Whitchurch, Rev. N. L., 226

Widows, Benediction of, 21;
Hindu, 18;
order of, 19

William I., 140

William Rufus, 139

Winchester, 177

"Wolf's head," 150

Wolsey, Cardinal, 243, 247

Woodbury (Devon), 61

Woolrych, Mr. Serjeant, 126

Writ of forest, 228

Writ of imprisonment, 233

Writ of right, 168

Wunibald, 14

Wykeham, William of, 22

Year-books, 168-70, 217-8, 227-9, 233-4

York, 44-8, 52, 55, 58, 60, 161, 177, 193

Youlgreave (Derbyshire), 63

Youghal, 197

_This book has been abridged to bring it within the length of this
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FOOTNOTES:

[1] I.e., by the Guild of All Souls, the Confraternity of the Blessed
Sacrament, etc.

[2] Paro = apparel in the technical sense.

[3] This was a counsel of perfection. The bedels certainly received fees
(see below).

[4] It is, nevertheless, a fact that high dignitaries of the
Church--e.g., Cardinal Pole--are represented with beards; and St.
Benedict himself is depicted with this virile appendage!

[5] These petitions are taken from a large and valuable collection
translated by Miss Lucy Toulmin Smith and contributed to the
_Collectanea_ (Third Series) of the Oxford Historical Society. They are
copied substantially as she gives them; but curiously enough the
accomplished lady stumbles over the word "brais," for which she proposes
"arms" as the translation, evidently thinking of _bras_ and quite
forgetting that _braies_ is the French for "breeches."

[6] In 1334 a number of masters and scholars migrated to Stamford and
attempted to found a University there. This is known as the Stamford
Schism.

[7] The University of Cambridge is believed to have been founded in
consequence of a migration from Oxford in 1209. The relative space
assigned to Oxford, as the typical English University of the Middle
Ages, in the present work, may be justified by some words of Mr.
Blakiston: "The University of Cambridge, occupying a less central and
more unhealthy situation, and having less powerful protectors, did not
compete in popularity and privileges with the older society before the
sixteenth century. It was not even formally recognized till it received
the licence of Pope John XXII. in 1318.... Oxford schools were renowned
as a 'staple product' at a time when Cambridge was famous only for
eels."

[8] The Common Serjeant was for lo