citizens give welcome to, 153;
confiscates franchises, 152;
plots of Warwick against, 143, 145;
a prisoner in Coventry, 144;
war between, and Warwick, 150-1

Edward V. as Prince of Wales, appeal to, by Saunders, 184;
arbitrates in Bristowe's case, 197;
born, 149;
corporation entreats mediation of, 155;
member of guilds, 154;
oath of allegiance taken to, ibid.;
reception of, 153-4

Edward the Confessor, charter of, 16-17

Election of officials, 75

Elephant, city arms, 214

Eliot, George, 3, 4, 7

Elizabeth, Queen, visits Coventry, 14, 164;
sees Hox Tuesday play, 308-9

—— Queen of Bohemia, 165

—— Woodville, 149, 154

—— of York, 160, 296

Empson, Richard, see Recorders

Enclosures, award of 1860, 170-1;
commons break into, 160;
petition to parliament concerning, 131;
list of, presented by Saunders, 188, 197;
of Prior's Waste, 176-7;
see also Common Lands

Ethelnoth, 18

Exeter, 146;
Vespasion at, 14


F

Fair, grant of, 54;
of Coventry, 251-2, 288 (note);
of Stourbridge and Winchester, 252

Fee-ferm, 74, 162;
in arrears, 138;
paid by Trinity guild to prior, 91

Fineux, Chief-Justice, 210

Fire, protection against, 245

Fishmongers, 247, 249

Fleet prison, 210

Folk-lore, 3-4

Ford, William, founds almshouse, 263

Forestalling, 247, 248, 249

Fortification of Coventry, 114-5

Forty-eight, Council of, 92-4;
see also Mayor's Council

Foss Way, 24

Fotheringay, 141

Fresco, at Charter-house, 100;
in Trinity Church, 306-7

Friars, Grey, 55;
church of, 4, 296;
habit of, 238;
Isabella protects the, 97;
supposed actors in pageants, 4, 296-8;
see also Bredon, Ludus Coventriæ

Frieze of Coventry, 212

Fullbrook, castle of, 110, 111

Fullers, craft of, 201, 232;
guild of, 219;
adopt special mark, 218;
two appointed searchers, 214


G

Gaming, 279-80

Gaol, 240

Gates, closed at nine o'clock, 237

Girdlers, 221-3;
chapel of, 274 (note)

Gloucester, city of, 133

—— Duke of, Humphrey, 113;
loan demanded by, 109;
present made to, 110-11

Glover, Robert, martyr, 163

Godiva, buried at Coventry, 17;
family of, 23;
founds and endows Priory, 16;
estate of, 37 and note;
employs goldsmiths, 17-18;
procession, 19-20;
legend of ride of, 18-23;
and horse-toll, 18;
and "black lady," 22;
and "Peeping Tom," 22-3

Gosford Green, 171;
proposed duel at, 11, 102;
executions at, 144;
hermitage at, 238

—— Street, and pageants, 12

Grace, John, disturbance caused by preaching of, 107

Grauntpee, William, suit of, with prior, 63

Greville, Sir Fulk, 278

Grey, Walter de, 34, 35

Guild of S. Anne, founded by journeymen, suppressed, 83, 229

—— of S. Catherine, united with Trinity, 82

—— of Corpus Christi, 80, 83;
chapel of, 83;
feasts of, 283-4;
master of, and mayoralty, 77;
and Corpus Christi procession, 287;
and S. Nicholas church, 163 and note;
Prince Edward, member of, 154

—— of S. George, founded by journeymen, suppressed, 83, 229

—— of S. John the Baptist, founded and builds Bablake church, 82;
united with Trinity guild, ibid.

—— merchant of S. Mary, founded, 80;
and S. Mary's Hall, 81-2;
masters of and the mayoralty, 80 and note;
reasons for foundation of, 80 (note);
priests of, 83;
union with Trinity guild, 82

Guild merchant of Priory tenants, 59, 60

—— of the Nativity of fullers and tailors, 83, 219-20;
pageant of, 299

—— of Holy Trinity, 80, 83;
and Bablake church, 82;
and the Drapery, ibid.;
and Corpus Christi injured by formation of other guilds, 83;
master of, 77, 85, 87;
encloses commons to pay ferm to prior, 78, 91;
feasts of, 283;
and procession, 287;
pays schoolmaster, 266;
union of, with other guilds, 82 and note

Guilds, rise of, 79-80;
suppression of fresh, 83;
suppression of, and chantries, 162-3

Guy of Warwick, 12, 24 (note)

Guy's Cliff, 131


H

Haddon, John, loans of, 216

Hales, John, 162

Hanseatic League, 258

Harcourt, Sir Richard, brawls in Coventry, 281-2

"Harrowing of Hell," see Pageants

Hawking, 280

Hearsall Common, 8, 171

Hell-mouth, 305

Henry II., 40, 49

—— III., 57

—— IV., 104;
see also Bolingbroke

—— V., loan to, 104;
as Prince of Wales and Justice Gascoigne, 105;
and Mayor Hornby, 106;
visits Coventry, 107, 288

—— VI., 114;
visits Coventry, 116-21, 125, 126, 127;
grants charter, 121;
letter of, 131-2;
men of Coventry turn against, 132;
see also Church, Margaret of Anjou

—— VII., 159-60, 198;
at Coventry, 156, 157, 288, 296;
appeals for loan, 158-9

—— VIII., at Coventry, 307

Herbergeors, 255

Herbert, Lord, 144

Hereford, Nicholas, 100

Heresy, court of, 158

Hermits, in Coventry, 238

Herod, King, see Pageants

Heywood, John, see Pageants

Hinckley, 254

Holy cake, 87

Hopkins' family, 165

Hostry, monastic, 25-6

Hospital of S. John the Baptist, 26-7

Hox-Tuesday play, 3-4, 308-9

Huet, William, appeals to King-maker, 137

Huguenot silk weavers, 167

Hull, 252 (note), 265 (note)

