[161] “History of Tithes,” c. ix. s. 3. [162] See p. 25 for Bede’s statement of the earls’ churches. [163] Theodore’s “Penitential,” s. 7, in Haddan and Stubbs, iii. 185. [164] “History of Tithes,” c. ix. s. 4, pp. 264, 265. [165] “The Case of Impropriations, etc.,” pp. 16-31, ed. 1704. [166] Thorpe, ii. 257. [167] “Facts and Fictions,” p. 262. [168] Tanner’s “Not. Monas.,” edited by James Nasmith, 1787, Preface xix., xx. [169] Cum consilio Laurencii Episcopi et omnium principum meorum. Cod. Dip. i. [170] Stubbs says 604. See his “Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum.” [171] See Birch’s account of this MS. in vol. 40 of the _Journal of the Archæological Association_. [172] “Facts and Fictions,” pp. 173, 293. [173] See p. 84 for Selden’s weighty remarks. [174] See p. 25. [175] Vol. i. pp. 28-341. [176] “Facts and Fictions,” p. 279. [177] “Anglo-Saxon Church,” i. 187, ed. 1845. [178] “Const. Hist.,” i. 177, iii. 600, ed. 1878. His reference, Thorpe, i. 177, viii. ss. 2, 44, should be ix. ss. 2, 44. [179] Quoted in “Our Title Deeds,” by Rev. M. Fuller, p. 107. [180] “A Defence of the Church,” etc., 4th ed., p. 158. [181] Church Grith. [182] “Facts and Fictions,” pp. 277, 281. [183] “Facts and Fictions,” p. 283. [184] _Idem_, pp. 280, 281. [185] “Facts and Fictions,” p. 281. [186] Johnson’s “Laws and Canons,” preface, p. vii. [187] “Facts and Fictions,” p. 281. [188] Thorpe’s Preface, xxi. [189] “Facts and Fictions,” p. 282. [190] Hale’s “Antiquity of the Church Rate System,” App., p. 51, ed. 1837. [191] _Idem_, App., p. 51, footnote. [192] See for omissions “Facts and Fictions,” p. 282; “Fuller,” p. 120; Dibdin, p. 156, ed. 1885. [193] Thorpe’s “Ancient Laws,” Preface, xxi. [194] “Facts and Fictions,” pp. 279, 280. Mr. Fuller gives Mr. Freeman’s letter in full in “Our Title Deeds,” p. 164. [195] Thorpe, i. 342; Schmid, “Gesetze der Angelsachsen,” 244. [196] Thorpe, i. 262; Schmid, 186. [197] “Norman Conquest,” i. 368. [198] In the margin of the “Norman Conquest” is, “Ethelred’s return and legislation, Lent, 1014.” [199] “Norman Conquest,” i. 368, 3rd ed. 1877. [200] See his pedantic, erroneous and misleading articles in the February and June numbers of the _Contemporary Review_ for 1891, on the “Landed Endowments of the Church.” Compare pp. 191, 192, of former article with p. 490 vol. iv. and p. 41 vol. v. of the “Norman Conquest,” on lands in the four Northern Counties, and his remarks upon my article in the January number of the same Review, for a case of _sheer pedantry_. [201] “Facts and Fictions,” 269-270. [202] “Church Defence,” Appendix, p. 361, ed. 1888. [203] “Church Grith.” [204] _Idem_, Appendix, p. 362. [205] Thorpe, i. 341. [206] _Idem_, i. 281. [207] _Idem_, p. 293. [208] _Idem_, p. 305. [209] _Idem_, i. 195. [210] “Facts and Fictions,” 278, note 2. [211] Twysden’s “Scriptores,” x. p. 898, ed. 1652. [212] “Facts and Fictions,” 269. [213] Thorpe, i. 338. [214] p. 270.