han the following,

"In this yere was the good man at the litle Condit mordred."

NOTE S. page 80.

The occurrences mentioned in the text as having taken place in the
15th of Richard II. are in the Cottonian MS. assigned to the following
year; but no notice is taken under either year of "the pley of S^{t}.
Katerine."

NOTE T. page 80.

King Richard's expedition into Ireland in the 18th year of his reign,
is not noticed in the copy in the Cottonian MS.

NOTE U. page 81.

The Cottonian MS. adds, that the earl of Arundel was beheaded at Tower
hill, "in the same place where S^{r}. Symon of Burelle was bihedid.
And the duke of Gloucestre the kyngs uncle was foule murdred at
Caleis, in the Princes inne, with ij towailis made snarewise, and put
about his necke. And therle of Warwik and lord Cobham were dampned to
perpetuall prison;" which is stated in the text to have occurred in
the 21st of Ric. II. "And the parliament was enjourned to Shrowesbury,
unto the xv day of seint Hillarie, where it was endid, and where moch
people were disheritid."

NOTE X. page 83.

Instead of the words "and of Braybroke &c." the following occur in the
copy in the Cottonian MS.

"and of the bisshop of London, Braybroke, putten a supplicacion to the
kyng, the tenor wherof foloweth in this fourme;

"To our full excellent right doutful sovereigne and ful graciouse lord
the kyng.

"Ful mekely bisechen your humble lieges spirituell and temperell,
tharchbisshop of Caunterburye, the bisshop of London, the maire,
shireves, and aldermen, and alle other spirituell and temperell
gentills and comons of your cite of London; that forasmoch as full
grete and sorowefull malices, trespases, and wikkid commecturacions of
some men, and of many evil doers of the seid cite, have been procured,
done, and evil done to your roial maieste, to grete and perpetuell
confusion and repreef of the evil doers, and grete velany and shame to
alle dwellyng withynne the same cite, as wele innocent as unknowyng
therof, as other; which malfaisours or evil doers, for there trespases
have deserved harde and lither chastisement and punysshement, ne were
that the high benignite of you oure doutful lord fulfilled, of al
grace wol not procede ayens them after there deserts, which if ye
shulde ayenst them procede, shulde be distrucion, and nought withouten
cause of grete multitude of your people without nombre. Pleese it to
your full excellent and doutful roial maiest