Abelard, 91

Abjuration, 83, 163-5, 170

Ad Montem ceremony, 50

Affiliation of towns, 173-4, 177-8

Alcuin, 12-14

Aldgate, 188, 193

Aliens, 179

Allotments, 210-11

Alms and loans, 61-70, 104

Alnwick, 210

Alwyn, 134

Ancients, 117

_Angild_, 152

"Antiquary," the, 173, 226

Appeals, 77

Apprentices-at-law, 119-21, 123

_Arles_, 196

Arrears of rent, 172

Ashburton, 59, 61

Assise, the, 149

"Assises de Jerusalem," 140, 142

Assize of Clarendon, 165;
of Northampton, 140

Athelstan, King, 20, 133, 160

Augustine, St., 27

Aungerville, Richard, 68

Austin Friars, 108-9

"Austins," 107, 109

Australs and Boreals, 93

Bachelor of Arts, 102-3, 109

Bacon, Roger, 108

Badges, 242-3

Bailiffs, 205-6

Bakers, 183-4, 186, 195;
"baker's dozen," 186

Ballantine, Mr. Serjeant, 125-6

Banishment, 98

Banner of St Paul, 222-3

Barbers, 79-80

Barbitoria, 80

Bargains, hand-clasp, 199

Barnstaple, 62

Barrington, Dr., 202

Beam, Royal, 195

Beards, 85-6

Beaumanoir, 141

Becket, Thomas a (see under A)

Bedel Stokys, 104

Bedels, 72-7, 96

Bedford, custom of, 177

Bell, Prior, 16

Benediction of a widow, 21

Benefactors, 68, 111

Berwick, 197, 211

Beverley cycle, 58, 60;
sanctuary, 160-1

Birkett, Mr., 231

Black cap, 117

Black Death, 225

Blackstone, 134, 226

Blakiston, Mr., 68

Blewbury (Berks.), 226

Blount's "Ancient Tenures," 187, 189

Bondmen, 233-7

"Book of Nurture, The," 37

"Booke of Orders and Rules," 245

Borough English, 217-23

Boroughs, free, 208-9

Botticelli, 65

Bower, 28

Boy-Bishop, the, 39-50;
Song of, 39

Bracton, 142, 163, 197

"Brais," meaning of, 89

Bristol, 198

Britton, 142, 163, 165

Broadgates Hall, 84-5

"Brother," "brotherhoods," technical meaning of, 13

Buckingham, Duke of, 157-8

Burgages, 174-5

"Burial of the Alleluia," 42

Burnby Prior, 16

Butler, Alban, 20

Cambridge, 61-2, 110, 169

Came, Bedel, 73-5

Carrara, Bridge of, 52

Castellans, hereditary, 188

Catherine, play of St., 53

Causes, civil, 149

Caustone, John D., 239

Cawthorne (Yorks.) 62

"Chamberdekenys," 98

Champions, 141, 144

Chancellor, office of, 77-90, 94-5, 98, 100-1, 103-6

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