—Pol. Poems and Songs, ed. Wright, i. 323.
[537] Hist. MSS. Com. xi. part 3, 207.
[538] Ibid. 205.
[539] Ibid. 189.
[540] Hist. MSS. Com. xi. part 3, 188.
[541] Blomefield, iii. 513. Hist. MSS. Com. xi. part 3, 189, 205.
[542] Blomefield, iii. 516-17.
[543] Hist. MSS. Com. xi. part 3, 222. It would seem that in 1377 the mayor and burgesses were made responsible for the custody of the town, and were ultimately given power of distress for subsidies for its defence. (Ibid. 190, 205.)
[544] Hist. MSS. Com. xi. part 3, 165.
[545] Ibid. 225.