^{page vii note 1} Somner, William, Antiquities of Canterbury (1640), pp. 88–91Google Scholar. Somner's notes are in D. & C. Cant., Lit. MS. C 16.

^{page vii note 2} P. 66 : ‘ This book is now lost … and by reason of the want of it, I can gain but little knowledge concerning the state of this house.’

^{page vii note 3} Brit. Mus., Harl. MS. 7048, fos. 175 ff.

^{page vii note 4} Fos. 1 and 2 lack their bottom margins, fo. 10 its bottom right-hand corner, the last six folios are torn and ragged, and fo. 68 is badly stained, though not illegibly so. Faint letters are on some folios, which seem to be guides to the gatherings, as follows: fos. 17vb.–18ra., C; fo. 23r., D; fos. 34vb.–35ra., E; fo. 41vb., hic incipe F ; fo. 42ra., F ; fo. 44vb., F ; fo. 50vb.-51ra., H (?) ; fo. 61vb., H.

^{page viii note 1} Originals have been found for cartulary nos. 10, 84, 101, 122, 129/130, 161. The cartulary copy omits some names from the last of these.

^{page ix note 1} See Appendix I for contemporary charters relating to the house which are not included in the cartulary. No attempt has been made to collect together any original charters of a later date than that of the cartulary.