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INDEX.

A.

Acts of Parliament relating to the town, &c. 73, 79, 80, 91, 99, 101,
102, 105, 107, 108, 110, 111, 133, 146, 259.

Allotment of land, recent, on the Moor for poor, 133.—for burial
ground, 182.

Aleconner, 145.

Anglesey The Marquis of, title of Earl of Uxbridge, 150, 152.

Antiquity of the town, 3.

Appropriation Grant of the Church of Hillingdon to the bishop of
Worcester, 289, 292.

Avery, Thomas, Esq. 94.

Auxiliary Bible Society, 100, 239.-books distributed and funds
collected, 245.

B.

Bailiffs, origin of, 18, 143.-observations on the office, 142, 143.

Baker Edmund, 22, 26, 173, 174.

Bank The, Uxbridge, 95.

Baptisms and burials, average of, 190.

Basset Gilbert, 14.-his grant, 17, 38, 42.-Latin copy of, 39, 40.
-translation of, 40, 41.-the Basset family, 44.

Batty Thomas, 186.

Beadle, 145.

Bells, 163.-subscriptions to, 164.—inscriptions on, 164, 165.
Bennet's, Dame Leonora, monument, 167, 168.

Book Societies, Literary and, 134.

Book Society The, 138.

Boroughs the most ancient towns, 3.-rules observed by Alfred in
forming, 4.-the formation of, not encouraged by the Norman
governments, 6.—mostly founded by the Anglo-Saxons, 7.-sent
members to Parliament, 8.

B b

Borough-town, evidence of Uxbridge having been, 6.

Boroughs, established by Alfred, 3.

Boys, the Free School for, 100, 231, 235.-extracts from reports of,
232, 234.

Breakspear, Roman sepulchres at, 70, 71.

Brewhouse or Beerhouse, 65, 94.

Brewery Norton's, 94.

Brickfields, 95, 96.

Brien Fitz-Count, 3.

Burgage tenements, 258.-rent roll, 324, 328.

Burgageholders, rights of, 107, 109, 259, 260, 322, 328.-rent roll of,
324, 328.

Burial Ground, 180, 194.-gift of Henry earl of Derby, 180, 181.
-the Lords of the Manor, 182.-allotment for an additional, 182.
Burial fees, 181, 183.

C.

Canals, advantages and disadvantages of, 112, 113.-Adam Smith's
observations on, 114, 115, note.

Cage, 90.

Chapel of St. Margaret, 153. 304.—repair of, 291.
Chantry, 161.

Chapel-wardens' accounts, extracts from, 194.

Chapel-wardens Receipts from, 1708 to 1817. 307.

Charitable Donations for benefit of poor persons,-abstract of re-
turns to parliament, 260, 266, 270, 273, 279, 280, 282, 284, 287, 288.
Chippindale John, Esq. 104, 234.

Clarke Thomas Truesdale, Esq. 232, 234, 238.

Clarke's Gift, 283, 284.

Clarendon's, Lord, account of the treaty, 57, 61.

Colham Manor of, 11.-ancient customs of, 293, 294.-extract from
Domesday respecting Colham, 12.

Coln, the river, 75, 78, 79, 81.—Milton's description of, 81, 82, &c.
Colham manor of, Lyson's history of, 12, 13, 15, 16.—subsequent
history, 35, 37.-ancient customs noticed in the Inquisition of the
year 1327-47, 48.

Common the, 77, 80.

Commons House of, how formed, 8—11.

Commissioners' names at the Treaty, 55-57.

Constable, the chief officer in the town in the year 1572, 144.—duties

of the office, ib.

Copper Mills, 87, 95, 96.

Corn and flour trade, 93, 94.

Court Leet, 145.

County Court, 146.-fees to be taken at, 147.

Cow Moor and land accepted in lieu of it, 259-right of common
on, 322-324.

Cowley or Uxbridge Moor, land taken by Grand Junction Canal
Company, 107-109.

Cowdery Nathaniel, family monument, 176--Gamaliel, 177.

Crosier John, Gallery erected by, 192.

Crown Inn The, 64.-antique room in,-65.

Curfew-bell, 165, 166.

D.

Denley John, the Martyr, 205–210.

Derby, Alice, Countess of, lady of the manor, &c. 4, 17.-Henry

earl of, gave ground for a cemetery, 180, 181.

Disputes of the town with Lady Derby, 17–33.
Dobyns Catherine, 174.

Domesday book, account of, 4. and note.

E.

Earl of Uxbridge, Title of, 150.

Education, 228-231.

Etymology of the name, 5, 6.

Evesham, gift of the church of Hillingdon to, 155, 156.—Walter the
Abbot of, 289, note.

F.

Fairs Newcourt's account of, 90.-Michaelmas fair, 91.-Lady-day
fair, 90, 91.

Fellows, Thomas, Esq. family monument, 170.

Fire-engine, 166.

Fishery Right of, 82.-extracts from the presentments of a jury in
1636, as to fishery, 83-87.

Font in the chapel of St. Margaret, 162.

Fox's, George, curious address to the people of Uxbridge, 219, 224.
Fraternity of our blessed Lady, Grant of a tenement, &c. 295, 296.
Freedom of the town, the former value of, 43, 44.

Friends or Quakers, 217.

G.

Gambier, The Right Honourable Lord, President of the Bible So-
ciety, &c. 241, 246, 250.

Garrison The, 67.

Garrett's Gift, Mr. John, 393, 268-279.-Sir George, 271-273.
George Inn, The, parliamentary commissioners at during the treaty,
66, 67.