Muschamp, Sir Thomas, 153

Music, 195

Musicians, 129

Musk veal, 294

Mysteries, 77

N

"_Naogeorgus_," 121

Naples, 336

Napoleon Bonaparte, 321

Naseby, 209

Nativity, place of the, 7;
Church and Convent of the, 7;
feast of the, 15;
massacres at the, 20;
sermons on the, 193-5

Navarre, 63

Navidad discovered, 96

Negroes' merry Christmas, 314

Negro minstrels, 286

Neighbours and Tenants, 146, 220

Nelson, New Zealand, 304

Nero, 15, 20

Netherlands, 288

Neville's Cross, 74

Neville, Sir Richard, 82

Nevil, Lord, 86, 101

Newark-on-Trent, 62

New Brunswick, 288

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 68

New England Puritans, 314

New Forest, 47

Newmarket, 194, 218

New style, 237

Newton, Sir Isaac, 14, 204

New Year's Day, 93, 95, 96, 100, 130, 135, 169, 170, 189, 199, 203,
260, 263, 271, 284, 286, 291, 323, 342

New Zealand, 304

Nicholas's Day, St., 119

Nichols, 120, 124, 126, 153, 155, 191, 192, 193-5

Nicomedia, 20

Nigellus, 53

Novgorod, 319

Nip, 342

"Nippin Grund," the, 286

Noblemen, 99, 124
(see others named)

_Noche-buena_, 340

Nocturnal Office, 317

Noel or Nowell, 9, 33, 319, 321, 346, 350

Nonconformists, 207

Norfolk, 143, 146, 218

"Norman Baron," the, 43-4

Norman celebrations, 40, 41

Norman Conquest helped, 37

Norman-French customs, 38

Normandy, dukedom of, 47

Normandy, 42, 318, 320

Northampton, Marquis of, 139

Northamptonshire, 284

North, Mr. Thomas, 232

Northern nations, 15

North Pole, 295

North Sea fishermen, 286

North West Passage, 294

Northumberland, 43, 255

Northumberland, Earl of, 37, 86;
earldom of, 43;
Duke of, 117

Northumberland Household Book, 103

Northumbrians, 27, 38

Norton, Thomas, 125

Norway, 288, 342

Nottingham, 68, 189

Nova Scotia, 288

Nuns, 267, 271, 321

O

Oberon, 342

Odo, Bishop, 46

Offa, "the mighty," 34, 350

Officers of "Grand Christmas," list of, 126;
of Christmas Prince, 165-6-7;
officers, Royal, of Arms, 139

Oglethorpe, Bishop, 123

Olaf, King, 26

"Old Christmas," 145, 230, 273, 276

"Old and Young Courtiers," 217

Oldisworth, Michael, 201

"Open Court" of Cardinal Wolsey, 104

"Open House," 113, 220

Opera, the, 228

Order of the Garter instituted, 72

Ordinances of the Puritans, 207

Orkney Isles, 287

Orleans, 84

Orpheus, 19, 29, 152

Osborne House, 261-3

Othbert, 49

Ovation to Henry