General Index

NB The Definition of each unusual word is given where it first appears in the text.

Abbot, Wm. (1)

Acatery (1), (2)

ale and beer (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)

aleberry (1)

almoners and the Almonry (1), (2), (3)

alms dish (1)

aprons (1)

army, service in (1), (2)

Bakehouse (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)

Batt, John (1)

basins for hand-washing (1), (2), (3)

Boiling House (1), (2); for Lord’s-side (1), (2)

boiling pots (1), (2), (3), (4)

boars (1), (2)

Boleyn, Anne (1), (2)

bottle house (1)

bouche of court (1), (2), (3), (4)

Boulogne (1), (2), (3)

Brandon, Charles, Duke of Suffolk; (1), (2); see also Lord Great Master

brawn (1)

bread: cheat loaves (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6); manchet loaves (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)

Bricket, John (1)

Bristol (1), (2), (3)

Brudenell, Sir Thos. (1)

Bryan, Sir Francis (1)

Burton, Yorks. (1)

Bushe of Bury, painter (1)

butter (1), (2), (3)

Buttery (1), (2), (3), (4)

Calais (1), (2)

candles, see lighting

Cardigan Castle (1)

Carleton, Yorks. (1)

Captain of Gentleman Pensioners (1); of Guard (1)

carvers and carving (1)

Cassibellan, King (1)

Catherine of Aragon (1)

Cavendish, George (1)

Caversham. Oxon. (1)

cellar (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)

chafing dishes (1), (2), (3), (4)

Chandlery (1), (2), (3), (4)

charcoal, see fuel

Cheney, Sir Thos. (1)

Christmas (1), (2)

Clere, Master (1)

Clerks: of Acatery (1), (2); of Bakehouse (1); Comptroller (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8); of Greencloth (1), (2), (3); of Kitchen (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7); of Larder (1), (2), (3), (4); of Pastry (1), (2); of Poultry (1), (2); of Scullery and Woodyard (1), (2), (3); Spicery (1), (2), (3), (4)

coals and coal cellar (1), (2)

Cofferer (1), (2), (3), (4)

colours for food (1)

comfits (1), (2)

Comptroller (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)

Confectionary (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)

conducts (1), (2)

Conway (1)

cooks (1), (2); clothing (1); French

Yeoman (1), (2); gluttony (1);

King’s Master (1), (2), (3), (4);

Queen’s Master (1); Sergeant (1);

yeoman, (1)

Cornwall (1)

Council Chamber (1), (2), (3)

coverpain (1)

Cowdray House, Sussex (1)

cupboard (1)

cups (1), (2), (3)

Craddock, John (1)

Cramner, Archbishop (1)

Cromwell, Thos. (1)

Dalton, Gabryell (1)

dowcets (1)

Doulx, Pero (1), (2)

dressers (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)

drunken staff (1)

Dudley, Lord Robt. (1)

Edward II and III (1); IV (1), (2); VI (1), (2)

Elizabeth I (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)

Eltham Palace (1), (2)

ewers for hand-washing (1), (2), (3), (4)

ewery table (1), (2), (3)

Ewery, the (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)

faggots; see fuel

fees; Acatery (1); Boiling House (1);

cooks’ (1); Larder (1), (2)

Field of the Cloth of Gold, The (1), (2), (3), (4)

Fish (1), (2), (3), (4); freshwater (1), (2); Sea (1), (2), (3), (4); ponds (1); salt (1); salmon (1), (2), (3), (4); stock (1), (2)

Flint, county of (1)

food as status symbol (1), (2)

forks (1)

fritters (1)

fruit (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)

frumenty (1)

fuel: charcoal (1), (2), (3), (4); coal (1), (2); faggots (1), (2), (3); talshides (1), (2), (3); see also bouche of court, Woodyard

Gage, Sir Thos. (1)

Garret, Wm. (1)

gentlemen: pensioners (1);

ushers (1), (2), (3)

grants to household staff (1), (2), (3), (4)

Great Hall (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)

Great Space (1), (2), (3)

Great Watching Chamber (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)

Greencloth, the (1), (2), (3), (4), (5); Clerks of (1); Table (1); Yard (1), (2)

Greenwich Palace (1), (2)

Grey, Lord Thos. (1)

gridirons (1)

grooms: of Acatery (1); of Bottles (1); Brever (1); of Chamber (1), (2); of Cellar, (1); of Chandlery (1); of Confectionary (1); of Counting House (1), (2); of Ewery (1), (2); Grobber (1); of Pantry (1), (2); of Pastry (1); of Pitcher House (1); Porter (1), (2), (3); of Scullery (1); Surgeon (1); of Wafery (1)

Gurley, Wm. (1)

Gwyllim, John (1)

hamperman (1)

Hart, Sir Percival (1)

Heath, John (1), (2)

Heath, Dr Nicholas (1)

Hengrave Hall, Suffolk (1)

Henry I (1); VI (1); VII (1)

herbs (1), (2)

Hertford, Lord (1)

Hewytt, Thos. (1), (2)

Hill, Geo. (1)

hippocras (1), (2), (3)

Hobart, Jas (1)

Hopkins, John (1)

Howard, Henry, Earl of Surrey (1), (2)

Howard, Lord Wm. (1)

Hutchinson, Wm. (1)

Hythe, Kent (1), (2)

Iceland (1)

jellies (1), (2)

Jenyns, John (1)

Jewel House (1), (2), (3)

jugs, leather (1), (2)

King’s Chamber (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9)

