Abbotsbury, 53, 89–92, 96, 100–3, 109–10, 129–30, 132, 166–77, 233–5
Adamson, Joseph, 38, 40–2, 44–5, 49–51, 54–9, 88, 146, 158–9, 194, 197, 244
Aldridge, Edward, silversmith, 5, 38, 47–9, 58, 60–1, 75, 159
Aldridge, Edward, wheelwright, 38, 59, 209
Bakler, Sutherton, 30, 32, 34, 65, 88, 197
Bottle hero, the, 141
Brownrigg, Mrs. Elizabeth, 159
Calendar, reform of, 13–14, 91, 189, 208, 233
Canning, Elizabeth: disappears, 1; background, 2–7; visits Colleys, 7–9; returns, 21–2; tells her story, 23–32; at Guildhall, 34–6; at Enfield, 50–62; visited by midwife, 62–5; before Fielding, 70–1, 75–9, 116; at trial of Squires, 83–5, 88–9; at White’s, 97; before Gascoyne, 104–6; examined by doctors, 123–4; visited by Dyer, 126; indicted, 132; hides, 133; surrenders, 135; tried, 161–212; condemned, 213–4; falls ill, 220–1; escapes convict ship, 222; discharged from Newgate, 222–3; sails for America, 223; life in Wethersfield, Conn., 223–8; marries, 226; children, 227; dies, 228
her character, 3, 152–3, 246–8
her story assessed, 122, 136–47, 151–60, 238–46; reconstructed, 249–61
printed matter about her, 9, 14, 16–17, 33, 74, 83, 121, 124–5, 136–47, 152, 160, 214–19, 223, 225–6, 227–8, 231–2, 245–7; bibliography, 263–6
Canning, Mrs. Elizabeth (the mother), 3–4, 14–31, 36, 50, 55, 59, 62–5, 88, 157, 160, 194–5, 248
Canningites, 96, 122, 137, 152–4, 158, 169
Carr, John Dickson, 151, 159–60, 262
Chitty, Thomas, 35–7, 47, 88, 114–5, 154, 183–6, 239–40
Clarke, William, 90–1, 101, 110, 130, 133–5, 166–8, 171–2, 175–6, 178, 211
Coffee-houses and taverns in and near London: Batson’s, Cornhill, 9, 14, 34, 136–7, 152, 214, 229; the Bell, Edmonton, 6; the Bell, Enfield, Loomworth Dane, host, 39–40, 46, 118–19, 200; the Black Boy, near Rosemary Lane, 8; the Blue Ball, Houndsditch, 9; the Crown, Enfield, Susannah Wells, hostess (closed 1745), 48; the Fleece, Edmonton, 202; the Fountain, Enfield, Susannah Wells, hostess (closed c. 1740), 48; Lloyd’s, 34; Nando’s, 34; Nash’s, Gutter Lane, 5, 34; the Rising Sun, Enfield, Abraham Wells, host (hanged c. 1738), 67; the Rose and Crown, Enfield, 38, 45, 50, 237; the Sun and Punchbowl, Enfield, John Cantril, host, 40–1, 45, 48–51, 58; the Three Crowns, Newington, 61; the Two Brewers, Tottenham, William Tredget, host, 168; the Weavers Arms, Aldermanbury, John Wintlebury, host, 4–5; the White Hart and Crown, Enfield, Ezra Whiffin, host, 49, 108–9, 189, 208; the White Horse, Haymarket, 110; the White Lion, Fore Street corner of Moor Lane, Mr. Britten, host, 16; White’s Chocolate House, 10, 12, 97, 142–3 Colley, Alice, 1, 8–9, 14–16, 32, 193
Colley, Thomas, 8, 15–17, 20, 38, 44–5, 57–8, 192–3
Conjurer in the Old Bailey, 19–20, 162, 195
Cox, Dr. Daniel, 123–4, 136, 139, 153
Darton, Frederick, 232–3
Davy, William, 82–5, 87–8, 90, 92, 96, 157, 160, 163–6, 168–9, 173–4, 176, 179, 180, 183, 187–8, 190–1, 194–7, 199, 202–3, 205–10, 215, 230–1
