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by William Cobbett


  Marchwood, Hants: 424

  Margate, Kent: 161, 163, 166

  Marlborough, Duchess of: 222, 488

  Marlborough, Duke of (George Spencer-Churchill): 9, 488

  Marlborough House, 9

  Marlborough, Wilts: xvi, 39, 269, 272, 275, 278, 378

  Marriage Act: 69

  Martello Towers: 150–51, 152, 158, 162, 460 n11

  Martin, James: 370, 488

  Martin, John: 370, 488

  Martyrs Worthy, Hants: 205, 223, 233

  Marx, Karl: vii, xxiii

  Mary (Queen): 437, 488

  Maryland, USA: 81

  Maseres, Francis: 187–94, 222, 488

  Mason, Joseph: 470

  Mason, Robert: 470

  Massena, Andre: 76, 488

  May, Walter: 169, 488

  Mayhew, Mr: 110, 488

  Mears, Mr and Mrs: 98–9, 100, 488

  Medstead, Hants: 205

  Medway river, 168

  Meon Stoke, Hants: 45, 46, 302

  merino sheep: xii

  Merrow Down, Surrey: 5, 6, 171

  Merryworth, Kent: 168, 169

  Methodism, C belittles: xxi, 100, 138–9, 140–42, 145–7, 159, 458 n3, 459 n8

  Mexico, 355

  Micheldever, Hants: 42, 43, 223

  middle class and parliamentary reform: 25

  Midhurst, Sussex: 9, 87, 88, 120, 122, 244, 246

  Milkhouse Street, Kent: 134, 140

  Milston, Wilts: 288

  Milton, Charles: 175, 488

  Milton, John: 135, 458, 459 n3

  Milton, Wilts: xx, 276, 278, 280, 284–5, 187, 288, 290, 293

  Minchinhampton, Gloucs: 346

  Minstead, Hants: 419, 428

  Mitcham, Surrey: 130

  Mitchell, Singleton: 255, 489

  Mole river, 68, 182

  Molyneux, family of: 242, 489

  Monckton, Kent: 163–4

  monopolies: 319

  Montague, Anthony: 242,489

  Moore, Sir John: 76

  Moore Park, Surrey: 12, 203–4, 205

  More, Hannah: 454 n7

  More, Sir Thomas: 258, 489

  Morning Chronicle: 90, 95, 218, 394

  Morning Herald: 176, 269, 381, 388

  Morning Hill, Hants: 101

  Mortimer, Berks: 34

  Movelly, John: 339, 489

  Musgrave, Richard: 189,489

  ‘music meetings’: 348

  Nadder river 300

  Nailsworth, Gloucs: 347

  Nantes, Edict of: 188

  Nash, Mr: 61, 489

  national debt 9,18, 24, 32, 33, 42, 59, 84, 85, 111, 142,151,159,161, 162, 177, 197, 217, 218, 226, 333–4, 339, 389–90, 396, 410–11, 419, 427, 439, 454 n8, 457 n7,459, 461 n2

  national schools: 138–9, 140

  national wealth: C’s understanding of: 291–3

  Negroes: 31, 214–15, 326, 375

  Netherhaven, Wilts: 31, 275, 280, 297

  Netley Abbey, Hants: 433, 436, 437, 438

  New Brunswick, Canada, C stationed in: ix, 147–8, 235–6

  New Forest: 45, 72, 232, 255,410, 412, 414, 416–19, 424, 425–31, 433, 440, 443

  New Jersey, USA: 53

  New Park, Hants: 414, 416, 419

  New Romney, Kent: 150

  New York, USA: 161

  Newbury, Berks: 29, 171, 277,404

  Newent, Gloucs: 350

  Newgate, C imprisoned in: xi, 187–8, 191

  Newnham, Kent: 167

  Newport, Isle of Wight: 420

  Newtown, Isle of Wight: 420

  Nicholson, Margaret (‘Peg’): 303, 489

  Nolan, Michael: 353, 489

  ‘Norfolk Petition’: 239, 462 n5, 466, 467

  Norrington, Wilts: 300

  North Bovant: see Norton Bovant, Wilts

  North Chapel, Sussex: 242, 249

  North Cray, Kent: 301

  North, family of: 107, 489

  North Stoneham, Hants: 107

  Northesk, William (Lord): 101, 489

  Northington, Hants: 15, 42, 43

  Northington, Robert (Lord): 14, 223, 489

  Norton Bovant, Wilts: 309, 380

  Norwich, Norfolk: xviii

  nuts: 134, 267, 307: see also nutters

  nutters, poverty of: 307

  oak trees: 11, 34, 42, 54, 61, 79, 86, 97, 123, 124, 136, 170, 195, 225, 252–3, 418–19

  Oakingham, Berks: 35, 38, 39

  Ockley, Surrey: 123, 124

  Ocksey, Wilts: 339, 340

  Odiham, Hants: 11, 12, 14, 41

  Ogden, William: 84, 318, 333, 363, 489

  Ogle, Sir Chaloner: 205–6

  Ogle, Sir Charles: 205–6, 233–4, 489

  Ogle, family of: 205–6, 223, 233, 489

  Old Romney, Kent: 149

  Old Sarum, Wilts: xv–xvi, 37, 77, 121, 232, 280, 297–8, 418, 455 n8, 463 n2

  Oldham, Lanes: viii, xxiii

  Onslow, Thomas (Lord): 5–6, 489

  Orde (Lord Bolton): see Orde-Powlett, Thomas

  Orde, the Rev. John: 106, 489

  Orde-Powlett, Thomas (Lord Bolton): 437, 489

  Ospringe, Kent: 167

  Ouslebury, Hants: 101

  Oux river: 428, 430

  Ovington, Hants: 14

  Owen, Robert: xiii, 128, 325, 457 n1l, 464 n1, 489–90

  oxen: 376, 377

  Oxford, Oxon: 207, 208

  Paine, Thomas: x, xi, xxiii, 359, 490

  Painswick, Gloucs: 348

  Paisley, Renfrew: 364

  Palmer, Mr: 330, 349, 350, 354

  Palmer, George: 413, 416, 434, 439, 441, 447, 448, 450, 490

  Palmer, Walter (of Pencoyd, Herefs): 368–9, 490

  Palmer, William: 349, 350, 354, 446, 490

  Palmerston, Henry (Lord): 77, 298, 394, 396, 397, 412, 426, 490

  paper money: xxii, 6, 21–4, 32, 41, 49, 59, 63–4, 84, 100, 114, 121, 202, 211, 221–4, 225–6, 228–30, 239, 240, 256, 268–9, 290–91, 389, 393, 407–8, 415–16, 454 n8

  Paris, France: 333

  parliamentary debates, C–s collection of: vii

  parliamentary reform: xix, xxiii, 5, 6, 10, 25, 33, 54, 57–60, 84, 137, 197, 333, 335, 354

  partridges: 199–201

  Paulet, Charles: 111, 490

  Paulet, Sir William: 436–7,491

  ‘peasants’, C objects to word: 386

  Peel, Robert (the elder): 234

  Peel, Robert (the younger): 178, 234, 447, 491

  ‘Peel’s Bill’: 21–2, 59, 80–81, 127, 128, 216–17, 234, 239, 303, 349, 367, 416, 454 n8, 455 n6

  pensions: 20, 35, 121–2

  Penyard Hill, Herefs: 446

  Perceval, Spencer: 84, 150, 156–7, 160, 162, 164, 275, 339, 354, 491

  Peterborough Cathedral: 359

  ‘Peterloo Masacre’: xi, 304, 318, 363, 465 n2

  Petersfield, Hants: 39, 48, 236, 237, 238, 241, 444, 447, 452

  Peto, Mr: 450, 491

  Petty, Sir William: 415–16, 491

  Petworth, Sussex: 79, 80, 83, 85, 86, 88, 92, 94, 96, 122, 123, 245–6, 251

  Pewsey, Wilts: 276, 281, 289

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 79, 145, 199

  pigs: 3–4, 32, 80, 89,133, 141, 280–84, 347, 365, 419–20, 467

  Pitchcomb, Gloucs: 348, 372

  ‘Pitt system’: 45, 46, 49, 107, 179–80, 456 n12, 456 n15; see also Pitt, William

  Pitt, William (the younger): x, 5, 83, 101, 150, 152, 157, 160, 162, 164, 165, 179, 218, 237, 275, 354, 359, 456 n15, 491

  Place, Francis: xi, 383

  Plantagenets: 102, 237, 244, 458 n6

  poachers: 142, 266, 392, 393–402, 443, 458 n7

  Pole, Reginald: 224, 491

  Pollen, Sir John: 30, 394–5, 406, 407, 491

  Poor Law: xix, xxii, 185, 305–6, 335, 464 n3; see also poor rates

  poor rates: xi, xviii, 13,18–19, 20–21, 32, 82, 99, 162, 164, 184, 185, 190, 193, 208, 264, 287–8, 296, 331–2, 353, 404, 435

  Pope,
Alexander: 236, 491

  population, attempts to reduce: 20, 122, 293, 296

  population statistics, C disputes: 27, 36, 48–9, 91–2, 139, 149–50, 237, 273, 288–9, 308, 310–11, 323, 336–8, 366, 374, 376–7, 426, 427–31

  populism: xvi, xxii, xxiii

  Porchester, Hants: 445

  Portal, William and John: 221, 492

  Portsdown Hill, Hants: 47, 77, 85, 93, 94, 111, 117, 126, 149, 155, 439, 444

  Portsea, Hants: 47, 161, 444

  Portsmouth, Hants: 47, 72, 96, 157, 420, 433, 444

  Portsmouth, John (Lord): 233, 492

  potatoes: vii, xii, xviii, xx, 84, 89, 90, 206, 281, 324, 457 n9

  Ponerne, Wilts: 322

  Poulet see Paulet

  Poulter, the Rev. Edmund: 18, 46, 104, 105, 492

  Poulter, family of: 107

  Poyntz, William: 9, 245, 246, 492

  Pratt, Charles: 136–7, 494

  Preston Candover, Hants: 14, 15

  Preston, Lanes: 270, 310, 329, 358, 388, 452, 467 n6

  Price, John: 354, 356, 359, 369, 492

  prices of agricultural produce and livestock: 3–4,16, 21, 23, 24, 28, 29, 53, 57, 75, 94, 107, 117–18, 126–9, 160–61, 173, 174–80, 229, 265, 266, 268–9, 350–51, 356, 388–91, 406

  Protestant Reformation: vii, 42, 145, 185, 189–90, 208–9, 222, 243, 426, 437

  public houses, difficult to find in Cotswolds: 373

  publicans, charitableness of: 308

  Pym, J.: 450–51, 492

  quail: 119, 456 n1

  Quakers: 73–4, 90, 93, 118, 147, 165–6, 180–81, 317, 318, 319

  Radnor, William (Lord): 155, 328–30, 492

  Raleigh, Sir Walter 281, 492

  Ramsbury, Wilts: 378, 380–81, 383

  Ramsgate, Kent: 163

  Rawlinson, John: 108–9, 207, 244, 493

  Reading, Berks: 34, 37, 38, 39, 40, 330

  Redbridge, Hants: 425, 433, 440

  Reeves, John: 453 n1

  regrating: 442; see also forestalling

  Reid, Nancy Anne: see Cobbett, Nancy

  Reigate, Surrey: 61, 67, 68, 70, 73, 74–5, 76, 87, 93, 120, 124–5, 151, 154–5, 167, 170, 171, 182, 185, 187, 189–90, 194, 195, 203, 222–3, 259, 261, 358, 444, 449, 450, 452

  religious observance by labourers: 139–40

  religious tracts and books: 13, 15, 100, 138, 219–20, 454 n7

  Rennell, Thomas: 300, 493

  republicans and republicanism: x, 5

  revolution, at last C advocates: 464

  revolution, C opposes: xxii, 59, 66–7

  Ricardo, David: 9, 72, 174, 346, 354, 493

  Ricardo, Osman: 354, 358, 386, 493

  Rich, Sir Robert: 204, 205, 222, 493

  Richard II: 310, 493

  Richmond, Charles (Duke of Richmond): 88, 91

  Richmond, Surrey: 3, 417

  Ridge, Thomas: 45, 238, 293, 493

  Ringlestone, Kent: 167

  Ringwood, Hants: 428

  Ripley, Surrey: 5

  Ripley, Sussex: 258, 259

  Rivington, family of: 220, 493

  Roach Fen, Wilts: 288

  Robinson, Frederick: 363, 390, 432, 493

  Rochester, Dean of: 138, 493

  Rochester, Kent: 168

  Roe, James: 314, 493

  Rogate, Sussex: 241, 242

  Rollo (Duke of Normandy): 102, 103, 104, 494

  Rolvenden, Kent 135, 143

  Roman Catholics: 145, 188–90, 193–4, 197, 300, 357, 423, 465 n9

  Romney Marsh, Kent: 144, 148, 158, 162–3,166

  Romsey, Hants: 233, 396, 411, 412, 415, 419, 440

  Ropley Dean, Hants: 109, 110, 117, 167, 171

  Rose, Sir George: 86, 101, 106, 107, 207, 406, 412, 427, 494

  Ross, Herefs: 132, 348

  Rotherham Park, Hants: 110, 111

  Rowland, John: 449, 494

  Royal Navy: 10–11

  Rufus, William: see William II

  Rumsey: see Romsey, Hants

  Russell, family of: 223, 494; see also Russell, John (Lord); Bedford, John Russell

  Russell, John (Lord): 39, 42, 59, 202, 460 n5, 494

  Ryall, Worcs: 363, 364, 370, 373

  Rye, Sussex: 151

  St Anne’s Hill, Surrey: 4

  St Domingo: 224, 228

  St Ives, Huntingdon: xix

  St James’s Park (London): 332

  St John, the Rev. J. F.: 367, 494

  St Leonard’s Forest, Sussex: 148

  St Martha’s Hill, Surrey: 195, 222

  St Swithin: 75, 78, 85, 87, 88, 90, 92, 94, 95, 96, 116, 120, 124, 127, 165, 180, 207, 300

  Salisbury: xviii, 30, 31, 32, 272, 275, 278, 280, 287, 297, 298, 299, 308, 309, 310, 316, 337, 441

  Salisbury Cathedral: 299–300, 340

  Salisbury, Countess of: 244, 494

  Salisbury Plain: 30

  Salt Hill, Bucks: 277

  salt tax: xii, 30,162

  Sandgate, Kent: 150,151,155

  Sandwich, Kent: 160,161, 164,166

  Sane, Kent: 164

  Saxe-Coburg, Prince of: see Leopold of Saxe-Coburg

  Scarlett, James: 134,175, 323, 353, 494

  schools: see education; national schools

  Scotland: xiii, 275, 334, 335, 356, 390; see also Scots and Scottishness

  Scots and Scottishness, C impugns: xiii, 143, 291, 293, 305–6, 310, 311, 323, 325–6, 335, 340, 351, 357, 376, 427

  Scott, James: 111, 112, 494

  Scott, Sir Walter: 376, 494

  Scott, Sir William: 81, 368, 371, 494–5

  Scudamore, family of: 355, 495

  Sebright, Sir John: 60, 495

  Sedgwick, James: 351, 495

  Selborne, Hants: 51, 57, 86, 112, 115, 116, 117, 171; see also White, Gilbert

  Selsey, Henry (Lord): 92

  Selsey, Sussex: 92

  ‘semaphores’: 120, 121, 122, 196, 197

  Send, Surrey: 258

  Seven Oaks, Kent: 136, 154, 170, 171

  Severn riven 348, 354, 356, 361, 370

  Severn Stoke, Worcs: 367

  Shakespeare, William: 156, 157, 377, 495

  Shalborne, Berks: 380

  Shalford, Surrey: 67

  Shallburn: see Shalborne, Berks

  Sharncut, Wilts: 337–9, 389

  Shawford, Hants: 6, 8

  sheep, 3, 14, 28, 32, 40, 76, 80, 148, 162, 169, 231–2, 268–9, 280–83, 369, 373, 379, 388–90

  Sheer: see Shere, Surrey

  Shelley, Percy Bysshe: xv

  Sheppard, Edward: 346, 495

  Shepperd: see Sheppard, Edward

  Shepperton, Mdsx: 3

  Sherborne, Dorset: 380

  Sherbourne: see Sherborne, Dorset

  Shere, Surrey: 64, 67, 194

  Sheriff: see Shirreff, William

  ship-building: 254–7

  Shire: see Shere, Surrey

  Shirreff, William: 223, 495

  shooters, C dislikes: 198–202

  shops, C opposes reliance upon: 438, 442

  Sidmouth, Henry Addington (Lord): xi, 57, 80, 81, 84, 169, 234, 318, 354, 355, 363, 447

