St. James's Park, 58; procession of the citizens of London, ib.; annual fair deferred, ib.; additions made by Charles II., 59; canal formed, ib.; improve- ments, ib.; Birdcage-walk, 60. St. James's Hospital, 58, 117. St. James's, Piccadilly, 309.
St. John the Evangelist, 309; boundaries, ib.; Church, 310; stained glass, 311; enlargement, ib.; altar-piece, ib.; new font, 312; monuments, 313; list of Rectors, 315; Churchwardens, 316. St. Margaret, legend of, 113. St. Margaret, parish constituted, 4. St. Margaret's Parish, 26; boundary, ib. St. Margaret's Church, 92; antiquity, ib.; destroyed by fire, 93; rebuilt, ib.; al- terations, ib.; stone cross, ib.; pulpit in churchyard, ib.; curious entry, 94; mur- derous assault by a monk, 95; new peal of bells, 96, 97; Parliamentary aid, 97; Solemn League and Covenant taken in the Church, ib.; building spoiled by the Puritans, 98; curious sermon, ib.; State's Arms removed, 99; gallery, ib.; rival preachers, ib.; Church repaired, 100; altar-piece, 101; traditionary custom, ib.; Whitfield seizes posses- sion of the pulpit, ib.; Church new pewed and decorated, 102; the Old East Window, ib.; suit against the Churchwardens, 104; loving cup, 105; Overseers' box, ib.; performances of sacred music, 107; repairs, 108; Bro- therhood of St. Mary, ib.; Church- wardens' Accounts, 111; living, 116; list of the Clergy, 119; Church war- dens, 125; Organists, 128; extracts from Churchwardens' Accounts, 129; interior of the Church, 135; Monumen- tal Remains, 139; old monuments, now destroyed, 149; Registers, 150; re- markable events, 165; necessity for repairs and alterations, 167. St. Margaret's Hospital, 294. St. Margaret's-street, 203.
St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 9, 10, 309. St. Mary Magdalen Chapel, 290; de- stroyed, ib.
St. Mary the Virgin, Church of, 329. St. Matthew's Church, 330.
St. Paul's, Covent Garden, 309. St. Peter, image of, 73.
St. Stephen's, 225; foundation of the Chapel, ib.; embellishments, 226; paintings, ib.; Chapter-house, 227; Tower, ib.; gorgeous decorations, 228; decrease of revenue, 229; serious dis- pute, ib.; historical associations, 230; Deans, 231; desecration, ib.; expense of maintenance, 232.
St. Stephen, new Church of, 329. St. Stephen's Hospital, 79. Sanctuary, the, 80; ruins of, 81; belfry in, 82; persons who have claimed Sanctuary, 83.
Schools, statistics of, 331.
Scotch Commissioners, trial in presence of, 261.
Scotch migration, 17.
Scotch rebels tried, 268.
Scott's Boarding House, 88.
"Seven Chimneys," the, 328.
Sentinel of Windsor, story of, 198. Sentence, an extraordinary one, 213.
Sentence passed on Guy Faux and others, 259.
Sermon, a curious one, 98.
Serpentine, the, 302.
Seven Bishops, trial of the, 265.
Sheriffs, swearing in of, 259.
Sickly season, 21.
Sicknesses prevalent in 1556, 152.
Sign-boards, 19; order for them to be
Signs of public-houses, 282. Simple-minded Bishop, a, 305. Singular character, 66.
Singular ordinance, 17.
Situation of the City, 2.
Skating in St. James's Park, 60. Smith-square, 321. Society of Waits, 23.
Solemn League and Covenant taken in St. Margaret's Church, 97. Speakers, list of, 234, 235.
Star Chamber, 212; origin of the name, ib.; extent of its powers, 213; number of the Council, ib.; historical events, 214. State-Paper Office, 56. State-Record Office, 208. Statue of James II., 48.
Street improvements, temp. Edw. III., 6. Streets, wretched state of, 18.
Strutton Ground, 282.
"To rob Peter to pay Paul," 12. Tothill-street, 281; etymology, ib.; for- merly inhabited by the nobility, ib.; eminent residents, 282.
Tothill Fields, 325; fair, 326; market, ib.; battery erected, 327; lazaretto, 328; bear-garden, 329.
Tothill Fields Bridewell, 324. Touching for the Evil, 47.
Tournaments, 34, 53, 82, 209, 254, 255, 327.
Traditionary custom, 101.
Treasurers of the united parishes, 299. Treasury, the, 57.
