[437]. Æðelr. iii. § 1, and iii. § 3. Thorpe, i. 292, 294.
[438]. Cod. Dipl. No. 950.
[439]. Ibid. No. 1289.
[440]. Ibid. No. 981.
[441]. Chron. Sax. an. 906.
[442]. Leg. Eádg. ii. § 5.
[443]. Æðelst. i. § 1. Thorpe, i. 194.
[445]. Cod. Dipl. vol. iv. passim. There is not the slightest reason to suppose that there ever was a special ealdorman of London, as Palgrave imagines. The city was governed by Portreeves, usually two at once, until long after the Conquest, when it obtained mayors, like many other towns.
[446]. Cod. Dipl. Nos. 857, 861.