In superioriFenestra boreali Cancelli. | |
G a Lyon passant guardant Arg. | |
Sa. 3 Flowres de lize betw: 6 Crosses botony fitchyArg. | |
G. a Crosse sarcely Arg. | Beke. |
In FenestraOrientali Insulæ Australis. Orate pro benefactoribus artis sutorum, qui istam Fenestramfieri fecerunt sc’æ Nenianæ cum sera &catena. Item sc’i Crispinus & Crispinianus cuminstrumentis Calceariis. | |
Fenestræborealis superius. | |
Empaled. Sa. 2 lyons passant arg. crowned or | Dymoke |
Empaled. Or a lyon ramp double queue sa | Welles. |
Empaled. Quarterly. Arg. a chevron betw. 3bulles passant sa | Tourney. |
Empaled. Quarterly. B. a fesse betw. 3 goatesheads erased arg. | |
Empaled. Quarterly. Argent a chevron gobonysa. Empaled. Quarterly. Arg. on a bend G. 3 rosesarg. | |
Quarterly. Arg. a chevron betw. 3 griphons headeserased G. | Tilney. |
Quarterly. Arg. 3 bars G, over all a bend engrayledsa | Ros. |
Quarterly. Quarterly or and G. a border sa.bezanty | Rochford. |
Quarterly. Arg. 3 crosses botony fitchy B. semy offlowres de lize | |
Quarterly Ermine and chequy or and G. | Gipthorpe. |
Arg. a chevron betw. 3. roses G. | |
Taylboys, &c. | |
FenestraAustralis superior. | |
G. a fesse betw. 3 waterbougets ermine | Meres. |
Empaled. Marchants Marke Empaled. Arg. on a bend G. 3 ferniers of the first | |
Hic jacet Francisca filia primogenita Petri Frescheville de Staveley in Com. Derb. Arm. [ex priore uxore sua Elizabetha filia Gervasii Clifton de Clifton in Com. Nott. Militis] et quondam Uxor Gervasii Holles de Burgh in Com. Lincoln. Militis, cui peperit Freschevillum Holles, & Margaretam gemellos, & Franciscum Holles filium juniorem. Obijt Horncastell.
Harleian MS. No. 6829, p. 241.
[32] It is observable that Cromwell is here stiled the arch-rebel, although at the time mentioned he was only a colonel, and by no means an illustrious individual in the war. The date given to the battle is wrong, it having been fought on the 11th of October; and the signal defeat of the royalists is diminished in its importance, by stiling the conflict a skirmish.
[35] See Appendix, No. 4.
[37] The same Act also empowered the commissioners of the river Witham, in conjunction with the Horncastle and Sleaford Navigation Companies, to complete the navigable communication between the Witham and the Fosdike canal through the High Bridge at Lincoln.
[39] “Horne Castelle, as far as I can lerne, is now most builded withyn the Circuite of an old waullid Toune, or sum hughe Castel, as apperith from divers Ruines of a Waulle. It hath one faire Paroche Chirch. Alluitur Bano et Verino qui paulo infra op Banum. Dr. Thybleby of the Queen’s College hath Landes aboute the olde Walles of Horne Castelle. Warig risith of divers springis aliquot passuum millibus ab oppido. Pons ibidem super Verinum flu. The market is very good and quick occupiers in the town.” Leland’s Itinerary, vol. 7. p. 51.
[41] William Banks, Esq. father of the present lessee.
[43] See Appendix, No. 1.
[44a] Mr. Holles, in the Church Notes before quoted, mentions the following inscription at this place, which now no longer exists: