ABU LUBABAH,33Acqui, Jacapo of,66,182Acre,51,53Adrianople,7,42Adriatic,39,41,42,63,179Aegean,42,179Aelfric,Colloquium,174,175Agnes, Dame,seeBeguineAldgate,121Alexander,54Alexandria,40,42Alnwick, William, Bishop of Lincoln,77,184Ambrose,9Andaman Islands,69,70Anglia, East,153,156Antilha, Antilles,72,183Antwerp,121,145,147Arab, Arabia,43,47,61,171Ararat, Mount,54Aretino, Pietro,180Arghun, Khan of Persia,60,61Armenia,42,49,53,179Arnold, Matthew,51Arras,147Asia: Central,40,49,50,51,54,67,71,72; Minor,49Attila,8,49Audley, Lady,91Augustine, St,9,175Augustus,3Ausonius,5 ff; his country estate,6 ff; his friends,6 ff; and University of Bordeaux,5Austin Friars,93Auvergne,5 ffBacon, Francis,122Badakhshan,43,54,67Bagdad,43,54Baku,54Bale: Peter,131; Wyllikyn,131Balk,54Ballard: James,127; Jane,127Balms (Bammers, Bamis, Bammys) Mart,147,193Barbarians,1-17Babarian invasions,7Bardi,71Barton, John, of Holme,138Base, Jacob van de,149Bath, Wife of,84,104,118,152Bayard,138Bays and Says,172Beauchamp St Pauls,169,170Becerillo,33Beguine, Dame Agnes the,107,116,117Bellela,seePoloBenedict, St,81,82,184Betson: Agnes, Alice, Elizabeth, John, Thomas (the younger),150; Katherine,seeRicheBetson, Thomas;Chap VIpassim,158; children of,150; death of,150; illness of,133-5; letters of,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,189; member of Fishmongers Company,150; partnership with Sir W. Stonor,125,137; will of,134,150,194Bevice, Mistress,134Bishops' registers,74,75,76,78,183Bicorne,104Black Death,108,109Black Prince,19Black Sea,40,42,50,71Blakey, Sir Roger,127Booking,154Bodo,ChapII passim,18-38,174-5,198Bokhara,51,52Bolgana, wife of Khan of Persia,60Bordeaux, Burdews,142; University of,6Bordelais, the,6,7Brabant,146,148Brad well,140Brasses,123,136,151,155,156,157,159,190,195Braunch, Robert,156Brenner Pass,40Brescia, Albertano de,99Breten, Will,137Brews, Margery,125-6Bridge, John,119Briggs, Henry,169Brightlingsea,140Brinkley,135Brittany,147Broadway, Whyte of,137Brogger,137Bruges,121,122,145,147,178Bruyant, Jean,100Bucephalus,54Buddha,59Bullinger, Henry,165Burgundy, Dukes of,114,148Burma,57,67Bury,15Busshe, John,137Buxton: Charles, Isaac, Samuel, Thomas, William,197; Mr Noel,195Byzantium,seeConstantinopleCaffa,42Calais,121,125,137,138,139,140,142,143,144,145,146,147,148,150,200Cambaluc (seePeking),57,59,60,61,67Cambrensis, Giraldus,176Canale, Martino da,43-5,48,50,177,179,180Candia,42Canterbury,74Canterbury Tales,74,75,91,183,186Canton,70Ca' Polo,62,63Carrara, Francesco,179Carsy, Anthony,149Caspian Sea,40,54Cassiodorus,39,180Castro, Diego da,149Cathay (see alsoChina),47,50,58,70,71,72,178Caucasus,49,180Cely: family of wood merchants,137-47passim; George,125,137,138,142,147; Richard,125,137,138,142; William,125,138,142,149Cely papers,125,137,142,145,147,148,189Ceylon,43,47,61,70Chagatai, Khan of,51Chao Mêng-fu,59,182,198Chao Yung,59Charlemagne,2,20,22,23,24,25,27,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,74,176Charms (see alsosuperstition),27-9,100,116,175Châtelet,100Chaucer,26,43,74,75,81,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,99,104,112,119,138,142,148,152,183Chelmsford,168Chesne, Jean du,114Chichevache,104Chi'en Hsüan,59Child-marriages,126-7,190Chilperic, King,2,13Chilterns,125China (see alsoCathay),43,46-50,52,57-61,66,67-70,178,180,181Chioggia, War of,179Church, attitude to: child marriages,126,190; convent pets,91; dancing,30,31,88; decline of Roman Empire,9; monastic