i. 48 Field-names, the origin of, ii. 129; in Hamp- fitzGerald (Richard), autograph letter of, 1680, Fieschi family, Edward II, and Edward III, and, xii. 188, 397 Fife (Countess of), Mlle. Mercandotte as, vii. 448, 493 52nd Regiment of Foot in 1781-2, viii. 191, 235 56th Foot, Discourse on the Consecrating of the New Colours of,' 1819, ii. 188 Figaro in London,' published 1831, viii. 488 Fighting naked, xi. 57 Figures, method of remembering, vi. 39, 117 Finch (Sir Henry), 1625, Serjeant-at-Law, his portrait, iii. 210 66 Finch family of Winchelsey, vi. 41 Finkle Street, meaning of name, v. 69, 109, 219; vi. 25, 114, 176, 198, 319; vii. 151 Finland, Englishmen bishops there c. 1150-1200, iv. 331 Finland, Iceland, Scandinavia, English books on, vi. 39 Finlay or Findlay family of Dublin, iv. 188 Finucar (Matthias), c. 1780, miniature painter, iii. 169 Firdor," meaning of word, x. 129 'Fire as a disyllable, ix. 507 Fire pictures, viii. 370, 418 Fire putting out fire, ii. 530; iii. 372 Firebacks and stove ironwork, bibliography of, iii. 270, 519 Firebrace (Sir Henry), family history, xi. 1, 22, 77 Firebrand fire-ship, its burning, v. 317 stones built into, in Northumberland, ii. 8, 57 Fires at Alresford, Hants, c. 1620, i. 209, 294; in Cornhill during the eighteenth century, ii. 461; lighted near cornfields in England, ii. 427, 518 Fisheries at Comacchio, descriptions of, ii. 210, 257, 334 Fisherton-Anger, near Salisbury, xi. 311 Fishes, stories of the swarming and ascension of, i. 404 Fishing, Dr. Johnson on, i. 18, 98, 157, 218 Fishing from houses, xi. 86, 134, 158, 217, 257 Fishing and rain, x. 72 or Fishing-rod, mention of, in the Bible Talmud, ii. 308, 450, 480; iii. 14, 55 Fishyard, meaning of the term, v. 181, 216 FitzAucher family, xi. 311 FitzGerald (Edward), queries on the first edition of Omar Khayyam, iv. 330; capital G in name, x. 29 Fitzgerald (Mrs. Edward), d. 1890, her pictures, ii. 330 use of Fitzgerald family, ii, 530 Fitzgerald family of Kilmead and Geraldine of Kildare, vi. 308 Fitzgibbon (Maurice), Archbishop of Cashel, xi. 107 Fitzharding (William G. A.), Westminster scholar, x. 169 FitzHenry (Robert), Lord of Lathom, 1173-99, vi. 209. Fitzherbert (Mrs.), her residence at Brighton. viii. 331, 374 don, xi. 273 FitzJames (John) and Chester House, WimbleFitz-Reinfred family, the arms of, iii. 332, 430, 462; their lands in Lancashire, iv. 190, 248 Fitzwilliam family of Grimthorpe, the pedigree Five-franc piece of the First Empire, xii. 392, of, iii. 384 435, 497 Fives Court," St. Martin's Lane, 1803, the site of, iii. 13 Flags: flown on Armistice Day, origin sought, viii. 510; ix. 37, 77; emblem on, for Irish Flag Day, 1916, i. 346; Greek, its origin and history, v. 174; at half-mast, origin of the custom, xii. 493; identification sought, x. 70, 278; reversing the Union Jack, 391, 432, 495; first raising of the Stars and Stripes, 307, 357 national, their origin, ii. 289, 358. 455, 537; iii. 73; national of England, and that of Genoa, iv. 160; national, of Scotland, and lion rampant, ii. 71, 138, 175 Flagstaff, tallest one-piece, i. 59 Flahault (Comte de), aide-de-camp to Napoleon, his career, iv. 131, 169 Flamsteed (John), letter of, v. 64 Flanders (Counts of), their Flemish motto, i 469 Flanders (Jeanne of), 1341-64, her biography, vi. 208, 235, 321 Flanders, changes in the shield of, v. 238, 323; vi. 116 Flannel (Nicholas), d. 1419, viii. 348 Flat candle," Dickens's allusions to, x. 467; xi. 58, 137 Flatland: a Romance of Many Dimensions," Flearbottom, Lancashire place-name, its meanby A Square, iii. 299, 366 Fleet, histories of the river, ii. 106 ing, iv. 105 Fleet: marriage registers, x. 271, 355 Fleet Prison Records, whereabouts of, v. 266 Fleet, Portland, attempt to drain, 1635, i. 347 Fleet Street parishes, rate-books of, 1768 to 1800, ii. 310; recent changes, x. 323; taverns, 346, 396 Fleete (Rev. William), Wykehamist, epitaph at Selworthy, iv. 324; v. 74 Fleetwood (Sir Gerrard Dutton), ix. 336 Fleetwood (Sir Gervasse) of the "Royal Band of Gentlemen-Pensioners," ix. 249, 294 Fleetwood (James), Bishop of Worcester, lost portrait, iv. 329 Fleetwood (John), his letter on contraband, 1710, ii. 281 Fleetwood (Paul), b. c. 1688, d. 1727, his descendants, ii. 409, 535 I Fleetwood family, genealogical puzzle, iii. 224, 389 Fleming (Scrope), Westminster scholar, xi. 211, 253 Fleming family, ii. 291 Foix (Gaston de), author of the Livre de la Chasse,' viii. 211, 257 Foley, place-name, x. 370 Folkard (H. C.), Marksman," author of The Flemish burial-ground, London, the site of, iii. Folkestone, child's epitaph at, iv. 324 Flemish literature, books on, iv. 14, 112 Flemish motto of the Counts of Flanders, i. 469 Fletcher (John) and The Sea Voyage,' xi. 443, 485 Fletcher (John William), of Madeley, his connexion with Bangor, v. 293, 320; vi. 25, 134 Fletcher (Joseph), of Tullamore, vii. 429 Fletcher (Mrs. Maria Jane), née Jewsbury, d. 1833, her diaries, iii. 271 Fletcher (Nathaniel), author of A Methodist Dissected,' x. 391 Fletcher (William), Byron's valet, information wanted, iv. 135 Fletcher's reputed authorship of 'Double Falsehood,' v. 30, 60, 86 Fletcher family, ii. 48; iii. 384, 431 Fleury, "le petit Fleury," comédien, 1759, iii. 249 Flight Barr and Barr, ix. 72 Flimwell, Sussex, its traditions, vi. 191 وو Flippancy, use of the word, viii, 467 Flixton, Lancashire church bells, vii. 418 "Flocks" and "herds," definitions of, vi. 295; vii. 15 Flockton ( -), of the Panton Street puppet show, iv. 303 Flodden, Aberdeenshire men slain in the battle, iii. 109 Flood (Jocelyn), Westminster scholor, 1764, vii 409, 456, 518 Flood (Jocelyn), christening of, 1746, ix. 79 Floor coverings of the Tudor epoch, vii. 311, 357, 394, 475 'Floreat Etona," battle-cry at battle of Laing's Nek., ix. 111, 153, 234, 277, 313 Florio (John) and Francis Meres, i. 54, 117 Florists' feasts, when first held, c. 1724, iii. 266 Flower (Barnard), King's glazier, and Bishop Fox, c. 1510-20, ii. 330; iii. 436; iv. 19, 247 Flowers of Australia, their smell, i. 90; on graves, origin of custom of planting, v. 15, 166; double, in Japan, vi. 310; in London public gardens, iv. 74; rustic names for, ix. 29, 78 'Flummery," meaning of, v. 149, 192 'Flurdeglaiur,' ix. 369, 438 Flustered," Yorkshire use of word, xi. 7 "Fly" vehicle, origin of the word, i. 150, 254, 398, 494; ii. 32, 95 Flying, an attempt by а Frenchman London, 1751, xii. 449 Flying. See Aeronautics. Flying machine in 1783, xii. 150 in Flying Post,' oldest Exeter newspaper, the cessation of, 1917, iii. 355 Folk-lore: Adam's apple, i. 245 Amber, vi. 271, 297, 318, 339; vii. 58, 318 Angelica, significance of an offering of, iii. 51, 259, 312, 372 Asiago, some customs of, ii, 48, 134 Bible and salt, ii. 390, 478; iii. 18 Birds nightingales, yellowhammers, and peacocks, ii. 190 Birth parsley beds and gooseberry bushes, iv. 219, 256 Boys born in May cruel, iv. 133, 172, 257; V. 25 Buddha, figure of, in the human eye and neck, i. 245 Bull-baiting superstitions, 11. 447 Cats in, i. 15, 251; x. 429 Cauls, superstitious value of, xii. 9, 58, 75 Chime-hours, effect of being born in," i. Corpse visited by the soul, v. 205 Derbyshire superstitions, vii. 168 Dock leaves as remedy for nettle-stings, vii. 14 Dreams, their meaning, iii. 8 Dyak, souls conveyed in iron ship, iv. 113 Eagle stone, xii. 189, 236 Ear tingling, charms to" cut the scandal,” ii. 310, 413 Egg folk-lore, i. 16, 58; x. 15; xii. 17 Eggs laid on Good Friday, ix. 489 Elderwood superstitions, 1. 37, 94; ii. 136; vi. 359, 301; vii. 27, 37, 59; viii. 18; X. 408 Farmers, weather rimes of, ii. 29, 77, 117, 159 Fiddlers' Green, x. 130, 238 Field mice, vii. 191 1 Miscellany of modern, viii. 203 Northern superstitions, x. 248. Folk-lore: Yorkshire: waite, x. 70 entries made by Abe Braith Folk-Song, English, and poem by W. Allingham, Folk-Song, Norfolk variant, xii. 452, 516 Font, Nelson, at Burnham Thorpe Church, iv. Fontenelle's allegory in Bayle's Nouvelles de 4.2 Foolproof," meaning of word, fii. 511 190, 319 Footpaths, submerged v. 70 for, i. Fop," origin of ferm, ix. 331 "For fun," earliest use of phrase, xi. 86 "For one's sins," early use of the phrase, i. 427 Forbes (Captain), m. 1789, viii. 468 Forbes (James), of the I.C.S., d. 1819, vii. 392 Forbes (Major Jonathan), 78th Highlanders, viii. 51 Peacock's feathers, vii. 137, 277, 477; vili. Ford (Gerturde S.), poem by, x. 152 37, 316 Plough-jags, vi. 35 Ford (John), his posthumous play, 'The Rabbit, superstitions relating to, i. 154, 235, Ford (Thomas), donor of clock-tower to Tiver 317, 394, 438; ii. 10 Remember the grotto," ix. 109 Rope of sand, x. 309, 353, 417; xii. 398 St. Swithin and broken eggs, i. 16, 58 Smokers superstition, i. 208, 276; ix. 528; Spider, superstitions and legends, iii. 272, Stone-lore, emerald and chastity, i. 125, 197, Touching for the king's evil, ii. 114; iii. Touching a sailor for luck, i. 430, 491; ii. Wall-rue, superstitions and legends, iii. 272, Washire, vil. 245, 488; ix. 47 Fordraught" or word, viii. 450, 478 Fordraft," meaning of Ford's MSS., Suffolk collections, ix. 230, 279. 66 333 Foreign languages, influence of, on style, vii. Foreign States and Dukedoms, armorial bear- Forest (Blessed John) and the image of Darvell v. 22 Foresters, Ancient Order of, symbolism of the Forks, rarity in Stuart period, iv. 86 Forlong (Maj.-Gen. J. G. R.), author, ix. 169 "Wag" in infants, remedy for, i. 346 Forrester (Andrew), his wife, viii. 71 Wax mages. xii. 16, 95 Wife sales, ix. 47 Forrester (Lieut.-Col. James), author of The Forrester, Simpson, Dickson, and Anderson Francis I of France, a salamander as his families, ii. 428 Forster (Dr.), editor of The Perennial Calendar,' vi. 39, 240 Forster (John), High Sheriff of Co. Monaghan, 1715, xi. 423 Forster (Simon Andrew), musical instrument maker, b. 1801, xi. 110 Forster family of Hanslope, Bucks, iv. 158; v. 51 words Foundlings entered in parish registers, v. 40, Fox (Sir Charles) and the Crystal Palace, ii. Fox (Bishop Richard), and Barnard Flower, c. 1510-20, ii. 330 Fox "broadsword, meaning of, xii. 252, 298 Fox, Fowler & Co., and private bank notes, viii. 227 device, iii. 192, 214, 278 Fray". archaic meaning of the word, vi. 41, 99 Frazer Sir J. G.), his view of indentures, v. 148 Frederick the Great, burial-place of his mother, i. 326; reputed karbarous treatment of a Frenchman, iv. 133, 338 Frederick II, his phrase about the diplomats," ii. 148 Frederick (John), b. 1704, his children, xii. 413 Free (John), D.D., his proposed free university, c. 1766, vi. 147 Free family, c. 1800, iv. 273 Freedom of a City, origin cf custom, ix. 489; origin of grant, x. 55, 97, 118, 257; in a gold Freeman (Samuel), his engraved portrait of Bp.. Freeman family of Lamb's Conduit Street, Freeman, Day, Pyke and Stuart families, vi. 498 Freemasonry: the first Grand Chaplain, William Dodd, xi. 4, 58, 117, 154; and the Royal Society, x. 42; 175; Tuileurs," 309; the Hackney Mermaid, 388; use of masonic emblems, ix. 123; at Wapping in the eighteenth century, 485 Freezing, effect of, on the human body i. 49, 178, 234, 399 Foxes and lambs, viii. 511; ix. 59 Foxhounds: Craven pack, viii. 391, 436 Foxley Mansion in Herefordshire, xi. 251 Freight charges during the war, vi. 87 Frames for pictures, earliest use of, vi. 190, 279 Fremland, Essex, its locality, v. 295 France: ancient with England, arms of, iii. 419, French (Geering and William Lasseber), of 485; Charles X and English horse-racing in, Oxford University, xi. 149 ix. 68; Marshals of, from 1185 to 1870, ii. 182, French (Marcella), vii. 29, 157, 474 235, 279, 378; iii. 74; Sir Walter Scott at Les French coinage and the Birmingha Andelys, iv. 15; travels in, during the Revolu-490; xi. 91; xii. 76 tion, ii. 108 int, French comedy, John Stuart Mill on, iv, 44 French dramatic performances in London, 181728, iv. 213 French legal terms, xi. 348, 414, 439 French place-names, adjectives from, i. 399 162 Fuller (Thomas) and the quotation "Man is immortal till his work is done," i. 388, 438; his first wife, Eleanor Grove, iv. 121, 191; vii. 450, 518; merchant of Amsterdam, viii. 250 Fuller family, relation of Markshall with, v. 8, 78, 132 Fullmer (Samuel), Westminster scholar, xi. 233 Fulloloye surname, vi. 68, 115, 196; X. 55 Funccius (Joannes), Pretestant divine, b. 1518, d. 1566, i. 49, 158 Functionaries, rights and duties of, viii. 347, 435 Fund for Preserving the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, v. 183, 218 "Funeral biscuits," origin of the name, i. 247, 355 "Gad "a perch, or 10ft., x. 48 Gadesden (Augustus W.), Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, c. 1840, ii. 469, 518 Gadget," its various meanings, iv. 187, 281 Gage (Father John) and greengages, xi. 8 Gad-whip ceremony in Lincolnshire, i. 40 Gage (Thomas), d. 1656, his burial-place, ix. 110 Gaillard (Pierre François)=" Lacenaire": his Gage family, viii. 371 Gaimar's Estoire des Engleis,' and the Angloexecution, vii. 489; viii. 14 French "De Sanctis," v. 281; his patron: "Raul le fiz Gilebert, viii. 104 Gainsborough (Thomas), portraits painted by, missing, 1. 286; his Life by Fulcher, iv. 101; his picture of The Mall, vii. 330; his letter to Reynolds, 510 'Gairns," Yorkshire land-term, x. 89 Gale (Commodore), legendary, x. 490 Gale (John), his Recreations,' x. 490 Gale (Theophilus), Nonconformist tutor, b. 1628, ii. 209, 279; and Magdalen College, Oxford, viii. 471 Gallantry unto death, xi. 449 Galleon, Spanish, sunk in the Channel, xii. 369, 435, 436, 498 Gallí (Marco, Cardinal), d. 1683, his portrait by Velasquez, iii. 30. |