[133] The Bishop’s Bridge (1295) over the Wensum.
[134] Horatio, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805), was born at Burnham-Thorpe Rectory, Norfolk, near Wells.
[140] Borrow clean omits his two years (1816-18) at Norwich Grammar School, under Edward Valpy (1764-1832), headmaster 1810-29. This was probably because, horsed on James Martineau’s back, he was flogged for running away to turn smuggler or freebooter. Sir James Brooke was another schoolfellow.
[142] The Rev. Thomas D’Éterville, a Norman émigré.
[146] The Yare.
[147] Earlham Hall.
[148] Joseph John Gurney (1788-1847), Quaker banker of Norwich, and philanthropist, a brother of Mrs. Fry. See A. J. C. Hare’s The Gurneys of Earlham (2 vols., 1895).
[152] Tombland Fair, on Norwich Castle Hill, the day before Good Friday.
[154] Cf. Introduction, p. xxv.
[156] Snake-charmer.