Greenhead, place-name, its locality, xii. 512 Greenhouses, origin of, ix. 149, 213, 256 Greenhurst "his booke of Armes," 1623, i. 387 Greenwell (Thomas), editor, c. 1880, v. 294 Greenwell (Canon William), bequest to British Museum, iv. 129 Greenwich: Palace of Placentia, ix. 430, 475 Greenwood (James), dates of birth and death ix. 371; "The Amateur Casual,' X. 219 Greenwood family, vii. 98 " Gregg (Mrs.), large number of cats kept by, vii. 5 Gregor " of the Mosquito Coast, x. 190, 233 Gregorian calendar in Ireland, ix. 12 Gregory, writer, c. 1816, his full name, xii. 151 Gregory (Edmund) and Edward IV's expedition to France, xi. 309 Gregory (Francis), master of Woodstock Grammar School, d. 1707, ii. 171; rector of Hambledon. d. 1707, xi. 350 Gregory, Titular Bishop of Down, Provost of Killalo, xi. 21 66 Gremial," meaning of the word, xii. 512 Gressom and grave," derivation of words, x. 246, 311 Gretton (Rev. F. E), b. 1803, and Stilton cheese, ix. 455 Grevill (Dame Margaret), d. 1574, vii. 370, 415 Greville vault, Warwick Castle, xi. 468 Grey (Lady Mary), alias Keys, and Christopher 66 Greyened," use of word, viii. 347 Greyfriars at Dumfries, John Duns Scotus and,. xii. 68 Greystoke family, pedigree of, iii. 384, 424, 454 Griffin (Gerald), d. 1840, his sonnets and lyrics,. i. 190, 298 Griffin (Hugh), Provost of Cambria, c. 1596, vi.. 86 Griffin family in the 17th century, iv. 220 Griffith (Mrs. E.), author of Morality of Shakespeare's Dramas,' ii. 209, 293 Griffith (John Delane), Westminster scholar, xi. 312 Griffith (Philip, Robert, and John), West- Griffiths (Major Arthur), d. 1908, xi. 470, 519 Griffiths (John), of Chiswick, c. 1754, his marriage, vi. 66 Griffiths (Dr. Ralph) and Monthly Review,' iii. 334; Griffiths (Richard), paladin in Carew tourna v. 236, 279, 307 Griffiths, music-hall performers, ix. 292, 336 ment, v. 152 Grim or Grime in place-names, its etymology, Grillion (M.), artist, c. 1841, i. 209 v. 95, 137, 160, 245, 328 Grimald (Nicholas), his parentage, ix. 409, 498; 66 508 Grindrod (Dr.) and Tennyson's 'Becket,' iii.. Grinders," origin of word, vii. 232 149, 253 66 Grolier Society, the founding and the prese Grip," Yorkshire field-name, xi. 9 issues of, iii. 449, 491 Grooms, royal, information wanted, v. 294 Groombridge Place, Kent, painting of, x. 490 Gros (Jean de), Roger Vander Weyden's portrait of, xi. 129, 212, 494 Grose (Francis), his service in the 19th Foot, ix 489 Grose (Sir Nash), Puisne Justice of the King's Bench, his birth, c. 1740, ii. 409 Grossmith (W. R.), b. 1818, juvenile actor, vi.. Guardians called 'duityoners," Elizabethan word, ii. 509 : Guards Third Troop of Guards, 1727, vi. 111, 156, 193 Guelph party, a meeting of, in Hanover, 1917, iii. 476 Guénégaud (Henri de), Marquis de Plancy, his arms, ix. 236 Guernsey: St. Michael's Church, x. 130, 197 Gugitz (Gustav), his criticism of Casanova's Mémoires, x. 47 Guglielmo d'Inghilterra and St. Catherine of Siena, xii. 189, 359 Guibert (Philip), Westminster scholar, xi. 331 Guiccioli's (Countess) Recollections of Lord Byron,' x. 229, 297, 436 Guide-books, collection of; xi. 245, 292; to Naples and the vicinity, c. 1700, iii. 85 Guidott family, i. 134 Guild (Principal William), his publications, vi. 498 Guildford (Lady), x. 109 Guinea Company's flag, x. 278 Guinness (Mr.), member of the Royal Society of Musicians, 1845, x. 491 Guinness and La Touche families, Memoirs of,' c. 1870, iii. 250 Guise (François, Duc de), date when wounded, 1545 or 1558, ii. 507; iii. 33 Guise (General John), 1683-1764, his father, i. 45, 138 Guise (Rev. Samuel), M.A., matriculated 1697, i. 45 Guise family, i. 45 Gulliver and Lilliput, origin of the names, iv. 73, 140, 199; v. 156 Gulston (Josepha), Talbot Gwynne," author, c. 1830, iii. 272, 364 Gumbleton (George), poet, b. 1844, xi. 331, 417 Gunn, clan, arms and crest of, xii. 451 Gunner master gunner, the status of, vi. 22, 158, 197, 253 Gunners' Handbooks published c. 1872, iii. 90, 153, 218 Gunnersbury, etymology of the place-name, v. 231 Gunpowder, percussion cap, its history, ii. 27 Gunpowder Plot, conspirators at Fremland, Essex, v. 295; route through Worcestershire, viii. 152, 199 Gun Powder Plot of 1615, x. 208, 256 Gun-room, on ship of war, its position, iv. 109 Gunston or Gonson (Sir David), executed 1541, his history, iv. 189 Gunton, Norfolk, vii. 108, 136 Gussage St. Andrew, epitaph of centenarian, 1725, ii. 47 Gutch (Rev. John), antiquary and divine, his biography, vi. 170, 213, 232, 258 Guthrie (Charles William), Westminster scholar, xi. 350 Guthrie (Rev. John) and St. Pancras Congregational Church, xi. 167 Guy (Rev. Henry), Chaplain to King Charles II., particulars of, v. 124. Gwydion ad Don, his magic horses and greyhounds, iv. 113 Gwyllym (Roger and Richard Lloyd), ix. 330 Gwyn (David), author, c. 1588, xii. 414, 477 Gwynn (Edward), marine artist, c. 1780, iii. 475 Gwynne (Nell) and the Royal Chelsea Hospital, ii. 210, 276 "Gwynne (Talbot)," pseudonym of Josepha Gulston, author, c. 1830, iii. 272, 364 Gyles family, glass-painters of York, ix. 204, 245, 268 Gypos, war slang, its meaning, v. 79 Gypsies and "diddykites," vi. 149, 193, 216, 261, 320 H H," aspiration of the letter, vii. 332, 455, 518; xi. 490; pronunciation of in the 18th century, xii. 214. See also Humble. "H," Celtic, Latin, and German influences, I. 32, 116, 172, 338; xi. 58 "H.B's.' Road to Ruin,' xi. 490 H.B.B. Club, 1876, its Fugitive Pieces, iv. 327 H. (I.), Hampshire bell-founder, vii. 372 "H.K.," member for Maldon, viii. 169, 217, 335 H.Z.H., water-colours signed by, viii. 294 "Hab" as a nickname for Edward, iii. 476, 519 "Habakkuk est capable de tout," saying attri buted to Voltaire, ix. 309 Habeas Corpus Act, third reading in House of Lords, viii. 311, 353 "Habit of living," parallel in Sir T. Browne and Dickens, iv. 72 Hacket (Sir James), Lieutenant-Colonel, Dum- Hackman (Rev. James), xi. 373 "Hackney-carriage," definition of the word, i. 150, 254, 398, 494; ii, 32 Hackney Mermaid and the old Freemasons, x. 388 Haddock (Admiral Nicholas), 1686-1746, M.P. for Rochester, 1731, i. 309, 354, 415, 454; his marriage, 488; ii. 12 Haffey (Elizabeh), her portrait before marriage, ix. 230 Hafod Press, ix. 211, 256 Hagar (Rev. George), his ancestry, vii. 110 Haggard (William Debonnaire), F.S.A., his sons, xii. 172, 218, 237 Haggatt (John), information wanted, v. 68 Haines (Joe), secretary of Sir Joseph Williamson at the Court of Louis XIV., viii. 401 Haines (Capt. Stafford Bettesworth), officer