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  legacy and inheritancies 26–9, 31

  Plumpton, William (d.1461) 14, 18, 20

  Plumpton, William Jnr 31–3, 37

  Plumpton, William (the bastard) 14

  Plymouth, Earl of 357

  politics and elections 323–6, 354, 356, 357

  Pollexfen, John 174

  Pool of London 225–7

  Porlock, Somerset 351

  Portal, Lady Charlotte 323

  Porter, William 49–50

  Potter, Beatrix 373

  Priestley, J.B. 367

  Prude, Colonel 143, 145

  Prude, Mrs 146

  Punch magazine 348

  Puttenham, Margaret 71

  Puw, Roland 313

  Pym, John 152

  Queen’s Head, Fleet Street (London) 52, 57, 62

  Raleigh, Sir Walter 135, 347

  Randall, Annie (housemaid) 333

  Ravenel, Harriott Horry 254, 271

  Ravenhill, Lancashire 314

  Ravenstone Priory, Buckinghamshire 63

  Ravensworth, Lord 321

  Reade, Henry 111

  Reform Bill (1832) 353

  Reformation 47, 50–68

  Reformation Parliament 51–2

  Return of Owners of Land, 1873 (New Domesday Book) 339–40

  Reynolds, Joshua 271

  Reynolds, Richard 54, 62

  Rich, Richard 63

  Richmond, Duchess of 288, 290–1, 300

  Richmond, Duke of 291, 299

  Richmond, Surrey 223–4, 239, 261

  Richmond, Yorkshire 356

  Ripley, Surrey 266–7

  Ripon, Yorkshire 11

  Rocliffe, Brian 23–4

  Rocliffe family 31–2, 34, 35, 36

  Rocliffe, Sir John 24, 32

  Rocliffe, Margaret Plumpton (b.1459) 16, 23–9

  Rogers, Pat 240

  Romney Marsh 163

  Rose Tavern, Temple Bar (London) 192

  Rose, Thomas 187

  Rotherham, Yorkshire 354

  Rous, John 187

  Royal African Company 227

  Royal Navy 104, 218, 230, 267, 313, 352

  Rutledge, Edward 270

  St John’s Hospital, Clerkenwell 61

  St Luke’s College, Exeter 382

  St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside (London) 82

  St Mary’s, Frampton (Gloucestershire) 395

  St Paul’s, London 58, 110

  St Peter, Brafferton 9

  St Peter’s Church, Coughton 48

  St Quintin family 214

  Sandown (formerly Sandham), Isle of Wight 110

  Scarborough Castle, Siege of (1645) 214

  Scott, Sir Gilbert 413–14

  Scott, Peter 405

  Scott, Walter 291

  Secret Ballot Act (1872) 325

  Sefton, Earl of 326

  Selworthy church, Somerset 351–2, 353

  Selworthy, Somerset 374–5

  Serjeants’ Inn, Temple (London) 52

  Seven Stars inn, Carey Street (London) 133

  Seven Years War (1756–63) 266

  Seymour, Edward, Duke of Somerset 72, 73–4

  Seymour, Isabella 298

  Shakespeare, William xv

  Sheffield, Robert 199–200

  Sherborn Castle, Dorset 347–8

  Shipley Hall, Derbyshire 326

  shoots 387–93, 400–2

  Sidney, Sir Philip 71

  Sitwell, Osbert 373

  Skipton, Yorkshire 15, 21

  slaves

  trade in 38, 206–9, 213, 216–20, 228, 229, 230, 233, 352, 353, 395

  ownership and treatment of 245–6, 251, 252

  uprising and execution of 247

  attitude towards 254–7

  inventory of 256, 273–5

  inoculated against smallpox 268

  Slimbridge 405

  Smith, Simon 217

  Somerset, Lord John 290

  Somerville College, Oxford 356

  Sotehill, Elizabeth Plumpton (b.1460) 16, 23–9

  Sotehill family 34, 35, 36

  Sotehill, Henry 23, 25

  Sotehill, John 24

  Souderne, Thomas xviii

  South Barham, Kent 154, 156–7, 167, 169

  South Carolina 248–61, 266–73

  South Sea Bubble 240

  South-Sea Company 225, 227

  Southwell, Robert 67

  Spectator 104, 205

  Spofforth, Yorkshire 21

  Sprydon, Somerset 374, 380, 383

  Spurr, Harry 407

  squires 104–6, 281, 413

  Stalbridge, Dorset 87

  Stamp Act (1765) 269

  Stanhope, Philip xix

  Stank Hall, Yorkshire 214

  Stapleton, Elizabeth 14

  Stapleton family 17

  Stapleton, Thomas 38

  Star Chamber 82

  Steeton manor, Airedale 13, 27

  Stoke Pero, Somerset 368

  Story, Elizabeth 188–9

  Strype, John 225

  Stuart, Charles ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ 234

  Studley, Warwickshire 49

  Suffolk, Earl of 345

  sugar trade 216–22, 228, 245–7, 395

  Surtees, R.S. 205, 281

  Swan, John 159–61

  Swansea 314

  Sykes, Sir Tatton, 4th Bt 280

  Tarleton, Banastre 270–1

  Teesdales, Johnny 398

  Temple Mills, Buckinghamshire 314

  Tennant, Edward 71–2, 76, 77–8, 83

  Thackeray, W.M. 205, 280, 281

  Throckmorton, Anne 65

  Throckmorton, Antony 66

  Throckmorton, Arthur 66

  Throckmorton, Catherine 65

  Throckmorton, Edward 67

  Throckmorton, Elizabeth 48, 63–4

  Throckmorton family 42, 47–9, 64–8, 104

  Throckmorton, Francis (d.1583) 65, 66, 67

  Throckmorton, George (1489–1552) 389

  admitted as an infant to Evesham Abbey 48

  kills a mugger 49–50

  marriage and children 49

  description and character of 50

  opposition to Reformation 50–64

  elected to Reformation Parliament 51–2

  sent to the Tower 60–3

  Throckmorton, Job 65, 66

  Throckmorton, John (d.1580) 66–7

  Throckmorton, Joyce 64

  Throckmorton, Kathryn Vaux 49, 61–2, 64

  Throckmorton, Kenelm 51, 66

  Throckmorton, Margaret 64

  Throckmorton, Margery Puttenham 66, 67

  Throckmorton, Mary 65

  Throckmorton, Muriel 65

  Throckmorton, Nicholas 65, 66

  Throckmorton, Sir Robert 48–9

  Throckmorton, Thomas 66

  Thynne, Christian Gresham 73

  Thynne family 72–80, 91, 94, 96–7

  Thynne, Joan Hayward 97

  marriage 74–5, 76

  secret marriage of her son 79–82, 84–5

  love for her husband 81, 85

  relationship with her daughter-in-law 86–94

  attempts to arrange marriage for one of her daughters 94–5

  Thynne, Sir John 72–3, 74, 78

  Thynne, John (d.1604) 74–5, 76, 79, 80–2, 83, 84–6, 90–1

  Thynne, Maria (née Touchet)

  description and character of 77

  secret marriage to Thomas 77–8, 80, 81, 84

  defends propriety of her marriage 82–3

  relationship with her mother-in-law 86–7, 90–7

  Thynne, Thomas 96

  secret marriage 71–2, 76–86, 89, 90

  comes into his inheritance 91–2

  refuses to release land or money for his sisters’ dowries 94–5

  Tom Jones (Henry Fielding) 205

  Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust 383

  Touchet, Amy 77

  Touchet, Mervyn, Lord Audley, Earl of Castlehaven 96

  Tower of London 20,
54, 58, 60–1, 62, 74

  Towneley, Geffrey 31

  Townley, Sir John 31

  Towton, battle of (1461) 18–20

  Treasons Act (1534) 52, 56

  Trerice, Cornwall 351

  Treseder, Florence 340

  triangular trade 228–9

  Trip, Ernst 291–300, 302–3

  Trollope, Anthony 323

  Tudor, Owen 41

  Turnworth, Dorset 308

  Tyburn 54

  Unser Kampf (Richard Acland) 360, 362–3, 369, 383

  Upton, Nicholas xv

  Urne-Buriall (Sir Thomas Browne) 411

  Uxbridge, Earl of 286, 315

  Uxbridge, Lady 286, 287, 304

  Vanity Fair (W.M. Thackeray) 280

  Vaughan, Sir William 413

  Vergil, Polydore 5

  Virgil 253

  Wall, Dr Alison 84

  Wallingford, Oxfordshire 316

  Walpole, Robert 220, 233–4

  the waltz 291–2

  Wappoo, South Carolina 249–59

  Wars of the Roses (1455–85) 10, 18–21, 27–8, 41, 48

  Washington, George 272–3

  Wasson, Ellis xvii

  Waterloo, Battle of (1815) 300–3

  Webster, Clifford 122

  Welles, Reverend 77–8

  Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of 290, 291, 303

  Wellington, Somerset 354

  Wenderton, Kent 163

  Wensum valley, Norfolk 175–6

  West Harling, Norfolk 200

  West Wickham, Kent 129

  Willcox, Nicholas 234

  William the Conqueror 393, 394

  William III, Prince of Orange 104, 174, 175, 179, 215

  Williams, Harriet Simons 248

  Williams, Sir John Hay 317, 319

  Williams, Thomas 313, 314, 320

  Willoughby de Broke, Dowager Lady 336

  Wilmersham, Somerset 368

  Winchcombe family 395, 404

  Wingham church, Kent 163, 169–70

  Wintringham, Joan 25–6, 27

  witches 146–7

  Woburn, Bedfordshire 346

  Wolsey, Cardinal 50–1, 63

  Wood, Ellen (scullery maid) 333

  Wooding, Ernest (servant) 333

  Woodrow Inn, Cawston Heath 196

  Woolage, Kent 146

  Worsley family 122

  Wyatt, Samuel 316

  Wyatt, Thomas 58

  Wydon, Somerset 368

  York 10, 11, 17, 20, 29

  York, Archbishop of 32

  Young, Richard 74–5

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