Dodd, Dr. James Solas, 122–3, 139–40, 142–3, 153, 248
Dorsetshire, the Squireses’ alibi in, 53, 89–92, 95–6, 98, 100–3, 132–3, 163–81, 210–11, 230, 233–7
Dorsetshire, witnesses from, 89–92, 94, 100–3, 109–15, 134–5, 164–5, 173–81, 211, 232–3
Draper, Dr. Paul, 249
Enfield Wash, 33, 40–59, 114–15, 117–20, 153–5, 162–3, 180, 232, 236–7
Enfield, witnesses from: against Canning, 39, 89, 107–9, 117–21, 187–9, 209–10; for Canning, 39, 46, 59, 66, 68–70, 92, 125–6, 128–9, 153, 158, 197–9, 207–8, 210, 221–2, 230–1, 234–5, 242, 244–5, 257–8
Fielding, Henry, 11, 70–9, 98–9, 105, 116, 135, 137–8, 154, 190–1, 257
Foote, Samuel, 193
Ford, Thomas, 100–1, 103, 106, 110–11, 113, 215
Garrick, David, 98
Gascoyne, Bamber, 163, 177, 181, 183–4, 193
Gascoyne, Sir Crisp, 10, 82, 93, 100–16, 129–30, 132–3, 154, 163, 182–3, 189, 198–9, 209, 218, 220, 230, 235, 237
Gypsies, laws against, 11, 124, 231
Hague, John, 5, 38, 47–8, 54–7, 61, 86, 114–5, 155
Hall, Virtue, 41, 43, 53, 59, 61, 72–9, 86–7, 99, 102–6, 158, 160, 188, 232, 242–3, 256–7
Hathaway, Richard, 140
Hill, Dr. John, 98–100, 103, 105, 138, 215, 218
Howit, John, 41, 48, 89, 108, 190, 221, 243
Howit, Sarah, 41, 43–4, 59, 78–9, 222
Hunt, Thomas, 135
Inns down Dorset way: “never a one to Chettle” or Martin, 167; inn (no sign) at Litton, James Hawkins, host, 173–4; the Chequer, Portersham, Joshua Frampton, host, 167, 178; the Coach and Horses, Fordington, John Taylor, host, 179–80; the Greyhound, Bagshot, 168; the Lamb, Coombe, Thomas Greville host, 91–2, 96, 167, 180; the Old Ship, Abbotsbury, John Gibbons, host, 9–891, 100–1, 166, 175, 177; the Red Lion, South Parrot, Esther Hopkins, hostess, 164–5; the Sloop Aground, Ridgway, Francis Bewley, host, 178–9; the Spread Eagle, Basingstoke, Mary Morris, hostess, 132, 168, 180; the Three Horseshoes, Winyard’s Gap, Alice Farnham, hostess, 165–6
Johns, Capt. Isaac, 219–20
Johnson, Sam:, 10
Killigrew, Lady Fanny, 76
Lattimore, Thomas, 67
Lediard, Justice, 99
London institutions: Bedlam Hospital, 8, 12, 24, 33, 128, 196; Bow Street public office, 70–9; Foundling Hospital, 12; Guildhall, 34–6; Haymarket Theatre, 141; Lying-In Hospital, 124; Mansion House, 100–16, 132, 191, 202; Middlesex Hospital, 123; Moorfields, 2, 8, 10, 24, 33, 242; Sessions House, Old Bailey, 80–93, 95–6, 128, 133, 161–212, 214–15
Long, Elizabeth Wells, 41, 89, 107–8, 189–90
Long, Richard, 41–2, 44, 59, 61, 130, 153, 242, 257
Lord, James, 2–3, 5, 15–16, 21–2, 26, 29, 195
Lyon, Edward, 3–5, 15, 26, 29, 34–7, 46–8, 51–2, 57, 61, 88, 114, 159, 192
Lyon, Mrs. Edward, 7
Lyon, Polly, 6, 26–9, 31, 194, 197
Machen, Arthur, 156–7
Maclaine, James, the Gentleman Highwayman, 137, 214–15
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 83
Marshall, John, 6, 97, 116, 208
Mayle, Elizabeth, 62–5, 115, 190
Methodism, 12–13, 21, 143, 224
