Convocation 78, 81
Cooe, Henry 323
cookbooks see recipe books
Cooke, Anne see Bacon
Cooke, Sir Anthony (1505/6–76) 68, 105
Cooke, Elizabeth see Russell
Cooke, Katherine see Killigrew
Cooke, Mildred see Cecil
cooks, cookshops 53, 115, 187, 225, 247, 254–5, 262
coopers 53
Cope, Anthony (1548x50–1614) 91
Cope, Mr 321
Copernicus, Nicolaus (1473–1543) 4, 120–2
Coppinger, Edmund (c.1555–91) 1–3, 35
cordwain see leather
cordwainers 53, 183, 240
corn 19, 214, 232, 235, 236, 240, 241, 243 (barley 19, 22, 233, 259; malt 231, 242, 260, 262, 263; maslin 259; oatmeal 231; oats 22, 212, 233, 243, 259; rye 19, 22, 233, 243, 259; tares, 233; vetches 19; wheat 19, 22, 233, 243, 247, 259); see also acorns
Cornellys, Mary 62
Cornish language 134–6
Cornwall, Cornishmen 23, 36, 39, 56, 109, 111, 115, 130, 134, 136, 140, 144, 145, 214, 234, 263, 324, 332, 351–2
coroner 313, 331
corruption 97–8, 131
Cortes, Martin (1510–82) 210
costermongers 54
cotton 158, 159; see also woollens
Cotton, Robert Bruce (1571–1631) 130–1
counterfeit cranks 299
court hand 137
courtesy men 299
courts 136, 284, 293, 296, 299, 301, 313 (assize 84, 295, 301, 302, 304, 306, 312; Bridewell Hospital 307; church 109, 314–19, 323; gaol delivery 302, 313; hundred 301, 302, 308, 311; manorial 60, 141, 302, 308, 311, 312; petty sessions 301; quarter sessions 301, 312, 328)
courts, royal see Chancery; Common Pleas; Exchequer; Queen’s Bench; Star Chamber
Coventry 16, 52, 193
Cranbrook 48
Cranleigh 235
Crécy, Battle of 327
credit and debt 45, 150, 163, 207, 306–7
Crete 261
cricket 332
crime 59 (arson 302, 304; assault 95, 127, 213, 219, 243, 296, 297, 300, 311, 323; brawling 310; brawling in court 309; buggery 302, 304; deception 298; engrossment 147, 241; forestalling 147; forgery 299, 307, 309; hedgebreaking 308, 310; heresy 5, 82, 83, 92, 96, 127, 306; hoarding 241–2; housebreaking 95, 304; infanticide 302; manslaughter 302, 304, 331, 354; murder 59, 76, 95, 96, 128, 153, 213, 292, 300, 302, 304, 312; mutiny 213; poaching 242, 311, 312, 328; poisoning 96, 306, 309; rape 95, 302, 304, 318; regrating 147; rioting 300; slander 309, 316; sodomy 302, 304; theft 57, 59, 95, 96, 146, 213, 219, 292, 297–302, 304, 305, 307, 311, 313, 355, 357); see also games; highwaymen; piracy; treason; witchcraft
crime, moral 109, 127, 315–19 (adultery 63, 64, 118, 119, 124, 125, 315, 317–19; blasphemy 213, 315–17; defamation 316–17; drunkenness 317; incest 311, 314; non-attendance at church 79, 85, 127, 315–6; sexual offences 75, 127, 314, 315; swearing 213, 316, 317; trading on Sunday 316); see also illegitimacy
crocodiles 114
Crompton 59
Cropredy 171, 234, 235
cross-staff 210
cucking stool see ducking stool
Cumberland 59, 145, 146, 242
Cumberland, earl of see Clifford
Cunningham, William (c.1531–86) 118
curriers 53
curtains 221, 226, 230–2, 236, 237
cushions 221, 224, 226, 227, 235, 237, 238, 268
custard tart see dairy
cutlers 53
cutlery see forks; knives; spoons
cyprus 158, 168
dairy products 257 (butter 145, 212, 242, 246, 248–50, 253–9, 286; cheese 145, 212, 231, 236, 240, 243, 253, 255, 257, 258, 276; cheese tart 250; cream 150, 231, 285; custard tart 249, 251, 254; milk 145, 234, 247, 254, 260, 263, 275)
damask rose 189
damask see silk
dances and dancing 97, 105, 106, 119, 335, 337, 341–4 (almain 342; basse dance 342; coranto 343; galliard 343; la volta 343; morris 110, 342; pavane 342; schools for 343; Scottish 342)
Danes see Denmark
Daniel, Samuel (1562/3–1619) 103, 346, 349
Danseker, Zymen (c.1579–c.1611) 215
Danyel, John (1564?–c. 1626) 341
Dartford 200
Dartmoor 9, 239
Dartmouth 9, 279
date, reckoning the 142–3
Davies, Richard (c.1505–81), bishop of St David’s 135
Davies, Sir John (1569–1626) 270
Davis, John (c. 1550–1605) 113, 211
Davy, Margaret (d.1542) 96
Dawson, John (d.1625) 282
Dawson, Richard (d.1625) 282
Dawson, Thomas 285
Day, John (1521/2–84) 339
dead-pay 98
death penalty 48, 84, 85, 96, 242 (beheading 85, 97, 100, 214, 216, 305–6, 321; burning alive 43, 73, 83, 92, 127, 153, 306; hanging 26, 35, 60, 61, 73, 83–5, 94–6, 100, 127, 128, 149–50, 153, 202, 213, 242, 243, 292, 293, 300, 302–4, 313, 331, 354; hanging, with drawing and quartering 2–3, 96, 295, 304–5, 309)
debts see credit
Dee, Dr John (1527–1609) 112, 121, 124, 125, 129, 193, 361
deer see livestock
Defence, Company of Masters of the Science of 329
Dekker, Thomas (c.1572–1632) 160, 354
dells 297
demanders for glimmer 299
Denmark, Danes 23, 113, 115, 120, 143, 160, 243
dentistry see teeth; toothdrawer
dentrifices 276–7
Deptford 76, 206, 207
Deputy Lieutenants 49, 292
Derby, earl of see Stanley
Devereux, Robert (1565–1601), earl of Essex 4, 115, 161, 182, 192, 305, 322
Devil, the 75, 119, 120, 127, 128, 176, 190
devils 80, 119, 170
Devon 9, 20, 22, 23, 59, 111, 130, 134, 144, 146, 196, 208, 226, 230, 231, 279, 368, 378
Devon, countess of see Fortibus, Isabella de
diaries 63, 94, 115
dice 47, 225, 237, 325, 326 (false 326)
Dier, Thomas (d.1597) 198
Digby, Everard (d.1605) 274
Digges, Thomas (c.1546–95) 121
Dinghen van der Plasse, Mrs 167
dinner 142, 246–9, 255, 261; see also mealtimes
dissection 290, 303
Dissolution of the Monasteries 72, 78, 367
ditchers 271 divinity see theology
dogs 24, 119, 174, 177, 213, 270, 327, 328, 334–6
dolls 160
Doncaster 201
Donne, John (1572–1631), 350, 366
Dorset, earl of see Sackville
Douai 82, 84, 85
Doughty, Thomas (d.1578) 214, 216
Dover 83, 110, 200, 201, 204
Dowland, John (1563?–1626) 339–41
Dowriche, Anne, née Edgcumbe (d.c.1613) 70
dowries 64
doxies 297–300
Doyle, Mrs Katherine (d.1585) 230
dragon water 281
dragons 114
Drake, Sir Francis (1540–96) 3, 4, 94, 111–13, 118, 120, 122, 175, 208, 212–17, 239, 320, 325, 361, 362
drapers 18, 53
Drayton, Michael (1563–1631) 103, 290, 350, 354
dreams, interpretation of 125, 126
drinkings 247
Dublin 135; see also Trinity College
ducking stool 310
Dudley, Jane see Grey
Dudley, John (1504–53), duke of Northumberland 223, 346
Dudley, Robert (1532/3–88), earl of Leicester 43, 44, 90, 91, 185, 222, 228, 253, 308, 309, 335, 347
dummerers 299
Durham 16, 21, 82, 146
