Acknowledgements1
My first thanks must go to Dr Nick Gray, who kindly allowed me access to his father’s files. I thank the team at Open Book Publishers, and their readers. I thank the Faculty of English, University of Oxford, who have generously contributed to this publication. In addition I am indebted to the following, for timely advice when consulted on various matters arising in this work:
David Atkinson, Richard Beadle, Ronald Black, Daron Burrows, Vincent Gillespie, Linda Gowans, Heidi Joeken, Don Kennedy, Matthew Kilburn, Kylie Murray, Ad Putter, Samantha Rayner, Gillian Rogers, Frances White, and many helpful librarians. Finally I thank my best friend and partner Quentin Miller for love, support, and technical help.
Abbreviations
ANTS |
Anglo-Norman Text Society |
DMH |
Dictionary of Medieval Heroes (Gerritsen, van Melle, Guest) |
EETS |
Early English Text Society; ES Extra Series, OS Original Series, SS Supplementary Series |
MED |
Middle English Dictionary https://t.co/etTLCLyAe5 |
OCCL |
Oxford Concise Companion to Classical Literature (Howatson, Chilvers) |
ODS |
Oxford Dictionary of Saints (Farmer) |
OED |
Oxford English Dictionary |
PFMS |
Percy Folio Manuscript (eds Hales and Furnivall) |
Rymes |
[Robyn] Rymes of Robyn Hood (Dobson and Taylor) |
Whiting |
Proverbs, Sentences, and Proverbial Phrases (Whiting and Whiting) |
1 Gray left a heading for acknowledgements, but listed none; I wish I could thank his friends and advisers as he would so generously have done. I have compiled a list of scholars and friends who deserve my own hearty thanks.