[246] Bacon, hist. and polit. discourse on the laws and government of England, part 2. ch. 1. and 2. The reign of Rich. II. in Kennet’s collection of historians.

[247] Hume’s hist. of England, vol. 2.

[248] Camden’s reign of Elizabeth, passim.

[249] Wilson’s life and reign of James I. ap. Kennet.

[250] Bibliotheca politica, dial. 11. Bacon, hist. and political discourse, part 1. chap. 64.

[251] Madox, Antiq. of the Exchequer, vol. 1. p. 197, 198. Baronia Anglica, book 1. chap. 1. Spelman, voc. Baro.

[252] Brady’s introduction, in append. Baronia Anglica, p. 33.

[253] Selden’s titles of honour, part 2. chap. 5. Baronia Anglica, book 1. chap. 2.

[254] Camden, Britan. p. 122.

[255] Selden, tit. Honour, part 2. chap. 5. § 21.