Fare, enormous, 65
Farnaby, 140
Farrar, Dean, 7
Fatally Burnt in Christmas Costumes, 291
"Father Christmas," 284
Favourites of James I., 155
Feast in the hall, 148
Feats of arms, 59, 67, 72, 73, 81, 99, 188
Fenwick, Sir John, 153, 222
Ferrers, George, 115, 116
"Ferrex and Porrex," 136
_Festa Natalazie_, 336
Festival in Scotland, the, 191
Festivities in the seventeenth century, 199
Fêtes, 309
Finland, 288
Fire, the all-attracting, at Christmas, 201, 217, 253, 259
Fire at King's Palace, 96
Fire in middle of halls, 30, 201
First English Tragedy, 125
First Footing in Scotland, 285
"First Nowell," the, 346, 350
Fitzstephen, 45
Fitz Urse, Reginald, 53
Fitzwilliam, Lord Admiral, 109
Fitzwilliam, Sir William, 122
Five Articles of James I., 191
"Five Bells of Magdalen Church," 182
Fleet, the, 112
Fleetwood, 213
Flemings, 52
Fletcher, 152
Flodden Field, 98
Flohr, Madame Appoline, 332
_Florentine, Old,_ 249
Flowers, 306, 307
Foiz, Erle of, 75
"Fool's Dance," the, 116
Fool, or Jester, 77, 113, 116, 284
Forbes, Mr. Archibald, 299
Forest of Dean, 43
Foresters, Lady, 75
Foresters and huntsmen in play, 100, 102
Forfeits, 246-7
Forte, Mr., 303
Fosse, the, 267
Foster, Birket, illustrations by, 2, 32, 44, 57, 111, 202, 234, 240,
250, 257, 271
"Foula Reel," the, 286
France, 63, 72, 108, 288, 316-321
Francis II., Emperor, 35
Franco-German War, 35
"Franklin's Tale," the, 33
Fraser, Sir Simon, 71
Free-lunches at hotels, 311
Freeman, William, 25, 37, 43, 45
French Embassy, 101
Fretevel, 53
Friars, 195, 271
Friday Street Tavern, 152
Friscobald, Leonard, 100
Froissart, Sir John, 31, 69, 75
Frost, hard, of 1564, 138
Frozen regions, 296
Fuller, 94
Fur-clad revellers, 310
G
Gairdner, Mr. James, 86
Gaities, 309
Gala, 309
Galerius, 20
Gambia, 345
Gambols, 213, 221, 228, 247, 251
Games, 33, 88, 98, 102, 154, 205, 246
Garden of pleasure, 88
Garrard, Rev. G., 156
Garret, Mr. Edward, 284
Garrick, David, 219, 230, 237
Gascoigne, 140
Gascon wine, 57
Gaul, 28
Gaunt, John of, 94
Gay, John, 229
Geikie, Dr., 12
Generosity, 31, 263
Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal, 136, 141
_Gentleman's Magazine_, 243
Gentry, 55, 91. (_Also see_ items under names of "Gentry.")
Geoffrey of Monmouth, 31, 49, 136
Geological Society, 297
George I., 229
George II., 231
George II., costumes, 286
George III., 240
George IV., 258
George's Chapel, St., Windsor, 140
George, King of Bohemia, 89
George, Prince, 225
George, St., village of, 324
George, St., and the Dragon, 59, 284
Germans, 33, 35, 288, 332, 333, 334
Germany, Emperor and Empress of, 334
"Germania," 295
_Gesta Grayorum_, 142
Ghost Stories, 33, 237, 274, 276
Giants, 195
Gifford, 152, 197
Gifts, 30, 42, 69, 89, 96, 148, 170, 300, 323
Giles, 140
Giles's Christian Mission, St., 265
Giles Fields, St., London, 81
"Gillie Cullum," 305
Gipps, Mr. Richard, 218
Giraldus Cambrensis, 49
Gleemen, 31, 69 (_Also see_ "Minstrels.")
"_Gloria in Excelsis_," 317
Gloucester, 38, 45
Gloucester, Duke of, 92
Gloucestershire, Sheriff of, 65
Goblins of the "Iliad," 325
Goddesses and huntresses, 119
Godwin, House of, 38
Goffe, 212
Gold Coast, 288
Golden play at Court, 154
Goldsmith, Oliver, 241
"Good old fashion," 146
Googe, Barnaby, 121
Goose-pie, 256
"Gorboduc," 125, 136
Gorgeous apparelling, 101
Gosford Street, Coventry, 148
Gospatric, 38
Gourdon, Sir Robert, 190
"Governance Lord," 112
"Gracious time," a, 34
Graduals, 22
Grand entertainments, 99, 100-2
"Grand Christmas" ceremonies, 132
Grand Guiser, 286
Grant, 254
Granthuse, Lord of, 87
Grape gathering, 16
Grattan, 59
Gray's Inn, 111, 112, 142, 143, 144, 145, 193, 218
Gray's Inn List of Performers, 143-5
Great houses, 111
Gregory Nazianzen, Bishop, 22
Gregory the Great--His _Antiphonary_, 22;
his story about English slaves, 27;
sends Augustine to England, 28
Greek Church show, 328
Greek Empire, 324
Green, J. R., 122, 200
Greenland, 295, 296
Greenwich, 100, 108, 115, 119
Greenwich Hospital Gathering, 288
Grey de Ruthyn, Lord, 82
Grey, Lady Jane, and her husband, 117
Grey, Lord Richard, 92
Griffiths, William, 136
"Grimston, Young," 273
Groceries, 265
Grose, 227
Guildford, 60, 73
Guising, 286
Gunhild, 37
Gunning, Mr., 211
Gustavus, 342
