Abbess of Ely, St. Etheldreda, 266 Abbey, Birkenhead, 14, 34, 36 ---- Combermere, 14, 34, 35 ---- Mobberley, 14, 34 ---- Norton, 14, 34 ---- Pulton, 14, 35 ---- Runcorn, 14 ---- Stanlaw, 14, 34 ---- St. Werburgh’s, 9-13, 33, 34, 38-48 ---- Vale Royal, 14, 34, 35 Abbot’s Well, 260 _Academy of Armoury, The_, 136, 137 _Account of the Rolls of the Honour of Halton, An_, 107 Acton Church, 16 ---- Lord, 18 Adlington, 200 ---- Hall, 16, 84, 94 Aganippe’s Well, 260 Alderley Edge, Celtic legend, 252 ---- ---- farmhouse, 94 Aldford Castle, 51, 52 Alfred the Great, 272 Almshouses in Commonhall Lane, Chester, 86, 87 Alvanley, fire-worship at, 261 Ancient poaching, 108 ---- timber houses at--Adlington, 200; Baguley, 200; Bramhall, 200; Little Moreton, 200 Anselm, St., 8, 269 _Anti-Christ_, a Mystery Play, 163 Archbishop of Canterbury, St. Plegmund, 273 ---- of York, Thomas Savage, 14 Architecture of Cheshire, half-timbered, 80-99 Arley Hall, 198 Arneway, author of Mystery Plays, 148 “Articles of Surrender,” Chester, 186 Ashley Hall, 197 _Assumption, The_, a Mystery Play, 160, 163 Aston, Sir Arthur, 119 ---- Sir Thomas, 119 Audley and the Welsh raids, James, Lord, 10 ---- James, Lord, 115 ---- Lord, 13 Author of Mystery Plays--Arneway, 148; Ralf Higden, 147 Bebington Cross, 211 Baddiley Church, 67 Baguley, or Baggily Hall, 85-89, 200 Bakers’ Charter, Chester, 147 Ballads, 259 “Banes” or “Banns” of Mystery Plays, 153, 154-160 Bangor Monachorum, 220 ---- Monastery of, 4 Baptistery, Italian font in St. Werburgh’s, 45 Barlow, T. Worthington, 131 Barnston, Roger, 226 ---- William, 225 Barons of Cheshire, 8, 22 ---- wars, 11 Barron, Dr. John, 122 Barthomley Church, 16 ---- ---- alabaster effigy in, 116 Battle of Chester, 12, 220 ---- of Rowton Heath, 74, 184, 190, 191 ---- at Nantwich, 9 “Bear and Billet, The,” Chester, 97 Bell, Congleton, 254 ---- custom, Nantwich, 254 ---- Frodsham Church, 254 ---- “Pancake,” 254 Bells, some Cheshire, 254 Bellin, George, parish clerk, 150 Beeston Castle, 16, 51, 55, 182, 186, 194 ---- Sir George, 117 Bidston Court, 99 “Billy Hobby’s Well,” 260 Bird sayings, 255 Birkenhead Abbey, 14, 34-36 ---- Henry, 124 ---- Sir John, 123 Birket House, 16 Bishop Edward Stanley, 122 ---- Heber, 121 ---- of Bangor and Chester, Dr. Hugh Bellot, 121 ---- of Chester, John Bridgeman, 101 ---- Lloyd’s Palace, 75, 97 ---- Rider, 121 ---- Wilson, 121 Bishops, Cheshire, 121-122 Bishopric of Chester, 14 Blackfriars, Chester, 48 “Blessing of the Brine,” 261 Blore Heath, 13 Blundeville, Earl Randle, 23 Bohun, Earl Ranulph, 11 Bonewaldesthorne’s Tower, 73 Booth, Colonel, 186 ---- family of Dunham Massey, 116 ---- Henry, Earl of Warrington and Baron Delamere, 120 ---- of Twamlowe, John, 129 ---- Sir George, 119 ---- Sir John, 197