[12] Fat living or stall: a high-salaried parish; stall: an office in the church.
[13] Dowager: the widow of a person of wealth and rank.
[14] Homely: fond of home; domestic.
[15] Arthur: here, young Arthur's father.
[16] Chartism: the principles of a political party which demanded universal suffrage and other radical reforms. The chartists were regarded much as the anarchists are now.
[17] Living: parish.
[18] Proselytizing: converting to one's particular opinions.
[19] See Genesis xli.
[20] See Genesis xxxvii.
[21] Lord Grey: he introduced a famous bill for parliamentary reform which was passed in 1832.