Kenilworth, Abbot of, 179; castle of, 96, 123; prisoners kept in, 161; royal visits to, 127, 129, 308 L Lady Tower, 8 Lammas day, 160, 181 Lammas lands, 170, 171; _see also_ Common Lands, Enclosures Landor, Walter Savage, 18 Laneham's letter, 308-9 Leet Book, 76 Leet, court of, or view of Frankpledge, 51 (note), 77; jury of, 77, 90; orders of, 87; petitions to, 90, 221-3 Leicester, 116, 133, 150; bailiff of, 38; men of, rebel against Henry II., 41 Leofric, buried at Coventry, 17; founds and endows the Priory, 16; husband of Godiva, 23; _see also_ Godiva Leprosy, 41 Lichfield, title of bishopric of, 167; canons of, and Coventry monks, 32-5; play performed at, 289 Lincoln, customs of, 47; burgesses of, 48 Livery and maintenance, Henry VI. warns Coventry men against, 121 Loans to royal persons, 104, 109, 110, 146, 159 Lollard martyrs, 158 Lollardry, 3, 98-100, 108, 158 London, 42; inn-signs in, 234 (note); streets in, 250 (note); precautions against fire in, 245 (note); S. John's Eve, in, 284-5; schools in, 263 (note), 265 (note); sympathy of men of, with Coventry men, 64 (note); body of Twenty-four in, 90; Tower of, 38 Ludlow, castle of, 184, 188, 189, 196; _misericord_ in church at, 249 _Ludus Coventriæ_, _see_ Pageants Lullaby, 310 Lutterworth, 98 Lynn, 148; burgesses and guilds of, 162 M Mace, 128 Maintenance, 127 Mareshall, Robert le, informer, 63-4 Margaret of Anjou, Coventry men turn against, 132; Coventry called "secret harbour" of, 112; reception of, 125-6; visits Coventry, 127-8; sees pageants, 129, 288; is reconciled to Warwick, 147; lands after Battle of Barnet, 151 Marisco, Richard de, 34 Market, held in Prior's-half, 58, 62-3, 71; regulations concerning, 249-51; toll-free, except for horses, 18 Marlborough, 49 (note) Marmion, of Tamworth, 39-40 "Marprelate, Martin," 253 and note Marshal of the royal household, 101 Mary, Queen of Scots, 164 Martyrs, 5, 158, 163 Masons, fellowship of, 231 Matilda, Queen of Henry I., called Godiva, 23 Maxstoke, 113, 158 Mayor, arbiter in cases of craft disputes, 219; cap of, 89; supports malcontents, 161; duties of, 88; fee of, 89; attends mass, 86; overlooks craft rules, 218 Mayor's Council, of Forty-Eight, 90, 92-4; tyranny of, 94; Saunders expelled from, 204; of Twenty-Four, 90 Mayors of Coventry: Bette, John, deprived of civic sword, 152; Cook, Laurence, 177; Deister, John, and the sword, 101, 207; Dove, John, 207; Green, Robert, 199, 205; Onley, Sir Robert, and Henry VII., 156, 157; Saunders, William, 142, 174; opens Bristowe's fields, 175, 177; Stoke, Richard, 6; Strong, John, 94; Wyldegrys, John, 131, 132 Melton, 47 Mempric, founder of Oxford, 15
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