Sheffield plate Matthew Boulton, viii. 170, 218 Sheffner (Thomas), his position at Court, 1832, ii. 29, 94, 200
Sheldon (William), Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, c. 1769, ii. 469; iii. 35 Sheldon (William and Ralph), tapestry manu- facturers, vii. 466, 517; viii. 74, 195 Sheldon family, and Ferrers and Allen families, i. 84, 125, 156, 416 Shelley
Mrs. Frances St. Barbe, c. 1590,
his genealogy, ii. 171 Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft), her Franken- stein,' viii. 31, 76, 490; and Harrow, viii. 490; ix. 14; the "misconduct of her Irish pupils, 490; and Lady Mary King, x. 10 Shelley. See Wollstonecraft. Shelley (Percy Bysshe), his copy of Abbé Barruel's work on secret societies, 1798, iii. 108, 196; and Schubart's fragment Der ewige Jude,' iv. 102, 315; Leigh Hunt on, vi. 37; a poem of,. vii. 331, 375; bibliographies wanted, viii. 230; similarity between sentence in his A Defence of Poetry and sentence in Dr. Johnson's Rasselas, ix. 368; and Charles Esdaile, xi. 368; the guardian of his children, xii. 109, 156; the grave of his daughter Tanthe, 213; adjectives and compound adjec- tives used by him, 243, 464; the burial-place of his heart, 352, 396; two letters of, 391 Shelley (Sir P. F.) and Harrow School, ix. 14 Shelley (Sir Richard), xi. 247
Shelton, his shorthand system, xi. 512; xii. 39, 97
Shenley, Herts, the whereabouts of, ii. 33, 99 Shepard (Thomas), a founder of Harvard Uni- versity, his history, v. 179, 271
Shepherd (George), artist, relation to Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, v. 295, 332; vi. 25, 96 Shepherd (Thomas Hosmer), relation to George Shepherd, artist, v. 295, 332; vi. 25, 96
Shepherd-wind," meaning of the word, xii.
Sheppard (Elizabeth), murdered 1817, story or the crime, iv. 18, 140, 171
Sheppard (Samuel), his A Mausolean Lament,' 1651, vi. 32, 137
Sheppard or Shepherd family of Blisworth, Northamptonshire, ii. 391, 477; iii. 38
Sheridan (R. B.), founded Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, v. 276; source of passage by, on puffs, 37; extempore lines" by, xi. Sheridan (T.), the younger, c. 1750, his degrees, i. 348
Sheridaniana,' published 1826, the author of,
Sheriffs in Scotland, c. 1804, their badge of office, vi. 12
Sheriffs of Staffordshire, the arms of, iii. 505 Sheriff's posts, their use, vii. 508
Sherington: old church registers, viii. 249, 354- Sherwen (Dr. John), physician and archæolog- ist, original letter by, viii. 483
Sherwood (Mrs.), her Stories of the Church Catechism,' ix. 251, 299
Sherwood family, 16th century recusants, i. 445 Shick-Shack Day, or Royal Oak Day, vi. Shield (William), his songs, xi. 238 -293, 316, 339 Shield in Winchester stained glass, iv. 188, 225 Shield divided quarterly, iv. 188, 251 Shiffle-shuffle," early use of, v. 177 "Shiffles," meaning of the word, i. 16 Shilleto family, i. 127; viii. 155
Ship," gender of, ix. 511; x. 13 Shipmeadow, co. Suffolk: rectors of, vii. 510 Shippen (W.), 1673-1743, Downright Shippen" i. 348, 414
Ships graffiti of, in old churches, xii. 52, 96, 118, 139, 217, 276; reason for launching stern foremost, x. 31, 76, 112; use of the definite article with the names of, ii. 370
Ship's yards a'-cock bill on Good Friday, vi. 15, 47
Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxon: The Crown Inn, x. 166
Shirley family, glass-painters of York, viii. 364 Shirwyn family, glass-painters of York, viii. 406 Shock and pain, popular belief concerning, ix. 292, 414
Shoe-blacks in 1714, xii. 489 Shooter's Hill: projected military cemetery, x.
