Wapping 303
Ward, Jack (c. 1553–1622) 215
Ward, Margaret (d.1588) 96
Wardington 235
Wardrobe, royal 160–2, 321; see also clothes; Elizabeth
Ware, Great Bed of 226
warming pans 237
Warner, Master 311
Warwickshire 22
washerwomen 27, 58, 157, 189–90, 219, 273
washing 102, 239, 281
washing bodies 212, 267, 270–5, 286
washing clothes 63, 167, 188–90, 286
washing faces 227, 240, 272–4
washing hair 172, 184, 273
washing hands 154, 227, 248, 271–4
washing household items 269
washing in milk, oil or perfume 275
washing teeth see oral hygiene
washman 298
watches 142
watchmen 292, 306, 310
water closet 268, 350
water supply 9, 34, 117, 234, 239–240, 260, 268, 269, 271, 272, 307; see also London, conduits
water-bearers 239
watermen 194, 204, 308, 325; see also Taylor
watermills see mills
waterwheels 239
Watling Street 25, 26
weapons 186–7, 203, 224, 297, 300, 329 (daggers 186, 329; swords 186, 203, 329); see also archery; guns
weavers 53
Webbe, Jerman (d.1593) 48
Webbe, John (d.1582) 48
Webster, John (1578x80–1630) 350
weddings 81, 101, 163, 247, 261, 279, 332, 339; see also marriage; rings
Weelkes, Thomas (1576?–1623) 340
Wells 16
wells see water supply
Welsh language 135
West Ham, Essex 318, 331
Westcote, Thomas (1567–1637) 378
Westminster 89, 109, 204, 307, 322; see also Parliament
Westminster Abbey 29, 76, 77
Westminster Palace 27–8, 222, 294
Westminster School 106, 352
Westmorland 20
Westmorland, earl of see Neville
Weston, William (1549/50–1615) 85–7
Wexford, County 214
whalebones 162, 164, 165
wharves see London, quays
wheat see corn
Wheathill, Anne (fl. 1584) 68
wheelwrights 18, 56
wherries see ships
whip-jack 298
whipping 60, 96, 294, 304, 307–9
whipping posts 308
White Roothing 331
White, Edward 104
Whitechapel see London
Whitehall 27–9, 77, 222, 228, 274, 320–2, 333, 346
Whitgift, John (1530/1–1604), archbishop of Canterbury 90, 91
Whithorne, Thomas (c. 1528–96) 38
Whitney, Geffrey (1548?–1600/1) 174
Whitney, Isabella (fl. 1566–73) 69–71, 138
Whittingham, George (d.1603) 221
Widdrington 201
Wigmore Castle 129, 222
wigs 175
Wilbye, John (1574–1638) 340, 341
Wilde, Oscar (1854–1900) 93
William II (c.1060–1100), king of England
Williams, Helen 58
Williams, John, of Gray’s Thurrock 84
Williams, John, of Norwich 58
Willoughby, Percival (1554–1643) 248
Willoughby, Sir Francis (1546–96) 198, 221, 223–9, 248–52, 254, 270, 337
wills 109, 150
Wilson, Robert (d.1600) 354
Wilson, Thomas (d.1629) 39, 47, 48, 99, 207
Wilton House 350
Wiltshire 22, 23, 222, 223
Winchester 16, 196
Winchester School 107
Winchester, bishops of 50
Winchester, marquessate of 47
windmills see mills
Windsor 112, 205, 222, 274, 320
wine 139, 220, 243, 246, 247, 249, 260–2, 320, 322 (Bastard 262; brandy 262; Capri 262; Catepument 262; claret 221, 252, 261; French 261–2; German 261; Greek 261–2; hippocras 261; Languedoc 261; Malmsey 261; Muscadine 285; Muscatel 261; Osy 262; Raspis 262; Rhenish 261; Rumney 262; sack 221, 261; Spanish 261, 323; white 221, 261)
Wisbech Castle 87
wit 69, 100–1, 203
witchcraft 96, 119, 123, 127–8, 266, 302, 304, 306
Witham, River 203
Witley (Surrey) 183
Witney 236
woad 159, 267
wolf 321
Wollaton Hall 3, 221, 223–9, 246, 248, 254, 269, 270, 337
women 38, 67, 115, 125, 215, 225–6, 271, 281, 284 (attire 157, 162–77; criminal activities by 297–300; discrimination against 62–4, 70–1, 79, 128, 153, 304, 306–7, 352, 370; ducking stools 310; freedom of 66–7, 155, 193; literature by 68–71; medical knowledge of 284–7; milk of 286; scolds 311; unmarried mothers 318); see also dells; demanders for glimmer; doxies; education; marriage; midwives; morts; nursing; pregnancy and childbirth; prostitution; washerwomen
woodenware 231, 232, 238, 259, 260
woodsmen 56
Woodstock Palace 222, 320
wool 8, 12, 20, 29, 55, 146, 151, 156, 158, 179, 182, 233, 287, 289
Wool Cap Act see Parliament
wool trade 20, 55, 151 (carding 151, 233; spinning; 57, 58, 151, 232)
woollens 134, 145, 146, 151, 163, 165, 170, 189, 233 (bay 158; blanket 227; broadcloth 158; cotton 158, 227; felt 182; flannel 158, 165; frieze 158, 183; frizado 158; kendal 158; kersey 158, 165; mockado 158; russet 158, 171, 183; says 158; scammel 158; scarlet 134, 158, 169; serge 158, 179, 180, 187; worsted 158, 180); see also fustian; linsey-woolsey; looms
Woolwich 207
Worcester 16
Worcestershire 150
workhouses 61
Worme, John 316
worms 285
Worthy (Hants) 196
wrestling 106, 329, 330
Wright, Edward (1561–1615) 211
Wright, Jane 318–19
Württemberg, duke of see Frederick I
Wyatt, Sir Thomas (c.1521–54) 41
Wynter, John 216, 217
Yarmouth see Great Yarmouth
yeast 250, 263
yeomen 9, 22, 24, 39, 53–6, 152, 168, 176, 183, 199, 230–3, 236, 238, 243, 244, 257, 260, 292, 313
York 16, 107, 109, 305, 314, 351
York, archbishops of 50
Yorkshire 22, 23, 59
Zutphen, siege of (1586) 346
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