& þerto alle þe londes, þat he held of þe, & ȝeldes vp alle þe lordes of homage & feaute, Saue þe right þat may falle of our ancestres olde, Vnto þer heires alle to haf and to holde. We er pouer freres, þat haf nought on to lyue, In stede of messengeres, saue condite vs gyue, þorgh þi lond to go in þin auowrie, þat non vs robbe or slo, for þi curteysse.’” —“Robert of Brunne,” vol. ii., 258, 9, 60. On receiving the King’s reply and safe conduct, “þei had redy wending, at Douer þei toke lond & sped þam to þe kyng, at London þei him fond.” After the conclusion of this embassy we hear no more of Hugh of Manchester. The only additional fact concerning him that is known is that he wrote a “Compendium Theologiæ” and some other works, of which not even the titles have survived. Footnote 10: The authorities for the biography of Hugone de Maincestre are Dugdale’s “History of Warwickshire,” p. 763; Gregson’s “Fragments,” p. 235; Baines’s “History of Lancashire,” vol. ii., pp. 193, 356; vol. iv., p. 826; “Nicholas: Trivet Annales,” 1845 (and in Daccher, _Spicil. Vet. Scrip._, tom. viii.); “Robert of Brunne’s Rhyming Chronicle;” Hibbert-Ware’s “Foundations of Manchester;” “Pits de Angliæ Scriptoribus;” “Bale de Scriptoribus Britannicis,” cent. v., num. 62; Fuller’s “Worthies of England.” If the reader desires to see an example of the method of building without bricks, he may with advantage consult the notice of Hugh of Manchester in Edwin Butterworth’s “Biography of Eminent Natives of Manchester.” Footnote 11: _Vultus_ is here translated literally. The metaphor is one frequently used, and is a reference to John x., 14. Mrs. Fletcher in Lancashire. In the autobiography of Mrs. Fletcher, who was for many years a conspicuous figure in Edinburgh society, there are some interesting references to Lancashire people.