the parts of Lincolnshire in which Crowland is situated are called Holland or formerly Hoylande.”—To G. Steinman Steinman, Esq., author of the Hist. of Croydon, I am indebted for the following observations: “The passage has been a puzzle to me. The distance is very great between Crowland and Croydon in Cambridgeshire; and in Croydon in Surrey there is no such place as Crowland, though I can point out to you ‘the Clays’ there. The manor of Crouham is in the Surrey Croydon, but far away from ‘the Clays.’”
Page 18. Qd] i. e. Quod, quoth.
VPPON A DEEDMANS HED, &c.
couenable, i. e. befitting: sentence, i. e. sense, meaning. The pointing perhaps ought to be thus;—“in Englysh couenable, in sentence commendable,” &c.
v. 13. shyderyd] i. e. split, splintered.
v. 18. fell] i. e. skin.
Page 19. v. 24. mell] i. e. meddle.
v. 29.
Oure days be datyd,
To be chekmatyd