"Hundred Merry Tales," 288


I

Iklynton collar left in pledge, 104

Immorality, punishment of, 243

Indenture tripartite, 71-2

Inns, 255-6;
blind, 279

Iron, workers in, abuses of, 221-3

Isabella, Queen, Earl's-half manor of, 43, 67;
feud between and the prior, 67-70, 71-2;
protects the Grey Friars, 97;
and Bablake church, 82;
grants charter of liberties, 74


J

James I., 166

James II., 165,167

Jews in Coventry, 55

John, King, 31;
forces his candidate on the chapter, 33-5

Jordan Well, 13

Joseph, character in pageants, 302

Journeymen, cappers and cap-making, 231;
working hours of, ibid.;
workers in iron, 223;
dyers, 231;
guilds of, 80, 83, 228-31;
see also Guilds;
suppers of, 284;
tailors, 83, 229;
weavers, 229-30;
and pageants, 292 (note), 294

Justices of Peace, 76


K

Kenilworth, Abbot of, 179;
castle of, 96, 123;
prisoners kept in, 161;
royal visits to, 127, 129, 308


L

Lady Tower, 8

Lammas day, 160, 181

Lammas lands, 170, 171;
see also Common Lands, Enclosures

Landor, Walter Savage, 18

Laneham's letter, 308-9

Leet Book, 76

Leet, court of, or view of Frankpledge, 51 (note), 77;
jury of, 77, 90;
orders of, 87;
petitions to, 90, 221-3

Leicester, 116, 133, 150;
bailiff of, 38;
men of, rebel against Henry II., 41

Leofric, buried at Coventry, 17;
founds and endows the Priory, 16;
husband of Godiva, 23;
see also Godiva

Leprosy, 41

Lichfield, title of bishopric of, 167;
canons of, and Coventry monks, 32-5;
play performed at, 289

Lincoln, customs of, 47;
burgesses of, 48

Livery and maintenance, Henry VI. warns Coventry men against, 121

Loans to royal persons, 104, 109, 110, 146, 159

Lollard martyrs, 158

Lollardry, 3, 98-100, 108, 158

London, 42;
inn-signs in, 234 (note);
streets in, 250 (note);
precautions against fire in, 245 (note);
S. John's Eve, in, 284-5;
schools in, 263 (note), 265 (note);
sympathy of men of, with Coventry men, 64 (note);
body of Twenty-four in, 90;
Tower of, 38

Ludlow, castle of, 184, 188, 189, 196;
misericord in church at, 249

Ludus Coventriæ, see Pageants

Lullaby, 310

Lutterworth, 98

Lynn, 148;
burgesses and guilds of, 162


M

Mace, 128

Maintenance, 127

Mareshall, Robert le, informer, 63-4

Margaret of Anjou, Coventry men turn against, 132;
Coventry called "secret harbour" of, 112;
reception of, 125-6;
visits Coventry, 127-8;
sees pageants, 129, 288;
is reconciled to Warwick, 147;
lands after Battle of Barnet, 151

Marisco, Richard de, 34

Market, held in Prior's-half, 58, 62-3, 71;
regulations concerning, 249-51;
toll-free, except for horses, 18

Marlborough, 49 (note)

Marmion, of Tamworth, 39-40

"Marprelate, Martin," 253 and note

Marshal of the royal household, 101

Mary, Queen of Scots, 164

Martyrs, 5, 158, 163

Masons, fellowship of, 231

Matilda, Queen of Henry I., called Godiva, 23

Maxstoke, 113, 158

Mayor, arbiter in cases of craft disputes, 219;
cap of, 89;
supports malcontents, 161;
duties of, 88;
fee of, 89;
attends mass, 86;
overlooks craft rules, 218

Mayor's Council, of Forty-Eight, 90, 92-4;
tyranny of, 94;
Saunders expelled from, 204;
of Twenty-Four, 90

Mayors of Coventry:
Bette, John, deprived of civic sword, 152;
Cook, Laurence, 177;
Deister, John, and the sword, 101, 207;
Dove, John, 207;
Green, Robert, 199, 205;
Onley, Sir Robert, and Henry VII., 156, 157;
Saunders, William, 142, 174;
opens Bristowe's fields, 175, 177;
Stoke, Richard, 6;
Strong, John, 94;
Wyldegrys, John, 131, 132

Melton, 47

Mempric, founder of Oxford, 15

Mercers, craft of, apprentices to, 216 (note);
chapel of, 275 (note);
company of, survives, 232;
influence of, 75, 216

Merchant Adventurers, 314

Merchants, attend council of Edward I., 61;
families of, 256-9;
manage municipal affairs, 74 and note, 216

Merevale, Abbot of, 179

Military duties of citizens, 311-3

Minstrels, 309

Miracle plays, see Pageants

"Moll of Coventry," 3

Monks, of Coventry, receive charters, 16-17, 38;
dispute with bishops, 30-2;
with canons, 32-5;
with Coventry men, 58, 59, 60, 62-3, 67-72, 190-4;
with Friar Bredon, 276-8;
with Isabella, 67-72;
as landlords, 36

Montalt or Mohaut, Roger de, 58-9, 95 (note)

Montfort, Simon de, 96

"Mother of Death," 305;
see also Pageants


N

Neville, Sir Humphrey, 145

Newgate, and Charles I., 6;
wall, begun it, ibid.

"Nine Conquerors," 125

Northampton, 130, 131;
battle of, 132;
Earl of, 166

Norwich, 75 (note);
court-leet of, 50 (note)