INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Most subjects are grouped under inclusive headings. The main groups are: Areas of local administration; Buildings and architectural features; Clergy and religious; Crime and punishment; Household goods and clothing; Land; Law and law courts; Liberties of tenants; Livestock; Measures; Names; Officials and servants; Religious houses and institutions; Rents and services; Rights of lordship; Serjeanties; Tenures; Trades and occupations; Writs.

All see under references are to the Index of Persons and Places.

Accidents
-, broken bones, 139, 188, 339, 341, 663, 666, 777–8, 781–2, 786, 791, 898, 996, 998, 1000
-, cart upset, 343
-, falling buildings, 782
-, falls from horse, 139, 188, 777, 782, 786, 791, 898, 996, 998, 1003
-, falls from ladder, 341
-, falls in ditch, fen, 350, 663, 778, 1000
-, houses burnt down, 158, 339, 665, 783, 898
-, kicked by horse, 139
-, locked in church, 999

Apprenticeship, indentures of, 188

Areas of local administration
-, baronies see under Barnstaple; Baynard’s Castle; Bedford; Bolam; Bulbeck; Combe, Castle; Dudley; Earl Patrick; Golpatrik; Greystoke; Hepple; Lewes; Marlay; Mitford; Monchensy; Muschamp; Odell; Odensil; Prudhoe; Sandford; Stafford; Swanscombe; Tattershall; Vescy; Wark; Whalton
-, commotes see under Hirfryn; Newport in Cemais; Perfedd; Wentlloog
-, duchies see under Cornwall, Lancaster
-, honours and fees see under Acre, Castle; Arcy; Arsic; Aumale; ‘Bayons’; Berkhamsted; Bolingbroke; Boulogne; Bourne; Bradninch; Chester; Christchurch; Clare; Clifford; Colwyn; Dover; Eagle; Eye; Gaunt; Gloucester; Goodrich; Greetham; Haughley; Hay; Helion; Huntingdon; Lacy; Lancaster; Leicester; Lincoln; Lisle; Mandeville; Monmouth; Montfichet; Montgomery; Okehampton; Peak, High; Peverel; Pickering; Pinkney; Plympton; Polsloe; Pontefract; ‘Portico’; Rayleigh; Redlevet; Richmond; St. Valery; Shrewton; Tickhill; Tutbury; Wallingford; Winkleigh; Wilton
-, hundreds and half hundreds see under Abdick; Aldbury; Alton; Andover; Archenfield; Ashridge; Bampton; Basingstoke; Bempstone; Brightford; Broadwindsor; Budleigh, West; Bullingdon; Bulstone; Coleridge; Cottesloe; Earsham; Easewrithe; Flitt; Freebridge; Grimshoe; Halberton; Kingsbury; Lifton; Llandovery; Milverton; North Gate; Norton Ferris; Petherton, North and South; Ringwood; Samford; Shamwell; Shirwell; Shrewton; Shrivenham; Somerton; Staple; Steyning; Stoke; Sutton, King’s; Wantage; Warden, Chipping; Wayland; Whittington; Woolton; Wrangdike
-, liberties and stewardships see under Bury St. Edmunds; Colchester; Hereford
-, lordships see under Abergavenny; Axholme; Beaudesert; Bittesby; ‘Blytonfee’; Bosham; Burton Coggles; Cameley; Cardiff; Cargo; Chepstow; Clifford; Coity; Colwyn; Corfe Castle; Dorston; Dunton; Ewyas Harold; Glyndourdy; Goodrich Castle; Gower; Grosmont; Hebburn; Henley in Arden; ‘Kentilleth’; Kilvey; Llandovery; Lyonshall; Newport in Cemais; Norton; Pembroke; Reading; Red Castle; Richmond; ‘Sawarth’; Sheffield; Stoughton; Swansea; Tytherley, East; Whittington; Wigmore; Wolverley
-, manors, passim
-, manors, extents of see Abinger; Audley; Barming, West; Barnoldby le Beck; Bentham, Little; Berkswell; Bobbing; Carlton Scroop; Chekeswell; Chesterton; Cottingham; Deeping, Market; Denne, Drax; Eastwell; Edlington; Enfield Grove, Wrothesplace in; Fleet, Kent; Henley in Arden; Hintlesham; Ingleby, South; Horton; Lighthorne; Marske; Marston, Lincs; Netherhall; Newham; Rasen, West; Redbourne; Rotherfield Greys; Ryarsh; Senclers; Shere; Shorne, Skelton; Stanton Fitzwarren; Thirsk; Tunstall; Wantage; Ware; Whalton in Newham; Whitstable, Winterslow, East; Wooburn; Yoxall
-, sokes see under Caistor; Drax; Horncastle; Kirton in Lindsey; Oswaldbeck; Waltham; Winchester
-, tithings, 179, 479
-, wards see under London

