[47]. See page [208] for an example of this.
[48]. Jervaulx Abbey, in the North Riding.
[49]. A foder equals 2400 lbs.
[50]. Hundredweight.
[51]. The church of the Black Friary and the tower of St. Mary’s Church are very plainly shown in the older plan given on page 165.
[52]. In 1681 the North Blockhouse was abandoned, and a new Citadel built enclosing the Castle and the South Blockhouse. The whole was demolished about the middle of last century, with the exception of a small turret, which still remains built into the walls of the Humber Transport Company, but is shortly to be taken down and rebuilt in the West Park.
[53]. The King knighted his host during his visit.
[54]. In 1639 the military stores at the King’s Manor in Hull included 50 cannon, 200,000 muskets, carbines, pistols, and swords, 1,800 spades, shovels, and wheelbarrows, with powder, shot, and match to the value of upwards of £6000. Other stores of armour, powder, cannon balls, and musket shot purchased in Holland were added in the same year.
[55]. This passage, which connects Blackfriargate and Little Humber Street, was, in the seventeenth century, the only entrance to the town from the landing-place on the Humber. It is less than seven feet wide.
[56]. Rabbets are grooves cut in the edge of a piece of wood.