^{page v note *} In “ The Records of St. Michael's Parish Church, Bishops Stortford, edited by J. L. Glascock jun. MDCCCLXXXII.,” I find, on page 59, the following entry relating to him :—” 1579. Paid to Harvie of Walden, for a rope for the [church] bell, ijs. iijd.”

^{page vii note *} Compare with these scenes of rebellion against the Master's authority the fourth chapter of Mr. Gosse's admirable monograph on the poet Gray, where we find the same college, just one hundred and sixty years later, going through a similar if not worse experience.

^{page xiii note *} See Gosson's School of Abuse, entered at Stationers' Hall, 22 July, 1579.