F.

Fairfax (Lord), inquiries respecting, 10. 156. 379. 572.

Families, large, 419. 422.

* Farrant's anthem, "Lord, for thy tender mercies' sake," 9.

* Farre (Captain), noticed, 32.

* Farrington's views, 467.

Fata Morgana, 267.

Faussett collection of antiquities, 386. 554.

* Fawell arms and crest, 374.

Felbrigge (Sir G.), inscription on his brass, 326.

* Female aide-major, 397.

Female parish clerks, 162. 431.

Ferdinand Charles III., Duke of Parma, 417.

Field's Bible of 1658, 563.

Fifteenths, or fystens, 176.

Fire-arms, antiquity of, 80.

* Fitzgerald (Edward), 494.

Fitzherbert (Sir Anthony), not Chief Justice, 285.

* Flasks for wine-bottles, 304.

Fleet prison officers, 76. 160.

Fleurs-de-lys, three, 35. 84. 113. 225.

Floral Directories, Catholic, 568.

Florins and the royal arms, 59.

Folk Lore, 73. 242. 344. 446. 536.

Devonshire, 344.

Hampshire, 446.

Herefordshire, 242.

Somersetshire, 536.

newspaper, 29. 84. 276. 523.

* Foreign orders, 10.

Forensic jocularities, 538.

Forlorn hope, explained, 43. 161.

Forms of Prayer, Occasional, 404.

* "Forms of Public Meetings," 174.

Forster (Dr.), and his Floral Works, 569.

Fountains in foreign parts, 517.

Fox-hunting, 307.

* Fox (Sir Stephen) noticed, 271.

Foxes and Firebrands, 96.

Francklyn Household Book, 422. 575.

* Frankincense in churches, 349.

Fraser (General), 161. 431.

* Freemasonry, on the eligibility of deaf and dumb persons, 542.

* Freemasons, the alibenistic order of, 56.

Freher (Dionysius Andreas), 151.

French refugees in Spitalfields, 516.

French season and weather rhymes, 9. 277.

* Fresick and Freswick, 174.

Friends, their longevity, 243.

* Froissart, passage on the Black Prince, 374.

Funeral customs, 257. 566.

—— in Middle Ages, 89.

Fynnon Vair, or the Well of our Lady, 376.

G.

Gage (Gen. Thomas) noticed, 12.

Gale of rent, 408.

Garble, its present corruption, 243. 359. 407.

Garlands, broadsheets, &c., 347.

* Garlic Sunday, its origin, 34.

Garrick's funeral epigram, 529.

Gay (John), his Acis and Galatea, 12.

Gazette de Londres, 86.

Geering (Richard), 337.

* Genesis iv. 7., 371.

Geneva arms, 44. 110.

Geometrical curiosity, 14.

George (Chevalier de St.), his medal, 105. 311. 479.

George III. baptized, married, and crowned by one prelate, 447.

George IV. and Duke of York, 244. 338. 431.

Gerard (Charles) temp. Charles II., 483.

German tree, 65. 136.

Gerson (John), supposed author of De Imitatione, 87. 202.

Gibbon (Edward) and his father, 511.

Gispen, a leathern pot, 459.

* Glass quarries, initials in, 515.

* Glencairn (Earl of) noticed, 452.

* Glossaries, provincial, in MS., 303.

"Gloucester," wrecked, 87.

Glutton and Echo, dialogue between, 51.

* Gnats, battle of the, 303.

"God's acre," 492.

Goldsmith (Oliver), translation from, 59.

Goloshes, origin of the name, 304. 470.

Gosling family, 82.

Gossip, or sponsor, examples of its use, 399.

Gossiping history, 239.

Government patronage, its abolition, 466.

Governor-General of India, his official style, 327.

Gower (John) the poet, his marriage licence, 487.

Grafts and the parent tree, 327.

Grammar in relation to logic, 21. 180. 279.

Grammar School of St. Mary de Crypt, its master in 1728, 590.

Grammars for public schools, 8. 81. 209. 478.

Grammont's Memoirs, 3. 204. 356. 583.

Granby (Marquis of), popular sign, 127. 360. 574.

* Graves of the Anglo-Saxons, 494.

Greek denounced by the monks, 467. 600.

Green eyes, 112. 432.

* Green stockings, 398.

Greenock fair, custom at, 242. 338.

Gresebrook, in Yorkshire, 285.

Grey (Henry), Duke of Suffolk, his head, 51.

* Grey (Lady Jane), her burial-place, 373.

* Griesbach arms, 350.

Griffin's Fidessa, and Shakspeare's Passionate Pilgrim, 27.

* Grose (Francis) the antiquary, 350.

Gutta percha made soluble, 350. 527.

* Guye, or Gye, of the Temple, 35.

H.

Haas (Mr.) the sand-painter, 217.

Haddon Hall, the heiress of, 452.

Halcyon days, its derivation, 249.

Hale (Sir Matthew), his descendants, 77. 160.

Halifax (Lord) and Mrs. C. Barton, 18.

* Hall (Rev. Robert), temp. James II., 76.

Hallsal, its salubrity, 495.

Hamilton (Comte Antoine) noticed, 3. 356. 584.

Hampton Court pictures, 19. 85.

Handbells at funerals, 478.

Handel, hymn attributed to, 303. 573.

Handwriting, works on, 283.

Hanging, has execution by hanging been survived? 174. 280. 453.

Hardman's Account of Waterloo, 176. 355. 529.

* Harington (Lady), her pedigree, 76.

Harington (Lord) noticed, 336.

* Harrison the regicide, 350.

Hatherleigh Moor, Devon, 538.

* Haviland family, 399.

* Hay-bread recipe, 325.

Hayes (Dr. Philip) noticed, 542.

Haynau (Gen.), his corpse, 171.

* Hayware (Richard) noticed, 373.

Hebrew music, 242.

Henry of Huntingdon's letter to Walter, 371.

Henry I., his arm the yard measure, 200.

Henry IV. of France, his title to the crown, 106.

Henry VIII., his letters to the Grand Masters of Malta, 99.

Heraldic anomaly, 298. 430. 578.

Heraldic queries, 271. 325. 352. 480.

Heraldic Scotch grievance, 74. 160.

Heralds, a puzzle for them, 513.

Heralds' College, 469.

its first members, 248.

Herbert (George), epigram ascribed to him, 301.

—— Church Porch, 173. 566.

—— Helga, 273.

—— on Hope, 541.

Hervie (Christopher) noticed, 272.

Hiel the Bethelite, 452.

Highland regiment, 493.

Hint by a blacksmith of Tideswell, 197.

"Hip, hip, hurrah!" 386.

History, impossibilities of, 392. 547. 590.

Hobbes (Thomas), his Behemoth, 77. 322.

Hoby family, their portraits, &c., 19. 58.

Hodgson's (Rev. F.) translation of the Atys of Catullus, 19. 87.

Hoglandia, 362.

Hogmanay, its derivation, 495.

* Holland, its derivation, 421.

Holy-loaf money, 150. 256. 568.

* Holy Thursday