of 389 Hainsselin (H.), artist, vii. 392, 453 Hair-brushes, first use of, viii. 489. ix. 17 Hair: cut off to prevent headache or stomachache, iii. 250, 307, 434; iv. 32; v. 138; of Jewesses, the end concealed, iii. 446, 484; long, as an hereditary trait, v. 177, 247; red, the prejudice against, ii. 128, 196, 239, 379 Hair-cutting, bats and, vi. 280; folk-lore, xi. 14; moon folk-lore, x. 93, 238 Hales (James), killed in Italy, 1735, x. 32 Hales family, Sir John Barnard and the, c. 1657, iii. 356 Hales, Stevens, and Kenrick families, i. 509 Halfhead as surname, ix. 208 Halfmoon Street, Bishopsgate, archway at entrance of, i. 389 66 Half-sovereign": early use of term, viii. 267 Halhed family, vi. 152 Haliburton (Judge), creator of "Sam Slick," d. 1865, iii. 504 Hall (Chester Moor), 1704-71, and the achromatic lens, iii. 334 Hall (Edmund Hyde), his 'Notes upon narvonshire," viii. 367 Hamond (Sir Charles Fred), bust of, Newcastleon-Tyne, iv. 207 Hampshire church bells, their founders, iv. 188,. 341; v. 44, 109, 304; vi. 137; I. H., bell-founder,. vii. 372 Hampshire field-names, list of, v. 208, 328 Hampshire folk-lore, x. 350, 398 Car-" Hampshire hogs," meaning of phrase, x. 468,. 497; xi. 37 Hall (Bishop J.), his reference to St. Madron's Well, ii. 9, 58, 396; on doing nothing, iv. 300, 335 Hall (Richard), his MS. General account of Barbados,' 1755, xii. 212 Hall (Dr. Richard), c. 1576, Gery's," i. 225 canon of St. Hall (William), (Barnaby O'Neyle), and James Sidee, 1580, xii. 147 Hall of Commerce, demolition of, xii. 149, 195 Hallam family of Leicester, xii. 292, 514 Halley (Dr. Edmond), relations with John Flamsteed, v. 64 Halley (Edmond), astronomer, his appearance, xi. 149, 296 66 Hampstead: fair held at, 1816, ii, 170; Graysberry or Graybourg," house, vii. 270; Keats's house at, ix. 468 Hampstead sand, its use, c. 1760, i. 46 Hampton Court: abbreviated inscriptions explained, iii. 383, 426; tapestries, their history, xii. 511 Hampton (Hantone), place-name, xi. 346 a burglar superstition, xii. Hand and Pen," users of the sign, x. 168, Handasyde (Roger), M.P. for Huntingdon, 1721, 216, 293, 380 iii. 28, 76, 112 Handel (G. F.), first performance of The Messiah' in Dublin, iii. 30 66 Handkerchiefs: London topographical, c. 1844, ii. 207; Victory handkerchiefs," 1709, 207 Handley Cross, place-name in fiction, i. 228, 275, 397 Handling of sources, viii. 73 " Hands (John), his travels in India, viii. 211 Hangman: Edward Turlis, 1752-71, i. 486 Hanmer (John, Lord), motto used by Browning, iii. 506; iv. 24 Hanmer (Rev. Meredith), D.D., his parentage, ii. 171, 259 Hannafore, Cornish place-name, the origin of,. ii. 449 Hanshall (John Hickson), b. 1789, Chester historian, xii. 433 Hanska (Countess), whereabouts of her letters to Balzac, iv. 327; her letter to Balzac, ix. 313 Hans-Town, demolition of buildings near, iii. 70, 155, 236, 314 Hanway (Jonas), 1712-86: first man to use an umbrella in London, iii. 129, 238, 426; and chimney-sweeps' boys, 347, 462 Har Post," meaning of, xi. 393, 459 Hara-kiri, Japanese method of suicide, iv. 92 Harbenger," meaning of the word, vii. 92 Harboard (William), b. 1682, his ancestry, x. 94 Harborne or Harbron family, viii. 167 Harcourt (George Simon), and the