C.
Callis, merchant of staple of 225
Canoes, ancient 114–116
Carlisle, Bishop of 189
Carlsbad, water discovered 5
Caroline, Queen’s trial, anecdote 185
Cart, dragged by man 21 miles 185
Carving, S. Andrew’s Church 14 and note
Castle walls, Horncastle 187, 188
Caswell, Mr. Clement J. 185–187, 256
Cathedral, Lincoln 27
Cato-street Conspiracy 159–161
Celts, found 105 and note, 106
Champion Cups 209
Champion, Dymoke 14 and note
Charles I., Dymoke bequest to 214
Charles II., anecdote of 172, 173
Chesney, William, de 185
Chrismatory, mediæval 199
Churches:
Andrew’s, St., Woodhall Spa 14
St. Peter’s ,, 16
Ashby Puerorum 253, 254
Bucknall 162–164
Coningsby 222–226
Edlington 176
Enderby, Bag 256, 257
Gautby 172
Haltham 215–217
Horncastle 189, 190
Kirkstead 244–249
Langton 198–200
Martin 203, 204
Minting 174, 175
Roughton 205, 206
Scrivelsby 213, 214
Somersby 255
Tattershall 234–238
Thimbleby 177
Thornton 201, 202
Wispington 175, 176
Woodhall, Old 200, 201
Church, robber’s sanctuary 193
Clarkson, boring for coal 6
Clinton, Sir H. 189
,, Lord 132, 136, 143, 144, 189, 234, 250
Coal-pit Wood 8
“Cobbler, Captain” 170
Coffins, leaden 110
Coins, Roman 112
Collar, brazen, for maniac 159
Conging-street, Horncastle 179
Coningsby 218–227
Coningsby family 219
Coppledyke, knightly family of 257, 258
Corner, Hangman’s, Horncastle 189
Cottage Hospital, Woodhall 17
Creviquer, Alexander 153
Cromwell, Lord Treasurer 136, 137
,, Oliver, in Horncastle 194 and note
,, Ralph de 208, 230, 234
Cundi, Adelias de 189
Cures at Woodhall, early 9
Curfew 226
D.
Daubeney, Sir Giles 221
Dar-wood 127
Deane, tablet of, at Horsington 158
Diocese, Lincoln, Humber to Thames 125
Doctors, first resident at Woodhall 9
Dog-kennel yard, Horncastle 187
Donatives, abolished 13 and note
Drainage of Fens 101
Drogo de Bruere 220
Dyer, John, Poet 226
Dymoke, Champion, at Coronation 210–213
Dymoke, bequest to Charles I. 214
,, Edward, of Thornton 203
,, Sir Robert, good marriage 214
E.
Eagle, seen at Woodhall 42
Eagle Hotel, built 15
Editha, Queen 189
Edlington 176
Elizabeth, Queen, held Horncastle Manor 189
Ellison, R., Poem “Kirkstead” 36 and note, 250 and note
Elmhirst, Col. Richard 150
Escald, Gerbald de 189
Ethelred, King’s burial-place 169
Eudo, Norman Knight 229
Eusden, Laurence, Poet Laureate 226
Ezmondeys, Galfred de 153
Enderby, Albin de 256
F.
Fairs at Horncastle 179 and note
,, tricks at 181–183
Ferruginous water at Woodhall 10
Fight at Winceby 190
Fishes, list of local 72
Fish, Recipe for Cooking, by Francatelli 74 and note
Flintgan 35 and note
Floralia, Festival of 188
Flower as bait for fish 74
“Forest” of Woodhall, Pakinson’s 6, 7
Fortescue, Hugh, Baron 234
Franklin, Sir John, at Horncastle 194
Fynes family 136
„ Henry, of Christed 250, 251, 70
,, Henry, of Christed 250, 251
G.
Gaunt, Gilbert de 169, 170
,, John of 120
,, John, at Roughton 207
„ Walter de 169
Gautby 172–174
Geological Notes 84–104
Geology of South Scarle boring 84 and note
,, of Woodhall boring 10, 85, and note
Gerard de Rhodes 189
Gerbald de Escald 189
Glacier-borne boulders 87–91
Godiva, Lady 162
Granges, Moated 127, 129, 134, 135
Green Lady, legend of 145, 146
Gregory, Pope, curse of 196
Grey, John de 229
Gridiron, Horncastle Arms 192
Grosstête, Bishop, Epigram on 171 and note
H.
