who has edited Barclay’s translation of the “Stultifera Navis,” or of
Dr. A. W. Ward, who has written his life in the “Dictionary of National
Biography,” and puts the query that Godmanchester may be meant. The
eclogue from which the quotation is taken, together with two others,
are said to be “gathered out of a booke named in Latin, ‘Miseriæ
Curialium,’ compiled by Æneas Silvius, Poet and Oratour.” This, of
course, means that member of the Piccolomini family, who, after an
earlier life not free from reproach, made a decorous pontiff, as Pope
Pius II., and died in 1464. This book, drawn from his own experience of
the unhappy life of courtiers, was the most popular of all his
writings. It was often reprinted, but whether Barclay worked from a
printed or a MS. copy is not known. Now, what his principles of
translation were we know, both from his declaration and practice. In
his version of Brandt’s “Ship of Fools,” he tells how he added and
omitted as seemed best for his purpose of producing a book that should
aid in strengthening the morality of the time. And in dealing with
Æneas Sylvius, he has been even freer than in dealing with Brandt. Of
the “Miseriæ Curialium,” there are several editions in the British
Museum, and those of Paris (1475?), Cologne (1468?), Rome (1485? and
1578), have been examined for me by Dr. W. A. Shaw, to whom my best
thanks are due for his kindness. “The book,” he says, “of Æneas Sylvius
is in prose, and, in epistolary form addressed to ‘dñō Johī de Arch
Pspicaci et claro Jurū cōsulto.’ There is none of the eclogue and
dialogue form of Barclay’s work; there are no interlocutors, and there
are no references, save to such names of classical antiquity as serve
for satirical notice, in, say, Juvenal, with the exception that, in the
section treating of the table and pleasures of eating, he refers
briefly to the place of origin of the better known delicacies. There is
no mention of Manchester, nor of England, from first to last, nor any
possibility of it from the style of the letter, and taking it casually,
side by side with Barclay, I cannot find a parallel point which would
suggest a translation.”
We may, therefore, probably regard the passage as strictly
autobiographical, and conclude that, in his wandering life as a
preaching friar, Barclay, at some time or other, visited Manchester.
From internal evidences, the eclogues are assigned to the year 1514,
but it is curious that whilst there is a long reference to the death of
John Alcock, Bishop of Ely, in 1500, there is none to his successors,
Redmayne (1501) or Stanley (1509). The early editions of the eclogues
are undated, and the first three eclogues were apparently issued before
the others. There are many points of interest in regard to the life and
work of Alexander Barclay, which cannot be discussed in directing
attention to one of the earliest—probably the very earliest—purely
literary mention of a place that in after ages has not been without
claims to distinction in literature and science. The date of Barclay’s
birth is conjecturally, but with tolerable certainty, fixed in 1476,
and he died in 1552. Since the biographies by Mr. Jamieson and Dr. Ward
were written, some fresh information has appeared in Mr. James
Gairdner’s “Letters and Papers of the reign of Henry VIII.,” vol.
xiii., pt. 2 (1893). These show that whilst Barclay was conscious of
ecclesiastical abuses and desirous of their reform, he was an object of
suspicion to those who were carrying out the work of the suppression of
the monasteries, and ran some risk by his retention of the distinctive
habit of the friars. Robert Ward writes on October 9th, 1538, to
Cromwell that at Barking, Suffolk, when Barclay preached there in the
Whitsun holidays, he did not declare the King’s supremacy. Ward states
that he reproached the preacher for not doing so, but does not record
his answer. On October 12th, William Dynham writes to Cromwell: “Of
late I came to the priory of St. Germayne in Cornwall, and sat at
supper with the Prior, accompanied by Alexander Barckley, who the day
before preached in honour of the Blessed Virgin, but not so much to the
edifying of his audience as his demeanour next day was, I heard, to
their destruction. At supper I moved such questions as I thought might
do good to the audience. He served my purpose, till, ‘after a sodeyne
dompe, he brake silence, as a man that had spoken too well (and yet a
frere in a somewhat honester weed),’ and glorified himself. He first
protested he would preach no new things, not set out by the King and
his Council. I answered, wondering what he meant, when all men of
literature and judgment ‘knew that our so Christian a Prince and his
Council set forth no new thing but the gospel of Christ, and the
sincere verity thereof.’ Barckley replied, ‘I would to God that at the
least the laws of God might have as much authority as the laws of the
realm.’ Asked him what he meant, and Barckley said, Nothing, but he
thought men were too busy pulling down images without special
commandment of the Prince. Dynham answered, he knew none pulled down,
except such as idolatry was committed unto, and reminded him ‘of St.
