^{page 1 note a} Richard Dudley was sent with Mush to Wisbech as arbitrator in the disputes of 1595.

^{page 1 note b} Norden, a priest and doctor of medicine, died suddenly at Wisbech in 1597.

^{page 2 note a} Robert Gwyn, Bachelor of Theology, a successful missionary.

^{page 2 note b} Robert Fisher, the reputed compiler of the memorial from materials supplied by the leaders of the anti-Jesuit party abroad, September, 1597.

^{page 2 note c} The association of secular priests for their own better self-government, projected by Colleton, Mush, and other leaders of the clergy, after the dissensions at Wisbech, was partly intended as a means to more effectually resist the aggressive policy of the Jesuits. The unexpected institution of a superior in the character of an archpriest, suggested (it was said) to the Pope by Parsons as a countermove, necessarily put an end to the scheme,

^{page 3 note a} Perhaps John Michell, M.A., Oxford.

^{page 3 note b} Francis Tillotson escaped from Wisbech and afterwards became a Government spy.