The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England (76 page)

cockfighting 333–4

cockpits 333–4

coconuts 114, 123

coinage 148–50

Coke, Sir Edward (1552–1634) 50

Colchester 15, 16, 84, 117, 151, 302, 317

Cole, Humphrey (d.1591) 142

College of Arms 49

colliers
see
miners

Collins, Margaret 58

Collins, Thomas 58

Colne Engaine 318–19

Colton, Alice 58

Columbus, Christopher (1451–1506) 120

comb-makers 240

combs, combing 172, 173, 184, 213, 271, 272

comfits 255

commodes
see
close stools

Common Pleas, Court of 301, 302

companies
see
Barbary; Cathay; Eastland; Levant; London; Muscovy

compasses 122, 129, 210

Compton 152

Condell, Henry (1576?–1627) 356

conjuring 309

Constable, Henry (1562–1613) 103

constables 109, 147, 242, 292, 302, 307, 312, 313, 323

Convocation 78, 81

Cooe, Henry 323

cookbooks
see
recipe books

Cooke, Anne
see
Bacon

Cooke, Sir Anthony (1505/6–76) 68, 105

Cooke, Elizabeth
see
Russell

Cooke, Katherine
see
Killigrew

Cooke, Mildred
see
Cecil

cooks, cookshops 53, 115, 187, 225, 247, 254–5, 262

coopers 53

Cope, Anthony (1548x50–1614) 91

Cope, Mr 321

Copernicus, Nicolaus (1473–1543) 4, 120–2

Coppinger, Edmund (
c
.1555–91) 1–3, 35

cordwain
see
leather

cordwainers 53, 183, 240

corn 19, 214, 232, 235, 236, 240, 241, 243 (barley 19, 22, 233, 259; malt 231, 242, 260, 262, 263; maslin 259; oatmeal 231; oats 22, 212, 233, 243, 259; rye 19, 22, 233, 243, 259; tares, 233; vetches 19; wheat 19, 22, 233, 243, 247, 259);
see also
acorns

Cornellys, Mary 62

Cornish language 134–6

Cornwall, Cornishmen 23, 36, 39, 56, 109, 111, 115, 130, 134, 136, 140, 144, 145, 214, 234, 263, 324, 332, 351–2

coroner 313, 331

corruption 97–8, 131

Cortes, Martin (1510–82) 210

costermongers 54

cotton 158, 159;
see also
woollens

Cotton, Robert Bruce (1571–1631) 130–1

counterfeit cranks 299

court hand 137

courtesy men 299

courts 136, 284, 293, 296, 299, 301, 313 (assize 84, 295, 301, 302, 304, 306, 312; Bridewell Hospital 307; church 109, 314–19, 323; gaol delivery 302, 313; hundred 301, 302, 308, 311; manorial 60, 141, 302, 308, 311, 312; petty sessions 301; quarter sessions 301, 312, 328)

courts, royal
see
Chancery; Common Pleas; Exchequer; Queen’s Bench; Star Chamber

Coventry 16, 52, 193

Cranbrook 48

Cranleigh 235

Crécy, Battle of 327

credit and debt 45, 150, 163, 207, 306–7

Crete 261

cricket 332

crime 59 (arson 302, 304; assault 95, 127, 213, 219, 243, 296, 297, 300, 311, 323; brawling 310; brawling in court 309; buggery 302, 304; deception 298; engrossment 147, 241; forestalling 147; forgery 299, 307, 309;
hedgebreaking 308, 310; heresy 5, 82, 83, 92, 96, 127, 306; hoarding 241–2; housebreaking 95, 304; infanticide 302; manslaughter 302, 304, 331, 354; murder 59, 76, 95, 96, 128, 153, 213, 292, 300, 302, 304, 312; mutiny 213; poaching 242, 311, 312, 328; poisoning 96, 306, 309; rape 95, 302, 304, 318; regrating 147; rioting 300; slander 309, 316; sodomy 302, 304; theft 57, 59, 95, 96, 146, 213, 219, 292, 297–302, 304, 305, 307, 311, 313, 355, 357);
see also
games; highwaymen; piracy; treason; witchcraft

crime, moral 109, 127, 315–19 (adultery 63, 64, 118, 119, 124, 125, 315, 317–19; blasphemy 213, 315–17; defamation 316–17; drunkenness 317; incest 311, 314; non-attendance at church 79, 85, 127, 315–6; sexual offences 75, 127, 314, 315; swearing 213, 316, 317; trading on Sunday 316);
see also
illegitimacy

crocodiles 114

Crompton 59

Cropredy 171, 234, 235

cross-staff 210

cucking stool
see
ducking stool

Cumberland 59, 145, 146, 242

Cumberland, earl of
see
Clifford

Cunningham, William (
c
.1531–86) 118

curriers 53

curtains 221, 226, 230–2, 236, 237

cushions 221, 224, 226, 227, 235, 237, 238, 268

custard tart
see
dairy

cutlers 53

cutlery
see
forks; knives; spoons

cyprus 158, 168

dairy products 257 (butter 145, 212, 242, 246, 248–50, 253–9, 286; cheese 145, 212, 231, 236, 240, 243, 253, 255, 257, 258, 276; cheese tart 250; cream 150, 231, 285; custard tart 249, 251, 254; milk 145, 234, 247, 254, 260, 263, 275)

damask rose 189

damask
see
silk

dances and dancing 97, 105, 106, 119, 335, 337, 341–4 (almain 342;
basse dance
342; coranto 343; galliard 343;
la volta
343; morris 110, 342; pavane 342; schools for 343; Scottish 342)

Danes
see
Denmark

Daniel, Samuel (1562/3–1619) 103, 346, 349

Danseker, Zymen (
c
.1579–
c
.1611) 215

Danyel, John (1564?–
c
. 1626) 341

Dartford 200

Dartmoor 9, 239

Dartmouth 9, 279

date, reckoning the 142–3

Davies, Richard (
c
.1505–81), bishop of St David’s 135

Davies, Sir John (1569–1626) 270

Davis, John (
c
. 1550–1605) 113, 211

Davy, Margaret (d.1542) 96

Dawson, John (d.1625) 282

Dawson, Richard (d.1625) 282

Dawson, Thomas 285

Day, John (1521/2–84) 339

dead-pay 98

death penalty 48, 84, 85, 96, 242 (beheading 85, 97, 100, 214, 216, 305–6, 321; burning alive 43, 73, 83, 92, 127, 153, 306; hanging 26, 35, 60, 61, 73, 83–5, 94–6, 100, 127, 128, 149–50, 153, 202, 213, 242, 243, 292, 293, 300, 302–4, 313, 331, 354; hanging, with drawing and quartering 2–3, 96, 295, 304–5, 309)

debts
see
credit

Dee, Dr John (1527–1609) 112, 121, 124, 125, 129, 193, 361

deer
see
livestock

Defence, Company of Masters of the Science of 329

Dekker, Thomas (
c
.1572–1632) 160, 354

dells 297

demanders for glimmer 299

Denmark, Danes 23, 113, 115, 120, 143, 160, 243

dentistry
see
teeth; toothdrawer

dentrifices 276–7

Deptford 76, 206, 207

Deputy Lieutenants 49, 292

Derby, earl of
see
Stanley

Devereux, Robert (1565–1601), earl of Essex 4, 115, 161, 182, 192, 305, 322

Devil, the 75, 119, 120, 127, 128, 176, 190

devils 80, 119, 170

Devon 9, 20, 22, 23, 59, 111, 130, 134, 144, 146, 196, 208, 226, 230, 231, 279, 368, 378

Devon, countess of
see
Fortibus, Isabella de

diaries 63, 94, 115

dice 47, 225, 237, 325, 326 (false 326)

