³⁵⁵ Firkin: small cask for liquids, fish, butter, etc.: OED.

³⁵⁶ The London Trained Bands were expanded from April 1643 by the raising of the Auxiliary Regiments: Nagel, ‘The militia of London, 1641–1649’.

³⁵⁷ Fresh from their victory at Cheriton in Hampshire, during April 1644 Sir William Waller's parliamentarian army was preparing to march on Oxford.

³⁵⁸ Parliamentarian commander in Cheshire and Staffordshire: ODNB.

³⁵⁹ Oil of turpentine: a volatile oil, contained in the wood, bark, leaves, and other parts of coniferous trees, and usually prepared by distilling crude turpentine: OED.

³⁶⁰ Ordinance for the speedy completing and maintaining of the army under the immediate command of the earl of Essex, 26 March 1644: LJ, VI, 514–517.

³⁶¹ TNA, PROB 11/192/85. The Will of Mr George Verney, gentleman of Norton Daventry, Northamptonshire, 2 December 1644. Verney was a younger son of Sir Richard Verney of Compton Verney, Warwickshire, and his wife Margaret who was the sister to Fulke Greville, 1st Lord Brooke. The will made claim to his mother's interest in half of the estate of the 1st Lord Brooke.

³⁶² St Andrew's Holborn, Middlesex.

³⁶³ Archbishop Laud was executed on Tower Hill on 10 January 1645. Sir John Hotham was executed on 2 January and John Hotham on 1 January, and Sir Alexander Carew on 23 December 1644. The execution of the Hothams on consecutive days tallies with the hire of the chamber and house for 2 days.

³⁶⁴ Elizabeth (c.1610–1672), wife of Christopher, Lord Hatton: ODNB.

³⁶⁵ Paragon: a kind of thick wool or silk fabric used for clothing and upholstery: OED.

³⁶⁶ Serge: a durable woollen fabric: OED.

³⁶⁷ For Catherine, countess of Bedford, mother of Lady Brooke, see App. 4.

³⁶⁸ For Edward Russell, brother to Lady Brooke, see App. 4.

³⁶⁹ For James Cooke, surgeon at Warwick Castle, see App. 4.

³⁷⁰ There were many editions of Aesop's Fables available at this time.

³⁷¹ Watchet: a light blue colour, or cloth or garments of that colour: OED.

³⁷² Tincey: tinsey (aka tinsel): OED.

³⁷³ Ducape: a kind of plain-wove silk fabric: OED.

³⁷⁴ For Mr Coleman, see App. 4.

³⁷⁵ A translation of Cicero's letters by Johannes Sturm, part of the Stationer's Company Latin Stock of schoolbooks.

³⁷⁶ Possibly Cornelius de Leneve (fl. 1594–1664), with thanks to David J. Appleby.

³⁷⁷ For Oliver St John, see App. 4.

³⁷⁸ John Browne, clerk of the House of Lords from 1640 to 1649: ODNB.

³⁷⁹ Henry Elsynge, clerk to the House of Commons from 1640 to 1648: ODNB.

³⁸⁰ Almost certainly Sir Matthew Hale (1609–1676), judge: ODNB.

³⁸¹ This probably refers to the grant of George, Lord Digby's residence on Queen Street in London to Lady Brooke, and her youngest son Fulke in response to the reading of Lady Brooke's petition in the House of Commons on 27 August 1644: CJ, III, 608, 611.

³⁸² For discussion of Lady Brooke's pursuit of the wardship of her eldest son, see Hopper, ‘ “To condole with me on the Commonwealth's loss” ’, 192–210.

³⁸³ High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

³⁸⁴ Feodary: an officer of the Court of Wards who assessed the value of land: OED.

³⁸⁵ Sir Richard Newdigate (1602–1678), of Arbury Hall, Warwickshire, a distinguished lawyer and judge during the Protectorate: ODNB.

³⁸⁶ The parliamentarian county committee for Buckinghamshire sat in the important garrison town of Aylesbury.