[52] "Squire Boothby of Ashborne" and "Mr. Boothby of Bradford," were of the family of the Boothbys of Ashborne Hall, a family connected by marriage with the Vernons. The present Dowager Lady Vernon was a Miss Boothby.
[53] Longford, about two miles from Shirley. Longford Hall is now the residence of the Hon. E. K. Coke.
[54] Wooton is under the Weaver Hills, on the side next Alton.
"Wooton-under-Weaver,
Where God comes never,"
is a common, though not very complimentary, saying regarding this place.
[55] Handford acted as Whipper-in.
[56] Jack Wilson. The Coke version of the ballad says "Wheeldon," and Mr. Coke adds a note, "Wheeldon the huntsman." I am inclined, however, to think "Jack Wilson" is the correct name.
[57] Sutton-on-the-Hill, the adjoining village to Trusley.
[58] In the Trusley version this verse occurs:—
"Then coming home by the Ash Holt,
Close under the Royal oak tree,
There Blood* and old Willet+ were fall'n
Asleep as it happen'd to be.
Come Handford and give them a Larum,
My lips are grown sore with the horn,
And round about they did be-stare 'em
Like Babies that were newly born."