.vii. 488

3

Sheffield plate Matthew Boulton, viii. 170, 218
Sheffner (Thomas), his position at Court, 1832,
ii. 29, 94, 200

Sheldon (William), Fellow of the Society of
Antiquaries, c. 1769, ii. 469; iii. 35
Sheldon (William and Ralph), tapestry manu-
facturers, vii. 466, 517; viii. 74, 195
Sheldon family, and Ferrers and Allen families,
i. 84, 125, 156, 416
Shelley

Mrs. Frances St. Barbe, c. 1590,

his genealogy, ii. 171
Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft), her Franken-
stein,' viii. 31, 76, 490; and Harrow, viii. 490;
ix. 14; the "misconduct of her Irish pupils,
490; and Lady Mary King, x. 10
Shelley. See Wollstonecraft.
Shelley (Percy Bysshe), his copy of Abbé
Barruel's work on secret societies, 1798, iii.
108, 196; and Schubart's fragment Der ewige
Jude,' iv. 102, 315; Leigh Hunt on, vi. 37; a
poem of,. vii. 331, 375; bibliographies wanted,
viii. 230; similarity between sentence in his
A Defence of Poetry and sentence in Dr.
Johnson's Rasselas, ix. 368; and Charles
Esdaile, xi. 368; the guardian of his children,
xii. 109, 156; the grave of his daughter
Tanthe, 213; adjectives and compound adjec-
tives used by him, 243, 464; the burial-place
of his heart, 352, 396; two letters of, 391
Shelley (Sir P. F.) and Harrow School, ix. 14
Shelley (Sir Richard), xi. 247

Shelton, his shorthand system, xi. 512; xii. 39,
97

Shenley, Herts, the whereabouts of, ii. 33, 99
Shepard (Thomas), a founder of Harvard Uni-
versity, his history, v. 179, 271

Shepherd (George), artist, relation to Thomas
Hosmer Shepherd, v. 295, 332; vi. 25, 96
Shepherd (Thomas Hosmer), relation to George
Shepherd, artist, v. 295, 332; vi. 25, 96

Shepherd-wind," meaning of the word, xii.

Sheppard (Elizabeth), murdered 1817, story or
the crime, iv. 18, 140, 171

Sheppard (Samuel), his A Mausolean Lament,'
1651, vi. 32, 137

Sheppard or Shepherd family of Blisworth,
Northamptonshire, ii. 391, 477; iii. 38

Sheridan (R. B.), founded Royal Antediluvian
Order of Buffaloes, v. 276; source of passage
by, on puffs, 37; extempore lines" by, xi.
Sheridan (T.), the younger, c. 1750, his degrees,
i. 348

Sheridaniana,' published 1826, the author of,

Sheriffs in Scotland, c. 1804, their badge of
office, vi. 12

Sheriffs of Staffordshire, the arms of, iii. 505
Sheriff's posts, their use, vii. 508

Sherington: old church registers, viii. 249, 354-
Sherwen (Dr. John), physician and archæolog-
ist, original letter by, viii. 483

Sherwood (Mrs.), her Stories of the Church
Catechism,' ix. 251, 299

Sherwood family, 16th century recusants, i. 445
Shick-Shack Day, or Royal Oak Day, vi.
Shield (William), his songs, xi. 238
-293, 316, 339
Shield in Winchester stained glass, iv. 188, 225
Shield divided quarterly, iv. 188, 251
Shiffle-shuffle," early use of, v. 177
"Shiffles," meaning of the word, i. 16
Shilleto family, i. 127; viii. 155

Ship," gender of, ix. 511; x. 13
Shipmeadow, co. Suffolk: rectors of, vii. 510
Shippen (W.), 1673-1743, Downright Shippen"
i. 348, 414

Ships graffiti of, in old churches, xii. 52, 96,
118, 139, 217, 276; reason for launching stern
foremost, x. 31, 76, 112; use of the definite
article with the names of, ii. 370

Ship's yards a'-cock bill on Good Friday, vi.
15, 47

Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxon: The Crown
Inn, x. 166

Shirley family, glass-painters of York, viii. 364
Shirwyn family, glass-painters of York, viii. 406
Shock and pain, popular belief concerning, ix.
292, 414

Shoe-blacks in 1714, xii. 489
Shooter's Hill: projected military cemetery, x.

