[686] Shillingford’s Letters, 11.
[687] Shillingford, 136-140.
[688] In 1463 when Edward granted the city fresh franchises and powers he exempted the close from civic jurisdiction. Freeman’s Exeter, 91.
[689] In 1452 the judges held their assize in the hall of the bishop’s palace; the King being in the town it was proved to him that holding of assize in the bishop’s hall was a breach of the privileges of the church; two traitors who had been condemned were therefore pardoned by the King. Ibid. 89.
[690] Hist. MSS. Com. ix. 150.
[691] Ibid. 169.
[692] Lit. Cant. i., lxi. Sandwich and Stonor were the two ports of London and therefore of considerable consequence. For the history of Stonor see Boys’ Sandwich, 552-5, 658-62.
[693] Hist. MSS. Com. ix. 172-3.
[694] Ibid. 150.
[695] Ibid. 172-3, 141.