Runnymede, conjectured etymology of, 80; meeting of barons and John at, 81
Rupert, Prince, attempts to recapture Abingdon, 94
Russell, Member of Commons consenting to loot of monasteries, 157
St Augustine begins the civilisation of England, 98
St Frideswides receives new Protestant bishopric of Oxford, 114
St John, Chapel of, in Tower, windows of, 91
St Thomas, dream of priest concerning, in connection with Tower, 91
Sandford, change in character of soil at, 8
Saxon Chronicle, first mention of Oxford in, 58
Saxon origin of first part of place names on Thames, 33; of Oxford Castle, 58; of English manors probable, 152, 153
Seymour, obtains Chertsey, 178; obtains Radley, 178
Sheen, monastery of, late foundation of, 117
Sinodun Hills, fortification of, 52; geological parallel to Windsor, 71
Sir Philip Hoby obtains Bisham, 176
Smith. See Cromwell
Somerford Keynes, ford at, 23
Sonning, fate of land of, 181, 182
Squires. See Oligarchy
Squires, English, their origins and rise before Reformation, 151-154; permanently get the upper hand after the Dissolution, 154
Staines, only certain site of Roman bridge above London, 48; strategically superior to Windsor, 73, 74; town near Runnymede at which barons gather, 80; for long a village, 209; its bridge, 210
Stephen, Civil Wars under, Tower besieged during, 90
Stonehouse obtains Radley, 178
Stow, in Lincolnshire, mother house at Eynsham, 115
Stratton, monastic lands of, sold by Oliver Williams, 172
Streatley, ford at, 36; indirect Roman derivation of name, 35; probable point of passage of Icknield Way, 45
Stuart contrasted with weakness of Tudor character, 159
Sweyn at Oxford, 59
Tailboys, Member of the Commons consenting to loot of monasteries, 157
Talbot, Member of the Commons consenting to loot of monasteries, 157
Taxes a basis for calculation of prices, 143, 144
Tenant right under monastic system, 162
Territorial gentry, English, their origins and rise before Reformation; permanently get the upper hand after the Dissolution,
Thames, surface soil of valley of, 7-9; estuary of, unimportant in early history, 13; probably a boundary under Diocletian, 36; a boundary between counties, 37; points at which it is crossed, 39; traffic upon, begins after entry of Churn at Cricklade, 42, 43; absence of traces of Roman bridges on, 49; military value of, 50; imaginary voyage down, before Dissolution, 120-124
Thames Valley, in Civil Wars, 93-96; affords William III. his approach to London, 96; affords Charles I. his approach to
London, 96; economic importance of sites therein, produced by the monastic system, 126-130; railway of, draws its prosperity
from beyond the valley; towns of, 182-214
Thomas Rowland, last Abbot of Abingdon, 150