[105] To fettle is an old Lancashire word.
[106] Harl. MSS., Cod. 3526. See Harland’s “Ballads and Songs of Lancashire.”
[107] “Cottons” is probably a corruption of “coatings.”
[108] Market stede Lane, Deansgate, Mylne Gate, Wething Greve, Hanging Ditch, Fenell Street, Smythy Door, and St. Mary’s Gate, are all named in the Court Leet Records 1552–54.
[109] From 1522 to 1686, and from 1731 to 1846. The whole have been printed by order of the Corporation, and edited by J. P. Earwaker, Esq., F.S.A.
[110] Act passed in 1570 requiring persons to wear woollen caps, made in England, on Sundays.
[111] Speed’s Plan.
[112] Picton’s “Liverpool Municipal Records.”
[113] Corporation Records.
[114] Beamont’s “Annals of Warrington.”