[1] See Boll. Acta SS., vi. Feb. Vita S. Amandi auctore Baudemundo ejus discipulo.

[2] See Taine, l’Ancien Régime, livre 1^er, ch. I., § II.

[3] See Genealogical Table I.

[4] Memorials of St. Dunstan. Rolls Series. Introduction.

[5] Epistola ad Arnulfum Comitem (MS. Cotton, Tiberius A. 15, fo. 155b).

[6] See Genealogical Table I.

[7] The marriage of King Ethelwolf with Judith was not consummated.

[8] Charles’s palace occupied the site of the present Palais de Justice.

[9] Bertulph’s house occupied the site of that portion of Government House which gives on the rue Breidel.

[10] Charles is always depicted in red.

[11] A name given by the Karls to the feudal lords.

[12] In the rue Breidel. The Boterbeke has been vaulted over for centuries, and of course the bridge no longer exists; the gates too have disappeared, but the holes into which the bolts were slipped are still to be seen in the facade of a house on the left-hand side at the further end of the street, which once formed part of the ancient gateway.

[13] Immediately after the murder, Bertulph had sent letters to the Bishop of Tournai containing evidence which he deemed sufficient to prove his innocence. These letters never reached their destination. Bertulph’s messenger, a monk of Eeckhout Abbey, had hardly left Bruges when he fell into the hands of the Isegrins. See also p. 59.

[14] The ruins of this monastery, most picturesquely situated, are well worth a visit. The huge brick barn with magnificent timber roof, a splendid specimen of thirteenth-century architecture, and some other out-buildings are still intact and still fulfil their original purpose.

[15] See p. 72, footnote.

[16] See Genealogical Table II.

[17] A nephew of Bertulph’s.

[18] A vagabond of any description.

[19] See Genealogical Table III.

[20] See Genealogical Table III.

[21] See Genealogical Table IV.

[22] Gesta Trevir. Arch. ap. Martène, Coll. Ampliss., iv., p. 363. See Kervyn de Lettenhove, Histoire de la Flandre, p. 77, vol. ii.

[23] The French party—supporters of the lily.

[24] The Nationalists—supporters of the lion of Flanders.

[25] See Genealogical Table IV.

[26] See Kervyn de Lettenhove. Histoire de Flandre, livre 9^e, tome ii., p. 113.

[27] See Oud. Vlaemsche liederen, published by Abbé Carton, p. 154.

[28] Corp. Chr. Fl. i., p. 190.

[29] See Kervyn, vol. ii., p. 262.

[30] See Green’s Short History of the English People, chap, v., sec. i., p. 218.

[31] Chronicles of Boucecault.

[32] Monk of St. Denis.

[33] Rel. de St. Denis, iv. 6.

[34] See Rel. de St. Denis, xxviii. 30, Monstrelet I.

[35] Kervyn de Lettenhove. Histoire de Flandre, livre 14^me, tom. iii., p. 239.

[36] Ann. Nov., ap. Martène, Ampliss. Coll., v. Col. 621; Lettre MS. de Rodolphe Agricola, 1 Nov. 1482.

[37] Kervyn. Livre 19^e, vol. iv., p. 247.

[38] See Genealogical Table V.

[39] See p. 287.

[40] Gachard. Lettres inédites de Maximilian, i., p. 80.

[41] Chronique de Despars, vol. iv., p. 178.

[42] The freehold of this property is still held by a descendant of the Adornes family.

[43] See Revue de l’Art Chrétien, 1892, p. 396.

[44] See Revue des Deux Mondes, June 15, 1900. De van Eyck à Van Dyck.

[45] Revue de l’Art Chrétien, 1900, 4^me livr. Les Frères van Eyck, James Weale.

[46] See Lübke. History of Art, vol. ii., p. 326.

[47] This lady followed her husband’s calling. Mr. Henry Willett of Brighton is the possessor of three beautiful miniatures in the form of a triptych, which are certainly her work. The central panel shows the Madonna and Child, and in the background the old manor house at Oostcamp of Louis of Gruthuise.

[48] This date has every appearance of being authentic, but it may have been added later.

[49] See De Laborde. Les Ducs de Bourgogne. Memoriaux de Jean Robert, Abbé de Saint-Aubert.

[50] Les Ducs de Bourgogne. Etude sur les lettres, les arts et l’industrie pendant le quinzième siècle, vol. ii., Preface, p. xliv.