intercourse with the world,92,93; nuns' dowries,78; superstition,28,29,30; attack on worldliness of,74; bequests to (see alsoWills),151,168; brasses in,seebrasses; councils of,174Churches of: Barking, All Hallows,123,151; Beauchamp St Pauls,168; Bradwell,168; Calais, Our Lady,151; Chipping Campden,123; Chipping Norton,123; Cirencester,123,157; Clare,164,168; Coggeshall, St Peter ad Vincula,157,159,168,172,195; Constantinople, St Sophia,41; East Anglia,159; Lechlade,123; London, St Olave's,124; Linwood,123,190; Markswell,168; Newbury,163; Newland,157; Northleach,136,157; Ovington,168; Pattiswick,168; Peking,71; Poslingford,168; Stoke Nayland,168; Venice, St Mark's,41,44,46,60,66,179Cipangu (Japan),72,183Cistercian, Citeaux,83,136Clare,154,164,168,178Clarke, Thomas,144Cloth,seeChapter VIIpassim,195; capitalism in industry,164; Coxall's whites,178,197; growth of English manufacture of,122-3; makers of,120,161; merchants of,seeMerchants,Paycocke,Staple; processes in manufacture,153,154,161,164; where made,122-3,154,155Cochin China,57,67Coggeshall,seeChapter VIIpassim,154,155,159,160,164,166,167,168,169,170,172Coinage, debasement and rates of exchange of,148Coins: crown, new and old, of France,148; David, of Utrecht,148; Falewe, of Utrecht,148; florin, Rhenau,148; groat, Carolus, Hettinus, Limburg, of Milan, of Nimueguen,148,149; Venetian,48; guilder, Andrew (of Scotland), Arnoldus (of Gueldres) Rhenish,148,149; Lewe, Louis d'or,148; noble,148; Philippus (Philipe d'or) of Brabant,148; Plaques, of Utrecht,148; Postlate,148; Rider, Scots, of Burgundy,148; Ryall, English,148; Setiller,148Colchester,140,154,168Cold Mart,147,193Coleridge,57Colne, curate of,127Cologne,148Coloni,21-2Columbina, The (Seville),183Columbus,71,183Company: East India ('John Company'),156; Fishmongers,150; Haberdashers,151; Mercers,149; Merchant Adventurers,122; Staplers.Chapter VIpassimCompline,79,82Consrater,168Constantinople (seeByzantium),41,42,46,50,51,62Convent,seeNunneriesCookery, Medieval,100,112-17,186Corea,49Corte Milioni,63Cotswolds,123,125,129,136,137,138,145,147,150Cotton, Ann,166Court Rolls,26Coverdale,165Coxall,seeCoggeshallCoxall's Whites,178,197Crimea,42,50Croke, Mistress,129Crusader, Crusades,41,157
ABU LUBABAH,33Acqui, Jacapo of,66,182Acre,51,53Adrianople,7,42Adriatic,39,41,42,63,179Aegean,42,179Aelfric,Colloquium,174,175Agnes, Dame,seeBeguineAldgate,121Alexander,54Alexandria,40,42Alnwick, William, Bishop of Lincoln,77,184Ambrose,9Andaman Islands,69,70Anglia, East,153,156Antilha, Antilles,72,183Antwerp,121,145,147Arab, Arabia,43,47,61,171Ararat, Mount,54Aretino, Pietro,180Arghun, Khan of Persia,60,61Armenia,42,49,53,179Arnold, Matthew,51Arras,147Asia: Central,40,49,50,51,54,67,71,72; Minor,49Attila,8,49Audley, Lady,91Augustine, St,9,175Augustus,3Ausonius,5 ff; his country estate,6 ff; his friends,6 ff; and University of Bordeaux,5Austin Friars,93Auvergne,5 ff
ABU LUBABAH,33
Acqui, Jacapo of,66,182
Acre,51,53
Adrianople,7,42
Adriatic,39,41,42,63,179
Aegean,42,179
Aelfric,Colloquium,174,175
Agnes, Dame,seeBeguine
Aldgate,121
Alexander,54
Alexandria,40,42
Alnwick, William, Bishop of Lincoln,77,184
Ambrose,9
Andaman Islands,69,70
Anglia, East,153,156
Antilha, Antilles,72,183
Antwerp,121,145,147
Arab, Arabia,43,47,61,171
Ararat, Mount,54
Aretino, Pietro,180
Arghun, Khan of Persia,60,61
Armenia,42,49,53,179
Arnold, Matthew,51
Arras,147
Asia: Central,40,49,50,51,54,67,71,72; Minor,49