King’s Mouth, Carver for (1), (2), (3), (4); Cup-bearer for (1), (2); diet for (1), (2); Page of Pantry for (1); Sewer for (1), (2), (3); Master Cook (1), (2); Yeoman Baker for (1); Yeoman Cellarer for (1); Yeoman Cook for (1), (2); Yeoman Ewerer for (1), (2)

kitchens: hall-place (1), (2); Lord’s side (1), (2), (3); Privy (1), (2), (3), (4); Workhouses (1), (2)

Knevet, Sir Edmund (1); Knevet, Wm. (1)

larders (1), (2); dry (1); wet (1)

larks (1), (2), (3)

laundry (1), (2)

leach (1)

Leicester Abbey lands (1)

lepers (1)

lighting: candles (1), (2); links (1); oil (1); quarriers (1); torches (1), (2); see also bouche of court and chandlery

ling (1), (2), (3)

London: Court of Aldermen (1); Lord Mayor of (1); poulterers of (1);sugar refinery of (1); Bermondsey (1); Inner Temple (1); Old Bailey (1); St Dunstan’s (1); St Paul’s (1), (2); Westminster Hall (1); York Place (1), (2)

Lord Chamberlain (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)

Lord Great Master (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)

Lud, King (1)

Manchester Cathedral (1)

Mary I (1)

Master: of Horse (1), (2)

Mawde, John (1)

Marshal of Hall (1)

meat (1); beef (1), (2), (3), (4), (5); boar (brawn) (1), (2); kid (1), (2); mutton and lamb (1), (2), (3), (4); pork (1); rabbits (1), (2), (3), (4), (5); salt (1); veal (1), (2), (3); venison (1), (2), (3), (4)

messes (1), (2), (3), (4)

Mitchell, Jas. (1)

napkins (1), (2), (3), (4)

Northcott Manor, Middx. (1)

Norway (1)

Norwich (1)

orchards (1)

Orkney (1)

Outer Court (1), (2)

Oxford, Christ Church (1)

ovens (1), (2), (3)

packhorses (1), (2), (3)

pages: of Chamber (1); of Chandlery (1); of Ewery (1); of Pantry (1); of Pitcher House (1); of Wafery (1)

Pantry (1), (2), (3), (4)

Parker, Robt. (1)

Pastry (1), (2), (3); Yard (1)

Paulet, Wm., Lord St John (1)

Paved Passage (1)

peacocks; see poultry

Penlosse, Wales (1)

physicians (1), (2)

pies, to carve (1), (2)

Pitcher House (1), (2)

Pope, John (1)

porters (1)

Portugal (1)

pottage (1), (2)

Poultry, the (1), (2), (3), (4); peacocks (1), (2), (3), (4); seabirds (1), (2); tame birds (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7); turkeys (1); wild birds (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)

Poulterer’s Company (1)

puddings (1)

purveyors (1), (2), (3); ale and beer (1), (2); poultry (1), (2); sea-fish (1), (2); wine (1); Woodyard (1)

Queen’s side (1), (2), (3); master cook for (1)

rabbits, see meat

Radnor Forest (1)

Ramsey, Sir Thos. (1)

Reigate, Surrey (1)

Richmond Palace (1)

roasting (1), (2)

rushes and Rush House (1), (2), (3), (4)

salads (1)

salmon, see fish

salts (1), (2), (3)

salt beef, see meat; salt fish,

see fish

saucers (1), (2)

Saucery (1), (2), (3), (4)

Scalding House (1), (2)

secretaries (1)

Sergeant: of Acatery (1), (2), (3); at Arms (1); of Bakehouse (1), (2); of Cellar (1), (2), (3), (4); of Chandlery (1); of Confectionary (1); Counting House (1); of Ewery (1), (2), (3); Farrier (1); of Hall (1); of Larder (1), (2); of Poultry (1), (2), (3); of Pastry (1), (2); Porter (1); Scullery and Woodyard (1), (2), (3); Surgeon (1)

sewers (1), (2)

souce (1)

Southampton (1)

Spicery (1), (2), (3), (4)

spice plates (1)

spits (1)

stables (1)

Stonehouse, Geo. (1)

stoves: cooking (1); room-heating (1)

Strickland family of East Yorks (1)

subtleties (1) et seq

Suckets (1), (2)

sugar (1)

Sulliard, Eustace (1)

surgeons (1)

surnap (1)

Surveyor of the Dresser (1)

swans (1), (2)

Swanscombe, Kent (1)

tables (1), (2), (3)

tablecloths (1), (2), (3)

talshides, see fuel

Treasurer of the Household (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)

trenchers (1), (2), (3), (4)

torches, see lighting

Towel, the (1)

towels (1), (2), (3), (4)

turkeys, see poultry

Usher: of the Hall (1); of the King’s Chamber (1), (2), (3)

Villiers, George (1)

Venetian galleys (1)

void and voiding (1), (2)

Wafery (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)

wages (1), (2)

Waltham Forest (1)

washing hands (1), (2), (3)

washing-up (1), (2), (3)

weights and measures (1), (2), (3), (4)

Weldon, (1), (2); Edwd. (1)

White Sticks (1), (2), (3), (4)

Windsor (1)

wine (1), (2), (3), (4)

Wolsey, Cardinal (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11)

Woodyard (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)

workhouses (1), (2)

Wylton, John (1)

Wyndham, Capt. Thos. (1)

Wynkell, John (1)

Yeoman: of Acatery (1); Baker (1); of Boiling House (1); Brever (1); of Chamber (1); of Chandlery (1), (2); of Confectionary (1); Cook (1), (2), (3); of Counting House (1), (2); of Ewery (1), (2), (3); Fernour (1); Garnetor (1); of Larder (1); of Pantry (1); of Pastry (1), (2); of Pitcher House (1), (2); of Salt Store (1); of Saucery (1); of Scullery (1), (2); of Spicery (1); Surgeon (1); Treyer (1); Usher (1); of Wafery (1)