Steve,

I checked the Lord Thomas broadsides at the Bodleian and Santa Barbara collections.

They all have stanza 4, which is not sung in tradition. There are all missing the stanza where Lord Thomas dresses in fine attire and rides to visit Fair Eleanor.

I still assert that this broadside does not represent the traditional ballad but was rather "written down from tradition" with a stanza that was not sung in tradition (stanza 4) and is missing a stanza sung in tradition (traditional stanza 4 where Lord Thomas rides to visit Fair Ellinor).

Therefore few versions were actually based on this broadside- and they don't exist. If they did, stanza 4 would be present.

Richie