Dier, Thomas (d.1597) 198

Digby, Everard (d.1605) 274

Digges, Thomas (
c
.1546–95) 121

Dinghen van der Plasse, Mrs 167

dinner 142, 246–9, 255, 261;
see also
mealtimes

dissection 290, 303

Dissolution of the Monasteries 72, 78, 367

ditchers 271 divinity
see
theology

dogs 24, 119, 174, 177, 213, 270, 327, 328, 334–6

dolls 160

Doncaster 201

Donne, John (1572–1631), 350, 366

Dorset, earl of
see
Sackville

Douai 82, 84, 85

Doughty, Thomas (d.1578) 214, 216

Dover 83, 110, 200, 201, 204

Dowland, John (1563?–1626) 339–41

Dowriche, Anne, née Edgcumbe (d.c.1613) 70

dowries 64

doxies 297–300

Doyle, Mrs Katherine (d.1585) 230

dragon water 281

dragons 114

Drake, Sir Francis (1540–96) 3, 4, 94, 111–13, 118, 120, 122, 175, 208, 212–17, 239, 320, 325, 361, 362

drapers 18, 53

Drayton, Michael (1563–1631) 103, 290, 350, 354

dreams, interpretation of 125, 126

drinkings 247

Dublin 135;
see also
Trinity College

ducking stool 310

Dudley, Jane
see
Grey

Dudley, John (1504–53), duke of Northumberland 223, 346

Dudley, Robert (1532/3–88), earl of Leicester 43, 44, 90, 91, 185, 222, 228, 253, 308, 309, 335, 347

dummerers 299

Durham 16, 21, 82, 146

dwarf 321

Dyer, Sir Edward (1543–07) 346, 349

dyes, dyers 53, 159, 168, 173, 182, 183, 267

Dynes, William (d. 1601) 55

earrings 175–6, 186

earthenware 243, 260, 263, 286

Eastland Company 113

Eddystone, the 214

Eden, Richard (
c
.1520–76) 112, 118, 210

Edinburgh 108, 201

education 94, 101, 104–8, 123;
see also
literacy

education of women 67–9, 102, 105, 106, 285

education, higher 107–8

Edward I (1239–1307), king of England 34

Edward III (1312–77), king of England 6, 40

Edward VI (1537–53), king of England 13, 46, 76, 79, 94, 130, 135, 148, 161, 271, 305

Effingham 183

eggs 145, 242, 243, 246, 249, 254–7, 285

Egyptian mummy
see mummia

Egyptians
see
gypsies

Elbing 113

Eleanor of Castile (1241–90), queen of England 34

electricitas
122

elephants 114

Elizabeth (1533–1603), queen of England 1, 3–5, 8, 29, 39–47, 70–1, 79–80, 90–1, 99, 119, 127, 131, 136, 198, 325, 346, 363 (accession 26, 31, 76–79, 322; accused of atheism 75; ancestry 42, 78, 222; attitudes to 6, 42–3; cleanliness of 273–4, 276; coronation 77, 125, 160, 191, 322; death of 87, 127, 201; dining habits 253; excommunicated 82; fashion 157, 160–2, 165, 169–70, 174; hunting 328; music 337, 340; patronage 43–4, 347, 353; personality 6, 41–3, 48, 91, 93, 360–1; plots against her life 2–5, 40, 43, 46, 83–6, 293–5, 304–5; poetry and plays 345, 347, 353; progresses 32, 44, 110, 192, 226, 253, 261, 262; rumours about 43, 308, 309; smallpox attack 283; succession 39–41, 367);
see also
incomes

Eltham Palace 222

Ely 16, 107

Ely, bishops of 27, 50

Elye, Richard 331

Elyot, Sir Thomas (
c
.1490–1546) 245, 265, 330, 331

embroidery
see
needlework

enclosure 21, 22, 59

England, Church of
see
Church