[555]. Blemundsbury, p. 308.
[556]. “Maslyn’s Pond” and “Maslyn Fields” are mentioned in the parish books in 1644 and 1656 (Parton’s Hospital and Parish of St. Giles, pp. 270–1).
[558]. See Sale by Arthur Blythe to Wigg and Whitfield, quoted by Parton (Hospital and Parish of St. Giles, p. 126).
[559]. Kingsford’s edition, II., p. 91.
[560]. Reproduced here.
[561]. See p. [123]. The Close had a reputed area of 10 acres (See e.g., Rents of Henry VIII. in London and the Suburbs, 35 Henry VIII. (Rentals and Surveys, General Series), Roll 452).
[562]. Parliamentary Survey (Augmentation Office), Middlesex, 24.
[563]. I.e., the field called Long Acre or Elm Field, lying between Castle Street and the street called Long Acre.
[564]. Obviously a mistake for “south”; Castle Street is the thoroughfare meant.