Guy of Warwick, 195
Gybson, Richard, 100
H
"Hackin, the," 216, 235
Haddon Hall, 224, 225
_Hagmenae_, 305
"Halig monath" (Holy month), 29
Hallam, 223
Hall, chronicler, 100, 104
Hall, a gentleman's, 30, 201
Halstead, 93
Hamilton, Marquesse of, 192
"Hamlet," 34, 142
Hampton Court, 108, 139
Handel, 350
Hanover, 229
"Hansa," the, 295
"Happy Land," the, 286
Harefield, 200
Harefleur, 93
Hare soup, 295
Harleian, MS., 30, 95
Harlequin, 230
"Harlequin Sorcerer," 230
Harold I., son of Canute, 37
Harold II., son of Godwin, 39
Harpers, 31, 41, 91
Harrison, President, and Mrs., 313
Harthacnut, 37
Haselrig, 213
Haslewood, Mr. Joseph, 232, 241, 244
Hastings, battle of, 39
Hastings, Lord, 87, 88
Hatfield House, 119, 120
Hat of Estate, royal, 96
Hatton, Lady, 211
Hawaii, 307
Hawking, 32, 154
Hay, Lord, 190
Heathenish practices, 26
Hebrew and Hellenic elements, 19
Heine, Henrich, 321
Helena of York, 21
Heliogabalus, 312
Helmes, Mr. Henry, 143
Hemans, Mrs., 47
Hems, Mr. Harry, 278
Hengest, 28
Henley-on-Thames, 157
Henrietta Maria, 214
Henry, Cardinal of Winchester, 82
Henry I., 47
Henry II., 52, 56
Henry III., 62, 64
Henry IV., 79
Henry V., 80;
widow of, 94
Henry VI., 83, 85, 86, 87
Henry of Richmond, 93
Henry VII., marries Elizabeth of York, 94
Henry VIII., 98;
becomes head of Church, 107
Henry V. of Germany, 47
Henry, Prince, Son of James I., 152, 188
"Henry, Prince of Purpoole," 142
Herald Angels, the (a poem), 3
Heralds and pursuivants, 89
Herbert, Sir Philip, 153
Hereford, Duke of, 78
Herod, King, 7
Herons, 96
Herrick, Robert, 202, 279
"Hesperides," the, 203, 279
Heton, 68
Heynalte, Syr John, 70
Heywood, a player, 108
Higgs, Griffin, writer of the "Christmas Prince," 157, 350
High Festival at Court, 240
Highgate, 122
Highlands, 254
Hilary's Day, St., 73
Hilo, 306
Hinds' and maids' festivities, 213
Hippodrome, 52
Hobbyhorse, the, 197
Hobgoblins, 237
Hochstetter, Professor, 297
Hogges, village of, 52
Holbein, Hans, 109, 114
Holinshed, 100, 115, 122
Holland, Governor of, 87
Holland, Lord, 156
Hollington, near Hastings, 284
Hollis, Sir William, 220
Holst, Duke of, 153
Holt, Sir, 243
Holly, 273, 282
"Holly Bough, under the," 274
Holy evenings, 342
Holy Land, 67
Homage in the fifteenth century, 90
Hone, 66, 241, 317
Honey and wine, 55
Hood, Thomas, 274
Hoop and hide, 237
Hooton Roberts, 220
Horses gaily caparisoned, 99
Hospitality, 30, 124, 145, 146, 220, 256, 260-6, 278
Hostilities suspended for Christmas-day, 81, 84
Hot cockles, 229, 247, 252
Houghton Chapel, 220
Household Book of Henry VII., 95
Household Book of Henry VIII., 100
Housekeeping, Christmas, 232
House of Commons, 207
House of Peers, 226
Howard family, 101
Howard, Frances, Countess of Essex, 155
Howitt, Mary, 276
"Hue and Cry after Christmas," 208
Huet, Sir John, 153
Huish, 241
Humber, the, 43
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 82
Hungary, 153;
King of, 35
Hunting, 32, 54
Huntingdon, Earl of, 79;
Countess of, 82
Hunt the Slipper, 247, 313
Hussars, 10th, 301
Hussey, Sir Richard, 153
Hypocras, 55
I
Iceberg, Christmas upon an, 297
Ice-bound regions, 295
Ice sports, 45, 138, 154-5
Ideler, 13
Illuminations at Hampton Court, 120
Immanuel, 5, 6
India, 299
Indian Ocean, 308
Ingenuities and devices, 63
Inner Temple, 125, 136, 138
Innocents' Day, 38, 119, 169
Inns of Court, 111, 112, 137, 201, 218
Interludes, 103, 112
Interruptions of festivities, 85, 206
"Investigator," the, 294
Iona, the monks of, 27
Ipomydon, Romance of, 33
Ipswich, 68, 210
_Ira Seu Tumulus Fortune_, 183
Ireland, 52, 288
Irish customs, 251
Irish Princes and Chieftains, 55
Irving, Washington, 241, 258
Isabel, Queen of France, 78
Isabella, daughter of Edward III., 75
Isaiah, the Prophet, 5
Italy, 288
Italian characters, 230
Italian Masque, 100
J
"Jack Straw," a masque, 112
Jacobites, 237
Jade, a charming, 252
Jamaica, 288
James I., 138, 150, 191, 193, 196
James II., 220, 225
James III. of Scotland, 98
James IV. of Scotland, 98
James's, St., 241
"Jane the Fool," 108
Jellalabad Plain, 302
Jermyn, Sir Isaac, 153;
Sir Robert, 153
Jerome, St., 13, 21
Jerusalem, the church at, 11
Jerusalem Chamber, 207
"Jesus, the Nazarene," 52
Jhelum, 300
Jinks, high, 285
Joan of Arc, 84
