History, 567, 568. Architec tural Antiquities, &c. 568 574. Coins, 574–576. Natu ral History, ib. English Botany, 577-580. Minerals and Fossils, 581. Mineral Waters, ib. Po litical Economy, Agriculture,
&c. 582-584. Britain, Ancient, its boundaries, 1; dimensions, 2; etymology of its name, 3; fancifully sup- posed to have been peopled by the Trojans, 6; geography of, 10; subject to the Romans, 93- 201; political divisions under the Romans, 125–132; poli- tical divisions under the Anglo-
tain, ib.; assassinated at York, ib.; celebrated in medallic his- tory, 195.
Caractacus, son of King Cuno- beline, unsuccessfully opposes the Romans, 95; retires for shelter to the court of Queen Cartismandua, 96; betrayed to the conqueror, ib.
Castles, royal, preserved in repair at the public expense, 328. Note.
-, baronial, their different parts described.
Celta, their various tribes enu- merated, 12, 13; mode of dress described, 41-43.
Saxons, 213-216; civil divi-Chariots, war, the most remark- sions under the Anglo-Saxons, 221-227; present division into counties, 225, Note. Britons, Ancient, no authentic
records of their origin, 5; their various tribes enumerated, 12. Note.
Buckinghamshire, summary of the population, 588.
Cairns of the Britons described, 86, 87. Cambridgeshire, summary of the population, 589. Camps, Roman, 139-161; An- glo-Saxon, 251, 252; Anglo- Danish, 301, 302. Canute the Great, anecdote of, 299; supposed to have erected: Norwich castle, 301; makes a journey to Rome, 304; three hundred of his coins found, 312 Candles, their early use in the service of the church, 372; ex- traordinary size of one used at Glastonbury, ib. Note. Carausius, appointed to the com- mand of the Roman fleet, 106; condemned to death, 107; as- sumes the government of Bri-
able feature in the military ar- Jangements of the Britons, 47: four thousand retained by Cas- sivellaunus after having disband- ed the remainder of his forces, 48.
Chapels first attached to fortified castles by the Normans, 344. Note; sepulchral, described by Mr. Johnson, 523, 524. Cheshire, summary of the popu- lation, 590.
Churches, exhibiting remains of Anglo-Norman architecture,
395-408; cathedral, 395–398; parochial, 398-408; monastic, 408, 409.
-, round, in England, vul- garly supposed to have been erected by the Jews, 399. Note. Claudius, the Emperor, called by
Roman authors the conqueror of Britain, 192; his medals de- scribed, ib.
Cloth, the art of manufacturing
it, introduced by the Belga, 41. Coffins of wood, the earliest re-
corded instance of their use, 520; of lead, ib,; of stone, described by Mr. Jonnson, 522. Coins, British, 63–68; Roman, 187-198; Anglo-Saxon, 285- 292; Anglo-Danish, 311-314.
Combat, judicial, first introduced, by the Normans, 321; cere. mony noticed ib. Commerce of the ancient Britons,
in what it consisted, 37-39. Constantine, elected Emperor by the Roman army in Britain, 117; captured and put to death by Gerontius, 118. Coronets not worn by peers till the 13th century, 534. Cornwall, summary of the popu- lation, 591.
Costume, of the Celta, 41-43;
of the ancient British kings, 65. County, or shire, its origin, 224.
Cremation, mode of, as per formed by the ancient Britons, 88-89.
Cromlechs, 79-82; commonly
intended for sacrificial pur- poses, 81; but frequently con- nected with commemorations in honour of the dead, ib.
Crusaders, supposed to have been allowed the privilege of cross- legged effigies, 530; many at- tended by their ladies in expe- ditions to the Holy Land, 531. Crypts, supposed to have been originally designed for sanctua
ries, 270 Note.; used in later times as cemeteries, ib. Cumberland, summary, of the population, 592. Cunobeline, the first British sove- reign that established a mint, 65.