Margarets Patent is rode’ (the rood of St. Margaret Pattens in London),
and the assembly, although somewhat dispraised, yet for the intent and
good fact thereof, tolerated. Here, he demanded, what followed thereof?
I requiring him to answer his demand, he said I knew how many tenements
and some people were burnt soon upon. ‘What, Barckley?’ said I, ‘here
is somewhat moved; ye have a versatile ingeyne, but were ye so sleper
as an eel, here will I hold you. Would you infect this audience with
that opinion, that God for such cause plagued them? Your cankered heart
is disclosed. My true little stomach, with reverence of the prior and
his board, must be opened lest it break. You are, Barckley, a false
knave and a dissembling frere. You get no pence might I rule here. You
seek your own profit vocall to hinder the truth more than unity to set
forth the true and princely endeavour of our most Crysten, and of his
church Supremest Head, most laudable enterprises; whereof, I trust,
thou shalt hear.’”
Writing to Cromwell on October 28th, Latimer says that “A man has
written to him that Frere Bartlow does much hurt in ‘Corwall and in
Daynshyre,’ both with open preaching and private communication.
Suspects he has some comfort from Rome, through Dr. Nycolasse.’ The
Abbot of Evesham, the bearer, asks Latimer to thank Cromwell for him.
Thinks he will find few who will better remember his kindnesses. He
seems a very civil and honest man, and one who puts all his trust in
Cromwell. Requests Cromwell to maintain him in his right to what he has
obtained by his goodness.” These passages enable Mr. Gairdner to
identify the subject of this anecdote told by Foxe, the Martyrologist:
“Hereunto also pertaineth the example of Friar Bartley, who wearing
still his friar’s cowl after the suppression of religious houses,
Cromwell coming through Paul’s Churchyard, and espying him in Rheines’s
shop. ‘Yea,’ said he, ‘will not that cowl of yours be left off yet? And
if I hear by one o’clock that this apparel be not changed, thou shalt
be hanged immediately, for example to all others.’ And so, putting his
cowl away, he durst never wear it after.” It is satisfactory to know
that he survived these dangers, received some preferment, and died
peaceably in 1552.
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Index.
Accrington, 35
Acson, Thomas, 89
Actors, French, in London, 62
Adam, progenitor of Scottish kings, 233
Adams, Roger, printer, 40
Adlington, 96
Advertisements, 61, 65, 69
Æneas Sylvius, 248
Agarde, Arthur, 80
Alchemy, 83
Alcock, Bishop, John, 247, 249
Ale, 176
Algerine pirates, 47
Algiers, 47, 53
Allen, Gabriel, 94;
Cardinal Witham, 94
Allenson, Rev. Mr., 11
Amber, 57, 58
Ancoats, 226
Annapolis, 18
Anderton family, secret printing press, 39
Arab trade with Europe, 57
Ardwick, 230
Asshelle Lawne, 225
Assheton, Edmund, 96
Assheton crest, 81
Ashton, Sir Thomas, 83, 84
Atkinson, F. R., 185
Babelon, Ernest, 56
Babies for sale, 70
Babs, 71
Bacup, 33
Bailey, Mrs., centenarian, 29
Baker, Daniel, drowned, 97;
Sir Thomas, 61, 65
Bamfield or Bampfield, Francis, 42;
Sir John, 42;
Thomas, 42
Bamford, Samuel, 173, 175;
trial, 184
Banbury, 68
