Hagioscopes, 194 Hall marks, 208 Harvest homes, 275 Hastings, battle of, 264 Heart burial, 222 Hedsor, pile dwellings at, 37, 38 _Hereivard the Wake_, 264 Hermits, 181 Hexham church, 104 " crosses, 99 Highwaymen, 283 Hocktide sports, 225, 273 Homes of famous men, 298 Hospitium of monastery, 169 House, evolution of country, 172-7 Hundreds, origin of, 87 Hurstbourne, Hants, pit dwellings at, 34 I Ice Age, 12, 13 Iknield Street, 60 Ilkley cross, 99 Inigo Jones, 176 Inns, 7, 282-90 Inventories, 201 Iron Age, 21 " work in churches, 233 _Itinerary_ of Antoninus, 59 J Jervais, glass-painter, 232 Johnson, Dr., on monasteries, 159 K Keep of Norman castle, 137 Kelvedon rectory, 179 Kenilworth Castle, 151 King's evil, 228 Knaresborough hermitage, 182 Knighthood, admission to, 145 L Laindon reclusorium, 183 Lammas lands, 79 Lecterns, 191 Legends, 44, 55, 263 "Lepers' windows," 195 Lich-gate, 242 Local Government, 254 Low side windows, 195 M Manor-house, 172-7 Manors, 79, 133 Man-traps, 289 Markets, 260 May Day, 225, 273 Mediaeval village, 254-70 Menhir, 45 "Merry England," 256 Milestones, Roman, 61 Miracle plays, 274 _Misereres_, 191 Monasteries, Saxon, 102 " 154-71 " charity of, 159 Monastic day, 166, 167 " inns, 282 Monks, benefits conferred by, 155 " corruption of, 160 Monstrances, 206 Monumental effigies, 209-12 Mothering Sunday, 273 Mouldings, Decorated, 118, 120 " Early English, 116 " Norman, 112 " Perpendicular, 123 Mural paintings, 234-41 N Neolithic man, 15, 18, 20, 37 Norman architecture, 109-15 " castles, 135-53 " place-names, 132 " villages, 125-34 Normans, coming of, 125 O Ockwells manor-house, 173 Ogee arch, 118 Organised condition of society among prehistoric races, 31 Ornaments, Saxon, 91 _Osculatorium_, 192 Oxford, poor scholar of, 229 P Pageants, 149-52 Paleolithic man, 14 Palimpsests, 213 Parish chest, 218-29 " registers, 218-23 Paschall money, 225 Pastimes, 271-81 Pavements, Roman, 71, 72 Pax, 192, 206 Perpendicular architecture, 120 Pews, 187 _Piers Ploughman_, 165, 174, 181 Pile dwellings, 37-43 Pilgrimages, 259 Piscina, 192 Pit dwellings, 33-7 Place-names, 76, 101 Plague, 255-7 Plate, church, 200-8 " " in bishop's coffin, 202 Ploughman's lament, 84 Plough Monday, 272 Porch, 185 "Pot-boilers," 36 Pre-Reformation plate, 202-5 Pulpits, 188 Pytheas of Marseilles, 10 Pyx, 191, 206 Q Quintain, 277 R Raglan Castle, 141 Reading Abbey, 171 Reading-pews, 197 Reclusorium, 183 " at Rettenden, 183 Rectories, 177-81 Registers, parish, 218-23 Religion of Saxons, 93 "Restoration," 199 Rollright Stones, 46, 47 Roman relics, 57-73 " rig, 54 " roads, 58-62 " villas, 70-3 Rood-loft, 188 Royal arms in churches, 190 Rural exodus, 300 Rush-bearing, 276 Ruthwell cross, 97 Ryknield Street, 60 S