Edward V. as Prince of Wales, appeal to, by Saunders, 184;
arbitrates in Bristowe's case, 197;
born, 149;
corporation entreats mediation of, 155;
member of guilds, 154;
oath of allegiance taken to, _ibid._;
reception of, 153-4
Edward the Confessor, charter of, 16-17
Election of officials, 75
Elephant, city arms, 214
Eliot, George, 3, 4, 7
Elizabeth, Queen, visits Coventry, 14, 164;
sees Hox Tuesday play, 308-9
---- Queen of Bohemia, 165
---- Woodville, 149, 154
---- of York, 160, 296
Empson, Richard, _see_ Recorders
Enclosures, award of 1860, 170-1;
commons break into, 160;
petition to parliament concerning, 131;
list of, presented by Saunders, 188, 197;
of Prior's Waste, 176-7;
_see also_ Common Lands
Ethelnoth, 18
Exeter, 146;
Vespasion at, 14
F
Fair, grant of, 54;
of Coventry, 251-2, 288 (note);
of Stourbridge and Winchester, 252
Fee-ferm, 74, 162;
in arrears, 138;
paid by Trinity guild to prior, 91
Fineux, Chief-Justice, 210
Fire, protection against, 245
Fishmongers, 247, 249
Fleet prison, 210
Folk-lore, 3-4
Ford, William, founds almshouse, 263
Forestalling, 247, 248, 249
Fortification of Coventry, 114-5
Forty-eight, Council of, 92-4;
_see also_ Mayor's Council
Foss Way, 24
Fotheringay, 141
Fresco, at Charter-house, 100;
in Trinity Church, 306-7
Friars, Grey, 55;
church of, 4, 296;
habit of, 238;
Isabella protects the, 97;
supposed actors in pageants, 4, 296-8;
_see also_ Bredon, _Ludus Coventriæ_
Frieze of Coventry, 212
Fullbrook, castle of, 110, 111
Fullers, craft of, 201, 232;
guild of, 219;
adopt special mark, 218;
two appointed searchers, 214
G
Gaming, 279-80
Gaol, 240
Gates, closed at nine o'clock, 237
Girdlers, 221-3;
chapel of, 274 (note)
Gloucester, city of, 133
---- Duke of, Humphrey, 113;
loan demanded by, 109;
present made to, 110-11
Glover, Robert, martyr, 163
Godiva, buried at Coventry, 17;
family of, 23;
founds and endows Priory, 16;
estate of, 37 and note;
employs goldsmiths, 17-18;
procession, 19-20;
legend of ride of, 18-23;
and horse-toll, 18;
and "black lady," 22;
and "Peeping Tom," 22-3
Gosford Green, 171;
proposed duel at, 11, 102;
executions at, 144;
hermitage at, 238
---- Street, and pageants, 12
Grace, John, disturbance caused by preaching of, 107
Grauntpee, William, suit of, with prior, 63
Greville, Sir Fulk, 278
Grey, Walter de, 34, 35
Guild of S. Anne, founded by journeymen, suppressed, 83, 229
---- of S. Catherine, united with Trinity, 82
---- of Corpus Christi, 80, 83;
chapel of, 83;
feasts of, 283-4;
master of, and mayoralty, 77;
and Corpus Christi procession, 287;
and S. Nicholas church, 163 and note;
Prince Edward, member of, 154
---- of S. George, founded by journeymen, suppressed, 83, 229
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