Assize of bread and ale, 387, 479

Banns, publishing of, 786

Bastards, 187, 207, 670, 1006

Boats see Ships and boats

Books, 664, 777, 786, 899
-, missals, 102, 777–8, 786, 900
-, psalters, 188

Buildings and architectural features
-, barns, 211, 387, 482, 721, 758, 787
-, bartons, 479
-, booths, 720
-, brewhouses, 152, 1006
-, bridges, 114, 637, 639, 766, 996
-, butteries, 211, 655
-, byres, 606, 789
-, cellars, 211, 479, 482, 606, 725, 968, 986
-, chambers, 211, 341, 343–4, 387, 479, 482, 488, 606, 758, 787
-, charnel houses, 116–7
-, ‘churches’, 479
-, cottages, 1, 9–10, 18, 25, 61, 91, 130–1, 137, 162, 175, 199, 212, 215–6, 218, 282, 288, 372, 376, 387, 479, 488, 496, 521–2, 553, 586, 670, 684–5, 692, 710, 721–2, 727, 734, 758, 788–9, 830–2, 839, 882, 909, 938, 986, 1010, 1013
-, dovecots, 35–7, 120, 135, 211–2, 287, 341, 387, 449–50, 481, 483, 670, 684, 753, 758, 760, 839, 843, 887, 937, 1024, 1029
-, drawing chambers, 479
-, forges, 667
-, gaols, 223, 782
-, gates, 482
-, granaries, 203, 387
-, granges, 211, 479
-, halls, 211, 341, 479, 758, 787
-, houses, inns and taverns, 91, 725, 751
-, kitchens, 211, 344, 758
-, ‘larderhouses’, 211
-, malthouses, maltkilns, 482, 667, 789
-, mansions, 293–4, 384, 405, 738, 769
-, messuages, passim
-, messuages, capital, 30, 131, 200, 387, 428, 534, 632, 673, 715, 720, 830–1, 896, 950, 1010
-, mills, 114, 137, 148, 155, 218, 225, 240, 315, 351, 387, 443, 451, 479, 481, 483, 602, 788, 862, 866, 1013, 1025, 1032, 1040
-, corn, 667, 715
-, fulling, 387, 443, 789
-, horse, 371–2, 376, 998
-, water, 71, 87, 90, 120, 131, 135, 206, 222, 356, 371, 387, 401, 409, 425, 428, 443, 450, 602, 606, 632, 637–9, 667, 689, 737, 753, 766, 846, 893, 1024, 1032
-, wind, 91, 120, 122, 135, 387, 409, 638–9, 737, 758, 893
-, moats, 314
-, ovens, common, 315, 325, 387
-, pantries, 211, 336
-, piggeries, 787
-, sheepfolds, 387
-, shops, 92, 132, 152, 246, 284, 293–4, 332, 363, 401, 405, 468, 488, 548, 557, 709, 720, 725, 945, 968
-, solars, 152, 405, 488, 725, 789, 945, 968
-, stables, 211, 349, 482, 606, 782, 789
-, thatched and tiles, 211
-, wharves, 488
-, windows, 188
-, weirs, 606

Castles see under Abergavenny; Alnwick; Alton; Anstey; Banbury; Barnstaple; Barton Seagrave; Beaudesert; Bedford; Belvoir; Benefield; Berwick upon Tweed; Bolingbroke; Bothal; Bramber; Braybrooke; Bridgwater; Builth; Bytham, Castle; Calais; Carisbrooke; Carlisle; Chepstow; Chillingham; Christchurch; Coity; Cooling; Corfe Castle; Devizes; Dorston; Dover; Dudley; Dunster; Elmley Castle; Ewyas Harold; Ewyas Lacy; Framlingham; Gloucester; Goodrich; Grosmont; Harbottle; Heighley; Hertford; Kendal; Lancaster; Launceston; Leeds; Lewes; Lincoln; Llandovery; Llanover; Longtown; Lullingstone; Lyonshall; Lynhales; Mitford; Monmouth; Montgomery; Naworth; Newcastle under Lyme; Newcastle upon Tyne; Newport in Cemais; Norham; Norwich; Nottingham; Ogle; Okehampton; Pevensey; Plympton St. Mary; Porchester; Radnor; Red Castle; Richard’s Castle; Richmond; Rochester; Rockingham; St. Briavels; St. Fagan’s; Sarum, Old; Sheffield; Shrawardine; Skelton, Yorks; Somerton; Swansea; Tamworth; Tattershall; Tickhill; Tonbridge; Torrington, Great; Totnes; Trematon; Wark; Warwick; Weoley; Whittington; Wigmore; Wilton, Bishop; Windsor; York

Churching of mothers, 158, 341, 349, 392, 665, 780–1, 1000

Clergy and religious
-, abbesses see under Bruisyard; Denny; Romsey; Shaftesbury; Stamford; Wherwell; Wilton; Winchester
-, abbots see under Abbotsbury; Abingdon; Alnwick; Athelney; Barlings; Bayham; Beaulieu; Bermondsey; Boxley; Bruern; Bury St. Edmunds; Byland; Canterbury, St. Augustine’s; Cirencester; Cleve, Old; Cockersand; Colchester, St. John’s; Combe; Combermere; Crowland; Dale Abbey; Dorchester; Evesham; Faversham; Fécamp; Forde; Glastonbury; Gloucester; Hyde; Keynsham; Langley; London, St. Mary Graces; Malmesbury; Melrose; Missenden, Great; Muchelney; Netley; Newenham; Newland; Pershore; Peterborough; Pipewell; Ramsey; Reading; Rocester; St. Albans; St. Mary in Furness; St. Giles; Sherborne; Shrewsbury; Stanley; Stratford; Tavistock; Tewkesbury; Thorney; Tilty; Titchfield; Torre; Waltham Holy Cross; Westminster; York, St. Mary’s
-, archbishops see under Canterbury, York
-, archdeacons see under Taunton
-, bishops see under Bath and Wells; Carlisle; Chester; Chichester; Coventry and Lichfield; Durham; Ely; Exeter; Hereford; Lincoln; London; Rochester; Salisbury; Winchester; Worcester
-, bishops suffragan, 341, 1002
-, chaplains, 82, 102, 106–7, 109–10, 114, 122, 207, 288, 387, 392, 401, 420, 446, 449, 519, 521, 559, 568, 570, 617, 620, 648, 664–5, 772, 778, 780–3, 786, 846, 896, 942–3, 958–9, 984, 994, 1052
-, deans see under Exeter; Hereford; Lincoln; Wells; Westminster, St. Stephens
-, friars see under Babwell, 765
-, masters see under Bristol, St. Mark’s; Pleshey; Thompson
-, nuns, 261, 575–6
-, parsons, 12, 17, 25, 97, 123–5, 141, 182, 196, 276, 313, 320, 324, 343, 351, 401, 410, 435–6, 438, 443, 445, 449–51, 455, 480, 523, 539, 543, 570, 580–4, 588, 599–601, 640, 642, 676–7, 706, 737, 777, 785, 807–8, 833, 878, 881, 960, 972, 987, 1032, 1035
-, portioners see under Ponton, William, 124–5
-, prebendaries or canons see under Allerthorp, Lawrence de, 972; Bolton, John, Bromley, Richard, 287; Cherleton, Humphrey de, 990; Haxey, Thomas, 972; Knyght, Thomas, 287; Loring, Master William, 551, 555, 559, 562, 564; Louthorp, George, 972; Mile, Robert, 287; Rede, Robert, 341, Vaggiscomb, Robert, 123–5; Waltham, Master William de, 897, 972
-, precentors, 900
-, preceptors see under Worcester, St. Wolfstan’s
-, prioresses see under Amesbury; Dartford; Heynings; Keldholme; Nuneaton; Stamford; Stixwould
-, priors see under Barnstaple; Bath; Bicknacre; Bodmin; Bradenstoke; Bradley, Maiden; Breamore; Brinkburn; Canterbury, Christchurch; Christchurch; Coventry; Daventry; Deerhurst; Dunmow; Elsing Spital; Ely; Farleigh, Monkton; Goldcliff; Guisborough; Haugham; Kenilworth; Leighs, Little; Lewes; Loders; London, religious houses; Merton; Michelham; Montacute; New Place; Newnham; Otterton; Pentney; Rochester; St. John of Jerusalem; Sempringham; Spalding; Sudbrook; Taunton; Thornholm; Tickford; Warter; Winchester; York, Holy Trinity
-, rectors, 97–8, 114, 125, 276, 341, 349, 380, 417, 501, 523–4, 574–6, 725, 750–1, 779, 893, 943, 963–4, 980, 1034–5
-, vicars, 17, 185, 187, 276, 319, 344, 373, 410, 432–3, 435, 450, 453, 476, 620, 663, 835, 893, 943, 1000, 1003–4, 1034–5
-, wardens, 116, 971

Coins, gold noble, 997

Coronations, 138, 286, 314

Council, the king’s, 54

Crime and punishment
-, abduction of widow, 904
-, abjuring the realm, 165, 470, 657
-, felonies, 165, 233, 339, 387, 470, 657, 660–1, 711
-, forfeitures, 101, 112, 138, 162, 189, 197, 212, 390, 505, 643, 722, 769, 1045–6, 1048–51
-, fraud and collusion, 154–5, 213–4, 677
-, fugitives, 387
-, gaol delivery, 233
-, hanging of a robber, 347, 782–3
-, homicide, 339, 470, 657–8, 1001
-, pardons, 162, 273, 276
-, pollution by bloodshed, 341
-, robberies, 349, 782–3
-, treason, 197, 216
-, trespass, plea of, 341
-, see also outlaws

Customs see ports

Destruction by the Scots, 1, 114, 131, 379, 395, 734, 896, 938, 973, 979, 1013

Destruction by the Welsh, 49, 316, 352, 429, 431, 594, 743, 763, 824

Disasters
-, fires, 665, 783–5
-, floods, flooding, 544, 665
-, shipwrecks, 341
-, storms, tempests and high winds, 341, 782–3

