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HISTORY OF HORNCASTLE.

Leonis fossa nunc hæc Dymoke capit ossa.
Miles erat Regis, cui parce Deus prece Matris,
Es testis, Christe, quod non jacet hic lapis iste,
Corpus ut ornetur, sed spiritus ut memoretur.
Hinc tu qui transis, senex, medius, puer, an sis,
Pro me funde preces, quia sic mihi sit venie spes.

The actual suit of armour worn by this Sir Lionel Dymoke was formerly in the church, since in the evidence taken after the "Lincolnshire Rising," in 1536, it was shewn that "one Philip Trotter, of Horncastle," took it from the church, and himself wore it, while carrying the standard at the head of the insurgents. (State Papers Domestic, Henry VIII., vol. xi, No. 967)^[1]

In the Harleian MS. in the British Museum, among his "Lincolnshire Church Notes," Gervase Holies (circa 1640) mentions several other arms and inscriptions, as then existing, which are now lost.^[2]

In the pavement of the former vestry, in the south chancel aisle, is a slab with the inscription running round it, "Here lyethe the boyddes of Thomas Raithbeck & Ame his wyf, ye founders of the Beid hous. Departed thys world, in ye fayth of Christ, ye last day of October, in ye yere of our Lord, MDLXXV." In the pavement at the east end of the south aisle of nave is a slab bearing the names of William Hamerton and his wife Elizabeth; and westward of this another slab, in memory of "Sarah Sellwood, wife of Henry Sellwood, Esq.,^[3] who died Sep. 30, 1816, aged 28 years." The late Poet

↑ The only other theft from the church, of which we have record, was when the vestry was broken into, in December, 1812, and the money collected for parish purposes was stolen. A reward of £50 was offered for information of the thief, but without result. (MS. notes by Mr. T. Overton, in possession of Mr. John Overton, of Horncastle.)

↑ Details of these are given by Holles, as follows:—

In fenestra Insulæ Borealis.

"Orate pro a'ia Thomæ Coppuldike Armig. & D'næ Margaretæ Consortis suæ fundatoris Gildæ Cantar ... Fenestram fieri fecit Ano Dni 1526."

In superiori fenestra Borealis Cancelli.

"Gules a lion passant guardant. Arg
Sable, 3 flowres de lize betw: 6 crosses botony fitchy Arg.
Gules, a cross sarcelly Arg."Bec.

In fenestra Orientali Insulæ Australis.

"Orate pro benefactoribus artis sutorum, qui istam fenestram fieri fecerunt stæ Ninianæ cum cera et catena. Item sti Crispinus et Crispianus cum instrumentis calceariis." (N.B. The feminine is an error of Holles, as St. Ninian was a man. Collier's History, vol. i p. 100).

Fenestra Borealis superior.

Empaled	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Sa, 2 lions passant arg. crowned or.			Dymoke
		Or, a lion rampant double queue sa.			Welles
Empaled	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Quarterly	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Arg. a chevron betw: 3 bulls passant sa.	Tourney
				B. a fesse betw: 3 goats' heads erased arg.
		Quarterly	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Arg. a chevron gobony sa.
				Arg. on a bend g. 3 roses arg.
Quarterly	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Arg. a chevron betw: 3 griphons' heads erased, g.			Tilney
		Arg. 3 bars g. over all a bend engrailed, sa.			Ros
Quarterly	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Quarterly or and g. a border sa. bezanty.			Rockford
		Arg. 3 crosses botony fitchy B. semy of flowres de lize
Quarterly ermine and chequey or. and g.					Gipthorpe
Arg. a chevron betw. 3 roses, g.					Taylboys, &c.

Fenestra Australis superior.

G. a fesse betw. 3 water bougets ermine			Meres
Empaled	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Marchants Mark.
		Arg. on a bend, G. 3 ferniers of the first

Hic jacet Francisca filia primogenita Petri Fressheville de Stavely, in com. Derb. arm [ex priore uxore sua Elizabetha filia Gervasii Clifton de Clifton, in com. Nott. Militis] et quondam uxor Gervasii Holles de Burgh in cum. Lincoln. Militis, cui peperit Freschvillum Holles, et Margaretam, gemellos, et Franciscum Holles filium juniorem. Obijt Horncastell. Harleyan MS., No. 6829, p. 241.

↑ Mr. Sellwood lived in a house on the west side of the Market Place, now occupied by R. W. Clitherow, Esq., of a family long established in Horncastle.

[1] The only other theft from the church, of which we have record, was when the vestry was broken into, in December, 1812, and the money collected for parish purposes was stolen. A reward of £50 was offered for information of the thief, but without result. (MS. notes by Mr. T. Overton, in possession of Mr. John Overton, of Horncastle.)

[2] Details of these are given by Holles, as follows:—

In fenestra Insulæ Borealis.

"Orate pro a'ia Thomæ Coppuldike Armig. & D'næ Margaretæ Consortis suæ fundatoris Gildæ Cantar ... Fenestram fieri fecit Ano Dni 1526."

In superiori fenestra Borealis Cancelli.

"Gules a lion passant guardant. Arg
Sable, 3 flowres de lize betw: 6 crosses botony fitchy Arg.
Gules, a cross sarcelly Arg."Bec.

In fenestra Orientali Insulæ Australis.

"Orate pro benefactoribus artis sutorum, qui istam fenestram fieri fecerunt stæ Ninianæ cum cera et catena. Item sti Crispinus et Crispianus cum instrumentis calceariis." (N.B. The feminine is an error of Holles, as St. Ninian was a man. Collier's History, vol. i p. 100).

Fenestra Borealis superior.

Empaled $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ Sa, 2 lions passant arg. crowned or. Dymoke

Or, a lion rampant double queue sa. Welles

Empaled $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ Quarterly $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ Arg. a chevron betw: 3 bulls passant sa. Tourney

B. a fesse betw: 3 goats' heads erased arg.

Quarterly $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ Arg. a chevron gobony sa.

Arg. on a bend g. 3 roses arg.

Quarterly $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ Arg. a chevron betw: 3 griphons' heads erased, g. Tilney

Arg. 3 bars g. over all a bend engrailed, sa. Ros

Quarterly $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ Quarterly or and g. a border sa. bezanty. Rockford

Arg. 3 crosses botony fitchy B. semy of flowres de lize

Quarterly ermine and chequey or. and g. Gipthorpe

Arg. a chevron betw. 3 roses, g. Taylboys, &c.

Fenestra Australis superior.

G. a fesse betw. 3 water bougets ermine Meres

Empaled $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ Marchants Mark.

Arg. on a bend, G. 3 ferniers of the first

Hic jacet Francisca filia primogenita Petri Fressheville de Stavely, in com. Derb. arm [ex priore uxore sua Elizabetha filia Gervasii Clifton de Clifton, in com. Nott. Militis] et quondam uxor Gervasii Holles de Burgh in cum. Lincoln. Militis, cui peperit Freschvillum Holles, et Margaretam, gemellos, et Franciscum Holles filium juniorem. Obijt Horncastell. Harleyan MS., No. 6829, p. 241.

[3] Mr. Sellwood lived in a house on the west side of the Market Place, now occupied by R. W. Clitherow, Esq., of a family long established in Horncastle.

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