Caracalla murders Geta, 58
Caractacus, Chief of the Silures, 45
Cassiterides, or the Tin Islands, 38
Castles or Fortresses, ancient, 24; at Bam-
borough, 87; Aldby, 83; York, 98, 337;
number of existing remains of Castles,
342

Cathedral of York, 415

Cathedrals burnt, 122

Cattle, Teeswater and Holderness, breed
of, 8

Caves of Yorkshire, 25

Caxton introduces Printing, 177

Celtic sepulchres and monuments, 46
Centenarians in England, 10

Chalk formation on the Wolds, extent
of, 11

Chantries, how founded, 181

Christian Festivals, origin of, 417
Christianity introduced into Britain, 74;
re-introduced by St. Augustine, 79
Civil government, titles, &c., 282
Classes, distinction of, preserved by Wil-
liam the Conqueror, 113
Cleveland, hills and vale of, 4
Clifford's Tower at York, 338

Cock Fighting, 356

Cock, River, 157

Coffee introduced into England, 364
Commerce of Yorkshire, 18

Constantine the Great born, 59, 292; as-
sumes the imperial purple at York, and
embraces Christianity, 60
Constantius, Emperor, resides at York, 59;
his supposed tomb, 527
Copper Mines, 9

Devil's Den (Cromlech), 51
Diefyr, or Deira, Kingdom of, 71
Deira, derivation of the name, 451
Discharged Livings, meaning of, 381
Dissolution of Monasteries, 179, 193
Disputes about the Festival of Easter, 89
Domesday Book, its origin, &c., 112
Don, River, 23

Drainage of the carrs and marshes, 13
Drake, the historian, 666

Dreadful executions of the nobility, 138
Dropping Well at Knaresborough, 25
Druids their sacrifices, 40; their civil
government, 42; they oppose the Roman
invaders, 42

Druidical Circles, 49

Ducking or Cucking Stool, 333

Dwarf Rose in the Field of Towton, 159

Eastern Moorlands, 3

East Riding of Yorkshire-situation of,

10; climate of 13; principal towns of,
10; is famous for breeding horses, 14;
its mineral productions, 15; marshes
and warp land, 16

Ecclesiastical Architecture, 419
Egbert unites the Kingdoms of the Hep-
tarchy, 93

Ely, Bishop of, heads an army, 136
England, the Island of Saints, 81

England divided into parishes, &c., 115
England submits to the Conqueror, 122
Ermine Street (Roman Road), 65
Esk, River, 23

Fairs, ancient, 354

Fair Rosamond, 401

Famines, 134, 136

Flamborough Head, 11

Fleming, Nicholas, Mayor of York, 136

Flood, great, of Ripponden, 266

Foss, River, 23

Fosseway (Roman Road), 65
Franchise of Yorkshire, 25

Free Chapels, how founded, 181
Fridstol, or freed stool, ancient, 383

Galilee Porches in Churches, 382
Galtres, ancient Forest of, 23
Garraby Beacon, 11

Gascoigne, Chief Justice, refuses to pass
sentence of death on Archbishop Scrope,
147

Gaveston, Piers de, 133

General History of Yorkshire, 37

Gent, Thomas, the historian, 667, 735
Geoffrey Plantagenet, Archbishop of York,

129

Geoffrey of Monmouth, the historian, 289
Geology of Yorkshire, 26
Giggleswick Scar, 25

Glass windows first introduced, 416, 454
Glo'ster, Richard, Duke of; is made Pro-
tector, and crowned King, 167
Goodmanham, Pagan Temple at, 84
Gothic Architecture, 420

Gregory the Great, Pope-his character,
79; he resolves on the conversion of
England, 80; appoints Sees, 388

Guilds or Fraternities, 192
Guisborough Mineral Spring, 25
Guy Fawkes, a Yorkshireman, 664

Hadrian, Emperor, arrives in Britain, 53;
resides at York, 291
Hadrian's Great Wall, 54

Hainault soldiery massacred, 141
Harold II. crowned, 103; his death and
burial, 109

Harrald Hadrada invades England, 104
Harrogate Springs, 24

Hebrew language, the oldest, 37
Hengist and Horsa invited to Britain, 68
Hengist defeats the Picts and Scots, 75
Hermit of Knaresborough, 662
Hide of land, description of, 116
High Street (Roman Road), 64

Hinguar and Hubba destroy the Holder-

ness coast, 96

Holderness District, 12

Holderness, Wasting Cliffs of, 10
Holy Island, 86

Hornsea Mere, 12

Horrible brutalities of the Danes, 96

Horse Racing, 658

Hull, River, 21

Hulpit and Hunpit holes, 25
Humber, River, 20

Hurtlepot, Ginglepot, and Donk, Caves, 25

Icknild Street (Roman Road), 65
Independents, the, rob the Churches, 256
Indulgences, definition of, 418

Inhabitants of Yorkshire, their character,
26

Instance of filial affection, 236
Insurrection in the north, 163

Insurrection of the northern Catholics, 201
Insurrection in the East Riding, &c., 194
Insurrection of the old Parliamentary fac-
tion, 261

