D.

Dais, the, 30, 139, 153, 154.

Dames, the game of, 220.

Damsons, considered as delicacies, 388.

Dancing, among the Anglo-Saxons, 35; among the Anglo-Normans, 111; among the English, 227-229, 285; in the fifteenth century, 387, 419, 426, 427.

Day, divisions and different occupations of the, 92-94, 246, 247, 396, 424-426.

Dice, the game of, 214-217, 485, 486.

Dinner, among the Anglo-Saxons, 22-24; among the Anglo-Normans, 88-90; forms and ceremonies attending the mediæval dinner, 150-153, 156-163; dinner in the fifteenth century, 389, 396; after the Reformation, 458-466.

Dinner, number of courses at, 349, 463.

Dogs, Anglo-Saxon, 68, 69; pets and house-dogs, 242, 243; dogs used in hawking, 307.

Draught chamber, or drawing-room, 408.

Draughts, the game of, 221.

Dresser, or cupboard, 173, 379, 393, 450, 461, 462.

Drinking, among the Anglo-Saxons, 3, 4, 30, 31; among the Anglo-Normans, 113; among the English, 168.

Drinking ceremonies and formalities, 33, 467-470.

Drinking-cups, Anglo-Saxon, 5, 6, 31; Anglo-Norman, 89, 90; in the fifteenth century, 390; drinking-vessels, 465.

Drum, the, 188, 393.

Dulcimer, the, 184, 190.

E.

Eating, greediness in, characteristic of the English, 422, 423; their diet in the seventeenth century, 465.

Education, 118, 338-340, 439.

Embroidery, among the Anglo-Saxons, 52; among the English, 237, 238.

F.

Faldestol, the, 95.

Fashions, extravagant, among the Anglo-Normans, 81.

Feasts, great, 357.

Female character, estimate of, 105.

Feudal society, its classes and prejudices, 280, 416-418.

Feudalism, 100, 101, 103; its barbarity, 316; its decline, 415, 441.

Fiddle, the, 34, 184, 185, 193.

Fighting, love of the English for, 489.

Fire, lighted in the hall among the Anglo-Saxons, 20, 21; in the chamber, 245.

Fire-irons, 445-448.

Fireplace, the, 99, 244, 367, 444, 448-450.

Floor, strewed with rushes, 154, 246, 366.

Flowers, love of, among the Anglo-Saxons, 60; among the English, 289. what, cultivated by the Anglo-Saxons, 295; by the English, 297, 298, 300, 301.

Food, Anglo-Saxon, 26, 28; Anglo-Norman, 91. See _Cookery_.

Fool, court or domestic, 390.

Forfeits, games of, 233.

Forks for eating, not used in the middle ages, 29; when first used, 457, 458.

Fostering, practice of, and foster-children, 269, 271.

Friends, sworn, 271.

Friendship, value of, in the middle ages, 271, 272.

Frog-in-the-middle, game of, 232, 233.

Fruit cultivated by the Anglo-Saxons, 295; in Neckam’s description of a garden, 297; in that of John de Garlande, 298.

G.

Gambling, propensity of the Teutonic race for, 214.

Games, among the Anglo-Saxons, 40; among the Anglo-Normans, 106, 107; in the middle ages, 195, 236, 432, 433; at a later period, 483-490.

Garden, the, in the middle ages, 284-290, 397, 429-432, 488.

Garden-houses, 488.

Gardening, 60; history of English gardening, 293-303.

Gardening, early English treatises on, 302.

Garlands, very popular, 288-290, 431.

Glass vessels, Anglo-Saxon, 89.

Gleemen, 33, 35, 36, 175, 176.

Godmundingaham, story of, 55.

Gossips, their character, 421.

Grammar schools, origin of, 338.

H.

Hall, the Anglo-Saxon, 2, 3, 11, 12, 18, 19, 39; the Anglo-Norman, 84, 98; the early English, 141, 153; in the fifteenth century, 362; furniture of the, 364, 365; after the Reformation, 443-445, 450-455.

Hanging, as a punishment, 58, 346.

Harlots, the name of a class in mediæval society, 407.

Harp, 35, 36, 164, 166, 175, 193.

Hawking, among the Anglo-Saxons, 70; among the English, 305-310, 434.

Hedgehogs, how cooked, 356.

Herbergeors, 333.

Herodias, dancing, 167, 168, 463.

Hoodman-blind, game of, 229, 230.

Horn, drinking, 32, 89.

Horn, the musical instrument, 186, 187, 188.

Horses, and horsemanship, among the Anglo-Saxons, 71; among the Anglo-Normans, 114; history of the horse in the middle ages, 316-319.

Hospitality, and its forms, 22, 23, 76, 328-333.

Hot cockles, game of, 230-232.

Hothouses (baths), 491-493.

Hours, early, kept by our ancestors, 247.

Hour of rising, 93, 155, 247, 248, 395, 425, 437. ---- of breakfast, 93, 248, 424, 455. ---- of dinner, 93, 155, 248, 425, 455, 456. ---- of supper, 94, 155, 425, 455, 456. ---- of going to bed, 94, 155, 246, 425.

House, the, among the Anglo-Saxons, 2, 11-17; among the Anglo-Normans, 82, 83; the early English, 120-136; in the fifteenth century, 359-362; after the Reformation, 442.

Hummums, 491.

Hunting, among the Anglo-Saxons, 67-70; among the Anglo-Normans, 112; a favourite amusement with the ladies, 310-312.

Hutch, or chest, 262-267, 402, 409-411, 450.