Joan of Kent, 76, 149
Jocund holiday, 266
John's College, St., Oxford, 111
John III., Duke of Cleves, 109
John's Day, St., 86, 134, 153, 219, 320
John, King, 59
John of Gaunt, 74
John of Salisbury, 54
John the Baptist, 13
Joints of meats, 265
Jones, Rev. A. G., 308
Jones, Mr. Charles C., 102
Jones, Mrs. Herbert, 85, 263
Jones, Inigo, 151
Jones, Mary, 280
Jonson, Ben, 86, 141, 148, 149, 151, 152, 190, 197
Jordan, 19
Joseph, 5, 6
Jousts, 32, 120
Judas Maccabæus, 17
Judæan origin of Christmas, supposed, 17
Jugglers, 31
Jule (_see_ Yule)
"Julebukker," 342
Julius Agricola, 25
Julius I., Bishop of Rome, 12
Jupiter, 152
Justin Martyr, 7
Justiciars' extravagance, 59
K
Katherine of Arragon, 99
Katherine, wife of Henry V., 81
Kalends of January, 22
Karumpie, 55
Ken, Bishop, 11
Kenilworth Castle, 67, 68, 69, 84, 93, 197
Kent, 118
Kent, earldom of, 46
Kent, Countess of, 82;
Fair Maid of, 149
"Kepe Open Court," 69
"Kepe open thy door," 30, 146, 220
Kilaue, 307
Kimberley, 299
King and Council, 117
King at Lord Buckingham's, 192
King, Josiah, 233
King of Christmas, 112
"King of the Cockneys," 112
"King of the Peak," 224
King of Egypt and his daughter, 284
King's deer, 75
King's Lynn, 85
King's players, 151, 153
King's singing men, 89
King's train-bearer, 96
"Kingdome's Weekly Intelligencer," 208
Kinloch, 300
Kirke, George, 201
Kissing Bush, 250, 281
Kitts, St., 288
Knevet, Sir Thomas, 101
Knights and Ladies, playing at, 252
Knights of the Round Table, 30
Knights in armour, 99
Knight Templars, 60
Knipton, 266
Kyrie Eliesons, 22, 28
L
_La Blanche Nef,_ 47
Ladies-in-waiting, 263
Lady-bells ring, 267
Lady-Mass, 88
"Lady Public Weal," 112
Ladysmith, 299
Lalain, Count of, 118
Lamb, Charles, 200, 244-6
Lambeth, 38, 138
"Lamentation," 145
Lancastrians, 85, 86
Lanfranc, Archbishop, 46, 49
Lanterns, Feast of, 345
"Largess," a, 129
Latimer, Hugh, 113
Latin and Greek verse, 111
Laube, Dr., 297
Laud, Dr. (Archbishop), 191, 195
Launcelot, Sir, 32
Laurel, 273, 282
Laurel blent with cypress, 298
Lavaine, Sir, 32
Lavish entertainments, 59
Law, Christmas, ancient, 35
Lawes, Henry, 151
Leaping, 32, 229
Leech, John, 289
Lee's "Mithridates," 218
Leeds, 283, 291
Legend of St. Nicholas, 310
Leicester, Earl of, 66, 139
Leigh, Gerard, 127
Leland, 95
Lenox, Duke of, 190
Leo, Pope, 35
Leon, King of Armenia, 78
Leon von Rozmital, 89
Leonard's chime, St., 267
Lerwick, 286
Letter Missions, 292
Leyden, 157
Library, St. John's College, 156
Lichfield Cathedral, 349, 350;
Deanery of, 157, 350
Lincoln, 51, 68
Lincoln, Earl of, 64
Lincoln's Inn, 111, 112, 138
Lincolnshire, 266
Linlithgow, 68
Lion and antelope as performers, 102
Lions' heads, 119
Lisbon, 226
Lists of combat, 101
Literature, 292, 313
Llanfairpyllycrochon, 280
Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, 67
Log-fires, 32, 301
Lollards, 80
London, 36, 38, 43, 45, 51, 60, 63, 71, 78, 138
London, Bishop of, 25, 79
Longchamps, William, Bishop of Ely, 59
Longe, John, 71, 72
Longfellow, 26, 43, 44, 271
Lord Chamberlain, 87, 139
Lord Chamberlain's players, 151
Lord Mayor of London, 116
Lord Mayor and Lord of Misrule at loggerheads, 198
Lord of Misrule, 74, 95, 100, 105, 109, 112, 115, 125, 126, 198, 200,
218
Lord President of Wales, 200
Lord Treasurer, 192
Lorrainers, 319
Loseley, Surrey, 122
Lott, Mr. J. B., 350
Louis of France, 62
Lambert, 213
Louis, St., 317
"Love's Triumph," 198
Lucius Verus, 24
"Luck of Christ," the, 325
Ludlow, 92, 200
Luke, St., 6, 7
Luther, Martin, 106
"Lying Valet," 237
Lyly's Plays, 141
Lyson's "Magna Britannia," 251
M
Macaulay, Lord, 40
Machinists, ingenious, 151
Mackay, Dr. Charles, 274
Madden, Sir Frederick, 87
Madeley, Shropshire, 255, 284
Mafeking, 299
Magdalen College, Oxford, 109, 110
Magdalene College, Cambridge, 145
Magi, the, 11, 19, 28
_Magna Charta_, 60
Magnificence, 40, 87
Magnus, St., 49
Maid of Kent, Fair, 76, 149
Maid Marians, 286
Mainard, John, 117
Mallard, John, 114
Malory, Sir Thomas, 32
Malta, 307
Manger, superb substitutes for, 328
Manners, Lord and Lady John, 266
Manners, Sir John, 224
Manor, ancient, 148, 149
Mansfeld, 106
Mansions, 55
Manuel, Emperor, 52
Maori Pa, 304
March, Earl of, 82
Marcus Aurelius Antonius, 24