Shooting, largest bag of game for a day, i. 510; ii. 55, 139
Shop devices and signboards, books on, iii. 446,
Shore (Jane), her enforced penance, xii. 352, 418 Shorthand, books on, vii. 191; Shelton's system, xi. 512; xii. 39, 97
Shorthouse (J. H.), key to his John Inglesant,* iii. 386; viii. 450 Shorton (Robert), Dean of Stoke, d. c. 1535, i. 67
Shortyng (Matthew), D.D., of Merchant Tay- lors School, d. 1707, ii. 396 Showman, travelling, called Pharaoh," iv. 75, 144 Shrapnel (Major Henry), Royal Artillery, vii.
Shrapnel (Wm. Fisher), F.S.A., his history, v. 67, 132
Shrapnel family, iii. 248
Shrapnel, its inventor's epitaph, iv. 129, 171 Shrewsberry Hall, viii. 470
Shrewsbury (Roger de Montgomery, Earl of), 1066, his descendants, ii. 29 Shrines of saints reputed to have cured diseases, i. 70, 133, 178
Shroll surname, its derivation, iv. 105 Shropshire names, their derivation, v. 266 Shuffle-wing "shovel-wing," local name for sparrow, ix. 129, 174, 237
Shylock," Shakespeare's conception of, vi. 244; vii. 5, 18, 96, 156
Simpson (Rev. John), 1742-1812, vii. 83 Simpson (Richard), editor of the Home and Foreign Review, x. 493
Simpson (Robert). a royal farrier, v. 67 Simpson family of Aberdeenshire, iv. 101 Simpson, Forrester, Dickson, and Anderson families, ii. 428
Sims (Henry, James,
Sims), Westminster scholars, c. 1733-1819, vi. 37
Sims (James), naval schoolmaster of H.M.S. Bacchante, d. 1880, x. 46.
Simson (Alexander), Burgess of Dundee, ix. 331,
Siam, a game, described, iv. 189 "Sicco pede," meaning, ix. 109, 157 Sicily, women and umbrellas in, iii. 414 Siddons (Henry), d. 1815, his poems, x. 168 Siddons (Mrs. S.), her friend 397 Mr. Davis," c. 1779, ii. 290, 356; the actress, her descendants, v. 318
Sidee (Syda) (James), and Barnaby O'Neyle (William Hall), 1580, xii. 147 Side-saddle riding, books on, prior to 1880, ii.
Sidesman," use of the word, ix. 92 Sidmouth : the Knowle Hotel, viii. 106
Sidney (Sir Philip), his daughter Elizabeth, i. 108; his personal appearance, vii. 329 "Sieve."= temse," viii. 378
Simson (Matthew), 1699-1769, of Glasgow, xii. 511
Simson (Rev. Matthew), b. 1675, his family,
Simson family, ix. 389; x. 445; xii. 107, 506 Sinages," in indenture of Henry VIII, mean- ing, iv. 78
Sinclair (Mrs. C.), d. 1789, viii. 390
Sinclair (John), M.D., memorials at Dumfries, iv. 320.
Sieyès (E. M., Comte), whereabouts of his .. MSS., iv. 101
Sign of the Cross, its use, v. 236 Signalling, strange method of, x. 287 Signatory marks, vii. 391, 437 Signatures: symbols attached to, ii. 50, 117; doctrine of signatures. in connexion with medicinal plants, 128, 197, 293 Sign-boards by famous painters, vi. 310, 342; vii. 38; and shop devices, books on, iii. 446, 517; iv. 28, 61
Sign-painting, the history of, vi. 226; vii. 16 Signposts in London, 1615, xí. 86
Signs used in place of signatures, ix. 51, 95, 176, 180
Silhouettes by John Miers, iv. 45, 141; process of production, iii. 30, 114
'66 Silk-tail." See Waxwing.
Sillett (John), agricultural writer, ix. 52 Silver charm, old, viii. 50, 94, 258 Silver, Hull hall-marks, xi. 209, 252
Silver medal: identification sought, viii. 512; ix. 36, 75
Silver Street, Bloomsbury, origin of the name, iii. 507
Silver, weight and value in 17th century, iv. 86, 99
Silvester (Sir John Baptist), d. 1789, xi. 432 Silvester or Sylvester night, why so called, iv. 272, 338
Simancas MSS., Dr. Nicolas Sander and Dr. Owen Lewis, i. 366
Simco (John), his Middlesex Monuments,' v. 294
Similes, English colloquial, iii. 27, 50, 77, 116, 160, 170, 177, 188, 232, 274, 370
Simmons (Nevill), publisher of Sheffield, vii.
