Ill _passim_, 177, Kublai Khan; attendant on Khan, 55; book of, 54 ff, 63, 67, 185, 198; death of, 66; departure from China of, 60; father of (_see_ Maffeo), 50-75; governor of Yangchow, 57, 182; interest in Tartars, 48-50; journeys of, 54-62, 181; mention of, in Venetian records, 65; nicknamed _Il Milione_, 63; prisoner of Genoese, 64-5; released by Genoese, 65; return to Venice of, 62; sent on mission by Khan, 57; stories of, about Khan, 64-6; uncle of, 50-7, 181; wife and family, 65 Nicolo, 50-71 _Polyptychum_, 174 Pope, 40, 41, 50, 52, 53, 70, 93 Pordenone, Ordoric of, 58, 70, 180 Porte-de-Paris, 114 Prester John, 49, 181 Prioress, _see_ Eglentyne, Nunneries, Nuns, Chap.

IV _passim_, 183; in bishop's registers, 74-8; clothes of, 88, 89, 90; complaints by nuns of, 76-8, 85, 92; entertainment of visitors by, 86, 87; intercourse of, with world, 92, 93-4; pets of, 90, 91; treatment of nuns by, 84; work of, 85, 86, 87, 92 Prime, 79 Prologue: of _Canterbury Tales_, 73-4, 89, 94, 95, 113, 130, 142, 186; of Menagier de Paris, 97 Quentin, la'Quentine, Jehanne, 105, 187 Quincey, de, 26, 175 Rade, Daniel and Peter van de, 145 Ragenold, 24 Rainham, 140, 141 Ramsbotham, Elizabeth, 127 Ramusio, 62, 182 Raynold, John, 149 Reading, Thomas of, 152, 195 Reformation, 30, 170 Remy, Saint, 147 Renault de Louens, 99 Revolution, Industrial, 120, 154, 120 Reyner, 169 Rialto, 43, 64 Ricimer, 8 Riche: Anne, 130; Elizabeth, 125, _see_ Stoner, Elizabeth, Jane, 131 135; Katherine, 126-33, 140, 150, 151 Rigmarden, John, 127 Roman: civilization, 2; Emperor 1-17; villa, 3, 6, 155 _Roman de la Rose_, 99 Rome, Chap.

I _passim_, 46, 87, 155 Roman Empire, 1-17, 27, 42, 155 decline of, 1-17; reasons for disintegration of, 14-17; trade of, 1 ff?
Romsey Abbey, 91 Rotherhithe, 140 Rouen, 37 _Round Table_, 32, 65 Rubruck, William of, 50, 54, 181 Rumania, 42 Rumney wine, 131 Russell, Richard, 137 Russia, 42, 49 Rusticiano, 64, 65, 182 Salvian of Marseilles, 8 St Gothard Pass, 40 St Sophia, 42 Saleby, Grace de, 127 Samarcand, 50 Sanly, Peter, 149 Sandwich, 143 Sext, 79 Shalford, 154 Shandu, Xanadu, 57 Shansi, 56, 59 Shensi, 47, 56 Ships, 136, 140, 142, 143, 192; masters of, 141, 142; names of, 136, 141-3 Siam, 67 Siberia, 49, 70 Sicily, 42 Sidonius Apollinaris, 5, 8 ff; and his villa, 9; and siege of Clermont, 10 ff Socrates, 96 _Sohrab and Rustum_, 51 Soldaia, 50 Somerset House, 150, 155 Sordyvale, William, 134 Spain, Spaniards, Spanish, 37, 122 spices, 47, 48 Spice Islands, 70 Spooner, Thomas, 170 Stainfield, 82 Stamford, 144 Staple, Chap.

VI _passim, see_ Betson, merchant; banking facilities of, 148; benefits of, 121, 122; brasses of merchants of, 123, 156; business of merchants of, 120-51; competition of, with Merchant Adventurers, 122; history of company of, 189; location of, 121; Merchants of the, Chap.