signing of Magna Charta, iv. 56 Harcourt (Philip de), Bishop of Bayeux, x. 126 Harcourt (Simon), Clerk of the Peace, Middlesex, 1693, x. 271 Harcourt (Simon), minor-poet, x. 91 Harcourt family of Birmingham, x. 409, 476 Harcourt pedigree, xi. 32, 97, 156, 219 Hardgrave (Charles), glass-painter, d. 1920, x. 45 Harding (James Duffield), artist, 1798-1863, x. 9, 57 Harding family of Somerset, before 1780, ii. 350, 434 Hard-lying money," first official use of term, x. 408 "Hardness of heart and Mosaic permission of divorce, vi. 252 Hardres (Thoresby), Westminster scholar, x. 32 Hardwick, crest of family of, v. 13, 100 Hardwicke (Lord Chancellors), and Newcome's School, Hackney, i. 148, 217, 313, 458 Hardy (Thomas), his 'The Three Strangers,' ii. 427 Hare and Lefevre families, ii. 128, 195, 397, 457 Hare, "mad as a March hare,' saying used دو 1801, iii. 297, 522 Harenc (Benjamin) of Foots Cray Place, x. 191, 258; High Sheriff of Kent in 1777, xi. 394, 440 Hareway, road in Berks, viii. 331, 378 "Hari (Mata) ". See Mata Hari. Harl. MS., The Order of a Camp,' 1518, the number of, ii. 110, 215 Harland (Henry), novelist, d. 1905, his burialplace, iii, 299 Harlech, origin of March of the Men of Harlech,' ii. 49, 113 Harlequin,' use of the word, viii. 490; pro nunciation, xi. 328 Harley (Robert), Earl of Oxford, his descendants, xi. 330 Harlington, Middlesex, local events of the 18th century, i. 410, 457, 510 Harlow (G. H.), portrait of Mr. Howard, iv. 18 Harlow (George Henry), artist, b. 1787, x. 49 Harlwyn (Sir John) and Edward IV's expedition to France, xi. 270 Harman (Vesey), Whitmore and Weld families, xii. 272 Harness, brass ornaments on, x. 410, 459, 478 Harp or Harper (W.), Winchester scholar, 1496, iii. 334 football, referred to in 1594, Harpastum i. 165, 276 "= Harper (Arthur, Henry, Robert and Samuel), Westminster scholars, xi. 432 Harper (Henry Andrew), landscape painter, x. 9, 57 Harper (William), Winchester scholar, his biography, vi. 72 Harper family, xii. 293 Harpsfield (Nicholas), Fellow of New College, 295 Harrel (Sir David), "the ideal Under-Secre tary," x. 410 Harrington (Sir James) and Edward IV's expedition to France, xi. 270 Harrington (Lady), portrait wanted, x. 227, 318 Harris (George), civilian, b. 1722, his mother, ii. 190 Harris (Rev. George), father of first Lord Harris, xi. 371, 435 Harris (Rev. J.), his marriage with Ann Duckett, xi. 233 Harris (Jacob), his murder of Richard Miles and wife, 1734, xi. 31, 76 Harris (Dr. John), D.D., d. 1719, his marriage, xii. 473 Harris (John), "Sirrahnio," his biography, xii. 92, 138 Harris (Lieut.-Col.) in the Civil War, xi. 528 Harris (Rev. R.), Spanish Jesuit, b. 1741, vi. 227, 303; his Scriptural Researches on the Licitness of the Slave Trade,3 256 Harris family, xi. 393; xii. 219; of Essex, vi. 39; their arms, iv. 217 Harrison (Miss Ann), her portrait in the New Gallery, x. 328 Harrison (Edmund) of the Broderers' Company d. 1666, xii. 11 Harrison (John) and the Million Bank, xi. 193 Harrison (Dr. Thomas) of Bath, relatives enquired for, v. 125 Harrison (William), 1685-1713, verses by, ix. 53 Hart (Mrs. Fanny), author of poem Harry, X. 39 Hart (Richard) of Wheatley, c. 1754, xi. 149 Hart (Samuel), vicar of Crediton, 1759-1793, ix. 470 