[[22]] Proc. Soc. of Ant., xx. 262.

[[23]] V. C. H. Lancs., ii. 359.

[[24]] V. C. H. Derby, ii. 350.

[[25]] Add. Ch., 49516.

[[26]] V. C. H. Derby, ii. 351.

[[27]] Ibid.

[[28]] V. C. H. Derby, ii. 350.

[[29]] Ibid., 351. Cf. a reference to 'le dampe' in 1316: Hist. MSS. Com. Rep., Middleton MSS., 88. This Report contains a great deal of value for the early history of coal mining.

[[30]] V. C. H. Derby, ii. 350.

[[31]] A 'sowe' is mentioned at Cossall in 1316.—Hist. MSS. Com. Rep., Middleton MSS., 88.