dwarf 321
Dyer, Sir Edward (1543–07) 346, 349
dyes, dyers 53, 159, 168, 173, 182, 183, 267
Dynes, William (d. 1601) 55
earrings 175–6, 186
earthenware 243, 260, 263, 286
Eastland Com
pany 113
Eddystone, the 214
Eden, Richard (c.1520–76) 112, 118, 210
Edinburgh 108, 201
education 94, 101, 104–8, 123; see also literacy
education of women 67–9, 102, 105, 106, 285
education, higher 107–8
Edward I (1239–1307), king of England 34
Edward III (1312–77), king of England 6, 40
Edward VI (1537–53), king of England 13, 46, 76, 79, 94, 130, 135, 148, 161, 271, 305
Effingham 183
eggs 145, 242, 243, 246, 249, 254–7, 285
Egyptian mummy see mummia
Egyptians see gypsies
Elbing 113
Eleanor of Castile (1241–90), queen of England 34
electricitas 122
elephants 114
Elizabeth (1533–1603), queen of England 1, 3–5, 8, 29, 39–47, 70–1, 79–80, 90–1, 99, 119, 127, 131, 136, 198, 325, 346, 363 (accession 26, 31, 76–79, 322; accused of atheism 75; ancestry 42, 78, 222; attitudes to 6, 42–3; cleanliness of 273–4, 276; coronation 77, 125, 160, 191, 322; death of 87, 127, 201; dining habits 253; excommunicated 82; fashion 157, 160–2, 165, 169–70, 174; hunting 328; music 337, 340; patronage 43–4, 347, 353; personality 6, 41–3, 48, 91, 93, 360–1; plots against her life 2–5, 40, 43, 46, 83–6, 293–5, 304–5; poetry and plays 345, 347, 353; progresses 32, 44, 110, 192, 226, 253, 261, 262; rumours about 43, 308, 309; smallpox attack 283; succession 39–41, 367); see also incomes
Eltham Palace 222
Ely 16, 107
Ely, bishops of 27, 50
Elye, Richard 331
Elyot, Sir Thomas (c.1490–1546) 245, 265, 330, 331
embroidery see needlework
enclosure 21, 22, 59
England, Church of see Church
England, isolation of 110
English Channel 23, 207
English East India Company 113
English language 41, 102, 104, 114, 132–4, 137
Epicures 162
Epping 311
Erasmus, Desiderius (c.1467–1536) 107
Erdeswicke, Sampson (c. 1538–1603) 130 Erondell, Peter 162, 359
Essex 24, 43, 60, 83, 90, 117, 146, 152, 196, 203, 208, 222, 231, 268, 300, 308, 313–16, 323, 338
Essex, earl of see Devereux
Eston 196
Ethiopia, Ethiopians 114, 118
Eton College 107, 311
Euripides (c.480–406 BC) 68
Eusebius (263–339) 68
Evans, Rice 318
ewers 227, 272
Exchequer, Court of the 301
excommunication 74, 315
Exe, River 23, 197, 205
Exeter 9, 15, 16, 51–4, 128, 146, 151, 197, 201, 205, 209, 239, 269, 279, 384 (bishops of 50; diocese of 62, 109)
Exeter Ship Canal 205
faggots see firewood
fairs 146, 298, 330
falcons, falconry 29, 47, 106, 115, 270, 318, 328
Falkland Islands 113, 211
famine see food shortages
fans 174
Farmer, John (fl. 1591–1601) 339
Farnaby, Giles (d.1640) 339, 341
Farnham 220, 221
farriers 56
fashion 156, 160 (Barbarian 161; Danish 160; Dutch 160, 161, 170, 184; Flemish 161; French 117, 160, 161, 165, 166, 179, 184, 223; German 160, 161, 179, 257; Italian 160, 161, 184, 250, 340; Moorish 161, 342; Polish 161; Spanish 117, 160, 161, 163, 165, 166, 168, 183, 184, 223; Turkish 161; Venetian 161, 170, 179, 237)
fasting see fish days
Faversham 59, 110
