[502] There is no evidence that he asked for it, but he certainly was not given it, else some record of it would survive.

[503] The Prior of Ely refused to lend £200; MSS. of Dean and Chapter of Ely. Hist. MSS. Rep., xii. App. IX. 395.

[504] Hist. MSS. Rep., v. 546; MSS. of Corporation of New Romney.

[505] St. Albans Chron., i. 8. This comes under 1426, but Jacqueline was not in England then. The editor changes it to 1425, and suggests that Jacqueline was over in England at that time. There is no ground for this suggestion.

[506] Cartulaire, iv. 408 find 410; Particularités Curieuses, 71.

[507] Ordinances, iii. 165; Devon, Issue Roll, 395.

[508] Stevenson, Letters and Papers, ii. 397; Beckington Correspondence, i. 281.

[509] Cartulaire, iv. 413; Particularités Curieuses, 73.

[510] Stevenson, Letters and Papers, ii. 398. Letter of one of Gloucester’s followers to Beaufort. There were other copies of this letter addressed to other English lords.

[511] Stevenson, Letters and Papers, ii. 398.