Historical and descriptive sketches of the town and soke of Horncastle [1822] / in the county of Lincoln and several places adjacent

by George Weir

1. Lectum fuge discute somnum. G. S. I. W. H. Penn Fusor 1717.

2. In templo venerare Deum. Hen. Penn nos fudit Cornucastri.

3. Supplicem Deusi audit. Daniel Hedderly cast me 1727.

4. Tho. Osborn fecit Downham Norfolk 1801. Tho. Bryan and D. Brown Churchwardens.

5. Dum spiras spera. H. Penn Fusor 1717. Tho. et Sam. Hamerton Æditivi.

6. Exeate busto auspice Christo. Tho Lodington LL.D. Vic. H. P. 1717.

The fourth bell previous to being recast bore this inscription:

Fac et spe. Henri Penn Fusor Peterburgensis.

The benefice is a vicarage, in the presentation of the Bishop of Carlisle, valued in the King’s books at £14. 4s. 2d.

The registers commence in the year 1559. In them are contained the following singular entries: