Guards of stage-coaches:-- Faulkner, Francis, ii. 320 Goodwin, Jack, ii. 162 Hadley, Robert, i. 274, 276 Lord, Joe, ii. 152 Russell, Thomas, i. 281 Young, George, i. 273 Guide-posts obligatory, 1690, i. 112 Gurney, Sir Goldsworthy, inventor of steam-carriages, ii. 261–5, 285 Hackney coaches, denounced by Taylor, i. 9; established 1605, i. 9–13 “Hammercloth,” derivation of the term, i. 68, 97 Hancock, Walter, inventor of steam-carriages, ii. 261, 264–8, 285 Hazlett, Robert, highwayman, ii. 53 Highwaymen, the, i. 85, 116, 120–23, 157, 186, 332–5; ii. 53, 59–61, 144–50, 326, 327–9 Hobson, Thomas, the Cambridge carrier, i. 65, 103–5, 205; ii. 124 Hoby, Sir Thos., sets up a carriage, 1566, i. 4 Horsemen, the, i. 14–56 Horses, generally six to a coach until about 1783–90, i. 85, 86, 90; usually same horses from beginning to end of journey until 1734, i. 63, 87; the “Double Horse,” i. 53; “parliamentary horse,” i. 218; fast coaches wear horses out quickly, 1824, ii. 173; average price paid for, 1824, ii. 176; system of working improved, 1824, ii. 176; bad-tempered, bought cheap, ii. 177 Informers, i. 213–18 Inns (mentioned at length):-- Bell and Crown, Holborn, ii. 235 Belle Sauvage, Ludgate Hill, i. 323, 324; ii. 229, 237 Blossoms, Lawrence Lane, ii. 185, 229, 237 Boar and Castle, Oxford Street, ii. 189 Bolt-in-Tun, Fleet Street, ii. 215, 237 Bull, Whitechapel, i. 324; ii. 227, 232–5, 343 Bull and Mouth, St. Martin’s-le-Grand, i. 323, 324; ii. 67, 68, 147, 178, 214, 215, 226, 231, 273, 277 Four Crosses, Willoughby, i. 46 George, Huntingdon, ii. 74 Golden Cross, Charing Cross, i. 322, 323, 324, 329; ii. 210, 213, 214 Goose and Gridiron, St. Paul’s Churchyard, ii. 189, 296 Green Man and Still, Oxford Street, ii. 190 Hardwicke Arms, Arrington Bridge, ii. 73 King’s Arms, Snow Hill, ii. 237 Lion, Shrewsbury, ii. 215 Old Bell, Holborn, ii. 190, 282 Pelican, Speenhamland, ii. 340, 343 Saracen’s Head, Snow Hill, i. 324; ii. 67, 214, 236 Swan with Two Necks, Lad Lane, i. 323, 324; ii. 178, 195–9, 204, 228 Talbot, Shrewsbury, ii. 215 Three Tuns, Durham, ii. 340 Wheatsheaf, Rushyford Bridge, ii. 94 Winterslow Hut, ii. 151 “Journey,” original meaning of word, i. 107 Key-bugles, popular with guards, i. 279–81 Legislation, i. 194–220 Long coaches (an intermediate class of vehicle, between stage-coaches and waggons), i. 95, 119, 210, 286 Long Coach, Birmingham and Shrewsbury, 1753, 3½ days to London, i. 119 “Machines” introduced 1667, i. 68; the term in general use about 1740, i. 69, 120, 282; a favourite term, i. 286 Mail-coaches--_see_ “Coaches: Mail-coaches” Mary, Queen, her State Coach, 1553, i. 3 Matthews’ Patent Safety Coach, i. 312