Singing-bread," meaning of term, viii. 269, 297, 333, 374, 435
Single whiskey," meaning of term, viii. 489; ix. 18, 95 Sinnich (John) and the Irish College at Louvain, xi. 469 Sinodum, claim to be site of Clovesho, vii. 6. Sir' Sir Gammer Vans,' old nonsense story, ii. 410, as a clerical title, xii. 89, 197 Sir Roger de Coverley dance, viii. 350, 415, 455 498, 518 Sisson (J. Lawson), petition to Chancery con- cerning, 1833, iii. 299
"Sister "hospital nurse, used 1731, iii. 89 Sitton_family, xi. 149 "Six Lords."
See Tavern signs. Sixth Foot (The), Warwickshire regiment, in 1709-10, vi. 64, 135
65th Regiment, chaplains to, x. 109 "Skelder
66 and Skeldergate," derivation of place-names, ix. 272, 313, 378
Skelton (John), of St. Helena, his biography, xii. 497
Skelton families of Hesket and Armathwaite Skene (Rev. George), minister of St. Ninian's, Castle, Cumberland, viii. 150 Perth, x. 350
Skinner (Augustine), in the Civil War, xi. 527 Skinner (Capt.), c. 1764, x. 290. 356 Skinner (Mose), American humorous writer, ii. 251; iii. 277
Skrymsher (Edwin), M.P. Stafford, 1681, iii. 90, Skirlaw (Bishop), arms of, xii. 252, 296
Slammons," origin of word, xi. 191 Slang, English Army, as used in the Great War, iv. 11, 86, 270, 271, 306, 308, 333; v. 7, 18, 19, 42, 79, 108, 136, 159, 182, 194, 195; ix. 340, 341, 378, 383, 415, 423, 455, 465, 499, 502, 538; x. 7, 201, 279, 395, 415; xii. 154 Slang: Australian, specimens of, iii. 296, 400, 521; Spanish author on origin of, v. 294; vi. 153, 197, 235; terms for bank-notes, v. 309; vi. 51, 159; Please the pigs," vi. 197; top- ping, top-hole," v. 233
Slap at the Church, A,' published 1832, viii. 465
Slap at the Times, The,' published 1832, viii. 466
Slates and slate pencils, introduction of, vi. 67, 136, 174, 216; xi. 170, 215, 319, 358 Slave, epitaph to, in Windermere churchyard, iv. 323; v. 26, 81
Slave-trade: Liverpool slave-ship, ix. 229, 279 Sleddall (John), inventory of his goods, 1620, words in, ii. 430, 516
Sleep and the moon, xi. 311, 355, 397, 437, 494; xii. 34
Sleeper, superstitious objections to waking, i. 158
Sloane (Sir Hans) his house in Bloomsbury, viii. 211, 277, 312, 452
Smith (Albert), his Story of Mont Blanc,' viii. 470
Smith (Albert Richard), author of 'Christopher Tadpole,' xi. 290, 334
Smith (Alexander) on Poe, "incorrigible black- guard of genius," iii. 230, 339
Smith (Bartholomew) of Peterculter, d. 1758, vii. 391
Smith (Rev. Bd.)" Piscator," x. 270, 335 Smith (Benjamin), b. 1744, vii. 92
Smith (C. Manby), his The Working-Man's Way in the World,' 1853, i. 468; ii. 16, 110, 175, 279
Smith (Captain), founder of Jesus Chapel, viii.
Smith (Christopher), Lord Mayor of London, 1818. xi. 331
Smith, Dog Smith, mentioned in Discourses concerning Government,' c. 1680, ii. 291, 357 Smith (Edward), his death noticed, v. 336 Smith (H. Maynard), his Early Life and Edu- cation of John Evelyn,' vii. 467 Smith (Horace), his Address to a Mummy,' xii.
Smith (Horatio), quatrain by, 1840, xii. 149, 180 Smith (J. A.), Dean of St. David's, his burial- place, ix. 211
Smith (J. F.), novelist, his works, i. 309; X. 229, 276, 333, 391, 475; xi. 56
Smith (J. R.), his portrait of George, Prince of Wales,' spurious proof of, xii. 13 Smith (J. T.), his Nollekens and His Times,' ix. 328, 376
Smith (James), a squib by, 1824, xii. 85, 135, 149 Smith (Rev. James), of Bushey, 1745, his letters on Sunday observance, iii. 145, 237 Smith (Jane), London etchings by, viii. 228 Smith (J. Raphael), pastellist and engraver, iii. 477; his portrait of Miss Johnstone,' ix. 127 Smith (John Spencer), British Ambassador at Constantinople, 1799, his sons, x. 370, 498 Smith (Michael), D.D., of Suffolk, 1762, iii. 229,
Smith (Richard), d. 1776, West Indian merchant, vii. 29, 92, 217
Smith (Sidney), his "Last Flicker of Fun," vii. 270, 296, 338
Smith (Sydney), his receipt for salad, xi. 188 Smith (Col. Thomas Hardwick), b. 1830, his descendants, vi. 274
Smith (Sir T.), Queen Elizabeth's letter of warrant to, permitting torture, i. 407 Smith family and Charles II, vii. 488 Smith family of Bowldown and Clanfield, iv.
Smith and Benson families, x. 387 'Smith Street Gazette,' 1849, iii. 447 Smith-Dorrien-Smith (T. A.), his seat, Tresco Abbey, Scilly, i. 244
Smithfield, London: bibliography, ix. 67 Smithfield cattle market, removal in 1855, vii.
Smithson (George Edward Temple), tablet at Newcastle-on-Tyne, iv. 207
Smoglands, place-name, xi. 410, 455 Smoke of London in the Middle Ages, xii. 472 Smoke-money." See Hearth tax. Smokers, origin of a superstition, i. 208, 276 Smokers' folk-lore, ix. 528; x. 38, 116 Smoking: Dr. Johnson on, vi. 206, 279, 302; in
England before the introduction of tobacco, iv. 331; v. 82; Spanish women and, ii. 430 Smollett and Pope, reference to indexing in works of, ix. 48
Smugglers, their Hell-Fire Clubs, Scotland, i. 466
Smuggling by the Hawkhurst gang, 1744-7, vi. 67, 153, 191
Smyth (Edward), his figure of Minerva, iii. 271 Smyth (Edward), of the Middle Temple, and
the Southwark by-election, March, 1666, x. 27 Smyth (Sir George H.), Bt., M.P., bust at Col- chester, v. 146
Smyth (Sir Robert), Bart., c. 1790, his imprison- ment in Paris, iii. 169
Smyth (Thomas), of Lincoln College, Oxford, ix. 221
Snakes, evidence that they like music, ii. 470, 533; iii. 57
Snap cards, the illustrations on, ii. 210; inven- tor of the game, xii. 190
Snape (Edward), engraving of, viii. 169, 238 Sneezum, surname, vii. 137
Snell (G.), artist, c. 1844, ii. 490
Snitterfield and Richard Shakespeare, vii. 301 "Snob," its etymology, v. 182
Snob and Ghost, tavern sign, the meaning of, ii. 109, 235, 339
Snow (Richard), buried at Pilton, v. 125 Snow as ship's name, vii. 72, 178
Snow ploughed into land resulting in thistles, iii. 90, 179
Snowballs, punishment for throwing in 1787, vii. 406
Snowden family, early settlers in America, ix. 462
Snowe (Rev. Richard), b. 1723, ix. 469 Snuff: "Prince's Mixture," viii. 69, 159 Snuff-boxes: in the form of a book, xii. 11; engraving on lid, viii. 309; relic of old Lon- don Bridge, ix. 31, 76, 177; relic of the Victory, 189; with secret lid, xi. 450; silver, engraved with crest, iii. 271, 344
Snuffers, pewter, S. Pepys on, vi. 67, 157
So (Sic)" on monumental inscription, xii. 23, 219
Soap-bubbles, earliest dates for, iv. 260 Soaps, vegetable, for salt water, vi. 149, 198 Societies for religious purposes in London, 1821, iii. 71, 179
Society of Antiquaries, women as fellows of, vii. 167
Society, London, for promoting Christianity among Jews, i. 125.
Society for Constitutional Information, 1769, i. 11, 30, 80
Society for Preserving the Memorials of the Dead, v. 183, 249
Soissons, the vase of, vii. 509
Sol as a woman's name in England, iv. 133; v. 21
Soldiers called "redcoats," iv. 182 Solute, coinage of the word, vi. 250
Some, use of the word, viii. 307, 376 Somers Islands Company, x. 341, 362
Somerset House, sale of the chapel tapestries, iv. 239
Somerset incumbents, list of, v. 153, 245 Somerset words, 1446-1560, the meaning of, xii. 270
Somersetshire dialect, example, vii. 421 "Son of a Duke, brother of a King," original of the saying, iv. 219, 335
Songs and Ballads:-
Armstrong's Good-night, iv. 252 As I walked by myself, iv. 105, 170 As I was going to Darby, iii. 154, 309 Bertram de Bourne, v. 318
Bird-scarers' songs, v. 98, 132, 160, 246 Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomon, xi. 350, 413 Bryan O'Lynn, viii. 331, 378
Buffalo Battery, viii. 171
Camptown Races, x. 169, 217, 379 Cheshire cheese song, ix. 212, 254 Christmas Carol, old, x. 272
Colly my Cow, viii. 190, 238, 257, 314 Come, cheerful day, part of my life to me, ii. 78
Come not when I am Dead, viii. 18 Commodore Gale, x. 490 Cumnor Hall, iv. 300
Death of Keeldar, iv. 47, 88
Death of Parcy Reed, iv. 47, 88, 287 Dustman's Wife, i. 227, 333, 436
Ever of thee I am fondly dreaming, vi. 313, 342
Farewell to Lochaber, xii. 252, 297
Final Toast, c. 1870, i. 111, 238
For jealousy causes both bother and strife, i. 227, 333, 436
Friar of Orders Gray, xi. 170, 217, 238
Go 'cruit me Cheshire and Lancashire, i. 124, 176
Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself, xi. 530; xii. 37, 114
Good-night, and joy be wi' you a', two versions, iv. 217, 252
Give me a spade and the man who can use it, vi. 90, 155
Harmonious Blacksmith, xi. 46, 95, 154 He was one of the dear old regiment, ix. 12
Hop-picking songs, viii. 511
How sweet the answer Echo makes, ii. 477 Hunting: Chaworth Musters, viii. 231, 277, 318
I love Jesus; Because He first loved me, viii. 250, 299, 315, 374
I remember, I remember, viii. 111, 158 If I had a Donkey, xi. 72
I'll sing you one-oh, xii. 452, 516 In Cawsand Bay lying, i. 268
Jack at the windlass, ix. 112, 172, 334
Jenny of Montieth, xii. 474
Jog on, jog on, the footpath way vi. 2 John Smith was a navvy strong and-, i. 38, 59
Johnnie Armstrong's Last Good-Night, i. 320
Just Plain Folk, vii. 72, 158
Kate of Aberdare, ii. 509
King John and the Abbot of Canterbury, I. 349, 397, 435
La Marseillaise, xi. 230
Land o' the Leal, ii. 369, 456
Loath to Depart, i. 14, 33, 373
Love, Care, and Strength, its authorship, iv. 300, 335
Lyke Wake Dirge, i. 268
Malbrook s'en va-t-en guerre, iii. 358, 402, 428, 461, 515; iv. 302; v. 25
Malbrook to the wars is coming, iv. 302
On the Banks of Allan Water, i. 168, 300 Où peut un homme être mieux que dans le sein de sa famille ? vii. 270
Our Gudeman came hame at e'en, iv. 224 Pocahontas, poem by Thackeray, iv. 17, 57 Poor Uucle Ned, vii. 287, 373, 438, 514; viii. 36, 93; ix. 77
Pullee off yo' ole coat, ix. 429, 475
Wondrous are these Hearts of Men,' i. 369 Wrap me up in my old stable jacket, viii.
Songs sung by bird-scarers, v. 98, 132, 160, 246, Sonnet, English, David M. Main's work on, v.
