^{page 314 note *} See Proceedings, 2 S., ii. 269, 266. See also a paper by Mr. S. Cuming on the History of the Sling, in Journ. Arch. Ass., xx. 73, and Remarks on Sling-bullets, by the late Mr. Hawkins, in Proceedings, i. 157.

^{page 315 note *} It may be worth noticing that Mommsen is mistaken in saying that in the second edition Vermiglioli has printed the inscription as if in two lines instead of one. This is not so.—C. S. P.

^{page 318 note *} Mem. illustrative of Hist, anl Antiq. of Lincolnshire, p. 65.

page 318 note † Institutes, ii. p. 667.

page 318 note ‡ Accedence of Armorie, 17.

page 318 note § Memorials, ed. 1732, p. 66.

page 318 note ‖ Eccl. Restaurata, ed. 1849, i. p. 63.

^{page 319 note *} William de Roos of Hamlake, eighth baron by writ, succeded his brother John, who died at Paphos, in the Isle of Cyprus, 1393. He was twenty-four years of age in 1393. Died 1419. Courthope's Nicolas' Hist. Peerage, sub tit.

page 319 note † Petition of Lord de Roos in Rotuli Parliamentorum, iii. 649.

^{page 320 note *} Petition of Lord de Roos in Rotuli Parliamentorum, iii. p. 650.

page 320 note † Notices of the Tyrwhitt family, ed. 1862, p. 11. Gentleman's Mag. 1799, i. 377.

^{page 323 note 1} Sir William Ayscough of Stallingborough, knight, son and heir of Sir William of that place, by his wife Mary, daughter of Sir Robert Hildyard, of Winestead, co. York, knight. He married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Wrothesley of Stafford, by whom he had issue Sir Francis Ayscough, who continued the direct line; Edward, settled at Keleby, ancestor to the Ayscoughs of Nun Cotham and Fulstowe; and a daughter Jane, who married George St. Paul of Snarford (see note 2). He is said to have had by this wife another daughter, Anne, who married a member of the old Lincolnshire family of Kyme. This lady was burnt for heresy at Smithfleld, in 1546. (Bale's Examination of Anne Askewe, ed. 1849, p. 141.) His will, which was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 28 May, 1541, makes no mention of Anne. As however she was most probably provided for on her marriage, this evidence is by no means conclusive against the truth of Bale's statement. By his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of John Hutton of Prudhoe in the bishoprie of Durham and Baseford and Nuthall, co. Nottingham, widow of Sir William Hansard of South Kelsey knight, he had two sons, Christopher and Thomas. The latter seems to have died young, the former is mentioned in his father's will. He provided that he should be buried “in our Ladye Quere within the parish Church of Saint Peter, before the ymmage of our Ladye in Stallingburghe.”—Lincolnsh. Heralds' Visit. 1562. MS. Queen's Coll. Oxford, F. 22, foll. 49–52. Rep. of Line. Arch. Soc. 1862. 117–134. Wills in Cur. Prærog. Cant.

^{page 323 note 2} George St. Paul of Snarford was the third son of John St. Paul of the same by his wife Helen, daughter of Richard Thimbleby of Polham. He was born in 1499, and became heir to his elder brothers John and Matthew on the death of the latter in 1556. He was Counsel for the City of Lincoln 10 June, 1542 ; Recorder 7 Sept. of that year. He served as one of the burgesses in Parliament for that city from 1542 to 1557. He married Jane daughter of Sir William Ayscough (see note 1) and had issue by her two sons. John the elder, married Elizabeth daughter of Sir Richard Thimbleby, knight, who died without issue male, when the estate passed to his second son, Thomas, who married Faith, daughter of Vincent Grantham of Lincoln (see note 4), by whom he was father to Sir George, the last of the family. George St. Paul's will is dated Dec. 30, 1558. He describes himself as of North Carlton, but desires to be buried in the church of Snarford if ha dies in the county of Lincoln. He gives certain lands in Legsby to trustees, for the term of twenty years, that mass may be said three days in the week at least in the chantry of the family at Snarford, “where the bodies of my father and mother lyeth buried,” for his own soul and that of his father, mother, wife, and other relatives, adding the curious clause, that “if at any time this bequest is made voyd by Act of Parliament, I will my son John take the 81. and find a priest at his benevolence.” The will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 22 Feb. 1558–59, by Jane his relict and Thomas Sayntpoll, his executors. There is no monument to George St. Paul at Snarford. His widow married Richard Disney of Norton Disney, in the church of which place there is a brass to her second husband, but no record of the date of her death.—Heralds' Visit. 1562, fol. 28; Allen's Line. i. 134 ; Hunter's South Yorks, ii. 462. Wills C. P. C.

