Acorn Bank, Privileges of tenants of,67Ale possets,202Allendale, Old school-days at,250Alms corn, Payments of,88Altar, Horn of the, at Carlisle,74Ambleside—curious church tradition,49Appleby, Privileges of burgesses of,69;Barring out custom at,254-255;Curious assize incident at,7;Bull-baiting at,195;Excommunication at,102;Grammar School,242;Public whipping at,126-128;Stocks at,125Appleby Castle, Old corn measures at,159-160;Curfew bell at,238Applethwaite (Windermere), Curious regulations at,89Apprentices and salmon,178Apprenticeship custom, An,233Archdeacon’s Court,59-60Archery,196-199Arlecdon, Rector of, chasing a parishioner,42;Church font used as water-trough,50;Church, Dogs in,63;Tradition concerning buried church,133;An old school at,249;Barring out custom at,252Armathwaite, Gibbeting of Whitfield at,94Armboth Hall, Skulls at,147"Web-stone at,237Armour in churches,13,34Assessors of bread and ale,89Assize incident, A curious,7Atkinson, Execution of Captain,97Bampton, Arrangement of families in church,53;Punishment of Quakers,107-109Barguest, The,141Barring out custom at school,252-255Barton, Probable fortified church at,34;Curious manorial custom at,80Beacons,10-13Beating the bounds,227Bees, Telling the,138Beetham Church, Penance at,111Bell-gate at Dalston,238Bell-horses,217,238Bell legends,132Bell, Mayor of Wreay’s old silver,201Bells, Carlisle racing,191Bishop of Carlisle and cock-fighting,195Bishops excommunicated,100Bishops, Fighting,22-28Blackmail rent,75Bode, bodesmen, bodeword, bode-hill,14Boggles,139Bongate—A reminder of serfdom,66Boon services,76-79Bootle, Beacon at,15Border service,9-16,68-70,229Bridekirk, Excommunication at,101Brigham, Fortified church at,33Brough, Probable fortified church at,34;Church font in private grounds,50;Holly Night at,205Brougham, Curious horn at,73;Countess’s Pillar at,223Bull and boar, Obligation to keep,87Bull-baiting,195Burgh Barony Cup, Races for,190Burgh-by-Sands, Fortified church at,30Burrell Green, Luck of,151Burton, Curious dispute at,40“Burying the old wife” custom,233Calgarth skulls,146Caldbeck, Manorial customs at,83Carleton—A reminder of serfdom,65Carlisle, Watch and ward at,19;Cathedral, Rioting in,37;Cathedral used as a prison,37;Charter Horn at,74;Pillory and stocks at,124;Racing Bells,191Cartmell Church, Troops quartered in,37Carriage money service,89Castleward, Service of,71Charms,136Charter Horn at Carlisle,74Chimney and hearth tax,182-186Church curiosities,38-63;Stock,51,52;Holding manorial courts in,58;Dog-whippers in,60-63;Legends,131-133,139;Fined for not going to,226Churchwardens’ duties,51,52,107,108,226;Selection of,245Churchyards, Keeping swine out of,60;Announcing sales in,158Churches, Fortified,28-37;Armour in,13,34;Division of sexes in,53;Seating arrangements in,51;Swallowed by the earth,131-132Churning, Superstitions about,137Christmas festivals,202Clergy, Old-time,40-46Clergymen as publicans,41;as schoolmasters,248-252Cliburn, A probable fortified church at,34Clifton, Old school-days at,251Clogs,171Cloth searchers,164“Clothe Dightinge,”163Coaching days, The old,213-216Coals carried on horse-back,217Cockermouth tolls dispute,83;Old manorial officers at,90Cock-fighting,192-195,201,242Cockpenny,242,243Corby Castle, Radiant Boy of,146Cordwainers, Rules for,164Cornage, Service of,15,69,70,73Coronation festivities,205Corryhole at Great Salkeld Church,32Councils, Old Parish,230-232Countess’s Pillar at Brougham,223County guinea incident near Penrith,20Courts in church, Holding,58Courts, Old,58,90,181Crack Nut Sunday,225Croglin, Manorial customs at,82Crosby Garrett, A probable fortified church at,33Crosby-on-Eden, Old school-days at,249Crosby Ravensworth Church, Keeping dogs out of,61Cross Fell, Legend of,132Crosthwaite, Rivalry between Cockermouth and,157“Culyet,”52Cumin tenure,85Cumwhitton, Manorial customs at,82Curfew Bell, Ringing the,238Customs, Old,223-239;Old School,240-255Dacre Church, Curious custom at,55Dalston Church, Whipping dogs from,61-62;Holy well at,207“Dalston Black-reeds,”194Dearham Church tower used as a beacon,32Death stroke superstition,137Dissenters, Punishment of,107-109Dog-laws at Egremont, Old,87Dog-whippers in church,60-63Downies and Uppies at Workington,200Drengage tenements,66Drenges,66Dress, Old-time,171-173Drigg, Manorial customs at,82Drunkards, Punishment of,119-121Edenhall, Church tower used as a beacon,13;Manorial customs at,81;A possible plague stone at,237Eden Hall, Luck of,148Egremont, Manorial customs at,77,87,90Epidemics, Old-time,235-238Excommunication and penance,98-119Executions, Wholesale, for political offences,97Expeditious wagons,216Fairies,137Fairs, Old laws concerning,155;Churchyard,155-158Farleton Knott beacon,13Festivities and sports, Old,188-208Fighting Bishops and Fortified Churches,22-37Firebote,75Fire, Old methods for quenching,186“First-foot” superstition,147Flimby, Old tenure at,71Fonts in private grounds,50-51Food-stuffs, Old-time,174-178Fools, Old-time,232Football,199-200,243Forest Court at Hesket,69,73Forestalling and regrating, Laws against,165-167,169Fortified churches,28-37Foster-oats, An old manorial rent,78Free-bench,81Furth-neets at Orton and Ravenstonedale,228-229Gallows Hills,94,98Gambling, Punishment for,115Gaol-life, Old-time,122Ghosts,142-143Giant’s Cave Sunday,207Giant’s Thumb at Penrith,124Gibbeting of criminals,94-97Gilcrux, Old tenure at,70Glassonby, Manorial customs at,80Glove service,72God’s penny custom,83“Gospel side” of a church,54Gowrie Plot celebration,203Great Salkeld, Fortified church at,31Greenhue rent,77Greystoke, Anchorites at,46;Sanctuary stone at,115;“Pelican in her piety” at,58;Church miserere used as church sign at,58;Manorial customs at,78,80;Penance at,113;Excommunication at,101;Foot stocks at,124;Gowrie Plot celebration at,203;Gunpowder Plot celebration at,203Guilds and old trade societies,162-4Gunpowder Plot celebration,203Hack-pudding,227Halts,218“Hanging days,” The,123Hanging, drawing, and quartering,91,97,98Harcla, The execution of Sir Andrew de,91Hawk service, The,69,70Hawkshead, Dog-whippers at,63Hayton paupers hired to contractors,234Hedge-lookers,89Helton, Old Council at,231Heriots,79,85,100Hesket Thorn Court,70,73Holme Cultram, Abbey of, also a fortress,29;Petition of inhabitants to Cromwell,29;Curious dispute at,39;Old-time school life at,244Holy bell at Ravenstonedale,114Holy wells,206-208Holly Night at Brough,205Homage, Service of,15,65Horn tenures,73Hospitals, Old-time,211,212House-boot,76,82House in two parishes,228Inglewood Forest,70,73,74,197,212Ireby, Manorial customs at,77Irthington, Old school-days at,249Jesters, Old-time,232Journeys, Some noteworthy