Margaret, daughter of Henry III., 64
Margaret of Anjou, 85, 86
Margaret, daughter of Henry VII., 97
Mark's, St., Venice, 336
Marlboro', 304
Marlborough, Duchess of, 225;
Duke of, 225
"Marmion," 36
Marriage festivities, 62, 63, 64, 81, 99, 151-2
Marseilles, 307
Marteaux (a game with balls), 88
Martial music, 84
Martigny, George, 88
Martin, 152
Martin's, St., Canterbury, 24
Martyn, John, 231
Martyrs, British, 20
Mary, the mother of Jesus, 5, 6,
Mary, St., 53
Mary, Princess (afterwards Queen), 105;
her accession, 117;
Queen, 119, 136
Maryland, 314
Mary, Queen, wife of William III., 221
Mason, 251
Masquerade, 100, 102, 236
Masques, 52, 99, 119, 120, 143, 151, 152, 153, 154, 168, 192, 195,
197, 201;
rustic masque, 272
Massacres of Christians, 20
Massinger, Philip, 112, 193
"Master Christmas," 206
Master of the Children, the, 136
Master of the Revels, 74, 112, 125, 218 (_see also_ Lord of Misrule)
Matilda, Empress, daughter of Henry I., 47, 51
Matilda, Queen of Henry I., 49
Matins, 88
Matthew, St., 6
Maud, General, 300
Maupigyrum, 55
Mauritius, 288
Mayor and Aldermen of London, 74, 96
Mayor of Canterbury mobbed, 210
McClure, Sir R., 294
Mead, 55
Meade, Mr., 192, 198
Mediterranean, 307, 321, 331
Medley of Nymphs, savages, &c., 102
Melbourne, 303
"Meliades," 189
Melrose, 98
Memphis, 59
Mendelssohn, 350
Men of Kent, 210
Mephistopheles, 342
Mercia, 34, 35
"Merciless Parliament," 78
"_Mercurius Academicus_," 207
"_Mercurius Civicus_," 208
Mermaid Inn, 152
"Merry Boys of Christmas," 215
Merry Disports, Lord of, 117 (_see also_ Master of the Revels)
"Merry in the hall," 235
Merry tales, 195
Merton College, Oxford, 237
"Messiah," 304, 350
Metrical Romance, 69
Mexborough, 219
Michell, Sir Francis, 194
Middle Temple, 156, 192
Middleton Tower, Norfolk, 84
Midnight Mass, 316, 323
Midwinter Customs in the north, 284
Mildmay, Sir Henry, 192
Milford Haven, 93
Millbrook, Southampton, 265
Miller, Thomas, 248
Mills, 148
Milner, Dr., 31
Milton, 13, 200, 253
Mimics, 69
"Mince-pie," 273
Minerva, the Goddess, 102
Minstrels, 31, 41, 42, 43, 44, 58, 69, 315
Miracles at Becket's Sepulchre, 54
Miracle Plays, 52, 77
"_Misa del Gallo_," 340
"_Misa di Lux_," 340
Miscomia, 297
Misrule (_see_ "Lord of Misrule")
Missionary's Christmas, 308
Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, 286
Mistletoe, 28, 228, 250, 273, 282, 307, 318, 319
M'Kee, Mr. and Mrs., 313
Modern Christmases at home, 240
Modern Christmases abroad, 294
"Modern Intelligencer," The, 208
Mohnpielen, 335
Monk, General, 214
Monks, merry, 37, 56
Monson, Sir William, 192
Monstrelet, 81
Monte Carlo, 331
Montegele, Lord, 154
Montgomery, 154, 190
Morat, 55
Moray, Earl of, 71
More, Mr., of Loseley, 122
Morley, Lady, 91
Morley, Professor Henry, 69, 125, 136, 193, 229
Morrice Dance, 102
Mortimer, Anne, 86
Morville, Hugh de, 53
Mosaics, 16, 331
Mother of the maids, 139
Motley throng, 286
Mowbrays, 148
Moyle, Thomas, 112
Muddle, General, 297
Mumming, 52, 80, 121, 234, 236, 267
Murray, Sir Andrew, 71
Muschamp, Sir Thomas, 153
Music, 195
Musicians, 129
Musk veal, 294
Mysteries, 77
N
"_Naogeorgus_," 121
Naples, 336
Napoleon Bonaparte, 321
Naseby, 209
Nativity, place of the, 7;
Church and Convent of the, 7;
feast of the, 15;
massacres at the, 20;
sermons on the, 193-5
Navarre, 63
Navidad discovered, 96
Negroes' merry Christmas, 314
Negro minstrels, 286
Neighbours and Tenants, 146, 220
Nelson, New Zealand, 304
Nero, 15, 20
Netherlands, 288
Neville's Cross, 74
Neville, Sir Richard, 82
Nevil, Lord, 86, 101
Newark-on-Trent, 62
New Brunswick, 288
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 68
New England Puritans, 314
New Forest, 47
Newmarket, 194, 218
New style, 237
Newton, Sir Isaac, 14, 204
New Year's Day, 93, 95, 96, 100, 130, 135, 169, 170, 189, 199, 203,
260, 263, 271, 284, 286, 291, 323, 342
New Zealand, 304
Nicholas's Day, St., 119
Nichols, 120, 124, 126, 153, 155, 191, 192, 193-5
Nicomedia, 20
Nigellus, 53
Novgorod, 319
Nip, 342
"Nippin Grund," the, 286
Noblemen, 99, 124
(see others named)
_Noche-buena_, 340
Nocturnal Office, 317
Noël or Nowell, 9, 33, 319, 321, 346, 350
Nonconformists, 207
Norfolk, 143, 146, 218
"Norman Baron," the, 43-4
Norman celebrations, 40, 41