Ireland peopled, 38

Jack Straw and Wat Tyler's rebellion, 144
Jenkins, Henry, 9

Jews, great massacre of, 126; their num-
ber in England, 360

Jones, Paul, the Anglo-American bucca-
neer, 270

Judith, Countess of Albemarle, 121
Julius Cæsar, invasion of, 43

King, origin of the name, 82, 357

King Arthur defeats the Saxons; his mur-
der, and the discovery of his remains,
71,77

King Edwin's daughter baptized by St.
Paulinus, 82

King Edwin baptized by St. Paulinus, and
his glorious reign, 84; his death, 85
King Richard I.-his coronation, 126; his
imprisonment in Austria, 128

King John visits the north, 129
Kings Alexander I. and II. of Scotland
married at York, 130

King Edward I. at York, 131; his death,
132

King Edward II., 133; his murder, 140
King Edward III.—his glorious reign and
marriage, 140

King Henry II.-his heart lately sent to
England, 728

King Richard I1.-his accession, 143; de-
position and murder, 146

King Henry IV.-his accession, 146;
and death, 149

King Henry V. visits York and Beverley,
149; his death, 150

King Henry VI.-his character, 150; falls
into the hands of the Yorkists, 152;
again made King, 164; confined in the
Tower, and murdered, 166

King Edw. IV. proclaimed, 154; crowned,
159; again crowned, 161; his imprison-
ment and escape, 164; his death and
family, 167

King Edward V. murdered in the Tower,
167

King Richard III., crowned, 167; slain at

the battle of Bosworth Field, 169
King Henry VII.—his marriage, &c., 169
King Henry VIII., 177; he receives the
title of Defender of the Faith, 178; visits
Yorkshire, 186; his death, 191

King Edward VI., 192; his death, 195
King James VI.'s accession, 205; his
death, 211

King Charles I.-history of his disastrous
reign, 211; is refused admittance into
Hull, 226; his person delivered up by
the Scots, 256; is tried and executed,
258

King Charles II. proclaimed, 260; his
death, 263

King James II.-his accession, 263; his
death, 265

Kits-Coty House, 47

Leland, the Antiquary, 323

Lead, Copper, and Iron Mines, 9
Levellers, the, their fanaticism, 256, 257
Library of York Cathedral, 476

Lindisfarne, Isle of, 86; Church destroyed
by the Danes, 93

Liturgy (new) compiled, 194

Londesborough, King Edwin's residence,

84

Long Meg and her Daughters, 48
Long Parliament, the, 222

Lothbric, a Danish General, legend of, 95

Malham Cove, 25

Malo Cross, 66

Mansions, ancient, 24

Marble Quarries, 9
Mark, value of, 129

Mary Queen of Scots, 204

Massacre of the Jews, 126
Maxima Cæsariensis, 53

Mechanics' Institute, Yorkshire Union of,
642

Mile, derivation of, 54

Mineral Springs in Yorkshire, 24
Minster, derivation of the name, 432
Minstrels or Gleemen, 348

Norman Period, 107

Northern Assize Circuit, 25

North of England divided into Shires, &c.,
101, 118

Northallerton burnt by the Scots, 135
North Riding-Situation and extent, 2;
principal towns, 3; climate, 5; soil, 5;
agricultural and woodlands, 6; cattle,
sheep, and horses, 8; minerals and
lead mines, 9; longevity of its inhabi-
tants, 9.

Northumbria, Earls of, 102

Northumberland, Earl of, murdered, 173
Northumbrian Kingdom, 81; is conquered
by the Danes, 97; extinction of the
Northumbrian dynasty, 100; is divided
into shires, 118

Octavius crowned at York, 60
Oswald's Cross, 86

Ouse, River, 20; etymology of, 290

Pagan Temple profaned by Coifi, 83

Pall, or Pallium, of the Archbishops, 389
Parisi, tribe of, 42

Parliament first held in York, 125; deri-
vation of the name, 125; other early
Parliaments, 131, 132, 138, 142

Parson, meaning of the name, 483
Paulinus created Archbishop of York, 80

Pews in Churches, 520

Phoenician Merchants visit the Tin Is-
lands, 38

Picts and Scots, 61

Pilgrimage of Grace, insurrection, 183
Plague, the, 145, 209, 261
Pedestrianism extraordinary, 630
Plays, sacred, 593

Pope Adrian sends Legates to England, in
A.D. 785, 92

Population of England armed, 134

Population of several towns in the reign of
Edward III., 143

Population, &c., of Yorkshire, 2
Ports of Yorkshire, 18

Price of provisions in the reign of Edward
II., 134

Price of provisions in the reign of Richard
III., 168

Price of provisions in 1533, 178

Price of provisions in 1644, 242
Prince Charles Stuart, the Pretender, 267
Prince Rupert, 241

Post Office Statistics, 628

Prince William de Hatfield, 469
Printing Press, the first at York, 177
Protestants and Catholics executed for
heresy, 189

Providential escapes, 696
Puritans, the, 200

Quakers, origin of the name, 508
Quarter Sessions, where held, 26
Queen Anne's Bounty, 380