Shooting, largest bag of game for a day, i. 510;
ii. 55, 139

Shop devices and signboards, books on, iii. 446,

Shore (Jane), her enforced penance, xii. 352, 418
Shorthand, books on, vii. 191; Shelton's system,
xi. 512; xii. 39, 97

Shorthouse (J. H.), key to his John Inglesant,*
iii. 386; viii. 450
Shorton (Robert), Dean of Stoke, d. c. 1535, i.
67

Shortyng (Matthew), D.D., of Merchant Tay-
lors School, d. 1707, ii. 396
Showman, travelling, called Pharaoh," iv. 75,
144
Shrapnel (Major Henry), Royal Artillery, vii.

290

Shrapnel (Wm. Fisher), F.S.A., his history, v.
67, 132

Shrapnel family, iii. 248

Shrapnel, its inventor's epitaph, iv. 129, 171
Shrewsberry Hall, viii. 470

Shrewsbury (Roger de Montgomery, Earl of),
1066, his descendants, ii. 29
Shrines of saints reputed to have cured diseases,
i. 70, 133, 178

Shroll surname, its derivation, iv. 105
Shropshire names, their derivation, v. 266
Shuffle-wing "shovel-wing," local name
for sparrow, ix. 129, 174, 237

66

or

Shylock," Shakespeare's conception of, vi. 244;
vii. 5, 18, 96, 156

Simpson (Rev. John), 1742-1812, vii. 83
Simpson (Richard), editor of the Home and
Foreign Review, x. 493

Simpson (Robert). a royal farrier, v. 67
Simpson family of Aberdeenshire, iv. 101
Simpson, Forrester, Dickson, and Anderson
families, ii. 428

Sims (Henry, James,

Sims), Westminster
scholars, c. 1733-1819, vi. 37

Sims (James), naval schoolmaster of H.M.S.
Bacchante, d. 1880, x. 46.

Simson (Alexander), Burgess of Dundee, ix. 331,

Sidee (Syda) (James), and Barnaby O'Neyle
(William Hall), 1580, xii. 147
Side-saddle riding, books on, prior to 1880, ii.

28, 73, 99

Sidesman," use of the word, ix. 92
Sidmouth : the Knowle Hotel, viii. 106

Sidney (Sir Philip), his daughter Elizabeth, i.
108; his personal appearance, vii. 329
"Sieve."= temse," viii. 378

Simson (Matthew), 1699-1769, of Glasgow, xii.
511

Simson (Rev. Matthew), b. 1675, his family,

66

viii. 51

Simson family, ix. 389; x. 445; xii. 107, 506
Sinages," in indenture of Henry VIII, mean-
ing, iv. 78

Sinclair (Mrs. C.), d. 1789, viii. 390

Sinclair (John), M.D., memorials at Dumfries,
iv. 320.

Sign of the Cross, its use, v. 236
Signalling, strange method of, x. 287
Signatory marks, vii. 391, 437
Signatures: symbols attached to, ii. 50, 117;
doctrine of signatures. in connexion with
medicinal plants, 128, 197, 293
Sign-boards by famous painters, vi. 310, 342;
vii. 38; and shop devices, books on, iii. 446,
517; iv. 28, 61

Sign-painting, the history of, vi. 226; vii. 16
Signposts in London, 1615, xí. 86

Signs used in place of signatures, ix. 51, 95, 176,
180

Silhouettes by John Miers, iv. 45, 141; process
of production, iii. 30, 114

'66 Silk-tail." See Waxwing.

Sillett (John), agricultural writer, ix. 52
Silver charm, old, viii. 50, 94, 258
Silver, Hull hall-marks, xi. 209, 252

Silver medal: identification sought, viii. 512;
ix. 36, 75

Silver Street, Bloomsbury, origin of the name,
iii. 507

Silver, weight and value in 17th century, iv.
86, 99

Silvester (Sir John Baptist), d. 1789, xi. 432
Silvester or Sylvester night, why so called, iv.
272, 338

Simancas MSS., Dr. Nicolas Sander and Dr.
Owen Lewis, i. 366

Simco (John), his Middlesex Monuments,' v.
294

Similes, English colloquial, iii. 27, 50, 77, 116,
160, 170, 177, 188, 232, 274, 370

Simmons (Nevill), publisher of Sheffield, vii.

