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Charterhouse, 66

Clerkenwell,
252

Cornhill,
229

diocese of,
296

Fleet Prison,
21

Fleet Street,
228

gates,
18
,
19
,
220
,
254
,
288

gates.,
85
,
124

Guildhall,
94

guilds,
100

Leadenhall,
92

London Bridge,
17
,
18
,
128
,
236
,
254

mayors of,
22
,
64
, 99,
206
,
228
–29,
262

Mile End,
205

Newgate,
254

Savoy 19

sheriffs of,
218
,
228

Smithfield,
19
,
92
,
124
,
294

Southwark 20,
85
,
198
,
205
,
254
,
288
,
292

St. Bartholomew’s Hospital,
192
,
207

St. Martin’s le Grand,
84
,
85

St. Paul’s Cathedral,
18

Strand,
17
,
19

Thames Street,
148

Tower Hill,
236

Tower of,
18
,
74
, 97,
236
,
272

Tyburn,
20
,
228
–29,
236
,
294

walls of,
18
,
85
,
294

longbows. See bows

longevity,
36
–39,
58
,
201
,
295
. See
also
old people

longhouses,
32

lords.
See
manorial lords; noblemen

Lords Appellant,
124
–25

louvres,
30

Low Countries,
71
,
106
,
109
,
131
,
243
,
275
,
284

Ludlow Castle,
155
,
303

Lumley Castle,
303

Luttrell, Geoffrey,
249

Luttrell Psalter,
301

Lydgate, John,
293

Lynn,
11
,
71

madness,
118
,
255

magic,
74
–78,
210

magistrates. See Justices of the Peace

Magna Carta,
235

maintenance. See crime

malaria. See diseases

mallows,
212

Malmesbury 251,
296

malnutrition,
50
,
167
. See
also
famine

maltsters,
230

Mandeville, John,
73
,
276
–77,
280

manners and politeness,
62
,
89
–92,
196
,
286
,
298

Manny, Walter, 66,
136

Mannyng, Richard,
277

manor houses,
23
,
32
,
34
,
51
,
117
,
126
,
127
,
144
,
156
,
161
,
183
,
186

fortified,
154
–56

manorial courts. See courts

manorial customs,
49
,
52
,
68
. See
also
service

manorial lords,
29
,
32
,
34
,
40
–11,
42
,
48
–51,
67
,
69
,
127
,
156
,
174
,
185
,
188
,
219
,
223
,
227
–28,
308

manorial officers. See ale-tasters; bailiffs; haywards; receivers; reeves; timings maps,
72
,
123
–25

March, Earl of. See Mortimer, Roger

Marches of Scotland and Wales. See Scotland; Wales

Margaret, Queen,
106

mariners,
52
, 69,
71
,
136

market crosses,
16
,
23

marketplaces,
14
,
16
,
23
–24,
93
–94,
228
,
230

markets,
17
,
23
,
84
,
92
–95,
174
–77,
230
. See
also
marketplaces; stallage; times

Marlborough, Statute of,
308

marmalade. See preserves and pickles marriage,
38
,
49
–50,
54
,
55
,
59
–60,
63
,
159
,
286
–87

marshals,
89
,
161

marshland,
27

Martinmas,
169

masons,
12
,
34
,
43
,
100
–101

Mass,
16
,
48
, 66,
154
,
188
,
251
,
261

mattresses. See beds and bedding

Mayn, John,
206

mayors,
42
,
218
. See
also
Dartmouth; London

mazers,
149
,
151
,
175
,
179

mead,
175
,
179

meadows,
25

meals,
32
,
90
,
168
,
170
,
188
,
197
,
280

breakfast,
168
,
180
,
188

dinner,
168
,
172
,
180
,
182
,
188

supper,
164
,
169
,
180
,
189
. See also feasts

measurement. See units of measurement

meat,
10
,
93
,
94
,
95
,
147
,
156
,
162
,
164
,
169
–70,
172
,
176
,
178
,
180
,
181
,
185
,
187
,
286

bacon,
93
,
168
,
171
–72,
188
,
286
,
304

beef,
10
,
90
,
168
,
176
,
177
,
181
,
188
,
304

brawn,
181

entrails,
188
,
231
–32

fawn,
182

feet of animals,
10
,
229

ham,
168

kid,
176
,
182

lamb,
176
,
188

liver,
187

meatballs,
181

mutton,
10
,
173
,
177
,
181
,
188
,
200
,
211

offal,
187

pork,
176
,
177
,
181
,
188

pottage,
181
,
185

rules about eating,
169
,
174
,
180
,
183
,
187

salted,
163
,
169

stock,
171
–72

sucking pig,
177

veal,
188

venison,
181
. See
also
cattle; coneys; game; goats; hares; jelly; livestock; pigs; poultry; sheep; wildfowl

medical degrees,
194
,
211

medical knowledge,
55
, 76,
191
–94,
210
. See
also
dissection; humoral theory; surgery

medical practitioners. See physicians; surgeons

medicinal stones,
118
,
119

medicines,
22
,
154
,
207
,
211
–13

Mediterranean Sea,
17
,
124
,
135
,
136
–37,
141
,
199
,
201

Melbourne Castle,
242

Melton Mowbray 241

men-at-arms,
38

menagerie,
18

Mendicant Orders. See friars

menstruation,
117
,
200

merchant adventurers,
71
,
72

merchants, mercers,
10
,
12
,
15
,
17
,
18
,
22
,
23
–24,
42
,
43
,
52
–53,
57
,
63
,
68
,
72
,
88
,
89
,
93
–94,
104
,
114
,
129
,
136
,
148
,
175
,
178
,
197
,
228
,
266

mercury,
94

merrils,
264

Mersey River,
152

messengers,
12
,
24
,
62
,
70
–71,
132
–33,
161
,
185
,
192

metal,
12
,
95
,
165
,
257

brass,
23
,
95
,
147
,
150
,
151
,
153
,
162
,
164
,
165
,
166
,
200
,
249

bronze,
23
,
149
,
158

copper,
158
,
164

iron,
93
,
95
,
138
,
150
,
152
,
158
,
159
,
162
,
163

latten,
150

lead,
152
,
156
,
267

pewter,
149
,
151
,
266
,
267

steel,
93
,
121

tin,
34
,
93
,
158
. See
also
gold; silver

metheglin,
175

Mezières, Philip de,
301

Michaelmas,
222

midwives, 56

Milan, duke of,
71

miles. See units of measurement

military orders. See Knights Hospitaller; Knights Templar

military service. See warfare

milk. See dairy products

miners,
164
,
170
,
176
,
302
,
304

mills,
31
,
170
,
242

mining,
34
,
209

Minot, Laurence,
277

minstrels. See musicians

mints,
18
,
97

miracles,
74
–78,
271

Mirfield, John,
192
–93,
207

mirrors,
118

monasteries,
14
,
23
,
32
,
34
,
41
,
43
,
45
, 67,
70
,
88
,
144
,
145
,
152
–54,
186
–89,
201
,
210
,
221

guesthouses,
16
,
153
,
161
,
186
,
187

infirmaries,
186
,
207

lavabos,
197

misericords,
187
,
188

refectories,
186
–89.
See also specific examples

Monk, John,
227

monks,
45
,
46
,
71
,
103
,
112
,
119
,
152
,
153
,
186
–88,
197
,
201
–2,
207
,
276

moon, the,
133
,
136
,
192
,
211
–12

Morris (a servant of Edward II),
64

mortars.
See
cooking utensils

Mortimer, Joan (d. 1356), countess of March,
265
,
273

Mortimer, Roger (d. 1326), lord of Chirk 296

Mortimer, Roger (d. 1330), Earl of March,
19
,
63
,
155
,
235
–36,
239
,
241
,
265
,
300

Moscow, Grand Duchy of.
See
Muscovy

Moulsham,
226

mules.
See
horses and ponies

mummers,
180
,
253
–54

murage,
130

murder.
See
crime

Murimuth, Adam,
82

Musard, Malcolm,
240

Muscovy 71,
72

Musgrave, Thomas,
225

music,
67
,
247
–51,
254

musical instruments,
48
,
249
,
251

bagpipes,
249
,
267

bells. See bells; citóles,
249
,
251

clarions,
249
,
251

cornets,
254

crumhorns,
250

drums,
251

fiddles,
248
–49

flutes,
149
,
249

gittern,
249
,
251

harps,
149
,
248
–49,
251

horns,
249
,
255
,
259

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