[574] M.S. 'Stockdone.'

[575] Stockton had fallen into decay during the sixteenth century.

[576] Sic.

[577] MS. 'Chopple.' On the Derwent, six miles south-west of Newcastle.

[578] MS. 'Bramespeth.' On the Wear, four miles south-west of Durham.

[579] MS. 'Duresme.'

[580] Pett's clerk.

[581] Comptroller of Customs for Port of London; one time Secretary of the Council of the North.

[582] MS. 'Tuckesford.'

[583] MS. 'Grantum.'