EDITORIAL NOTE 



The Editor desires to acknowledge his obligations to the following, who 

 by reading the proofs of this volume have added much to the accuracy 

 of the work : — The Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Romer, G.C.B., Mr. Edward 

 E. Barclay, M.A., J.P., the Rev. C. V. Bicknell, the Rev. F. R. 

 Broughton, M.A., the Rev. Henry F- Burnaby, M.A., the Rev. J. M. 

 Bury, B.A., Mr. F. A. Crallan, Messrs. Grossman, Prichard & Co., 

 the Rev. J. L. Button, M.A., the Rev. F. H. Francis, M.A., Mrs. 

 Gregory, the Rev. H. B. Grindle, Prof. F. Haverfield, LL.D., F.S.A., 

 the Rev. A. Howard, M.A., Mr. W. Minet, M.A., F.S.A., J.P., 

 Mr. J. Horace Round, M.A., LL.D., the Rev. C. H. Spurrell, M.A., 

 the Rev. W. T. Stubbs, M.A., the Rev. J. L. P. Thomas, M.A., the 

 Rev. J. Frome Wilkinson, M.A., F.S.A., the Rev. F. R. Williams, M.A., 

 and Mr. Horace Wilmer, M.I.C.E., F.S.A. 



For illustrations and plans, with permission to reproduce them, the 

 Editor is indebted to : — the Society of Antiquaries, the Hertfordshire 

 Natural History Society, Messrs. Longmans, Green & Co., Mr. William 

 Ransom, F.L.S., F.S.A., the St. Albans and Hertfordshire Architectural 

 and Archasological Society, Mr. Hugh Seebohm, and Mr. G. A. Wright 

 (Curator of the Corporation Museum, Colchester). 



The manorial descents of the Hundred of Edwinstree have been 

 compiled under the supervision of Miss Alice Raven, and the drawings 

 for the line blocks have been made by Miss Jenny Wylie, Mr. Whitford 

 Anderson, A.R.I.B.A., Mr. Laurence Davies and others. 



