{29} It is observable that Cromwell is here stiled the arch-rebel, although at the time mentioned he was only a colonel, and by no means an illustrious individual in the war. The date given to the battle is wrong, it having been fought on the 11th of October; and the signal defeat of the royalists is diminished in its importance, by stiling the conflict a skirmish. {35} The same Act also empowered the commissioners of the river Witham, in conjunction with the Horncastle and Sleaford Navigation Companies, to complete the navigable communication between the Witham and the Fosdike canal through the High Bridge at Lincoln. {37} “Horne Castelle, as far as I can lerne, is now most builded withyn the Circuite of an old waullid Toune, or sum hughe Castel, as apperith from divers Ruines of a Waulle. It hath one fair Paroche Chirch. Alluitur Bano et Verino qui paulo infra op Banum. Dr. Thybleby of the Queen’s College hath Landes aboute the olde Walles of Horn Castelle. Warig risith of divers springis aliquot passuum millibus ab oppido. Pons ibidem super Verinum flu. The market is very good and quick occupiers in the town.” Leland’s Itinerary, vol. 7. p. 51. {41} Domesday, folio 339. {42a} Mr. Holles, in the Church Notes before quoted, mentions the following inscription at this place, which now no longer exists: _On a Gravestone_. Hic jacet Gulielmus Brackenburgh, & Emmotta uxor ejus, qui quidem Gulielmus obiit 6 die Januarii An’o D’ni 1476 quorum a’iabus p’pitietur Deus Amen. The pictures of themselves upon the stone, & of ten children, all in brasse. Harleian MS. No. 6829, p. 177. {42b} Mr. Holles. notices the following arms and inscriptions on the bells in this church, the first of which are now gone, the latter still remaining: _Fenes_. _Boreal_. _Cancelli_. Sa. a crosse betw. 4 cinquefoyles arg. _Campane_. [1] Sit nomen Domini benedictum. [2] Intonat e cœlis vox campana Michaelis. [3] Sum rosa pulsata mundi Maria vocata. Ibid. p. 342. {43} From the information of E. Turnor, Esq. F.S.A. {44} Mr. Holles notices the following arms once in this church, but now gone: _Fenestra Australes Cancelli_. G. 3 lyons passant guardant or England. Verry a fesse G. fretty or Marmyon. Argent a plaine crosse B. Or a lyon rampant purpure Lacy. Chequy or & G. a chiefe ermyne Tateshale. _In Campanili_. Arg. a sword sheathed proper, a buckler appt. with girdle wrapped, hilte pomel, & neuf or Harleian MS. No. 6829, p. 244. {45} In the windows were the following arms when this church was visited by Mr. Holles: