A History of Horncastle, from the earliest period to the present time

by J. Conway Walter

[166d] The Gaunts took their name from Gande, now Ghent, in Flanders. Gilbert was the son of Baldwyn, Earl of Flanders, whose sister was married to William the Conqueror. He was thus nephew to the Conqueror’s consort. He held 113 manors in Lincolnshire besides many others elsewhere. Both he and his son Walter largely endowed Bardney Abbey. The name of Gaunt still survives in our neighbourhood.

[166e] Notes on Bolingbroke, &c.

[167a] Feet of Fines, Lincoln, 31 Edward I.

[167b] Architectural Society’s Journal, 1897, p. 52.

[167c] It may be nothing more than an accidental coincidence that the name of Bartholomew occurs in the Thimbleby Register in modern times.

[167d] These charters belong to the Rev. J. A. Penny, Vicar of Wispington, by whom they were communicated to Lincs. Notes & Queries, vol. v, No. 38, April, 1897.

[168a] Harleian Charter, British Museum, 43 G, 52, B.M. Lincs. Notes & Queries, Oct., 1898, p. 244.

[168b] Chancery Inquisition post mortem 6 Ed. III.

[168c] Chancery Inquisition post mortem, 34 Ed. III., and notes thereon, Architectural Society’s Journal, 1896, p. 257.

[168d] Court of Wards Inquisition, 3, 4, 5 Ed. VI., vol. 5, p. 91.