Cats: in folk-lore, x. 429; tailless, 431, 472; xi. 38, 97; large number kept by Mrs. Gregg (or Griggs), vii. 5; reasons for some habits of, i. 15, 251

Cats: Beware of the woman who does not like cats," author wanted, viii. 451 Cattle, goats kept with, i. 16; iii. 310 Cauls, the superstitious value of, xii. 9, 58, 75 Caultham, in old pilgrim rime, locality wanted, iv. 242

Causton (William), c. 1730, his biography, xii.

394

Centenarian, epitaph, 1725, at Gussage St. Andrew, ii. 47

Centenarians:

Dowse (Thomas), d. 1734, ix. 150
Hancock (John), ix. 289

Parr (Robert), d. 1757, viii. 457; ix. 99
Stabbins (Frederick William), of Somerset,
vii. 87

Two of Westmorland, iv. 156

Centipede, held to be sacred, in Japan, to god of fortunes, viii. 411

Cephalonia, description of Argostoli, iii. 91, 151, 233

Cerebus (The): or, Tartarean Review,' published 1830, viii. 465

x. 116

387

Ceremonial vestments of the Judiciary, ix. 529;
Ceres, said to be oldest British vessel afloat, ix.
Cervantes, Stothard's illustrations of his Don
Ceylon, portraits of Governors of, vi. 131
Quixote,' i. 247; popular fallacies, xi. 272
Chace (Thomas), of Bromley, d. 1788, ii. 148
Ceylon, Yorkshire regiments in, iv. 199
Chadwick (Samuel Taylor), statue at Bolton,
v. 312
Chadwick (Sheldon), author of Poems,' 1856,
information wanted, iv. 303

Chairs, c. 1786, transitional type of, vi. 12, 116;

basket chairs, vii. 348; cane-bottomed, x. 350, 398

'Chaitivel,' French lai, translation of, i. 410 Chaldee Manuscript in Blackwood,' sensation

caused by, iv. 17, 56

Chalk Farm, duelling at, ix. 149, 196, 239 Chalice, Italian, c. 1380, arms on, ii. 70, 197 Chalk in Kent and its owners, x. 151, 195, 255;

xi. 18

Challinor (William), b. 1821, viii. 186 Challoner, Bishop, his father Richard Challoner, v. 235

Challoner (Richard), v. 235

Chalmers (James), and the author of donia,' ix. 72

Cale

Chaloner (Sir Thomas), viii. 329, 373 Chaloner family of Sussex, pedigree wanted, v. Chamber family, glass painters of York, viii. 127 235 Chamberlain (Rev. B.), of Oxford, x. 166 Chamberlain (Bahtolomew), D.D., c. 1591, his Chamberlain (Joseph), his portrait, vii. 310, 356 parentage, xii. 309, 353 Chamberlain (Sir Robert) and Edward IV's expedition to France, xi. 270

Chambers (Ephraim), F.R.S., his letter from Bordeaux, 1739, i. 462; the travels of, ix. 353 Chambers (Sir William), d. 1796, his descendants, xi, 290, 357

Chambers's Journal,' old contribution to, viii. 69

Chamonix, early English tourists at, vii. 149, 197 Champagne, burnt, how prepared, iv. 217, 251; vi. 259

Champagne," spellings of, x. 71, 116

Champagne (Major-Gen. Josiah), his regiment, c. 1800, iii. 250, 308, 396

Chance family and the Gloucester Journal,'
x. 285
Chancery, petitions to, concerning J. Lawson
Sisson, 1833, iii. 299

Chanelhouse, origin of the surname, i. 207, 273
Changelings. See under Folk-lore.
Chantey, Latin version of a sailor's, iii. 386
Chantrey (Sir Francis), his bust of Sir I.
Brunel, i. 148, 234

Chapel printers' term 'Father of the Chapel,' vi 62

Chapels, Countess of Huntingdon, the use of, i. 247, 394; of Ease, usages appertaining to, ii. 430; of Eldernél, Whittlesey, consecrated 1525, xii. 32; Portuguese Embassy, vi. 110, 171, 218; Royal Savoy, inscriptions in the burialground, ii. 425, 498

Chaplain's library, seventeenth century, vii. 85 Chaplains of Fromond's Chantry, Winchester, ii. 221; iii. 150

Chapman (G.), and Glapthorne's play' Revenge for Honour, i. 401; and the authorship of Alphonsus, Emperor of Germany,' ii. 464, 484, 503

