The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century (62 page)

gilt-silver,
106
,
119
,
149
,
151
,
158
,
159
.
See also
cloth of silver

silversmiths,
22
.
See also
jewelers

Simonburn,
34

Skirlaw, Walter,
39

slander. See crime

slates,
163

slaughterer,
161

slaughtering,
21
,
22

slings.
See
hunting

Sluys,
136
,
247

Smithfield.
See
London

smiths.
See
blacksmiths

soap,
181
,
199
–200,
212
,
261

solars,
114
,
146
,
148
,
155
,
156
,
161
,
274
,
280
(private parlor)

Somerset,
27
,
304

soothsayers,
54

Southampton,
140

Southwark.
See
London

Sowerby 228

spades,
135

Spain, Spanish,
44
,
57
,
71
,
72
, 77,
139
,
179
,
199
,
201
,
258
. See also Castile

Spalding, William de,
263

Spanish Era,
83

spectacles,
274

speeds of travel,
127
,
132

spicemongers,
12
,
21
,
22
,
178
,
228
spices,
94
,
141
,
149
,
175
,
180
,
181
,
188
,
197
,
200
,
213
,
305

alkanet,
181

aniseed,
177
,
200

cardamom,
118
,
200

cinnamon,
173
,
175
,
177
,
178
,
183
,
200

cloves,
118
,
173
,
177
,
178
,
181

coriander,
177

cumin,
200

curry powder,
178
,
181
powder forte; fennel.
See
herbs; fenugreek 212

galingale,
175
,
183

ginger,
177
,
178
,
183

licorice,
177
,
200

mace,
173
,
178

mustard,
181
,
304

nutmeg,
118
,
177
,
178

pepper,
95
,
175
,
177
,
178
,
181
,
183

saffron, 99,
177
,
181

sugar. See sugar

spinning,
117

spiritual cleanness,
195
–98

spiritual devotion,
65
–66, 76,
191
,
195
,
201
,
252
–53

charity 129,
143
,
145

pious works,
129
. See also pilgrimages

spits. See cooking utensils

sponges,
198
,
214

spoons,
132
,
149
,
151
,
158
,
164
,
287

spurs,
131
–32

squirrels,
26
,
93

Sri Lanka,
73
–74

St. Agatha,
271

St. Albans,
83
,
124
,
226
,
296

St. Anselm,
270

St. Asaph’s, diocese of,
296

St. Augustine, missionary,
275

St. Augustine of Hippo,
46

St. Bartholomew’s. See London

St. Benedict, rule of,
46
,
152
,
188

St. Benet Hutne,
296

St. Catherine,
271

St. Catherine’s Lighthouse,
140

St. Chad,
269

St. Christopher,
132
,
302

St. Cuthbert,
269

St. David’s, diocese of,
296

St. Dunstan,
269
,
270

St. Edmund, king and martyr,
269

St. Edward the Confessor,
20
,
270
,
272

St. Ethedreda, queen and abbess,
269

St. Francis,
271
. See also Franciscans

St. Frideswide,
269

St. Gilbert of Sempringham,
46

St. Guthlac,
269

St. Hugh: bishop of Lincoln,
268
,
269

martyr of Lincoln,
269

St. Inglevert,
258

St. John of Beverley 269

St. John the Baptist,
119

St. Louis,
39

St. Martin’s le Grand. See London

St. Mary the Egyptian,
271

St. Oda,
270

St. Paulinus,
270

St. Paul’s Cathedral. See London

St. Peter,
270

St. Philip,
271

St. Richard de Wyche,
269

St. Swithin,
270

St. Thomas (Doubting Thomas),
271

St. Thomas Becket,
18
, 77,
268
,
269
,
270
,
271

St. Walter Cantilupe,
269

St. Werburgh,
269

St. Wilfrid,
270

St. William,
271

St. William, martyr,
269

St. William of Perth,
268

St. William of York,
270

St. Wulfstan,
270

St. Wylgefbrte,
59
stables,
16
,
23
,
30
,
32
,
146
,
147
,
160
,
185

accommodation above,
153

on ships,
141

Stafford, Earl of,
62

Stafford, Ralph,
62

Staffordshire,
33
,
174

Staines,
128

stallage,
94
,
130

Stapledon, Walter,
274

Staplefbrd, Gilbert of,
228
–29

starvation. See famine

steel. See metal

stewards,
52
, 69,
159
,
160
,
