[1] Sic.

[2] See note D.

[3] Sic in the Harl. MS., and mlijcxxiij in the Cotton MS.

[4] Prechours in the Cotton MS.

[5] See note B.

[6] See note C.

[7] Oyster-gate in the Cotton MS.

[8] Gloucestre in the Cotton MS.

[9] See note C.

[10] Gloucestre in the Cotton MS.

[11] See note D.

[12] See note E.

[13] “Lambatre vanc” in the Cotton MS.

[14] “Devy” in the Cotton MS.

[15] Corrected from the Cotton MS.

[16] “Lambatre vanc, and otherwise it is called Abrestewith” in the Cotton MS.

[17] “Lancastre” in the Cotton MS.

[18] “Gregorie Rokesley p’ p’te anni” in the Cotton MS.

[19] “at Carnarvon” in the Cotton MS.

[20] “Fenles” in the Cotton MS.

[21] “Raffe Sandwich custos pro p’te anni” in the Cotton MS.

[22] “Of the collectours” in the Cotton MS.

[23] See note F.

[24] “xxx thousand” in the Cotton MS.

[25] Omitted in the Cotton MS.

[26] “The day of Marie Mawdelyne” in the Cotton MS.

[27] “xxx ml”—Ibid.

[28] “the iiijth day” in the Cotton MS.

[29] “xiiij Kalend’ Decembris” in the Cotton MS.

[30] See note G.

[31] See note G.

[32] See note G.

[33] See note H.

[34] See note H.

[35] “Bitekyn” in the Cotton MS.

[36] “A carter son” in the Cotton MS.

[37] “The carter.” Ibid.

[38] “William Bedyngton” in the Cotton MS.

[39] “Sir Hugh Spencer son” in the Cotton MS.

[40] See note I.

[41] See note I.

[42] See note I.

[43] See note I.

[44] See note I.

[45] See note I.

[46] “of the Belle of the mydday” in the Cotton MS.

[47] See note K.

[48] “and Sir Hugh Spencer the father was drawen,” &c. in the Cotton MS.

[49] “the yere of his age xv.”—Ibid.

[50] “et anno etatis sue xiiij” is omitted in the Cotton MS.

[51] “V c.” in the Cotton MS.

[52] “the fadir”—Ibid.

[53] “in the xxj yere of his reigne.”—Ibid.

[54] “even of the”—Ibid.

[55] “his grandfather” in the Cotton MS.

[56] “the countes make peas” in the Cotton MS.

[57] See note L.

[58] See note M.

[59] “xxvj”—in the Cotton MS.

[60] “vj c.”—Ibid.

[61] “ml, iijc xlix” in the Cotton MS.

[62] Supplied from the Cotton MS.

[63] See note N.

[64] See note M.

[65] See note N.

[66] See note O.

[67] See note P.

[68] See note Q.

[69] “Monsr Colman” in the Cotton MS.

[70] “Cachehill” in the Cotton MS.

[71] See note R.

[72] See note S.

[73] See note T.

[74] “Plass’he” in the Cotton MS.

[75] “Earl” in the Cotton MS.

[76] See note U.

[77] See note X.

[78] See note Y.

[79] “whiche was kyng after his fa’ir Henry of Derby” in the Cotton MS.

[80] “xxiij of September” in the Cotton MS.

[81] “a lollard and an eritik approved afore alle the clergye” in the Cotton MS.

[82] “with a quart’ of Sr. Herry Percie’s hedde” in the Cotton MS.

[83] “worthie lordes, knyghts, and squyers, gentilles, and good yomen” in the Cotton MS.

[84] “one of the saide carikes” in the Cotton MS.

[85] “the lord Moubray erle marchal” in the Cotton MS.

[86] “xxiiij day” in the Cotton MS.

[87] “Clerkenwelle” in the Cotton MS.

[88] See note Z.

[89] “in forme of brede” in the Cotton MS.

[90] See note AA.

[91] “John” in the Cotton MS.

[92] See note BB.

[93] “so that a noble shuld weye but iiij d. and an ob. weight: so that liij nobles, &c.” in the Cotton MS.

[94] “xx day” in the Cotton MS.

[95] See note CC.

[96] See note DD.

[97] i.e. the third year of his reign. See note EE.

[98] Sic, query “uncle.”

[99] See note FF.

[100] See note GG.

[101] See note HH.

[102] “was mischevously drowned at Seint Katerines mille as he went to eas hym” in the Cotton MS.

[103] See note II.

[104] See note KK.

[105] See note LL.

[106] See note MM.

[107] “in the morning between,” &c. in the Cotton MS.

[108] See note NN.

[109] See note OO.

[110] See note PP.

[111] See note QQ.

[112] “William” in the Cotton MS.

[113] See note RR.

[114] See note SS.

[115] See note TT.

[116] See note UU.

[117] “Robert” in the Cotton MS.

[118] See note XX.

[119] See note YY.

[120] See note ZZ.

[121] See note AAA.

[122] “sergman” in the Cotton MS.

[123] See note BBB.

[124] See note CCC.

[125] See note DDD.

[126] “and there the kyng toke the bataile into his hand withynne iiij strokes, and so was ended” in the Cotton MS.

[127] “Alianor Cobham” in the Cotton MS.

[128] “openly barehede with a keverchef on hir hede beryng, &c.” in the Cotton MS.

[129] “be the kyngs hande for his wel doyng, and afterwarde the lord offered up his harness at Wyndesore” in the Cotton MS.

[130] This line has been subsequently added.

[131] Sic in the MS.