Dower, assignments of, 351, 387, 479–84, 603, 667, 787–9, 903, 1007

Exchequer, 38, 244, 262, 862
-, accounts at, 167
-, barons of, 209
-, chamberlains of, 289
-, great roll of, 47
-, marshal of, 298
-, of Carlisle, 191, 240, 510, 1013
-, treasurer and barons of, 180, 197, 680

Extents of manors see Areas of local administration, manors

Fairs see Markets and fairs

Farm implements
-, carts, 120, 343–4, 782–3, 899
-, ploughs, 120
-, ploughshares, 172, 774, 810, 895

Fealty see Tenures, homage and fealty

Ferries, 122, 387, 638–9

Fines (final concords), 111–2, 114, 187, 202, 215, 218, 225, 234, 242–4, 261, 263–4, 276, 278, 286, 288, 302, 313, 325, 386–7, 396, 402, 418–20, 425, 434, 436, 449–51, 455–6, 458, 526–7, 539, 559, 580, 611–2, 619, 695, 727, 733, 759, 819, 846, 863, 875–82, 891, 894, 960, 966, 984–5, 987, 1029–30, 1039–42, 1044, 1046, 1052–3

Fisheries and fishgarths, 16, 71, 114, 122, 387, 409, 428, 479, 481, 721, 734, 866
-, nets and engines for salmon, 387
-, nets for eels, 349

Fishponds, ponds and stanks, 120, 344, 428, 479, 483, 650

Food and drink
-, bacon, 732
-, barley, palm, 774, 893
-, bread, 342, 780, 997
-, butter, 732
-, cheese, 732, 774, 997
-, corn, 120, 344, 479
-, eels, 349
-, fish, 479
-, fruit, 409, 882
-, fruit, dried, 732
-, geese, 997
-, hay, 276
-, meats, 158
-, oats, 774
-, salmon, 387
-, salt, 774
-, wheat, 479
-, wine, 342–3, 732, 897, 997, 999
-, ‘clarry’ and ‘Malmsey’, 655
-, ‘Osey’, 780
-, red, 780, 784, 997
-, white, 784
-, see also Rents in kind

Forests, woods and trees
-, alder groves, 756, 789, 841
-, chases see under Clee, 248; Pensnett, 351; St. Leonard, 300, 302; Swaledale, 94, 96; Tattershall, 665
-, coppice woods, 758
-, forests see under Ashdown, 460; Braydon, 121; Cannock, 881; Cheviot, 973, 979; Chute, 474–5; Dean, 394; Exmoor, 47; Feckenham, 858; Galtres, 721; Haywood, 32; Inglewood, 114, 791; Kinver, 208, 351; Neroche, 47, 756; Mendip, 47; Petherton, North, 47; Prestwood, 208; Wychwood, 412
-, groves, 314
-, hays, Ashwood, 208, 351; Bentley, 881; Earnstrey, 248
-, oaks, 791
-, shrubberies, 756
-, willows, 882
-, woods passim
-, see also parks

Gardens and enclosures
-, churchyards, 116, 188, 243, 344, 720, 725, 899–900
-, closes, 114, 196, 211, 230, 330, 384, 387, 409, 428, 450, 479–80, 482, 693, 721, 789, 862, 887, 929
-, courtyards, 20, 482
-, crofts, 121, 135, 295, 343, 380, 384, 387, 482, 543, 553, 586, 638, 676, 710, 732, 760, 788, 882, 926
-, curtilages, 209, 244, 259–60, 445, 450, 479–80, 482, 496, 522, 556, 559, 839, 882, 887, 1024
-, gardens, 71, 92, 120, 211, 341, 372, 376, 384, 387, 409, 436, 449–50, 482, 539, 559, 614, 720, 724, 727, 736, 750, 758, 790, 882, 887, 972, 986
-, orchards, 387
-, rabbit warrens, 276, 314, 483, 789
-, sheepfolds, free folds, 881–2

Guilds, St. Hida, 152

Highways and roads, 443

Household goods and clothing
-, basins and ewers, 655, 1005
-, bells (nola), 655
-, belts, gilt, 347–8
-, bowls, 342
-, casks, for wine, 342
-, clocks, 725
-, cloth, for clothing, 732
-, fulled, 350
-, red, 342, 732
-, scarlet, 348
-, silk, 347, 480
-, coifs, silk, 480
-, cups, silver, 343, 999
-, footstool, 899
-, gloves, 480
-, goblets, silver, 343
-, gowns, robes, 276, 349
-, grease, lard, tallow, 732
-, hides, skins, 732
-, undressed, 997
-, of foxes, goats, hares, hinds, lambs, martins, rabbits, sheeps and squirrels, 732
-, horseshoes, 387
-, jugs, 342, 655
-, silver, 780
-, lead, 732
-, millstones, 732
-, pots, earth, brass and iron, 387
-, rings, gold, 343
-, suits, 336
-, torches, lanterns, candles, 158, 188, 336, 392, 542–3, 655, 665–6, 780, 784, 899–900, 997, 999–1000
-, vestments of green silk, 341
-, wax, 732
-, wool, 139, 732, 997

