Mercers, craft of, apprentices to, 216 (note); chapel of, 275 (note); company of, survives, 232; influence of, 75, 216 Merchant Adventurers, 314 Merchants, attend council of Edward I., 61; families of, 256-9; manage municipal affairs, 74 and note, 216 Merevale, Abbot of, 179 Military duties of citizens, 311-3 Minstrels, 309 Miracle plays, _see_ Pageants "Moll of Coventry," 3 Monks, of Coventry, receive charters, 16-17, 38; dispute with bishops, 30-2; with canons, 32-5; with Coventry men, 58, 59, 60, 62-3, 67-72, 190-4; with Friar Bredon, 276-8; with Isabella, 67-72; as landlords, 36 Montalt or Mohaut, Roger de, 58-9, 95 (note) Montfort, Simon de, 96 "Mother of Death," 305; _see also_ Pageants N Neville, Sir Humphrey, 145 Newgate, and Charles I., 6; wall, begun it, _ibid._ "Nine Conquerors," 125 Northampton, 130, 131; battle of, 132; Earl of, 166 Norwich, 75 (note); court-leet of, 50 (note) Nottingham, 34, 250 (note); receives customs after pattern of Coventry, 48 (note) ---- John de, necromancer, 63-4 O "Obits," 275 Onley, family of, 257 (note), 258 ---- 144 and note Ordeal, trial by, 53 Oven, feudal lord's, 46 Oxford, 15; S. Frideswide's fair at, 253 P Pageants, Corpus Christi, 287-307; acted 1392 in Coventry, 290; absence of Old Testament scenes in, 299; payment of actors in, by crafts, 293; dress of actors in, 306; of cardmakers, later cappers, 300, 305, 306; characters of Herod, Pilate and the devil in, 287, 303-5; minor characters in, 305-6; crafts evade contributions to, 292; _Ludus Coventriæ_ probably unconnected with Coventry cycle of, 297-8; "Doomsday" or drapers', 129, 295, 300, 305, 306; liturgical drama and, 289; of girdlers, 300; "Harrowing of Hell," _see_ Cardmakers; Heywood's allusions to, 305; of mercers, 299, 307; and miracle plays, 289-90; pageant houses, 293; of pinners and needlers, 299-300; "Nativity" or sheremen's and tailors', 299-302; of smiths, 299, 300, 304; royal spectators of, 288; stage properties of, 305-6; stations where acted, 294-5; titles of, 299-300; vehicles used for, 293-4; "Presentation in Temple" or weavers', 292 (note), 299, 300, 302; for reception of royalty, Arthur, Prince of Wales, 307; Edward, Prince of Wales, 152-4; Henry VIII., 307; Margaret of Anjou, 124-6; Princess Mary, 307 Pakeman, Simon, prior's bailiff, 68 Palace Yard, 165 Park, Little, 5, 107; martyrs burnt in, 6, 158; plays played in, 290, 296 Parliament "Unlearned," 102-3; "Diabolical," 131 "Pastores," 289; _see also_ Pageants Peasant revolt, 97 "Peeping Tom," _see_ Godiva "Peregrini," 289; _see also_ Pageants Pewterers, 200 Pilate, _see_ Pageants Pilgrims, 238-9 Pinners, feast of, 275 (note) Pisford, William, 263 Plague, 244 Players, strolling, 279; of Coventry, 288