The story of Coventry

by Mary Dormer Harris

[234] Leet Book, 112.

[235] Ramsay, Lanc. and York, ii. 169.

[236] Dugdale, Warw., ii. 1,011.

[237] Leet Book, 244. A jack was a tunic of stuffed leather; a sallet, a helmet; and a habergeon, a short coat of mail. A unique sallet of the time of the Wars of the Roses, traditionally known as the Black Prince's helmet, is in S. Mary's Hall.

[238] Leet Book, 253.

[239] Ib., 256-60.

[240] Ib., 257.

[241] Ib., 260.

[242] Leet Book, 263.

[243] MS. Coïalte: this contraction will be henceforth written in full. I deviate from the MS. in putting capital letters to proper names, and in writing these in full wherever contractions occur. I have also substituted small letters for capitals whenever the latter would cause confusion to the modern reader.