Bankes, Legh, 10, 11
Baptist preacher and sea captain, 46
Barcelona, 45
Barclay, Alexander, career of, 245;
mention of Manchester, 246
Barley-bird, 76
Barton-in-Kendal, 30
Bauwens, Liévin, 119
Baxter, John, 93
Baxter, William, centenarian, 66
Bayley, Christopher, 94;
James, 229
Bedloe, William, 14
Beggarwoman’s fortune, 64
Belfast, 36
Belgium and spinning machinery, 119
Belgrade, 64
Bell, James, priest, executed, 93
Berry, John, printer, journalist, etc., 61, 65, 70
Bexwyke, Hugh, 223, 224;
Joan, 223, 224
Bickerstaffe, 26
Bickersteth, Anne, centenarian, 30
Billinge, Anne, 37;
Charles, 37;
Lydia, 37;
Margaret, 37;
Mary, centenarian, 36;
William, 37
Birds’ feathers, 77
Birds’ language, 76
Birley, Capt., 183;
H. H., 185
Birmingham, 186, 196
Blackbird, 77
Blackburn, 30, 78
Blackley, 235
Blackpool, 33
Blainscough, 93
Blake, Admiral, 45
Blakesley, Mrs., centenarian, 27
Blanketeers, 174
Blue titmouse, 77
Blundell, William, trial, 4, 24
Boardman, Mrs., centenarian, 29
Boardman, Bolton dwarf, 136
Boggart, flitting, 210
Bolton, 24, 94, 112, 136
Bolton Percy, 88
Bone and Skin, 228
Booksellers, 61, 65
Booth of Barton, 95
Boothe, Anne, 90;
John, 90;
Marget, 90
Boston, Mass., 19
Bowker, James, 201
Bradshaw, Rev. Joseph, 88
Bradford, 61, 65
Bradley, Mr., 61, 65
Braidley, B., 185
Branded for roguery, 9
Brandwood, Ellin, centenarian, 27
Bread baking, 223
Brereton, Col. Uriah, 9, 12
Brereton, Sir Urian, 87
Brierley, Ben, 200
Briscoe, William, centenarian, 28
Bristol, 18, 62;
murder at, 17
Broadnax or Broadneux, Major Robert, centenarian, 25
Brome, H., 42
Bromfield, Dr., a Jacobite Quaker, 5
Brookes, Rev. Joshua, 34
Brookes, Mrs., 69
Brooks, John, 186
Breweries, 227, 230
Buckinger, Matthew, death of, 64
Buddhist stories, 219
Burnley, 24, 28, 204
Burt, James, 192
Bury, 30, 68
Byrom, John, 228
Cannel coal ornaments, 112
Canterbury, Archbishop of, 192
Cape Hone, 51
Carlisle, 34
Carmarthen, 17
Carpenter, General, 239
Carr, 28
Catharine of Liverpool, 163
Cecil, Lady Mildred, 95
Centenarians, Lancashire, 22-38
Chaderton, William, Bishop of Chester, 91, 92, 93
Chaffinch, 77
Chambers’s Cyclopædia, 65
Chapels wrecked, 235
Charles II., 47, 233;
and Quaker sailor, 53
Cheetham, 230
Cheetham Hill, 36
Chester, 44, 61, 65
Chetham, Humphrey, 98
Childe of Hale, 133
Children, marriage of, 82, 86
Chimney, 87
China blue, 34
Chorlton, 94, 195
Chorlton-on-Medlock, 34
Chorlton, Alexander, 89
Chowbent, 240
Church porch marriages, 84
Church sites supernaturally changed, 204
Churchdown, 204
Circulating library, 144
Clavell’s catalogue, 42
Clay soils, 75
Clayton, 229
Clayton, William, centenarian, 29
Clifton, Sir Thomas, trial, 4, 5
Clitheroe, 27, 72
Clowes, Rev. John, 159
Coal ornaments, 112
“Cock nests,” 75
Cockerell, James, centenarian, 24
Cockerham, 7, 203
Coffee, 176
Colliers’ wages, 62
Cooper, Bishop, and Martin Marprelate, 39
Cooper, Dr. Thomas, 167
Cork, 64
Corn mill, 223
Corpse arrested for debt, 67
Cotton, 75
Coward, Timothy, centenarian, 25
Crawford, Sir James, 122
Creeper, 76, 77
Crest, Trafford, 80
Crossley, Frances, centenarian, 29
Croxteth, 7, 12
Cruikshank, the surgeon, 15, 22
Crumpsall, 35
Cuba, 67
Cuerdale, Kufic coins found at, 56