232

Singing-bread," meaning of term, viii. 269,
297, 333, 374, 435

Single whiskey," meaning of term, viii. 489;
ix. 18, 95
Sinnich (John) and the Irish College at
Louvain, xi. 469
Sinodum, claim to be site of Clovesho, vii. 6.
Sir'
Sir Gammer Vans,' old nonsense story, ii. 410,
as a clerical title, xii. 89, 197
Sir Roger de Coverley dance, viii. 350, 415, 455
498, 518
Sisson (J. Lawson), petition to Chancery con-
cerning, 1833, iii. 299

"Sister "hospital nurse, used 1731, iii. 89
Sitton_family, xi. 149
"Six Lords."

See Tavern signs.
Sixth Foot (The), Warwickshire regiment, in
1709-10, vi. 64, 135

65th Regiment, chaplains to, x. 109
"Skelder

66
and Skeldergate," derivation of
place-names, ix. 272, 313, 378

Skelton (John), of St. Helena, his biography,
xii. 497

Skelton families of Hesket and Armathwaite
Skene (Rev. George), minister of St. Ninian's,
Castle, Cumberland, viii. 150
Perth, x. 350

Skinner (Augustine), in the Civil War, xi. 527
Skinner (Capt.), c. 1764, x. 290. 356
Skinner (Mose), American humorous writer, ii.
251; iii. 277

Skrymsher (Edwin), M.P. Stafford, 1681, iii. 90,
Skirlaw (Bishop), arms of, xii. 252, 296

Slammons," origin of word, xi. 191
Slang, English Army, as used in the Great
War, iv. 11, 86, 270, 271, 306, 308, 333; v. 7,
18, 19, 42, 79, 108, 136, 159, 182, 194, 195; ix.
340, 341, 378, 383, 415, 423, 455, 465, 499, 502,
538;
x. 7, 201, 279, 395, 415; xii. 154
Slang: Australian, specimens of, iii. 296, 400,
521; Spanish author on origin of, v. 294; vi.
153, 197, 235; terms for bank-notes, v. 309;
vi. 51, 159; Please the pigs," vi. 197; top-
ping, top-hole," v. 233

66

Slap at the Church, A,' published 1832, viii.
465

Slap at the Times, The,' published 1832, viii.
466

Slates and slate pencils, introduction of, vi. 67,
136, 174, 216; xi. 170, 215, 319, 358
Slave, epitaph to, in Windermere churchyard,
iv. 323; v. 26, 81

Slave-trade: Liverpool slave-ship, ix. 229, 279
Sleddall (John), inventory of his goods, 1620,
words in, ii. 430, 516

Sleep and the moon, xi. 311, 355, 397, 437, 494;
xii. 34

Sleeper, superstitious objections to waking, i.
158

Sloane (Sir Hans) his house in Bloomsbury, viii.
211, 277, 312, 452

Smith (Albert), his Story of Mont Blanc,' viii.
470

Smith (Albert Richard), author of 'Christopher
Tadpole,' xi. 290, 334

Smith (Alexander) on Poe, "incorrigible black-
guard of genius," iii. 230, 339

Smith (Bartholomew) of Peterculter, d. 1758,
vii. 391

Smith (Rev. Bd.)" Piscator," x. 270, 335
Smith (Benjamin), b. 1744, vii. 92

Smith (C. Manby), his The Working-Man's
Way in the World,' 1853, i. 468; ii. 16, 110,
175, 279

Smith (Captain), founder of Jesus Chapel, viii.

191

Smith (Christopher), Lord Mayor of London,
1818. xi. 331

Smith, Dog Smith, mentioned in Discourses
concerning Government,' c. 1680, ii. 291, 357
Smith (Edward), his death noticed, v. 336
Smith (H. Maynard), his Early Life and Edu-
cation of John Evelyn,' vii. 467
Smith (Horace), his Address to a Mummy,' xii.