Norman Conquest helped, 37
Norman-French customs, 38
Normandy, dukedom of, 47
Normandy, 42, 318, 320
Northampton, Marquis of, 139
Northamptonshire, 284
North, Mr. Thomas, 232
Northern nations, 15
North Pole, 295
North Sea fishermen, 286
North West Passage, 294
Northumberland, 43, 255
Northumberland, Earl of, 37, 86;
earldom of, 43;
Duke of, 117
Northumberland Household Book, 103
Northumbrians, 27, 38
Norton, Thomas, 125
Norway, 288, 342
Nottingham, 68, 189
Nova Scotia, 288
Nuns, 267, 271, 321
O
Oberon, 342
Odo, Bishop, 46
Offa, "the mighty," 34, 350
Officers of "Grand Christmas," list of, 126;
of Christmas Prince, 165-6-7;
officers, Royal, of Arms, 139
Oglethorpe, Bishop, 123
Olaf, King, 26
"Old Christmas," 145, 230, 273, 276
"Old and Young Courtiers," 217
Oldisworth, Michael, 201
"Open Court" of Cardinal Wolsey, 104
"Open House," 113, 220
Opera, the, 228
Order of the Garter instituted, 72
Ordinances of the Puritans, 207
Orkney Isles, 287
Orleans, 84
Orpheus, 19, 29, 152
Osborne House, 261-3
Othbert, 49
Ovation to Henry V., 81
Overbury, Sir Thomas, 155
Ovid, 230
Oxford, 38, 51, 68, 109, 140, 210
P
Paganism, 19, 20, 22, 28
Pageantry, 31, 63, 122
Paget, Lord, 120
Palatine, marriage of, 151
"Palemon and Arcite," 140
Palestine, 54
"Pallas, Knights of," 102
Palmer, Mr., Lord of Misrule, 198
Pansch, Dr., 295
Panting Piper, 305
Pantomime, 229, 230
Papal Legate, 64
Pappa Westra, 287
Paris, 35, 291, 316, 317, 318
Paris, Matthew, 54, 63
Paris Tournament, 78
Parker, Lieutenant and Mrs., 313
"Parlement," 45
Parliamentarians, 206
Parliament, new Houses of, 46
Parliament, the first English, 65
Parson makes merry with parishioners, 113
Parties, 309
"Paston Letters," 86, 91
Pastoral, "Calisto," 218
Patriarch of Venice, 336
Patrick, St., 284
_Paulinus_, Missionary, 30
Paul, Mr. Howard, 309
Paul's Cathedral, St., 140
Paul's Church, St., 119
Paul's Cross, St., 92
Paul St., Earl of, 79
Paul's School, St., 77
Paupers, merry, 288
Pavy, Salathiel, 142
Peacocks, 96, 97
Pegasus, 198
Pembroke, the Regent, 62
Pembroke, Countess of, 241
"Penelope's Wooer," 187
Penshurst, Kent, 148-9
Pepys, Samuel, 145, 218
Perche, Countess of, 47
Peres, William, 103
Performers, various, 41, 77
"Periander," a tragedy, 185
Periodicals, 292, 313
Period of Christmas, 12, 35, 111, 135, 227
Perrers, Alice, 74, 75
Perth, 274
Perry, 55
Peshawur, 300
Petavius, 13
Peter of Blois, 56
Peter, St., 283
Peter the Great, of Russia, 223
Peter's, St., Rome, 330
_Pétit Souper_, 322
Petworth, 225
Philip of Spain, 118
Philip and Mary, 119
Philippa, Queen, 72
"Philomathes," 176
"Philomela," a tragedy, 169
Philosopher's game, 195
Phoenicia, 55
Picnics, 304
Picts and Scots, 26, 31
"Picturesque Europe," 224
_Pièce de résistance_, 294
Piers Gaveston, 68
Pigment, 55
Pilgrims, 59
Pires Barnard, 68
Pipers, 31, 89
_Place de la Madeline_, 319
_Place de la République_, 319
Plague, the, 139
Plantagenets, 68
Plato's Dialogue, 17
Plays, Christmas, 76-7, 84, 91, 95, 102, 112, 125, 136-7, 142, 284,
320-1
Playing Cards, 90
Plum-pudding, 245, 263, 265, 273, 317, 319
Pocahontas, 314
_Poculum charitatis_, 237
Poetic pictures of Christmas, 33, 34, 43-4, 69, 203, 204-5, 217,
221-2, 227, 250, 258, 274, 276-8, 288, 298, 350
Poictiers, 74
Pointer, 237
Poleaxes for Pensioners, 156
Pole, Cardinal, 118, 119
"Pompey," 36
Pontefract, 87, 92
"Poor Robin's Almanack," 217, 222, 223, 230
Pope, poet, 46, 230
"Popish Customs," so called, 109
Popple, John, 257
Popular festivities, 242
Portugal, 226, 288
Post and Pair, 247, 250
Post-office and postmen, 292
Poverty at Court, 86
Prayer Books of Edward VI., 117
Presbytery, 109
Presents, 15, 42, 69, 88, 312, 323, 326, 335
Presentation in the Temple, 348
_Presepio_ (manger), 328
Preston, Sir Richard, 190
Priestess, Druid, 228
Priests bearing relics, 90
Priestly practices, 121, 317, 328
Primate's cruelty, 200
Primitive celebrations, 19
"Prince Charlie," 237
Prince of Wales, 85, 225, 263
Prince of Wales's Strait, 294
Princes of Germany, 35, 109
Princes play in masques, 152, 197
Privy Council, 117
Prolongation of Revels, 201
Promethus, 152
Protectorate, the, 213
Protestantism of Queen Elizabeth, 122
Provençal Plays, 320-1
