ABERNETHY, John, his services and character,
330; his epitaph, 331
Absence bell, 321

Admission of children, by Lord Mayor's order,

53; early regulations respecting, 59; at the
request of benefactors, 60; for payment, 61;
early qualifications for, 64; early effects of
disputes respecting, 69; suspended, 70; re-
vised regulations respecting, 71, 73, 120, 144;
unprecedented large one, 140; present qua-
lifications for, 146

Aldermen, their claim disputed, 64; their privi-
leges, 75

Allhallowes Church, annual gift at, 59

All Saint's Church, Hertford, gallery erected in,
115; contributions towards repairs of, 115;
curious accident in, 115

Almoners, their duties, 311

Amand, James St. singular bequest of, 121;

extract from his will, 122

Amicable Society of Blues, 163
Anderson, Sir J. W. his portrait, 345
Anne, Queen, her portrait, 353

Anthems, Easter, 107; specimen of an old one,
108; curiously illuminated one, 110
Anthony, St. ancient school of, 48
Apothecary, his office, 331
Apprenticeship, regulations respecting, 60
Apprentice fees, 201
Architect, office of, 333
Auditors, office of, 312

August holidays, restrictions respecting, 198
Augustine, his mission to England, 3; his ap-

pointment to the see of Canterbury, 3

Bacon, J. Esq. two wards built by, 118, 351;
his portrait, 353

Badge, King's boys', 92; Stone's, 93; Stock's, 98
Baker, David, his birth and admission into
Christ's Hospital, 212; enters at Pembroke
College, Oxford, 212; studies the legal pro-
fession, 213; his licentious habits, 213; his
conversion to Christianity, 213; adopts the
Romish creed, 214; joins a convent of Bene-
dictines in London, 214; investigates the
records of English Benedictines, 215; enters
the Jesuit College of Douay, 215; compiles
an ecclesiastical history of England, 215;
appointed director of a nunnery at Cambray,
216; his death and character, 216; his
works, 217

Balance sheet, first of the Royal Hospitals, 43
Baldwin, his "Funeralles of Edward the Sixt,"
lxxvii; his address to the reader, lxxvii
Bale, the centurist, extract from, 16
Barbour, ancient charge of, 326

Barlowe, Sir William, his remarks on the disso-
lution of monasteries, 25

Barnes, Joshua, his birth, education, and early
writings, 225; admitted a sizar of Emanuel
College, Cambridge, 225; his "Esther,"
226; his self-complacency, 226; his doggerel
Greek, 226; proceeds M. A. and B. D. 227;
writes a history of King James II., 227; his
edition of Euripides, 227; his attack upon
Bentley, 228; elected Greek professor at
Cambridge, 230; his academical labours,
230; his marriage, 230; his sermon on St.
Matthew's day, 231: his "Anacreon," 231;
his Homer, 231; his quarrel with Bentley,
232; his contracted circumstances, 233; his
death, and epitaph, 234; estimate of his cha-
racter and scholarship, 235; his works, 237
Barnes, Lord Mayor, Ridley's eulogium on, 46

344

Bartholomew, St. eve of, singular custom on, 48
Bartholomew, St. hospital and church of, granted

to the city, 28; its union with the foundations
of Edward VI. 130

Bartholomew tide, vacation at, 198
Bastardy, enquiries respecting, 57

Beadles, annual re-election of, 112; their duties,
320, 324

Bell, absence, 321; monitors', 323
Benedictine rule established in England, 3
Benefaction, Governors of Christ's Hospital, by,
134; amount of their donation, 135 (note)
Benevolent Society of Blues, 164
Bethlehem, hospital of, given to the city, 29 (note)
Bible clerk, his office, 319

Biographies of Edmund Campion, 204; David
Baker, 212; John Vicars, 218; Joshua
Barnes, 225; James Jurin, 239; Jeremiah
Markland, 242; Bishop Middleton, 258
Biography, difficulties of cotemporary, 202
Bishop's College, Calcutta, founded, 282
Blackwell Hall, its revenues transferred to Christ's
Hospital, 52; restored to the city, 52

Blind, charity for, cxiv

Blue Coat boys, their first appearance in public,
41; their original dress, 50; tradition respect-
ing it, 50; boy and girl, singular marriage
of, 116

Blues, amicable society of, 163; their motto,
163 (note); lives of eminent, 202 to 309
Blues, benevolent society of, 164; objects and
resources of, 164

