^{page 103 note 1} I.e. by the eighth Earl of Northumberland.

^{page 104 note 1} The names King's Chamber and Queen's Chamber presumably derived from a visit paid to Petworth by King Henry VIII and Queen Catherine Parr in Aug. 1545; see Petre, 58. Loseley MS. (Guildford Muniment Room), no. 12, an account of the office of the King's Tents, Mar. 1544/5 to Mar. 1545/6, mentions the cost of ‘ carrying & setting up of painted ruffes to Petworth for the Banquet there’; I am indebted for this reference to Miss G. M. A. Beck.

^{page 108 note 1} The MS. is scorched at the edges.

^{page 108 note 2} The Earl was in the Tower until July 1621. The order of the entries in the MS. has been altered here, for convenience of reading. The MS. has in addition a number of jottings relating to the weight and value of the plate on fos. 1 and 2 and on two loose sheets; an unconnected note on purchases of tapestries in 1618 occurs on fo. 25.

^{page 109 note 1} A curious system is used for the recording of quarter ounces in this folio. Where the weight includes quarter ounces, the quarters are recorded, not as one would expect immediately after the total number of whole ounces, but deliberately after the word waighing.

^{page 112 note 1} The Countess of Northumberland had died in Aug. 1619.

^{page 112 note 2} For the condition of Petworth House at this time, see Batho, G. R., ‘ The Percies at Petworth, 1574–1632 ’, Sussex Archaeological Collections, xcv (1957), 1–27Google Scholar.

^{page 114 note 1} ho, struck through before wollen.

^{page 117 note 1} This probably refers to the ‘ Leconfield World Map ’, lot 80 in Sotheby's sale of Petworth books and manuscripts, 23 Apr. 1928, now in the possession of H.G. the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., at Alnwick.

^{page 117 note 2} The lectern, bought for £3 2 s. 6 d. on 7 Apr. 1582 (The declaration of account of William Wycliffe, cofferer to the eighth Earl of Northumberland, 18 June 1582–Lady Day 1583, S.H.MSS. U. I. 1), remains in the chapel at Petworth.

^{page 119 note 1} Molyneux's globe remains at Petworth House; see Wallis, H. M., in The Geographical Journal, cxvii (1951), 275–86CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

^{page 119 note 2} 24 ‘antick pictures of the Emperors of Rome ’ were bought in 1586 for £24; see Part II, document no. 6, under the title ‘ emptions of necessaries ’.

^{page 126 note 1} ‘ The White House ’ distinguished the main house at Syon from the brick lodgings which stood on both sides of the West front at this time; see Batho, G. R., in Transactions of the Ancient Monuments, N.S., iv (1956), 95–109Google Scholar.

^{page 130 note 1} The final testament of the ninth Earl is not known to have survived.

^{page 130 note 2} The King's favour was necessary, since the Earl was a prisoner of state at the time of the making of this will.

^{page 132 note 1} I.e. the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.