Queen Elizabeth's accession, 199; her
death, 204

Queen Henrietta, 237; her death, 259
Queen Margaret's adherence to her party,
160; her captivity and death, 166
Queen Mary's accession, 196; her mar-
riage, 197; her death, 199

Queen Victoria's visits to York, 276; to
Kingston-upon-Hull, 281

Railways of Yorkshire, 23, 648

Ravenspurne, Bolingbroke lands at, 145;
Edward IV. debarks at, 165
Rebellion, the, of 1745, 267
Rebellion in Yorkshire, 171

Rebellion of Wyat, 196

Rectories, meaning of, 380

Roman Colonies, Stipendiary Towns, Latin
Cities, 62

Roman government of Britain, 61
Romans, the, relinquish Britain, 61
Roman modes of sepulture, 57, 298
Roman sepulchral and other remains, 24,
292

Roman Roads, 64 to 67
Roman Stations, 67, 83
Roman Encampments, 68
Roseberry Topping, 4

Sanctuaries abolished, 195
Sanctuary, the privilege of, 381
Savings' Banks, capital deposited in them,
in 1856, 728

Saxons, the their origin, manners, &c.,
68; invited to Britain by Vortigern, 69;
their conquest of the Britons, 72; their
religion, 73; titles of honour, 115;
names of divisions of land, 114.
Saxon Heptarchy, 73; how composed, 74;
extinction of, 93

Saxon Kings-Ida, Ella or Alla, Ethelfrid,
and Edwin, 81; Oswald, 85; Oswy,
Oswin, and Oswio, 87; Alchfrid, 89;
Egfrid, 90; Aldfrid, 91; Osred, Ceonred,
Colwulf, 91; Oswulf, Mol-Edilwold,
Alchred, Alfwold, and Ethelbred, 92;
Osbald, Eardulf, and Egbert, 93; Os-
bert and Ella, 94; Egbert, 97
Saxon Remains at York, 310
Scarborough burnt by the Norwegians, 104
Scarborough besieged by the nobles, 133:
burnt by the Scots, 135

Scarborough Castle, attempt to seize it,
197

Scarborough, history of, 672

Scarborough Warning, 197, 687. (For
the meaning of the expression, see the
Additions, &c., at page xvi.)

Scots pass from Ireland to Scotland, 38

b

Scotland, ancient inhabitants of, 61
Scots, their barbarous invasions, 122
Scottish Regalia removed to England, 131
Scottish League and Covenant, 217
Scrope's, Archbishop, rebellion, 146; his
execution, 147

Sea coast of North and East Ridings, 16
Seamer, insurrection at, 104

Sepulchral (called Druids') Circles, 49
Severus, Emperor, arrives in Britain-his
conquests and death, 56; funeral obse-
quies at York, 57

Severus Hill, near York, 57
Ship-money, tax imposed, 217

Sieges-Portsmouth, 232; Hull, 239;
York commences, 240; ends, 251, Pon-
tefract, 252; Sheffield, 254; Scarbo-
rough, 254; Bolton, Skipton, and
Helmsley, 255; Carlisle, 268

Simnel, Lambert, an impostor, is pro-
claimed King in Dublin, 171
Sistuntii, tribe of, 42

Siward, Earl of Northumbria, 102
Sixth Conquering Legion, 53
Skipton burnt by the Scots, 135
Skirlaw, Bishop of Durham, 411

Spencer, Hugh de, favourite of Edward,
III., 137

Spring tides at Hull, 20

Spurn Promontory or Point, 10

St. Ceadda, or Chad, Archbishop of York,
390

St. Edward the Confessor, 102

St. Edwin (King), St. Ethelburge (Queen)
82, 388, 390

St. John of Beverley, 394

St. Oswald (King), 85

St. Oswald, Archbishop of York, 398

St. Paulinus, Archbishop of York, 83, 388
St. Thomas of Canterbury-ridiculous
trial of, 187

St. Wilfrid, Archbishop of York, 89, 391
St. William, Archbishop of York, 399
Staith, origin of the name, 370
Sterne, Laurence, 667

Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain, 49
Stoupe Brow, or Stow Brow, 4
Street, derivation of the word, 672
Stuarts, the last of the, 415

Sunk Island recovered from the Humber,
11, 16

Swale, River, 19; St. Paulinus baptizes

immense numbers in it, 19; is called
the Jordan of England, 80
Sweating Sickness, 195
Sweyn's Danish fleet enters the Humber,
101

Synods held in Northumbria, (A.D. 785) 92

Tees, River, 19

Temple of Bellona at York, 292, 416
Temple of Serapis at York, 295
Theodorus, Archbishop of Britain, 90
Thirty-nine Articles, the, published, 200
Thornton Force and Scar, 25
Thrave, meaning of, 162
Thurston, Archbishop of York, 123
Tithings, why named, 114
Tithes, origin of, 378

Tonnage and Poundage levied, 214
Tosti, Earl of Northumbria, 102
Tosti's fleet enters the Humber, 103
Tournaments at York, 131, 168
Tournament between two English and two
foreign Knights, 148

Turpin, the highwayman, 513
Tyler's, Wat, rebellion, 144