^{page xvi note 1} For the dichotomy of town and country, cf. Osney Cartulary, i, p.

^{page xvii note 1} The difficulty of saying how many hands may be distinguished in the Osney Cartulary is discussed by Dr. Salter in his preface to the Osney Cartulary, iv, p. x. In his notes to his Northamptonshire charters Sir Frank Stenton comments on a single scribe writing in various hands.

^{page xvii note 2} No. 340.

^{page xvii note 3} Pipe Roll Soc, xx, Pedes Finium, p. 73, no. 101; p. 101, no. 136; p. 120, no. 156; xxiv. Feet of Fines, p. 192, no. 283; Hunter, J., Fines, sive Pedes Finium, 1195–1214, ii. 75Google Scholar.

^{page xviii note 1} See note on no. 270

^{page xviii note 2} These titles are, as often happens, unreliable; cf. Dr. H. E. Salter in his introduction to Boarstall Cartulary, p. v.

^{page xviii note 3} Brit. Mus., Add. MS. 32100, fo. 198: ‘ out of a book of the evidences … I borowed yt of Mr. Stowe ’.

^{page xviii note 4} See Kingsford, introduction to his edition of Stow's Survey, p. xxxvi.