FOOTNOTES

1 Close Roll, Henry VII.

2 MSS. Manor Roll in the Record Office.

3 MSS. Manor Roll, Archives of Ely Cathedral.

4 See Alexander Necham, De Naturis Rerum, twelfth century.

5 Stowe, “Survey of London.”

6 Stowe’s “Survey of London.”

7 See p. 171.

8 As Vauxhall is not included in Lieut.-Col. Sexby’s exhaustive book, the following details are not very accessible. It was bought from Mr. Cobeldick for £43,500.

Made up by Lambeth Vestry £11,746 17 6
Charity Commissioners 12,500 0 0
London County Council 11,746 17 6
Donations and other sources 7,506 5 0
£43,500 0 0

The fencing and laying out was done by the Kyrle Society. The Park was opened by the present King and Queen, July 7, 1890.

9 See “Chitty’s Statutes,” by J. M. Lely, under “Metropolis.”

10 See page 12.