{135} Mills almost invariably belonged to the lord of the manor, and were a source of considerable profit, as at these only were the tenants allowed to have their grain ground. As an evidence of their value it may be mentioned that the Bishop of Worcester had, in the parish of Stratford, two carucates of land, or 240 acres, which were rated at 20_s._, whereas a mill belonging to him, yielded 100_s._ He let his land at the annual rent of 5_d._ per acre, but his mill was let for £5. When the Conqueror’s Commissioners visited Lincolnshire, there were between 400 and 500 mills in the county. {137} We have an instance of a similar formation in the name of Kingerby, near Market Rasen; which in a Chancery Inquisition, post mort., V.O., Ric. III. and Henry VII., No. 116a, is given as Kyngardby. {138} In Morris’s Directory, of 1863, the total is given as only 730 acres. {139} Privately translated and printed for the late Right Honble. E. Stanhope, M.P., of Revesby. {140} A selion is a ridge of land between two furrows. {142a} This double-arched doorway has been pronounced by some to be Saxon (“Linc. N. & Q.” 1896, p. 4), but about 1090 there was a revival of Saxon ornament, which was continued for some time into the Norman period (“Linc. N & Q.” 1895, p. 225, note.) {142b} These details are taken from the description given by the late Precentor Venables, on the visit of the Architectural Society, in 1894. {145a} The Fitzwilliams were a wealthy family, having large possessions in this county and elsewhere, and, at a later period, were created earls of Southampton. {145b} The Crevecœurs would seem to have derived their name from Creveceur, a town with the title of Marquis, in the province of Masseran, in Italy (“General Hist. of World,” by Dan Browne, 1721, p. 160.) There was, however, another old town of this name in Holland, remarkable for its strong fortress, which, from its impregnability, was named Creveceur, or heart-break (Ibidem, p. 122). The arms of this family were “or, a cross, voided, gules” (“Magna Charta,” p. 100.) {147} These various records are taken from “Lincolnshire Wills,” &c., by Canon Maddison. {148} In Bag Enderby church there is a mural monument to Andrew and Dorothy Gedney, and their two sons and two daughters kneeling by prayer desks. {156a} Ralph Lord Treasurer Cromwell had also property in this parish at a later period. {156b} A former church was built by the Lord Treasurer, who died in 1455; in the nave of which was the inscription, “Orate pro anima Radulph Crumwell qui incepit hoc opus, Anno Domini 1450.” (Harl. MSS. No. 6829, p. 174). {157a} In the “Gentleman’s Magazine” for 1789, p. 636, is an account of a beacon hill in this parish. {157b} The objection to this is that “reeve” is a Saxon word, and the termination “by” is Danish. The word appears in our modern “sheriff,” or shire-reeve, “port-reeve,” &c. {158a} Jusseraud’s “Life of the 14th Century,” p. 38.