Idiots, 14, 20, 156–7, 182–3, 741, 752, 834, 888, 946–8

Images of B.V.M., 899

Islands, Axholm, 303, 319; Sheppey, 118, 363

Land
-, ancient demesne, 18, 114, 236, 858
-, arable, passim
-, assarts, intakes, purprestures, 240, 412–3, 475, 667, 804, 832
-, bruere?, 22, 296, 580
-, buttes, 387, 758
-, cultures, 387
-, ditches and spurs, 481, 483, 882
-, fallow, 65, 87, 120, 450, 525, 543–4, 1024
-, feedings, 413
-, fencing (watter), 242, 409
-, for making pots, 387
-, foreshore, 131, 387, 729
-, glebe, 120, 125, 410, 882, 927, 964
-, gorse, 756–7
-, heath, 22, 196, 882, 893
-, hedges, 481, 483
-, hilly, 71, 449, 985
-, husbandlands, 1, 342, 734, 938
-, marsh, 18, 30, 115, 206, 387, 509, 518, 638, 691, 737, 760, 774, 918, 939, 986
-, salt, 893, 1053
-, meadow, passim
-, moor, 94, 147, 483, 672, 734, 760, 1029
-, pasture, passim
-, tofts, 18, 21, 23, 34–7, 49–50, 61, 82, 90, 94, 101, 107, 109, 112–3, 120, 131, 184, 226–7, 231, 236–7, 284, 288, 321, 353, 371, 386–7, 396–7, 401, 426, 436, 450–1, 479–80, 544, 548–9, 553, 565, 586, 670, 689, 727, 758, 774, 781, 832, 835, 839, 881, 919, 925, 971, 1010, 1042, 1046–7
-, turbaries, 486, 638–9
-, waste, 65, 131, 443, 508, 544, 587, 986

Lastage, 732

Law and law courts, 1003
-, avesfold of the forest, 460
-, baron, 23, 314
-, borough, 715
-, county, 395
-, court rolls, 478
-, distraint, clause of, 46
-, frankpledge, view of, 70, 120, 261, 263, 276, 530, 587, 640, 652, 684, 727, 737, 758, 760, 846, 893, 1037, 1046–7
-, gaol delivery, 233, 782
-, honour, 135, 631, 639
-, hundred, 402, 412, 689, 715, 827
-, King’s Bench, 298
-, ‘laund’, 200
-, leets, 135, 372, 376, 638, 730
-, manor, 200, 242, 715, 774
-, pleas of account, 3
-, pleas of debt, 380, 1014
-, portmoots, 697
-, release of personal actions, 777–8, 786
-, [sheriff’s] tourn, 483, 587, 730
-, waivery, promulgation of, 1014
-, see also Parliament

Liberties of tenants
-, agistment, 387, 614, 638–9
-, free folding, foldage, 22, 479, 882
-, pannage, 121
-, ‘taury’ and ‘verry’, 882
-, turbary, 486, 638–9

Livery of seisin, 902

Livestock, animals, 482
-, affers, 160
-, boars, 892
-, bulls, 665, 936
-, calves, 782
-, capons, 156, 396–7
-, cattle, 387
-, cocks and hens, 71, 120, 122, 232, 334
-, cows, 276
-, red, 392, 780
-, dams, 349
-, does, 897
-, eels, 349
-, foxes, 1003
-, game, 287, 409
-, geese, 120, 789
-, greyhounds, 783, 1003
-, white, 245
-, hawks, falcons, sparrowhawks, 387
-, heifers, 276
-, horses, 276, 781, 783, 1003
-, bay, 344
-, black, 999
-, chestnut, 782
-, grey, 342, 782
-, palfreys, 343, 655
-, white, 780, 783, 897
-, oxen, 928, 936, 1029
-, pigs, piglets, swine, 276, 782, 892
-, sheep, 276, 606, 783, 839, 921, 937
-, ewes, 783
-, see also rents in kind

Markets and fairs, 102, 120, 158, 211, 315, 387, 428, 478–9, 667, 697, 783, 791, 846, 865, 997, 1037, 1043
-, stalls, 479, 548; for selling fish, 479

Marshalsea of the royal household, 298–9

Mass, 158, 340, 349, 663, 785, 663, 900–1, 999

Meals, 120–1, 997, 1003
-, breakfasts, 997
-, dinners, 336, 1003
-, feasts, 1001

Measures, casks, gallons and bushels, 120, 342, 387, 479, 893
-, dickers, lasts, sacks, sheafs, 732
-, of land, acres, passim
-, acres, Cornish, 933
-, bovates and carucates, passim
-, ferlings, 218, 223, 225, 268–9, 271, 295, 358, 426–7, 549, 556, 741, 789, 834, 930, 933
-, hides, 351, 403, 648, 971
-, perches, 121, 387, 789
-, plots, 135, 157, 335, 387, 479, 577
-, roods, 18, 23, 120, 122, 244, 372, 376, 380, 387, 444–5, 470, 580, 637, 789, 839, 882, 910, 926, 1028, 1038
-, selions, 21, 135, 387, 479
-, strips, 479, 882
-, swathes, 18
-, virgates, passim

