Pace-Egging, 239-240 “Pageant carriages,” 151 “Palace, Bishop Lloyd’s,” 75, 97 Palace, Stanley, 97 “Pancake” bell, 254 Parish books at Farndon, 224 Parson, a hunting, 108 _Passion, The_, a Mystery Play, 165 Peckforton Castle, 196 ---- Hill, 194, 195 Pemberton’s Parlour, Chester, 73, 181 Pentice, the, 208 People, manners of Cheshire, 20 Peover Hall, 199 Phœnix Tower, Chester, 74, 184 Place in history of County Palatine of Chester, 19-32 Place-names, Celtic, 7 Place-names, Danish, 6 Plate melted down, Chester City, 182 “Players’ victory,” the, 24 Plays, Miracle, 74, 77 Plemstall (Plegmundstall), 271 Poaching, ancient, 108 Poets, Cheshire, 123, 124 _Polychronicon_, 46, 147 “Post and panel” work, 80, 84 Powdered alabaster as a cure for sheep, 262 Preaching crosses, 207, 210 Prestbury, 65 ---- priest’s house at, 94 Prince Maurice at Chester, 183 ---- ---- and Prince Rupert in Cheshire, 184 _Princeps Cestriæ_, 1, 12 Principality, Cheshire a, 1 Priory, Birkenhead, 14, 34, 36 ---- Norton, 14, 34 ---- Runcorn, 14 Procession, Corpus Christi, 161 _Prophecies_, a Mystery Play, 163 Prothonotary, the, 30 Proverbs, some Cheshire, 246-252 Pulford Castle, 51-52 Pulton Abbey, 14, 35 Races, Chester, 74 Ranulph III., Earl of Chester, 11 Records of Chester, 31 _Resurrection_, a Mystery Play, 150, 167 Reverence shown in old plays, 143 Rhuddlan, Castle of, 24 “Rhudland, Statute of,” 26 Rhymes, “counting-out,” 257 Richard II., Cheshire men bodyguard of, 12 Ridley, 117 Riot, “No Popery,” 17 Rocksavage, 51, 54 Rode, Wilbrahams of, 203 Roman Chester, 70-77 ---- legions at Chester, 3 ---- remains, 3 ---- ---- at Holt, 218 ---- wall of Chester, 4 ---- work, Chester, 71 Roodeye, Chester, 74 Rostherne Hall, 197 ---- Mere legend, 253 “Rounds, Cheshire,” 257 Rows of Chester, 75-79 Rowton Heath, 16 ---- ---- battle of, 74, 119, 184, 190, 191 Runcorn, 7 ---- Abbey, 14 ---- Castle, 51, 53 Rush-bearing, 238-239 ---- at Christleton, 239 ---- Sunday at Farndon, 225, 238 Rushes a charm for warts, 239