^{page 354 note *} The first Cant' would seem redundant.

page 354 note † This word is clearly written enough, but its interpretation seems difficult. It has been suggested that it might stand for tintoratœ quasi tincturatœ, and bear a signification analogous to that of our word “colourable,” as sometimes used among lawyers. See Ducange sub voce Tinturare.

^{page 355 note *} The words in brackets are faded and indistinct, but the formula “ut quos Dei timor a malo non revocat,” &c, has been found by Mr. W. S. Walford in a book intituled “Formulare Instrumentorum necnon Artis notariatus,” Venice, 1526, pp. 9 and 11, so that little doubt can exist as to the correctness of the present reading. This book is now in the library of the Society.

^{page 356 note *} Life of Col. Hutchinson, p. 5.

^{page 357 note *} And see “Vertevella” ap. cnd. Vertevelle in the modern French dictionaries is rendered “the staple of a bolt.”

page 357 note † Palgrave, Anc. Kal. and Inv., iii. 351.

^{page 360 note *} Awdeley of Essex.— Or, on a fesse azure between three conies current sable as many martlets argent. P^r. Garter Wriothesly and Clarenceux Benolt, temp. Hen. VIII. “Miscell. Grants,” vol. v. 121. The same coat with crest a demi-coney and branch. Audely of Essex, since changed ; he was Lord Chancellor, per X'opher Barker, Garter, temp. Hen. VIII.—(E.D.N. No. 50, f. 35.)

Audley, Essex.— “Or, on a fesse between three conies current sable three martlets or This was S^r Thomas Audley, Knight of the Garter and Lord Chancellor of England, who, after he was made Lord Awdley of Walden, did alter his arms.”— (E.D.N. Alphabet of Arms.)

^{page 361 note *} History of Audley End, by Richard Lord Braybrooke. London, 1836, p. 23.

^{page 363 note *} See ante, p. 27.