ABBOT, Archbishop, his chief residence at Croydon, 170. Act, obtained to enclose the waste lands, 47. To remove Addiscombe, description of, 40. A seminary for cadets at, 138. Alms-house, of Ellys Davy, 87. Its governors, ib. Sta- Amusements, 198. Anecdote of Chancellor Bacon respecting the palace, 21. Antiquity of Croydon, 9, 19. Archbishops buried at Croydon, 59. Arundel, Archbishop, his residence at Croydon, 156. Back-lane, number of houses in the, 7. Bainbridge, T. Esq. his residence at Broad Green, 50, Baptisms, average number of in 20 years, 5. Barkley, the poet, buried at Croydon, 59. Barracks, when built, 204. Battle, at Croydon, 92. Where fought, 93. Skeletons Bells, of Croydon when cast, 76, formerly baptized, &c. ib, why so called, &c. ib. Bencham, see Whitehouse, 44. Benefactions, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147. Bible, antient one in the Hospital, 108. Billiards, 199. Bird's lodge, description of 52. Births, extraordinary, 60. A monstrous one, 61. Bishops, consecrated at Croydon, 155, 160, 169, 171,185. Blease, breaks the church windows, 72. Complaint against Borders, by what tenure held, 13. Book Society in Croydon, 206. Bourchier, Archbishop, Croydon his chief residence, 157. Bricks, for building the hospital prove bad, 126. Broad Green, its number of houses, 7. Described, 50. Buildings of brick, when introduced, 180. at Croydon Palace, 177. Observations upon Burials, average amount of in 20 years, 5. Origin of in Boteler, Sir William, slain at Cropedy-bridge, 40. Butter-market, 193. Cadets, a Seminary for at Addiscombe, 138. Carucate, what its contents, 12. Canal, 196. Cavalry, a troop of raised at Croydon, 205. Chapel, of the Holy Trinity dedicated, 96. Chaplains of, 130. Con- Chichele, Archbishop, lived much at Croydon, 156. Chauntry, St. Nicholas by whom founded, 85. Endowments, Church, its antiquity, 62. Description of 70. Appropri- Church street, number of houses there, 7. Coins and medals, 160. Courchwarden, a poll for, 57. Clewer, the vicar, convicted of theft and burnt in the hand, Cole, William Esq. his residence, 52. Common, description of, 50. Its number of houses, 7. Coombe, house described, 38. Copyholders, their tenures, 29, 30, 31. Court and Market-house built, 191. Courtney, Archbishop, receives his pall at Croydon, 155. Cranmer, exchanged several manors with Hen. VIII. 159. Croham, described, 37. Crosses, four at Croydon, their situation at present not Croydon, its situation, 1. Description of 2. Increase of Danegeld, Croydon, how rated thereto, 15. Davy, Ellys, his Alms-house, founded 146. Abstract of the Death, dance of in the hospital, 108. Decrees of the Court of Exchequer respecting tythes, 304. Dene, Archbishop, 158. Devil and St. Dunstan, the title of a comedy, 22. Dingwall, John Esq. his residence, 53. Dissenters, their several Meeting Houses, 206. Dole given away at the Palace gates, 185. Domesday, 11. Published by order of Parliament, ib. Elizabeth, Queen, entertained, with her court, at Croydon by Fairs, when and by whom granted, 18. Field, Geo. Esq. his residence, 53. Finch, Mr. superintends the building of the Hospital, 90. Frost, a severe one in 1607, 61. Fossils at and near Croydon, 404. Gage, Sir Henry, killed at Cullum-bridge, 36, Gentry, resident at Croydon in 1443, 19. Goblets, three wooden, in the Hospital, 100. Grindall, Archbishop, chiefly resident at Croydon, 164. His Haling house and park, described, 34. Hall at the palace, described, 181. Ham, description of, 42. Hamlets in Croydon, 4. Hatton, Sir Christopher, appointed Lord Chancellor in the Heron, Sir Nicholas, resident at Addiscombe, 40. High-street, its number of houses, 6. West side, do. ib. Herring, Archbishop, completely repaired the palace, 176. Hunting, 200. Howard, the celebrated Lord Admiral his residence at Ha- Houses, number of in Croydon, 5, Infantry, four companies embodied at Croydon, 205. Incumbents of St. Mary's Chauntry, 301. Of St. Nicholas 302. James 1. of England, his arrival in London, 280. Kilwardby, Archbishop, obtained the grant of a fair, and King of Scotland detained as prisoner at Croydon palace, 156, Lanfranc holds the manor of Croydon 14. Langham, Archbishop, once a resident at Croydon, 154. Letters, seven from Mr. Finch, detailing the progress of the |