Mining and quarrying, for coal, 349, 387, 428
-, for lead, iron, marl, slate, 387
-, quarries, 602
-, stannaries, 447
-, mint of, 653

Names, of fields, 209, 211, 329–30, 351, 387, 396–7, 479, 638–9, 667, 721, 760, 846, 882, 926, 929, 986
-, of persons, unusual, Alban, 728, 731–2; Diggory (Degorus), 790, 1001; Dodo, 422; Egidia, 675; Golenta, 207; Goodeth, 985; Mirabel, 7–8; Orange, 450; Salvayn, 627; Sanchia, 209, 351; Teresa, 21; Tillote, 667; Vincent, 650; Wayland, 897, 901; Wenthelen, 989; Wyncellan, 1005
-, of streets see under Exeter; Hereford; London; Newcastle upon Tyne; Shrewsbury; Winchester; York

Officials and servants
-, aldermen, 336
-, bailiffs, 70, 135, 137, 168, 314, 331, 478, 524, 602, 633, 730, 939, 997, 1002, 1013
-, burgesses, 336, 699
-, butlers, 342–3, 347, 655, 997
-, king’s, 88
-, captains, of Calais, 699
-, chamberlains, 342
-, of the exchequer, 289
-, chancellors, of the county of Lancaster, 144
-, church wardens, 725
-, clerks, passim
-, of accounts, 343
-, of debts in the Staple, 813
-, constables, 847, 349
-, coroners, 83, 781
-, escheators see under Besiles, Peter de; Bokeland, Edward; Carreu, Nicholas; Chaucer, Thomas; Clipsham, John; Copuldyk, John; Egmanton, Thomas; Hilliard, Robert; Loveney, William; Mere, Matthew de la; Redman, Richard; Rees, William; Tauk, John
-, farmers, 314, 331, 430, 481, 675, 910, 1004
-, feodaries, 185
-, foresters, 32, 162, 858, 976
-, gaolers, 972
-, judges, 989
-, keepers of fees, 675
-, lieutenants, of Calais, see under Heron, William; Picworth, Thomas; Say, John
-, marshals, of England, 298–9
-, under-marshal, of Calais, see under Bermycham, John
-, mayors see under Bremore, Nicholas; Exton, Nicholas; Walleworth, John; Whityngton, Richard
-, of Calais see under Bermycham, John
-, parkers, park keepers, 276, 428, 434, 614, 858, 891
-, recorders see under Halden, William
-, receivers see under Bispham, William; Goudeby, Hugh; Orbury, William
-, reeves, 314, 331, 996, 998
-, rent collectors, 1000
-, serjeants at law, 989
-, sheriffs see under Chalons, Robert; Doget, Walter; Husflete, Gerard; Langford, William; More, William; Orgon, John; Parles, Ralph; Pygot, Baldwin
-, stewards, 70, 91, 120–2, 291, 950
-, of duchy, 1000
-, of household, 655, 1000, 1005
-, of England, 33
-, of liberties, 782
-, tithingmen, 179
-, ushers, 336
-, treasurers, of the king’s household see under Brounflet, Thomas; Carp, John
-, of Calais see under Merlawe, Richard
-, valets of the chamber, 284
-, warden of the Marches, 791
-, warreners, 314
-, weighers, 285

Outlaws, 3, 166, 380, 658, 711, 909

Pardons, 162
-, charter of, 276
-, general in parliament, 273, 276

Parks, 91, 262–4, 276, 302, 310, 314, 326, 330–1, 351, 409, 428, 434, 458, 461, 483, 534, 598, 602, 632, 638, 656, 846, 865, 881–2, 891, 978, 1035

Parliament, 298, 768, 991, 1045, 1047
-, judgment of, 421–4, 643

Pestilence, 120

Pilgrimages, to Canterbury, 999, 1002
-, to Holy Land, Jerusalem, 782–3, 785, 999, 1002
-, to Rome, 782, 785
-, to Santiago de Compostela, 785

Pollution and reconsecration of church, 1002

Ports, London, 768–9
-, petty custom in, 903

Prisoners of war, 392, 791, 897

Proofs of age, 102, 105, 139, 141, 158, 188, 336, 339–44, 347–50, 392, 476–8, 655, 663–6, 668, 777–86, 791, 897–901, 996–1005

