[18.] His account has been printed in the Topographer, V. i. p. 241. sq. 8vo, 1789. We follow, as usual, the MS. itself, p. 1.
[19.] Quoted in Brock’s Biography of Sir H. Havelock, 1858; p. 9.
[20.] Æthelberht of Kent reigned from A.D. 560-616 (56 years).
[21.] For this latter portion of the Preface I am entirely responsible.
[22.] Nicole is a French inversion of Lincoln. It is not uncommon.
[23.] The northern part of Lincolnshire is called Lindsey.
[24.] Hence the obvious origin of the legend of “Havelok’s stone,” and the local tradition about Grim’s casting down stones from the tower of Grimsby church.
[25.] Possibly Saltfleet, suggests Mr Haigh. Such, at least, is the position required by the circumstances.
[26.] In the Durham MS. it is Tiedfort, i.e. Tetford, not far from Horncastle, in Lincolnshire.
[27.] A name given to the S.E. part of Lincolnshire.