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Lacy, Constable de, 24 “Lamb, The,” 138, 139 Langdale, Sir Marmaduke, 184 Leet, Halton Court, 106-113 ---- Widnes or Farnworth, 112 Legend, Brereton, 253 ---- Capesthorn, 253 ---- Celtic, 252 ---- Combermere, 253 ---- dragon, 252 ---- Rostherne Mere, 253 Legh family, 12, 197, 204 ---- of Booths, Sir John, 13 ---- of Macclesfield, Sir Piers, 13, 115 ---- Sir Uryan, 117 Leighs of Lyme, 13 Legions at Chester, Roman, 3 Leycester, Ralph, 199 ---- Sir Peter, 130, 198 Lifting, 242-243 Little Moreton Hall, 84, 91, 92, 93, 200 Llewellyn, Prince, 10 Lord of the Manor of Halton, the King, 106 Ludworth crosses, 212 Lupus, Hugh, 8, 21, 106, 202, 269 Lyme, 200 Lymm Cross, 213

Macclesfield Forest, 82, 246 ---- Market Cross, 213 ---- Public Park crosses, 212 “Magpie” architecture, 80 Maiden Castle, 51, 52 Mainwaring family, 199, 202 Malpas, 16 ---- Castle, 9, 51, 52 Manners of Cheshire people, 20 Marbury family, 198 ---- Hall, 198 Market crosses, 208, 212, 213 Marling, 237-238 Marton church, 63 ---- font, 65 Martyr, George Marsh, Chester, 15 Massey, Colonel Edward, 118 ---- family, 196 Masseys, 204 ---- of Coddington, 118, 197 Maying, 241-242 Maynwaring of Over Peover, Sir Thomas, 130 May Queen, Knutsford, 242 Mercian Kingdom, 5 Mere Hall, 198 Middlewich, 182 Milton, 124 Miracle Plays, Chester, 74, 77 _Misereres_ in Cathedral, 41 Moated houses at Harden, 200 ---- ---- at Huxley, 200 ---- ---- at Moreton, 200 Mobberley Abbey, 14, 34 Molineux, Sir Richard, 13 Molyneux, Lord, 18 ---- Samuel, 127 Monasteries, dissolution of, 14, 33 Monastery at Chester, Ethelred founder of, 266 ---- of Bangor, 4 Monk of St. Werburgh’s, Henry Bradshaw, 264 Monmouth at Chester, Duke of, 17 Moreton, moated house at, 200 Morgan’s Mount, Chester, 73 Morris dance, Knutsford, 258 Mostyn of Mostyn, Sir Roger, 120 Mottram-in-Longdendale, 128 Mumming play, 240 Music, 257-258 Music in churches, 259 Musical Festivals, Chester, 260 Mynshal, Elizabeth, 124 Mystery Plays, Chester, 142-179

Nantwich, 16, 183, 261 ---- battle at, 9 ---- bell custom, 254 ---- Castle, 51, 52 Neild, James, philanthropist, 204 Neston Cross, 210 Nether-Legh, 16 Nether or Lower Peover Church, 61 New Gate, Chester, 72 Newhall Castle, 51, 52 Nixon, Robert, Cheshire prophet, 261 _Noah’s Ark_, a Mystery Play, 144, 164, 166 “Nogging-work,” 99 “No Popery” riot, 17 Norman Earls of Chester, 22 North Gate, Chester, 72, 73 Northwich, 51, 53 ---- horse hodening at, 235 ---- Winnington Bridge, near, 17 Norton Abbey, 14, 34 Nunnery, Chester, St. Mary’s, 34, 36

Oldcastle Castle, 51, 52 Old Consistory Court, 100 “Old King’s Head,” 134 _Old Mab’s Curse_, 262 Origin of Mystery Plays, 146 Oulton, 200 Over Peover Cross, 212

Pace-Egging, 239-240 “Pageant carriages,” 151 “Palace, Bishop Lloyd’s,” 75, 97 Palace, Stanley, 97 “Pancake” bell, 254 Parish books at Farndon, 224 Parson, a hunting, 108 _Passion, The_, a Mystery Play, 165 Peckforton Castle, 196 ---- Hill, 194, 195 Pemberton’s Parlour, Chester, 73, 181 Pentice, the, 208 People, manners of Cheshire, 20 Peover Hall, 199 Phœnix Tower, Chester, 74, 184 Place in history of County Palatine of Chester, 19-32 Place-names, Celtic, 7 Place-names, Danish, 6 Plate melted down, Chester City, 182 “Players’ victory,” the, 24 Plays, Miracle, 74, 77 Plemstall (Plegmundstall), 271 Poaching, ancient, 108 Poets, Cheshire, 123, 124 _Polychronicon_, 46, 147 “Post and panel” work, 80, 84 Powdered alabaster as a cure for sheep, 262 Preaching crosses, 207, 210 Prestbury, 65 ---- priest’s house at, 94 Prince Maurice at Chester, 183 ---- ---- and Prince Rupert in Cheshire, 184 _Princeps Cestriæ_, 1, 12 Principality, Cheshire a, 1 Priory, Birkenhead, 14, 34, 36 ---- Norton, 14, 34 ---- Runcorn, 14 Procession, Corpus Christi, 161 _Prophecies_, a Mystery Play, 163 Prothonotary, the, 30 Proverbs, some Cheshire, 246-252 Pulford Castle, 51-52 Pulton Abbey, 14, 35

