hat is to
seye the xv yere of his reigne of England, was the first yere of his
reigne of France, and he came fro Tourney."

NOTE N. page 64.

"This yere [A^{o}. xxxiiij. Edw. III.] the blode all fresshe flowid
out of the tombe of Thomas sometyme erle of Lancastre. Also this yere
the kyng chose his sepulture at Westmynstre. Also this yere, the yere
of oure lord m^{l} iij^{c} lx, the xiiij day of Aprile and the morn
after day, the kyng Edward with his hoste lay about Paris," &c. as is
related in the text to have occurred in the _thirty-fifth_ year of
Edward III., though the king's expedition to Calais against the regent
of France is stated to have occurred in the _thirty-fourth_ year.

NOTE M. page 67.

The sheriff called in the text Adam Wymondham, stands as Adam
Wymbyngham in the Cottonian MS.; and though the death of dame Blaunch
duchess of Lancaster is there mentioned, no notice occurs of the
pestilence.

NOTE N. page 70.

The following is the account of the events in this year [A^{o}. xlix.
Edw. III.], in the copy in the Cottonian MS.--"In this yere, at the
towne of Brugges in Flaundres, was tretid upon diverse articles
hangynge atwixt the pope and kyng Edward. Also the same tyme at
Brugges was tretid for a peas bitwixt the ij realmes Fraunce and
England. Also this yere deide William Witlesey archebisshop of
Caunterburye, and the monkes chose the cardinall of England; and the
kyng was wroth therwith, and wolde not consent therto, ne the pope nor
cardinall; and so Maister Symon succedid."

NOTE O. page 71.

The only event noticed in the copy in the Cottonian MS. in the 51st
Edw. III. is the death of Edward prince of Wales, and his burial at
Canterbury.

NOTE P. page 71.

It is singular that in both MSS. the events mentioned in the text, as
well as the death of Edward the Third, are said to have occurred in
the _fifty-second_ year of that monarch's reign, for he died in the
_fifty-first_ year, namely on the 21st of June 1377. The commencement
of his reign is always calculated from the 25th of January 1327, when
his father resigned the crown.

NOTE Q. page 77.

A^{o}. ix. Richard II.--The copy in the Cottonian MS. only states
under this year, that "This yere, the yere of oure lord m^{l} iij^{c}
and iiij^{xx} and vj, kyng Richard went into Scotland with a roial
power."

NOTE R. page 79.

A^{o}. xiv. Richard II.--No other circumstance is mentioned under this
year in the Cottonian MS., t