Transcriber’s Note

The table of illustrations has the wrong page (p. 116) for the image on p. 117, and has been corrected.

On pp. 206 and 207, a double-page [view] of Kingston-upon-Hull has been joined. A larger version of it can be viewed by clicking on the image..

Likewise, the [map] printed on the inside of the back cover, spanning two pages, has been joined, however imperfectly, given the original images. A larger version of it can be viewed by clicking on the image.

On pp. [241] and [248], there are facsimiles of documents. The caption of each serves as a link to a text transcription, which is included at the end of the text.

Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here.

[52.5]we have no means of knowing[.]Added.
[100.12]the records remain to our day.Removed.
[115.28]to hold this office[.] ThusAdded.
[116.2]Edward III[.], so his sonAdded.
[118.16]Shakspeare’s [P/p]layReplaced.
[134.2]themselves in populous towns[.]Added.
[148.30]your dewte in ryngyng....[’]Added.
[187.31]of the building[.] They were a wealthyAdded.
[215.32]ustained during the war.Added.
[227.24]Let the best fashioned and apparrell[ /e]d ServantsReplaced.
[231.21]This was between the years 1703 and 1753[.]Added.
[245.11]horses could not[,] contend against the wind.Removed.
[296.1]and Strong Beer.[’]Added.
[324.20]teche all [scholers] thithersic
[330.14]to the inhabitants[’]Added.
[331.24]at Paris in 1552[./,] one of Cicero printedReplaced.
[332.33]Bridlington and Hull came into being[.]Added.
[349.11]R[o/a]ised in 1802 two squadrons of YeomanryReplaced.
[350.22]Royal A[d/c]ademyReplaced.