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GENERAL INDEX,
Rockingham on dead animals exposed on trees,
x. 458. Egypt as a place-name, xi. 94. Fig
trees : maturing meat, x. 53. New causes of
disease, xi. 455. Shibboleth, xi. 234, 417.
Signatures, doctrine of, xi. 496. United States,
social life in, x. 418
Rocque's ' Survey of London,' 1745, iii. 187, 274, 353
Rod as measure for brickwork, x. 388 ; xi. 77,
110, 237
Rodd family, xii. 148
Rodes (P.) on John Rodes, v. 490
Rodes (John), c. 1000, his descendants, v. 490
Rodgers (J.) on Mrs. Gaskell's ' Sylvia's Lovers,'
i. 187. Marston (Westland), iv/429. Langley
Meynell : Sir R. Francis, iii. 270 Rodmell family, i. 489
Rodney (Admiral), his second wife, i. 220, 297 Roebuck (J. A.) and the nickname Tear 'em, viii.
186 Roemer (Baroness M. von) on Combe and Pretty
families, xii. 349 Rcessler (C.) on French and English pirates, viii.
369. Jeanne d'Arc's armour, vii. 447 ; xii.
187. Richard Cceur-de-Lion, his heart, xii.
427
Rogation and other processions, ix. 401, 456 Rogation Day celebrations, xi. 381, 384 Rogationtide celebrations at Ufford, iii. 465 Roger: "Jolly Roger," "Old Roger "=the
pirate flag, xi. 370 Rogers (Dr. George) and Padua University, vii.
503
Rogers (H.) on dogs in war, v. 36 Rogers (Hildyard) on James IV. of Scotland,
xii. 249
Rogers (J.) on Walney Island names, ii. 56 Rogers (Samuel), first edition of his ' Table Talk,'
111. 488 ; on a Highland fortress, ix. 108 Rogers (Capt. Woodes), Governor of Bahamas,
viii. 470 ; ix. 450 Rogestvensky (Admiral), spelling and meaning
of his name, iii. 304, 350, 390, 405 Roget (Peter Mark), engineer, his portrait, vii. 347,
514
Rok or rock, Scotch word, its meaning, iii. 272 Rokewood, Style, and Townsend families, v. 488 Rolfe (F.) on heraldry, i. 329 Rolleston (T. W.) on Irish relics, i. 206 Rollick, substantive, use of the word, xi. 490 ; xii.
93
Rollright Stones, A. J. Evans on, i. 117 Rollups, meaning of the word, iv. 308 Roman and Christian chronology, i. 86 Roman bag-pipers, bronze figures discovered, v.
Roman Catholic, use of the term, v. 327 ; vii. 180
Roman Catholic bishops, English, their arms, x. 228, 316, 458; xi. 176
Roman Catholic priests buried in London, vi. 149, 218, 237 ; vii. 72
Roman death duties, ix. 10, 73
Roman guards removed from Palestine to Lin- coln, ii. 469
Roman inscription concerning Corbridge, ix. 249, 311
Roman lanx found at Welney, i. 86
Roman law, its moral substances summarized,
x. 469 ; xi. 38 Roman legions, at York, x. 8, 134 ; their badges,
xi. 290 ; their history, xii. 230, 393 Roman milestones, i. 7, 132, 195
Roman mortar or cement, its red colour, iii. 34,
76, 114, 173
Roman mound on island in the Medway, v. 245, 296
Roman Pontiff, " Pater Patrum " and other styles, vii. 368, 450
Roman tablets for writing, v. 228, 350, 473, 512
Roman tenement houses, i. 369 ; ii. 73
Roman town buried in Inglewood Forest, x. 269, 317
Roman urn, amulet in, found in Kent, ix. 270, 332, 375
Romani : Gypsy Lore Society, vii. 366
Romanoff and Stuart pedigree, iv. 108, 157, 197, 295
Rome, Sancta Maria ad Nives, i. 311, 392 ; in- scription on sarcophagus, 445 ; Pope Linus in St. Paul's outside the Walls, v. 129 ; under Elagabalus, vi. 151, 376 ; verses by Cardinal Wiseman on, 408 ; Porta del Popolo at, ix. 329, 433 ; its ancient population, xi. 187, 273 ; lighting of St. Peter's, xi. 448 ; xii. 34
Romeland, origin of the place-name, vi. 389, 432 ; vii. 58
Romille (Countess of) and the mill of Silsden, x. 208
Romilly (Sir S.), tract by, v. 386
Romney (George), 1610, of St. Clement's Danes, iii. 46
Romney (George), and portrait of General C. Stewart, i. 127, 174 ; portrait by, iv. 410 ; his portrait of Mrs. Dixon, v. 34 ; and the Royal Academy, vi. 265 ; his portrait of W T illiam Petrie, vi. 401 ; his ancestry, vii. 9,79, 113 ; por- trait of Mrs. Jordan, 385 ; house in Cavendish Square, vii. 487 ; viii. 11 ; his portraits of Anna Seward, ix. 171, 218
Rone = rainwater gutter, derivation of the word, viii. 130
Rood-loft piscina discovered at Eastbourne, viii. 506
Rood-lofts, means of access to, vi. 267, 435 ; in English churches, vii. 482 ; viii. 55, 154
Rooke (Sir Geo.), and removal of bells from Dover, vi. 393
Rooker (Michael Angelo), his paintings, xi. 269
Room (C. T.) on Colet on peace and war, v. 95. Quotations, i. 257
Roosevelt (President), his Scots ancestry, v. 65 ; pronunciation of his surname, vi. 308 ; vii. 35 ; and spelling reform, vii. 51
Root (G. F.), his " Just before the battle, mother,'* iv. 208
Ropemakers' Alley, Little Moorfields, ii. 420
Ropemakers' Alley Chapel at Moorfields, i. 406 ; ii. 33
Roper (John Henry), member of Lloyds, 183745, iii. 88
Ropes used at executions, v. 266, 315, 375, 418, 457, 498 ; vi. 54
" Roping " a horse, Latin for, i. 448, 513
Rosamond : Fair Rosamond Chapbook, xii. 209, 298, 452
Roscillus on luminous owls, ix. 218
Roscoe (Thomas), his translation of Benvenuto Cellini, xii. 266
Roscoe arms and family, vii. 328
Rose, epigram on, iii. 309, 354, 370, 433 ; iv. 18 ? Isaac Watts on, vii. 105
Rose (D. M.) on descendants of Waldef of Cum- berland, ii. 241, 412
Rose (Hugh), his duel with Dr. W. Gordon, ix. 509
