citizens give welcome to,153;confiscates franchises,152;plots of Warwick against,143,145;a prisoner in Coventry,144;war between, and Warwick,150-1Edward V. as Prince of Wales, appeal to, by Saunders,184;arbitrates in Bristowe's case,197;born,149;corporation entreats mediation of,155;member of guilds,154;oath of allegiance taken to,ibid.;reception of,153-4Edward the Confessor, charter of,16-17Election of officials,75Elephant, city arms,214Eliot, George,3,4,7Elizabeth, Queen, visits Coventry,14,164;sees Hox Tuesday play,308-9—— Queen of Bohemia,165—— Woodville,149,154—— of York,160,296Empson, Richard,seeRecordersEnclosures, award of 1860,170-1;commons break into,160;petition to parliament concerning,131;list of, presented by Saunders,188,197;of Prior's Waste,176-7;see alsoCommon LandsEthelnoth,18Exeter,146;Vespasion at,14FFair, grant of,54;of Coventry,251-2,288(note);of Stourbridge and Winchester,252Fee-ferm,74,162;in arrears,138;paid by Trinity guild to prior,91Fineux, Chief-Justice,210Fire, protection against,245Fishmongers,247,249Fleet prison,210Folk-lore,3-4Ford, William, founds almshouse,263Forestalling,247,248,249Fortification of Coventry,114-5Forty-eight, Council of,92-4;see alsoMayor's CouncilFoss Way,24Fotheringay,141Fresco, at Charter-house,100;in Trinity Church,306-7Friars, Grey,55;church of,4,296;habit of,238;Isabella protects the,97;supposed actors in pageants,4,296-8;see alsoBredon,Ludus CoventriæFrieze of Coventry,212Fullbrook, castle of,110,111Fullers, craft of,201,232;guild of,219;adopt special mark,218;two appointed searchers,214GGaming,279-80Gaol,240Gates, closed at nine o'clock,237Girdlers,221-3;chapel of,274(note)Gloucester, city of,133—— Duke of, Humphrey,113;loan demanded by,109;present made to,110-11Glover, Robert, martyr,163Godiva, buried at Coventry,17;family of,23;founds and endows Priory,16;estate of,37and note;employs goldsmiths,17-18;procession,19-20;legend of ride of,18-23;and horse-toll,18;and "black lady,"22;and "Peeping Tom,"22-3Gosford Green,171;proposed duel at,11,102;executions at,144;hermitage at,238—— Street, and pageants,12Grace, John, disturbance caused by preaching of,107Grauntpee, William, suit of, with prior,63Greville, Sir Fulk,278Grey, Walter de,34,35Guild of S. Anne, founded by journeymen, suppressed,83,229—— of S. Catherine, united with Trinity,82—— of Corpus Christi,80,83;chapel of,83;feasts of,283-4;master of, and mayoralty,77;and Corpus Christi procession,287;and S. Nicholas church,163and note;Prince Edward, member of,154—— of S. George, founded by journeymen, suppressed,83,229—— of S. John the Baptist, founded and builds Bablake church,82;united with Trinity guild,ibid.—— merchant of S. Mary, founded,80;and S. Mary's Hall,81-2;masters of and the mayoralty,80and note;reasons for foundation of,80(note);priests of,83;union with Trinity guild,82Guild merchant of Priory tenants,59,60—— of the Nativity of fullers and tailors,83,219-20;pageant of,299—— of Holy Trinity,80,83;and Bablake church,82;and the Drapery,ibid.;and Corpus Christi injured by formation of other guilds,83;master of,77,85,87;encloses commons to pay ferm to prior,78,91;feasts of,283;and procession,287;pays schoolmaster,266;union of, with other guilds,82and noteGuilds, rise of,79-80;suppression of fresh,83;suppression of, and chantries,162-3Guy of Warwick,12,24(note)Guy's Cliff,131HHaddon, John, loans of,216Hales, John,162Hanseatic League,258Harcourt, Sir Richard, brawls in Coventry,281-2"Harrowing of Hell,"seePageantsHawking,280Hearsall Common,8,171Hell-mouth,305Henry II.,40,49—— III.,57—— IV.,104;see alsoBolingbroke—— V., loan to,104;as Prince of Wales and Justice Gascoigne,105;and Mayor Hornby,106;visits Coventry,107,288—— VI.,114;visits Coventry,116-21,125,126,127;grants charter,121;letter of,131-2;men of Coventry turn against,132;see alsoChurch, Margaret of Anjou—— VII.,159-60,198;at Coventry,156,157,288,296;appeals for loan,158-9—— VIII., at Coventry,307Herbergeors,255Herbert, Lord,144Hereford, Nicholas,100Heresy, court of,158Hermits, in Coventry,238Herod, King,seePageantsHeywood, John,seePageantsHinckley,254Holy