Raids, by the French, 1002

Religious houses and institutions
-, abbeys see under Abingdon; Alnwick; Barlings; Battle; Beeleigh; Caen; Canterbury St. Augustine’s; Cleeve; Coverham; Elstow; Gloucester; Keldholme; London religious houses; Malmesbury; Mount Grace; Netley; Polesworth; Rosedale; St. Mary Graces; St. Mary in Furness; Stamford; Stratford; Tewkesbury; Waltham Holy Cross
-, cathedrals see under Exeter; Hereford; Lincoln; London St. Paul’s; Wells
-, chantries see under Alcester; Aldbury; Aller; Beaford; Bentham, Little; Bentley, Little; Benton, Long; Cheverell, Little; Childrey; Drayton Basset; Fawkham; Haccombe; Hanslope; Heanton Punchardon; Lighthorne; ‘Overdyk’; Rousham; Shottesbrook; Thorpe, Castle
-, chapels see under Appleford; Beversbrook; Casterton; Charlton Horethorne; Church Pulverbatch; Dudley; Eaton Tregoes; Haynes; Holbeach Hurn; Lackendon; Lantyan; Lutton, West; Martock; Newton, North; ‘Polehouse’; Roxwell; Staveley; Swaynstree; Umberleigh; Wanborough; Weald Bassett, Wedgnock; Weston, South; Winchester; Windermere; Witton, West
-, colleges see under Cobham; Pleshey; Westminster, St. Stephens
-, friars see under London, religious houses
-, hospitals see under Calais; Chesterfield, St. Leonard’s; Donington, Castle; Kendal; Ludlow, St. John’s; Maldon, St. Giles’s; Portsmouth, St. Nicholas’s; St. John of Jerusalem; Skirbeck, St. John’s; Thompson; Warwick, St. Michael’s; Wooler
-, priories see under Bisham; Deeping St. James; Drax; Dudley; Dunmow; Gisburn; Haltemprice; Heynings; Holme, East; Kersey; Kerswell; Lantony; Launde; Lechlade; London, religious houses; Malpas; Montacute; Pentney; Poughley; St. Carrick; Shouldham; Stamford; Torksey; Ware

Reliquaries, 655

Rents and services
-, assize rents, passim
-, ‘averyngsilver’, 479
-, blanch farm, 547, 956
-, boon works, 71, 120, 135, 372, 376, 387, 602
-, cornage rents, 114, 191, 240, 379, 510–1, 908, 1013
-, custom silver, 983
-, for a watchman, 335, 974, 986
-, for castle guard, 2, 18, 22, 97–8, 104, 242, 250, 346, 368, 379, 396–7, 518, 538, 543, 605–6, 690, 722, 896, 940
-, ‘furse’, 120
-, haysilver, 120
-, hidage, 210, 432
-, housegavel, 122, 1013
-, ‘infangenth’, 120
-, ‘landmole’, 976, 981
-, paynelfee, 120
-, pilorie, 120
-, scutage, 197
-, sheriffs aid, 543, shirrifgild, 722
-, sherseliver, 71
-, ‘shurthes’, 121
-, ‘smytheswerk’, 479
-, stuth, 602, 758
-, ‘talent’, 116
-, tallage, 602
-, ‘toftmole’, 976, 981
-, ‘twopounde’, 976, 981
-, tumbrel, 120
-, warenna, 120
-, ‘warnrentte’, 544
-, Yeve, le, 715

Rents in kind
-, arrows, barbed, 135, 137, 387, 620
-, arrowshafts, 196, 398
-, barley, 774
-, palm, 893
-, belts, gilt, 347–8
-, boar and pigs, 892
-, capons, 157, 396–7, 926, 1036
-, catapults, 112
-, cloves of gillyflower, 396–7
-, cocks and hens, 71, 120, 122, 232, 242, 460–1, 547, 606, 656, 690–1, 753, 774, 810, 893, 918, 1053
-, corn, 120, 930, 933
-, cumin, 94, 120, 128, 135, 145, 150, 184, 276, 387, 446, 504, 732, 835, 888, 931, 936, 994
-, eels, 349
-, eggs, 120, 122, 232, 460, 606, 690, 753, 774, 810, 893, 918, 1053
-, geese, 120
-, ginger, 994
-, gloves, 247, 480, 838
-, greyhounds, 245, 401, 606
-, horseshoes, 387
-, incense, 613
-, malt, 120
-, oats, 774
-, pepper, 71, 99, 135, 215–6, 373, 377, 446, 734, 882, 918, 936
-, ploughshares, 172, 774, 810, 895
-, roses, 99, 129–30, 133, 137, 140, 402, 428, 446–7, 449, 510, 535–6, 560, 756–7, 759, 789, 846, 923
-, red, 62–3
-, salt, 387, 774, 1053
-, sheep, 893
-, slippers, 606
-, sparrowhawks, 274, 382, 431, 446, 533, 686, 727, 948, 956
-, unmewed, 66, 416, 504, 960, 1032
-, spurs, white, 201
-, gilt, 8, 88, 146, 210, 387, 458, 547, 580, 620, 753
-, wax, 230, 446

Rights of lordship, 479–81, 483, 644, 650
-, amercements, 480
-, escheats, 475, 603, 617
-, free chase and warren, 387
-, heriots, 473, 617
-, marriage, 102, 104, 154, 387, 473, 475, 564, 603, 617, 887
-, reliefs, 71, 473, 475, 564, 603, 617
-, scot and lot, 242
-, waifs and strays, 587
-, wardship, 102, 154–5, 387, 473, 475, 564, 603, 610, 617, 887
-, wreck of the sea, 125