Blundell, Peter, his bequest, 64
Bowerman, Mrs. her gift, cxiv

Boyer, Rev. James, elected upper grammar

master, 136; academical reputation of his
pupils, 136; his character and discipline, 137
Brerewood, Mr. Treasurer, his gift, 319
Bridewell, Palace, grant of to the city, 37; early

proceedings with, 68

Brown, John, his scholarships, cxii
Broxbourne, establishment at, 69

Building committee established, 160

Building fund, subscribers to, xcix

Burton, B. esq. his bequest and monument, cxvi
Buttery boys, 318

Calthrop, John, esq. 340

Camden, his education in Christ's Hospital doubt-
ful, 203

Campion, Edmond, his birth and admission into
Christ's Hospital, 204; presented with a
scholarship at St. John's College, Oxford,
205; ordained Deacon, 205; delivers an
oration before Queen Elizabeth, 205; em-
braces Romanism, 205; joins the Jesuits,
205; made professor of rhetoric at Prague,
206; denounces the protestant supremacy,
206; arrives in England, to execute the
papal bull against the queen, 206; challenges
a public disputation, 207; is seized and con-
fined in the tower, 208; tried for high treason,
208; executed at Tyburn, 209; his works,
210
Canterbury, Augustine, first Archbishop of, 3;
Benedictine monastery founded there, 3
Cardan's character of Edward VI. 31, xxix
Cart-marking, revenue arising from, 70; disputes
respecting, 70

Casteller, Richard, his bequest to Christ's Hospital,

51

Catechizer, office of, 196

Cecyl, Sir William, Ridley's letter to, 37
Celibacy, of monks and nuns, 12
Chaff-boy, his office, 319
Chancery, proceedings in, 150

Charge, original, of the governors of the Royal
Hospitals, 130; present, of a governor of
Christ's Hospital, 135

Charles II., letters patent of, lxxxii; his royal
mathematical school, 77; his interference in
the election of a physician, 328; statue of,
349; portraits of, by Lely, 342, 353
Charter of the hospitals of Edward VI. 38, xliii;

translation of, li; presentation of, 41; Hol-
bein's picture of, 42; spirit and intent of, 75
Cheke, Sir John, one of the tutors of Edward VI.
30; his "Royall Elegie," 41; lxiii

Chester, Sir William, 340

Chief clerk, office of, 314

Chief clerks, list of, 334

Chilcot, Robert, his gift, 64

Child, Sir Francis, ward rebuilt by, 118; his
portrait, 353

Choir and chorus boys, 198, 319

Christ-church, parish of, founded by Henry VIII.

29; arms of, 29; disputes with, 119
Christianity, its first introduction into Britain, 2
CHRIST'S HOSPITAL, character of those educated

there, 2; founded, 36; first admission into,
41; dress of the children, 41, 50; presenta-
tion of the charter, 41; early benefactions to,
51, 64; its original design, 56, 57; poverty
of its revenue, 58, 62; specific objects of, 60;
sources of income, 61; loans for the relief of,
63, 113; increase in its numbers, 69; ravages
in, caused by the great fire, 70; benefactions
consequent thereon, 70; legitimate purposes of,
76; south front rebuilt by Sir Robert Clayton,
103; disputes with parish of Christ Church,
119; presidents first appointed, 132; original
government of, 132; present government of,
134; dilapidated state of, 142; proposals for
rebuilding, 143; subscription towards rebuild-
ing, 143; turbulent spirit among the boys,
143; alleged cases of abuse in, 149; en-
during friendship of the boys, 163; commence-
ment of rebuilding, 169; internal economy of,
309; income and expenditure of, 312 (note);
officers of, 335; scite of, 338; lease of, 338;
buildings of, 338; want of uniformity in, 339;
entrances into, 339, 349; patronage of, cv;
scholarships and exhibitions, cxii; charities
in trust with, cxiv

Church, behaviour of the boys in, 321
Clare, St., Nuns of her order, 12
Clark, Richard, esq. his portrait, 345
Clayton, Sir Robert, projector of the Royal Mathe-
matical School, 77; his christian feeling, 102;
his severe illness, 102; his disinterested munifi-
cence, 103; south front of Christ's Hospital
rebuilt by him, 103; his portrait, 345
Cleanliness, attention to, 322, 323
Clerks, assistant, 318; chief, 314, 334
Clitherow, Sir C. his portrait, 343
Clock, gift of, by Miles Stringer, esq., 353
Cloister, east, buildings over, 347; south, build-

ings in, 347; west, buildings in, 347; north,
buildings in, 348; the new, 354
Cloisters, money boxes in, 58; before the fire, 105;
description of, 345; monuments in, 346
Cobbler, duties of, 326

Cock of Westminster, anecdote of, 51
Coleridge, S. T., his character of the Rev. J.

