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PREFACE.
The Protocol Book of Sir William Corbet, which is here printed
in abridged form, is in H.M. General Register House, being No. 4
of the series of Protocol Books preserved there. It is a small
octavo volume of ninety-six folios embracing the years 1529-1555,
but as there are only four entries dated prior to 1 540, it may be
said to cover the period 1 540-1 555 only. Several of its leaves are
awanting, and what remain are by no means in a good
state of
preservation, the handwriting being very often faint and unreadable.
The notary describes himself as "
priest " and "
chaplain "
(Cf. Nos. 33 and 63), but the editors have been unable to find any
further information regarding him, or to throw any light on his
parentage. Attention may be drawn to No. 93, which contains a
very interesting note of his private expenditure for part
of the
months of June and July 1542. The transactions recorded in
his Protocol Book deal almost entirely with subjects in the counties
of Roxburgh and Berwick, chiefly in the parishes
Merton.
Errata.
Page 2, No. 7, line 6, delete quotation marks.
of Linton and
„ 8, No. 35, line 25, for Hauseheilburn, read "Hauscheilburn."