TENTH SERIES.
179
Merritt (E. P.) on envelopes, i. 58. Stansted
Press, ix. 67. Strawberry Hill Catalogue, vii
461 ; xii. 430. Thrale (Mrs.) and Johnson's ' In
Theatre,' iii. 161
Merry : ' God rest you merry," iii. 49, 116 Merry (Anthony), statesman," d. 1835, x. 228 Merry (William), 1735, his biography, xi. 89 Merry England, earliest use of the phrase, x. 88 Merryweather (G. ) on King Charles the Martyr, xi.
55
Merton, Statutes of, iii. 8, 195 Mervarid on Allen, iii. 208
Meschianza, meaning of the word, x. 30, 97, 258 Mesham (A.) on Abbots of Crokesden, vii. 449 Mesmerism in the Dark Ages, ii. 168, 314 Mesne, Manor, definitions of, vi. 68, 153, 238, 257,
292
Mess, canon of wine at, use of the word, viii. 390 Mess, Scotch title prefixed to clergyman, i. 322 Mess dress, its introduction, i. 168, 238, 277 Messenger family of Fountains and Cayton, v. 47, loO
Messiah =name of the Lord, iv. 529 Messianic medal, iii. 489 Mesteque, its etymology, vii. 105 Meston (William), poet, c. 1698, his biography, ix. 410
Meswinde the Fair, in Saxon song, ix. 8, 54, 77 ; xii. 196
Meteyard (Eliza), her ' Love Steps of Dorothy Vernon,' 208 ; her burial-place, v. 450, 496 ; her portrait, vi. 77
Methodism, early, in London, viii. 502
Methodism, Wesleyan, its organization, ix. 230
Methodists, Glory of the, i. 406, 476
Metropolitan Municipal Councils, early reference to, iv. 306
Metropolitan Railway, 1864, described, v. 6 Metropolitan toe," the term in 1642, v. 46 Metternich on Italy, iv. 249 Metwand, derivation of the word, viii. 60 Mevagissey duck, the expression, i. 467
.^ J :* on beU run g backwards, ix. 229. Keble's
Christian Year,' vii. 469 Mews Gate, Tom Payne at the, vii. 409 ; viii. 55
^L (Sir Peter) in Acts of the Priv 7 Council,
IX. 4oo
Mexico, Sir Francis Drake in, 1904, i. 325
r (Prof. Dr. F.) on authors of quotations, x. 4Uo
Meyer family, ix. 409 ; xii. 129
rbeer (G.), his La Jeunesse de Goethe,' viii. loo
Meyerbeer Scholarship for Music, viii. 190 Meynell (G. T.) on ships' periodicals, xi. 376
eynell (Mrs. ) on authors wanted, xi. 429. German
ufe, xi. 428
Meynell Langley, Derbyshire, and the Francis
family, m. 270, 331
Meynes, meaning of the term, i. 49, 92, 217, 251 (Rev. T.) and " Pretty Maid's Money,"
vm. JLoT
Meyrick collection, monumental brasses in, v. 8 Mezzofanti (Cardinal), pamphlet on, 1857, iv. 168 ;
his linguistic attainments, vii. 6, 57, 112 Mezzotmters, British, ii. 481, 521 ; iii. 113 Mezzotints in colour by Le Blon, x. 450 Michaelmas custom in Ireland, ii. 347, 431 Michaelmas Day, its date, x. 150, 194, 336
3hel (Francisque), his ' Les Ecossais en France,'
X. loL
Michell (G. B.) on Cabot and Mvchell, v. 357. Heraldic, iii. 409. Mitchell = Pell, v. 369
Michell (John), Mayor of London, xii. 361, 475
Michell (J. C.) on Beyle : Stendhal, i. 34. Montijo
(Madame de), vii. 310
Michell (O.) on Xavier de Maistre's allusions, v. 409 Michell (R. ) on Bishop Island, South Pacific, vi. 29 ; vii. 69. Duma, vi. 12. Gordon : the name in Russia, vi. 34. Peroun, ix. 155
Michell family, v. 445, 496
Mickle : Every mickle makes a muckle, mis- quotation, x. 286
Mickle ( W. J. ), his ' There's nae Luck about the House,' iv. 161
Mickleburgh (J. P.) on ' The Lovers,' 1683, iv. 47
Micklethwaite (John Thomas), his death, vi. 358
Midday at Bale, story of, x. 310, 392
Middle Ages, astronomy in, xii. 9
Middle English, glosses of, ix. 126
Middle Templar on Robert Goodwin of Derry, iv. 366
Middlebrook Museum, its sale, ix. 484
Middlesex, Page family estates in, vii. 322, 410 ; houses of the nobility, c. 1680, xii. 143
Middleton (Bishop Fanshawe), his name, vi. 151
Middleton (J.) and Cripplegate water supply, 1483, iii. 109
Middleton ("Memory"), of Calcutta, iv. 530; and Warren Hastings, v. 73
Middleton (T.), emendations in his dramas, ix. 301
Middleton family, vi. 329, 453
Middleton Races, 1781, described by Thomas Blore, ix. 5
Midhurst, Sussex, longevity at, v. 445
Midlavant Church, Dame Mary May's monument in, i. 449, 497
Midsummer Day, divination by eggs, iv. 27
Midsummer festivities, ix. 481 ; x. 52
Midwife toad, ix. 129, 236
Milan, Leonardo da Vinci in, i. 26 ; inscription on Byron's bust at, 205 ; inscriptions to English- speaking persons at, vi. 4 ; Alexandrian Library at, ix. 188 ; and Mediolanum, x. 374
Mildew in books, remedy for, xii. 387, 436
Mildmay (Sir Humphrey), his ' Diary,' i. 220
Mile End, Mr. Gordon's garden at, i. 349 ; " Vine ' Tavern at, ii. 167, 218, 252
Mileage computations, old-time, vii. 449, 496
Miles, English equivalent of the Latin word, vii. 109
Miles (J.) on c Memoirs of a Young Lady of Quality,' viii. 450
Miles (W.) on L. H., artist, xii. 29
Milestones in England, i. 7, 132, 195
Military and martial law, their difference, vi. 386
Military buttons, i. 349, 472
Military execution in 1861 at Malta, iii. 304, 375
Military musters, Tinners in, c. 1572, vii. 428 ; viii. 55 ; in the sixteenth century, xii. 422
Military officer, oldest British, i. 389 ; ii. 17 ; x. 97
Military punishments, the bastinado, x. 246, 355, 397
Military records, West Indian, prior to nineteenth century, vi. 428, 476
Militia, City of London, 1716, its records, v. 488 ; North Bungay Fencibles, x. 429
Militia lists, early, x. 489 ; xi. 55, 153
Milk, used in building, ii. 455 ; snakes drinking, x. 265, 316, 335, 377, 418 ; xi. 157, 336
Mill at Gosport, Hants, x. 68, 118 ; xi. 172
Mill (James) and Jeremy Bentham, their resi- dence, vii. 350
Mill (John Stuart), on franchise for women, i. 327 ; his house at Pentonville, vii. 413