Attila,8,49
Audley, Lady,91
Augustine, St,9,175
Augustus,3
Ausonius,5 ff; his country estate,6 ff; his friends,6 ff; and University of Bordeaux,5
Austin Friars,93
Auvergne,5 ff
Bacon, Francis,122Badakhshan,43,54,67Bagdad,43,54Baku,54Bale: Peter,131; Wyllikyn,131Balk,54Ballard: James,127; Jane,127Balms (Bammers, Bamis, Bammys) Mart,147,193Barbarians,1-17Babarian invasions,7Bardi,71Barton, John, of Holme,138Base, Jacob van de,149Bath, Wife of,84,104,118,152Bayard,138Bays and Says,172Beauchamp St Pauls,169,170Becerillo,33Beguine, Dame Agnes the,107,116,117Bellela,seePoloBenedict, St,81,82,184Betson: Agnes, Alice, Elizabeth, John, Thomas (the younger),150; Katherine,seeRicheBetson, Thomas;Chap VIpassim,158; children of,150; death of,150; illness of,133-5; letters of,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,189; member of Fishmongers Company,150; partnership with Sir W. Stonor,125,137; will of,134,150,194Bevice, Mistress,134Bishops' registers,74,75,76,78,183Bicorne,104Black Death,108,109Black Prince,19Black Sea,40,42,50,71Blakey, Sir Roger,127Booking,154Bodo,ChapII passim,18-38,174-5,198Bokhara,51,52Bolgana, wife of Khan of Persia,60Bordeaux, Burdews,142; University of,6Bordelais, the,6,7Brabant,146,148Brad well,140Brasses,123,136,151,155,156,157,159,190,195Braunch, Robert,156Brenner Pass,40Brescia, Albertano de,99Breten, Will,137Brews, Margery,125-6Bridge, John,119Briggs, Henry,169Brightlingsea,140Brinkley,135Brittany,147Broadway, Whyte of,137Brogger,137Bruges,121,122,145,147,178Bruyant, Jean,100Bucephalus,54Buddha,59Bullinger, Henry,165Burgundy, Dukes of,114,148Burma,57,67Bury,15Busshe, John,137Buxton: Charles, Isaac, Samuel, Thomas, William,197; Mr Noel,195Byzantium,seeConstantinople
Bacon, Francis,122
Badakhshan,43,54,67
Bagdad,43,54
Baku,54
Bale: Peter,131; Wyllikyn,131
Balk,54
Ballard: James,127; Jane,127
Balms (Bammers, Bamis, Bammys) Mart,147,193
Barbarians,1-17
Babarian invasions,7
Bardi,71
Barton, John, of Holme,138
Base, Jacob van de,149
Bath, Wife of,84,104,118,152
Bayard,138
Bays and Says,172
Beauchamp St Pauls,169,170
Becerillo,33
Beguine, Dame Agnes the,107,116,117
Bellela,seePolo
Benedict, St,81,82,184
Betson: Agnes, Alice, Elizabeth, John, Thomas (the younger),150; Katherine,seeRiche
Betson, Thomas;Chap VIpassim,158; children of,150; death of,150; illness of,133-5; letters of,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,189; member of Fishmongers Company,150; partnership with Sir W. Stonor,125,137; will of,134,150,194
Bevice, Mistress,134
Bishops' registers,74,75,76,78,183
Bicorne,104
Black Death,108,109
Black Prince,19
Black Sea,40,42,50,71
Blakey, Sir Roger,127
Booking,154
Bodo,ChapII passim,18-38,174-5,198
Bokhara,51,52
Bolgana, wife of Khan of Persia,60
Bordeaux, Burdews,142; University of,6
Bordelais, the,6,7
Brabant,146,148
Brad well,140
Brasses,123,136,151,155,156,157,159,190,195
Braunch, Robert,156
Brenner Pass,40
Brescia, Albertano de,99
Breten, Will,137
Brews, Margery,125-6
Bridge, John,119
Briggs, Henry,169
Brightlingsea,140
Brinkley,135
Brittany,147
Broadway, Whyte of,137
Brogger,137
Bruges,121,122,145,147,178
Bruyant, Jean,100
Bucephalus,54
Buddha,59
Bullinger, Henry,165
Burgundy, Dukes of,114,148
Burma,57,67
Bury,15
Busshe, John,137
Buxton: Charles, Isaac, Samuel, Thomas, William,197; Mr Noel,195
Byzantium,seeConstantinople
