page note 1 * This “motto of cognisance” refers to the arms borne by the Whitelocke family, a chevron between three falcons, or, as they are called in one pedigree, three eagles, and the crest, a like bird rising out of a tower.

page note 1 † My father's elder brother's son, and heir of the family ; William the eldest being ded without issue. Note by the writer of the MS.

page note 1 ‡ Robert de Bingham, bishop of Salisbury 1228–1246.

page note 1 § Inclosure.

page note 2 * Subsequently added.

page note 2 † The like.

page note 3 * Probably Fingest in Buckinghamshire.

page note 4 * Lord Mayor in 1576.

page note 4 † A subsequent insertion.

page note 8 * Roger Manners, earl of Rutland 1588–1612.

page note 9 * There are several papers in the State Paper Office relating to this charge against capt. Edmund Whitelocke: see especially the letters of Timothy Elks, 1611, July 16 and Sept. 28, noticed in Mrs. Green's Calendar of the Domestic Papers of king James I. It would seem that the earl of Northumberland allowed capt. Whitelocke a pension of 40l., afterwards increased to 60l. Among his friends are enumerated the earl of Westmerland, “who gave him money,” and mr. Emerson, of Little St. Helen's, “who relieved him very often.” Mr. Martin of the Temple, Inigo Jones, and sir Henry Groodyere, were also “much conversant “with him. A slight acquaintance between sir Walter Raleigh and capt. Whitelocke occasioned Raleigh to be suspected of a knowledge of the plot.

page note 10 * Robert Ratcliffe, earl of Sussex 1593–1629.

page note 10 † The observations of sir James Whiteloeke on the death, interment, and character of his brother Edmund, are singularly borne out by a letter of Dudley Carleton, dated 20 Sept., 1608, to a knowledge of which I have been led by Mrs. Green's Calendar of the Domestic Papers of James I. in the State Paper Office. The letter is addressed to John Chamberlain. “All the newes,” the writer remarks, “I have for you is, that capt. Whitlock, in this miserable time, morari inter homines desiit, who is so lamented by all bon companions as yf the world had not bin worthy of him. His death was sodaine, as were all the actions of his life, and as he livde amongst lords, so was be buried in a vault amongst my lord of Sussex' ancestors, at whose house he died.”

page note 10 ‡ The particulars of the “great quarrel” alluded to are printed in the old editions of Collins's Peerage: see vol. v. p. 428, edit. 1768.

page note 13 * Rowland Searchfield, vicar of Charlbury, co. Oxford, bishop of Bristol 1619–1622.

page note 13 † Subsequently inserted.

page note 13 ‡ Lancelot Andrewes, bishop of Chichester 1605–1609.

page note 14 * London, 4to. 1593.

page note 14 † Doctor of civil law of the university of Perugia, incorporated at Oxford 6 March, 1581. Wood's Fasti, i. 217.

page note 15 * * “Aug. 19. Bulstrode son of James Whitelocke gentleman.” Register of St. Dunstan's, in Collectanea Topogr. et Geneal. v. 369.

page note 16 * * Afterwards bishop of Rochester 1610–1628, and of Ely 1628–1631.

page note 18 * Grandmother of the poet.

page note 19 * The words within brackets were inserted afterwards. Dr. Nejle was successively bishop of Rochester, 1608–10; of Lichfield and Coventry, 1610–1618 ; of Lincoln, 1613–1617; of Durham, 1617–1827; of Winchester, 1627–1632; of York 1682–1640.

page note 19 † Inserted afterwarcls.

page note 21 * Added subsequently.

page note 22 * at in orig.

page note 29 * The favourite Carr, created viscount Rochester 25 March, 1611.

page note 30 * Valuable particulars respecting sir David Williams may be read in Mr. Foss's pleasant sketch of his career in the Lives of the Judges, vol. vi. p. 197.

page note 30 † See Foss's Lives of the Judges, vi. 203.

page note 33 * Lord Ellesmere.

page note 44 * * “Servant of queen Elizabeth, counsellor of king James, and friend of sir Philip Sydney;” created lord Brooke in 1620.

page note 44 † Dr. George Mountaigne, or Montaigne, dean of Westminster 1610–1617, and subsequently bishop in succession of Lincoln and London.

page note 45 * * “Your brown bastard is your only drink.” 1 Hen. IV. act ii. sc. 4. Barret, in his Alvearie, says it was “muscadel, sweet wine.”

page note 47 * Sir Edward Coke, at Stoke Pogeis.

page note 47 † Henry lord Danvers of Dantsey, afterwards earl of Danby.

page note 48 * That is, “Aye.”

page note 50 * Copyholds ; estates held by copy of court-roll.

page note 52 * This proverb, which has not been found mentioned elsewhere, is one of many testimonies to the popular reputation of that excellent and truly honourable public functionary, sir John Markham, lord chief justice in the reign of Edward IV. For several generations he was continually cited as “the upright judge.” See Foss's Judges, iv. 441.

page note 52 † Belted Will.

page note 54 * William Peachey and Richard Lyons were two of the farmers of the customs whose misdoings were a subject of parliamentary inquiry at the time here referred to.

