diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007/Endnotes.php b/src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007/Endnotes.php
index 7c81a3df..02bf9e9e 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007/Endnotes.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007/Endnotes.php
@@ -20,12 +20,19 @@ namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Reader\Word2007;
 /**
  * Endnotes reader
  */
-class Endnotes extends Notes
+class Endnotes extends Footnotes
 {
     /**
-     * Note type = endnotes
+     * Collection name
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    protected $type = 'endnotes';
+    protected $collection = 'endnotes';
+
+    /**
+     * Element name
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $element = 'endnote';
 }
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007/Footnotes.php b/src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007/Footnotes.php
index d0c8b98c..7aadf6c0 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007/Footnotes.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007/Footnotes.php
@@ -17,15 +17,58 @@
 
 namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Reader\Word2007;
 
+use PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord;
+use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Shared\XMLReader;
+
 /**
  * Footnotes reader
  */
-class Footnotes extends Notes
+class Footnotes extends AbstractPart
 {
     /**
-     * Note type = footnotes
+     * Collection name footnotes|endnotes
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    protected $type = 'footnotes';
+    protected $collection = 'footnotes';
+
+    /**
+     * Element name footnote|endnote
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $element = 'footnote';
+
+    /**
+     * Read (footnotes|endnotes).xml
+     *
+     * @param \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord $phpWord
+     */
+    public function read(PhpWord &$phpWord)
+    {
+        $getMethod = "get{$this->collection}";
+        $collection = $phpWord->$getMethod()->getItems();
+
+        $xmlReader = new XMLReader();
+        $xmlReader->getDomFromZip($this->docFile, $this->xmlFile);
+        $nodes = $xmlReader->getElements('*');
+        if ($nodes->length > 0) {
+            foreach ($nodes as $node) {
+                $id = $xmlReader->getAttribute('w:id', $node);
+                $type = $xmlReader->getAttribute('w:type', $node);
+
+                // Avoid w:type "separator" and "continuationSeparator"
+                // Only look for <footnote> or <endnote> without w:type attribute
+                if (is_null($type) && array_key_exists($id, $collection)) {
+                    $element = $collection[$id];
+                    $pNodes = $xmlReader->getElements('w:p/*', $node);
+                    foreach ($pNodes as $pNode) {
+                        $this->readRun($xmlReader, $pNode, $element, $this->collection);
+                    }
+                    $addMethod = "add{$this->element}";
+                    $phpWord->$addMethod($element);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007/Notes.php b/src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007/Notes.php
deleted file mode 100644
index e3a7bba6..00000000
--- a/src/PhpWord/Reader/Word2007/Notes.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * This file is part of PHPWord - A pure PHP library for reading and writing
- * word processing documents.
- *
- * PHPWord is free software distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser
- * General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * For the full copyright and license information, please read the LICENSE
- * file that was distributed with this source code. For the full list of
- * contributors, visit https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/contributors.
- *
- * @link        https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord
- * @copyright   2010-2014 PHPWord contributors
- * @license     http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt LGPL version 3
- */
-
-namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Reader\Word2007;
-
-use PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord;
-use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Shared\XMLReader;
-
-/**
- * Notes reader
- */
-class Notes extends AbstractPart
-{
-    /**
-     * Note type footnotes|endnotes
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $type = 'footnotes';
-
-    /**
-     * Read (footnotes|endnotes).xml
-     *
-     * @param \PhpOffice\PhpWord\PhpWord $phpWord
-     */
-    public function read(PhpWord &$phpWord)
-    {
-        $this->type = ($this->type == 'endnotes') ? 'endnotes' : 'footnotes';
-        $getMethod = 'get' . $this->type;
-        $collection = $phpWord->$getMethod()->getItems();
-
-        $xmlReader = new XMLReader();
-        $xmlReader->getDomFromZip($this->docFile, $this->xmlFile);
-        $nodes = $xmlReader->getElements('*');
-        if ($nodes->length > 0) {
-            foreach ($nodes as $node) {
-                $id = $xmlReader->getAttribute('w:id', $node);
-                $type = $xmlReader->getAttribute('w:type', $node);
-
-                // Avoid w:type "separator" and "continuationSeparator"
-                // Only look for <footnote> or <endnote> without w:type attribute
-                if (is_null($type) && array_key_exists($id, $collection)) {
-                    $element = $collection[$id];
-                    $pNodes = $xmlReader->getElements('w:p/*', $node);
-                    foreach ($pNodes as $pNode) {
-                        $this->readRun($xmlReader, $pNode, $element, $this->type);
-                    }
-                    $addMethod = 'add' . ($this->type == 'endnotes' ? 'endnote' : 'footnote');
-                    $phpWord->$addMethod($element);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Part/Footer.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Part/Footer.php
index eed495b0..dded8266 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Part/Footer.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Part/Footer.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\Word2007\Part;
 