Caffa,42Calais,121,125,137,138,139,140,142,143,144,145,146,147,148,150,200Cambaluc (seePeking),57,59,60,61,67Cambrensis, Giraldus,176Canale, Martino da,43-5,48,50,177,179,180Candia,42Canterbury,74Canterbury Tales,74,75,91,183,186Canton,70Ca' Polo,62,63Carrara, Francesco,179Carsy, Anthony,149Caspian Sea,40,54Cassiodorus,39,180Castro, Diego da,149Cathay (see alsoChina),47,50,58,70,71,72,178Caucasus,49,180Cely: family of wood merchants,137-47passim; George,125,137,138,142,147; Richard,125,137,138,142; William,125,138,142,149Cely papers,125,137,142,145,147,148,189Ceylon,43,47,61,70Chagatai, Khan of,51Chao Mêng-fu,59,182,198Chao Yung,59Charlemagne,2,20,22,23,24,25,27,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,74,176Charms (see alsosuperstition),27-9,100,116,175Châtelet,100Chaucer,26,43,74,75,81,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,99,104,112,119,138,142,148,152,183Chelmsford,168Chesne, Jean du,114Chichevache,104Chi'en Hsüan,59Child-marriages,126-7,190Chilperic, King,2,13Chilterns,125China (see alsoCathay),43,46-50,52,57-61,66,67-70,178,180,181Chioggia, War of,179Church, attitude to: child marriages,126,190; convent pets,91; dancing,30,31,88; decline of Roman Empire,9; monastic intercourse with the world,92,93; nuns' dowries,78; superstition,28,29,30; attack on worldliness of,74; bequests to (see alsoWills),151,168; brasses in,seebrasses; councils of,174Churches of: Barking, All Hallows,123,151; Beauchamp St Pauls,168; Bradwell,168; Calais, Our Lady,151; Chipping Campden,123; Chipping Norton,123; Cirencester,123,157; Clare,164,168; Coggeshall, St Peter ad Vincula,157,159,168,172,195; Constantinople, St Sophia,41; East Anglia,159; Lechlade,123; London, St Olave's,124; Linwood,123,190; Markswell,168; Newbury,163; Newland,157; Northleach,136,157; Ovington,168; Pattiswick,168; Peking,71; Poslingford,168; Stoke Nayland,168; Venice, St Mark's,41,44,46,60,66,179Cipangu (Japan),72,183Cistercian, Citeaux,83,136Clare,154,164,168,178Clarke, Thomas,144Cloth,seeChapter VIIpassim,195; capitalism in industry,164; Coxall's whites,178,197; growth of English manufacture of,122-3; makers of,120,161; merchants of,seeMerchants,Paycocke,Staple; processes in manufacture,153,154,161,164; where made,122-3,154,155Cochin China,57,67Coggeshall,seeChapter VIIpassim,154,155,159,160,164,166,167,168,169,170,172Coinage, debasement and rates of exchange of,148Coins: crown, new and old, of France,148; David, of Utrecht,148; Falewe, of Utrecht,148; florin, Rhenau,148; groat, Carolus, Hettinus, Limburg, of Milan, of Nimueguen,148,149; Venetian,48; guilder, Andrew (of Scotland), Arnoldus (of Gueldres) Rhenish,148,149; Lewe, Louis d'or,148; noble,148; Philippus (Philipe d'or) of Brabant,148; Plaques, of Utrecht,148; Postlate,148; Rider, Scots, of Burgundy,148; Ryall, English,148; Setiller,148Colchester,140,154,168Cold Mart,147,193Coleridge,57Colne, curate of,127Cologne,148Coloni,21-2Columbina, The (Seville),183Columbus,71,183Company: East India ('John Company'),156; Fishmongers,150; Haberdashers,151; Mercers,149; Merchant Adventurers,122; Staplers.Chapter VIpassimCompline,79,82Consrater,168Constantinople (seeByzantium),41,42,46,50,51,62Convent,seeNunneriesCookery, Medieval,100,112-17,186Corea,49Corte Milioni,63Cotswolds,123,125,129,136,137,138,145,147,150Cotton, Ann,166Court Rolls,26Coverdale,165Coxall,seeCoggeshallCoxall's Whites,178,197Crimea,42,50Croke, Mistress,129Crusader, Crusades,41,157
Caffa,42
Calais,121,125,137,138,139,140,142,143,144,145,146,147,148,150,200
