¹⁹⁴ William Aubrey, Master of Requests 1590–1595 (see Appendix 2).

¹⁹⁵ A seller or repairer of secondhand apparel or household stuff.

¹⁹⁶ Roger Robinson was made Free of the Clothworkers' Company in 1586 by apprenticeship to William Iveson. I would like to thank Dr Alexandrina Buchanan, archivist of the Clothworkers' Hall, for this information.

¹⁹⁷ Danish.

¹⁹⁸ i.e. to be bound over to keep the peace.

¹⁹⁹ Elected Lord Mayor of London in 1592–1593; he died in late 1593. See Beaven, A.B., The Aldermen of the City of London (2 vols, London, 1908–1913), vol. 2, p. 41Google Scholar.

²⁰⁰ Robert Harvey was rector of St Alban Wood Street from 1588 until 1595, and then of St Botolph Billingsgate until his death in 1597. See Hennessy, G.L., ed., Novum Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense (London, 1898), pp. 72, 108Google Scholar. John Martin and John Tedcastle were prominent parishioners: see Lang, R.G., Tudor Subsidy Assessment Rolls for the City of London: 1541 and 1582, London Record Society Publications 29 (London, 1993), p. 209Google Scholar.

²⁰¹ Possibly John White, adm. Lincoln's Inn 19 July 1585 (see Lincoln's Inn Records, p. 102), although other candidates include John White of Lancs, adm. Middle Temple 17 February 1573 (see Middle Temple Register, p. 37) and John White of Tuxford, Notts, adm. Gray's Inn 8 February 1582 (see Gray's Inn Register, p. 61).

²⁰² ‘pauper [adm. in forma pauperis] 11 February 1594. The defendant to be summoned by a messenger of the court’.

²⁰³ Ralph Rokeby, Master of Requests c.1576–1596 (see Appendix 2).

²⁰⁴ 17 April 1594.

²⁰⁵ i.e. ‘heard’.

²⁰⁶ Fieri facias was a writ directed to a sheriff authorizing execution of a judgment for debt or damages.

²⁰⁷ i.e. ‘floor’.

²⁰⁸ Possibly Thomas Warde, adm. Lincoln's Inn 6 March 1560 (see Lincoln's Inn Records, p. 66).

²⁰⁹ 3 May 1594.

²¹⁰ The original mistakenly reads ‘defendant’.

²¹¹ i.e. ‘uncertainty’.

²¹² The original mistakenly reads ‘defendant’.

²¹³ The strict definition of courts of record meant courts whose acts and judicial proceedings were enrolled, or recorded, and which had power to fine or imprison for contempt. According to Edward Coke, Requests was therefore not a court of record, but the usage here seems to be the more general one, referring to any officially recognized court. See S.E. Thorne, ‘Courts of record and Sir Edward Coke’, in Thorne, S.E., Essays in English Legal History (London, 1985), pp. 243–268Google Scholar; Holdsworth, W.S., A History of English Law (London, 1923–1926), vol. 5, pp. 159–161Google Scholar.

²¹⁴ i.e. ‘hall’.

²¹⁵ The Clothworkers' court met on 20 February 1592, but its records do not make any mention of Marion or Griffin Jones. (Once again, I would like to thank Dr Buchanan for examining these records on my behalf.)

²¹⁶ Raising frivolous objections.

²¹⁷ i.e. ‘alms’.

²¹⁸ i.e. ‘earn’.

²¹⁹ i.e. ‘erroneous’.

²²⁰ Given the context, probably William Dalby, attorney of the Mayor's Court between 1584 and 1593: see LMA, Repertory 21, fo. 99; Repertory 23, fo. 130. But see p. 118, n. 287 below.

²²¹ i.e. ‘bankrupt’.

²²² i.e. ‘sheriffs’.

²²³ Literally a rabbit catcher, but used here in the sense found in Robert Greene's pamphlets, such as A Defence of Cozenage (1591) and The Second Part of Cony Catching (1592), meaning a fraudster or swindler of ‘conies’ or dupes.

²²⁴ 10 marks or £6 13 s 4 d.

²²⁵ i.e. ‘appraised’.

²²⁶ ‘Old money’, perhaps nobles.

²²⁷ Embroidery with beads.

²²⁸ Maple or other fine grained hardwood (OED).

²²⁹ i.e. ‘alms’.

²³⁰ i.e. ‘desire’.

²³¹ i.e. ‘serve their turn’.

²³² To attend to or to apply oneself to something (OED).

²³³ The original mistakenly reads ‘yeare’ instead of ‘yearn’.

²³⁴ i.e. ‘venture’.

²³⁵ The debtors' prison in London located near the gate of the same name.

²³⁶ Reason.

²³⁷ i.e. ‘heard’.

²³⁸ ‘That you cause him to know’. A writ, usually delivered by a sheriff, warning an opposing party of proceedings initiated by writ of error, or demanding that cause be shown why an earlier judgment should not be executed or enforced. See Baker, Oxford History of the Laws, pp. 403–407. However, in context the author probably intended to write fieri facias.

²³⁹ i.e. ‘drudge’.

²⁴⁰ The wardmote inquest was a panel of householders elected annually on St Thomas' Eve to present nuisances and regulative offences, and to arbitrate disputes.

²⁴¹ i.e. 1593.

²⁴² Reason.

²⁴³ i.e. ‘appraise’.

²⁴⁴ A fold obscures these words.

²⁴⁵ Dirtied or defiled.

²⁴⁶ An alternative spelling of kerchief, a cloth used to cover the head (OED).

²⁴⁷ Trinity Term [31 May–19 June] 1594.

²⁴⁸ ‘Depositions taken at Westminster on 19 May 1594 on the part of Griffin Jones, plaintiff, against Marian Jones, his wife, and John Rowden and others, defendants’.

²⁴⁹ Changed from ‘I’.

²⁵⁰ i.e. gaol bird, referring to Bridewell, the London hospital turned prison, where Jones had previously been punished (see p. 73, n. 193). This was clearly a powerful stigma.

²⁵¹ St John the Evangelist.

²⁵² The Bell and The Seven Stars were both located on Friday Street, but there were other inns in the parish.

²⁵³ i.e. ‘taken’.

²⁵⁴ i.e. ‘broken’.

²⁵⁵ Saint Michael in the suburbs.

²⁵⁶ i.e. 1593.

²⁵⁷ i.e. give or return.

²⁵⁸ The page is torn.

²⁵⁹ i.e. ‘mad’.

²⁶⁰ Base fellow or villain (OED).

²⁶¹ The R is reversed to form linked initials.

²⁶² ‘Depositions taken at Westminster on 11 June 1594 on the part of Griffin Jones, complainant, against Marian Jones, his wife, and John Rowden and others, defendants’.

²⁶³ 25 January 1595.

²⁶⁴ ‘Without day’, a final dismissal allowing the defendants to depart without a day named for any future appearance.