[16] As they were trying to make out a case, it is clear that John Chaucer was still just under twelve on Dec. 3, 1324, when they abducted him.
[17] Rolls of Parliament, ii. 14. Mr. Rye prints 'nulson' in place of 'unkore.'
[18] See the Calendar of Wills in the Hustings Court, by R.R. Sharpe, vol. i. p. 591.
[19] Here Sir H. Nicolas inserts '13th of July,' which I do not understand. His own Chronology of History correctly tells us that the day of St. Thomas the Martyr is Dec. 29, which in 1349 fell on Tuesday. The Monday after it was Jan. 4, 1350; the 23rd year of Edw. III. ended Jan. 24, 1350.
[20] Hustings Roll, Guildhall; see The Athenæum, Dec. 13, 1873, p. 772; The Academy, Oct. 13, 1877, p. 364. The joint names of John and Agnes Chaucer occur in 1354, and later, in 1363 and 1366.
[21] See below, under the date 1381; and The Athenæum, Nov. 29, 1873, p. 698; Dec. 13, 1873, p. 772.
[22] Timbs, Curiosities of London, p. 815.
[23] See a document printed in full in The Academy, Oct. 13, 1877, p. 364.
[24] Rymer's Fœdera, vol. ii. pt. iv. p. 23.
[25] Original Writs of Privy Seal in the Rolls House (Nicolas).