At the Sign of the Barber's Pole: Studies In Hirsute HistoryAndrews, William
History
At the Sign of the Barber's Pole: Studies In Hirsute History
Andrews, William
Barbers; Hairdressing -- History
Dale, R.W., 112
Defence of the beard, 109
Delmahoy's wig, 86
Demanding the beard, 51
Desecrating the Sabbath by shaving, 24, 25
Disuse of hair powder, 69
Doran, Dr, quoted, 73
Drapers refuse to employ men with moustaches, 104
Drury Lane, five women barbers of, 17
Dryden, quoted, 79
Duke and barber's boy, 18
Dyeing the beard, 37
Earliest mention of the beard, 33
Early gild in London, 27
Eastern potentate, 35
Eden, Dr, and the moustache, 110
Egyptian wigs, 71
Eldon, Lord, 87
Elizabeth, Queen, 37, 38
Epigram on three colonels, 100
Epitaphs on barber-surgeons, 32
Fairholt, F.W., 41
False hair worn by women, 88
Farquhar, 20
Female follies, 61
Fined for wearing beards, 35, 36
First illustrated school book, 2
Forfeits, 14-16
Fox, C.J., 64
France, wig mania in, 75
Free advice to a young clergyman, 85
Frith, W.P., "Autobiography" quoted, 103
From barber to surgeon, 26-32
Frost fair, 81
Gallants, gathering of, 9
Galley-pot, 5
Garrick, 14
Gauls, 60
Gay, J., quoted, 13, 61, 95
_Gentleman's Magazine_, quoted, 62
George III. and wig-makers, 95
---- sets his subjects a good example, 69
---- IV. and Dr Randolph, 86
Gold-dust used as hair-powder, 59
Grain, high price of, 68
Great seal, 76
Guitar, 9
Hannibal, 75
Hastings, Battle of, 33
Hawkesbury, Lord, and new bread, 70
Hawkins, Sir J., quoted, 79
Heart-Breakers, 89
Hedderwick, Dr, quoted, 101
Henry VI., 48
Henry VIII., 35
Hentzner, quoted, 89
High Church clergymen, 109
Hodgson, Professor, 113
Holbein's picture, 28
Holme, R., quoted, 81
House of Peers, 5
How, Dr Walsham, 112
Hull baker fined, 70
---- candidate for Holy Orders and his moustache, 110
---- policemen and the moustache, 113
---- timber merchant and the moustache, 110
"Impartial Monitor," quoted, 61
Incorporation of Barbers, 28
Irish Shaving Statute, 47
Jewish custom, 26
Jews used hair-powder, 59
Johnson, Dr, 16
Johnstone, Rev. E., desecrating the Sabbath by shaving, 24
Julius II., 34
Juvenile wigs, 92
Kauffmann, A., 66
Kenealy, Dr, 88
Kenrick, Dr, 16
King's barber, 19
Knox, John, 36, 37
Last barber-surgeon in London, 31
Laud, Archbishop, 51
"Letters from the Dead to the Living," 79
Lichfield, 20
Lincoln's Inn and the beard, 35
London women barbers, 17
Lord's Day observance, 21-25
Louis XIV., 83
Louth, 18
Lowe, Rev. H.D., 113
"Loyal Litany," quoted, 61
Lyttelton, Lord, 91
Macedonian soldiers, 48
Maclaren, C., editor of the _Scotsman_, 102
Magistrate and the moustache, 97
Malcolm, quoted, 82
Manner of using hair powder, 63, 68
Mansfield, Lord, 92
Marie Antoinette, 92
Marston, quoted, 54
Mary Queen of Scots, 89
Massinger, quoted, 61
Medical men and wigs, 86
Ministers shaving on Sunday, 24, 25
Missal, 5
Mock doctor, 86
More, Rev. J., 36
---- Sir Thomas, 36
Moustache and the motor-car, 115
---- movement, 96-115
Muffs, 80
Muntz, G.F., 99
Music, barber's, 9, 21
Newcastle-on-Tyne, barber-surgeons of, 24
_Notes and Queries_, quoted, 16, 47
Nottingham, story of moustache and marriage, 103
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