Stratford–on–Avon, 202–40, illust., p. _201_ almshouses, 231 ancient architecture at., 210, 226, 229, 231 benefactors of, 206 bridges, 208 Celtic remains at, 203 Clopton, Sir Hugh, and, 208 fires at, 210 first record of existence, 203 Grammar School, 231 Guild Hall, 229 Guild of the Holy Cross, 207, 227 Hathaway’s house, 224 Holy Trinity, Church of the, 204, 231 incorporation of, 209 in Elizabethan times, 209 Market Cross, 223 markets and fairs, 205–6 Shakespeare’s birthplace at, 219–26 Shakespeare’s Museum, 223 Shakespeare’s property, 218, 221, 223 Tamworth, 9 Tangye family and Birmingham, 181 Tewkesbury, battle of, 97 Thornton, John, glass maker, 115 Tudor Rose, crest of, at Compton Wynyates, 191, 196 Turchill, Earl of Warwick, 45 Tysoe villages, 32 War of the Barons, 16–17 Warbeck, Perkin, 23 Warwick, 37, 38, 43 ancient buildings and relics, 48 Churches, etc.—Beauchamp Chapel, 57, 62; John the Baptist, 56; St. Helen, 56; St. James, 48; St. John’s Hospital, 55; St. Lawrence, 56; St. Mary, 56, 59, 66; St. Michael, 56; St. Nicholas, 56, 66; St. Peter, 56; St. Sepulchre Priory, 53, 56 cucking stool, 62 Danish invasion of, 44 early names of, 43, 44 fair established 13th century, 46 fire (1694), 57 Guild of St. George, 49 history and romance of, 43–69 municipal history of, 47 origin of, 43 Picts and Scots and, 44 Priory, 18 ramparts, 67 size at Norman conquest, 44 Warwick Castle, 67, 70–88, illust., p. _41_ art treasures of, 79 besieged by Royalists, 74 Cæsar’s Tower, 72 “Guy’s Porridge Pot”, 78 James I. entertained at, 74 origin, 70 pictures in, 79, 82–3 property of Crown, 73 Queen Elizabeth entertained at, 73 Royalty entertained at, 74 Shakespeare relics at, 85 “Vase”, 86 Warwick, “the King Maker”, 21–2 Warwickshire monasteries, 19 and the Civil War, 36 and the Danish occupation, 11 and the Saxon occupation, 14 compared with Derbyshire, 1 historical associations of, 4 in the Domesday Book, 15, 93, 146, 157, 203 in Roman times, 5 in Saxon times, 8 origin of name, 4 scenery, 2, 251 Shakespeare’s allusions to, 3 villages, 241–54 Watling Street, 5, 6 Watt, James, and Birmingham, 165 Wedmore, Treaty of, 11 Whipping Post at Coventry, 113 White Friars, 94 Withering, Dr., and Birmingham, 167 Wixford, 243, 248 Wormleighton, 32 House, 31 THE END TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE: —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Warwickshire, by Clive Holland