[55] Trans. Essex Arch. Soc., N. S., vol. i. p. 153.

[56] Only a single copy is now known to exist of this remarkable production of the effusive Walden poet and would-be wit, Robert Winstanley.

[57] It is interesting, too, to note that tokens are still in existence, inscribed “Henry Woodley, 1657, at Newport Pond, H. W.” This, in all probability, was the “Mr. Woo ...” mentioned by Poor Robin.

[58] Arms (see p. 34). Crest: On a wreath a Flying Bull argent, wings endorsed or, armed and hoofed of the last, over the head a small circle of glory, proper. Supporters: Two Flying Bulls argent, winged, armed and hoofed or, over each head a small circle of glory, proper.

[59] Fifth Series, vol. xii. p. 328.

[60] Trans. Essex Archæological Soc., N. S., vol. ii. part iv. p. 335.

[61] See post.

[62] Trans. Essex Arch. Soc., vol. ii. p. 128.

[63] Azure; a fleece or; on a chief of the last, three mullets of five points of the first.

[64] Dale’s Annals of Coggeshall, p. 267.