old-time,209-221Judges, Perils of the King’s,212Kaber Rigg Rising, The,98Kattstick and Bullvett,199Kendal, Scolds’ bridle at,115;Punishments at,115-121;Watch and ward at,17-19;Parson of moiety of church of,38;Church incident at,35-37;Bowmen,198;Barring out custom at,254Kentmere, Reminders of Border service at,229Keswick, Bull-baiting at,195;endowed school,245Kirkby Lonsdale, Church inscription at,47;Bridge legend,133;Sale of church font,51Kirkby Stephen, Curious tithe custom at,56;A probable fortified church at,34;Burial of Sir Andrew de Harcla at,94;Fair, Proclamation at,160;School ordinances,240Kirkby Thore, Penance at,112Kirkland, Unusual tenure at,85Kirkoswald, Curious church tower at,47;Bull-baiting at,195;Old manorial measures at,160Knitters, Famous,228Knur and spell,199Lancaster, Execution and gibbeting of Thomas,95Lanercost Abbey, Tragic origin of,111Langdale, Curate of, as alehouse keeper,41Langwathby Church, Armour in,13,34Lawyers, Restrictions upon,167Leather searchers,89Legend of St. Bega,131;Kirksanton,131;Fisherty Brow,132;Arlecdon,133;Kirkby Lonsdale Bridge,133;Concerning wolves,135;Warthol Hall,135;Calgarth skulls,146;Armboth Hall,147;Machell family,142;Radiant Boy of Corby,146Legends and Superstitions, Some,131-147Leper windows,45-46;Hospitals,46Lepers in Cumberland and Westmorland,45-46Levens, Luck of,153Levens Radish Feast,208Life in the old gaols,122Little Salkeld, Desecration of church at,58Long Marton, An infant rector of,39Lucks,148-154Manorial laws,64-90Market bells,167Markets and fairs customs,155-168Maskers,202Meat selling at church doors,156;On Sundays,165;Bequest, A,177Milling laws, Old,76,82,83Mill lookers,89Millom, Manorial jurisdiction at,64;Penance at,112Minstrel galleries, Old,181Miracle workers, Supposed,138Mock Mayors,200Moor lookers,89Moota, Beacon at,14Morland, Manorial custom at,75,82Mortuary rights of the Church,100Multuring,83,84Muncaster, Luck of,149Musgrave Church font in private grounds,50Needfire superstition,143-146Newbiggin (Dacre), Curious custom at,79Newton Arlosh, Fortified church at,30Night watch,245Nunnery, Privileges of prioress and nuns of,67Nutgeld service,71Nut Monday,225Nutting days, School,255Old-time Home Life,169-187Old-time school life,240-255“Orders of the Watch,”11Ormside, A probable fortified church at,33Orton, Probable fortified church at,33;Sworn men at,230;Stocks,125Pack-horses,209,210,217,219,220,221,238Parsonby, Manorial customs at,77Paupers hired to contractors,234Peat silver,78Peculiar contrivances,171Penance, Excommunication and,98-119Penrith Beacon,12,13Penrith Church font in private grounds,50;Plague-stones at,235-237;Excommunication at,103;Stocks and pillory at,124;Races,192-194;Badge of poverty at,235Penrith Fell, Ludicrous incident on,27;Burial of excommunicates on,104Penthouses at Orton,229Peppercorn rents,87Pie Poudre Court at Kirkby Stephen,161Pillar, Countess’s,223Pillions, Riding on,217,220Pillory and stocks,124,125Plague-stones, Old,235-238Plumpton, Manorial custom at,82Plowbote,75Poor people let out to contractors,234Porridge, A tribute to the value of,169Posset cups,202Pot fairs,156Poverty, The badge of,235Proclamations at fairs,160-162Punishments, Old-time,91-129Quakers, Punishment of,107-109Racing, Curiosities in horse,190-193Radiant Boy of Corby Castle,146Radish Feast at