Trials in Westminster Hall-Fitz-Os- bert, 241; Peter de Rivalis, ib.; Sir William Wallace, 244; Sir J. Old- castle, 250; Duke of Buckingham, 254; Sir Thomas More, 255; Bishop Fisher, ib.; Lord Dacre, 256; Lord Leonard Gray, ib.; Dukes of Somerset, Northumberland, and Suffolk, 257; Sir Thomas Wyatt, Baron Stourton, Duke of Norfolk, and Earl of Arundel, 258; Earl of Essex, Guy Faux, &c., 259; Robert Carr, 260; Earl of Strafford, 261; King Charles I., 262; Visct. Staf- ford, 264; Seven Bishops, 265; Earl of Warwick, Lord Mohun, Dr. Sach- everell, 266; Viscount Kenmure, Earl of Oxford, and others, 267; Lords Cro- martie, Balmerino, Kilmarnock, Lovat, Earl Ferrers, 268; Duchess of Kings- ton and Warren Hastings, 270; Vis- count Melville, 271. Trials by battle, 209. Tufton-street, 322. "Turk's Head," the, 204. Tyburne stream, 284.
Undercroft, Chapel in the, 229, 231.
Wards of Westminster, 14. War trophies deposited in Whitehall Chapel, 52.
Warrant for the disinterment of bodies which had been interred in the Abbey during the Commonwealth, 159. Water, supply of, 20. "Water-poet," the, 36.
Weathercock on the Banqueting House,
Weigh-house, the, 79. Wellington Barracks, 61. Westbourne manor, 9. Western Dispensary, 66.
Westminster, etymology of, 2; a Royal Honour and Bishopric, 11; civil go- vernment, 13; Governor appointed, 14. Westminster-gate, 57; removed, 58. Westminster Bridge, 339. Westminster Hall, 239; Law Courts esta- blished here, ib.; historical associations, 240; wherries rowed in the Hall, 242; a woman-masquer, 244; noble roof, 247; statues of the Kings of England, 248; Judge Gascoigne and the Prince, ib.; tradesmen's stalls, 250; royal mar- riage, ib.; marble bench, 251. Westminster Hospital, 87, 292. Westminster and Eton Schools, contest of wit between, 171.
White Horse-lane, 66. Whitehall-gate, 55; removed, ib.
Whitehall, 29; Parliament held there, ib.; tilt-yard, tennis court, &c., 30; marriage of Henry VIII. to Anna Boleyn, ib.; assaulted by Sir Thomas Wyatt, 33; memorable events, ib.; Queen Elizabeth taken to the Tower, 34; tournament, ib.; plays acted, 35; visit of the Speaker and Commons House to Queen Elizabeth, ib.; Ban- queting House, 36; "barriers" held, 37; discovery of the Gunpowder Plot, 37, 38; Chapel, 38, 45; nuptial festivities, 39; Prince Rupert a resident, 40; royal entertainments, ib.; a tumult, 41; King Charles I. beheaded, ib.; the Palace occupied by rebels, 42; return of King Charles II., 44; library, 45; destruc- tion by fire, 50.
Window of St. Margaret's, 103. Witch of Eye, the, 325. Wood-street, 318.
Wool-staple established, 6, 78, 79. Woman-masquer, 244.
Worthies of Westminster School, 178. Wrestling-match, 61.
York-place, 27; Wolsey's residence, 28; name changed to Whitehall, 29. York-street, 289; eminent residents, 290; almshouses, 291.
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P. 9. In 1191, Walter, Abbot of St. Peter's, Westminster, assigned Paddington Manor, given by S. Dunstan to the Abbey, to maintain the celebration of his Anniversary: the Convent was to be splendidly regaled; open Hall to be kept for all comers, and 300 poor people were to be partakers of his liberality. Paddington Church was formerly a Chapel of ease to St. Margaret's, and they were valued together at xxx marks. In 26 Hen. viij. the Manor of Hyde was rated at xiij £i.
P. 15.-"No man," according to another Statute of Queen Elizabeth, "may blow any horn in the night, or whistle after the hour of nine of the clock in the night, or make any sudden outcry in the still of the night, as making any affray, or beating his wife." One John Arundell, writing to the Lords of the Council, towards the close of this reign, says, "Travelling through the highe waye about the ixth of August last past, to my lodgings in Westminster, I was the same night twise most dangerously assaulted: first, with the shott of a calyver, passing through the fields towards Charing Crosse; secondly, with a mighty stroke of a drawne sworde in the
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