The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England (75 page)

Bowden, Widow 323

bowls 325, 327

Bownd, Nicholas (d.1613) 281

bows
see
archery

bowyers 53

Brabant, Brabanters 115

Brahe, Tycho (1546–1601) 120

branding 294, 303, 309

brandy
see
wine

Braunton 22

Brayne, John (
c
.1541–86) 352–3

braziers 53

Brazil 159, 217

brazilwood 159

bread 33, 146, 154, 212, 243, 248, 249, 252–4, 257, 258, 260, 285 (acorn 259; brown 246, 265; cheat 246, 253; manchet 142, 246, 253; rye 245; spiced 255)

bread weighers 292

breakfast 142, 177, 204, 246, 247, 272;
see also
mealtimes

breath, bad
see
oral hygiene, teeth

Brentwood 300

brewers, brewing 18, 53, 56, 67, 115, 187, 239

bribery 97–9

bricks, bricklaying 15, 231, 268, 354

Bridewell
see
London, Bridewell Hospital

Bridford 197

bridges 196–8, 203

Brighton 23

Bristol 16, 18, 94, 279

Bristol, bishops of 50

British Empire 112, 121

Brooke, George (1568–1603) 100

Brooke, Richard 300

Brooke, William (1527–97), Lord Cobham 223

Broughton, Mr 125

Browne, Anthony (1528–98), Viscount Montagu 47

Brownewend, John (d.1599) 183

Brownsword, John 107

Bruno, Giordano (1548–1600) 137

brushes 189;
see also
hairbrushes

Buckhurst, Lord
see
Sackville

Buckland Abbey 230

Bucklebury 282

Bull, Dr John (1559x63–1628) 339, 341

Bullein, William (
c
.1515–76) 74, 271, 274

bulls, baiting of 320, 336

Bulmer, Bevis (d.1613) 240

Burbage, Cuthbert (1564/5–1636) 353

Burbage, James (
c
.1531–97) 353

Burbage, Richard (1568–1619) 101, 185, 353, 355, 356

Burghley 3, 221, 222

Burghley, Lord
see
Cecil

Burgundy 14, 262

Burmarsh 279

Burton, Helen 317

Burton, Robert (1577–1640) 127

butchers 12, 18, 52, 53, 145, 187, 244, 304

butlers 187, 225, 269

buttons 167, 180, 184 (leather 181; silver 181)

Byrche, George (d.1569) 283

Byrd, William (1539x43–1623) 339–41

Byron family 230

Caesar, Julius (100–44
BC
) 107, 225, 321

Caius, John (1510–73) 74, 75

Calais 5, 42, 110, 111

Calendar, Gregorian 143

Calendar, Julian 143

calico 159

Calvin, Jean (1509–64) 69, 90, 344

Calvinism 71–3, 78, 79, 89, 90, 116, 117

cambric
see
linen

Cambridge 16, 58, 203, 339

Cambridge, University of 74, 75, 90, 104, 107, 108, 136, 174, 274, 311, 347, 353

Cambridgeshire 198, 274, 278

Camden, William (1551–1623) 30, 130

camels 114, 321

camlet 158, 170

Campion, Edmund (1540–81) 84

Campion, Thomas (1567–1620) 341, 350

Canary Isles 123, 262

candle snuffers 237

candleholders 145, 187, 219, 232, 235, 238

candles 115, 152, 219, 342

cannon
see
guns

canoe and paddles 321

Canterbury 16, 59, 107, 110, 193, 200, 287, 289, 353

Canterbury, archbishops of 41, 50;
see also
Grindal; Parker; Stratford; Whitgift

canvas
see
linen

Cape Verde Islands 111

cappers 53

caps
see
clothes

card games 47, 67, 213, 225, 237, 325

Carder, Peter (
fl
. 1577–1625) 217

Carew, Richard (1555–1620) 36, 39, 56, 130, 134–6, 234, 265, 332

Carey, Sir Robert (1560–1639),
later
earl of Monmouth 201

Carlisle 16

Carlisle, bishop of
see
Oglethorpe

carmen 53;
see also
carters; coachmen

Carnsew, William (
c
.1534–88) 324, 325, 344

carpenters 18, 53, 56, 151

carpets 221, 225, 227, 235, 237, 321

carriages
see
carts; coaches

carriers 53

carters 225, 271;
see also
carmen

carts 18, 19, 66, 193–7, 234, 302, 303, 307;
see also
tumbrel

Cartwright, Dr Thomas (1534/5–1603) 90

cartwrights 56

Cary, George 23

casements 237, 238

Castiglione, Baldassare (1478–1529) 107

Castile, Castilian 42, 189;
see also
Spain

catechism 316

Catesby, Fyndern 308

Cathay Company 113

Catholics, Catholicism 5, 7, 42, 45, 46, 72–4, 76–92, 96, 99, 116, 117, 126, 143, 159, 205, 294–6, 304, 306, 321, 339, 351

