The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England (79 page)

kitchenware 220, 231, 233, 235, 240, 269

knife-grinders 56

knitting 58, 163–4, 179

knives 145, 154, 185, 247, 248, 249, 252, 269, 290;
see also
penknives

Knox, John (
c
.1514–72) 90

Kyd, Thomas (1558–94) 353

Kytchiner, William (d.1586) 183

Kytson, Elizabeth,
née
Cornwallis (1546/7–1628), Lady Kytson 192, 340

La Rochelle 261

labourers 53, 54, 56, 142, 150, 151, 171, 187, 235, 250, 258, 268, 274, 325

lace 146, 162, 167, 168, 184, 187

Lambarde, William (1536–1601) 36, 56, 130

Lambourn 55

Lancashire 22, 59, 145

Lancaster, James (1554/5–1618) 113

Laneham, Robert (
c
. 1535–79/80) 142, 246, 328, 334

Langley, Francis (1548–1602) 353

Langton, Dr Christopher (1521–78) 311

Lanier, Emilia,
née
Bassano (1569–1645) 70–1, 350, 361, 362

lantern-makers 54

Latimer, Hugh (
c
.1485–1555), bishop of Worcester 127

Latin 8, 41, 68, 81, 103, 105, 107, 132, 136–8

latrines 213, 227, 234, 266–9, 274, 284, 287;
see also
chamber pots; close stools; water closet

laundry
see
washerwomen; washing

lavender
see
herbs

law, lawyers 18, 26, 28, 50, 53, 62, 79, 81, 108, 130, 146, 147, 157, 222, 245, 292–319, 325 (ecclesiastical 313–19);
see also
courts; justices

lawn
see
linen

Lawrence, Joan 319

Lawrence, John 318–19

lead 30, 239, 269

leases 55, 233, 301

leather 13, 53, 145, 169, 170, 174, 179–81, 183, 185, 187, 231, 233, 263, 269 (Spanish 163, 169, 178, 183);
see also
cordwainers

Lee, George, (d.1558) 274

Lee, Sir Henry (1533–1611) 185, 322

Lee, William (d.1614/15?) 164

Leicester 200

Leicester, earl of
see
Dudley

Leicestershire 22, 94, 135, 274

Leiden 288

Leighton, Sir Thomas (
c
. 1530–1610) 215

Leith 98

Leland, John (
c
.1503–52) 129, 130, 196, 197, 361

leprosy
see
illnesses

Levant Company 113, 207

Libertines 162

libraries 130–1, 321

lice 269, 270, 286

licensing 62, 65, 244–5, 301, 322, 325, 384

Lichfield 16, 50

life expectancy 38, 51, 360 lighthouses 214

Lily, William (1468?–1522/3) 107

Lincoln 16, 203

Lincoln’s Inn
see
London

Lincolnshire 23, 222, 224, 296

linen 27, 150, 157, 158, 163, 164, 168, 172–4, 177–80, 189, 224, 227, 236, 243, 272–4, 286, 308, 326 (buckram 158, 164; cambric 147, 163, 168, 174, 178, 180, 181, 187, 189; canvas 158, 187, 220, 238; holland 147, 159, 163, 164, 168, 178, 181, 221, 226; lawn 147, 167, 168, 174, 181; lockram 158, 159, 163, 178, 220, 221);
see also
camlet; cyprus; linsey-woolsey; table linen

linsey-woolsey 158, 159, 163, 178

lions 114, 119, 321

Lipscomb, Thomas (d.1587) 235

Lisbon 15, 111

literacy 101–4;
see also
education; women

litters 198

Little Moreton Hall 230

livestock 22, 145–7, 237, 242, 243, 253, 304; (cattle 19–21, 56, 127, 145, 174, 191, 233, 235, 238, 252, 253, 336; deer 21, 174, 253, 327; pigs 12, 19, 20, 145, 176, 189, 205, 233, 237, 238, 241, 245, 253, 313; sheep 10, 19–22, 59, 145, 174, 191, 233, 235, 241, 253, 286, 287, 330 [ram]);
see also
meat and poultry