Curril, Elizabeth, centenarian, 29
Dacre, Lord, 186
Danes’ commerce with the East, 60
David le Seintpier, 83
Davis, Mr., 61, 65
Deacon, Anne, a rich beggar, 63
Deer, red, 26
De Quincey, Thomas, account of a highwayman, 15
Derby, 195
Derby, Earl of, 39
Derwentwater, Earl of, 237
Dettingen Battle, 31
Detrosier, Rowland, 189
Devil in folk-lore, 203, 212
Dialect, 106, 113
Diamond, Dr., 37
Dickenson, Mrs. Margaret, 64
Dicconson, Roger, 11, 13
Dicconson, William, trial, 3, 4, 7, 9
Disley, 25
Dissenters and Test Act, 232
Divine right, 233
Divorce, 87
Dixon, Elijah, 186, 195
Dog, mad, 68
Dolls, 70
Doni, Antonio Francisco, 208
Downes, Francis, 97;
John, 97;
Roger, 97
Dream, story of, 213
Dress, 113
Driving the stags, 26
Duberdo, Isaac, centenarian, 27
Dublin working schools, 64
Dudley, Earl of, 196
Duel, 81
Dukenhalgh, 7, 12
Dunstanville, Lord de, 186
Dwarf, 136
Dyer, J. C., 188
Dyeing, 34-35
Dynham, William, 250
Eccles, 83
Eccleston, Thomas, 3
Eels, 78
Eldon, Lord, 186
Elell, 27
Ellis, William, centenarian, 28
Enfield, 28
Everton, 37
Eveson, Susan, centenarian, 28
Executions, 63, 93, 242
Exon, 62
Eyre, Sir Giles, 12, 13
Fables, migration, 219
Fairies, 221
Faloghys, Thomas, 85
Featherstone’s doom, 204
Felons, prosecution, 68
ffarington, William, 99
Fielden, John, 195
“Fighting sailor turned peaceable Christian,” 54
Finch, John, recusant, executed, 93
Finger nails, 203
Fish ova artificial impregnation, 74
Fleming, Jane, 36
Fleming, Mr., centenarian, 27
Fleming the spy, 172
Fletcher, Mrs., 157
Flodden Field, 86
Folk-Lore of Lancashire, 197
Fool of Lancaster, 243
Ford, William, 41-42
Footpad, 67
Forster, General, 241, 242
Fox, George, and Thomas Lurting, 47-48
French players, 62
Friends, early, 46-55
Friers, Roger, centenarian, 25
Fulling mills, 226
Funeral, 88;
by torchlight, 96;
sermon, 96
Gainsburgh, William of, 153
Gairdner, James, 249
Gale, Miss, 68;
Roger, 68
Gamul, story of, 206
Gardner, Martha, centenarian, 37-38
Garnett, Richard, 70;
Dr. Richard, 70;
Jeremiah, 78;
Thomas, biographical notice, 72
Garstang, 27, 30
Gaskell, Mrs., her “Squire’s Story,” 15-21
George IV., 187
Gerard, Sir W., 3, 100
“Gesta Romanorum,” 208
Giants, 130
Gibson, Rev. T. E., 25
Glasgow, 34
Glass trade, 69
Glave family in Wigan, 32
Glover, Mr., centenarian, 27
Gomme. G. L., 199
Goosnargh, 7
Gorton, 230
Gosnal, Jane, centenarian, 29
Gosnell, Rev. James, 94
Goss, Rev. Alexander, 14
Gossamer, 78
Gough, Mr., 61, 65
Grammar School of Manchester, 222
Green, Rev. Henry, 20
Greenwood, John, 176
Greg family, 161;
R. H., 188, 192
Grelle, Thomas, 223
Grey, Earl, 189, 194, 196
Grey wagtail, 75
“Guide to Heaven,” 41
Hadfield, George, 188, 192
Hale giant, 133
Halifax, 61, 65
Hall, J., 42
Hamer, Richard, centenarian, 30
Hamo de Massey, 80
Hanson, Colonel, trial of, 170
Harding, George, centenarian, 29
Hardwick, Charles, 201, 211
Harland, John, 200
Harper, Thomas, printer, 41-42
Harrison, Mary, centenarian, 33
Hartley, Barnard, centenarian, 32;
John, 227
Hatton, Roman Catholic priest, 93
Haunted cabin, 46
Hawick, 66
Hawker, R. S., 204
Hawkshead, 29
Hay, Rev. W. R., 172, 174, 180, 181, 184
Hayes, Elizabeth, centenarian, 30
Hazard tables suppressed, 64
Healey, Joseph, trial, 184
Hearse cloth, 96
Henry III., imposture at his tomb, 148
Henry IV., 83
Henry VI., 83
Herle, Warden, 94
Hicks Hall, 69
Higgins, Edward, career as highwayman, 15-21
High Church Jacobites, 236
Highwaymen, 15, 63, 66, 67, 69
Hilton, Elizabeth, centenarian, 27
Hodgkins, a printer, 39
Hodgson, Mr., 61, 65
Holland glass trade, 69
Holmes, Mrs., centenarian, 28
Honford, John, 84;
Margaret 85;
William, 85
Horse in woollen stockings, 16
Horsleydown, 54
Hoskins, Thomas, 45
Houghton tower, 96
Houghton, Sir Henry, 238
Howard, Queen Catharine, 90
Howard, _alias_ Dicconson, 12
Howley, William, Archbishop of Canterbury, 192
Hoyle, Thomas, and Son, 34
Hudleston, Richard, Benedictine, 98
Hudson, William, 89
Hugh of Manchester, 146
Hugson, William, 89
Hulme, 33, 230
Hulme, Ralph, 223, 224
Hunt Fold, 30
Hunt, Henry, 178, 183, 190, 191;
trial, 184
Hunter, Mrs., centenarian, 30
Husan, Mr., centenarian, 28
Hutton, John, centenarian, 34, 36
Ice, 78
Idelot de la Ferté, Baron, 125
Illegitimacy, 109
Indian, North American, princes, 31
Ireland, Sir Gilbert, 133
Irk, 224, 225
Irwell, 224, 225
Jackson, John, mathematician, 40
Jackson, Matthew, centenarian, 29
Jackson, Thomas, centenarian, 27
Jacobins, 167
Jacobite trials in 1694, 1;
Rising of 1715, 231
Jaláuddin, 218
James III., 236, 238, 239, 242
Jamieson, T. H., 247
Jeanie Deans, a Manchester, 129
Jenkins, Jasper, centenarian, 27
Jesuits, 91
Johnson, John, 113
Johnson, Joseph, 195;
trial, 184
Johnson, Thomas, centenarian, 27
Jones, Mary, centenarian, 30
Journalism, early, 70
Kay, Alexander, 188
Keck, Leigh, 185
Keggan, Thomas, centenarian, 28
Kelso, 237
Kendal, 25, 27, 238
Kensington, 65
Kenyon, James, 121;
Mary, 121, 125
Kingswood riots, 62
Kirkpatrick, Mr., 61, 65
Knight, Joseph, trial, 184
Knightsbridge, 69
Knutsford highwayman, 15-21
Kufic Coins in Lancashire, 56
Ladridge, 27
Lampreys, 78
Lancashire Folk-Lore, 197
“Lancashire Journal,” 61, 70
Lancashire Plot, 1
Lancaster, 27, 30, 93, 236, 239, 243
Langholm, 237
Langton, Philip, trial, 4
Latimer, Hugh, 252
Laùro, 211
La Warr, Lord, 224, 226
Leading article in newspaper, 62
Leatherbarrow, Mary, centenarian, 33
Le Bon G., 56
Leeds, 186
Leek, 195
Legh, Peter, 26;
Sir Peter, 96;
Sir Urian, 96
Legh of Adlington, 86
Leghorn, 47
Leicester, Elizabeth, 90;
Ralph, 91
Leigh, 26, 27, 29
Leversege, Thomas, 85
Lewis, Sir G. C., 23, 74
Library, circulating, 144
Liévin Bauwens family, 125
Linford, Peter, centenarian, 28
Lister, Dr. Martin, 24
Literary Taste of the Eighteenth Century, 144
Liverpool, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 38, 44, 45, 47,
61, 65
Livesey, 29
Locusts, 77
London, 195
Longevity, 22-38, 66
Long Meg of Westminster, 131
Longworth, Mrs. Anne, centenarian, 30
Lord, Henry, centenarian, 28
Lord, Mrs., 61, 65
Lostock, 39
Low Moor, 72
Lunt, John, perjurer, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Lurting family, 44;
Thomas, the fighting sailor, turned peaceable Christian, 44
Lyme, 25, 96
Lyndhurst, Lord, 186, 194
Lyon, Capt., 79
Macaulay, Margaret, centenarian, 30
MacKee, John, centenarian, 30
Mackintosh, Brigadier, 237, 240, 242
Mad Roger, 28
Maddock, Mr., 61, 65
Maghall, 28
