[169a] Harleian Charter, British Museum, 56 B, 49 B.M.
[169b] Myntlyng MS. of Spalding Priory, folio 7 b.
[170a] At the time of the Norman Conquest, according to Sir Henry Ellis, there were 222 parish churches in the county, and only 131 resident priests. Sharon Turner gives 226 churches, about half without a resident minister.
[170b] Hundred Rolls, p. 299. Oliver’s Religious Houses, p. 78.
[171a] Lincs. Notes & Queries, 1898, p. 135.
[171b] History of Lincolnshire, p. 334.
[172a] Lincs. Notes & Queues, vol. ii, p. 38.
[172b] I have been informed of this by the Rev. Edwin Richard Kemp, of St. Anne’s Lodge, Lincoln, who is a scion of a collateral branch of the family, to be named next amongst the successive owners of the Hall-garth.
[173a] Weir’s History of Lincolnshire, p. 334.
[173b] Henry Kemp and “Elinor” Panton were married in 1723. They had a numerous family, including Michael, baptized May 2nd, 1731; Thomas, baptized 1737, married 1768; and Robert, baptized 1740, married 1766. Thomas and Robert were family names, which occurred in successive generations. There were other branches of the family, whose representatives still survive; including the Rev. Edwin R. Kemp, already referred to, whose grandfather was first cousin of the last Thomas Kemp residing at the Hall-garth. When the Kemp property was sold, a portion, at one time belonging to William Barker, was bought by the Rev. R. E. Kemp of Lincoln.