[63] “Notes and Queries,” 1874, vol. i. p. 35. Fifth Series.

[64] C. A. Markham, “Ancient Punishments in Northamptonshire,” p. 16.

[65] Ibid.

[66] Percy. “Reliques of Ancient English Poetry,” vol. i. p. 306.

[67]

“Ale makes many a man reel over the fallows;
Ale makes many a man to swear by God and All-Hallows;
Ale makes many a man to hang upon the gallows—
With dole.”

“Songs and Carols.” Edited by Thomas Wright. Percy Society, 1847.

[68] “History of Penrith,” ut sup.

[69] “Records of Buckinghamshire,” paper by the Rev. J. C. Wharton, vol. ii. p. 159.

[70] “Notes and Queries,” 1873, vol. xi. pp. 83, 125. Fourth Series.