Lainston, romance of parish register of, 151 Langdon, Robert, deacon-clerk, 329 Langhorne, Rev. W.H., recollections of, 231 Langport, Somerset, 41 Laracor, Meath, 180 Latin, a clerk's, 242 Lavant, East, Russell of, 260 Law and the clerk, the, 245, etc. Lawton, Cheshire, 225 Leckhampton, 235 "Leg end, the," 282 Legg, Dr. J. Wickham, 52, 169, 248 Legge, Rev. A.G., recollections of, 259, 265 Lessons, right of reading, 53 Licence granted to clerk to officiate, 81 Liston, Essex, 286 Literature, the clerk in, 63, etc. London, St. Peter-the-Less, 35 London, St. Stephen, Coleman Street, 46, 142 London, St. Michael, Cornhill, 50, 111 London, St. Margaret, Westminster, 53, 200 London, the clerks of, 115, etc. London, Guildhall chapel, 115 London, St. Margaret, Lothbury, 142 London, Lambeth parish, 147 London, Battersea, 147 London, St. Mary's, Islington, 154 London, St. Matthew's Chapel, Spring Gardens, 191 London, parishes, 129 Longevity of clerks, 318 Lowestoft, Suffolk, Newson of, 311 Lupson, E.J. of Great Yarmouth, 320 Lyndewoode, William, on married clerks, 18, 35, 49 Machyn's Diary, 117 Maldon, Essex, a curious letter, 309 Mangotsfield, Bamford, clerk of, 230 Marlow, Bucks, 319 Marriage Act of 1653, 81 Marriages by clerks, 81 Matthew Paris, 43 Maundy Thursday, 37 Maybrick, William, and his sons, 308 Mediæval clerk, 31, etc. Milston, clerk at, 64 Milverton, Somerset, 41, 59 Moody, clerk at Redbourn, 172 More, Sir Thomas, 32, 109 Morebath, dispute at, 29 Mortality, Bills of, 123 Morwenstow and its ghost story, 313 Myre, John, instructions to parish priests, 45 _New Remarks of London_, 127 Newport Pagnell, Bucks, 285 Northampton, All Saints, 69 "Northern Lights," 217 Notices, the clerk giving out, 169, etc. curious, 270 Oldswinford, the Orfords of, 318 Orchestra, village, 4, 213 Orpin, portrait by Gainsborough, 195 Osbornes of Belbroughton, 96 Overy, St. Mary, 80 Pageantry of clerks, 119 Pall used as horsecloth, 295 _The Parish Clerk_, a new comic song, 73 _Parish Clerk's Guide, The_, 46, 57 _Parish Clerk_, by Hewett, 6, 58, 162 _Parish Clerks, Some Account of_, by J. Christie, 107 _Parish Register, The_, by Crabbe, 67 Parish registers and the clerks, 140, etc. _Parish Registers, History of_, 148 Parsons, old-time, 1, 10-15 Parson and Clerk, rocks so named, 86 Pattishall, clerk's register of, 145 Perquisites of clerks, 41 Pews, old-fashioned, 2 Pierce, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 43 Plague in London, 125 Playford, John, 56 Plays performed by clerks, 131, etc. Pluralism, evil effects of, 14 Plymouth, St. Andrew, 25 Poet, the clerk as a, 154, etc. Poor rates levied on the altar, 268 Pope, Alexander, _Memoir of P.P._, 75 Portraits in the hall of the Company, 112 Prideaux, Dr., 327 Priestly, Peter, clerk of Wakefield, 86 Printing press, the clerks', 125 Pup wanted, a, 317 Puritanism, effects of, 7