The said Thos. Toking again petitions, stating, that he is willing, to avoid further trouble, to submit to “a reasonable composition.” This is again “referred to Mr. Brereton,” 7 Feb., 1653. On 21 Sep., 1653, the order was issued that “the Petitioner be admitted for compounding.” Again “Referred to Mr. Brereton.” The result, however, was that Mr. Thomas Toking died before obtaining the “relief” petitioned for. N.B. Besides the “delinquency” of having “adhered to, and assisted, ye forces against the Parliament,” it was charged against Rutland Snowden that he had “more wives than one.” He “rendered his estate in fee” at Horncastle, in Nov., 1645, for which his fine, at one-tenth was £188 (Royalist Composition Papers, 1st series, fol. 113). His son, a second Rutland Snowden, was among the Benefactors of Horncastle, as he bequeathed to the poor of the town, 1682, “one house of the yearly rent of 26s.,” to be “paid in bread, 6d. every other Sunday;” a considerably larger sum at that time than now. We find the names of Rutland Snoden of Horncastle, and Scrope Snoden of Boston, in the list of Lincolnshire Gentry, entitled to bear arms, made by the Heralds, at their Visitation in 1634; along with other well known names in the neighbourhood, such as Dymoke, Heneage, Laugton, Massingberd, Tyrwhitt, &c. (_Lincs. Notes & Queries_, vol. i, p. 106). The Snowden arms are said, in Yorke’s _Union of Honour_, to have been “Azure a lion rampant, or.” (_Lincs. Notes & Queries_, vol. iv, p. 16). [Picture: The Old Vicarage] The Vicarage of St. Mary’s Church formerly stood at the north-east corner of the churchyard, forming part of a block of small houses. It was a poor residence, but occupied until his death in 1845, by the Vicar, Clement Madely, DD. The whole block was, about that time, taken down, the space being, later on, covered with the present substantial buildings. His successor, Rev. T. J. Clarke, rented a good house in South Street, now occupied by Mrs. Howland. Mr. Clarke was succeeded by the Rev. W. Holme Milner, in 1853, and he built the present vicarage. St. Mary’s Churchyard was closed, for burials, in 1848, when the churchyard of Holy Trinity was consecrated. We here give a list of the Church Plate, which is more than usually valuable. 1. Paten, silver, 15 oz. 2 dwt., given by Mrs. Hussey, 1718. ☼ 2. Paten lid, silver, 2 oz. 2 dwt., old, no date. 3. Paten, pewter, no date. 4. Chalice, silver gilt, 7 oz., old, no date. 5. Chalice, silver gilt, 13 oz. 4 dwt. In memoriam, J.H., 1879. 6. Chalice, silver gilt, 13 oz. 2 dwt. * 7. Flagon, silver, 59 oz., given by Susannah Lascells, 1741. 8. Flagon, silver, 58 oz. 2 dwt., given by Susannah Lascelles, widow, Christmas, 1743. ☼ 9. Alms basin, silver, 6 oz. 6 dwt., given by Thomas Hargreaves, Esq., 1735. T.M.H. on handle. 10. Alms Basin, silver, 7 oz. 6 dwt., given by Clement Madely, vicar, 1835.