Smith (Horatio), quatrain by, 1840, xii. 149, 180
Smith (J. A.), Dean of St. David's, his burial-
place, ix. 211

Smith (J. F.), novelist, his works, i. 309; X.
229, 276, 333, 391, 475; xi. 56

Smith (J. R.), his portrait of George, Prince
of Wales,' spurious proof of, xii. 13
Smith (J. T.), his Nollekens and His Times,'
ix. 328, 376

Smith (James), a squib by, 1824, xii. 85, 135, 149
Smith (Rev. James), of Bushey, 1745, his letters
on Sunday observance, iii. 145, 237
Smith (Jane), London etchings by, viii. 228
Smith (J. Raphael), pastellist and engraver, iii.
477; his portrait of Miss Johnstone,' ix. 127
Smith (John Spencer), British Ambassador at
Constantinople, 1799, his sons, x. 370, 498
Smith (Michael), D.D., of Suffolk, 1762, iii. 229,

Smith (Richard), d. 1776, West Indian merchant,
vii. 29, 92, 217

Smith (Sidney), his "Last Flicker of Fun,"
vii. 270, 296, 338

Smith (Sydney), his receipt for salad, xi. 188
Smith (Col. Thomas Hardwick), b. 1830, his
descendants, vi. 274

Smith (Sir T.), Queen Elizabeth's letter of
warrant to, permitting torture, i. 407
Smith family and Charles II, vii. 488
Smith family of Bowldown and Clanfield, iv.

Smith and Benson families, x. 387
'Smith Street Gazette,' 1849, iii. 447
Smith-Dorrien-Smith (T. A.), his seat, Tresco
Abbey, Scilly, i. 244

Smithfield, London: bibliography, ix. 67
Smithfield cattle market, removal in 1855, vii.

Smithson (George Edward Temple), tablet at
Newcastle-on-Tyne, iv. 207

Smoglands, place-name, xi. 410, 455
Smoke of London in the Middle Ages, xii. 472
Smoke-money." See Hearth tax.
Smokers, origin of a superstition, i. 208, 276
Smokers' folk-lore, ix. 528; x. 38, 116
Smoking: Dr. Johnson on, vi. 206, 279, 302; in

England before the introduction of tobacco,
iv. 331; v. 82; Spanish women and, ii. 430
Smollett and Pope, reference to indexing in
works of, ix. 48

Smugglers, their Hell-Fire Clubs, Scotland, i.
466

Smuggling by the Hawkhurst gang, 1744-7, vi.
67, 153, 191

Smyth (Edward), his figure of Minerva, iii. 271
Smyth (Edward), of the Middle Temple, and

the Southwark by-election, March, 1666, x. 27
Smyth (Sir George H.), Bt., M.P., bust at Col-
chester, v. 146

Smyth (Sir Robert), Bart., c. 1790, his imprison-
ment in Paris, iii. 169

Smyth (Thomas), of Lincoln College, Oxford,
ix. 221

Snakes, evidence that they like music, ii. 470,
533; iii. 57

Snap cards, the illustrations on, ii. 210; inven-
tor of the game, xii. 190

Snape (Edward), engraving of, viii. 169, 238
Sneezum, surname, vii. 137

Snell (G.), artist, c. 1844, ii. 490

Snitterfield and Richard Shakespeare, vii. 301
"Snob," its etymology, v. 182

Snob and Ghost, tavern sign, the meaning of,
ii. 109, 235, 339

Snow (Richard), buried at Pilton, v. 125
Snow as ship's name, vii. 72, 178

Snow ploughed into land resulting in thistles,
iii. 90, 179

Snowballs, punishment for throwing in 1787,
vii. 406

Snowden family, early settlers in America, ix.
462

Snowe (Rev. Richard), b. 1723, ix. 469
Snuff: "Prince's Mixture," viii. 69, 159
Snuff-boxes: in the form of a book, xii. 11;
engraving on lid, viii. 309; relic of old Lon-
don Bridge, ix. 31, 76, 177; relic of the
Victory, 189; with secret lid, xi. 450; silver,
engraved with crest, iii. 271, 344

Snuffers, pewter, S. Pepys on, vi. 67, 157

So (Sic)" on monumental inscription, xii. 23,
219

Soap-bubbles, earliest dates for, iv. 260
Soaps, vegetable, for salt water, vi. 149, 198
Societies for religious purposes in London, 1821,
iii. 71, 179

Society of Antiquaries, women as fellows of, vii.
167

Society, London, for promoting Christianity
among Jews, i. 125.

