NOOKS AND CORNERS OF ENGLISH LIFE, Past and Present. BY
JOHN TIMBS,
PREFACE.
CONTENTS. I. Early English Life.
I. Early English Life. DWELLING-PLACES OF THE EARLY BRITONS.
BRITAIN BEFORE THE ROMAN COLONIZATION.
THE ROMANS IN ENGLAND.
DOMESTIC LIFE OF THE SAXONS.
MEALS BRITISH, ANGLO-ROMAN, AND SAXON.
II. Castle Life.
ENGLISH CASTLE-BUILDING.
III. Household Antiquities.
THE OLD ENGLISH HOUSE.
THE ENGLISHMAN'S FIRESIDE.
PRIVATE LIFE OF A QUEEN OF ENGLAND.
THE ENGLISH HOUSEWIFE.
A HEREFORDSHIRE LADY IN THE TIME OF THE CIVIL WAR.
HOUSE-FURNISHING IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
DRESS. PERSONAL ORNAMENTS.
PINS AND PIN-MONEY.
PROVISIONS:
BREAD-MAKING, GROCERY, AND CONFECTIONERY.
IV. Peasant Life. [57]
OLDEN HOUSE-MARKS.
V. Olden Customs and Ceremonies.
MAY-DAY CAROL ON MAGDALEN COLLEGE TOWER.
BANBURY CAKES. CONGLETON CAKES, etc .
HORSELYDOWN FAIR, IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH.
WAKE FESTIVALS IN THE BLACK COUNTRY.
KEEPING BIRDS IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
VI. Historic Sketches.
THE STORY OF FAIR ROSAMUND.
CARDINAL WOLSEY AT ESHER PLACE.
TRADITIONS OF BATTLE-FIELDS.
CURIOSITIES OF HATFIELD.
THE GRAND REMONSTRANCE.
CAVALIERS AND ROUNDHEADS.
THE EVELYNS AT WOTTON.
LORD BOLINGBROKE AT BATTERSEA.
THE LAST OF EPPING FOREST.
APPENDIX.
INDEX.
STRANGE STORIES OF THE
ANIMAL WORLD.
