[7] Holinshed.

[8] William of Malmesbury.

[9] Holinshed.

[10] Matthew Paris.

[11] Westminster Hall was founded by William Rufus in 1097.

[12] "Morte d'Arthur" was a French romance, translated by Sir Thomas Mallory, Knight, and printed by Caxton in 1481.

[13] Old chroniclers speak of pilgrims returning from the Holy Land with their staves wreathed with palm, and from this custom arose the word "palmer," which signified a holy traveller from Jerusalem.

[14] The word Paynim, or Pagan, was commonly used in the Middle Ages to include all Mahometans.

[15] William of Malmesbury.

[16] Manuel I., Comnenus.