Provence, 320, 321;
Eleanor of, 62-4
Provision for the poor, 257-8, 260-6
Prowess, 67, 72, 73, 84, 99, 190
Prussian Royal Family, 334
Prynne, William, 199
Psyche, 19
Ptarmigan pasties, 295
_Punch_, 282, 342
Puppet shows, 227, 321, 328
Purification, the, 73
Puritan Directory, 207
Puritanism, 109
Purposes, 195
Puss-in-the-Corner, 236
Pynson, printer, 104
Q
Quadrangle, Royal, 88
"Quartette" cards, 272
Queen's College, Oxford, 109
Queen's Gentlewomen, 88
Questions and Commands, 195, 236
Quintin, 45, 59
R
Races, 218
Railways, the, 292
Raleigh, Sir Walter, 152
Rampini, Sheriff, 286
Ratcliffe, 93
Rathbertus, a priest, 49
Reade, Mr., 346
"Read's Weekly Journal," 232
"Recollections of old Christmas," 272
Recreations, 195, 315
Redcoats, 294
Redmile, 266
Roedwald, 29
Reformation, 106, 109
Regatta, the Christmas, 304
"_Regis Orator et Calamo_," 114
Regulations for a grand Christmas, 112
Reindeer-sleigh of St. Nick, 311
Rejoicings on French battle ground, 72
Relics, sacred, 90, 331
Religious matters, 117
Rennes cloth, 88
Reresby, Sir John, 219
Restoration, the, 215
Reunions, 313
Revels resembling _Saturnalia_, 18
Revels, called a Maskelyn, 100
Revels, Master of the, 112 (_see also_ "Lord of Misrule")
Revels, 132, 153, 180, 181, 192, 193, 218, 315
Revolution, 220
_Rex Fabarum_, 109
Rhedon, 93
Rheims Cathedral, 94
Rhosllanerchrugog, 264
Rhosymedre, Denbighshire, 264
Rhys, brother of Gruffydd, 38
Richard I. ("_Coeur de Lion_"), 58
Richard II., 76
Richard, Duke of Gloucester, 92
Richard III., 93, 101
Richard, Duke of York, 86, 87
Richard the Good, of Normandy, 38
Rich, Christopher, 229
Rich, John, 229
Richmond, 96, 98, 99, 102, 108, 119
Richmond, Duke of, 105
"Richemond Manor," open house at, 104
Riding School, Windsor, 260
Riddles, 252
Rigden, Mr., 219
Ripon, 242
Rivers, Lady, 88;
Earl, 92
Rivet, Andrew, 157
"Roast Beef of Old England," 301
Robert of Comines, 43
Robes, costly, 75
Robin Hood, 66
Robin Hood and his foresters depicted, 100, 286
Rochester, 118
Rochester, Bishop of, 139
Roe, Sergeant, 112
Roger de Coverley, Sir, 227
Roger Mortimer, 68
Roland, Captain of Charlemagne, 41
Roman Church, 62
Roman Catholic reaction, 118
Roman Empire, 35
Roman invasion of Britain, 23
Romantic days, 31
Rome, early Church at, 11
Rome, 328
Romish priestly practices, 121
Rooke, Sir George, 226
Rope-dancing, 229
Roses united in marriage, 94
Rotterham, 220
Rouen, 81, 317
"Round about our Coal Fire," 201, 233
Round Table, 30, 67, 73
Royalists, 206, 215
Royal Bounties, 258, 260
Royal festivities, 54, 94, 99, 141, 261 (_see also_ other festivities
recorded under the names of different Sovereigns)
Rowbotham, 28
Rowe, 142
Rowse, Sir John, 153
Royston, 153
Roxburgh Collection (British Museum), 145
Ruabon, 264
Rufus's revelries, 47
Rump, the, 213, 217
Running, 32
Runnymede, 60
Russell, Lord John, 297
Russia, 284, 288, 342
Rutland, Duke of, 224, 266;
Janetta, Duchess of, 225;
Lord, 80, 87
S
Sabine Island, 295
Sackville, Thomas, 125
Sailors' gathering, 288
Salisbury, Earl of, 87, 154, 156
Salom Moss, 101
Sanctuary at Westminster, 92
Sandal Castle, 87
Sandhurst, Berkshire, 276
Sandringham, 85, 263
Sandwich Island, 294
Sandwich Islands, 305
Sandys, William, F.S.A., 15, 104, 137, 201, 206
San Maria Maggiore Church, 331
Saracens, 59
Santa Claus, 290, 310
"Saturday Review," 207
_Saturnalia_, 13, 15, 19, 29, 168, 191, 320
Saxon chiefs, 43
Saxon sports, 44
Scales, Lord and Lady, 84, 85
Scaliger, 13
"Scalloway Lasses," 286
Scandinavianism, 285
Scenic magnificence, 152
Schomberg, Duke of, 226
Scottish annals, 48, 68, 71, 82, 98, 154, 191, 207, 242, 254, 284-8
Scotch first-footing, 285
Scott, Dr., 313
Scott, Sir Walter, 36, 98, 250
Scripture history plays, 77
Sea celebrations, 95, 218, 307
Sears, E. H., 350
Sectaries, 207
Segraves, 148
Selden, 152
Seleucus Nicator, 13
Senegal, 345
Senlac, battle of, 39
"Seven Champions of Christendom," 283
"Seven Dayes of the Weeke," the, 174
Sermons, Christmas, 193
Servants' feasts, 202, 212-3, 263
Servians, 345
Settlers, English, 314
Seville Cathedral, 338
Seymour, Jane, 108
Shaftesbury, 37
Shakespeare, 34, 80, 81, 141, 142, 151, 152, 153, 263
Shaw, Dr., 92
Shene, 75, 96
Shepherds, 7, 317
Sherwood Forest, 66
