Plague, 44, 46, 101, 114, 118, 119, 121, 124. Plague in London, 174, 186, 190, 197, 208. Political allusions at Bartholomew fair, 214. Political pamphlets, 200. Poltava (Russia), fair of, 289. Pope, merchandise of the, 22 (note). Pork fair of Paris, 282. Preaching at Sturbridge fair, 123, 130. Prescription, fairs held by, 15, 16, 17. Prince of Wales at Bartholomew fair, 227. Printed matter, sale of, at fairs, 46. Priory of Bartholomew, 164, 169, 173. Privilege of fairs, 16. Procession to proclaim Sturbridge fair, 132. Proclamation of fairs, 33, 79. Proctors’ booth in Sturbridge fair, 117. Proximity of fairs, 16. Puritans, the, and Bartholomew fair, 202. Queen Elizabeth, rejoicings on birth of, 73. Rahere, founder of St. Bartholomew fair, 165. almoners, 166. Rattlesnakes at Bartholomew fair, 225. Regulations for markets and fairs, 50. Religious petticoat, 203. Restricting dealings in fairs, 41. Restoration, the, and Bartholomew, 206. Retail dealings prohibited, 43. Rheims, fair of, 270. Rich, Lord, and Bartholomew fair, 184, 188. Riga, fair of, 289. Rival fairs, 16. Robberies in fairs, 40, 184. Robbery at Caen fair, 265. Rogers, E. Thorold, on Sturbridge fair, 160. Rome, fairs of, 5. Roman fairs in England, 13. Roman markets, 27. Rostof (Russia), fair of, 290. Rouen, fairs of, 270. Royal grant, fairs originated by, 15, 17. Russia, fairs of, 284. smaller fairs of, 307. Asiatic fairs in, 308. St. Denis, fair of, 275. St. Germain, fair of, 278. St. Lawrence, fair of, 280. St. Ovide, fair of, 281. Salander, Dr. Tobias, in St. Bartholomew fair, 189. Salisbury, fair at, 35, 66. Sanitary arrangements at Nijni fair, 306. Schismatical congregations prohibited, 143. Seal of fairs, 24, 248. Search for defective cloth, 193. Selling after close of fair, penalty, 33. Setting of willows, 101. Ships of merchants coming to fairs, 20. Shoemaker row, Sturbridge fair, 153. Shops at Sturbridge fair, 151. Sismondi quoted, 272. Skinners’ Company, and Sturbridge fair, 117. Slaves, sale of, in fairs of Europe, 3 (note), 70. Slaves sold in Smithfield, 179. Slaves at St. Denis fair, 275. Smithfield, originally Smoothfield, 165. Smithfield, stage entertainment on, 220. Southwark (Our Lady) fair, 197. Stage plays, 49, 50, 128, 144, 195. Stage plays, act against, 201. Stage plays prohibited at Bartholomew fair, 217, 229, 232. Stars of London theatres acting at Bartholomew fair, 224. Statute of Gloucester, inquiries under, 17. Storm at Sturbridge fair (1741), 143, 147. Strolling player, life of, 226. Sturbridge chapel, 59.