Charity of the merchants, 259, 263; of the corporation, 268 Charles I. is refused entrance to Coventry, 6, 166 ---- II. orders the walls to be dismantled, 7, 166 Charter, Ranulf's, 47-9, 61, 62; confirmation of, 59; privileges granted by, 69, 70, 74, 121; probably purchased by Guilds, 80; of 1621, 75; to prior, 59, 60 Charter-house, 6, 100, 278; _see also_ Carthusians Chester, bishop's seat transferred from, 30; canons of, 32; S. Werburgh's at, 18 (note); Earls of, 38; Hugh rebels against Henry II., 40-1; builds lazar-house, 41; Hugh Lupus, 39; Ranulf Blonvil's career, 42; gives charter to burghers, 47; Ranulf Gernons, his career, 39-40; Ranulf Meschines, 39; plays at, 290; written by Higden, 291 Cheylesmore, officers of, 135-6; becomes royal manor, 96; Earl of Chester's dwelling at, 44, 95 (note), 101; Princes of Wales at, 154 Chimneys, wooden, 245. Churches, of Coventry, 269-78 ---- S. John the Baptist's, 8, 82, 270; priests of, 120 ---- S. Michael's, bell brought to, 158; chapels of crafts in, 274; door of, verses nailed to, 204, 208, 277; priests of guilds employed in, 82-3, 270 (note); royal visits to, 120, 167; sale of cloth in porch of, 202 ---- S. Nicholas, supported by Corpus Christi guild, 163 (note); chaplains of, 270 (note) ---- Holy Trinity, 269-70; fresco in, 273, 306; priests employed in, 83, 270 (note) Churchyard, S. Michael's, 49, 250 Clapham, 144, 243 (note) Clarence, Duke of, conspires with Warwick, 142, 143; pledges jewel, 146; deserts Warwick, 151; mediates with Edward IV. for Coventry men, 152 Cloth of Coventry, 212-5; drapers, merchants of, 215; dyers, makers of, 203 (note), 220; Florentine, 315; makers of, 203 (note); manufacture of, 61; sale of, 202, 212; sealing of, 214-5; weaving of, how paid, 230; _see also_ Drapery, Frieze Clothiers, company of, survives, 232 Clothmakers, _see_ Cloth Cock-fighting, 278 "Cofantreo," 16 (note) Coket, bread, 248 and note Colchester, 15 Coleshill, 128, 129; pillory at, 240 Combe, abbot of, 179 Commission of array, 312-3 Common Council, 204 Common labour, 310 Common lands, enclosures of, 170-3; part of, held by Trinity guild, 91-2; old men testify to the extent of, 179-80; ploughed up, 160; technical possessors of, 171 (note); _see also_ Enclosures, Lammas lands, Prior's Waste, Saunders, Laurence, Stint, Surcharging Common seal, 92 Competition, rules against, 225; of outsiders, 251 Compurgation, 51 (note) Conduits, 1, 246 Coniers, Sir John, 141 Cook, Laurence, 109, 258 Cookery in Middle Ages, 283 Coopers, feast of, at Whitefriars, 275 (note) Coroner, 59 Corpus Christi, eve of, 282; procession on feast of, 287-8, _see also_ Pageants Corpus Christi guild, _see_ Guild Corrody, 63 (note) Corvesars, 283