Maghull, 29
Majorca, 48, 51
Manchester, 29, 30, 33, 34, 90, 186, 196, 236, 238
Manchester churchwarden and parish clerk appointed by Traffords, 95
Manchester Corn Mills, 224
Manchester, first book printed in, 39
Manchester Free Library, 41, 61
Manchester, mentioned by Alexander Barclay, 245
Manchester Grammar School Mill, 87, 222
Manchester Jacobite trials, 1
Manchester, Higgins, the highwayman, resident at, 19
Manchester in 1807, 117
Manchester Mathematical Society, 40
Manchester Parish Church, heads exposed on, 93
_Manchester Guardian_, 72, 75
_Manchester Magazine_, 65
Manchester, George, will of, 106
Manchester, Hugh of, 146
Marlborough, Duke of, 240
Massenius, 207
Marriages, 63, 69, 82, 84, 86, 90, 91
Marsh, William, centenarian, 27
Marshall, Christian, centenarian, 30
Marsh titmouse, 76
Martin Marprelate, 39
Matthew Paris, 208
Maryland, 78
Massey, Hamo de, 80
Massie, William, sermon at Trafford, 91
“Mathematical Lectures,” 40;
Society, 40
Maud, Lady, 17
Mayfield print works, 34
Medicine, abstinence from, 29
Medicines, 71
Melfort, Jacobite Earl of, 8
Merry Andrew, 126
Merton Sands, 204
Methodism and theatres, 115
Middleton, 177
Middleton, John, the Hale giant, 134
Middlewich, 61, 65
Miller’s “Gardeners’ Dictionary,” 65
Milner, George, 200
Minnows, 78
Molyneux, Lord, 3, 7, 13
Monks, Jane, centenarian, 29
Monton, 235
“More work for the Cooper,” 39
Morocco, 66
Mosley, Sir Oswald, 228
Mossley Common, 26
Moss Side, 230
Moston, Sir Roger, 26
Muley, Abdalah, 66
“Mull jenny,” 122
Murphy, the Irish giant, 135
Murray the spy, 184
Namptwich, 61, 65
Napoleon I., 123
Nateby, 29
Newbiggin, 27
Newbigging, Thomas, 206
Newcastle, 238
Newcome, Henry, 101;
Daniel, 101
Newspapers in 1738-39, 61
Newton Lane, 39
New Year’s Day, 202, 205
Nodal, J. H., 200
Northampton, 195
Northumberland, Duke of, 191
Nichison, Mr., 61 65
Northrop, 34
“Now thus,” 80
Oates, Titus, 14
Old folks’ tea-party, 35
Oldham, 229
Oldham, Hugh, 223
Oliver the spy, 175
Old Sarum, 189
Ormskirk, 28, 65;
longevity at, 24
Osbaldeston, Mr., centenarian, 27
Over, 204
Overton, 30
Owen, Mrs., centenarian, 30
Oxburgh, Colonel, 241
Oxford, 91
Ozly, Mr., 61
Paisley, 36
Papists, 92
Park Gate, 28
Park keeper, a centenarian, 25
Park Lane, 30
Parsons, Lawrence, 9
Patriarchal theory of government, 233
Pattison, George, 48
Pauw, François de, 121
Parliamentary reform, 165
Pearcy, Elizabeth, 27
Pennybridge, 27
Peploe, Abel, 239
Peruke maker, 61, 65
Peterloo, 176, 180, 190, 195
Philips, Mark, 186, 191;
Robert, 195
Philosopher’s stone, 83
Piccolomini, 247
Picton, Sir James Allenson, 44
Piercy, Thomas, 69
Pilgrimage, 83
Pilkington, Sir John, 84;
Elizabeth, 84
Pilkington crest, 81
Pinkerton, James, 36
Pinkerton, Jane, centenarian, 36
Pirates, Algerine, 47
Pius II., 247
Pollitt, William, centenarian, 33
Pope, Alexander, verses on, 67
Potter, Richard, 188, 192;
Sir Thomas, 185, 19
Poulton-in-the-Fylde, 30
Poxton, Thomas, centenarian, 28
Prentice, Archibald, 180, 186
Prescot, 27
Prescott, Catharine, at the age of 100 learns to read, 33
Preston, 26, 61, 65, 238, 239, 241
Pretender, Jacobite, 234
Prices of wheat, 69
Priests, Roman Catholic, 91
Prigg, Anne, centenarian, 30
Printing, early Manchester, 39
Prosecution of felons, 68
Protestants, 92
Pye, Roger, centenarian, 30
Quaker highwayman, 63
Quakers, early, 46-55
Quarry Bank, 161
Railway, Manchester and Liverpool, 189
Ramscar, Martha, centenarian, 28
Ralphson, Mary, centenarian, 31;
at Battle of Dettingen, 31
Ralphson, Ralph, 31
Randle, Earl of Chester, 223
Rathbone family, 162
Red deer driven from Lyme to Windsor, 26
Reform agitation, 165, 196
Rhampsinitus, 198
Richardson, Sarah, centenarian, 33;
R. J., 193
Richmond’s “History of Trafford family,” 104
Ridgeway, Jonathan, centenarian, 29
Riots, 62, 167, 170, 171, 193, 228, 235
Rising of 1715, 231
Ritchie, Joseph, 79
Robert of Brunne, 154
Roberts, Betty, centenarian, 34
Roberts, James, centenarian, 27
Roby, John, 200, 210
Rochdale, 29, 61, 65, 115, 204
Rockett, Mr., 61, 65
Roeder, Charles, 137
Rogers, William, centenarian, 27
Rogues branded, 9
Roman Catholics, 3, 92, 93, 94, 95;
secret printing press, 39;
Test Act, 232
Romanus, Archbishop John, 149
Rome, 93
Rood, 251
Rook, 77
Roscoe, William, 162
Ross, Janet, 211
Rossall, 93
Rossendale, 28, 206, 209
Rowlinson, William, 138
Rudd, Joe, 32
Ruscombe, Mrs., murder of, 17
Russell, Lord John, 186, 189
Sabbatarian Church, 42
Sabbath, 42-43
Sabine’s snipe, 78
Saddleworth, 204, 229
Sagar, John, centenarian, 24
Sailors, Quaker, 47
St. Germain, 250
Salford, 191, 192, 195, 223, 224
Salisbury, Marquis of, 186
Salmon, 73
Salmon, David Stewart, centenarian, 31
Salt water cure, bite of mad dog, 68
Samlesbury, 204
Santa Cruz sea-fight, 45
Saturday Sabbath, 42
Savage, William, 85
Schools, Dublin, 64
Seal, Mrs., centenarian, 30
Sears, Mr., 61, 65
Seaton, Sir John, 101
Seddon, Rev. Thomas, 103
Sedge-warbler, 77
Sermon, funeral, 88;
marriage, 91;
in honour of the Virgin Mary, 250
Shaw, Dr. W. A., 247
Shelley on Peterloo, 182
Sherborne family, 98;
Sir Nicholas, 3
Sherdley, Sarah, centenarian, 29
Ship money, 99
Shudehill riot, 229
Shuttleworth, John, 185, 193, 195
Siddons, Mrs., at Manchester, 113
Sidebottom, Mr., 61, 65
Siglisthorne, 88
Simmondsone, 28
Skelton, 131
Slave trade, 162
Sloe leaves, 176
Smethley, Leonard, 96
Smith, Aaron, 8, 10, 11
Smithy Door, 41
Sneezing, 202
Soldiers, Lancashire, for Irish wars, 95
Somersham, 86
Southwark, 54
Southworth, Sir John, 93
Spence, Miss E. I., 111
Spiders, 117;
aëronautic, 78
Spinning Machinery taken to Belgium, 119
Spirits, 176
Stags, driving, 26
Stair, Earl of, 236
Stand Hall, 112
Standish, William, 3
Stanley, Edward, centenarian, 26;
Sir Edward, 27;
Henry, 27;
Bishop, James, 86;
Sir John, 86;
Dame Margaret, 87;
Sir Rowland, trial of, 4, 5, 7, 9
Stephenson, Jane, centenarian, 30
Stoat, 76
Stockport, 28, 61, 65
Storey, Elizabeth, centenarian, 27
Streaming, 73
Stretford, 94
Stukeley, Dr., marriage, 68
Sunday, not the Sabbath, 42
Sutton, John, 85
Swarberick, James, centenarian, 29
Swedenborgians, 159
Syddal, Thomas, 235, 239, 242
Symms, a printer, 39
Taafe, an informer, 10, 11, 13
Tailor who cheated the devil, 213
Tarbuck, 27
Taylor family (Whitworth doctors), 115
Taylor, J. E., 176, 180
Tea, 176
Tennyson, Alfred, 210
Theatre-going, 114
Thinking Club, 168
Thoms, W. J., 23, 37, 197
Three tasks, 203
Threlfall, Mr., 7