feasting 97, 226, 247, 252, 254, 255
featherbeds 219, 226, 231–3, 235, 236, 238
feathers 182, 219, 342
felt see woollens
feltmakers 53
fencing 105, 329, 335
ferries 203–4
fertility 37
Ficino, Marsilio (1433–99) 344
fines 61, 79, 84, 147, 196, 213, 242, 244–5, 268, 294, 310–12, 325, 336
Fineux, Mr 75
firebacks 237
firedogs 221, 238
firewood 21, 56, 146, 220, 271, 273, 308
fireworks 322
first fruits 45
fish 33, 113, 115, 145, 146, 241, 242, 245, 265, 312 (anchovies 253; bad 308; bass 249; bream 250, 328; brill 250; carp 250, 253, 328; cod 23, 249, 256, 259; conger eel 23, 249, 250, 256; crab 250; crayfish 250, 253; cuttlefish 139, 276; eels 239, 249, 256; flounders 250; gurnard 256; halibut 250; herring (baked) 246; herring (pickled) 249, 256; herring (smoked); 249, 253, 256; herring 23, 212; lampreys 249, 250; ling 249; mackerel 23, 249; mullet 249, 256; oysters 146, 240, 253, 256; perch 249, 253; pike 249, 250, 253, 256, 328; pike sauce 249, 250; plaice 23, 249; porpoise 248, 250; roach 249, 256, 328; salmon 249–51; seal 248; shad 249; shrimps 250; sole 250; sprats 246; stockfish 212, 246, 256; sturgeon 248, 250, 253; tench 249, 253, 256, 328; thornback ray, 249; trout 249; turbot 241, 250, 253, 256; whiting 249)
fish days 244–5, 248, 249, 259, 306, 309, 310
fishing, fishermen 23, 109, 325, 328–9
fishing-net-makers 56
fishmongers 187
Fitch, Ralph (1550?–1611) 113
Fitton, Mary (1578–1641) 106
Fitzalan, Henry (1512–80), earl of Arundel 222, 339
Fitzgerald, Katherine (d.1604), countess of Desmond 38, 366
Flanders, Flemish 14, 30, 115, 120, 167, 257, 262, 271; see also fashion
fleas 213, 269, 270, 280
Fleet River 27, 307
Fletcher, John (1579–1625) 119, 350
Fletchers 53
flock beds 238
Flodden 327
Florida 323
flowerpots 238
food shortages 5, 9, 59, 60–4, 95, 236, 241–3, 258–9, 262, 270, 359
food, importation of 241–3
food, storage of 242–3
football 30, 325, 330–2
foreigners, attitudes to 95, 115–20, 137
forks 248–9
Forman, Simon (1552–1611) 62, 63, 125, 267, 281, 284
Fortibus, Isabella de (1237–93), countess of Devon 205
Fotheringay 305
fountains 228–9, 272, 277
Foxe, John (1516/17–87) 81, 83, 344
France, French 5, 6, 21, 23, 28, 40, 42, 82, 108, 109, 112, 114–7, 143, 149, 160, 161, 207, 223, 247, 261, 262, 294, 295, 335; see also fashion; Huguenots; Hurault
Francis (1555–84), duke of Anjou and Alençon 42, 345, 346
frankincense 287
frater 298
Frederick I (1557–1608), duke of Württemberg 66, 99, 116
freedom of speech see censorship
French language 41, 68, 105, 116, 136–7
freshwater mariners 298
Frittenden 48
fritters 251
Frobisher, Sir Martin (1535?–94) 94, 113
