[19] Ibid., ii. p. 186.
[20] Pat. Roll 833. I cannot trace in the rolls any similar grant to Holborn or Smyth.
[21] Pat. Roll, 921.
[22] He may be the Richard Bull who was called before the Council in 1555. Acts of the P.C., v. 189.
[23] Stephins was engaged on the repair of the Lion barge in 1553, and was paid 20l. as 'the Queen's Majesty's Shipwright' for making the Leader barge in 1558. Acts of the P.C., iv. 362, and vi. 426.
[24] The difference in the spelling is no argument against this, as 'ph' and 'v' are used indifferently in the documents in this surname, Stevens' name being spelt 'Stevyns' and 'Stevins' and 'Stephens' in the rolls.
[25] Pat. Roll 1091.
[26] Officium Naupegiarii sive unius magistrorum factorum Navium et Cimbarum nostrarum.
[27] Pat. Roll 1249. The entry in Pat. Roll 1091 is vacated with an endorsement in the margin, signed by Mathew Baker and William Borough to the effect that the surrender was voluntary and in consideration of the grant to Baker and Addey.
[28] Sometimes spelt Adye, Adie, or Ady.