Livy (Titus Livius) (50
BC–AD
17) 107

Locke, Anne (1530–
c
.90) 68, 71, 370

locks, locksmiths 53, 145, 219

logic 108

London 1, 4, 10, 15–17, 19, 21, 25–35, 38, 44, 52, 57–9, 62, 67–9, 77, 80, 84, 91, 92, 94, 96, 104, 109, 110, 130, 135, 137, 142, 146, 155, 165, 167, 173, 177, 178, 180, 182–4, 186, 189, 190, 192, 193, 198, 201, 202, 204, 205, 220, 222, 253, 255, 261, 274, 287, 322, 329, 348 (Aldersgate 31; Aldgate 31, 32, 92, 193, 306; Aldwych 26; Artillery Gardens 329; Arundel Place 29; Baynard’s Castle 31; Bedlam 283; Birdcage Walk 333; Bishopsgate 31, 341, 353; Bishopsgate Street 329, 352; Bread Street 33, 34; Bridewell Hospital 292, 307, 308, 329; Candlewick Street 31; Cecil House 29, 222; Chancery Lane 26–7; Charing Cross 27, 29; Charterhouse 32; Cheapside 1, 32, 34, 35, 292, 309, 310, 311, 350; Cordwainer Street 33;
Cornhill 32–4, 77, 322; Covent Garden 29; Cripplegate 31; Derby House 130; Dowgate 240; Drury Lane 26, 27, 29; Durham Place 29; Elephant & Castle 240; Ely Place 329; Finsbury Fields 330; Fish Street 33; Fleet Street 26, 77; Friday Street 34; Goldsmith’s Row 34; Gracechurch Street 77, 311, 352; Great Stone Gate 5, 31; Greyfriars Church 130, 329; Guildhall 31; Haymarket 27; Holborn 26, 27, 32, 329; Hosier Lane 33, 240; Hungerford House 29; Hyde Park 27; Jewin Street 333; King’s Street 28; Leadenhall 329; Little Trinity parish 94; London Bridge 29–32, 197, 205, 239, 269, 304, 322; London Stone 31, 32, 311; Long Acre 29; Lothbury 32; Ludgate 31, 33; Ludgate Hill 329, 352; Mark Lane 293; Mermaid Tavern 2, 35, 240, 350, 366; Mile End 342; Milk Street 33; Moorgate 31, 66; New Stone Gate 30; Newgate 26, 27, 31–3, 35, 302, 329; Nonsuch House 30–1; Old Change 1; Oxford Street 26; Paris Garden 334, 335, 356; Paternoster Row 34; Piccadilly 27; population of 15, 16, 25, 364; Poultry 34; Royal Exchange 34, 145, 193, 338; St Botolph’s parish 117; St George’s Field 306; St Giles in the Fields 26, 333; St Martin’s Lane 26; St Mary Somerset 2; St Paul’s Cathedral 1, 26, 31–4, 104, 257, 303, 308, 326, 355; St Paul’s Churchyard 1, 31, 103, 107, 303, 308, 348; St Paul’s Cross 31, 32, 76, 92; St Paul’s School 107; Savoy Palace 29; Shoe Lane 333; Shoreditch 353; Silver Street 240; Smithfield 32, 199, 329; Soper Lane 77; Southampton House 26; Southwark 271, 307, 334, 335, 359; Standard 34, 310; Strand 28, 29, 32, 222; Temple 204; Tottenham Court Road 26; Tower Green 305; Tower Hill 305; Tower of 29–31, 33, 41, 42, 48, 87–9, 91, 99, 124, 189, 222, 294, 304, 305, 321; Tower Street 292; Tyburn 26, 27, 35, 94, 96, 126, 292, 302, 304; Vintry 29; wards 51; West Cheap 34; Whitechapel 32, 352; York House 29; York Place 29)

London, aldermen of 51, 310, 330

London, Bills of Mortality 279

London, bishops of 50

London, census of foreigners in 116

London, conduits 1, 34, 239–40, 307, 310

London, Corporation of 33

London, Inns of Court 107–8, 136 (Barnard’s Inn 26; Bath Inn 26; Clement’s Inn 26; Funival’s Inn 26; Gray’s Inn 26; Inner Temple 352; Lincoln’s Inn 26; Middle Temple 101; Staple Inn 26; Thavie’s Inn 26);

London, livery companies (Barber Surgeons 303; Mercers 34; Merchant Adventurers 113; Merchant Taylors 94 [their school 106]; Skinners 255; Stationers 104; Vintners 98)

London, lord mayor of 27, 34, 51, 68, 239, 261, 309, 330

London, plague in 279, 280

London port and quays 29, 160, 244, 261, 303 (Beare Quay 29; Galley Quay 29; Gibson’s Quay 30; Old Wool Quay 29; Queenhithe 29, 308; Sabbes Quay 29; St Katherine’s Wharf 30; Somer’s Quay 30; Three Cranes Wharf 29)

London prisons 292, 295, 307, 326 (Fleet Prison 307; Marshalsea Prison 308)

London theatres 240, 320, 354–8 (Bell Inn 352; Belle Savage Inn 329, 352; Blackfriars Theatre 353; Boar’s Head Inn 352; Bull Inn 329, 352; Cross Keys Inn 352; Curtain 329, 353, 355; Drury Lane 333; Fortune 353; Globe 335, 353, 355, 356; Red Lion 352; Rose 353, 355, 356; Swan 353, 356; The Theatre 353)

