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Records, Historical and Antiquarian, of Parishes Round Horncastle

Records, Historical and Antiquarian, of Parishes Round Horncastle

Walter, James Conway

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ISBN10: 1150047658
ISBN13: 9781150047657
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 106
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.48 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904. Excerpt: ... its subject being, Christ and the Magdalen, or Noli me tangere; a brass tablet states that this is in memory of Frances Talfourd, March 9, 1862. The sedilia in the chancel are of handsome, modern, substantial oak. The roof throughout is of pitch pine. The one bell hangs in a turret supported by eight pilasters. The living is in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. The register dates from 1579. Among the entries are the following: -- 1773, Thursday, June 28th, Spenly buried. He was servant to Thomas English, and instantly killed with thunder and lightening in the house of his master, about 5 o'clock the evening before. In the two following, we do not see the object of the financial computation, unless the party making the entry, was hypochondriac on the subject of s. d. 1698 Mary daughter of Tho. Jeffery, ffarmer (not worth six hundred pounds) and Anne, his wife, baptised, October 23rd. 1699. A similiar entry of John Bowsley, ffarmer, being not worth. 600. The main interest of Winceby is as being the scene of the decisive battle, commonly called Winceby fight, between the forces of the Royalists and the Parliamentarians which took place on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 1643. We have only space here for a brief account of that engagement, which was important in its effect. We quote from a curious contemporary record, written by a Parliamentarian, and who apparently took part in the events described. The Parliamentary army, then in the neighbourhood of Boston, after suffering a reverse near Grantham, and gaining a doubtful victory at Gainsborough, had been reinforced by Sir Thomas Fairfax; and Cromwell was also on his way to join it, with a valuable body of horse. To prevent this formidable combination, the Marquis of Newcastle from the north, hurri...

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