Note 33 — Chapter IV · THE COLLECTOR OF THE ARUNDELIAN MSS.

It has been estimated, on competent evidence, that for every one thousand pounds which the Earl’s estates in England contributed towards his personal and household expenditure, in exile, twenty-seven thousand pounds were so contributed towards the maintenance, in one form or other, of the royalist cause. Such an estimate can, of course, only be approximative. But it has obvious significance and value.