-use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\Footer as FooterElement;
+use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\AbstractContainer as Container;
 
 /**
  * Word2007 footer part writer
@@ -25,16 +25,23 @@ use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\Footer as FooterElement;
 class Footer extends AbstractPart
 {
     /**
-     * Write word/footnotes.xml
+     * Root element name
      *
-     * @param \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\Footer $footer
+     * @var string
      */
-    public function writeFooter(FooterElement $footer)
+    protected $rootElement = 'w:ftr';
+
+    /**
+     * Write word/footerx.xml
+     *
+     * @param \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\AbstractContainer $element
+     */
+    public function writeFooter(Container $element)
     {
         $xmlWriter = $this->getXmlWriter();
 
         $xmlWriter->startDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8', 'yes');
-        $xmlWriter->startElement('w:ftr');
+        $xmlWriter->startElement($this->rootElement);
         $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('xmlns:ve', 'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006');
         $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('xmlns:o', 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office');
         $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('xmlns:r', 'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships');
@@ -45,9 +52,9 @@ class Footer extends AbstractPart
         $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('xmlns:w', 'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main');
         $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('xmlns:wne', 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2006/wordml');
 
-        $this->writeContainerElements($xmlWriter, $footer);
+        $this->writeContainerElements($xmlWriter, $element);
 
-        $xmlWriter->endElement(); // w:ftr
+        $xmlWriter->endElement(); // $this->rootElement
 
         return $xmlWriter->getData();
     }
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Part/Header.php b/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Part/Header.php
index 319b030e..2b515c47 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Part/Header.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/Writer/Word2007/Part/Header.php
@@ -17,38 +17,27 @@
 
 namespace PhpOffice\PhpWord\Writer\Word2007\Part;
 
-use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\Header as HeaderElement;
+use PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\AbstractContainer as Container;
 
 /**
  * Word2007 header part writer
  */
-class Header extends AbstractPart
+class Header extends Footer
 {
+    /**
+     * Root element name
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $rootElement = 'w:hdr';
+
     /**
      * Write word/headerx.xml
      *
-     * @param \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\Header $header
+     * @param \PhpOffice\PhpWord\Element\AbstractContainer $element
      */
-    public function writeHeader(HeaderElement $header)
+    public function writeHeader(Container $element)
     {
-        $xmlWriter = $this->getXmlWriter();
-
-        $xmlWriter->startDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8', 'yes');
-        $xmlWriter->startElement('w:hdr');
-        $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('xmlns:ve', 'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006');
-        $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('xmlns:o', 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office');
-        $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('xmlns:r', 'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships');
-        $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('xmlns:m', 'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/math');
-        $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('xmlns:v', 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml');
-        $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('xmlns:wp', 'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/wordprocessingDrawing');
-        $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('xmlns:w10', 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word');
-        $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('xmlns:w', 'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main');
-        $xmlWriter->writeAttribute('xmlns:wne', 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2006/wordml');
-
-        $this->writeContainerElements($xmlWriter, $header);
-
-        $xmlWriter->endElement(); // w:hdr
-
-        return $xmlWriter->getData();
+        return $this->writeFooter($element);
     }
 }