^{page v note 1} See Nos. 336 and 337 and pp 20, 21.

^{page v note 2} Of these Nos. 349, 350 and 356 were probably in Sir W. Stonor's possession.

^{page vi note 1} Early Chancery Proceedings 311/45–48.

^{page vi note 2} Wynchelsey occurs as prior in 1490 and Morgan John or Jones in 1508. V.C.H. London i. 502.

^{page vi note 3} See Cal. Pat. Rolls, Henr VII, ii. 191.

^{page 1 note 1} See a notice by Mr. Hilary Jenkinson in Cambridge Historical Journal, i, 106.

^{page 2 note 1} Presumably meaning sheets and shirts.

^{page 2 note 2} Or “cendal ” a thin silk.

^{page 2 note 3} Doubtful.

^{page 2 note 4} Kerchiefs.

^{page 4 note 1} Pledges, sureties.

^{page 4 note 2} “borwys ” has been inserted above the line in both places.

^{page 5 note 1} Her name was Margaret; but this and some other capital letters in the original are obscure and perhaps the compiler did not know what they ought to be.

^{page 7 note 1} Probably this is an error for “yitt.”

^{page 8 note 1} Frails.

^{page 8 note 2} A cade, a barrel of 600 herrings.

^{page 8 note 3} Or “mulvel ” = cod.

^{page 8 note 4} Probably for “sticks ” ; there were 25 eels to a “stick.”

^{page 8 note 5} Sturgeon.

^{page 8 note 6} Now Three Cranes Wharf.

^{page 8 note 7} Old Fish Street.

^{page 9 note 1} The bottom is defective.

^{page 13 note 1} The Leadenhall was appointed for the tronage or weighing of wool in 1463. Cal. Pat. Rolls, Edward IV., i. 285.

^{page 13 note 2} A nail was eight pounds.

^{page 14 note 1} Perhaps “a doublet of fence.”

^{page 14 note 2} A pair of branding irons.

^{page 14 note 3} Andirons.

^{page 14 note 4} Perhaps the name of a place or person.

^{page 14 note 5} This is obscure; perhaps there is an error for “candel ” meaning a candelabrum.

^{page 14 note 6} Also obscure.

^{page 14 note 7} A trendle, a brewer's cooler.

^{page 15 note 1} A pepper mill.

^{page 15 note 2} Wooden.

^{page 15 note 3} Perhaps “fastenings for a door,” see Glossary ap. Stonor Letters ii. 199.

^{page 15 note 4} A chafer for charcoal.

^{page 15 note 5} Obscure.

^{page 15 note 6} ? Spokeshaves.

^{page 17 note 1} Caversham, near Reading

^{page 17 note 2} Ploughley.

^{page 19 note 1} The title is written in dorso.

^{page 19 note 2} A large bowl or pail.

^{page 20 note 1} The 2nd February was on a Monday in 1355, but not in 1354 ; the regnal year would seem to be wrongly given. Sir John de Stonor, the judge, did not die till August, 1354.

^{page 20 note 2} See No. 31. This document suggests that the true date of that letter is 1366.

^{page 20 note 3} See No. 33.

^{page 21 note 1} See No. 18, and Dr. J. R. Magrath's The Queen's College, i. 106–11, 126–9.

^{page 21 note 2} This is an unusually early instance of a Quietus, apart from the record in the Pipe Roll.

^{page 21 note 3} The only Thomas Reynwell whom I find died about 1430. Cal. Letter-Book, K., p. 115.

^{page 21 note 4} Barry went on two errands to Thomas Mull at Horton, cf. Nos. 100 and 111.

^{page 22 note 1} See No. 114.

^{page 22 note 2} The date is given as “millesimo quadrigentesimo et octogesimo nono ” [1489–90]. But from Ch. Misc. 37. ix. 30 (see Stonor Letters, ii. 168) which is dated 23 January, in the 19th year of Edward IV [1479–80] it is clear that the will was incorrectly copied.