page note 55 * Lodovick, second duke of Lenox, ob. 17 May, 1623.

page note 55 † Archbishop Abbot.

page note 59 * The “unite,” or “unitie,” was a sovereign, coined by James I., with the design that it should circulate throughout the united sovereignties of England and Scotland.

page note 67 * Aye.

page note 69 * Aye!

page note 72 * Pastry, or biscuit, of almonds and sugar, on a bottom of wafers

page note 72 † Puits or pewits.

page note 74 * Robert Tounson, D.D., afterwards Bishop of Salisbury.

page note 74 † Tothill fields?

page note 75 * Sir Lionel Cranfield, as to whom see p. 76.

page note 75 † Sir Julius Cæsar.

page note 75 ‡ Sir Thomas Coventry.

page note 75 § Sir Henry Yelverton.

page note 75 || Sir Albertus Joachimi.

page note 75 ¶ Archbishop Abbot, 1611–1633.

page note 75 ** Edward earl of Worcester, 1589–1628.

page note 75 †† Maro Antonio de Dominis.

page note 75 ‡‡ Bishop King, 1611–1621.

page note 75 §§ Bishop Buckeridge, 1610–1628.

page note 75 || || || || Bishop Carleton, of Llandaff 1617–1619, of Chichester 1619–1628.

page note 75 ¶¶ Francis lord Norris, and afterwards earl of Berkshire, 1601–1620.

page note 76 * The archbishop of Spalato was both deau of Windsor and master of the Savoy.

page note 76 † Foot-note by the writer.—Came to me Trinity 1609.

page note 76 ‡ Humphrey Winch, judge of the Common Pleas7 Nov. 1611–4 Feb. 1624–5. Foss's Judges, vi. 201.

page note 78 * Note by the writer—Teste 19 Junii, 18 Jacobi.

page note 78 † June 29.

page note 83 * Sir Henry Hobart, chief justice of the Common Pleas 27 Nov. 1613 —26 Dec. 1625. Foss's Judges, vi. 328.

page note 84 * The poesy : Robor legis decor regis.

page note 85 * Nov. 1.

page note 85 † Bewdley.

page note 86 * Note by the writer,—Tacitus, Deliciæ humani generis.

page note 86 † Cap. 32, v. 2.

page note 87 * Note by the writer.—Ecclesiastes, ca. 4, [verse 6].

page note 88 * Near Civita Vecchia.

page note 89 * Pool, or Welchpool, in Montgomeryshire.

page note 89 † Son of William second lord Eure, who died 1593, by Margaret, daughter of Sir Edward Dymoke.

page note 89 ‡‡ Note by writer.—28 cawses herd then.

page note 89 § Fawley, co. Bucks.

page note 90 * Mandeville, afterwards earl of Manchester.

page note 93 * Sandpipers.[?]

page note 93 † Sturk.[?]

page note 93 ‡‡ Pears.

page note 93 § Herons.

page note 94 * Archie Armstrong.

page note 97 * Sir James Ley.

page note 97 † Sir John Doderidge, justice of the King's Bench 1612–1628. Foss's Judges, vi. 306.

page note 98 * Gregor. in Homil. [lib. ii. no. xxxvi. vol. i. p. 1616. ed. 1705.]

page note 98 † Cap. 9. [vol. I. p. 396. ed. Ruhkopf, Lips. 1797.]

page note 98 ‡‡ Tacitus.

page note 98 § ”An act for certain Ordinances in the King's Dominion and Principality of Wales.”

page note 98 || Matthew, ch. xxv, ver. 29.

page note 99 * Deuteronomy, ch. xvi. ver, 20.

page note 100 * 25 March.

page note 100 † 28 October.

page note 100 ‡‡ Holy Thursday, Thursday in the fifth week after Easter week.

page note 103 * Arthur Lake, 1616–1626.

page note 104 * John Davenant, 1621–1641.

page note 104 † Robert Wright, 1623–1632.

page note 104 ‡‡ Lewis Bayley, 1616–1631.

page note 104 § William Laud, 1621–1626.

page note 104 || Theophilus Field, 1619–1627.

page note 104 ¶ Godfrey Goodman, 1624–1640.

page note 105 * Octaves of, or eight days after, Michaelmas.

page note 105 † This was of course on account of the plague. Bulstrode Whitelocke mentions this circumstance in his Memorials (p. 2), with one or two additional particulars. He says that sir James “drove fast through the streets, which were empty of people and overgrown with grass, to Westminster Hall, where the officers were ready, and the judge and his company went straight to the King's Bench, adjourned the court, returned to his coach, and drove away presently out of town.”

page note 105 ‡‡ Dec. 29.

page note 106 * A dagger with a handle made of root of boxwood. “Turners and cutlers,” says Gerarde, “do call this wood dudgeon.” See Nares's Glossary.

page note 107 * A coin of the reign of Elizabeth. On the reverse it had a star resembling the rowel of a spur. See Nares's Glossary.

page note 108 * James Ley, earl of Marlborough.

page note 108 † Vide stat. inter archiva mea.

page note 110 * 25th July ; see p. 15, where she is stated to have been born on the “last of July.”