INDEX. Abbey of Glastonbury, 40; note 67 Ale and beer, 10, 21; note 5 Archers, 31; notes 51 and 78 Arms, high reputation of the English in, 23 Army, Scotch, 15, 16; note 20 Arrest, power of, 33; note 52 Ayala, Don Peter de, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18; notes 15 and 16 Bede, the historian, 8, 13 Benefices enjoyed by the crown, when Berwick upon Tweed, 17, 18, 45, 50; Bristol, 31, 41 Cæsar, Julius, 8, 9 Calais, 8, 45, 50; notes 86, 87 Carlino, Bolognese, 51; note 90 Causes, civil and criminal, trials of, 32, Charles the Eighth, king of France, 52 Church of England, great riches of, 29, Circumference of Britain, 8 City feasts, 44; note 74 Clarence, duchy of, 49 Clergy, the, great power of, 34, 35, 41; Climate, 8, 9, 14; note 2 Collector, apostolic, 54; note 95 Customs, 49, 50; note 83 Danegeld, 48; note 82 Dee, the river, 13 Dover, 8, 31 Dress, 22; note 31 Drinking cup, 21; note 30 Kites, and other rapacious birds, protected by law, 11; note 10 Ease, English love of, 23; note 37 Eboracum. See York Edward the Confessor, 30; note 47 Edward the First, 19; note 28 Edward the Fourth, 52 England, description of, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 20 20, 21, 22. 23, 24; notes 32 and 33 Fees, knight's. See Military services Flanders, count of, 45 Game, abundance of, 10, 15; note 8 Half groats, coined at Canterbury and Henry the Seventh, king, 14, 17, 19, 37, Horns, unable to bear cold, 10; unicorns', Hospitality of the Scotch, 15; note 19 Innocent the Third, pope, 54 James the Third, king of Scotland, 17 James the Fourth, king of Scotland, 14 Lancaster, duke of, 37, 48 Language, of the Scotch, 18; of the Welsh, 19; of the English, 22 Lay clerks, 35, 36; note 55 Lord mayor and aldermen, 43; note 73 Magdalen college, 22; note 34 Malcolm (Canmore) king of Scotland, 16 Menanian islands, 7, 18, 45; note 76 Military services, 38, 48; note 58 and 66 Moruini, diocese of, 45; note 77 Nights, shortness of, in Scotland, 12; note 13 Nobility, great establishments of the, 39; Noble, the coin, 14; note 16 Offa's dyke, 13; note 14 Office of our Lady, 23; note 35 Offices in the gift of the crown, 53; note 93 Orcades islands, 7, 18 |