Miles, John, 116–22, 124–30, 133–5, 154, 200, 231–2
Miles, Thomas, 6, 35, 100–4, 110, 116, 135, 235
Moreton, William, Recorder, 183, 209–12, 214
Morton, lawyer, 169–74, 176–7, 179, 192–3, 195–8, 206, 209–10
Murphey, Dr. Bradford, 248
Myers, Mary, 6, 26–8, 50–1, 197
Nares, George, 187, 192, 199, 200–2, 206–9
Nash, Gawen, 5, 34–5, 37, 47–9, 51, 53, 57, 61, 75, 85–6, 114–15, 185–7, 192, 239–40
Natus, Fortune, 41, 44, 48–9, 61, 78–9, 89, 108, 158, 187–8, 208, 215, 243
Natus, Judith, 41, 49, 59, 61, 72–4, 108, 158, 187, 207–8, 222, 232, 242–3, 257
Pladger, Robert, 219–20
Prisons, 10, 128; Clerkenwell Bridewell, 61, 127, 207; Gatehouse (Salt, keeper) 10, 74–5, 103, 105; Newgate (Akerman, keeper) 67, 79, 93, 95, 106–7, 109, 112, 120–1, 131, 200, 213–14, 217, 221–3; New Prison, Clerkenwell, 61, 208
Rabbit-woman, the, 141
Ramsay, Allan, 145–7, 155, 245
Rawlinson, Sir Thomas, 189
Roberts, Francis, 3–4, 16, 100–3
Rosenhaupt, Dr. Heinrich, 249
Rossiter, Edward, 35, 38, 44, 57, 74, 88, 100–6, 109–10, 154, 223, 235
Salt, solicitor, 70–6, 116, 232, 257
Scarrat, Robert, 6, 28–31, 35, 38, 41–2, 44–5, 49, 55, 57, 70, 88, 157–9, 187, 194–6, 238
Smollett, Tobias, 265
Squires, George, 41–4, 46–7, 52–4, 59–61, 80, 94, 101, 112–13, 132, 160, 164–81, 199, 202, 211, 218, 221, 230–7
Squires, “John,” 76–8, 87, 94, 231–2
Squires, “Katharine,” 77, 231–2
Squires, Lucy, 41–4, 52–3, 59, 61, 101, 112–13, 120, 130, 132, 160, 164, 166–8, 170, 173, 177, 182, 199, 218, 231–7
Squires, Mary, 41–4, 51–3, 59–61, 66, 76–93, 100–2, 107, 109–10, 112–15, 117–21, 128, 130–2, 153, 160–1, 164, 166–81, 187, 199–206, 215, 221, 230–7, 242
Squires, Mary (the daughter), 41–4, 59, 78, 105–6, 120, 132, 167–70, 172, 181, 199
Squires, Samuel, 47, 102, 122, 169, 172–3, 235–6
Treat, John, 226–8
Turpin, Dick, 237
Tyshmaker, Merry, 60–1, 71, 88, 94
Voltaire, F. M. A., 13, 147, 155–6
Webb, Dr. Gerald, 249
Wellington, Barrett, 231–2
Wells, Susannah, 33, 36–7, 40–4, 46, 48, 51–2, 59–61, 66–8, 76–80, 83, 87, 89, 92–3, 95, 104, 106–9, 127–9, 153, 157–8, 161–2, 168–9, 185–6, 205–6, 221, 242, 248, 258
Wethersfield, Conn., 223–4
White, William, 41–5, 48–9, 51–2, 54, 155, 187, 243–4
Whitefield, George, 12, 21, 143, 224
Willes, lawyer, 161–3, 193, 197–8, 200–4, 208
Williams, Elisha, 224–5
Williams, lawyer, 175, 192, 204
Willis, Robert, 100–1, 132–3, 165, 173
Wintlebury, John, 4–5, 28–9, 35–6, 38, 41, 46, 49, 54–5, 58, 70, 88, 159, 194, 197, 238, 254–5
Woodward, Mary, 6, 23–9, 31, 64, 66, 97, 124, 194, 197, 211
Words, cant or obsolete: cludation, conclusion?, 171; finjan, a small coffee-bowl, 75, 152, 229; higgler, poultry-trader, 11, 157; ken, hangout, 94; mumpers, beggars, 139, 242; orts, scraps, 139, 242; pretence, intention, 166; pretending, intending, 92; scramm, food, the price of a meal, 209, 234, 260; shamming Abram, assuming nakedness to beg, 11–12, 157; whittle, white shawl, 164