^{page 323 note 3} John Copledike of Harrington, afterwards knighted, eldest son of William Copledike of that place by Margaret daughter of Hamon Sutton of Burton, Commissioner of Subsidy for Lindesey 1523 ; Commissoner for compiling the Valor Ecclesiasticus, 1535; High Sheriff of the county, 1548; married Elizabeth daughter of Richard Littlebury of Stainsby; who died 12 May, 1552, and is buried at Harrington. By this lady he had issue John his son and heir, who was 31 years of age at his father's death. He married Anne daughter of John Etton, but died sine prole. Francis the second son married Elizabeth doughter of Lionel Reresby of Thribergh, co. York; he also died without issue, and was succeeded by his nephew Thomas son of Thomas the fourth sou of Sir John. Sir John died 12 Dec. 1557. Heralds' Visit. fol. 14; Hist. Lincoln. 1816, p. 209; Brewer, Cal. Let. and Pap. vol. iii. pt. ii. p. 1365.

^{page 324 note 4} Vincent Grantham of St. Katherine's next Lincoln, eldest son of Edward Grantham of Lincoln by Elizabeth daughter of John St. Paul. He married, first, Alice daughter of Hamon Sutton of Burton, by whom he had issue Thomas, ancestor of the Granthams of St. Katherine's and Goltho. His second wife, of whose parentage I know nothing, was named Girlington. (She may have been a Girlington of Normanby.) By her he had issue Vincent. His third wife was Bridget, daughter of Sir William Hansard of South Kelsey, knight; by her he had issue Thomas the younger; Katherine who married, first, Robert Sanderson of Saxby; and, second, William Rokeby of Skiers, co. York (she died 10 March, 1615, and was buried at Saxby); and Faith, who married Sir Thomas St. Paul of Snarford, son of George (see Note 2). Vincent Grantham received the freedom of the city of Lincoln 12 Sept. 1526, and was mayor 1527 and 1511. His will is dated Oct. 27 and was proved at Doctors' Commons, Nov. 17, 1550. He was buried in St. Martin's church, Lincoln, Nov. 4. His widow Bridget afterwards married Thomas Taylor, but was buried in the same church with her first husband. Heralds' Visit. 72. Hunter, South Yorks. ii. 102. Wills C. P. C. Par. Reg. of St. Martin's, Lincoln.

^{page 324 note 5} Thomas Moigne of Willingham, son of Alexander Moigne of Waithe, who was one of the Commissioners for the subsidy for Lindsey, in 1523, by Anne, daughter of John Copledike of Frampton. He was escheator for the county of Lincoln, 1532–1534. A “Master Thomas Moyne,” no doubt the same person, was appointed Recorder of Lincoln, July 11, 1532. He married Anne, daughter and co-heir of William Hansard of South Kelsey, and by her had issue Elizabeth, who married Thomas Morison of Cadeby. A Thomas Moigne, described as the elder brother of Simon Moigne, was attainted in or before 34 Henry VIII. Their father was Alexander Moigne, who had held lands at Thevilly (now Theally), near Burton Stather. Heralds' Visit. 14. Brewer, Cal. Let. Pap. vol. iii. pt. ii. p. 1365. Dep. Keeper's 10th Report, Append, p. 106. 30th Report, Append. 167.

^{page 324 note 6} The Boothes of Middlesoil, in the parish of Killingholme, were a younger branch of the family of Boothe of Barton, co. Lancaster. They became connected with Lincolnshire by the marriage of Henry Boothe with Elizabeth, the heiress of William Gaskerike of Middlesoil. There were two John Boothes of this place, father and son, in the reign of Henry VIII. I do not think it is possible to decide, with certainty, which is the person mentioned in the text. John Boothe the elder married Anne, daughter of Richard Thimbleby of Irnham. They had a large family. Their eldest surviving son was John Boothe the younger, who married, first, Isabella, daughter of William Dalyson of Laughton ; second, Eleanor Fitzwilliam ; third, Mary, daughter of Thomas Ellis of Paunton. His will was proved in the prerogative court of Canter, bury, the last day of Feb. 1566–7. He was buried at Killingholme on the 8th of July previous. Heralds' Visit. 51. Wills C. P. C. Par. Reg., Killingholme.

^{page 324 note 7 8} Sir Robert Tyrwhitt of Kettilby, knt. was the fifth in direct line from his namesake who began the feud with the Lord Roos. He is stated to have been Vice-Admiral of England, but this must be an error. He may have been one of the Vice-Admirals of the coast of England. If so, probably for Lindsey only. He married Maud, daughter of Sir Robert Tailboys of Goulton and Kyme. He died July 4, 1548, at his seat at Kettilby, and was buried in Wrawby church. His eldest son Sir William Tyrwhitt, of Scotter, married Isabell, daughter of Robert Girlington of Normanby. He was High Sheriff for the county 28 Hen. VIII. and was greatly enriched by grants of church lands. He died during the life of his father, March 19, 1540–1. His will was proved at Lincoln on the 1st of June. When Gervaise Holies made his church notes, there was at Scotter—“In cancello ad austrum tumulus marmoreus. ere insculptus: Hic jacet Willelmus Tyrwhitt Miles, qui obiit 190 die Martii, Anno Domino 1541.” Heralds' Visit. 73. Harl. MS. 6829, p. 197. Notices and Remains of Family of Tyrwhiil, passim.

