[19] i.e. shires, hundreds, tithings.
[20] Carucate = Hide, about 120 acres.
[21] Chirograph is the name for a bond or written record.
[22] Corodiers = Men holding by corrody, i.e. service of providing a night’s lodging.
[23] Mentz = Mainz, ruled by an archbishop.
[24] A mistake, Alexius did not reign till thirty years later.
[25] Title given to the son of the Holy Roman Emperor.
[26] Offenders were mainly members of the Corporation or the University, also some local landowners.
[27] Suburbs of Cambridge, Trumpington above, Chesterton below the town.
[28] The prohibition of iron-tyred carts was common in towns at this period.