Chapman family of Ormsley, details wanted, V. 40

Chappe (Abbe Claude), telegraphic experiments, vii. 32

Chappedelaine, Norman family, i. 409
Chapuys (Gabriel), his translation of Cinthio's
Othello,' i. 16, 212, 315
"Chara "char-a-banc, vii. 46
Char-à-banc, introduction into England, ix. 329,

396

Charades: I'm the loudest of voices in orchestra heard, iii. 298, 371, 459; Men cannot live without my first, 298, 271, 459

Charing Cross Magazine,' x. 371, 398 Charity children at St. Paul's Cathedral, xi. 31, 97

Charles (Elizabeth [Rundle]), disappearance of tablet in memory of, iii. 414; tablet to, iv. 337; memorial tablet, vii. 396, 437 Charles I. and the King of Italy, ii, 267, 358, 496: his journey from Newcastle to Holmby, 1646, iii. 300, 361, 429; coronation coin, 1633, iv. 202; journey from Oxford to Southwell, v. 182, 326; memorial tablets in Westminster Hall, vi. 5; judges of: exhumation of remains, xi. 488

Charles I. farthing found, v. 195

Charles II., his physician Sir Alexander Fraser, ii. 227; charge for repairing his house at York, iv. 161; bombers in navy of, vi. 271; coinage of, vii. 116; and the Smith family, 488; viii. 195; name of "Old Rowley given to, ix. 135; xii. 271; called coffin-faced," ix. 170; and Barbara Villiers, 251, 337 Charles X. as a pioneer of English horse-racing in France, ix. 68

66

Charles (Lord) murdered by his brother. See Townshend (Lord Charles).

Charles, Prince, in North Devon, 1645, vi, 36, 150, 193, 214, 337

Charles Edward Stuart (Prince), his arrest in Paris, 1748, iii. 444

Charlie, Bonnie Prince." See Stuart. Charleson, surname, xi. 31

Charlett (Dr.), bibliography wanted, xi. 230

Charlotte Chapel, Westminster, viii. 441 Charlotte (Queen), her character, iii. 9; bust in Trinity House of, vi. 7; epigram on death of, x. 372

Charlton (George), fountain at Gateshead, iv. 208 Charlton House, Wantage, Berks, date of erection, iv. 77

Charlwood and Rugeley families, xi. 171
Charm of St. Colme, x. 113

ii. 249

Charm, seventeenth-century, vi. 201, 264
Charming Nancy, wreck of, xi. 232, 317
Charnley (Capt. John), cup presented to, 1804,
Charnock (Dr. R. S.), his "library," i. 268,
410, 489
Charnock (Richard) and Stratford-on-Avon), vii.
Charter, a Gloucester, of Henry I., v. 16, 72, 101
Charter, Great. See Magna.

323

Charters, Anglo-Saxon, seals on, ii. 169 Chartularies, bibliography, vii. 330, 414; viii. 56, 95

Chase (James), apothecary and M.P., c. 1690, ii. 267, 318 Chatham (Lord), his statement on "Absolute justice," xii. 133

'Chatham House Magazine,' ix. 217 "Chatter about Harriet," origin of phrase, iii. 450 Chatterton (Thomas), his apprenticeship to Lambert, viii. 31, 114; ix. 148, 198; his death, viii. 108

Chaucer (Geoffrey), "wearing of gylte Spurres maketh no knyghte," iv. 104; his Christian name, vi. 220

