[2]. Slea = unravelled.
[3]. The original of this curious paper is now at Appleby, dated April 1st, 1616, and runs as follows: “A memoranda that I, Anne, Countess of Dorset, sole daughter and heir to George, late Earl of Cumberland, do take witness of all these gentlemen present, that I both desire and offer myself to go up to London with my men and horses, but they, having received a contrary commandment from my Lord, my husband, will by no means consent nor permit me to go with them. Now my desire is that all the world may know that this stay of mine proceeds only from my husband’s command, contrary to my consent or agreement, whereof I have gotten these names underwritten to testify the same.”
[4]. Night-gown, of course, has not the modern meaning, as at that date people slept naked.
[5]. Glecko, or Gleck: a three-handed game played with 44 cards (eight left in stock). The gleck consisted in three of a kind.
[6]. Joistment: the feeding of cattle in a common pasture for a stipulated fee.
[7]. Runts: young ox or cow.
[8]. The following account is abridged from the Mercurius Publicus of the day: “Charles Lord Buckhurst; Edward Sackville, his brother; Sir Henry Belasyse, eldest son of Lord Belasyse; John Belasyse, brother of Lord Faulconberg; and Thomas Wentworth, only son of Sir G. Wentworth, whilst in pursuit of thieves near Waltham Cross, mortally wounded an innocent tanner named Hoppy, and ... were soon after apprehended on charges of robbery and murder, but the Grand Jury found a bill for manslaughter only.”
[9]. This refers to the frequent flooding of Whitehall Palace by an unusually high tide.
[10]. See Appendix.
[11]. The butler, not the biographer.