Cato, Marcus Porcius (234–149
BC
) 107

cats 188, 213;
see also
civet

cattle
see
livestock

Cavendish, Michael (
c
.1565–1628) 341

Cavendish, Thomas (1560–92) 111, 112, 122, 361

Caversham 197

Cawdrey, Robert (1537/8–
c
.1604) 132

Cecil, Mildred, née Cooke (1526–89), Lady Burghley 68, 193

Cecil, Sir William (1520/1–98), Lord Burghley 29, 41, 44, 68, 91, 92, 98, 121, 138, 185, 193, 222, 226, 229, 294, 295, 361

censorship 43, 104, 352

Cent 325

cesspits
see
latrines

Chagford 196

Chaloner, Sir Thomas (1563/4–1615) 115

chamber pots 213, 227, 235, 268

champaign country 19, 22

Chancery 137

Chancery, court of 301

chandlers 53

Channel Islands 40

chantries 72, 106

Chapel Royal (St Stephens) 28, 339, 355

Chapman, George (1559/60–1634), 350

chapmen 53

charcoal burners 56

charity 45, 57, 58, 106, 117, 131, 218, 222, 252, 318

Chartley 295

charts
see
maps

Chaucer, Geoffrey (d.1400) 344, 346

cheese
see
dairy products

Chelmsford 25

Chertsey 259

Cheshire 23, 59, 69, 230, 282

Cheshire (cheese) 257

chess 225, 237, 320

Chester 16, 125, 351

Chettle, Henry (d. 1603x7), 354

Chichester 16, 340

chickens
see
meat and poultry

childbirth
see
pregnancy

children, clothing of 177, 179

children, diseases of 183, 287

children, employment of 151–2, 213, 215, 218;
see also
dells; kinchin cos

children, mortality of 38, 51, 279, 360

children, punishment of 96, 308, 309

Chile 216

chimney sweeps 146

chimneypiece 237

chimneys 13–15, 23, 100, 231, 234, 235, 238, 267

China 113, 114, 321

Cholmeley, Richard 75

Christmas 252, 254, 255, 325

chronicles 94, 130

Chudleigh 197

church ales 72

church monuments 100

Church of England 7, 41, 46, 50, 62, 72–3, 76–81, 91

Church of Scotland 90

Churche’s Mansion 230

churchwardens 62, 292, 314

Cicero, Marcus Tullius (106–43
BC
) 107

cider 260

civet 177, 189

clapperdudgeons 298

Clavering 323

cleaning
see
washing

cleanliness
see
washing

Cleere, Mary (d.1576) 43, 306

Clement’s Inn
see
London

clergymen 50, 53, 79, 80, 83, 90, 91, 97, 109, 125, 248, 279, 284, 326, 349 (celibacy of 78, 79, 141–2)

clerks 28, 53, 94, 225, 279;
see also
academics

Clifford Bridge 197

Clifford, George (1558–1605), earl of Cumberland 185

climate 19

Clitherow, Margaret (d.1586) 306

clocks 141, 142, 225, 230, 321

Clopton, Sir Hugh (
c
. 1440–96) 10, 11, 52, 197

close stools 192, 227, 268

cloth of gold/silver 157, 170, 180, 184, 188, 226

cloth, clothiers 20, 53;
see also
calico; camlet; fustian; lace; linen; silk; tapestries; tinsel; woollens

clothes 80, 115, 116, 151 (aprons 159, 171, 187; basques 164; belts 178, 180, 183, 187, 309; biggins 173; bodies 161, 162, 164, 165, 168; braies 178, 179; breeches 161, 177–80, 183, 184, 187, 303; bum-roll 171; canions 179; capes 183, 311 ; caps 155, 158, 171, 175, 178, 182, 187; cassocks 171, 180; cloaks 160, 170, 182–4, 329; coats 180, 183, 187, 311; codpieces 156, 160, 180, 181; coifs 173, 188; collars 158–60; corsets 164; doublets 158, 160–2, 165–8, 171, 177, 180, 181, 183, 184, 187; drawers 164, 179; farthingales 165, 168, 171; fleeces 161; foreparts 160, 165, 167;
gabardines 187; galligaskins 179; garters 162, 177, 179; gowns 157, 159–61, 164, 165, 166, 168, 171, 181–3, 187, 311 (French gowns 160, 166, 168; loose gowns 160, 166, 167; riding gowns 170; round gowns 160, 166, 168; train gowns 166); hatbands 182; hats 155, 162, 171, 173, 175, 182, 183, 187, 342, 356; hoods 170–3; hosen 162–4, 171, 177–81, 183, 184, 273; jackets 158, 170, 180; jerkins 166, 167, 178, 181; juppe 170; kerchiefs 171, 173; kirtles 160, 166, 171; mandilion 161, 182, 183; mantles 168, 171, 182; mending of 171; mufflers 170, 171; neckerchiefs 158, 168, 171; netherstocks 178, 179, 181; nightcaps 183, 187, 188; nightgowns 162, 164, 187, 188; nightrails 187; nightshirts 187; partlets 158, 161, 168; petticoat bodies 162; petticoats 159, 160, 164–7, 171, 180; pluderhosen 178, 179; robes 160; ruffles 158, 167, 168; ruffs 158, 159, 162, 167, 168, 181, 183, 273; safeguards 170; scarves 170, 171, 342; shirts 158, 159, 167, 177–81, 183, 184, 187, 189, 273, 317; sleeves 160, 166, 168; slops 160, 178, 179, 187; smocks 159, 161, 163, 164, 167, 168, 171, 187, 273; socks 162, 164, 178, 179, 273; stockings 161–4, 178, 179, 183; stomachers 165; trousers 178, 187; trunkhose 178, 179; undercoats 162; underdress 164; veils 168, 170, 171; vests 180; waistcoat 164, 180, 188);
see also
fashion

clothes, cleaning of
see
washing clothes

Clovelly 23

Clowes, William (1543/4–1604) 283, 288

coaches 44, 45, 110, 119, 191–8; hire of 193

coachmen 191–4, 197;
see also
carmen

coal 151–2, 189, 223, 267;
see also
miners

cobblers 53, 58, 145

Cobham Hall 223

Cobham, Lord
see
Brooke

cochineal 159, 160