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extortion,
225

fraud,
222
,
236

heresy, 76,
238

incest,
244

larceny,
224

maintenance,
103
,
235
,
239

marketplace deception, 95

moral,
227
,
244

murder, murderers,
20
,
62
,
75
,
89
,
136
,
139
,
222
,
224
,
238
,
240
–43,
245

organized,
61
,
103
,
240
–43.
See also
Coterel Gang

Folville family; Savage Company; petty treason,
238

piracy,
72
,
123
,
136
,
140

poaching,
173
,
227
,
238

rape,
56
,
60
,
221
–22,
226
,
242

receiving stolen goods,
228

slander, 76,
244

theft, thieves,
8
,
20
,
38
,
62
,
76
,
118
,
121
,
143
,
144
,
167
,
180
,
216
,
220
,
222
–23,
227
–28,
236
,
238
,
240
,
242
,
255

treason,
235
–36

wounding,
221
–22.
See also
executions; violence

criminals,
9
,
61
,
144
,
219
,
238
.
See also
crime; outlaws

crocodiles,
74

crofts,
172

crop rotation,
25

crossbows,
121

Crowland Abbey,
228
,
269
,
296

crowns,
110
.
See also
clothes

crucifixes,
9
,
149

cruelty, 61, 65,
291
.
See also
bearbaiting; bullbaiting; cockfighting; crime; violence

crusades,
71
,
199
,
306

Crutched Friars,
47

cucking stool,
234

Cumberland,
34
,
85
–86,
295
. See
also
Lake District

cupboards.
See
furniture

cups,
90
,
149
,
151
,
158
,
159
,
179
,
254
,
286
,
303
. Sœ
also
goblets; hanaps; mazers

curfew,
85

currants.
See
fruit

currency.
See
coins

curtains,
134
,
150
,
158

for a bed.
See
beds and bedding; for a chapel,
158

cushions,
132
,
134
,
146
,
148
,
150
,
157
,
159
,
162
,
283

customs.
See
manorial customs; town ordinances

cut-purses.
See
crime

cutler,
10

Cuxham,
165

Cynophales,
73

Cyprus,
179

daggers,
118
,
120
,
232
,
238
,
266

dairy products,
92

cheese,
9
,
86
,
168
,
172
–73,
180
,
183
,
188
,
304

cream,
172
,
188

curds,
172

custard,
188

milk,
9
,
28
,
141
,
173
,
175
,
188
,
206
,
229
,
285
. Sœ
also
eggs

Dallyngrigges, Edward,
34

Damascus, archbishop of,
44

damask,
17

dancing,
54
,
161
,
251
–52

Dante,
284

Danzig,
71

darnel,
167

darning,
164

Dartington Hall,
156
,
303

Dartmoor,
31
,
128
–29

Dartmouth,
72

mayor of,
72

dates.
See
fruit

Daventry,
124

Davy, Adam,
77

deans,
43

deer,
26
,
259
–60

defamation, 66

demons,
76

Denmark, Danes,
71
,
138
,
200

dentistry,
See
teeth

deodands,
238

Derby, Earls of.
See
Henry IV; Lancaster

Derbyshire,
243

deserted villages,
29

Despenser, Henry,
45

Despenser, Hugh,
236
,
241

Devil, the,
31
,
75
,
253
,
277
.
See also
demons

Devon,
25
,
33
,
34
,
70
,
81
,
85
,
127
,
218
,
295
,
297
,
302

earls of,
155
,
159
,
241
,
303
.
See also

Dartmoor; West Country

dialogue books (extracts from),
91
,
98
,
124
,
145

diamonds,
118
,
119

dice,
141
,
144
,
161
,
229
,
254
,
264

diet,
37
,
167
–89,
201
,
209
,
285
.
See also
malnutrition

diseases,
20
,
21
,
28
,
29
,
154
,
190
–215,
266

anal fistula,
214

ankylostomiasis,
209

blood poisoning,
191
,
214

causes of,
191
–92,
200
,
205
–7

cholera,
208

digestive ailments,
212

dysentery,
209
,
307

earache,
212

eczema,
206

enteric diseases,
209

epilepsy,
206

ergotism,
209
,
307

gout,
212

hernia,
212

ipydyme,
208

jaundice,
194
,
212

King’s Evil,
206
–7

lead poisoning,
209
,
210

leprosy lepers,
53
,
103
,
154
,
200
,
204
–6

lung diseases,
190
,
206
,
209

malaria,
208

pelagra,
19

plague,
4
,
21
,
29
,
34
,
36
,
50
,
51
, 66,
75
,
87
,
97
,
191
,
201
–4,
210
,
252
–53,
295

