EDITORIAL NOTE 



No claim to exhaustiveness is made for the lists of abbots and 

 priors of the religious houses. It is probable that as the contents 

 of private muniments and the public records become more accessible, 

 new names will be added. Since the article on the religious houses 

 was completed, the name of John, abbot of Holmcultram, in 1406, 

 was brought to light by the publication of the Calendar of Papal 

 Letters (vi. 77) : John, prior of St. Bees, was witness to a deed, dated 

 1330, at Cockermouth Castle, and Nicholas de Warthill was prior 

 of the same place in 1387, as stated in a charter at the British 

 Museum. 



During the time of the preparation of this volume death has 

 removed two esteemed colleagues the Rev. H. A. Macpherson, a 

 zoologist of distinction, and Mr. William Steel, a keen sportsman as 

 well as an experienced writer. 



The Editors wish to express their obligation to Mrs. Henry Ware 

 for the loan of her valuable collection of casts of episcopal seals ; 

 to the Cumberland and Westmorland Archaeological Society for the 

 use of blocks ; to the Mayor and Corporation of Carlisle for liberty 

 to photograph the initial letter of one of their royal charters ; to 

 the Director of the Public Library, Carlisle, for the loan of engravings 

 for reproduction ; to the Bishop and Chapter of Carlisle, the Earl of 

 Lonsdale, and Lord Leconfield, for access to their muniments ; to the 

 Rev. Dr. Greenwell, Mr. W. Farrer, Sir E. T. Bewley, Dr. George 

 Neilson, Mr. William Brown, and Dr. Haswell, for advice and 

 assistance readily given. 



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