Levens,208Rapier dancers,202Ravenglass, Proclamation of fair at,161Ravenstonedale, Holding a Court in church at,58;Sanctuary bell at,114;Penance at,110;Stocks at,125Rebel’s Cap at Kendal,35Rector, An infant,39Refuge bell at Ravenstonedale,114Renwick tithe exemption, Curious,88Riding the stang at Ambleside,128Road, On the,209-222“Robin the Devil’s” escapade,35-37Rod, Surrendering by the,247Rose tenure,70,72Rowan tree superstition,137Running Gressom,85Rush-bearing custom,224Rushes and bents for churches,59-61Rushes, Curious belief about,170Rushlights, Old-time,170Sacrilege, Punishment at Appleby for,113Sales in churchyards, Announcing,158Salmon, Abundance and cheapness of,177;as apprentices’ food,178Sanctuary at Ravenstonedale,114;Nunnery,115;Greystoke,115Scale Houses, Peculiar tithe exemption at,88Scholars’ badge of poverty at Penrith,235School customs, Old,240-255Schools in churches,248-251Schoolmasters, Old-time,240-255Scolds’ bridles,115Seawake, Service of,15,71Sebergham, A protest in rhyme at,48;School in a mud hut at,248Sexton, A female,45Shearing days,203Sheriffesses of Westmorland,2-4Sheriffs’ law suits with Appleby burgesses,6Sheriffwick, An Unparalleled,1-8Shrovetide festival at Wreay,201Silver-penny fines,79Skirsgill well custom, An old,206Skirwith, Manorial customs at,76Snow on Midsummer’s Day, Legend of,131Soar-hawk tenure,69Sparket Mill, Peculiar obligation at,86Sports and Festivities, Old,188-208Spur service,71,72Stang, Riding the, at Ambleside,128St. Bega, Legend of,131Steading stone at Thirlmere,121Stirrup tenure,68Stocks,124,125Stockings, Curious method of treating,171Sunday markets,156-158Sunday observance,225-226Superstitions and Legends,131-147Surrendering by the rod,247Swine in churchyards,60;Ringers,89Tailors, Rules for,164Tea, Curious methods of dealing with,178Telling the bees,138Tenures, Curiosities of,64-90,247Thirlmere, Steading stone at,121Threlkeld, Manorial customs at,76Timber-lode,75Tithe exemption, Curious,88Toll-free, Rights of tenants and burgesses to go,67Tolls, An old dispute about,83“Tom Candlestick,”170Toothache, Charm for,136Torpenhow, Old Council at,230-244Town and village watch and ward,16-21Trading Laws and Customs, Old155-168Traditions,131-147Troutbeck dole custom at Dacre,55Troutbeck (Windermere), Manorial jurisdiction at,64Tummel wheel’d carts,218Uppies and Downies at Workington,200Village schoolmasters, Old-time,244-253Waberthwaite Church, Dog-whippers at,63Warthol, Watching station at,14"Hall, Legend concerning,135Warwick, Old school-days at,249Watch and Ward,9-21Watch, Orders of the,11Watermillock, Manorial custom at,81;Head Jurie,51,231Webstone at Armboth, The,238Well festivals,206-208Wetheral, Manorial customs at,78Whipping of criminals, Public,124-128Whitbeck, Old customs at,227Whitehaven, Society of Archers,198;Watch and ward at,19;Public whipping at,125Whittlegate, The old custom of,43,44,251Wigton, Curious epitaph at,157;Selling meat at parish church,156Wine, Curiosities concerning church,54-55Witch, Drowning of a supposed,91;Mary Baynes, the Orton,139;Lizzy Batty, the Brampton,141Witness man, Service of,15Woful Bank, Legend concerning,135Women as judges,2Workington Easter football play,200Wotobank, Legend concerning,135Wreay, Mock mayoral festivities at,201Wreck of the sea privilege at Millom,84Wrestling,188-190