Races, Chester, 74 Ranulph III., Earl of Chester, 11 Records of Chester, 31 _Resurrection_, a Mystery Play, 150, 167 Reverence shown in old plays, 143 Rhuddlan, Castle of, 24 “Rhudland, Statute of,” 26 Rhymes, “counting-out,” 257 Richard II., Cheshire men bodyguard of, 12 Ridley, 117 Riot, “No Popery,” 17 Rocksavage, 51, 54 Rode, Wilbrahams of, 203 Roman Chester, 70-77 ---- legions at Chester, 3 ---- remains, 3 ---- ---- at Holt, 218 ---- wall of Chester, 4 ---- work, Chester, 71 Roodeye, Chester, 74 Rostherne Hall, 197 ---- Mere legend, 253 “Rounds, Cheshire,” 257 Rows of Chester, 75-79 Rowton Heath, 16 ---- ---- battle of, 74, 119, 184, 190, 191 Runcorn, 7 ---- Abbey, 14 ---- Castle, 51, 53 Rush-bearing, 238-239 ---- at Christleton, 239 ---- Sunday at Farndon, 225, 238 Rushes a charm for warts, 239

_Sacrifice of Isaac_, a Mystery Play, 148 Saighton Grange, 46 St. Bridget’s Church, Chester, 69 St. Ethelreda, 266 St. Giles’ Well, 260 St. John, Chester, Hospital of, 36, 73 ---- the Baptist, Chester, Cross at, 210 St. Martin’s Church, Chester, 68 St. Mary’s Nunnery, Chester, 34, 36 St. Mary’s-on-the-Hill, Chester, Cross at, 209, 212 St. Michael’s Church, Chester, 69 St. Olave’s Church, Chester, 69 St. Oswald, Church of, 41 St. Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury, 273 St. Plegmund’s Well, 260, 275 St. Peter’s Church, Chester, 68 St. Werburgh, remains of, 38 ---- shrine of, 42 St. Werburgh’s Abbey, 9-13, 33, 34, 38-48 ---- Henry Bradshaw, monk of, 264 Saints, Cheshire a land of, 4 Saltney Marsh, 9 Salmon story, a, 263 Sanctuary, Cheshire, 220 Sandbach Crosses, 213-217 Savage, Archbishop of York, Thomas, 14 ---- Sir Edmund, 13 Saxons in Cheshire, 5 Schomberg, Duke, 18 Scientists, Cheshire, 127-129 Seals, judicial, 28 “Sewer,” an office, 136 Shakerley, Colonel, 190 ---- Sir Geoffrey, 120 Shakerleys of Hulme, family of, 63 _Shepherd’s Play, The_, a Mystery Play, 149 Ship Gate, Chester, 72 Shire Hall at Chester Castle, 60 Shocklach Castle, 9, 51, 52 ---- Cross, 211 Siddington Church, 65 Slingsby’s Diary, 192 Sluggard-waker and dog-whipper, 256 Soldiers of Cheshire, 114-120 Souling, 230-237 Speed, John, 1, 138, 226 Stained glass at Farndon, 223 Stanley, Dean, 204 ---- Palace, 97 ---- Sir William, 117 Stanlaw Abbey, 14, 34 “Statute of Rhudland,” 26 Stockport, 16 Stocks, punishment of the, 112 Sutton Grange, 46 ---- Sir Richard, 131 Sword-bearer of England, 21 “Synagogue Well,” Frodsham, 260

Tabley Hall, 198 ---- Lord de, poet, 204 Taft Hall, 199 Tarporley, horse hodening at, 235 Tarvin, 16 Tatton Hall, 197 Taxal, 69 Thelwall Castle, 51 Thingwall, 7 _Three Kings, The_, a pageant, 149, 170-178 Timber-framed churches, 61-69 Tower, Bonewaldesthorne’s, 73 ---- Phœnix, Chester, 74, 184 Trade Gilds at Chester, 151 “Trades and Mysteries,” 24 Tranmere, 133 Troutbeck, Sir William, 13

Unlawful games, 107 Utkinton Hall, 199

Vale Royal, 199 ---- ---- Abbey, 14, 34, 35 ---- ---- _of England, The_, 130 Venables, Sir Hugh, 13 Victory, “The Players’,” 24

Wales, Chester the key to, 21 Wallasey Cross, 211 ---- Leasowes, 18 Wall of Chester, Roman, 4 Walls and Rows, Chester, 70-77 Warburton Church, 66, 270 ---- family, 198 ---- font, 66 War in Cheshire, Civil, 16 Warts, rushes a charm for, 239 Water Gate, Chester, 72 “Wattle and daub,” 83 Weeping Crosses, 208 “Well, Billy Hobby’s,” 260 Well-dressing, 261 “Well, Synagogue,” 260 Wells, Wishing, 260 Welsh, incursion of the, 9 ---- raids, James, Lord Audley, and the, 10 Werden, General, 120 West Hall, High Leigh, 197 ---- Kirby Cross, 210 Whiltenshaw, 118 Whipping-post, Widnes, 112 Whitefriars, Chester, 48 ---- seventeenth century house in Chester, 99 Whitehurst, John, clockmaker, 128 Whitney, Geoffrey, 123 ---- George, 205 Widnes or Farnworth Leet, 112 Wilbraham family, 199 ---- George, 204 Wilbrahams of Rode, 203 Williams, Chief Justice, 126 Williamson, Dr., 226 Winnington Bridge, near Northwich, 17 Wirral, 94, 95 ---- forest, 82 ---- _Horn, The_, 244 Wishing Wells, 260 Woman fighting, a, 108 Woodchurch, 69 Work, “post and panel,” 80 Worthies, Cheshire, 114-132 Wulfhere, King of Mercia, 264

“Ye Olde Crypt,” 78 York, Thomas Savage, Archbishop of, 14

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