Play, S. Christian's, 296 and note Plays, stationary, acted in the Little Park, 296 Poddycroft, common land, 92 Polesworth, 15; S. Edith of, 40 Population of Coventry, 162 Portmanmote, court of, 48, 49-51 Poulterers, 250 Preston, 47 (note) Prince of Wales, lord of the Earl's-half, 43, 167; Council of, 184; _see also_ Edward V., Henry V. Prince's Chamber, title of Coventry, 73 Prior, quarrel between Isabella and the men of Coventry, 67-72 Priors of Coventry: Brightwalton, William of, purchased Earl's-half, 58; Deram, 190-4; Geoffry, 29; Irreys, Henry, 62; plot to kill by witchcraft, 63-4 Prior's-half of Coventry, 37, 57; Trinity Church serves for parish of, 7, 37 Prior's Waste, 176 Priory, 39; remains of, 25-6, 74; Henry VI. lodged at, 119-20; shrine at, 8 Procession at Corpus Christi, 287-8; on Midsummer and S. Peter's Eves, 284-7; of royalty, 120, 128 _Processus Prophetarum_, 289, 299 R Reading, 16 Recorders of Coventry: Boteler, Henry, 121, 187; death of, 198; disgrace of, 199; opposes Saunders, 188; quells tumult, 195; Empson, Richard, 159, 198, 206, 207; Littleton, Thomas, 119, 121; Swillington, Ralph, 274 Regratery, _see_ Forestalling Richard I., 33 ---- II., 102; forbids duel, 11, 101-2; lays foundation-stone of Carthusian chapel, 6, 100 ---- III., 155-6; sees pageants, 288 Rivers, Earl, 148; guardian of the Prince of Wales, 184 ---- Lord, 126, 129; beheaded on Gosford Green, 11, 144 Robin of Redesdale, 140, 144 Rochester, Bishop of, Thomas Savage, 207 Roger of Wendover, 18, 19 Rood, of Bronholme, of Chester, 238 Rous, John, antiquary, 131 S Saddlers, journeymen, of London, 230 S. Albans, 16; battles of, 122, 132; men of, 46, 56 S. Augustine of Hippo, 18 S. Catharine, chapel of, 82; character of, 287; play of, 296; _see also_ Guilds S. George, Coventry birthplace of, 4, 154 (note); chapel of, 12, 275 (note); character of, in pageants, 153-4; riding of, 307; mummers's play of, _ibid._; _see also_ Guild S. John the Baptist's Eve, 284, 285-6 S. Margaret, 125, 287 S. Mary's Hall, 74, 161, 178, 190; guild-hall of, 81-2; tapestry in, 82; window in, 314 S. Nicholas Hall, 1 S. Osburg, 15; pool of, 7-8; shrine of, 8, 238 S. Paul's Cathedral, 160 S. Thomas' or cappers' chapel in S. Michael's, 274 S. Thomas of India, 287 Samson, character of, welcomes Edward IV., 133 Sanctuary, right of, 95 Sanitation, 244-5 Saunders, Laurence, dyer, made chamberlain, 182; champion of malcontents, 181, 204; complains of abuses, 184-8, 197-8, 316; imprisoned, 190, 204, 210; member of the Forty-Eight, 199 (note); seditious speeches of, 203; trials of, 189, 210 ---- Laurence, martyr, 5, 163 Schoolmaster and school, 25, 264-6 Severn, river, 257 Shakespeare, 105 Sharpe, Jack, rising under, 109 Shepey, Jordan, mayor, 12