Shetland, 285
"Shewes," triumphant, 190
Shipwreck on Christmas-day, 287
Shopping in sleighs, 312
Shovelboard, 195
Shrewsbury, Earl of, 139
Shrine of St. Peter, 330
Shropshire, 24, 118, 255, 284
Shrove Tuesday, 183
Sicily, King of, 59
Sidney, Sir Philip, 148
Sieur de Nigry, 118
Silurians, King of, 24
Simeon, 348
Sinclair, Rev. John, 287
Singing, 140, 195, 294, 326, 350
Sirloin of roast beef, 231
Siward, Sir Richard, 64
Skating, 45 (see "Ice Sports")
Skeleton at bed foot, 276
Skinner's Wells, 76
Skylarking, 294
Slade, Monty, 302
Sladen Douglas, B. W., 303
Slavs, 345
Sleighing, 302, 310
Smith, Captain John, 314
Smith, Dr. Walter, 285
Smith, Sir Thomas, 139
Smithfield, London, 79
Smyth, John, court fool, 116
Smyth, Matthew, 143
"Snap" cards, 272
Snapdragon, 247
Social festivities, 252
Society Islands, 288
Somerset, Duke of, 87, 115, 225
Somerset, Earl of, 155
Somerset, Sir Thomas, 190
Somersetshire, 31
Somers, Will, king's jester, 113
"Sonsy haggis" 255
"_Sonya_," 344
Southampton, Earl of, 190
Southern merrymaking, 314
Southey, 257
Souvenirs, 312
Spain, 75, 108, 120, 190, 212, 225, 288, 338
Spanish cavaliers, 286
Spectacular entertainments, 52, 99
"Spectator," the, 227
Speech from the throne, 87
Spenser, 149
Spithead, 225
Sports, 33, 54, 154, 169, 198, 203, 247, 252
Stacy, Louis, 88
Staffordshire, 284, 349, 350
Stained glass, modern, 348
Stainer, 350
Stanley, Dean, 17
Stanton, Mr. W. M., 304
Stapleton, Lady, 91
Star of Bethlehem, 319
Star Chamber, 156
State meetings, 29, 38, 45, 54;
State worship, 96-7
Steele, 227
Stephen, King, 51
Stephen's Day, St., 120, 126, 130, 133, 168, 219, 350
Steward's Department, Lord, 260
Steward, Sir John, 82
"Still Christmas" of Henry VIII., 104
Stoke Abbat, 157
Stony Stratford, 92
Stories of Christmastide, 48, 49, 237, 274, 275, 276, 287
Stowe, 66, 74, 102, 112, 116
Strafford papers, 156
Strange, Lady, 139
Stratford-upon-Avon, 218
Strutt, 44, 76, 103, 119, 218
Strype, 119
Sturgeon, 96
Stuteville, Sir Martin, 192, 198
Subtleties, 83, 97
Sufed Koh, 302
Suffolk, 146
Suffolk, Earl of, 84, 189
Sullivan, 350
Sumptuous feasts of Normans, 54
Superstitions, 33, 34, 285
Sussex, Earl of, 139
Sussex, Sheriff of, 65
Swans, 96
Sweden, 288
Sweetmeats, 322
Swegen, King, 36
Swein, King of Denmark, 43
Swithin, St., Winchester, 56
Sword-dance, 229, 255
Sword actors, 282-4
Sword of King Arthur, 58
Swynford Catherine, 94
"Synod of Westminster," 208
Synod of Whitby, 27
Syria, 55
T
Tacitus, 24, 33
Taillefer, Norman minstrel, 41
Talbot, Sir John, 84
Tallard, Marshal, 226
Tales, weird, 274-5
Tallis, 140
Tambourine, 340
Tancred, King, 58
"Tatler," the, 228
Taverner, Edmund, 201
Taylor, John, 206
_Te Deum_, 317
Telesphorus, St., Bishop of Rome, 13
Tempest, great, 74
Templars' sports, 198
Temple-horn winded, 198
Temple of Minerva, 184
Temples, the, 111
Tenants' and labourers' feast, 231
Tennyson, 31, 270
Teonge, Rev. Henry, 218
Tetzel, 89
Teuton forefathers, our, 26
Teuton kinsmen, 34
Tewkesbury, 94
Thackeray, Mr., 229
Thames, 108, 127
Thanet, Isle of, 28
Theatrical exhibitions, 141, 229, 230
Thelluson, Hon. Mr. and Miss, 273
Theobald, Archbishop, 53
Theobalds, 154, 193, 194
Theodosius the younger, 22
Thewlis, St., 284
Thomas, St., 54
Thomas, St. (a place), 288
Thomas's Day, St., 130, 164, 265
Thomas, Thomas, 280
Thomas, the Misses, 262
Thor, 15, 26, 29
Thorold, Sir Wilfrid de, 267
Thunder (_see_ Thor), 29
Thurstan, Archbishop, 48
Thrybergh, 219
Tilting, 155 (_see also_ Tournament)
"Time's Alteration," 217
"Time's Complaint," 170
"Time's Telescope," 251
Tobacco, 259, 278
Toffee, 281
Tommy Atkins, 299
Torchlight procession, 286
Torksey Hall, 266
Tostig, Earl, 38
Tournaments, 32, 52, 67, 73, 78, 99, 101, 155, 189, 190
Tower of London, 79, 92, 117, 123, 223, 226
Towton, 87
Toys, 265
Tragedy of "Gowry," the, 153
Traill, Mr., 287
Transatlantic Saxons, 309
Transvaal, 288
Travelling, ancient, 31
"Treason! treason!" cried James I., 193
Tricks by animals, 229
Trinity College, Cambridge, 110
Trinity Term, 131
Triphook, Robert, 155
Tripoli, 55
Triumphs of the tournament, 101
Trumpeters, 89
Trumpets, 220, 261
Trunks, small, 195
"Truth," in pageantry, 122
Tucker, Thomas, the elected Prince, 156
