Service, the, of the Palace, 41 ---- of consecration, 139 Silent City, 4 Skelton, John, 194, 195 “Slender Billy,” 373 Slums, 363 Snipe in South Kensington, 30 Snuff-box, the Westminster, 373 Spanish prisoner, 159 Speaker’s Court, 319 Spenser, poet, 335 Stanhope, Anne, 339 Star Chamber, 54 Steyninge, Hugh de, 100 Taverns, 340 Thames highway, 332 Theory of Sanctuary, 174 Thorney Island, 3, 5, 6 ---- ---- evidence of situation, 7 ---- ---- ---- of excavation, 9 ---- ---- ---- of ancient monuments, 11 Thorney Island, Roman remains on, 10 ---- ---- place of trade, 16 ---- ---- evidence of tradition, 19 ---- ---- founding of first church, 20 ---- ---- destruction of first church on, 20 ---- ---- evidence of history, 23 ---- ---- area of, 34 Tombs in Abbey, 162 Tothill Fields, 366, 372 ---- ---- execution in, 370 ---- ---- tournaments in, 370 ---- ---- ordeal of battle in, 370 ---- ---- Cromwell’s entry, 374 Tournaments in Tothill Fields, 370 Tower built by Richard II., 57 Trade route across Thorney Island, 15 Traditional origin of the Abbey, 6 Vanished palace, 248 Victoria in Abbey, 170 Wall of defense, 46 Watling Street, 20, 32 Westminster, Bardwell’s account of, 5 ---- older than London, 33 ---- King’s Palace of, 38 _et seq._ ---- ---- ---- officers of state, 44 Westminster, King’s Palace of, service in, 44 ---- ---- ---- Prince’s Chamber, 49 ---- ---- ---- St. Stephen’s Chapel, 53 ---- ---- ---- Painted Chamber, 49 ---- and London, quarrel between, 78 ---- elections, 293 ---- streets of, 331 ---- hustings, 1868, 307 ---- “Desert” of, 363 ---- the snuff-box, 373 ---- slums, 363 Westminster Abbey, arms of, 99 ---- ---- Scriptorium, noted, 146 ---- ---- monuments of men of letters, 162 ---- ---- Addison on, 164 Westminster Hall, 54, 85 Whitehall and Court of Requests, 49 Whitehall Palace, 248 ---- ---- description, 259 ---- ---- destruction, 265 ---- ---- plan of, 280 Woffington, Peg, 336 Wolsey, Cardinal, 197, 257 Wool staple, 85 Wray, Sir Cecil, 307 ---- ---- ---- posters, etc., 311 York House, 257 FOOTNOTES: [1] Stanley, “Westminster Abbey,” p. 7. [2] Edward the Confessor’s officers were named respectively the Marshal; the Stallere (_Comes stabuli_, or Constable); the Bower-Thane (Chamberlain); the Dish-Thane (Seneschal); the Hordere (Treasurer); with, of lower rank, Carver, Cup-bearer, Butler, Seal-bearer, Wardrobe-Thane, Harper, and Headsman. [3] The rules, it is true, were relaxed in the case of scholars engaged upon any learned work, and there must have been some such scholars at Westminster. [4] Here are some of the lesser offices: Infirmarer, Porter, Refectioner, Hospitaller, Chamberlain, Keeper of the Granary, Master of the Common House, Orcharder, Operarius, Registrar, Auditor, Secretary, Butler, Keeper of Baskets, Keeper of the Larder, Baker, Brewer, Carpenter, Carver, Sculptor, Bookbinder, Copyist, Conveyancer, etc. [5] “King Richard II.”