[[82]] Furness Coucher (Chetham Soc.), pt. iii., Intro.
[[83]] Ibid.
[[84]] Holinshed, Chron., sub anno.
[[85]] V. C. H. Derby, ii. 357.
[[86]] Peat was mixed with the charcoal in Lancashire, and doubtless elsewhere, when available.—V. C. H. Lancs., ii. 361.
[[87]] This process was used by the Romans at Beaufort, near Battle, in Sussex, amongst other places.—Suss. Arch. Coll., xxix. 173
[[88]] Journ. of Brit. Arch. Ass., xxix. 124.
[[89]] Even after the introduction of the footblast the 'cinders' or slag, contained about half the original iron, according to Dud Dudley (Metallum Martis), and were worth resmelting in the improved furnaces of later times.
[[90]] Engl. Hist. Rev., xiv. 513.
[[91]] V. C. H. Derby, ii. 358.