Society for Constitutional Information, 1769, i.
11, 30, 80

Society of Friends.

See Quakers.

Society for Preserving the Memorials of the
Dead, v. 183, 249

Soissons, the vase of, vii. 509

Sol as a woman's name in England, iv. 133; v.
21

Soldiers called "redcoats," iv. 182
Solute, coinage of the word, vi. 250

Some, use of the word, viii. 307, 376
Somers Islands Company, x. 341, 362

Somerset House, sale of the chapel tapestries,
iv. 239

Somerset incumbents, list of, v. 153, 245
Somerset words, 1446-1560, the meaning of, xii.
270

Somersetshire dialect, example, vii. 421
"Son of a Duke, brother of a King," original
of the saying, iv. 219, 335

Songs and Ballads:-

Armstrong's Good-night, iv. 252
As I walked by myself, iv. 105, 170
As I was going to Darby, iii. 154, 309
Bertram de Bourne, v. 318

Bird-scarers' songs, v. 98, 132, 160, 246
Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomon, xi. 350, 413
Bryan O'Lynn, viii. 331, 378

Buffalo Battery, viii. 171

Camptown Races, x. 169, 217, 379
Cheshire cheese song, ix. 212, 254
Christmas Carol, old, x. 272

Colly my Cow, viii. 190, 238, 257, 314
Come, cheerful day, part of my life to me,
ii. 78

Come not when I am Dead, viii. 18
Commodore Gale, x. 490
Cumnor Hall, iv. 300

Death of Keeldar, iv. 47, 88

Death of Parcy Reed, iv. 47, 88, 287
Dustman's Wife, i. 227, 333, 436

Ever of thee I am fondly dreaming, vi. 313,
342

Farewell to Lochaber, xii. 252, 297

Final Toast, c. 1870, i. 111, 238

For jealousy causes both bother and strife,
i. 227, 333, 436

Friar of Orders Gray, xi. 170, 217, 238

Go 'cruit me Cheshire and Lancashire, i.
124, 176

Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself, xi. 530;
xii. 37, 114

Good-night, and joy be wi' you a', two
versions, iv. 217, 252

Give me a spade and the man who can
use it, vi. 90, 155

Harmonious Blacksmith, xi. 46, 95, 154
He was one of the dear old regiment, ix.
12

Hop-picking songs, viii. 511

How sweet the answer Echo makes, ii. 477
Hunting: Chaworth Musters, viii. 231, 277,
318

I love Jesus; Because He first loved me,
viii. 250, 299, 315, 374

I remember, I remember, viii. 111, 158
If I had a Donkey, xi. 72

I'll sing you one-oh, xii. 452, 516
In Cawsand Bay lying, i. 268

Jack at the windlass, ix. 112, 172, 334

Jenny of Montieth, xii. 474

Jog on, jog on, the footpath way vi. 2
John Smith was a navvy strong and-, i.
38, 59

Johnnie Armstrong's Last Good-Night, i.
320

Just Plain Folk, vii. 72, 158

Kate of Aberdare, ii. 509

King John and the Abbot of Canterbury, I.
349, 397, 435

La Marseillaise, xi. 230

Land o' the Leal, ii. 369, 456

Loath to Depart, i. 14, 33, 373

Love, Care, and Strength, its authorship,
iv. 300, 335

Lyke Wake Dirge, i. 268

Malbrook s'en va-t-en guerre, iii. 358, 402,
428, 461, 515; iv. 302; v. 25

Malbrook to the wars is coming, iv. 302

On the Banks of Allan Water, i. 168, 300
Où peut un homme être mieux que dans le
sein de sa famille ? vii. 270

Our Gudeman came hame at e'en, iv. 224
Pocahontas, poem by Thackeray, iv. 17, 57
Poor Uucle Ned, vii. 287, 373, 438, 514; viii.
36, 93; ix. 77

Pullee off yo' ole coat, ix. 429, 475

Wondrous are these Hearts of Men,' i. 369
Wrap me up in my old stable jacket, viii.

Songs sung by bird-scarers, v. 98, 132, 160, 246,
Sonnet, English, David M. Main's work on, v.