Boyer, 137; youthful copy of verses by, 192
(note); notice of, 258, 303

Colfe, Rev. A., his scholarships, cxii
Collections on St. Matthew's day, 112, cxii
Colwal, Daniel, his gift, 78; his portrait, 344
Committee, its constitution and duties, 311
Committee governors, 335

Common council, acts of in favour of Christ's
Hospital, 52; their privileges, 134
Compton, Bishop, his form of prayer, cvi
Comptroller general, office of discontinued, 132
Convent of Grey Friars, 8; surrender of, 21;
assigned to Christ's Hospital, 36; repaired,
41; cost of, 43

Conventual church, its building and magnificence,
9; many nobles there buried, 11, 24; desecra-
tion of, 24; granted to the city, 28
Conventual seal of the Grey Friars, 21 (note)
Cook, duties of, 326

Corporation grants, 52, 70

Corporation rights, disputes respecting, 129
Counting-house, description of, 341
Counting-house yard, 341

Court-room, description of, 341; portraits in, 342
Courts, general, of Royal Hospitals, 131
Cox, Dr., Edward VI's tutor, 30; and Al-
moner, 32

Cramner, his plan for the suppression of religious
houses, 17

Gifts in trust with Christ's Hospital, cxiv
Girls, their removal to Hertford, 127; plan and
extent of their education, 189; their ward,
347; their buildings at Hertford, 357
Glastonbury, foundation of the monastery there, 2
Governors, their privileges, 74; distinct classes
of, 134

Grammar School, established at Hertford, 138;
in London, rebuilt, 139; at Hertford, built,
357; rewards in, 194 (note); additional
masters in, 157; regulations for improved
management of, 157; ancient management
of, 182

Grecians, class and name, 182 (and note); diffi-
culties attending their instruction, 183; their
mathematical studies, 188; examination of,
189; their outfit, 194; list of, 297

Grecian, The, a periodical publication, 189; ex-
tract from, 190

Greenwood, Rev. John, M. A. elected head mas-
ter, 176

Gresham, Sir R., his letter to Hen. VIII., 26;
eventual success of his petition, 28
Grey Friars, or Friars Minors, rule and habit of,
7; their arrival in England, 7; settlement in
London, 8; contributions to the founding of
their convent, 8; contributions to the founding
of their church, 10; learning and reputation
of the order, 11; dungeon in, 351
Guy, Thomas and Henry, their legacies, 118

his encouragement of literature, 31; his grant
to the city confirmed, 36; indenture of, i;
letters patent of, xiii

Hentzner, ancient custom described by, 48
Hertford, school first instituted there, 69; new
buildings projeeted at, 114; estimated cost
of, 115; amount of subscriptions for, 115;
gallery in All Saints' church, 115; system of
education pursued there, 189; examinations
at, 194; officers at, duties of, 332; visitations
at, 332; buildings at, 356
Hetherington, Wm, his charity, cxiv
Holbein, his great picture, 42; his portrait of
Edward VI., 341

Holidays, kept at Christ's Hospital, 199 (note)
Hospitals, Christ's, St. Thomas, and Bridewell,

founded, 36; their charter granted, 38; early
revenues of, 43; receipts, expenses, and ad-
missions during first year of, 43; government
of separated, 44; "Order" of, 44
Hymn, by Bishop Middleton, 280

Indenture, between Henry VIII. and corporation, i
Infirmary, new, erection of, 162, 353; descrip-
tion of, 353; old, description of, 351; at
Hertford, 357

Inquest boxes, 58
Inscription, over south gate-way, 103; on gallery
in All Saint's Church, Hertford, 115; in
front of Writing School, 116; on salver pre-
sented to Rev. A. W. Trollope, 142; on first
stone of New Hall, 172; on vase presented
to Dr. Trollope, 176; on the monument of
Joshua Barnes, 234; on the monument of
Jeremiah Markland, 254; another, 254; in
the blank leaf of Middleton's Greek Article,
265; on the first stone of Bishop's College,
Calcutta, 284; on Bishop Middleton's monu-
ment, in Calcutta, 290; on Bishop Middle-
ton's monument in St. Paul's, 292; for Bo-
tanic Garden, Calcutta, 292 (note); on Mr.
Abernethy's tomb, 331; on monument of R.
Waddington, 346; in front of New Hall,
352; in All Saint's Church, Hertford, cxvi
Iwyn, John, his deed of conveyance to the Grey
Friars, 8

James II. presentation of the children to, 124;
portrait of, 342