[45] Liber Albus (Riley), folio 273 b., E 35, p. 477.
[46] Close Roll, 35 Henry III., m. 11.
[47] Close Roll, 9 Henry III., p. 2, m. 9. The Close Rolls were so called because they contained matters of a private nature, and were folded or closed up, in contradistinction to the Patent Rolls which (being addressed to all persons impartially) were left open, with the Great Seal affixed to the lower edge.
[48] Issue Roll, 19 Edward I., at Westminster, November 30th.
[49] Accounts of Ralph de Sandwich, Constable of the Tower, 17 to 29 Edward I. Army Accounts in the Public Record Office.
[50] Close Roll, 10 Edward I., m. 5.
[51] Exchequer Q.R. Memoranda, 26 Edward I., m. 109, and Privy Seals, Tower, 33 Edward I., file 4.
[52] Memorials of Westminster Abbey (Stanley) (second edition), chap. v., pp. 413, 415.
[53] Placita. Coram Rege. Roll, 17 Edward II., p. 2, m. 37.
[54] Archæologia, vol. xxxii., "The Early Use of Gunpowder in the English Army," pp. 379-387.