Wilson, Sir Robert Thomas (1777–1849): ‘Bobby of the Borough’ reform-minded MP for Southwark (1818–31).
Winchester, Bishop of: see Tomline, Sir George Pretyman.
Winnington, Sir Thomas Edward (1772–1839): of Stamford Court in Worcestershire. He was an agricultural improver and served briefly as MP for the county. See Cole, RR, vol. HI, p. 1048.
Winter, Thomas (1572–1606): associate of Guy Fawkes’s and fellow conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot.
Winterton, Edward Garth Turner (1758–1831): second Earl; of Shillinglee Park in Surrey.
Wodehouse, Edmond (1784–1855): ‘the wise barn-orator’. He was a Norfolk landowner and Tory MP for the county (1817–30,1835–55). See Cole, RR, vol. Ill, pp. 1048–9.
Wodehouse, Colonel John (1771–1846): Norfolk landowner; Tory MP for Marlborough (1818–26). See Cole, RR, vol. Ill, p. 1049.
Wood, John (1790–1838): ‘bound-over Wood’; barrister, Whig candidate at Preston election of 1826. Cobbett was also a candidate in this violent proceeding. Wood was one of the two victors, but he was ‘bound-over’ to keep the peace after coming close to fighting a duel over an incident on the hustings. See Stanley, Edward George Geoffrey Smith.
Wood, Sir John Page (1796–1866): succeeded the Rev. Robert Fellowes as chaplain to Queen Caroline.
Wood, Sir Matthew (1768–1843): Lord Mayor of London (1815–16); and MP for the City (1817–43). He was a Radical and worked with Cobbett in the Queen Caroline affair.
Wood, Ottiwell (1769–1825): Liverpool merchant and Radical.
Woodman, Mr: farmer near Ramsbury in Wiltshire.
Wright, the Rev. Robert (1772–1850): a parson-magistrate of Hampshire whom Cobbett despised for dismissing the case of farmer Richard Déller, who had charged a gamekeeper of the Duke of Buckingham’s with trespass and the destruction of property. Deller was in turn committed to trial by Wright for allegedly assaulting the Duke’s gamekeeper.
Wright, Susanna: follower of the Radical reformer Richard Carlile who persisted in selling his tracts. She was convicted of blasphemy and libel.
Wriothesleys: family that amassed land and wealth out of the spoils of the Reformation. See DNB.
Wykeham, William (1324–1404): Chancellor of England under Edward III, and Bishop of Winchester from 1367. Cobbett liked almost everything to do with the reign of Edward III, save perhaps the Black Death.
Wyndham, George (1789–1869): succeeded to the Petworth estates of the Earl of Egremont.
Wyndham, William (1687–1740): ally of Lord Bolingbroke’s. Wynn, Charles Watkin Williams (1775–1850): MP for the notorious borough of Old Sarum and later for Montgomeryshire.
Yate, Honywood: name that seems to have been cobbled together by the Dobyns and Honywoods who lived at Mailing Abbey in Kent. See Cole, RR, vol. Ill, p. 1051.
York, Frederick Augustus (1763–1827): Duke of York, second son of George III.
Young, Arthur (1741–1820): agricultural writer who moved from unconditional support for enclosure and other agricultural ‘improvements’ to a measured, socially conscious approach to agricultural innovation. Like Cobbett after him, Young travelled extensively around England (as well as France and Ireland) and put his discoveries on paper–publishing many volumes of tours and contributing regularly to his periodical Annals of Agriculture (1793–1808). Young was also a frequent contributor to the Political Register in its early years, usually taking issue with Cobbett about enclosure (which Young strongly supported then) as well as Cobbett’s opinion that commerce and manufacturing industry should be dispensed with. As happened with Cobbett, the more Young saw of rural England, the more he came to believe that agricultural workers had been wronged.
Young, Edward (1683–1765): author of Night Thoughts and of many other poems and plays. He was born at Upham, near Winchester.
Places, Names, Subjects
Abbotson, Hants: 43, 223, 437
Abergavenny, Henry 135, 468
Acres, Mr: 381, 469
Addinton, Henry (‘Sidmouth’s son’): 81, 234, 469
Albury, Surrey: 63, 64, 67, 154, 194, 222, 450
Aldbury: see Albury, Surrey
Alderbridge, Hants: 34
Aldermaston, Berks: 39
Aldhelm, St: 341–2, 468
Alfred, King: 207, 208, 223, 237, 238, 263–4, 320, 468
Allington, Hants: 439
Allotments: 324, 344–5
Alresford, Hants: 14, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 66, 102, 103, 108, 109, 110, 171, 205, 207, 222
Alton, Hants: 12, 14, 95, 109, 111, 112, 114, 171, 205, 210
American Revolutionary War: 76
Araesbury, Wilts: 31, 279
Andover, Hants: xvi, 3, 17, 26, 27, 28, 29, 171, 210, 233, 269, 394–5, 405, 406, 411, 413, 440
Appledore, Kent: 147–8, 149, 151
Apples and apple trees: 7, 87, 93, 134, 166, 168, 267
Appleshaw, Hants: 388, 389–90
Arbuthnot, Charles: 416, 468
Arkall, Mr: 376, 469
Arnold, Matthew: 7
Anon: see Arun river
Arun river 81, 86, 112, 245
Arundel, Sussex: 81, 123, 444
Ash, Surrey: 196
Ashdown Forest: 148
Ashdown, Lord: see Ashtown, Lord Frederick
Ashe: see Ash, Surrey
Ashendon, Berks: 103
Ashmansworth, Hants: 52, 110, 155, 167, 171
Ashton Keynes, Wilts: 337
Ashtown, Lord Frederick Trench: 432, 469
Ashurst, Kent: 131, 153
Association for the Preservation of Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers: 453 n2
Asdey, Sir John: 275, 469
Attwood, Matthias: 291, 469
Attwood, Thomas: xiii, 360, 361, 469
Auburn, Wilts: 380
Averring, Gloucs: 346, 347
Avington, Berks: 102, 103, 104, 235, 236
Avon river and valley: 272, 275, 276, 298, 300, 341, 356, 370, 374, 428, 430
B—, Charles: see Burrell, Sir Charles
Bagshot, Surrey, and Bagshot Heath, Berks: 49, 149, 373, 419, 425
Bailey: see Bayley, Sir John
Bailey, Hinton: 212, 213, 219, 220, 469
Baines: see Baynes, the Rev. John
Baker, the Rev. Richard: 97–8, 367, 438–9, 469
Baker, Robert, 394–402, 469
Ballads of distress: 316
Bamford, Samuel: xxiii–xxiv
‘Banishment Act’: 59, 456 n14
Bank of England: 6, 22, 23, 127, 211
Bankes, George: 59, 469
Bankhead, Charles: 41, 469
Banstead Down, Surrey: 125
Barham, Charles (Lord): 168, 469
Baring, Alexander: 15, 223, 388, 406, 437, 470
Baring, family of: 107, 346, 355, 358, 389
Baring, Lady: 15, 43, 470–71
Baring, Sir Thomas: 15–16, 42, 106, 107, 223, 470
Barm–Elm farm: xii
Barnes, Surrey: 3
Barracks: 156–7, 164–5
Barretto, Joseph: 169, 470
Basham: see Barham, Charles
Basingstoke, Hants: 14, 210, 220, 233
Bath, Somerset: 308, 341, 347, 372, 383
Bathurst, Henry 305, 470
Battle, Sussex: 171
Baughton Hill, Kent: 166
Bayham Abbey, Sussex: 135
Bayley, Sir John: 99, 470
Baynes, the Rev. John: 46, 470
Beacon Hill, Hants: 45, 46, 211, 220, 224, 231
Beans: 118, 160–61, 167, 172
Beaulieu, Hants: 419–24
Beauworth, Hants: 44
Beckenham, Kent: 172
Beckford, William: 326, 470
Bedford, John Russell: 15, 42, 223, 437, 470
Bedharapton, Hants: 93, 94
Bedwin, Wilts: 90
Beech, Mr: see Hicks Beach, Michael
Beer: vii, xii, xxi, 13, 284, 303, 457 n13
Bees: xii
Beggars: 76–7
Bell’s Weekly Messenger. 127, 128
Belloc, Hilaire: vii Benenden, Kent: 134, 140–42
Benett, John: 275, 290, 309, 471
Berlin, Isaiah: xxii
Berwick St James, Wilts, 301
Betchworth, Surrey: 68, 124, 189, 194, 222
Biel, John: 420–24, 471
Billingshurst, Sussex: 79, 81, 124
Binfield, Berks: 38, 39
Binley, Hants: 231–2
Binstead, Hants: 52
Bird, Charles: 104, 371
Birkbeck, George: 202, 471
Birkbeck, Morris: 8, 149, 278–9, 471
Birket: see Birkhead, Charles
Birkhead, Charles: 189, 471
Birnie, Sir Richard: 331, 471
Bishop’s Sutton, Hants: 109, 237
Bishop’s Waltham, Hants: xxv n12, 100, 238, 467 n4
Bishopstrow, Wilts: 309, 310, 380
Black, John: 202, 208, 218, 225, 318, 325, 351, 374, 471
Black Down, Hants: 100–101, 112, 123, 210
Blackdown, Surrey: 78, 80, 83, 86
Blackstone, William: 398–401, 471
Blackwater, Hants: 34
Blake, William: xv
Blandy, William: 380, 384, 471
‘Blanketteers’: 84, 457 n6
Bletchingley, Surrey: 61
Blount, Joseph: 390, 471–2
Blunsdon, Wilts: 327
Bolder, Hants: 428
Bolingbroke, Henry St John: 327, 472
Bollitree, Herefe: 342, 348, 349, 444
Bolton, Duke of (Henry Bolton): 223, 472
Boniface, Mr 94, 472
Book of Common Prayer. 185
Born river: 300
Borough, ‘Jemmy’: see Burrough, Sir James
Botley, Hants: x, xi, 72, 95, 96–7, 125, 207, 232, 424, 432–3, 438–9, 440, 443, 445, 455 n5, 458 n1, 460–61, 462 n1
Botley parson: see Baker, the Rev. Richard
Bough Beach, Kent: 170
Boulogne, France: 151, 160
Bourbons: 226, 333, 339, 410–11
Bourne, Hants: 41, 233
Bourne river, Hants: 41, 232–3, 276
Bourne, Surrey: 12–13
Bower, Hants: 128
Boxhill, Surrey: 68
Bradford–on–Avon, Wilts: 294, 307, 315, 325
Bramdean, Hants: 237
Brasier, Mr and Mrs: 457 n5
Bratton Castle, Wilts: 320
Bredon Hill, Worcs: 356, 357
Brenzett, Kent: 149
Brighton, Sussex: 78, 132, 444
Brimpton, Berks: 34
Bristol, Gloucs: 322
Brodie, Anna: 448, 472
Brodie, William: 305, 306, 472
Brook, Surrey, 120, 241
Brooke, George: 359, 472
Brougham, Henry xii, 95, 202, 216, 239, 304, 326, 442, 457 n13, 462 n6, 472
Brown Candover, Hants: 14
Brown, John: 200, 473
Browne, Sir Anthony: 245, 473
Buccleuch, Elizabeth Montagu: 421, 422, 424, 473
Buckingham, Duke of (Richard Temple Grenville): 10, 102, 103, 118, 236, 473
Buckinghamshire Chronicle, 103
Buckland, Surrey: 68, 194
Budd, William: 259, 386, 473
Bullington, Hants: 233
Buonaparte, Napoleon: x, 223
Burdett, Sir Francis: xi, 39, 60, 142, 237, 245, 291, 359, 375, 377, 381–2, 383, 387, 403, 426, 473
Burghclere, Hants: 29, 30, 33, 34, 39, 40, 207, 210, 211, 214, 231, 237, 277, 364, 377, 378, 383, 384, 386, 388, 402, 403, 404
Burke, Edmund: 42, 175, 473
Burnet, Gilbert: 114, 473
Burrell, Sir Charles: 70–71, 72
Burrough, Sir James: 130, 298, 396, 397, 474
Butler, Charles: 428, 474
Butler, Samuel: see Butler, Charles
Butser Hill, Hants: 444, 446, 447, 452
Butterworth, Joseph: 220, 474
Buxton, Sir Thomas: 214, 215, 242, 474
Cabbages: 369, 450
Caernarvon, Henry (Lord): 224, 231, 236–7, 402, 474
Calne, Wilts: 321, 326
Calshot Castle, Hants: 420, 424, 430
Canada: 173, 304–5
Candles: 206
Canning, George: 13, 35, 37, 49, 54, 57, 62, 68, 72, 159, 178, 226, 228, 333, 363, 410–11, 474
Canning, Robert: 355–6, 474–5
Captain Swing revolt: xix–xx, xxii, 460 n2, 470, 471
Carlisle Cathedral: 359
Caroline of Brunswick, Queen: xi, 180, 353, 475
Cartwright, John: xxiii,
Cathedrals, number of visited by C: 359
Chalmers, George: 310, 323, 340, 376–7, 426, 427, 475
Chamberlayne, William: 432–6, 438, 475
Chancery, Court of: 8
Charles I: 415, 475
Charles II: 245, 415, 475
Charrington, Nicholas: xv, 182–4, 475
Chatham, Kent: ix
Chedworth, Gloucs: 372
Cheltenham, Gloucs: 296, 370–72, 373
Cheriton, Hants: 206
Chertsey, Surrey: 3–4, 171, 384
Chester Cathedral: 359
Chesterton, G. K.: vii
Chichester, Sussex: 87, 88, 92, 122, 195
Chiddingfold, Surrey: 242, 249–50, 251, 258
Chilton Candover, Hants: 14
Chilworth, Surrey: 3, 6, 7, 8, 63, 171, 195, 222, 449
Chittingstone, Kent: 170
Chopsticks: xiii, xxvi
Chorley, Lanes: 270
Christchurch, Hants: 300, 428, 430
Christ’s Hospital: 182
Church of England: 186–7, 190, 436
Chute, Wilts: xvi, 270
Cirencester, Gloucs: 372
Clare, John: xx
Class consciousness: xx, xxi, xxii–xxiii,
Clergy: 6, 17–18, 21, 32–3, 44, 72, 132–3, 138, 140, 187, 190, 193, 194, 322–3, 327, 338–9, 354, 365, 367, 371, 402, 462 n1, 479
Cloud formation, C’s views on: 87, 446–7
Cobbett, Anne: 453 n1, 475
Cobbett, Eleanor 453 n1
Cobbett, James: 3, 387, 453 n1
Cobbett, John Morgan: 453 n1
Cobbett, Nancy (Nancy Anne Reid): ix–x, 453 n7
Cobbett, Richard: 182, 195, 203–5, 211–14, 224, 235, 237, 241, 246, 259–63, 349, 475
Cobbett, Susan: 453 n1
Cobbett, William: army years: ix, 147–8, 235–6
Contradictions, his supposed: vii–viii
Cottage Economy (1822): xii, 92, 142–3, 185, 206, 369, 457 n5
Coventry election (1820), he stands for: 458, 115
date of birth, mistaken about his:455 n1
early years: viii–ix, 12, 79, 203–5, 301–2
English Gardener (1828): 455 n10
farming and agriculture, C’s: xi, xii, xviii, 456–7 n3
Grammar of the English Language (1818): xv, xvi
History of the Protestant ‘Reformation’ (184–7): 208, 243, 244, 311, 358, 465 n9
‘Letter to the Luddites’ (1816): 294
MP for Oldham, as: viii, xxiii,
Newgate prison, incarcerated in: xi, 187–8, 191, 458 n2
