[138]: Township and Borough, p. 96.
[139]: The original Corporation (not yet so called) consisted of the local residents who held (or were rated at) a "hide" of land (120 acres). This was at the end of the ninth century, when the landowners were Danes and heathen.
[140]: A constant tradition declares that she was imprisoned (or hidden) here during part of her sister's reign, but it cannot be verified.
[141]: The frequent occurrence of "West" in their names—Westley, Weston, West Wratting, West Wickham—reminds us that their geographical and historical connection is with Suffolk, to the east of them, rather than with Cambridgeshire.
[142]: i.e., An observer of holy times and seasons.
[143]: These martyrs were son and mother, and suffered in the Diocletian persecution, the former being of very tender years. Julitta cheered him on to his glorious death, and was then herself executed.
[144]: This family came into England amongst the Huguenot refugees from France early in the eighteenth century.
[145]: Reach is commonly spoken of as a "hamlet," but there is still enough historical pride amongst the inhabitants to make them resent this phrase.
[146]: The oaks are always found lying prostrate, but the fir stems are frequently still upright for several feet of their length.
[147]: It is now the residence of H. Gray Esq. In the stable yard a monument records the celebrated "Godolphin," one of the first Arabs (or, more probably Barbs) to be imported, at the beginning of the eighteenth century, for the improvement of our thoroughbred stock.