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253
Stafford (J.) on mallet or mullet, x. 293. George
Stafford, vi. 350. Stafford arms, viii. 224. Stafford
family, iv. 458, 477 ; v. 316 ; vi. 98. Suwarroff
and Masse'na, vii. 193. Talbot surname and family,
vi. 412 Stafford (John), his letters relating to the rebellion of
1745, xii. 169
Stafford ( Thomas) = Dorothy Bagshaw, 1631, xii. 188 Stafford arms, viii. 224
Stafford Castle, earliest mention of, iv. 437, 544 Stafford family, iv. 458, 477; v. 12, 316, 522 ; vi. 98,
350 ; x. 49 Staffordshire, Sheriffs of, 1699-1730, ix. 342, 415, 514;
x. 34
Stag, Tame, child's story in verse, iii. 49, 115 Stage, contemporaries impersonated on the, ix. 224 Stage-coach drivers, decadence of the old, viii. 41 Stage curtain, iv. 45 Stager, use of the word, xi. 466 Stages on barrels, xii. 503 Stair (Earl of) on ' Chant of Achilles,' iii. 272 Staircases, houses without, i. 166, 210, 356, 418 ; ii.
89 ; iii. 116 ; iv. 55 ; vi. 273, 414 Stalkartt family, x. 468 Stallage, pillage, and toll, meaning of words, ix. 35,
395
Stalls in theatres, earliest, iii. 297 Stambuloff, its pronunciation, ii. 288, 311 Stamp collecting, early, i. 115 ; v. 404, 501 ; ix. 438 ;
its literature in 1860, x. 81, 172, 239, 333, 432, 470 Stamps, old postage, collected, ii. 425, 478 ; crowned
heads on, vii. 248, 315 ; sale forbidden by the
Inland Revenue, ix. 288 Stanbury family of Devon and Cornwall, vii. 128, 274,
473 Standard, Royal, breaking of the, vii. 108, 176 ; lions
or leopards on, vii. 268, 353 ; viii. 313, 425 ; x. 32 Standard : " old standard," used in Oxfordshire for an
old man, xi. 446
Standish (Miles), his wife, i. 509 ; ii. 78 Standon, Priory of Austin Friars at, xii. 248, 352 Standsfield (John), of Lewes, his second wife, ix. 309,
414
Stanford Rivers, epitaph at, xii. 186 Stang : riding the stang, observance of the custom,
viii. 42 Stanhope (Lady Hester), her biography, xi. 466 ; xii.
19 Stanihurst (James), 1522-73, Speaker of Irish House
of Commons, x. 227, 353 Stanley Abbey, Wilts, and sheep-farming, x. 47, 176,
239
Stanley family of Paultons, vi. 369, 452 Stannard (Rev. Francis), rector of Stourmouth, ii. 427 Stanton (A. T.) on place-names, i. 107 Stanyhurst, his use of the words " Fin Couleidos," xi.
449
Staple Inn, records of, 1639-42, xi. 448 Stapleton (A.) on Gotham and Gothamites, iii. 307.
' Merry Tales of Men of Gotham,' iii. 386. Mistakes
in printed registers, xi. 415. Parish registers, xii.
355. Three Wise Men of Gotham,' v. 169 Stapleton (Thomas), his * Fortress of the Faith,' iii,
89 Stapleton's, club mentioned by Horace Walpole, v. 495
Star, six-pointed, archaeological rarity, iv. 69, 214
Star-lore, ix. 227, 357
Star names, Arabic, i. 15, 35
Star-stealing in Siberia, viii. 322
Starck (Col.) inquired after, iii. 108
"Starry Galileo," author of phrase, iv. 459, 487, 544
Stars, consulted at birth, ii. 385
Stars, the seven, Amos v. 8, vi. 244, 353 ; their
setting, xi. 109 Stars and stripes, the, vi. 247 Startin (Mrs. or Miss), xii. 328 Statham (H. H.) on "Scriptures out of church,"
xii. 429
Stationer, his early trade, i. 108, 293 Statistical data, x. 29, 116 ; xi. 236 Statistics, phonological, vi. 368 Statues : in Bergen, Norway, iv. 514 ; inscriptions
on, v. 168 ; of Charles II. removed from Soho
Square, vii. 209 ; xii. 336, 391, 514 ; of Wellington
missing, xi. 447 Staunton, Worcestershire, its history, viii. 383, 510 ;
its postal address, ix. 11, 92, 110, 170, 217, 334 Stay s= portions of liquor, origin of the term, xi.
346
Steading, its meaning, iii. 226 ; iv. 77, 118, 177, 275 Steamboat, first fitted for practical use in England,
xi. 505
Steamboats on the Thames, 1816, xii. 242 Steam engine, early history of, v. 64, 135, 207 J self- acting valve gear of, xii. 206 Steam navigation, early, i. 187 ; vi. 368, 458 ; vii. 16,
133, 252 ; viii. 307 ; xi. 505 ; xii. 242 Stedman (R. J. M.) on Stedman family, v. 128 ; viii.
145
Stedman families, ii. 489 ; v. 128 ; viii. 145 Steed = ascending stairs, i. 88, 292 Steel, ancient history of, vi. 350 Steele (A. B.) on Acorus calamus, ii. 457. White
faunch hind, iv. 17
Steele (R.) on Crapelet bibliography, ix. 289. Play- ing cards, vi. 388; "Romans des Douze Pairs,"
ix. 290 Steelyard, origin of the name, xi. 13, 56, 209, 272,
390
Steelyard weights, Roman, vii. 228, 317 Steer of wood or bark, its meaning, ix. 509 ; x. 275 Steere family, vii. 49, 291
Steevens's ' Shakespeare,' Boydell, 1802, ix. 188 Steever and stiver, etymology of, v. 434 Steggall (C.) on Annunciation, ix. 433. Hagioscope
or oriel, xi. 375. Reel in a bottle, iv. 232. Weir
(Harrison), his book on cats, vi. 58 Steiner (B. C.) on oldest Dental College, i. 98 Steinmetz (Andrew), barrister, 1857, v. 165, 361 'Stemmata Chicheliana,' Nos. 256 and 258, ix. 468 Stendhal : Beyle, xii. 127 Stenographers, female, in ancient times, x. 86 Step : Step mother or father, early use of the words,
v. 189, 273 Stephen's (Henrie) A World of Wonders,' iv. 207,
294 Stephens (F. G.) on bicycle bibliography, viii. 530.
Brandon executioner, ix. 70. ' Gambler Detected,'
ix. 149. Herrick's ' Hesperides ' : "Lutes of
amber," x. 17. Mail shirts from the Soudan, v.
