^{page 181 note 1} Proceedings, xx. 276.

^{page 183 note 1} Proceedings, xx. 276.

^{page 184 note 1} Proceedings, x. 36; V.C.II. Beds., i. 185.

^{page 184 note 2} Proceedings, 2nd ser., i. 399; further finds in vi. 36 and xi. 311 (Wickheru field, adjoining Toddington Hill).

^{page 184 note 3} Grave-mounds and their Contents, 272, fig. 451.

^{page 186 note 1} V.C.H. Beds., vol. i, coloured plate of Anglo-Saxon remains, figs. 11 and 13.

^{page 186 note 2} Both methods are illustrated in Saxon Obsequies, p1. 14, graves 158, 168 ; cf. pl. 13, grave 144.

^{page 187 note 1} This reference to Professor Oman's view I owe to Mr. Page.

^{page 188 note 1} England before the Norman Conquest, pp. 230, 245.

^{page 190 note 1} This fact is expressly stated in the account given in the Isle of Wight County Press (Sept. 2, 1899), and I have verified it by numerous inquiries.

^{page 190 note 2} This is a hoary fiction that takes a lot of killing. It is flatly contradicted by the results of careful excavations, which prove that exposure to the air, so far from causing bones to crumble, actually hardens them ! It is not the exposure to the air which destroys the bones, but the method of exposing them, and the methods of treasure-seekers always are destructive.

^{page 190 note 3} September 2, 1899.

^{page 190 note 4} Formerly occupier of Sheepwash Farm.

^{page 192 note 1} These presumably are the ‘Greco-Phoenician characters’ referred to bf Robert Walker in his letter to the I. W. County Press (Dec. 30, 1899).

^{page 192 note 2} Cf. Proceedings, xxiii. 128, for this setting of the handles.