'Sonnets of this Century,' published by Walter
Scott, 1886, vi. 13

Sonning, "province" of, vii. 401
Sophie Dorothea of Hanover, her burial-place,.
Sorcery in Essex in 1863, iii. 478, 521

Sorel (Anthony) and Anna Quartermaine,.
characters in fiction, iii. 445

Sorencys," meaning of word, x. 190, 355
Sorrell (John) and Edward IV's expedition to-
France, xi. 269

Sorron (John, Bishop of), 1417, and Croydon
Church, iii. 109, 178; v. 331

Sotheby family, arms of, iii. 59, 152
Souls, exchange of, in fiction, v. 124, 191, 240,
279, 306, 334

Soul's (released) attention to corpse, v. 205
Soumarkee, use of the word, 1714, xii. 489
South," derivation of word, ix. 527

Red Rover, xii. 491

Sailors' chanties, vii. 48, 95, 114, 138, 198

St. Stephen and Herod, v. 315; vi. 63
See from Ocean Rising, xi. 73
Shakespear's, vi. 2; viii. 471, 514
Shoo, birds, shoo! vi. 47

So up she got and away she ran, iv. 75
Song of Hate, iii. 209

Songs, settings of Shakespeare's, 1667, vi. 2;
viii. 471, 514

Stirrup Cup, viii. 19

Sussex Harvest Home Songs, xii. 64, 454
Sweet Lavender, vii. 107

Terebus y Tereodin, ii. 507; iii. 50, 340
The cork leg, ix. 470, 537

The King, the Bishop and the Shepherd, x.
349, 397, 435; xi. 58

The other side of Jordan, ix. 429, 475
The Poor Thresher (Burns), v. 66, 108
The Spade, vi. 90, 155

The steam arm, ix. 470, 537

The tinkers soon shall worship Pan, vi. 271
There is a strange house in this town, vi.
215

There were three Knights, three very jolly
Knights, xii. 71

There's nae luck about the hoose, its
authorship, iv. 300

To-morrow shall be my dancing day, v. 320
Two Israelite Merchants, x. 210
Vicar of Bray, i. 12, 72, 139, 213
Viva Pio, Papa, Re, x. 132
Vote, Vote, Vote, xi. 449, 539
Wanted a Governess, c. 1845, ii. 16
We are the boys, i. 429

When Fanny, blooming fair, iii. 68, 119, 173
When I am dead, my dearest, iii. 149, 192,
214

When I was a schoolboy aged, ten, i. 189, 273

1828, extracts from, vii. 107

South Audley Street, Catholic chapel near, xi.,
289, 337

South Kimber, place-name, xi. 512
"Southam cyder,' X. 250, 293, 316

Southampton, eighteenth century writers on,
vii. 73

Southampton and Northampton, the shires of,.
ii. 29, 111

Southampton Row and Marylebone Road, 1857,
i. 427

Southampton Street, St. Giles's: the Golden
Ball, viii. 268, 317, 357

Southern Cross, visibility of, xi. 369, 415, 439,
474; xii. 98

Southey (R.): sources of his Thalaba,' i. 111,
217; on Popery, a doubtful reading, 208; his-
mother's family, 469, 518; ii. 30; unpublished
letters of, c. 1800, iii. 9; contributions to
Critical Review,' iv. 35, 66, 94, 122; v. 187;
on the Irish in Spain, vi. 188, 238; report of
saying of Nelson's, 229, 276; slang terms in
'Letters from England,' 197, 235; and
Malvern, vii. 31; and Porson's Devil's
Walk,' c. 1830, xii. 309
Southport, sand mounds at, viii. 358
Southwark Bridge, old, ix. 249
Southwark, last cowshed, xi. 209
Southwell (Rev. Henry), his University Family
Bible, vii. 230

Southwick, Augustinian Priory of, c. 1145, i..
49, 232

Sovereign=Mayor, vii. 172

Sovereigns of England, statues of, vi. 187
"Sowc'on," in will 1558, meaning of, iv. 190
Sowden (Benjamin), minister of English church
at Rotterdam, 1748, ix. 79

Sowden or Sowdon (Benjamin Choyce),
"eminent English poet,' viii. 168, 236, 311
Sowmoys," meaning of word, x. 167, 216