[113] In the edition of Brand’s Popular Antiquities, edited by Sir Henry Ellis, vol. i. 272-278, will be found a very large and curious collection of materials illustrative of this ancient custom.
[114] Stepney.
[115] A paper by Mr. Saunders, in Knight’s London, i. 169, entitled, “The Old Spring Time in London,” forms a very agreeable commentary on this section of our author’s work.
[116] Rich thieves most worthy to be hanged. The judgment of fire and water, called ordalii, was condemned by Pope Innocent III. 1203. Decretal. lib. 5.—Stow.
[117] More than two hundred and forty constables in London, the one half of them each night went in the marching watch, the other half kept their standing watch in every street and lane.—Stow.
[118] A large coat or cloak, from the French “journade.”—See Roquefort’s Glossaire, s. v.
[119] John Mountgomery.
[120] “To London in greater quantitie.”—1st edition, p. 80.
[121] “In the yeare 1471, John Stockton, mayor, and eleven aldermen of London, with the recorder, were all made knightes in the fielde by Edward IV., for their good service done to him.”—1st edition, p. 81.
[122] Wolverhampton.