Gainsburgh, William of, 153

Gairdner, James, 249

Gale, Miss, 68;

Gamul, story of, 206

Gardner, Martha, centenarian, 37-38

Garnett, Richard, 70;

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;

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;

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;

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;

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;

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;

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;

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;

Legh of Adlington, 86

Leghorn, 47

Leicester, Elizabeth, 90;

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;

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;

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