Laindon church and house, 162

Lanfranc, 88, 136

Lateran, council of, in A.D. 1179, 98

Latimer, Hugh, his education, 141

Laws, Saxon codes of, 39, 57-83

"Lay Folks' Ma.s.s-book," 243-249

Learning, revival of, 136

Lepers, 286, 294, 343

Lewinna, South Saxon martyr, 17

Lights for altar, 312; statues, 313, 498; purification, 314, 425; funeral, 315; meaning of, 312, 315.

_See_ Tapers

Lincoln Cathedral, 338, 340; organization of its chapter, 343

Lindisfarne, 20, 29, 35

London Bridge, 529

London, parishes of, 492; subdivision of, 495; number of, 495; fees in, 496; map of, in 1570, 493

Longland, John, Bishop of Lincoln, 344

Lord's Prayer, metrical version of, 248

Magdalen College, Oxford, 554

Manchester, parochial history of, 515

Manumission of slaves, 81, 82, 332, 333

Market Harborough Church, 186

Married clergy, 262

Ma.s.s, 200, 236, 237, 243-248

Matins, 200, 202, 204

Mediety, benefices held in, 56

"Minster," 37

Miracle plays, 315

Mission work among the Anglo-Saxons, 21, 24

Monasteries, Saxon, 28-37; revival of, under Edgar and Canute, 37; Norman, 90-93; character, 366; social influence, 367; parochial influence, 369

Money, comparative value of, in 1292, 1534, and 1890, 404

Monks, 73, 97, 98, 108, 285

Mortuary services, 457-462

Morville, 114

Myrk John, "Instructions for Parish Priests," 232

"Myrroure of our Ladye," 249

Newark, 523

Newnham, Gloucestershire, 119

Non-residence, 146, 326, 330

Norman bishops, abbots, priests, costume of, 83, 91

Norman conquest, results of, 84

Normans, church building by the, 87, 88

Northumberland, Earl of, staff of domestic chapel, 413

Norway, anecdotes of its conversion, 17-19; introduction of Christianity into, 18, 19

Norwich, parishes of, 490

Oils for baptism and unction, 72, 75

Offering days, 71, 73

Offerings as source of income, 400

Offertory, 245; of the domestic chapels, 414, 426

Opinions during the Middle Ages, 546