The Weaker Vessel: Woman's Lot in Seventeenth-Century England (117 page)

Midwife Unmask’d, The
,
(i)

Midwives Book, The
(Sharp),
(i)

Midwives Just Complaint, The
(Sept. 1646),
(i)

Midwives Just Petition, The
(Jan. 1643),
(i)

Migraine
(Sacks),
(i)
n

Miller, John,
(i)

Mills, Mrs (midwife),
(i)

Milton, John,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

Miriam (maid of Anne Murray),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

‘Miseries of Man, The’ (Killigrew),
(i)

mistresses,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Mitchell, Ann,
(i)

Mitchell, Betty,
(i)

Mitchell, Miles,
(i)

mobs, female,
(i)
,
(ii)

Moderate Intelligencer, The
,
(i)

modesty
see under
women

Moliere, Jean Baptiste,
(i)

Molins, James,
(i)

Molland, Alice,
(i)

Monmouth, James Duke of,
(i)
,
(ii)

Montagu, Lady Jemima,
(i)

Montagu, Lady,
(i)

Montagu, Ralph,
(i)
,
(ii)

Montagu, Edward,
(i)
,
(ii)

Moor of Venice, The
,
(i)

Mordaunt, ‘Cory’,
(i)

Mordaunt, Elizabeth (Betty) Viscountess (Elizabeth Carey),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

Mordaunt, George,
(i)

Mordaunt, John
(i)
st Viscount of Avalon,
(ii)

Mordaunt, Lady Mary (Duchess of Norfolk),
(i)

More, Henry,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

More, Sir Thomas,
(i)
,
(ii)

Morgan, Ann,
(i)

Morrice, Sir William,
(i)

Morris, Bess,
(i)

Morrison, Lettice
see
Falkland, Viscountess

Morrison, Sir Richard,
(i)

Mors, Anne,
(i)

Moseley, Humphrey,
(i)

Mothers Blessing, The
(Leigh),
(i)

Mother’s Instructions
(Murray),
(i)

Mothers Legacy to her Unborn Child, The
(Josceline),
(i)
,
(ii)

Moulin, Peter du,
(i)

Mulberry Garden, The
(Sedley),
(i)

Mulcaster, Richard,
(i)

Mulgrave, John Sheffield
(i)
rd Earl of (later Duke of Buckingham),
(ii)

Mundas Muliebris
(May Evelyn),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Munday, Jack,
(i)

Murillo, Bartolomé,
(i)

Murray, Anne
see
Halkett, Anne Lady

Murray, William,
(i)
,
(ii)

music
see under
accomplishments

Mustapha
(Orrery),
(i)
,
(ii)

Myddleton, Althamia,
(i)

Myddleton, Charles,
(i)

Myddleton, Jane (Jane Needham),
(i)

Myddleton, Jane (daughter),
(i)

Myddleton, Sir Thomas,
(i)

Nalson, John,
(i)

Nantwich, siege of,
(i)
,
(ii)

Napier, Richard,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Naseby, Battle of (1645),
(i)
,
(ii)

‘Natural and Political Observations … made upon the bills of mortality’ (Graunt),
(i)

Naylor, James,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Nedham, Marchamont,
(i)

Needham, Sir Robert,
(i)

needlework
see under
accomplishments

Neville, Henry,
(i)

New England,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

New Inn, The
(Jonson),
(i)

New Yeares Gift, A
(Chidley),
(i)

Newbury,
(i)
st Battle (1643): Falkland’s death at,
(ii)
; Sunderland’s death at,
(iii)

Newcastle, Margaret Duchess of (Margaret Lucas),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
; distrust of romantic love,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
&n; her infertility and views on childbirth,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
&n; on women’s lack of education,
(xvii)
,
(xviii)
; her reputation,
(xix)
;
An
Epistle to Souldiers
,
(xx)
; on Catholic nunneries,
(xxi)
; on blondes,
(xxii)
; on wanton women,
(xxiii)
,
(xxiv)

Newcastle, William Cavendish
(i)
st Duke of,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n,
(iv)

Newdigate, Anne Lady (Anne Fitton),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Newgate prison,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)

Newman, George,
(i)
,
(ii)

Newman, Mrs,
(i)

Newton, Sir Pickering,
(i)

Nichols, John,
(i)

‘Nocturnal Reverie’ (Winchilsea),
(i)

Noel, Lady (Lady Elizabeth Wriothesley),
(i)
,
(ii)

Noel, Lady Catherine (Lady Roos, later Countess of Rutland),
(i)
,
(ii)

Norfolk, Henry Howard
(i)
th Duke of,
(ii)

Norfolk, Henry Howard
(i)
th Duke of,
(ii)

Norfolk, Mary Duchess of (Lady Mary Mordaunt),
(i)

North, Sir Francis,
(i)

North Moreton witches,
(i)

Northern Horse,
(i)

Northampton, William Parr
(i)
st Marquess of,
(ii)

Northumberland, Algernon Percy
(i)
th Earl of (Lord Percy),
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

Northumberland, Countess of (2nd wife of
(i)
th Earl),
(ii)
,
(iii)

Northumberland, Elizabeth Countess of (Lady Elizabeth Wriothesley),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Nothumberland, George Fitzroy
(i)
st Duke of,
(ii)

Northumberland, Henry Percy
(i)
th Earl of,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Nothumberland, Jocelyn Percy
(i)
th Earl of,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Norton, Mrs,
(i)
,
(ii)

Norwich Maiden Troop,
(i)

Nottingham, Daniel Finch
(i)
nd Earl of,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

Nottingham Castle,
(i)

Nottingham, siege of,
(i)

Nourse, Sarah,
(i)

nuns,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
;
see also
convents

Nurses,
(i)
,
(ii)
;
see also
midwives

Oates, Titus,
(i)

obedience
see under
women

Of Domesticall Duties
(Gouge),
(i)

Oglander, Ann,
(i)

Oglander, George,
(i)

Oglander, Sir John,
(i)
,
(ii)

Oglander, Lady,
(i)
,
(ii)

Ogle, Henry Cavendish Earl of,
(i)
,
(ii)

Ogle, Elizabeth Countess of (‘my Lady Ogle’)
see
Percy, Elizabeth

old age,
(i)
; and witchcraft,
(ii)

Old and Good Way Vindicated, The
(Warren),
(i)

‘Old Judith’ (a ‘white witch’),
(i)

Old Troop, The
(Lacy),
(i)

On Death
(Killigrew),
(i)

‘Orange Betty’ (Betty Mackarel),
(i)

‘Orinda upon little Hector Phillips’ (Philips),
(i)

Ormonde, Elizabeth Marchioness of,
(i)

Ormonde, James Butler
(i)
st Marquess of,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Orphan, The
(Otway),
(i)

orphans,
(i)
,
(ii)

Orrery, Roger Boyle
(i)
st Earl of
(Lord Broghill),
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

Osborn, Sir John,
(i)

Osborne, Dorothy,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
; distrust of romantic love,
(vi)
; on Margaret Duchess of Newcastle,
(vii)
; on Anna Trapnel,
(viii)
; on Lady Isabella Tynne,
(ix)
; and Jane Wright,
(x)

Osborne, Henry,
(i)

Oswestry, siege of,
(i)

Otway, Thomas,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

Overbury, Sir Thomas,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Overton, Katharine,
(i)

Overton, Mary,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

Overton, Richard (Martin Marpriest),
(i)
,
(ii)

Owen, Anne (‘Lucasia’),
(i)

Owen, John,
(i)

Owen, Susan,
(i)

Ower, Robert, of Sydal,
(i)

Ower, Zutphenia,
(i)

Oxford,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
; King’s Parliament at,
(vii)
,
(viii)

Oxford Castle,
(i)

Oxford, Diana Countess of (Diana Kirke),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Oxford, Aubrey de Vere
(i)
th Earl of,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Oxford, Henry de Vere
(i)
th Earl of,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Oxinden, Elizabeth (wife of Tom Oxinden),
(i)

Oxinden, Henry of Barham,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Oxinden, Sir Henry of Deane,
(i)

Oxinden, Peg (daughter of Henry of Barham),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Oxinden, Richard (father of Henry of Barham),
(i)