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[Notes].
[1] Rivingtons’ Historical Biographies.
[2] Demonology and Witchcraft.
[3] See the Andredsweald, a tale of the Norman Conquest, by the same author.
[4] He was the last lord of Pevensey of his race, all his land and honours being forfeited in 1235 for passing over into Normandy without King Henry the Third’s license.
[5] Lord of Lewes Castle from 1242-1304, a local tyrant.
[6] There were then no family names, properly so called; the English generally took one descriptive of trade or profession, hence the multitude of Smiths; the Normans generally then name of their estate or birthplace, with the affix De. Knight’s Pictorial History, volume 2, page 643.
[7] His literary acquirements, unusual in the time, increased his influence and reputation. Knight’s Pictorial History.
[8] How did I weep in Thy Hymns and Canticles, touched to the quick by the voices of Thy sweet-attuned Church, the voices flowed into my ears and the truth distilled into my heart. Saint Augustine’s Confessions volume 9 page 6.