The ‘Essex’ ring 342 Old mourning ring 360 Memorial rings, Charles I. 366, 367, 370 Royalist memorial ring 370 Memorial and mortuary rings 373 Squared-work diamond ring found in Ireland 380 Mortuary rings at Mayence 381, 382 Gold rings from Etruscan sepulchres 383 Ring found at Amiens 383 Ring found in the tomb of William Rufus, Winchester Cathedral 385 Ring discovered in Winchester Cathedral 385 Ring of Childeric 386 Motto and device rings 390, 406 Posy-ring 391, 417 Inscription rings 410, 411, 412, 417 New Year’s gift ring 421, 422 Poison-rings 433 Dial-rings 452, 453 Signet-ring of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Darnley ring 460 Supposed ring of Roger, King of Sicily 465 The Worsley seal-ring 467 Ring of Saint Louis 469 Ring-devices of the Medici family 472, 473 Ring found at Kenilworth Castle 474 Heraldic ring 481 Martin Luther’s betrothal and marriage rings 481, 482, 483 Shakspeare’s ring (?) 484 Initials of Sir Thomas Lucy, at Charlecote Hall 486 Ivory-turned rings 488 Squirt ring 494 FINGER-RING LORE. CHAPTER I. RINGS FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD.