The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century (53 page)

tourt,
170

wastel,
185
,
286

white,
169
–70,
176
,
185
,
304
.
See also
bakers; baking Bremen cog,
302

brewers, brewing,
30
,
32
,
161
,
186
.
See also
alewives

bridges,
14
,
77
–78,
88
,
124
–25,
128
–29,
232
,
260

maintenance of,
129
.
See also
London Bridge; pontage; Worcester

Bridgwater,
297

brine.
See
salt

Brinton, Thomas,
262

Bristol,
11
,
202
,
218
,
252

Brittany, Bretons,
60
,
72
,
246
,
258
,
277

Brome,
252

Bromholm Priory,
269

bronze.
See
metal brooches,
118
,
119
brooms,
163

Brothelyngham, Order of,
255

Bruges,
12
,
71

Brut.
See
books

bubonic plague.
See
diseases

buckets,
13
,
24
,
163

bullbaiting,
61
,
262

Burgh, John de,
234

Burgh on Sands,
132

Burghill, John,
39

Bury, Isabella de,
245

Bury, Richard de,
273

Bury St. Edmunds,
11
,
97
,
269
,
296

bushels,
86

butchers, butchering,
10
,
15
,
21
,
53
,
92
,
93
,
94
,
95
,
229
,
232
–33,
252

butlers,
159
,
186

butte,
86
,
133

butteries,
148

buttons.
See
clothes

butts. See barrels

bye-laws.
See
manorial customs; town ordinances

Byzantium,
72
,
260
.
See also
Constantinople

cabbage. See vegetables

Cabot, John,
277

Caesarian births,
208

Cairo,
276

Calais,
70
, 97,
133
,
168
,
199
,
236
,
306

Caldicott Castle,
155

caltrops,
257

Cambridge,
11
,
17
, 67,
88
,
122
,
228
,
249

Statute of,
22

Cambridge, Henry of,
300

Camoys, Lord,
304

campball. See football

Canary Islands,
82

candle-maker,
161

candles,
23
, 99,
132
,
141
,
146
,
153
,
156
,
159
,
161
,
162
,
164
,
165
,
200
,
244
,
274
,
304

candlesticks,
149
,
150
,
152
,
159
. See
also
herces

cannibalism,
73

cannon,
120

canonesses,
45
,
255

canons (regular),
45
,
242
,
255

canons (secular),
15
,
42
,
43

Canterbury,
11
, 97,
154
,
211
,
252
,
288

archbishops of,
43
,
45
,
62
,
70
,
75
,
81
,
266
. See
also
St. Thomas

Cathedral,
267
–68,
270
,
300

Cathedral priory,
201
,
248

diocese of,
244
,
296

province of,
43

St. Augustine’s Abbey,
296

Canterbury Tales
,
64
,
82
,
266
,
285
–88,
292
,
310

Knight’s Tale,
249

Miller’s Tale,
64
,
200
,
249
,
252
,
302

Nun’s Priest’s Tale,
84
,
285

Reeve’s Tale,
122
,
143
,
164
,
249
,
304

Sea Captain’s Tale,
47
,
62
,
136
,
147
,
266

Sergeant-at-law’s Tale,
84

Wife of Bath,
57
,
115
,
117
,
252
,
266
,
286
–87

canvas. See cloth

Cape Finistere,
72

caps. See clothes

cardamom. See spices

cardinals,
44
,
253
–54

Carlisle,
43
,
120

Carmelites,
47

caroling,
251

carpenters,
12
,
43
,
64
,
93
,
98
–99,
100
,
180

carpets. See beds and bedding

carters,
53
,
105
,
160
,
180

Carthusians,
46
. 45,
See also
London

carts,
8
,
9
,
24
–25,
30
,
31
,
93
,
127
,
129
,
133
,
273
. See
also
coaches; wagons

carving,
182
,
184

casks. See barrels

castellan,
162

Castile,
41
,
71
,
83
,
136
. See
also
Spain

castles,
7
,
14
,
16
,
18
,
20
,
26
,
34
,
65
,
84
,
143
,
154
–55,
159
–63,
167
,
216
,
221
,
238
,
282
. See
also specific examples

