Sussex, 1378,
1391.

Mills, old bookseller, 1133.

Milton, a letter by him on his blindness, 1142.
Mince pie, 1415.

Minnesingers, Lays of the, 284.

Minster church, Thanet, Kent, 1521.

Mirage described, 899.

Mitchell, William, tinklarian doctor, Edin-
burgh, 1361.

Mock Prince and his court, 327.

Mohun, lord, killed in a duel, 1355.
Moles, 1478.

Monboddo, lord of Session, Edinburgh, 701.
Money, breaking a piece of, 1050; how to
have it always in your pocket, 253.
Monument, untre inscription erased, 1034.

Montague, Ralph, duke of, lines on, 632,
insane duchess of, 978.

Montaigne's opinion of lawyers, 125; his
reason for studying in old age, 187.
Montem at Eton, 598 to 608.
Moore, Francis, physician, 117.

Moon, its phases, 11; how charmed for good
luck, 253; for husbands, 254.

-wort, a herb, for a charm, 1551.
Morant, rev. P., author, 890.

Moravia, extirpation of Baptists from, 1073.
Morley, near Leeds, history of, by Mr. Nor-
risson Scatcherd, 181; the chapel clerk,
and singers, 181.

Morris dancing, accounts of, 833.
Moseley, Thomas, of Walsall, 55.
Mourning court, 174.

Mugwort, a herb, for a charm, 1550.
Mulberry-tree, remarkable, 921.
Mumping-day, 1479.

Murray, Lindley, dialogue on, 800.
Musical wager, 692.

My little dog Bobb, 256.

Nail-pairing on Sunday, 223.
Nails, herb of, 1550.

Name, change of, 487; punning mottoes on
noble ones, 488.

National renovation, 396.

Nativity, B. V. M., court ceremonies, 24.
Natural beauties, 78.

history, collections, 72.

rustic, philosophy, 223.
Nature, rejoicings of, 264; music of, 1166.
Neale, a speculator in building, 1164.
Needle and thread, Oxford custom, 685.
Neville, Grey, M. P., dissenter, 503.
New Potatoes! an Irish story, 881.
New Year's-day, court ceremonies, 24; in
France, 26; lawsuits, 27; gifts, 15, 19;
without work, ominous, 253.
Newark penny-loaf day, 301.
Newcastle, siege of, 1208; witches, 376; feast
of Crispin, 893.

Newspaper generosity, 684; a particular or-

der for one, 203; early one, 809.
New Testament, read by Collins the poet, 717.
Nichols, Sutton, his view of Vauxhall, 868.
Nicholson, John, Cambridge, bookseller, 682.
Night-born people, how fortunate, 252.

time, commendation of, 1358, 1385.
Nightingale, the, to rear, 477; haunts, &c.,
662.

No man can be good to all, 1115.
Noise, habitual, an effect of, 1363.
North Shields, philanthropist, 217.
Nose-itching, a sign, 252.

Nosegays to queen Elizabeth, 38.

Notre Dame, symbols on the church of, 141.
Nottingham, old travelling to London, 269,
lord chancellor, 295.

Novello, Vincent, composer, 155.

Oak in the wall of Boxley abbey, Kent, 239.
Cheshunt oak, 1598.

Paddlesworth, Kent, old chapel, 1007,
Page, sir Francis, merciless judge, 614.
Palace of worldly felicitic, 946.
Palatine Family, 1077.
Pall-mall, 36.

Palm Sunday, 309, 1593.
Palmistry, 1510.
Pancake bill, 148.

Panel of noble names for a jury, 1317.
Paris, Goldsmith's May-day pageant, 523';

Guild of the assumption ceremony, 954; St.
Foix, 1000.

Parisian-English bill of performances, 1381.
Parish-clerk, office of, in rhyme, 1614.
Parish law and parishes, 1614.

-priest, a good, 925.

Parker, Michael, of Malton, grave-digger,815.
Parkhurst, Charles, epitaph on, 548.
Parliament and usages, 753; publication of
debates, 809.

Parrhasius, 42.

Parting, and invitation to return, 1120.
Passage, passe dix, a game, 49.
Patches, ladies', 170.
Patrick's, St., day, 310.
Patronage without law, 1077.

Pax, the, its forms and uses, 323.

Peace with France in 1814, 1172.

Peaches, fondness of George I. for, 189.
Peacocks, 493.

Peers' new year's gifts, 21.

Peg Tankards, account of, 481.
Pelicans, 493.

Penn, W.,corresponds with princess Elizabeth,

1079.

Penny, Anglo-Saxon, 1071

-loaf-day at Newark, 301.
Penshurst, 143.

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