Tudela, Benjamin of, 52
Tudor, Edmund, Jasper, Owen, 94
Tumbling, 119, 228
Turkeys, 246, 340
"Turkish Knight," 284
"Turkish Magistrates," 119
Turnham Green, 284
Tusser, Thomas, 124, 140, 146
Twelfthtide, 15, 35, 95, 97, 100, 102, 125, 135, 153, 154, 188, 190,
193, 198, 201, 241, 320, 342
Twelve days of Christmas, 35, 111, 125, 227
Tyrrel, Sir Walter, 47
Tytler, General, 300
U
Udall, Nicholas, 119
Ukraine, 345
Ule (_see_ Yule)
Uniformity, Act of, 117
United States, 288, 309-316
_Uphelya_, 286
"Ups and Downs of Christmas," the, 209
"_Ursa Minor_," 273
Usher, 13
Ushers, Gentlemen, 139
Uvedale, Lord of Wickham Manor, 71
V
Valorous deeds, 59
Vane, 213
Variety of players, 63
Vaughan, Master, 88
Vawce, Sergeant, 117
"Venetian Senators," 119
Venice, 190, 336
Vere, Earl of Oxford, 75
Vere, Lady Susan, 153
Vernon, Dorothy, 224
Versailles, 35
Vespers, 331
Viands, 55
Victoria, Queen, 258, 260-3
Victoria's grandchildren, Queen, 262
Vienna, 336
Vigil of Christmas, 49, 317
Vigilate, a, 178
"Vindication of Father Christmas," the, 212
Vineyard of pleasure, 88
Vintage, the, 16
Violins, 220
Virgil's _Eclogues_, 17
Virginian Colonists, 314
Virgin Mary, image of the, 317
Visors depicted in verse, 104
Vivian, Sir Francis, 156;
Mr. Vivian, 156
Volcano, 305
W
Waits, 44, 240
Wakefield, battle of, 86
Wales, 38, 188, 200, 280, 288
Wales, Prince and Princess of, 85, 225, 263
Wallingford, 51, 68
Wanjani, 304
Ward, Rev. John, 218
Warning shots, 127
Warren, Earl of, 64
Warrior-King (Edward III.), 74
Warriors rewarded, 42
Wars of Barons, 65
Wars of Roses, 85
Wars of Roses ended, 93
War suspended for Christmas, 81, 84
Warton, author, 110
Warwick, Earl of, 87, 93, 139, 192
Warwick muses, 198
Warwickshire, 146, 284
Wash, the, 62
Wassail, 15, 58, 97, 181
"Wassail Bowl," 15, 273
Wassailing the apple-trees, 278-9
Washburn, Ex-Minister E. B., 318
Washington negroes, 314
Wattewille, Monsieur Robert, 68
"Weekly Account," the, 208
"_Weihnacten_," 335
"_Weihnactt's Bescheerung_," 335
"Welcome to Christmas," 276
Welcome to all comers, 30, 148, 220, 256
Wellington, 304
Welsh border, 38, 43
Welsh Christmas, 280-2
Western Church, the, 12
West Kington, 113
Westminster, 46, 62, 64, 74, 87, 89, 123
Westminster Abbey, 38, 51, 123, 140, 193
Westminster Hall, 46, 60, 64, 68, 78, 93, 118, 123, 226
Weston, Dr., 118
West Riding of Yorkshire, 282-4
West Newton, 263
Whalley, Colonel, 212
Wheatley, Mr. W. M., 265
Whippingham, 262
White, Sir Thomas, 118
Whitehall, 118, 154
Whitelock, 207
"White Rose of York," 85
Whittier, J. G., 37
Wild Boar, 32, 33, 45, 110
William, Prince of Orange, 220
William and Mary, 221
William IV., 258
William the Almoner, 64
William the Conqueror, 39
William, King of Prussia, 35
William Rufus, 46
William, son of Henry I., 47
William of Malmesbury, 49
William of Ypres, 52
Williams, 99
Willoughby, Lord, 82
Winchester, 31, 34, 37, 47, 65;
monks of, 56
Winchester, Bishop of, 195
Winchester Palace, 62, 65
Winchester School, 71
Windsor, 31, 47, 48, 54, 62, 75, 80, 87, 225, 261
Wine and honey, 55
Winer, 13
Winters, hard, 67, 138, 154-5
Winter solstice, 15, 29, 295
Winwood, Mr., 153
Wise Men (Magi), 11, 19, 28
Wise Men (the King's), 29, 38, 45
Witches, 195, 237
"Wit-combats," 153
Witenagemot, 29
Wither, George, 190, 204
Wizard of Christmas, 310
Woden, 25, 29
Wolf, 45
Wolferton, 263
Wolley, Sir Francis, 154
Wolsey, Cardinal, 104, 106, 112
Women masks, 119
Wood, Mr., 109, 140, 157
Woodstock, 226
Woodville, Elizabeth, 89
Woodville family, 92
Woolsthorpe, 204, 266
Worcester, 52, 60, 67;
Earl of, 82, 189
Workhouse, Christmas at, 288
Worksop, 87
Worship in State, 96-7
Wortley, near Leeds, 291
Wotton, 200
Wrestling, 32
Wright, Thomas, F.S.A., 90
Wyatt, Sir Thomas, 118
Wykeham, William of, 71
Wynh, Lady Williams, 264
Wynn, Sir W. W., Bart., 264
Wynnstay Park, 264
_Wyrcester, William_, 87, 89
X
Xtemas, 9
Y
Yeoman, 124
Yew, 282
York, 31, 36, 43, 64, 68, 86
York, Archbishop of, 65, 240
York, Bishop of, 25
York, Duchess of, 82
York, Duke of, the young, 92
York, wars of, 85
Yorkshire, 251, 282-4
Yule, Jule, or Ule, 9, 15, 195, 285
Yule-log, 1, 268, 302, 319, 345
"Yuletide," 177, 227, 267, 285
Z
_Zambombas_, 339
Zanzibar, 288
Zukkur Kehls, 300