n negroes, 314

Wattewille, Monsieur Robert, 68

"Weekly Account," the, 208

"_Weihnacten_," 335

"_Weihnactt's Bescheerung_," 335

"Welcome to Christmas," 276

Welcome to all comers, 30, 148, 220, 256

Wellington, 304

Welsh border, 38, 43

Welsh Christmas, 280-2

Western Church, the, 12

West Kington, 113

Westminster, 46, 62, 64, 74, 87, 89, 123

Westminster Abbey, 38, 51, 123, 140, 193

Westminster Hall, 46, 60, 64, 68, 78, 93, 118, 123, 226

Weston, Dr., 118

West Riding of Yorkshire, 282-4

West Newton, 263

Whalley, Colonel, 212

Wheatley, Mr. W. M., 265

Whippingham, 262

White, Sir Thomas, 118

Whitehall, 118, 154

Whitelock, 207

"White Rose of York," 85

Whittier, J. G., 37

Wild Boar, 32, 33, 45, 110

William, Prince of Orange, 220

William and Mary, 221

William IV., 258

William the Almoner, 64

William the Conqueror, 39

William, King of Prussia, 35

William Rufus, 46

William, son of Henry I., 47

William of Malmesbury, 49

William of Ypres, 52

Williams, 99

Willoughby, Lord, 82

Winchester, 31, 34, 37, 47, 65;
monks of, 56

Winchester, Bishop of, 195

Winchester Palace, 62, 65

Winchester School, 71

Windsor, 31, 47, 48, 54, 62, 75, 80, 87, 225, 261

Wine and honey, 55

Winer, 13

Winters, hard, 67, 138, 154-5

Winter solstice, 15, 29, 295

Winwood, Mr., 153

Wise Men (Magi), 11, 19, 28

Wise Men (the King's), 29, 38, 45

Witches, 195, 237

"Wit-combats," 153

Witenagemot, 29

Wither, George, 190, 204

Wizard of Christmas, 310

Woden, 25, 29

Wolf, 45

Wolferton, 263

Wolley, Sir Francis, 154

Wolsey, Cardinal, 104, 106, 112

Women masks, 119

Wood, Mr., 109, 140, 157

Woodstock, 226

Woodville, Elizabeth, 89

Woodville family, 92

Woolsthorpe, 204, 266

Worcester, 52, 60, 67;
Earl of, 82, 189

Workhouse, Christmas at, 288

Worksop, 87

Worship in State, 96-7

Wortley, near Leeds, 291

Wotton, 200

Wrestling, 32

Wright, Thomas, F.S.A., 90

Wyatt, Sir Thomas, 118

Wykeham, William of, 71

Wynh, Lady Williams, 264

Wynn, Sir W. W., Bart., 264

Wynnstay Park, 264

_Wyrcester, William_, 87, 89

X

Xtemas, 9

Y

Yeoman, 124

Yew, 282

York, 31, 36, 43, 64, 68, 86

York, Archbishop of, 65, 240

York, Bishop of, 25

York, Duchess of, 82

York, Duke of, the young, 92

York, wars of, 85

Yorkshire, 251, 282-4

Yule, Jule, or Ule, 9, 15, 195, 285

Yule-