‘Norfolk Petition’, his (1823): 239, 462 n5
personal regimen of earing and sleeping: 414, 451–2
Peter Porcupine (his pen name in America): x
petitions to Parliament, his: xix, 462 n5
Political Register (182–35): vii, xiv, xvi, 4, 6, 64, 71, 80, 92, 100, 114, 155, 187, 233, 235, 256, 267, 345, 370, 394–5, 427, 448, 451, 454 n6, 454 n8, 457 n4
Poor Man’s Friend: 405–6, 410, 451, 466
Porcupine’s Works, vii, 453 n2
Preston election (1826), he runs in: 358, 465 n9, 467 n6
religious beliefs: 357–8
rides, his purpose in taking: 405–6
schooling and education: viii–ix, xiv–xv, 12, 453 n5
seed farm at Kensington, his:362–3
, 460 n3
‘South–of–England’ person, as: xiii
‘Two–Penny Trash’: 458 n4
United States, C’s experiences in: 79, 80–81, 227
workers, treatment of his: xxi
writer, as: vii, viii
Year’s Residence in the United States of America (1818–19): xvi, 119, 120, 456–7 n3
Cobbett, William, Jr. 453 n1
‘Cobbett’s Corn’: xi, xii
Cochrane, Thomas (Lord): 6, 439, 476
Codford StMary, Wilts: 309
Codford St Peter, Wilts: 309
Coke, Thomas: xii, xiv, xviii, 175, 217, 239, 389
Cole, G. D. H.: xxv–xxvi
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor xv
Coleshill, Berks: 328, 330
Come river, 375
Colnes, the (Gloucs villages): 372
Colonies, uselessness of: 235–6
Colquhoun, Patrick: 340, 476
Common land: x, xxv, 4
Cooke, George: 428, 476
Coombe, Hants: 171, 404
Corn Laws, xvii, xviii, xix, 229–30, 234, 266, 353, 391, 455, 462 n11
Corsley, Wilts: 323
Cotswolds, the: 371–3. 375, 378, 379, 383
Courier (newspaper): 160, 173
Coursing: 30, 31, 196, 198, 259, 271, 455 n3
Courting in the countryside, C encounters: 385–6
Coventry, Warwks: 458 n5
Cowes, Isle of Wight: 420
Cranbrook, Kent: 444
Crawley, Sussex: 329
Creevey, Thomas: 4, 476
Cricklade, Wilts: 335, 337
Cromwell, Oliver: 415, 416, 476
Cromwell, Thomas: 244–5, 376, 476
Crondall, Hants: 12, 14
Crookham, Hants: 34, 40
Cropper, James: 118, 317, 476
Crowdy, James: 377, 476
Crown and Anchor tavern (London): 5
Crown lands: 4, 9, 116
Crudwell, Wilts: 339–40
Cruttwell, the Rev. Richard: 360–61, 476
Crux Easton, Hants: 390
Currency: vii, 21–24, 59, 121, 351, 415–16, 454–5 n8; see also paper money
Curteis, Edward Jeremiah: 296–7, 331–2, 477
Dampier, the Rev. John: 302, 477
Davies, Colonel Thomas: 359, 477
Davison, the Rev. F.: 91, 477
Dawkins, Henry 416, 477
De Grey, family of: 107, 477
Deal, Kent: 161
debt: see national
debt deer: 417–18
Deller, Richard: 102, 103, 104, 105, 118, 477
Devizes, Wilts: 292, 299, 316, 320, 322, 324, 326, 340, 342
Dick, Quintin: 68–9, 477
Dickens, Charles: viii,
Dickinson, William: 275, 477
Dimchurch: see Dymchurch, Kent
Dipden: see Dipton, Hants
Dippinghall, Surrey: 171
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