Rivers see under Bain; Itchen; Ouse; Petteril; Tees; Test; Trent

Saltpans, saltvats and brine pits, 282, 387, 401

Serjeanties
-, being almoner at the coronation, 314
-, being chamberlain of the exchequer, 289
-, carrying a banner in the king’s army, 113, 893
-, finding an affer and a sack for the king’s army in Wales, 160
-, finding a glove etc., 247
-, finding a hobbler, 940
-, finding a leash of greyhounds when the king goes to Gascony, 606
-, finding a man to keep the king’s hay, 881
-, finding a stable, 692
-, finding napery at the coronation of the queen, 286
-, keeping the king’s hay of Ashwood in Kinver forest, 208
-, keeping pleas of the crown, 2

Ships and boats, 341, 386
-, ‘le Passager’, 900
-, masters of, 732
-, see also Disasters, shipwrecks

Sickness, ‘le colyk’, 339

Sports
-, archery, 900
-, buckler play, 1000
-, hunting, 1003

Tenures
-, burgage, 16, 18, 83, 86, 92, 116, 126, 132, 135–6, 246, 259–60, 276, 284, 293–4, 332, 363, 401, 405, 417, 446, 449, 468, 488, 496, 557, 579, 620, 647, 669, 685, 709, 712, 720, 725, 735–6, 751, 769, 839, 850, 945, 960, 968, 1013, 1042
-, courtesy or law, of England, 38, 62, 87, 101, 147–8, 169, 184, 186, 245–9, 254, 435–6, 449–50, 461, 470, 657, 662, 694, 696–7, 716–8, 745–6, 929, 939, 944–5, 962, 1023
-, customary, 3, 18, 120, 401, 942
-, dower, passim
-, fee farm, fee simple, fee tail, passim
-, free, perpetual, alms, 219, 579
-, free bench, 401
-, gavelkind, 242, 365, 461, 569, 656, 774, 893, 918, 939
-, knight service, passim
-, homage and fealty, 63, 118, 131, 231, 242, 395, 529, 536, 715, 737, 774, 887
-, life, passim
-, serjeanty, 160, 208, 382
-, grand, 16, 44, 116, 121, 123, 285, 927, 972
-, petty, 43, 1054
-, socage, passim
-, suit of court, 20, 22, 30, 118, 143, 165, 242, 412, 458, 681, 689, 694, 715, 774, 805
-, term of years, 319, 349, 571, 709

Tolls
-, of boats, 386
-, of towns, 479, 602, 846
-, of markets, 315, 387, 428, 732, 846

Trades and occupations
-, bottlemakers see under Hall, John
-, butchers see under Bolt, Thomas; Holl, Thomas; Kyng, John
-, carpenters see under Asshele, Walter; Danyell, Walter; Janne, John; Love, William
-, clerks, passim
-, cooks see under Amys, John
-, cordwainers see under York, Robert
-, drapers see under Osberne, William
-, fishmongers see under Byrde, William; Michel, John
-, fletchers see under Prentys, Thomas
-, fullers see under Crouchere, Stephen
-, goldsmiths see under Broun, John; Busshy, John
-, grocers see under Burton, Thomas; Seint Germayn, John; Wiltshire, John
-, horse dealers see under Knyth, Robert
-, ironmongers see under Gregori, Richard
-, masons see under French, Richard
-, nurses and midwives, 336, 343, 392, 478, 666, 780, 900, 996
-, skinners see under Caleiser, Henry; Myle, Nicholas
-, soldiers, 336
-, tailors see under Denton, William; Kelby, David; Leek, William; Taylor, William
-, tanners see under Wroxhale, John
-, vintners see under Litlington, Richard; Louthe, Robert de
-, weavers, ‘webberes’ see under Kyng, William; Vykary, Henry de

Wills, 152, 154, 449, 579, 669, 725, 736, 751, 777–8, 786, 943

Writs
-, certis de causis certiorari, 211
-, die quo obiit, diem clausit extremum, passim [described simply as ‘Writ’]
-, for fees (certiorari super vero valore feodorum), passim
-, for proof of age see Proofs of age
-, mandamus see precipimus
-, melius certiorari, 2, 10
-, melius sciri, 36, 54, 56–7, 99–100, 140, 153, 170–1, 183, 216, 225, 292–3, 296, 302, 318, 320, 324, 326, 328, 331, 333, 460, 524, 527, 669, 718, 722, 739, 775, 895, 929, 934, 995, 1027
-, plenius certiorari, 46, 152, 294, 323, 355, 391, 658, 837, 888, 915, 930, 936, 942, 959
-, plura, 53, 117, 172, 192, 218, 270, 299, 301, 319, 322, 325, 327, 329, 334, 463, 485, 661–2, 813, 829, 846, 918, 924, 928, 932, 936–7, 942, 990
-, precipimus or mandamus, for return of inquisitions, 44, 259, 762, 905, 1008
-, quia habitum religionis assumpsit, 575–6
-, to assign dower see Dower, assignment of
-, to give seisin, 902
-, to partition, 8, 46, 926

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