Chautauqua," origin of word, viii. 431, 474; derivation of name, ix. 38

Chaworth (Sir G.), his travels in Europe, 1621, i. 101

Cheapside, width of, x. 290, 335

Check," and cheque," origin of the word, ii. 128

Cheddar cheese, early references to, viii. 468 Cheese: used as Ammunition, ix. 387, 533; supplied to Army in 1650-1, viii. 508; B.C.' on, xi. 290; Begging ryhmes, xi. 471; xii, 37, 99; Cement, xi. 330, 375; Cheddar, early references to, viii. 468; Cheddar appreciation of, in 1861, ix. 69; "Cheese Monday," Bulgarian festival, ix. 169; Cheshire, song on, ix. 212, 254; Christmas cheese, custom of signing, xi. 510; Cures, ix. 331; English varieties, ix. 190; Ewe's milk, ix. 111; Essex and Banbury types, viii. 490; Fairs, ix. 28; Green cheese, xi. 272; Hard Cheese," xi. 412; Holland varieties, ix. 331; May Day ceremony, xi. 290; types noted by Gervase Markham, 1631, viii. 469; Moulds, earliest use of metal, ix. 31; Plates, xi. 350; Poisoning, ix. 331; Quotations on, ix. 188, 235, 255, 335, 455, 516; Rituals, used in, ix. 331; Saint and sacrifices, ix. 130, 239, 255, 279, 335; x. 237; Scotch varieties, ix. 190; Shakespeare's cheese-loving Welshman, ix. 110, 196, 234, 254, 335, 498; Stilton, first maker of, ix. 406, 455; Tuningen cheese, viii. 510; Varieties in 1534, ix. 11; Varieties and prices, xi. 371; Vats, earliest reference to, ix. 11; Welsh rabbit. ix. 110, 148, 198, 278, 438; Yawning for, ix. 289

Cheesemonger's scoring: Runic custom, xi. 311, 375

Cheiro pseudonym of Count Hamon, xii. 474 Cheke (Sir John), his family, vii. 431, 494 Chelmsford, Black Boy Inn at, vii. 131, 170, 171 Chelsea Hospital, Royal, Nell Gwynne and the, ii. 210, 276

Chelsea superstition Bridge, iii. 356

about Old Battersea

Chelsum (Rev. James), d. 1801, his marriage, ii. 469

Cheltenham Guid",' the author, ii, 390, 459 Cheque and check," origin of the word, ii, 128

Cherbury (Lord Henry of) and the Château of, vi. 336

Cherries, heart-cherries, place of the hyphen. ii. 6

Cherries, proverb about eating, viii. 190, 238 Cherry orchards of Kent, their position, viii. 211, 275, 352, 413

Chesapeake and Shannon, inscription on stone in St. Paul's Church, Halifax, N.S., ix. 368; engagement between, x. 465 Cheshire, Coddington family of, vi. 188 Cheshire proverbs, iv. 344 Cheshire, old custom

"Thiertnic," v. 93

of

"Thwertnic or

Parish

Chester (Col.), his extracts from registers, ix. 389, 473, 517; x. 52 Chester (W. Bromley), M.P. for Gloucestershire, 1776, i. 408, 455

Chester Diocesan Calendar,' 1857, vii. 19 Chester House, Wimbledon Common, xi. 273 Chester, Letter-Books of the city, of, i. 33 Chester Monastery, x. 470; xi. 17

Chesterfield (Lord), his poems, iii. 68, 119, 173; iv. 138

Chesterfield Letters, publication of new, v. 154,

seventeenth century

accounts, x. 384 Chettle (Henry), 'Patient Grissil,' emendation, iii. 441; his dramatic works, 1598-1603, xii. 263, 283, 303, 324, 345, 365, 386 Chettle (Mary), d. 1595, xi. 31 Chetwood or Chetwode (Abigail), d. 1658, her biography, iv. 301

Cheval or Chevall family, vii. 350, 458; viii. 189 Chevalier (Dr. Thomas), 1767, and Lord Kitchener's mother, ii. 109, 158, 278

Chevallon (Charlotte), proof-reader in 1540, xi.

Chicago, Big Four" of, vi. 88, 238, 280 Chichester Diocesan Gazette,' 1894, vii. 19 'Chichester Diocesan Kalendar,' 1874, vii. 19 Chichley (John), Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, ii. 469

Child (Sir J.) and Wansted Park, c. 1683, vi. 33 Child (R.), M.P., banker, d. 1782, his marriage,. i. 11, 54

Child, an only child, becoming famous, i. 127, 232

Child, unborn, mother's influence on, ii. 190, 316; iii. 17, 76, 283

Children: Mary Waters, afterwards Honywood, her 367 children," iv. 235 Children, books for, in the thirties," i. 144;. poems for, titles wanted, vi. 67 Children: bearing the same name, xi. 17, 152; carried off by Eagles, 290; xii. 136; the three hundred and sixty-five, xi. 372, 417, 518; xii.. 36, 96

Childs (George) and George Cruikshank, i. 203. Chillingham, North Northumberland, founder of the barony of, ii. 8 Chilton, place-name, xi. 472 Chime-hours, effect of being "born in," i. 329, 417; ii. 136, 194, 216, 397 Chimneypiece, old, carried away from Rhodes, iv. 215 Chimney sweepers, their climbing boys, iii. 347, 462; iv. 28, 143; x. 16