Hagworthingham Church 258, 259
Hall-garth, Thimbleby 177
Hall, Halstead 146–148
Hall, Roughton 207
Haltham 215–217
Hangman’s Corner 189
Hardy-gang Wood 171
“Harr” 27 and note
Harrier, Hen 43
Hawks, farmer’s and sportsman’s friends 41, 42
Henry IV., birthplace of 194
,, visits Bardney 194
,, ,, Horncastle 194
Heron and Kite, fight between 42 and note
Hoe Hill 253
Holbeck 253
Home for Gentlewomen 18
Horncastle 177, 195
,, Fairs 179 and note
,, Cheating at 181, 183
,, Murder at 181
,, Plague in 193
,, Poet “Laureate” 184 and note
,, Railway opened 12
Horse-taker Wood 171
Horsington 156–161
Hotchkin, Mr. Thomas 9
,, T. J. Stafford, Esq. 15, 16
Hotel, Royal 15
,, Victoria, built 9
,, ,, enlarged 15
Hussey family 142 and note
Hybrid, hare and rabbit 63, 64
I.
Incident at Kirkstead Hall 21, 22
Indulgence, Letters of 149 and note
J.
Jack Musters 57
Jenny, Sir Edmund 254
Jews at Lincoln 122–124
Julian’s Bower 188
K.
Karilepho, Willm. de 196
Kestrel, useful to man 44
“Kid,” i.e., faggot 133
Kirkstead Abbey 239, 240
,, Abbot 241, 243
,, Church 244–249
,, Poem by R. Ellison, Esq. 36 and note
L.
Langton Church 198–200
,, Hill, extensive view 195
,, Moated House 196
,, Owners of land 196, 197
Langworth 227
Lawrence, St., Chapel, Horncastle 192
Lincoln, Antiquities 117–125
,, Diocese, from Humber to Thames 125
„ Minster 121, 122
,, Spires demolished 122
,, Railway opened 12
Lindsey, Lord of 169
“Literæ Laureatæ” 184 and note
Lizard, shedding tail 72
M.
Marmyon, Baron 230, 234, 240
,, Roger de 170
Mastiffs of Kirkstead Abbot 240
Maypole Hill 188
Maze 188
Merlin hawk 43
Meschines, Ranulph de 174
Mill, valuable possession 140
Minting Church 174, 175
,, Weavers 175
Moat, valuable possession 136
Moon, race against the 185
Murder at Well-syke Wood 20
,, White Hall Wood 18
,, ,, Queen’s Head, Horncastle 181
N.
Names, old 26
Nevill family 165
Nightingale 49–51
Norreys Fynes, monument 137
O.
Osmunda regalis 30
Ostler, Mr. W., at Woodhall 6
,, Plantations, bird resort 35
,, ,, varied sport in 62 and note
Oswald, King’s miraculous hand 169
„ ,, tombstone 167
Osyth, St 236 and note
Overseer, female 207
Owls, anecdote of 45 and note
,, three kinds 44
„ very useful 44 and note
P.
Parishes in Woodhall district 13
Parkinson, John, and Spa Well 5
,, three projects of 5
Partridge, brown and red-leg mixing eggs 39
,, red-leg and keeper, anecdote 38
,, sitting close, anecdote 40
,, when sitting, has no scent 39, 40, and note
Pheasant, cream-coloured 37
„ Kalege 37
,, White 37
Pigeons, wild, three kinds 41
Pinso, Norman Knight 229
Pistol, history of 129 and note
Plantation, Ostler’s 6, 35, 62 and note
Plants, lists of 30–32
Poachers 19
Poem, “Kirkstead,” by R. Ellison, Esq. 36 and note
Pry-close, origin of name 200
Q.
Quadrupeds of the district 52–69
Queen Adelaide 14
,, Caroline’s trial 185
„ Editha 189
,, Victoria 14
Queen’s Head, Horncastle, murder at 181
R.
Ramper 11
Rebus at Scrivelsby 209
Reptiles, fishes, etc., of district 70–81
Rhodes, Gerard de 189
,, Ralph de 189, 221, 240
Richmond, Duke of 214
Robber, sheltered in church 193 and note
Robbers hanged, last time 24
Robbery frustrated 25, 26
,, at Halstead Hall 23, 24
Roman brickyard 11 and note
,, road, reputed 11 and note
,, sepulchre 254
,, well 177
Rook, the, a marauder 45
Roughton Church 205, 206
,, Plague at 206
,, Registers, peculiar entries in 206
“Royal Oak,” Knight of the 215