fruit and vegetables 56, 123, 146, 234, 237, 245, 246, 249, 254, 258 (apples 13, 22, 212, 244, 250, 255, 256, 259; artichokes 257; beans 233, 259; blackberries 259; cabbages 257–9; carrots 249, 257, 259; cauliflowers 257; cherries 13, 22, 146, 150, 243, 255, 259; coleworts 249, 259; cucumber 250, 257; currants 246, 256; damsons 243; dates 244, 256; figs 244, 250; fruit tarts 255; gooseberries 243, 255, 257; grapes 212, 257, 261; juniper 228, 243, 268; lamb’s lettuce 257; leeks 249; lemons 146, 150, 244, 256; lentils 259; lettuce 146, 249, 286; melons 257; mushrooms 258; onions 146, 249, 251, 257, 281; oranges 114, 146, 244, 251, 255, 256; parsnips 257, 259; pears 13, 212, 244, 250, 259; peas 212, 233, 254, 259; plums 146, 212, 243; pomegranates 114; potato 254; prunes 212, 256; pumpkins 257, 259; quinces 243; radishes 146, 259; raisins 250; rampions 249; salad 249, 253; spinach 254; strawberries 255, 286; tomatoes 245; turnips 257, 259; watercress 250)
frumenty 247
Fulford, Great 226
fuller’s earth 189
funerals 67, 76, 80, 101, 247, 279, 281
Funival’s Inn see London
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p; furniture 21, 230, 307 (beds 218–21, 226, 230–5, 238, 307; benches 220, 221, 224, 230, 232, 235; boulting hutch 232; buffets 225; chairs 172, 219–21, 224, 230, 232, 237; chests of drawers 227; chests, coffers 171, 189, 212, 219, 220, 227, 230, 232, 235, 270; cupboards 221, 225, 227, 231, 232, 235; royal 321; settles 237; stools 219, 220, 230, 232; tables 172, 219, 220, 224, 225, 227, 230, 232, 235, 237; testers 220, 226; writing desk 231); see also bedding; carpets; curtains; mirrors; featherbeds; flock beds; table linen
furriers 53
furs 157, 158, 170, 181, 182, 187, 189
Furse, Robert 231, 232
fustian 158, 164, 171, 184, 188
Fyshe, Walter (d.1585) 161
Gad’s Hill 202
Gaelic 136–6
Gainsh, Robert 118
galantine sauce 250–2
Gale, Thomas (c.1507–67) 290
Galen (Galenus), Aelius (129–99?) 264, 266, 270
Gallilei, Galileo (1564–1642) 120, 122
gallows see death penalty
gamekeepers 242
games see bowls; card games; chess; dice; football; ninepins; quoits; shovegroat; tables; tennis
games, unlawful 301, 311, 325, 331, 332
gaol delivery see courts
gardens, gardening 6, 13, 17, 20, 25, 56, 103, 224, 228–9, 233–4, 238, 257, 258, 321, 323, 360
Gardner, Avis (d.1580) 171
garlic see herbs
Garter, Knights of the 157
Gascoigne, George (1534/5–77) 167, 350
gavelkind 22
Gawsworth Hall 230
gelatine 139
Geneva 68, 71
gentlemen, gentry 24, 45, 48–9, 52, 53, 55, 95, 98, 99, 106, 110, 114, 116, 120, 129, 136, 140, 142, 153, 155, 176, 178, 187, 198, 199, 203, 223, 226, 230, 246, 247, 260, 296, 325, 330–2, 368
geometry 108
Gerard, John (1564–1637) 123, 245
Gerard, John (c.1545–1612) 88–9
Germany, Germans 67, 112, 114, 115, 120, 193, 229, 261, 295, 346; see also fashion; Hentzner; Prussia
ghosts 126
giant 321
Gibraltar, Straits of 215
Gifford, Gilbert (1560–90) 85
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey (1537–83) 112, 344
Gilbert, William (1544?–1603) 122–3
Gillingham 113
gingerbread 251
Glasgow. University of 108
glass, glaziers 14, 15, 19, 23, 32, 53, 99–100, 220, 221, 224, 228, 229, 231–8, 240, 259
glassware, glass-makers, glass-sellers 33, 34, 235, 243, 253, 259, 260; see also bottles
Gleek 325
Gloucester 16
Gloucestershire 23
glovers 12, 13, 15, 18, 53, 174, 362
gloves 170, 174
Glyn, Henry 311
Godalming 55
gold cups 260
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