219
,
227
,
254

stews. See baths and bathing; prostitution

stocks,
180
,
216
,
223
,
227
,
229

stone,
32

granite,
31

slate,
31

stone crosses,
126

Stonor, John,
242

Strange, Hamon le,
304

Stratford Bow,
22
,
205

Stratford upon Avon,
92

straw,
24
,
31
,
146
,
147
,
153
,
154
,
163
,
164
,
166
,
184
. See also thatch

strength, physical,
120
,
264

students,
68
,
122
,
164
. See also Cambridge; education; Oxford; universities

Suffolk,
33
,
252
,
295

suffragans. See archbishops; bishops

sugar, 99,
177
,
178
,
181
–82,
188
,
200

syrup,
182
,
183

sumptuary laws,
103
–4

sundials,
84

superstition,
74
–78,
193
.
See also
alchemy; diseases (King s Evil); magic; numerology; votive offerings; witchcraft

surgeons,
10
,
22
,
68
,
160
,
191
,
193
,
213
–15.
See also
Arderne

surgery,
210
,
211
–12,
213
–15

amputation,
191

eye surgery,
214

phlebotomy,
192
,
211
,
214
–15.
See also
medicine

surnames,
87

Surrey,
188
,
294

Sussex,
34

swans. See wildfowl

Sweden,
71
,
138

sweetmeats,
176
,
177

swine. See pigs

swine killers,
22

swineherds,
105

swords,
60
–62,
119
,
120
–22,
141
,
144
,
149
,
161
,
232
,
238
,
251
,
266
–67

Swynford, Katherine,
284

Syria,
72

tablecloths,
149
,
150
,
153
,
158
,
159
,
164
,
165
,
176
,
179

tables. See furniture

tables (game). See backgammon

tailors, tailoring,
15
,
22
,
53
,
57
,
93
,
102
,
108
,
300

Guild of Tailors and Armourers,
300

Talbot family 34

tallow,
146
,
153
,
164
,
200
mutton fat

tally sticks,
67

tanning,
21

tapestries,
134
,
157
. See
also
rugs; wall hangings

tapets. See beds and bedding; cloth

Tartary 157,
276

taverners,
149
,
179
,
185
,
229
,
264
,
303

taverns,
8
,
85
,
178
–79,
229
,
277
,
292
.
See also
ale houses

Tavistock,
297

tax collectors, 56

teeth,
213
,
226
,
257
–58,
271

care of,
200

Teigh,
241
–42

tennis,
231
,
263

terracotta,
141

Thames River,
17
,
19
,
22
,
125
,
149
,
197
,
278

thatch,
24
,
29
–30,
32
,
163
,
165
,
231

thieves, theft. See crime

Thomas, Earl of Lancaster,
41
,
159

Thomas of Woodstock, duke of Gloucester,
155
,
273

Thorney Abbey,
296

Thorp, William,
241

three estates, the,
39
–51,
202

tilers,
100
,
233

tiles,
156
,
163
,
197
,
231

timber,
31
,
32
,
93
,
127
,
141
,
163
,
231

alder,
15

ash,
15
,
163

beech,
137

elm,
20
,
31
,
163
,
209
,
294

fir,
26
,
294

fruit trees,
171

oak,
14
,
26
,
31
,
131
,
134
,
137
,
163
,
209

poplar,
15

unseasoned,
163

yew,
263
. See
also
trees

time: for meals,
169

telling the,
83
–85

for trading,
15
,
84
,
92
. See
also
bells; clocks

tin. See metal

tipping,
147

tithes,
188

tithings,
51
,
58
,
217
,
219
,
221
–23,
227

tofts,
30
,
31

toilets. See latrines

tolls, 96,
129
–30

freedom from,
130
. See
also
cranage; lastage; murage; pannage; pavage; pontage; stallage; wharfage

tomato(es),
168

tonsuring,
67

torches,
233
,
254

torture,
225

Toryntone, Desiderata de,
228

Toty Richard,
138
,
139
,
302

tournaments. See jousts

tourns. See courts

Towcester,
124

towels,
158
,
165
,
181
,
197

Tower, the. See London

town: criers,
10
,
16
,
88

gate(s),
8
,
9
,
14
,
130
,
167
,
220
,
233
,
249

houses. See house; incorporated,
42
,
88
,
218

ordinances,
145
,
218

bylaws,
229
,
230
–33,
238
,
304
,
308

walls,
7
,
9
,
14
,
21
,
23
,
53
,
176
,
229
,
233