Subject Indexes. p.4: Accession Day celebrations (November 17). p.14: Accession Day: London and county index. p.17: Accidents. p.18: Accounts and account-books. p.20: Alchemists and alchemy. p.21: Almoners. p.22: Alms-giving, Maundy, Alms-houses. p.25: Animals. p.26: Apothecaries. p.27: Apparel: general. p.32: Apparel, Statutes of. p.32: Archery. p.33: Architecture, building. p.34: Armada; other attempted invasions, Scottish Border incursions. p.37: Armour and armourers. p.38: Astrology, prophecies, prophets. p.39: Banqueting-houses. p.40: Barges and Watermen. p.42: Battles. p.43: Birds, and Hawking. p.44: Birthday of Queen (Sept 7): celebrations; London and county index. p.46: Calendar. p.46: Calligraphy and Characterie (shorthand). p.47: Carts, carters, cart-takers. p.48: Catholics: selected references. p.50: Census. p.51: Chapel Royal. p.53: Children. p.55: Churches and cathedrals visited by Queen. p.56: Church furnishings; church monuments. p.59: Churchwardens’ accounts: chronological list. p.72: Churchwardens’ accounts: London and county index. Ciphers: see Secret messages, and ciphers. p.76: City and town accounts. p.79: Clergy: selected references. p.81: Clergy: sermons index. p.88: Climate and natural phenomena. p.90: Coats of arms. p.92: Coinage and coins. p.92: Cooks and kitchens. p.93: Coronation. p.94: Court ceremonial and festivities. p.96: Court disputes. p.98: Crime. p.101: Customs, customs officers. p.102: Disease, illness, accidents, of the Queen. p.105: Disease and illness: general. p.108: Disease: Plague. p.110: Disease: Smallpox. p.110: Duels and Challenges to Duels. p.111: Dwarfs. 1 p.112: Embroidery and needlework. p.112: Enclosures. p.113: Entertainments and civic receptions for the Queen. p.116: Fairs. p.116: Fencing. p.117: Finance: loans, pawned goods, ransoms, rent, sales, etc. p.120: Finance: pensions and gratuities. p.122: Fires and fireworks. p.123: Fish, fishing, fisheries. p.123: Food and drink. p.125: Forgeries and fakes. p.125: Forts and fortifications. p.125: Gambling. p.126: Gardens, gardeners. p.127: Gifts to and from the Queen. p.143: Goldsmiths. p.144: Guards. p.147: Harbingers. Hawking: see Birds, and Hawking. p.148: Heralds and Heraldry. p.151: Horses. p.153: Hunting and coursing. p.155: Inns and inn-keepers. p.158: Inns of Court. p.159: Jewel-house, and Jewel-house Officers. p.162: Jewels and Jewellers. p.166: Justices of the Peace. p.167: Lawyers and law: selected references. p.168: Libellous, scandalous, seditious, slanderous, treasonable words. p.172: Libraries and museums. p.173: Livery Companies. p.176: Lodgings at court/for courtiers. p.177: Lodgings outside court. p.179: Lotteries. p.180: Maps, plans, globes. p.181: Mayors: Lord Mayors of London. p.185: Mayors: outside London. p.187: Medals and Seals. p.188: Medical treatment. p.189: Moors and ‘blackamoors’. p.190: Mottoes. Museums: see Libraries and museums. p.192: Music, Dancing, Singing. p.198: Musters and reviews. p.199: Names for the Queen. p.201: Names given by the Queen to friends, favourites, suitors. p.202: Names given by the Queen to places and ships. p.202: Names coined by others. p.203: New Year gifts and payments. 2 p.208: Painters, pictures. p.214: Pardons. p.215: Parish registers: chronological list; London and county index. p.217: Parliament. p.222: Passports, safe-conducts. p.223: Physicians and surgeons. p.227: Piracy. p.228: Places: contemporary descriptions. p.229: Plots, rebellions, riots, risings. p.235: Porters. p.236: Posts and Post-horses. p.239: Printers and Printing. p.240: Prisoners: in custody at court, private houses, etc. p.244: Prisons and Prisoners, listed under each prison. p.251: Proclamations. p.253: Progresses, of a week or more. Prophecies: see Astrology. p.254: Proverbs. p.256: Purveyance. p.257: Religion: changes to ritual and vestments; religious sects. p.259: Road making and mending. p.260: Rogues, vagabonds, and beggars. p.261: Schools. Seals: see Medals and Seals. p.264: Seasonal events. p.266: Secret messages, and ciphers. p.267: Secret visits and audiences; disguises; incognito visits. p.270: Servants and workmen: selected references. p.272: Sheriffs. p.274: Ships: alphabetical list. p.277: Ships attending on, given to, launched by, visited by the Queen. p.278: Ships captured or wrecked. p.279: Ships: Navy. p.282: Ships which were ‘arrested’. p.283: Sieges. p.285: Spas, baths, wells. p.287: Sports and Pastimes. p.289: Tapestries. p.290: Tents. p.291: Thanksgiving services, and victory celebrations. p.292: Trade and Trading Companies. p.294: Travel expenses. p.295: Treaties. p.296: Trees. p.297: Trials and ‘hearings’. p.298: Universities. p.300: Voyages for Exploration, Plunder, Trade. p.305: Wardrobe and Robes. p.309: Wards and wardship. p.310: Watchmen and Watches. p.310: Wills quoted in the text. p.315: Women in employment. p.317-320: Works, and Works accounts. 3 Accession Day celebrations (November 17). 1558 Nov 17: London bell-ringing, bonfires, feasting in the streets. In November: Celebrations at Dover, Leicester, Warwick, Windsor, Worcester. end of year: At York, banquet, ‘special grace’. Accession Day bell-ringing began slowly, but from 1568 onwards it spread so widely, eventually becoming universal, that payments have been selected from a large number of churches, chosen to show their geographical spread. All had payments for ringing, and often for candles; the items referred to here are the less commonplace payments. November 17 is also St Hugh’s Day, and was often so referred to in the Diocese of Lincoln. There were other terms for the day, e.g. Coronation Day, Queen’s Day, Crownation Day. 1564 Nov 17: Introductory note on annual bell-ringing, and other customs. Ringing: St Botolph Aldersgate; St Peter Westcheap. 1565 Nov 17: St Botolph Aldersgate; St Peter Westcheap. 1566 Nov 17: St Botolph Aldersgate; St Mary Woolchurch Haw; St Peter Westcheap. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, St Mary. 1567 Nov 17: St Botolph Aldersgate; St Mary Woolchurch Haw; St Peter Westcheap. Lambeth Church, Surrey. 1568 Nov 17: St Botolph Bishopsgate; St Margaret Westminster; St Mary Woolchurch Haw. Kingston-upon-Thames Church, Surrey. Oxford, St Mary the Virgin; Warwick, St Nicholas. 1569 Nov 17: Allhallows London Wall; St Botolph Aldersgate: hire of ringers; St Botolph Aldgate: white brush; St Botolph Bishopsgate: bread and drink; St Martin in the Fields; St Mary Woolchurch Haw. Kingston; Lambeth; Salisbury, Wilts, St Thomas: seven ringers; Shrewsbury, Holy Cross. Wandsworth Church, Surrey; Warwick, St Nicholas. Worcester, St Michael Bedwardine. By Dr Thomas Wilson: verses. 