Cambaluc (seePeking),57,59,60,61,67
Cambrensis, Giraldus,176
Canale, Martino da,43-5,48,50,177,179,180
Candia,42
Canterbury,74
Canterbury Tales,74,75,91,183,186
Canton,70
Ca' Polo,62,63
Carrara, Francesco,179
Carsy, Anthony,149
Caspian Sea,40,54
Cassiodorus,39,180
Castro, Diego da,149
Cathay (see alsoChina),47,50,58,70,71,72,178
Caucasus,49,180
Cely: family of wood merchants,137-47passim; George,125,137,138,142,147; Richard,125,137,138,142; William,125,138,142,149
Cely papers,125,137,142,145,147,148,189
Ceylon,43,47,61,70
Chagatai, Khan of,51
Chao Mêng-fu,59,182,198
Chao Yung,59
Charlemagne,2,20,22,23,24,25,27,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,74,176
Charms (see alsosuperstition),27-9,100,116,175
Châtelet,100
Chaucer,26,43,74,75,81,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,99,104,112,119,138,142,148,152,183
Chelmsford,168
Chesne, Jean du,114
Chichevache,104
Chi'en Hsüan,59
Child-marriages,126-7,190
Chilperic, King,2,13
Chilterns,125
China (see alsoCathay),43,46-50,52,57-61,66,67-70,178,180,181
Chioggia, War of,179
Church, attitude to: child marriages,126,190; convent pets,91; dancing,30,31,88; decline of Roman Empire,9; monastic intercourse with the world,92,93; nuns' dowries,78; superstition,28,29,30; attack on worldliness of,74; bequests to (see alsoWills),151,
168; brasses in,seebrasses; councils of,174
Churches of: Barking, All Hallows,123,151; Beauchamp St Pauls,168; Bradwell,168; Calais, Our Lady,151; Chipping Campden,123; Chipping Norton,123; Cirencester,123,157; Clare,164,168; Coggeshall, St Peter ad Vincula,157,159,168,172,195; Constantinople, St Sophia,41; East Anglia,159; Lechlade,123; London, St Olave's,124; Linwood,123,190; Markswell,168; Newbury,163; Newland,157; Northleach,136,157; Ovington,168; Pattiswick,168; Peking,71; Poslingford,168; Stoke Nayland,168; Venice, St Mark's,41,44,46,60,66,179
Cipangu (Japan),72,183
Cistercian, Citeaux,83,136
Clare,154,164,168,178
Clarke, Thomas,144
Cloth,seeChapter VIIpassim,195; capitalism in industry,164; Coxall's whites,178,197; growth of English manufacture of,122-3; makers of,120,161; merchants of,seeMerchants,Paycocke,Staple; processes in manufacture,153,154,161,164; where made,122-3,154,155
Cochin China,57,67
Coggeshall,seeChapter VIIpassim,154,155,159,160,164,166,167,168,169,170,172
Coinage, debasement and rates of exchange of,148
Coins: crown, new and old, of France,148; David, of Utrecht,148; Falewe, of Utrecht,148; florin, Rhenau,148; groat, Carolus, Hettinus, Limburg, of Milan, of Nimueguen,148,149; Venetian,48; guilder, Andrew (of Scotland), Arnoldus (of Gueldres) Rhenish,148,149; Lewe, Louis d'or,148; noble,148; Philippus (Philipe d'or) of Brabant,148; Plaques, of Utrecht,148; Postlate,148; Rider, Scots, of Burgundy,148; Ryall, English,148; Setiller,148
Colchester,140,154,168
Cold Mart,147,193
Coleridge,57
Colne, curate of,127
Cologne,148
Coloni,21-2
Columbina, The (Seville),183
Columbus,71,183
Company: East India ('John Company'),156; Fishmongers,150; Haberdashers,151; Mercers,149; Merchant Adventurers,122; Staplers.Chapter VIpassim
Compline,79,82
Consrater,168
Constantinople (seeByzantium),41,42,46,50,51,62
Convent,seeNunneries
Cookery, Medieval,100,112-17,186
Corea,49
Corte Milioni,63
Cotswolds,123,125,129,136,137,138,145,147,150
Cotton, Ann,166
Court Rolls,26
Coverdale,165
Coxall,seeCoggeshall
Coxall's Whites,178,197
Crimea,42,50
Croke, Mistress,129
Crusader, Crusades,41,157