Hart (W. Nevill), M.P. Stafford, 1770-74, iii. 90, 176 Harte (Ananias). See Hexte (Amias). Hartington (Lord), first ministerial appointment, vii. 1 Hartlepool, De Brus tomb at, vi. 229; ix. 30, 78, 178, 214, 255 Hartlepool canal, ix. 71 Hartlib (Samuel), 1600-1662, his residence in England and burial-place, x. 110, 157 Hartwell (Abraham), c. 1570, his library, xii. 414 Harvard College, English benefactors of, a 1740, xii. 31 Harvard University, founder of, v. 179 Harvest Home Songs of Sussex, xii. 64, 454 Harvey of Broadland (Alexander), his marriage, 1789, viii. 188 417 the Thomas Shepard, a Hawker (Mary E.), authoress, d. 1908, xi. 331, Harvey de Leon, ancestry and descendants of, vii. 270, 316 Harvey (Francis) of Natal, pamphlets by, v. 68 Harvey (George), American author, d. c. 1909, iii. 333 Harvey (Sir John), c. 1778, his parentage, xii. 458 Hathaway (Ann), portraits of, ix. 72 Hathaway family of Shottery, viii. 223 Hawkesbury, Baronets of, the Jenkinson family, i. 208, 373 Hawkeslowe (William) and Edward VI's expedition to France, xi. 309 Hawkhurst gang, smugglers of Sussex and Kent, 1744-47, vi. 67, 153, 191 Hawkins (Capt.), duel with Viscount Malden, 1851, xi. 109, 151 Hawkins (Dr. William) Anne Walton, 1676, v. 319; vi. 198 = Hawks (Henry), merchant, b. 1540, xi. 310 315 Haworth family of Mirfield, iv. 300 159, 175 289, 337 Hay silver," meaning of term, x. 409, 454, 494 Haycock or Heycock family, i. 57. Hayde (de la) and insanity, vii. 169 Hayes (Charles and Richard), Westminster scholars, xi. 393 "Hat trick," origin of the term in cricket, ii. Hayes (Edward), Dublin, sitters for his portrait awake," 28, 157, 171, 198, 214, 238, 315; viii. 117, 197; of wood, the use of, i. 189 studies, c. 1848, ii. 350, 413, 476 Haygarth (John), 1740-1827, vii. 82 Hayler (Henry), sculptor, c. 1870, i. 169; ii. 36 Hayley (William), biographer of Cowper and Romney, ix. 167 Hatton (Edward), his A New View of London, Haymarket, site of the Tennis Court, c. 1867, 1708,' vi. 168, 213 Hatton (John), d. 1793, x. 350, 395 Hatton (Joshua), his death, viii. 106 Hauck's pistols, 1705, vii. 29 Hauser (Kaspar), legend, vii. 47, 77 Hauterive, Switzerland, Archbishop of Canterbury buried at, iii. 149, 312 Havard or Haward (Thomas), LL.B., ix. 467 Have," early colloquial use of, i. 409, 477; ii: 33 "Haven under the Hill," The. See under Proverbs and Phrases. Havenc. See Harenc. Havering, etymology of the word, vi. 19 Haverstock Hill, Florence Nightingale and, vi. Hayward (Sir J.), his Life and Raigne of King Henry IV.,' ix. 111 Hayward's Survey of Walden,' v. 94 Haywood (Frances) and George III., viii. 28 Hazebrouck, historical notes, viii, 121, 143, 197, 214; Charles Dickens at, 207 Hazlitt (William) as a portrait painter, x. 430; list of his paintings; his wife, xi. 70 "He will never set he sieve on fire," use of the expression, viii. 331, 378, 416 Heacock family, iii. 331 Heacock or Hilcock family of Wiltshire, vii. 312, 418 Headaches, hair cut to prevent, iii. 250, 307, 484; iv. 32 Headbourne Worthy and the Kent family, 187, 274 iv. "Heads' as the pieman says," ix. 449, 494, 536 Headstones with portraits of the deceased, ii. 210, 277, 377, 459; iii. 14 Heale (Giles), chirurgion, d. 1653, his biography, xii. 312 |