306
GENERAL INDEX.
505" Lunkard," ix. 25" Orra," viii. 346
" Pail " : butter rents, viii. 426 " Peril gar-
pent," xi. 298 " Presidency of Fort William,"
i. 261 Pun, early use of the word, i. 425
Railway, earliest, viii. 367 Railway, portable,
ii. 6 Rice for the complexion, iii. 189
" Rummage," vii. 484 : viii. 137 " Sacra-
mentum," xi. 430 " Scummer," xi. 398
Sergeants' feasts, xi. 278 Sheriffs of Beds and
Bucks, viii. 497 " Statesman," xi. 278
Teetotal : early use, iii. 29 " Trailbaston,"
viii. 232, 356" Tramways," viii. 168, 308, 333
" Treasure -trove," ix. 187 " Tubby " :
" Fi-fi," xi. 249 Tumbrel : " cum colo et
fuso," xi. 339 " Turf," xi. 299 William of
Ware, iii. 68
V. (T. T.) on Drayson's (Capt.) ' Third Motion of the Earth,' iv. 214 Kaye (Wilkinson Lister), i. 297 London, vanishing landmarks of : "The Swiss Cottage," v. 55 Red Hand of Ulster, ix. 257 Swale " : its American and English meanings, iv. Ill Vaughan (Francis), vii. 108
V. (V.H.I. L.I. C.I.) on Catalogues of MSS., i. 251 V.-W. (H. S.) on Rochechouart, i. 156 Vacarescu (Helen), her ' Bard of the Dimbovitza,'
xii. 139
" Vadet," origin of the word, vii. 225 Vade-Walpole (T. H. B.) on Delafield arms, vi. 117 Elector Palatine c. 1685, iv. 136 Isabella Wickliffe, i. 149 Vail=to lower, use of the word by Scott, iii. 86,
131, 175
Valdes (E.) on American slang, x. 329 Valdes (Don J. M.), his ' El Pensamiento,' i. 507 Vale (G. F,) on " he " in the game of " touch,"
vii. 449 Valentine (Mrs. R.), Laura Jewry, author, xii. 100,
266 Valle (Robert de), of Pembrokeshire, temp.
Edward I., iii. 349 " Valliarica3 Insulae " and Wala of ' Widsith,'
x. 8 " Valyauntes, eight," mentioned in an inventorv,
xii. 139, 244 Van Doren (C.) on Thomas Love Peacock, i. 287
il. 349. 508 ' Van Dyck with the Sunflower,' whereabouts of
picture, vi. Ill, 175 Van Helrnont. See Hdmont. Van Ness and Roche families, vii. 149 Vanbrugh (Sir John), his epitaph, ix. 127, 193 Vancouver, tallest one-piece flagstaff, ix. 7, 94,
254
Vanden Bempde family, vii. 448 Vanderpool (Thomas)* Etonian, 1761, xi. 169,
Vandervart family, viii. 149, 254
Vane (Sir Henry) and Behmen (Jacob), iv. 367 ; and Cromwell, their pet names, v 1 9 8; vi 210, 396, 440; his 'Retired Man's Meditations,' 1655, v. 66 : and a royal marriage, c. 1656, v. 409
Vane (W. L.) on Teesdale Legion, iii. 28
Vane, Vaughan, Fane, surnames, vii. 484 : viii.
Vane and Fane families, arms of, viii. 273 Vanessa, origin of the name, i. 149 " Varapp^e," use and meaning of the word, xi 134
Vardy (John), architect, his marriage, xii. 400,.
465
Varennes, arrest of Louis XVI. at, iii. 203 Varnish (E. G.) on authors of quotations wanted,.
iv. 16 Butchers' marks, ix. 269 Diatoric
teeth, iv. 395 ' Gil Bias,' v. 136 Varty -Smith (Augusta A.), her ' Fawcetts and
Garods,' vii. 330, 418 Vasconcellos family, the name Smith in, viii. 510 r
ix. 96 Vase, Batheaston, and Olympic games, v. 245,
396
Vata tree, Indian plant, Viii. 369 Vatch or Vache, place-name, its origin, ii. 308,.
355
Vatican frescoes, words on, iv. 69, 116, 154 Vatican^ Library, Greek pamting in, vii. 425 Vaughan (E.) 'on folk-speech (Worcestershire) t
" plain," xii. 187 20th century English,xil. 58 Vaughan (Francis), Commissioner of Revenue*
1653, vii. 108 Vaughan (Henry) and Henry Tubbe, xii. 438 Vaughan (Henry), the family of, xi. 209, 270 Vaughan (T.), author, d. 1811, and Sheridan's
' Critic,' iv. 47, 94 Vaughan (W. H.) on Ballard's Lane, Finchley,.
xi. 210 Vaughan, Vane, Fane, surnames, vii. 484 ; viii..
117
Vavares, character in an old play, xi. 320 Vavasour family, xii. 318
Vavasour surname, its derivation, ii. 149, 232, 376' Veal money, yearly payment in Wilts, i. 368 Veer (Sir Simon de) of Goxhall, 1260, x. 150 Vega (Lope de), his ghost story, xi. 417, 498; xii 63. Vegetable parchment, protective solution for, x^
309, 373 Vegetation, new birth by fire, viii. 325, 376, 418,.
454 : ix. 14, 113, 178 Vein=rswamp in Anglo-Irish, iii. 346 Veneti, tribe of north-west coast of Craul, their
name, iii. 186 Venice, horse imported, c. 1361, i. 384 ; its patron- saint, 468 ; ii. 54 ; statues and library in, iv..
308, 394
Venn (H. G.) on Byrne's ' The Boat Race/ i. 68 Venn (Dr. J.) on " Bmndell (Thomas), ii. 365
Caius or Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge,
xi. 127 Colleges : matriculation and gradua- tion, viii. 33 Foster's ' Alumni Cartabrigienses r *
i. 310
Venner (John), Westminster scholar 1741, i. 288 Venner (Samuel), Colonel 24th Regiment, 169-1,
ix. 87 Ventilation, Lord Chief Justice and the Sheriff,.
iv. 169, 217, 257, 315
Venus, Port of, classic description of, vi. 250 Venus Speciosa, classic description of, vi. 250 Venus's ear, its use in medicine, ix. 128, 173, 216,.
276, 434 ; x. 72
Vera on Nell Gwyn : Rose Gwyn, ix. 410 Verax on " Supersubstantial," viii. 105 Verchild (James), Etonian, 1757, ii. 169, 235 Verchild (William), Etonian, 1757, ii. 169, 235 Verdant Green in 1744, i. 87 Verdon (John), Etonian, 1765, xi. 267 Verdon (Lesceline de), c. 1200, her marriage, ix-
130, 255, 330, 391 ; x. 54, 112
Vere (Alberic de), nearest representative of, viiU 330, 412
