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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