Derbyshire, summary of the population, 593. Devonshire, summary of the population, 594. Dome book, or liber judicialis, compiled by King Alfred, 228; re-published, with additions, by
Dorsetshire, summary of the population, 595.
Druids, divided into three classes, 27; their religious tenets ne- ticed, 28-30. Dungeon, or prison, of an an- cient castle, description of, 352. Durham, summary of the popu lation, 596.
Earth works, Roman, 159-161; Anglo-Saxon, 250-252; Ap glo-Danish, 301-302. Egbert, subdues the octarchy o the Anglo-Saxons, 218, erra- neously styled King of Eng- land, ib. Note.
England, geographical position of, and contents in square miles, 2; civil divisions of, under the Anglo-Saxons, 221-227. Engines, military, for attack and defence, described, 356. Essex, summary of the popula- tion, 597.
Excavations, subterraneous, of the ancient Britons, 54; sup- posed to have been used as de- positories of corn, 55.
Faids, SEE DRUIDS. Ferocity, remarkable instance of, in the destruction of Aquileia, 156, Note.
Feudal system introduced by the Normans, 317.
Free Masons, origin of the Society so called, 447-449. Friborg, office of, 222; consi- dered by Mr. Whitaker as the proprietor of a lordship, ib. Note.
King Edward the Confessor,229. Gallio of Ravenna, sent to the
Gavelkind, the custom of, de- scribed, 32.
Glass, the art of making, not known in England before the seventh century, 257.
Painted, first used in churches about the time of Henry the Third, 499; de- faced by the fanatics of the 17th century, 525, Note. Gloucestershire, summary of the population, 598.
Gothic, SEE ARCHITECTURE, POINTED STYLE.
introduced by the Saxons, 223; its great irregularity, ib. Note. Huntingdonshire, summary of the population, 605.
Gunhilda, sister of Swein, King of Denmark, massacred by order of the Anglo-Saxons, Joffred, Abbot of Croyland, ob-
Gundulph, bishop, employed by King William, 333; introduces a new style of military archi- tecture, 334.
Hadrian, accedes to the imperial power, 102; visits Britain in person, and causes a wall to be raised as a protection for its southern boundaries, ib. Hamlets, their origin, 222, Note. Hampshire, additions and cor- rections to, 599-603; Heron, or Hern Court, the seat of the Earl of Malinsbury, 599; Beech House, the residence of John P. Anderdon, Esq. 600; paintings described, 601-602; summary of the population, 603.
Hengist, arrives in Britain, 211;
establishes the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Kent, 213. Herefordshire, summary of the population, 604. Hertfordshire, summary of the population, 605. Hundred, a division of land first
tains a remission of penances for those who contributed to the building of that monastery, 362.
Jury, trial by, its origin, 230- 232.
Lancashire, summary of the popu- lation, 607. Leicestershire, summary of the population, 608. Licences, for the constructing of castles, granted by Henry the Second, 341; by the Bishop of Durham, ibid. note; in the reign of Richard the Second, 342, note. Lincolnshire, summary of the population, 609. Logan, or Rocking stone, de- scription of, 76, 77.
Marriage, different opinions con- cerning the customs of, among the ancient Britons, 43.
Anglo-Saxon laws re-
lating to, 232. Matilda, Duchess of Normandy, munificently endows the abbey of the Holy Trinity, 369. Maximius, marries the daughter of a British chief, 115; assumes the government of Britain, 114; defeats the Emperor Gratian, ib.; betrayed by his own sol- diers, and put to death by Theodosius, ib. Medals, SEE COINS. Middlesex, additions and correc. tions to the county of, 610– 613; poetical Register of the parish of Twickenham, 611, 612; George Deare, the sculp tor, ib.; embankment and ditch on the border of Harrow Weald, 613. Mile, Roman, opinions concern- ing, 173, 174. Monmouthshire, summary of the population, 614.