  Sinclair, Sir John: 56, 495

  sinecures and sinecurists: xxii, 135–6, 247–8, 303, 381, 391, 402

  Singleton, John: 443, 495

  Singleton, Sussex: 87, 88, 92

  Sittingbourne, Kent: 167

  ‘Six Acts’: 13, 16–17, 177, 275, 313, 318, 363, 392, 402, 454 n6

  Slade Heath, Hants: 14

  Smallpiece family: 390, 495

  Smith, Mr (farmer of Ashendon, Berks): 103, 495

  Smith, Adam: 335, 495

  Smith, Ashton: see Smith, Thomas Assheton

  Smith, Charles: 393–5, 412, 495

  Smith, Egerton (‘Bott’): 317, 495

  Smith, Thomas Assheton: 30, 298, 394–402, 406, 496

  Smithwood Common, Surrey: 123

  Snargate, Kent: 149

  Snelgrove, Robert: 394–402, 412, 496

  Snip, Mon
sieur de: see Maberley, John

  Soberton Down, Hants: 45, 439, 440, 443

  Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: 140

  soldiers: ix, 20, 76–7, 312, 314, 316, 393

  Somerford, Wilts: 339

  Somers, John (Lord): 358, 496

  South Carolina, USA: 76

  South Stoneham, Hants: 109

  South Tidworth, Wilts: 394

  Southampton, Hants: 46, 72, 103, 108, 109, 110, 232, 233, 419, 424, 425, 427, 432, 433, 434

  Southampton Water: 428, 430, 432

  Southey, Robert: xv

  Southwark, Surrey: 7

  Spain: 178, 224, 225–6, 228, 231–2, 318, 324, 355

  Spicer, John: 6, 496

  Spithead, Isle of Wight: 420, 433, 445

  Spooner, Richard: 360, 361, 496

  Springett, Mr: 138, 496

  standing army, costs of maintaining: 352–3

  Stanford, Herefs: 361, 363

  Stanley, Edward (Earl of Derby): 310, 358, 363, 465 n9, 496

  Stapleford, Wilts: 301

  Star (newspaper): 238–9, 462 n4

  Steady, Kent: 234

  Steeple Langford, Wilts: 302

  Steere, Lee: 124, 496

  Stewart, Daniel: see Stuart, Daniel

  Stockbridge, Hants: 30, 220, 233, 411

  stock-jobbers: xx, xxii, 6, 9, 24, 36, 38, 89, 111, 114, 121, 126, 135, 163, 164, 177, 180, 183, 184, 224, 143–4, 248, 318

  stocks (penal): 191–2

  Stoke Charity, Hants: 212, 216, 219, 220, 233, 384

  Stoke-by-Uphusband, Hants: 390

  Stonehenge: 117, 232, 302

  Storks, Henry: 103, 496

  Stovell, Mr (William Stoveld): 249, 496

  Stratfield Dean, Wilts: 287, 297

  Strathfieldsaye, Hants: 34

  Stratton, Hants: 42–3, 223

  Stratton, Wilts: 327

  straw-plait: xii, 80, 82, 86, 92, 98–100, 142–3, 164, 457 n5

  Street, Peter: 174, 496

  Stroud, Gloucs: 302, 346, 350

  Stuart, Daniel: 174, 496

  Stuart, Henry (Lord): 43, 201

  Sturges Bourne, William: 265, 352, 393, 439, 497

  Sturges, Dr John: 300, 497

  Suffield, Edward (Lord): 175, 214–15, 389, 497

  suffrage (manhood): viii, xix

  Sumner, George: 61, 497

  Sunbury, Mdsx: 3

  Sunning, Berks: 265

  Sunning Hill, Berks: 36

  Sutton, Mr: 407, 408, 497

  Sutton Scotney, Hants: 210, 233

  Sutton, Surrey: 125, 130, 258, 261

  Swallowfield, Berks: 42

  Swann, Joseph: 42, 497

  Sway, Hants: 419

  Swift, Jonathan: 12, 202, 204–5, 497

  Swindon, Wilts: 172, 327, 370, 377, 378

  Tangley, Hants: xvi, 269, 277

  Taunton, Somerset: 380

  taxation: xii, xiii, xix, 7, 18, 19–20, 24, 25, 33, 37, 82, 111, 114, 165, 216, 231, 243–4, 266, 287, 303, 312–13, 318–19, 391–2, 411

 

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