[188]: The Chronicle of St. Neots.

[189]: To this Chronicle we owe some of the best known legends in English History, the story of Alfred and the cakes, for instance. It was probably written in the tenth century. (See my "Alfred in the Chroniclers.")

[190]: See Chap. [XIV].

[191]: See Chap. [VIII].

[192]: See Chap. [XIV].

[193]: See p. [144].

[194]: Cambs. Monthly Repository X.

[195]: When praised for loveliness by the Public Orator she showed, to the loud admiration of her auditors, that she both understood and spoke Latin by exclaiming coyly "Non est verum."

[196]: This roof is traditionally said to have been that of the great church of Barnwell Abbey (see p. [160]). It obviously was made for a larger nave than that of Willingham, and has been cut down to fit its present purpose.

[197]: See p. [283].