[7] Gildas, the wise, as he was styled, was the son of Caw, Prince of Strathclyde, and was born at Dumbarton.
[8] Bede died in A.D. 734. His chief work was an Ecclesiastical History.
[9] History of Blackpool and Neighbourhood.
[10] Alfred’s Preface, p. 33.
[11] History of the Anglo-Saxons.
[12] Saxon Chronicle.
[13] Ptolemy gives the longitude as ten minutes, but at such a height a minute would scarcely represent a mile.
[14] The Welsh language is the oldest of all living languages, and is of Celtic origin, being in fact the tongue spoken by the ancient Britons but little altered by modern innovations.
[15] An Honor has a castle or mansion, and consists of demesnes and services, to which a number of manors and lordships, with all their appurtenances and other regalities, are annexed. In an Honor an Honourable Court is held once every year at least.
[16] A Manor is composed of demesne and services, to which belong a three weeks Court, where the freeholders, being tenants of the manor, sit covered, and give judgement in all suits that are pleading. To every manor a Court Baron is attached.