[9] Afterwards the site of the battle of Edgehill.
[10] See his biography in Macmillan’s Sunday Library.
[11] Ethelflaed, Lady or Queen of the Mercians (under her brother Edward, son of Alfred), threw up certain huge mounds and certain stone castles, to defend her realm and serve as refuges in troublous times. One site was Oxford, and it is the first authentic event recorded in the history of the city--the foundation of the university by Alfred being abandoned by scholars, as an interpolation in Asser, the king’s biographer.
[12] The Rival Heirs, or the Third Chronicle of Aescendune.
[13] Because in later times some poor Jews were burnt there.
[14] Like those still seen at Tewkesbury Abbey, of similar proportions.
[15] The date of the surrender was November 16, 1537. It was granted to Thomas Cromwell, February 16, 1538. It was at once destroyed by skilled agents of destruction, and the materials sold. Cromwell did not enjoy it long; he perished at Tower Hill by the axe, July 28, 1540.
[16] The old hymn for Wednesday morning, according to Sarum use. I am indebted to the Hymnary for the translation.
[17] The supposed name of the penitent thief. The author is not answerable for the non-elision of the vowel--the name is authentic; it stood on the site of the present Oriel College. See preface.
[18] See Alfgar the Dane, chapter 24.