^{page 324 note 9} It does not seem possible to identify this person with any degree of certainty. Whoever he was he may be presumed to have been a gentleman. The word servant, as will be seen from the next note, must be interpreted to mean, not a menial servant, but something nearly approaching a feudal retainer of earlier times. I conjecture that this man may not improbably have been a member of a family named Bowyer, several members of whom were connected in business matters with the Tirwhitts in the reign of Elizabeth. The only pedigree of the family I have seen is in the Lincolnshire Heralds' visitation of 1634. It does not go back far enough to contain the person named in the text. Ralph Bowyer or Bower of Bottesford married in 1563 Margaret, daughter of Lionel Reresby of Thribergh, co. York. Hunter, S. Yorks. ii. 39.

^{page 325 note 10} Richard Bellingham of Manton. The Bellinghanis of Manton, afterwards of Brumby Wood in the parish of Frodingham, were descended from a younger son of Sir Robert Bellingham of Bellingham in Northumberland, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Tunstall of Thurland. They inherited some of the best blood of the North of England. Richard Bellingham was the son and heir of Thomas Bellingham of Manton, by ‥‥ daughter of ‥‥ Wasling of Brumby Wood. He married Jane or Johanna, daughter of Robert Evers of Belton, in the Isle of Axholme. I have seen no evidence that there was any relationship or marriage connection between him or his wife and the Tirwhitts ; William Tirwhitt however left him “2 stoth^* of 3 years old,” by his will above noticed. He died Oct. 5, 1558. Heralds' Visit. 57. Harl. MS. 1097, f. 94 b. 1484, f. 26.

^{page 325 note 11} Thomas Dymock of North Carlton, son of Andrew Dymock, by his wife Dorothy Meers, and great-great-grandson of Sir John Dymoke, knt, brother of Sir Thomas, champion to Henry IV. and V. was sheriff of Lincolnshire, 1542. He married Dorothy, daughter of John Tourney of Cavenby or Cainby, near Spital in the Street. He died Feb. 1, 1545–6. His will is dated September 30, 1542. It was proved at Doctors' Commons, May 25, 1546. He desired burial in the church or churchyard of North Carlton. Wills C. P. C.

^{page 325 note 12} William Monson of South Carlton, eldest son of Sir John Monson of that place, by his second wife Dorothy Meeres. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert and sister to Sir William Tirwhitt before noticed. He served as burgess for Totnes in the Parliament of 1547, and as high sheriff for his county in 1553. He died Oct. 15, 1558, and lies buried in the church of South Carlton. By his will dated August 28th of same year, he gives to “Sir Robert Tirwhitt of Kettelby my gilt standyng pott of silver, pledged to me by the Lady Hiissi for 10 li. if she redeem the same he to have the 10 li” Heralds' Visit. 1. Collins' Peerage, edit. 1737, iii/497. Wills C. P. C.

^{page 325 note 13} James Mussenden of Great Limber is said, in the visitations, to have been the son of John Mussenden of Healing, near Great Grimsby, and Margaret Topcliffe his wife. His name however does not appear in the will of John Mussenden, who mentions all his other children. Gervaise Holies the Grimsby antiquary, whose statements are always worthy of respect, says'that he was not the son of this John, but that he came of a bastard line. His words are— “Nota denique quod nullus Mussendenorum jam extat qui non ex spurio et damnato coitu emanavit. Franciscus enim Mussenden de Louth in com. Line. Legista, ex filio notho Bernardi Mussenden, et cujusdam fœmiæ; (Aliciæ Spenser nomine) originem suam deduxit. Thomas etiam Mussenden nuper de Waltham in com. Line, fuit films Thomæ qui filius fuit nothus Thomæ Mussenden militis. Verissima bæc inserui, ne posteri mentita propagine in errorem traherentur.”

The Francis Mussenden “de Louth” here mentioned was great-grandson of James Mussenden the rioter. An additional reason for beliving this line to be illegitimate is furnished by the arms. The bearing of the old family was, Or, a cross engrailed gules, in the first quarter a bird of the second. Sometimes this bird is blazoned as a Cornish chough. This race however surrounded the coat with a bordure azure semé of plates. Harl. MS. 1550, fol. 96. Lansd. MS. 207a, p. 513. MS. Queen's Coll. Oxf. fol. 22. Wills C. P. C.

^{page 325 note *} Male horned cattle, from one to four years old. Best's Farming Book, Surtees Soc. pp. 144, 183.