1570 Nov 17: Camden’s description of growth of celebrations. St Botolph Aldersgate; St Margaret Westminster; St Mary Woolchurch Haw; St Michael Cornhill. Ashburton Church, Devon: ale; Kingston Church, Surrey. Oxford, St Mary the Virgin; Oxford, St Michael. Salisbury, St Thomas: links, torches, candles; seven ringers. Warwick, St Nicholas. 1571 Nov 9: Ringing for Victory at Lepanto: London churches which combined this payment with that for Accession Day: St Mary Aldermanbury; St Michael le Querne; St Peter Westcheap. Nov 17: St Botolph Bishopsgate; St Giles Cripplegate; St Margaret Westminster; St Michael Cornhill; St Matthew Friday Street: Queen’s Arms. Ashburton Church, Devon; Cambridge, Holy Trinity. Eltham Church, Kent; Hastings, All Saints. Ludlow Church, Shropshire: ringers appointed by Bailiffs. March Church, Cambs: ringing on St Hugh’s Day. Oxford Chamberlains: sermon by Mr Anne; organ-player. Salisbury, St Thomas: lights at service time and sermon. Winchester, St Peter Chesil; Wing Church, Bucks: St Hugh’s Day: meat and drink. 4 1572 Nov 17: St Botolph Bishopsgate: three prayer books; St Dunstan in the West: singing men from Paul’s; St Martin in the Fields; St Mary Aldermanbury: eight psalms; St Mary Woolchurch Haw; St Michael Cornhill. Ashburton Church, Devon; Bath, St Michael: to make the ringers drink. Bramley Church, Hants; Canterbury Chamberlains: Waits; Lambeth Church, Surrey. Oxford Chamberlains: Communion; organ-player; sermon. Rowington Church, Warwicks: St Hugh’s Day: gallon of ale. Salisbury, St Edmund; Salisbury, St Thomas: seven ringers. Southampton, St Lawrence: mending bell wheel. Warwick, St Nicholas: and when the Queen was in Warwick. Winchester, St Peter Chesil; Worcester, St Michael Bedwardine. 1573 Nov 17: Allhallows Staining; St Botolph Aldgate; St Martin in the Fields; St Mary Woolnoth. Ashburton Church; Bungay, Suffolk, Holy Trinity: bread and beer. Cambridge, Great St Mary; Canterbury Chamberlains: Waits. Heckington Church, Lincs; Lambeth Church; Ludlow Church. Oxford Chamberlains: Communion; food and drink; gunpowder; organ-player; preacher; Waits; St Peter’s parish, Herts. Tavistock Church, Devon; Warwick, St Nicholas; Winchester, St Peter Chesil. 1574 Nov 17: St Dunstan in the West: singing men; St Margaret Westminster; St Martin in the Fields; St Mary Woolnoth: ringing on Nov 16 and 17; St Michael le Querne: ringers’ breakfasts; St Stephen Walbrook. Battersea Church, Surrey; Eltham Church, Kent: mending bell wheel, ringing. Kingston Church, Surrey; Mendlesham Church, Suffolk: drink; musician. Minchinhampton Church, Gloucs. Oxford Chamberlains: preacher; food and drink; Waits. Oxford, St Michael: four ringers; Wandsworth Church, Surrey. 1575 Nov 17: Allhallows Staining; St Botolph Aldgate; St Botolph Bishopsgate: food; cotton candles; St Martin in the Fields: Sexton for ringing; St Mary Woolnoth: ringing on Nov 16 and 17; St Peter Westcheap: two little service books. Battersea Church; Bishop’s Stortford, Herts, St Michael: St Hugh’s Day. Bramley Church, Hants; Heckington Church, Lincs: St Hugh’s Day. Nottingham Chamberlains: ringing at St Mary’s Church. Rowington Church: St Hugh’s Day: two gallons of ale. Warwick, St Nicholas; Wattisfield Church, Suffolk. By Edward Hake: A Commemoration of the reign (quoted). 1576 Nov 17: Form of Prayer with Thanksgiving (I) (quoted). Allhallows London Wall: two books of prayers; St Dunstan in the West: singing men of Paul’s; St Mary Woolnoth: three books of prayers; St Peter Westcheap: book and two ballads.