Monuments, Sepulchral, 519- 539; manner of burial in, 520 -522; their various fashions de scribed, 522-527; frequent- ly erected in the church porch, ib.; how far their sculptured effigies may be considered as portraits, 528; various attitudes
of effigies described, 529-531, figures of animals, how intro- duced, 531, 532; figures carv- ed in wood, ib. ; funeral in- scriptions, 533; representation of the cross, by whom used, ib.; various modes of bearing arms, 533, 534; shrines, 535 -537. SEE SEPULCHRES. Money, the coining of, one of the unalienable prerogatives of the kings of Wales, 313. SEE COINS. Mouldings, Saxon, enumeration of, by Mr. King, 279.
Northamptonshire, corrections to, 616–619; summary of popu lation, 620. Northumberland, additions and corrections to the county of, 621-631; copper mines, no- tice of, 621; Roman in- scription, discovered at Blen kinsop, 622; further remarks Roman inscription noticed in the Beauties for Northumberland, 623, 624; Kennel Park, 626; military entrenchments supposed to have been formed by the an- cient Britons, 626, 627; mines, the property of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, ib. inscription discovered at Hawk- hope hill, 628; Budle, village of, 629; Fowbury Tower, the seat of Sir Francis Blake, Bart. 630; summary of the popula lation, 631.
Nottinghamshire, corrections to, 632; summary of the popula- tion, 633.
0. Ordea!, trial by, 232. 2 X
Richard the Second, the first prince who used supporters to his arms, 534.
Oriuna, wife of Carausius, her life recorded in medallic his- tory, 195. Oxfordshire, additions and cor- rections to, 634-640; shrine of St. Frideswide, Christ- church, 634; Clarendon Print-Roads, British, 13, 14, 56-63; ing-house, 635; tapestry-map at Nuneham-Courtney, 636; Dorchester bridge, account of its completion, 637; vestiges of a Roman villa discovered at North-Leigh, 637; summary of the population, 640.
Paintings and tapestry used for the ornamenting of rooms in the middle ages, 420, Note. Pavement, tessellated, first used in
Britain by the Romans, 185; the mode of forming it describ- ed, 186.
Paul, St. Cathedral of, erected
nearly on the site of a Roman prætorium, 146, Note. Parish, an ecclesiastical division of
Britain, 225; its origin, 226. Pateræ, or broad bowls, their use in Roman interments, 204. Pendragon, or military command- er-in-chief, 26; office of, held by Cassivelaunus and Caracta- cus, ib.
Phoenicians, the first traders with Britain, 37. Polybian and Hyginian modes of encampment described, 145–
Population of ancient Britain, geographical survey of, 12-25. Portcullis, or herse, first intro duced by the Normans, 351, Note; its use, ib. Pottery, the art of making, known to the ancient Britons, 39. Prison of castles. See DUN-
Roman, 161-174.
Rollo, a Norwegian chieftain, in- vades France, 314; embraces the Christian religion, and founds the kingdom of Nor- mandy, 315.
Romans in Britain, transactions of, 92-124; Julius Cæsar in- vades Britain, 92; opposed by Cassivellaunus, 93; Agricola enters upon the government, 99; reduces several British na- tions to obedience, 100; An- toninus Pius erects a strong rampart to the north of Ha- drian's wall, 103; Carausius endeavours to disjoin the pro- vince of Britannia Romana from the parent state, 107; Theodo sius appointed governor, 113; defeats the Scots, Picts, &c. 114; Gallio, supposed to defeat the northern tribes, 120; and to repair the wall of Severus, 121; Romans finally quit Bri- tain, ib.; different opinions concerning that event, ib. 124. Rutlandshire, corrections to, 641; summary of the population, ib.
Sacrifices, nature of druidical, 29; said to have been made on a cromlech, in the Isle of Arran, 81, Note.
Saxons. See ANGLO-SAXONS. Seulpture of the Romans, 198—
201; of the Anglo Saxor s,284; of the Anglo Normans, 375; monumental sculpture, 528. Sepulchres, Roman, 201—207 ; Anglo-Saxon, 280-284; An- glo-Danish, 307-311; English and Welsh, 519-539.
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