quinsy,
212

ricketts,
209
–10

scrofula,
206

scurvy 209

smallpox,
212

spenetic,
212

styche,
208

syphilis,
208
,
307

tuberculosis,
205
–7

typhoid fever,
208
–9

vulnerability to,
208

waterborne,
167
,
209
.
See also
injuries

dishes.
See
cleaning; plates

dissection,
210

diving suits,
77
,
78

doctors.
See
physicians

dogs,
21
,
61
,
73
,
119
,
168
,
204
,
238
,
248
,
251
,
259
–60,
262
,
267
,
287

alaunts,
259
,
262

greyhounds,
63
,
259
,
262

lapdog(s),
286

lymers,
259

mastiff,
259
,
261

puppies,
207

spaniels,
259

talbots,
146

dolphins,
184

Dominican friars,
9
,
39
,
47
,
115
,
141
,
262

Dominican nuns,
45

donkeys,
238

doors,
14

Dorset,
33
,
295

Dorset marquis of.
See
Beaufort, John

dosser(s),
152
,
158

Douglas, William,
257

Dover,
72

dragons,
73
–74,
253

drains.
See
sanitation

drama.
See
plays

draughts,
264

drawk, 167

dreams,
118

dress.
See
clothes

drunkenness,
91

Dublin, marquis of.
See
Vere, Robert de

ducking stool.
See
cucking stool

dukes.
See
noblemen

dung,
9
,
21
,
30
,
133
,
170
,
172
,
233

dung beetles,
212

Dunn, Thomas,
123

Dunwich,
28

Durham,
269

bishops of,
39
,
45
, 97,
273

Cathedral,
269

duties (on grain),
167

dyers, dyeing,
15
,
94
,
117
,
199

dyestuffs,
94
,
300
earls.
See
noblemen

East Anglia,
28
,
34

Easter,
83
,
222

eating habits,
90

Edmund of Langley, 155

education,
61
,
67
–68.
See also
schools; universities

Edward I,
20
,
58
,
85
,
97
,
106
,
109
,
110
,
126
,
127
,
132
,
197
,
206
,
220
,
296

Edward II,
19
,
63
,
71
,
77,
96
–97
,
106
,
110
,
123
,
132
,
159
,
212
,
225
,
236
,
247
–48,
272
,
296
,
300
,
307

as prince of Wales,
249
,
261

Edward III,
17
,
18
,
19
,
20
,
38
,
40
,
58
,
64
, 66,
70
,
71
, 77,
80
,
81
,
83
,
88
, 97,
106
,
110
,
113
,
127
,
131
,
155
,
159
,
180
,
183
,
185
,
197
,
205
–6,
235
,
239
,
243
,
249
,
253
,
257
,
259
–61,
263
–65,
272
–73,
275
,
277
,
284
,
288
,
294
,
300
,
310

Edward IV,
39
,
308

Edward of Woodstock the Black Prince,
16
,
38
,
40
,
110
,
209
,
275
,
300
,
307

Edward of York 80,
259
–60

Edward the Confessor.
See
St. Edward

eels.
See
fish

eggs,
9
,
169
,
172
,
175
,
181
,
188
,
228
,
286
,
308

Egham,
128

Egypt,
276

electorate, 69

elephants,
73
–74

elm.
See
timber; trees

Ely, 11

bishop of,
45
,
159

Cathedral,
269

diocese of,
296

embalming,
213
.
See also
laying out the dead

emeralds,
118

enamelware,
104
,
149
,
159

English language,
80
–82,
272
–88

Englishry, law of,
235

Ermine Street,
126

Erpingham, Thomas,
296

escheator(s),
68

esquires,
40
,
42
,
51
,
62
, 69,
87
–88,
104
–5,
160
,
203
,
254
,
258
–60,
266
,
276
,
304
.
See also
gentry; manorial lords

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