Long Ditton 183

Longford Castle 223, 227

Longleat 3, 221, 222

looms 235

loos
see
latrines

Lopez, Dr Rodrigo (
c
.1517–94) 43

Lord Chamberlain’s Men
see
plays, players 347

Lords Lieutenant 109, 295, 296

lottery, the 326

Love, John (d.1590) 48

Low Countries
see
Brabant, Flanders, Holland

Lowestoft 214

Ludlow 110

Lübeck 119

Lumley, Jane,
née
Fitzalan (1537–78), Lady Lumley 68

Lumley, John (
c
.1533–1609), Lord Lumley 228

lye 157, 173, 189, 273;
see also
soap

Lyly, John (1554–1606) 353

Lyme Regis 23

Lynn
see
King’s Lynn

Lyte, Henry (1529–1607) 123

Machiavelli, Niccolo (1469–1527) 74, 75

Machyn, Christopher (d.1550) 94

Machyn, Henry (1496x98–1563) 32, 80, 94, 135, 143, 255, 303, 311, 342

madder 159, 165

Madoc ap Owain Gwynedd (supposedly
fl
. 1170) 112

Magellan, Straits of 216, 217

magistrates
see
Justices of the Peace

magnetism 122

Magno, Alessandro (1538–76) 32, 66, 116, 155, 202, 204, 255, 263, 336

Maidstone 59

Maisse, Monsieur de
see
Hurault

make-up 176–7

malaria
see
illnesses

Malby, Sir Nicholas (
c
.1530–84) 103

Maldon 95

Mallerd, Katherine 58

malnutrition
see
food shortages

Malpas 282

maltsters 18

mandrake 123

manners, good 153–5

Manners, Roger (1576–1612), earl of Rutland 226

Manningham, John (
c
. 1575–1622) 101

Mantell alias Bloys, Robert (d.1581) 305

maps 41, 201, 210, 224

marchpane
see
marzipan

mariners 54, 109, 111, 141, 178, 181, 187, 206–17, 258, 279, 298, 303, 325

markets, marketplaces 12, 33, 109, 145–7, 191, 241, 311, 315, 363–4

Marlowe, Christopher (1564–93) 3, 75–6, 101, 103, 119, 346, 353, 354, 357–8

marmalade 244, 255

Marprelate, ‘Martin’ 91

marriage 15, 37, 51, 57–8, 63–7, 101, 109, 118, 157, 173, 175, 247, 261, 300, 301, 310, 315 (age at 65–6)

Marston, John (1576–1634), 354

Martin, Dorcas 68

Mary (1516–58), queen of England 6, 7, 40–2, 44, 73, 76, 81, 104, 114, 309

Mary (1542–87), queen of Scots 46, 83, 85, 97, 294–5, 305, 329

marzipan 253, 254

masks 170, 171, 203

masons 18, 53, 151

masques 343–4, 349

Master of the Revels 104

mastic 277

mathematics 108, 120, 122, 210, 211

Matheu, Margaret 57

Matheu, Thomas 57

Mathewe, James 55

Matthew, William (d.1589) 236

Maw 325

Maypole 322

mead 260

Meade, Alice 128

mealtimes 91, 246–8

meat and poultry 33, 145, 154, 212, 233, 243–7, 252, 255 (bacon 235, 241, 253, 259, 308; beef 246–8, 251, 252, 254; bittern 251, 253, 254; brawn 251; bustard 251; capon 251–3; chicken 145, 150, 237, 247, 251–5, 259, 285; coneys 145, 251–3, 327; corncrakes 251; crane 251, 253; curlew 247, 251, 253; dotterel 253; duck 251, 253; godwit 253; goose 237, 247, 251–3, 313; gull 251, 253; ham 254; hares 327; heron 254; heronsew 251, 253; kid 251; knot 253; lamb 247, 251, 254, 257; lard 253, 287; lark 251, 254; leveret 254; licences to eat 244–5; mince pies 247, 255–6; mutton 245–8, 251, 252, 256, 257; offal 253; partridge 251, 253; pasties 145, 251, 327; pastry 255; peacock 251; pewit 253; pheasant 251, 253, 254; pies 32, 145, 255; pigeon 247, 251, 253, 254; plover 253; pork 247, 251, 252, 257; quail 251, 253, 254; rabbit 146, 242, 247, 251, 254, 328; redshank 253; sausages 32; sheep’s fat 285; shoveller 253; snipe 247, 253, 254; stint 253; stork 251, 254; suet 256, 257, 285; swan 251–3; teal 247, 251; turkey 237, 252, 253; veal 247, 251, 256; venison 247, 251, 253, 254, 327,
see also
deer; woodcock 251, 252, 254; yerwhelp 253);
see also
livestock; swans