[82] In the 31st page of Sir Frederick Morton Eden’s Appendix to the State of the Poor, it appears that in 1426, a hay horse, for the Prior (we may suppose of prime quality) cost £1 6s. 8d. and a colt 4s. 6d. And in the year 1448, page 34, the hay of one acre was estimated at 5s.[89] Weirde, is derived from the Anglo-Saxon “wird;” i.e., fatum, or deafinie, and is used in this sense, in Hollinshed.[94] Ballie is a material designation in Scotland, agreeing in rank with that of Alderman in England.[201] Vol. vii. p. 496, 497.[205] Vol. vii. p. 712.[206] Vol. viii. p. 286.[208] Vol. ix. p. 82, 83.[211] Vol. ix. p. 278, 279, 280.[212] Since writing the above, a friend has informed me that Norwood is now inclosed, and has ceased to be a rendezvous of Gypsies.[217] Vol. ix. p. 554, 555.[221] Frederick Smith, of Croydon, Surry.[231a] Vide Crabbe’s Poems.[231b] See No. 104, Sunday School Tracts.[248] The benevolent Jonas Hanway took a Gypsey boy into his family, for the purpose of making an experiment, but the result has not come to the knowledge of the author.[262] At page 691, is a Vignette of Gypsies washing gold in Hungary.[264] Samuel Tuke, Author of a Description of the Retreat, &c.