[291a] Hume’s History of England, vol. i., quarto edition, p. 136.
[291b] Brougham’s Lives of Men of Letters and Science of the Time of George III., p. 216.
[292a] Dr. Whitaker’s History of Whalley, 3rd edition, p. 200 (note), referring to Burton’s Monast. Ebor. under Fors Abbey; Dr. Whitaker’s History of Richmondshire, vol. i. p. 409. It is remarkable that so laborious and talented an antiquary as Dr. Whitaker, states that the above was the last positive evidence which he had met with of the existence of wolves in England. He also disputes the vulgar opinion of their extirpation by Edgar.
[292b] Dugdale’s Baronage, vol. i. p. 504.
[292c] Ibid., p. 701.
[293] Fædera (modern edition), tome i. pt. ii. p. 591; ibid. folio edition of 1705, tome ii. p. 168.
[294a] Dugdale’s Baronage, vol. i. p. 466.
[294b] Camden’s Mag. Britannia, Gough’s edition, vol. ii. p. 302; Lysons’ Mag. Brit., title Derbyshire, pp. clxix and 280, quoting Dodsworth’s Collections from Exchequer Records.
[294c] Dugdale’s Baronage, vol. i. p. 549.
[294d] Ibid. p. 466.