VI _passim_; organization of, 121; regulations of, 121, 139, 140, 144, 145; wills of merchants of, 123; _see also_ Betson, Wills Starkey, Humphrey, 134 Stein, Sir Aurel, 67 Stepney, 135 Steward: Charlemagne's instructions to, 19, 22, 24, 36; Master John the, 100, 108-9, 115-16; of Villaris, 20, 21, 22-4 Stoke Nayland, 168 Stonor: Dame Elizabeth, 129, 130 131, 132, 133, 135; Humphrey, 160; Letters, 125, 136, 145, 189; Sir William, 125, 129-30, 134, 136, 145 Strabant, Gynott, 149 Stratford-Atte-Bowe, 73, 78 Strossy, Marcy, 149 Suchow, Sugui, 48, 51, 64 Sudbury, 154 Suffolk, 153 Sugui, _see_ Suchow Sumatra, 61, 63, 67 Sung dynasty, 46, 59, 61 Superstition (_see_ Charms), 27-9, 175 Symmachus, 5, 6 _Synxon_ (Synchon) Mart, 147, 193 Syon Abbey, 83 Syria, 37, 40-2 Szechuen, 56 Tabriz, 62 Tacitus, 4 Tana, 71 Tangut, 55, 57, 59, 63 Tartar( s), 49-52, 57, 62, 66-71, 178, _see also_ Marco Polo; attitude of West to, 49; embassy of, 52; fall of dynasty of, 71; modern books on, 178; Peter the, 66; power of, 49; princess, 61, 70; slaves, 66 Tartary, 49, 50, 63 Tate, John, 134, 137 Taylor, Robert, 160 Templars, 53 Temyngton, 144.
_Testamenta Eboracensia_, 157, 154, 191, 196 Thames, 156 Theodulf, Bishop of Orleans, 35 Tibet, 43, 47, 49, 57, 66, 67 Tiepolo, Doge Lorenzo, 44, 45, 50 Tierce, 79 Timochain, 61, 180 Tittivillus, 83-4 Torneys, Robert, 144 Trade, _see_ Merchant Trebizond, 40, 42, 62 Tripoli, 42 Turbot, Robert of Lamberton, 137 Turcomania, 54 Turkestan, 49 Tuscan, 42 Tyre, 40, 42 Udine, 70 Underbay, 137 _f_ Uppcher, Margaret and Robert, 166 Vandals, 15 Venice: Venetian, 39-44, 44-8, 51, 53, 62-5, 70, 71, 145, 177-8; Cassiodorus on, 39; Chronicler of, _see_ Canale, Martino da; Doge of, 4, 44-6, 63; excommunication of, 41; history of, 39-46, 50, 178; merchants of, at Hangchow, 70, 71; modern works on, 177; Polos' return to, 53, 63; procession of gilds in, 45, 48, 50; records of, 65; rivalry of, with Genoa, 42, 63-4; trade of, 37, 40, 41, 42-3, 47, 70, 145, 178; wedding of, with sea, 40, 41; wool dealers of, 145 Vespers, 79 Villaris, 23, 24, 25 _Villicus, see_ Steward Villein, Villeinage, 19, 21, 158 Visigoths, 10 Walberswick, 140 Walpole, 156 Wang Wei, 182 _Way of Poverty and Wealth_, 100 Wedding feasts, 115-16, 164-5 Welbech, William, 151 West: Riding, 167; Street, Coggeshall, 170, 171, 172 Whyte of Broadway, 137 Wido (_see also_ Bodo), 23, 27, 29, 33 Wilkins (Wylkyns) Henry, 140 William I, 20 Wills: of John Barton of Holme, 191; of Thomas Betson, 134, 151, 194; of bishops, 158; of Paycockes, 157, 166-9, 195, 196; of villeins, 158; general sources for, 157, 191, 196 Wilton, 176 Winchester, St Mary's, Abbess of, 86 Winchcomb, John (_see_ Jack of Newbury) Wood, Lieutenant John, 54 Wool (_see_ Betson, Cely, Merchan Staple); export of, 122, 123 Gower on, 123, 144; inspection of, 144; lives of merchants of, 151 (_see_ Betson); packing and shipping of, 139-44; ports from whence sent, 140; private bargains in, 138; private letters or export of, 125; purchase of, 136-7, regulations concerning, 139-44; revenues from, 121; sale of, 138, 145-9; tombs of merchants of, 123; where grown, 123, 136 Woolsack, 120 Wykeham, William of, 92 Xanadu (_see_ Shandu), 57 Xenophon, 96 Yangchow, 57, 182 Yangtze river, 46 Yarkand, 54 Yellow River, 49 Yezd, 43 York, 94, 137 Yorkshire, 136, 137, 153 Ypres, 122 Yuan dynasty, 58 Yule, Sir Henry, 67, 177 Yunnen, 57 Zaiton, 54, 60, 71 Zanzibar, 70 Zara, 41 Zealand (Seland), 142, 146 Zeno, Renier, 44.