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them I must mention Mrs G. G. Coulton, Miss H. M. Cam,
Dr F. M. Page, Professor Eileen Power, Mr W. S. Mansfield,
Mr R. H. Robbins, Professor A. Hamilton Thompson and Mr E.
Welbourne. Nor must I neglect to thank the Council of Trinity
College for very kindly allowing me to reproduce pictures from
several manuscripts in the possession of the College, nor the
Master and Fellows of Sidney Sussex College for depositing their
Abbot£ Langley rolls in the University Library for my use.
My greatest debts, however, have still to be recorded. In
the PrefaceJ:o The Pastons and their England, published in 1921,
I wrote: "Finally, two names remain. Dr G. G. Coulton, the
general editor of the series, has given of his time, his thought
and his learning unstintingly to this study. In other directions
I am almost equally indebted to my wife. To both I owe more
than I can express here." The years between have immeasurably
deepened my indebtedness to both. To one of them I owe the
suggestion from which this study originated: to the other, as
a token of my manifold indebtedness, I have dedicated this
book.
H. S. BENNETT
August 1937