'Sonnets of this Century,' published by Walter Scott, 1886, vi. 13
Sonning, "province" of, vii. 401 Sophie Dorothea of Hanover, her burial-place,. Sorcery in Essex in 1863, iii. 478, 521
Sorel (Anthony) and Anna Quartermaine,. characters in fiction, iii. 445
Sorencys," meaning of word, x. 190, 355 Sorrell (John) and Edward IV's expedition to- France, xi. 269
Sorron (John, Bishop of), 1417, and Croydon Church, iii. 109, 178; v. 331
Sotheby family, arms of, iii. 59, 152 Souls, exchange of, in fiction, v. 124, 191, 240, 279, 306, 334
Soul's (released) attention to corpse, v. 205 Soumarkee, use of the word, 1714, xii. 489 South," derivation of word, ix. 527
Rat catcher's Daughter, its history, iv. 75,South African Commercial Advertiser, The," 116
Sailors' chanties, vii. 48, 95, 114, 138, 198
St. Stephen and Herod, v. 315; vi. 63 See from Ocean Rising, xi. 73 Shakespear's, vi. 2; viii. 471, 514 Shoo, birds, shoo! vi. 47
So up she got and away she ran, iv. 75 Song of Hate, iii. 209
Songs, settings of Shakespeare's, 1667, vi. 2; viii. 471, 514
Stirrup Cup, viii. 19
Sussex Harvest Home Songs, xii. 64, 454 Sweet Lavender, vii. 107
Terebus y Tereodin, ii. 507; iii. 50, 340 The cork leg, ix. 470, 537
The King, the Bishop and the Shepherd, x. 349, 397, 435; xi. 58
The other side of Jordan, ix. 429, 475 The Poor Thresher (Burns), v. 66, 108 The Spade, vi. 90, 155
The steam arm, ix. 470, 537
The tinkers soon shall worship Pan, vi. 271 There is a strange house in this town, vi. 215
There were three Knights, three very jolly Knights, xii. 71
There's nae luck about the hoose, its authorship, iv. 300
To-morrow shall be my dancing day, v. 320 Two Israelite Merchants, x. 210 Vicar of Bray, i. 12, 72, 139, 213 Viva Pio, Papa, Re, x. 132 Vote, Vote, Vote, xi. 449, 539 Wanted a Governess, c. 1845, ii. 16 We are the boys, i. 429
When Fanny, blooming fair, iii. 68, 119, 173 When I am dead, my dearest, iii. 149, 192, 214
When I was a schoolboy aged, ten, i. 189, 273
1828, extracts from, vii. 107
South Audley Street, Catholic chapel near, xi., 289, 337
South Kimber, place-name, xi. 512 "Southam cyder,' X. 250, 293, 316
Southampton, eighteenth century writers on, vii. 73
Southampton and Northampton, the shires of,. ii. 29, 111
Southampton Row and Marylebone Road, 1857, i. 427
Southampton Street, St. Giles's: the Golden Ball, viii. 268, 317, 357
Southern Cross, visibility of, xi. 369, 415, 439, 474; xii. 98
Southey (R.): sources of his Thalaba,' i. 111, 217; on Popery, a doubtful reading, 208; his- mother's family, 469, 518; ii. 30; unpublished letters of, c. 1800, iii. 9; contributions to Critical Review,' iv. 35, 66, 94, 122; v. 187; on the Irish in Spain, vi. 188, 238; report of saying of Nelson's, 229, 276; slang terms in 'Letters from England,' 197, 235; and Malvern, vii. 31; and Porson's Devil's Walk,' c. 1830, xii. 309 Southport, sand mounds at, viii. 358 Southwark Bridge, old, ix. 249 Southwark, last cowshed, xi. 209 Southwell (Rev. Henry), his University Family Bible, vii. 230
Southwick, Augustinian Priory of, c. 1145, i.. 49, 232
Sovereign=Mayor, vii. 172
Sovereigns of England, statues of, vi. 187 "Sowc'on," in will 1558, meaning of, iv. 190 Sowden (Benjamin), minister of English church at Rotterdam, 1748, ix. 79
Sowden or Sowdon (Benjamin Choyce), "eminent English poet,' viii. 168, 236, 311 Sowmoys," meaning of word, x. 167, 216
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