cake,87Hopkins' family,165Hostry, monastic,25-6Hospital of S. John the Baptist,26-7Hox-Tuesday play,3-4,308-9Huet, William, appeals to King-maker,137Huguenot silk weavers,167Hull,252(note),265(note)"Hundred Merry Tales,"288IIklynton collar left in pledge,104Immorality, punishment of,243Indenture tripartite,71-2Inns,255-6;blind,279Iron, workers in, abuses of,221-3Isabella, Queen, Earl's-half manor of,43,67;feud between and the prior,67-70,71-2;protects the Grey Friars,97;and Bablake church,82;grants charter of liberties,74JJames I.,166James II.,165,167Jews in Coventry,55John, King,31;forces his candidate on the chapter,33-5Jordan Well,13Joseph, character in pageants,302Journeymen, cappers and cap-making,231;working hours of,ibid.;workers in iron,223;dyers,231;guilds of,80,83,228-31;see alsoGuilds;suppers of,284;tailors,83,229;weavers,229-30;and pageants,292(note),294Justices of Peace,76KKenilworth, Abbot of,179;castle of,96,123;prisoners kept in,161;royal visits to,127,129,308LLady Tower,8Lammas day,160,181Lammas lands,170,171;see alsoCommon Lands, EnclosuresLandor, Walter Savage,18Laneham's letter,308-9Leet Book,76Leet, court of, or view of Frankpledge,51(note),77;jury of,77,90;orders of,87;petitions to,90,221-3Leicester,116,133,150;bailiff of,38;men of, rebel against Henry II.,41Leofric, buried at Coventry,17;founds and endows the Priory,16;husband of Godiva,23;see alsoGodivaLeprosy,41Lichfield, title of bishopric of,167;canons of, and Coventry monks,32-5;play performed at,289Lincoln, customs of,47;burgesses of,48Livery and maintenance, Henry VI. warns Coventry men against,121Loans to royal persons,104,109,110,146,159Lollard martyrs,158Lollardry,3,98-100,108,158London,42;inn-signs in,234(note);streets in,250(note);precautions against fire in,245(note);S. John's Eve, in,284-5;schools in,263(note),265(note);sympathy of men of, with Coventry men,64(note);body of Twenty-four in,90;Tower of,38Ludlow, castle of,184,188,189,196;misericordin church at,249Ludus Coventriæ,seePageantsLullaby,310Lutterworth,98Lynn,148;burgesses and guilds of,162MMace,128Maintenance,127Mareshall, Robert le, informer,63-4Margaret of Anjou, Coventry men turn against,132;Coventry called "secret harbour" of,112;reception of,125-6;visits Coventry,127-8;sees pageants,129,288;is reconciled to Warwick,147;lands after Battle of Barnet,151Marisco, Richard de,34Market, held in Prior's-half,58,62-3,71;regulations concerning,249-51;toll-free, except for horses,18Marlborough,49(note)Marmion, of Tamworth,39-40"Marprelate, Martin,"253and noteMarshal of the royal household,101Mary, Queen of Scots,164Martyrs,5,158,163Masons, fellowship of,231Matilda, Queen of Henry I., called Godiva,23Maxstoke,113,158Mayor, arbiter in cases of craft disputes,219;cap of,89;supports malcontents,161;duties of,88;fee of,89;attends mass,86;overlooks craft rules,218Mayor's Council, of Forty-Eight,90,92-4;tyranny of,94;Saunders expelled from,204;of Twenty-Four,90Mayors of Coventry:Bette, John, deprived of civic sword,152;Cook, Laurence,177;Deister, John, and the sword,101,207;Dove, John,207;Green, Robert,199,205;Onley, Sir Robert, and Henry VII.,156,157;Saunders, William,142,174;opens Bristowe's fields,175,177;Stoke, Richard,6;Strong, John,94;Wyldegrys, John,131,132Melton,47Mempric, founder of Oxford,15Mercers, craft of, apprentices to,216(note);chapel of,275(note);company of, survives,232;influence of,75,216Merchant Adventurers,314Merchants, attend council of Edward I.,61;families of,256-9;manage municipal affairs,74and note,216Merevale, Abbot of,179Military duties of citizens,311-3Minstrels,309Miracle plays,seePageants"Moll of Coventry,"3Monks, of Coventry, receive charters,16-17,38;dispute with bishops,30-2;with canons,32-5;with Coventry men,58,59,60,62-3,67-72,190-4;with Friar Bredon,276-8;with Isabella,67-72;as landlords,36Montalt or Mohaut, Roger de,58-9,95(note)Montfort, Simon de,96"Mother of Death,"305;see alsoPageantsNNeville, Sir Humphrey,145Newgate, and Charles I.,6;wall, begun it,ibid."Nine Conquerors,"125Northampton,130,131;battle of,132;Earl of,166Norwich,75(note);court-leet of,50(note)