cathedrals,
7
,
14
,
15
,
42
, 67,
84
,
115
.
See also specific examples

cats,
93
,
105
,
168
,
212

cattle,
27
, 97,
141
,
167
,
172
–73,
227
,
229
,
238
,
285

calves,
172
–73.
See also
dairy products; meat

Celtic languages,
75
,
81

cesspits. See latrines

chamberlains,
89
,
160
,
186

chambers. See bedchambers

chancellor, the,
17

Chancery 88

chandeliers,
159
,
161

Channel,
70
,
110
,
139
,
258

chapels,
18
,
19
,
34
, 79,
129
,
148
,
149
,
154
,
156
,
160
,
268
,
270
,
272
,
282
. See
also
parish

churches chaplains,
43
,
47
,
48
,
80
,
154
,
160
,
181

charcoal burning,
26

charity. See spiritual devotion

chases. See forests

Chaucer, Geoffrey,
38
,
54
,
57
,
58
,
62
,
64
,
72
,
74
,
82
,
84
,
119
,
136
,
143
,
147
,
164
,
166
,
186
,
200
,
249
,
251
–52,
263
,
266
,
268
,
277
,
280
,
284
–88,
292
,
298
,
302
,
304
,
310
. See
also Canterbury Tales

Chaucer, John,
284

Chauliac, Guy de,
202
,
203

checkerboard,
150

cheese. See dairy products

Chertsey, abbot of,
128
,
188

Cheshire,
85
,
124
,
280
chess,
161
,
264
–65

Chester,
123
–24,
252

Abbey,
269
,
276

earl of,
275

Chester, Thomas,
277

chests. See furniture

Chichester Cathedral,
269
,
296

chicken. See poultry

childbirth,
38
,
208
–10

children,
13
,
14
,
35
,
36
,
38
,
52
,
58
,
61
–62, 67,
68
–69, 76,
117
,
149
,
164
,
167
–68,
175
,
190
,
197
,
201
,
204
,
209
–10,
231
,
243
,
293
,
306

chimneys,
15
,
231
,
279

China, Chinese,
72
,
73
,
276

Christmas,
32
,
51
,
168
,
185
,
251
,
253
–54,
257
,
282
,
304

chronicles and chroniclers,
108
,
111
. See dise

Avesbury; Bel;
Brut;
Froissart; Gray;

Hardyng; Higden; Knighton; Murimuth;

Walsingham

Chrysopolis, bishop of,
44

church houses,
23
,
251

churches,
14
,
16
,
20
,
23
,
29
,
31
,
32
,
66
,
67
,
79
,
115
,
121
,
127
,
129
,
152
,
191
,
206
,
243
,
261
. See also cathedrals; chapels; sanctuary

churchwardens,
68

churchyards,
251

cider,
175
,
180

Cirencester Abbey,
296

Cistercians,
32
,
34
,
46

citronade,
177

civet,
198

Claroncel, Andre,
248

clasps,
107
,
118

clay, 128,
141
,
164
,
171
,
302

cleaners,
160
.
See also
washerwomen

cleaning,
117
,
195
–200,
290
–91

bodies, hands, etc. See baths and bathing; clothes,
58
,
159
,
199

dishes,
159

streets.
See
sanitation. See
also
washerwomen; washtubs

Clement V,
44

Clement VII,
44

clergy, regular and secular,
45
,
46
–47

clerks,
12
,
48
, 67,
68
,
70
–71,
80
,
81
,
87
,
95
,
154
,
160
,
179
,
203
,
284
,
287
. See
also
scriveners; secretaries

climate,
28
,
34
,
135

cloaks. See clothes

clocks,
83
,
84
. See
also
bells; time

close-stools. See furniture

cloth,
15
,
86
,
93
–94,
98
,
104
,
105
,
114
,
134
,
197
,
199

blanket,
105

canvas,
93
,
138
,
140
,
147
,
150
,
164
,
165

card,
158

cloth of Cologne,
300

cloth of gold,
105
,
157

cloth of silver,
105

cotton,
162
,
300

damask 17,
157

felt,
114
,
115

fustian,
300

hair,
271

hemp,
147

homemade,
115
,
117

linen,
93
,
105
,
107
,
117
,
149
,
150
,
154
,
158
,
159
,
161
,
162
,
164
,
176
,
199
,
211
,
228
,
253
–54,
300
. See
also

tablecloths, linsey-woolsey,
157