Chimney-sweeps, publications on the prevalenceof cancer among, i. 149, 415 China: Biscuit, vii, 130, 178; Lowestoft, vii. 49, 115, 197; ix. 18; Willow pattern, vii. 169, 197, 219, 236, 356; viii. 496; ix. 78, 175; WorcesterSparks, vii. 250

China Old China" pugilists' term, vi. 294,. 319 "Chinese Gordon epitaph, a, vi. 272, 299, 317 Chinese anticipation of submarines, v. 131 Chinese festival for departed relations, x. 429 Chinese vase: Yi Lu, inscription on, ix. 409, 452 Chinese witnesses, forms of taking an oath, xii. 50

Ching, Cornish surname, mistaken for Chinese, ii. 127, 199, 239, 259, 336

Chinkwell, derivation of name, x. 93, 157, 236
Chinnery (George), artist, 1774-1852, xii. 231
Chinnery family, vii. 130
Chippendale (Thomas), his parentage, viii. 90;
cabinet-maker, x. 1

Chippendale family, x. 1
Chiswell (Richard), his travels in Europe, 1697,.
i. 261, 328

Chivalry, The High Court of," held 1699, ii. 330

Chivalry in the Victorian age, iii. 382 Chmielnitzky (Bogdan) and Oliver Cromwell, vi. 88

Chobham, history of the house, the Ford, i. 369 Choir-stalls, monastic, the arrangement of, ii. 409, 476

Cholera victims, memorial to, Bicester, 1832, ii.. 187

Cholerton, place-name, ix. 17

Cholerton surname, derivation of, viii. 491
Chollerford, place name, ix. 17
Cholmeley (Sir Hugh), defender of Scarborough
Castle, c. 1640, portrait of, ii. 509

Christian Names:

Thelma, i. 429

Thistle Dijon, v. 206 Tubus, vi. 37, 157, 216, 302 Welthen, ii. 309, 376, 458 Christian Names: brothers

(or daughters), of the same, ix. 230, 273, 312, 336, 415, 436, 454, 497; x. 59, 258; xi. 36, 77; xii. 499; Children bearing the same, xi. 17, 152; Curious, vii. 133; early occurence of double, v. 289; vi. 192; Femimine, given to males, vi. 250, 282, 338; Surnames as, ix. 370, 437, 474, 511; x. 115, 255, 397 Christmas carol, To-morrow shall be my dancing day," origin wanted, v. 320; vi. 154 Christmas Day, suspension of newspapers on, viii. 27

Christmas Eve service in Exeter Cathedral, iii. 509

Christmas: Father Christmas and Christmas stockings, i. 69, 173, 291, 294, 497

Christmas legends: sources wanted, xi. 271 Christmas Paternoster," Italian, iii. 501 Christmas puddings and mince pies, viii. 70, 116 Christmas trees, ix. 529

Christmas verses spoken by children at Sheffield, iv. 324; v. 46, 82

Christ's Hospital and the Navy, ix. 87, 199, 277 Chronograms in Oxford and Manchester, ii. 7 Chudleigh (Elizabeth), Duchess of Kingston, d. 1785, vii. 290, 336, 358, 397

Chudleigh (Thomas), his letters to Sir Richard Bulstrode, viii. 189

Church (Dean R.) on Browning's 'Sordello," i. 128, 220

Church bell, Farnham, Dorset, its inscription, i. 389, 420, 436

Church bells, Hampshire, their founders, iv. 188, 341; v. 44, 109, 304; · vi. 137 Church bells and rheumatism, i. 509

Church, bishops' orders about seats in, before 1800, ii. 10

Church brasses, armorial bearings from, xi. 350, 419

Church briefs, books about, v. 294, 331

Church building and Parliamentary Commissioners, 1828, viii. 450, 496

Church, carving on pulpit at Sprotborough, iii. 443

Church, Croydon, and Bishop of Sorron, iii. 109, 178

Church customs, ix. 449, 495

Church drops," from churchwardens' accounts, 1715, iii. 360, 430

Church endowment with proceeds of books, xii. 474

66

Church, goods of, 'beadsman's bell" and "beam of yron, i. 287

Church goods of Hampshire, inventory of, ii.

210

Church, identification of, from photograph, iii.

109

Church, its licences to medical men and midwives, iv. 11, 58

Church Litton, Isle of Wight. vii. 472 Church livings connected with old families, i. 388, 497

Church, mystic significance of the alphabet in, iii. 271, 340, 369, 459