Parkinson, John, and Spa Well 5 ,, three projects of 5 Partridge, brown and red-leg mixing eggs 39 ,, red-leg and keeper, anecdote 38 ,, sitting close, anecdote 40 ,, when sitting, has no scent 39, 40, and note Pheasant, cream-coloured 37 „ Kalege 37 ,, White 37 Pigeons, wild, three kinds 41 Pike, large 75, 78 Pinso, Norman Knight 229 Pistol, history of 129 and note Plague 193, 206 Plantation, Ostler’s 6, 35, 62 and note Plants, lists of 30–32 Poachers 19 Poem, “Kirkstead,” by R. Ellison, Esq. 36 and note Pry-close, origin of name 200 Q. Quadrupeds of the district 52–69 Queen Adelaide 14 ,, Caroline’s trial 185 „ Editha 189 ,, Victoria 14 Queen’s Head, Horncastle, murder at 181 R. Ramper 11 Rebus at Scrivelsby 209 Reptiles, fishes, etc., of district 70–81 Rhodes, Gerard de 189 ,, Ralph de 189, 221, 240 Richmond, Duke of 214 Robber, sheltered in church 193 and note Robbers hanged, last time 24 Robbery frustrated 25, 26 ,, at Halstead Hall 23, 24 Roman brickyard 11 and note ,, road, reputed 11 and note ,, sepulchre 254 ,, well 177 Romara, William de 152, 240 Rook, the, a marauder 45 Roughton Church 205, 206 ,, Plague at 206 ,, Registers, peculiar entries in 206 “Royal Oak,” Knight of the 215 S. Saddler’s shop, famous at Horncastle 179 Savile family 141, 144 Scenery at Woodhall 27, 28 Scrivelsby 208 ,, Champion Cups 209 ,, Church 213, 214 ,, Court 209 ,, Lion Gateway 209 ,, Parish Stocks 209 “Scrubs,” i.e., woodland 227 Scytha, St. 236 and note Scythes in Horncastle Church 190 and note Selling a wife 181 and note Sewer, a stream 46 and note Sharpe, John, lines by, on Well 8 and notes Sherard family 131–134 Shooting, sport at Woodhall 63 and note Silene quinque vulneralis, rare 29 Skipworth, old county family 133, 134 Snake’s only defence 71 and note Snowden family, of Halstead, etc. 147, 148 Somersby Church 255 ,, Lines on 186 Sparrow hawk, an enemy 43, 44 Spa, syndicate of 15 and note ,, water, analysis 98, 99 and note ,, ,, discovered 5–9 Spurs, tenure by 217 and note, 221 Statue, Equestrian, at Gautby 173, 174 “Statutes,” servant hiring 184 Steep hills 27, 258, 259 and note Stixwold Abbey 152–155 ,, Church 151, 152 ,, Meaning of name 150 Stocks, parish 156, 181, 209 Stone coffins 155 Sunsets, fine 28 Swans on Witham 48 T. “Tab shag,” old man 33, 112, 113 Taillebois, Ivo 152 ,, Lord 214 ,, Robert, Knight 220 Tattershall, Baron de 230 ,, Castle 231, 232 ,, „ accidents in 233 ,, Church 234–238 ,, Market Cross 228 Tench, flower bait for 74 Terrot, Rev. C. P. 175, 176, 189 and note Thief at Red Cap Farm 24, 25 Thimbleby 176, 177 ,, Church 177 „ Family 139, 140, 141 Thistle, “the Holy” 32, 128, 161 Thornton Church 201, 202 ,, „ sacrilege at 203 ,, Owners of land 202, 203 ,, Alured, of Lincoln 202 „ Dispenser, Robert 202 ,, Dymoke family 203 ,, Gozelin 202 “Tiger Tom,” burglar 23, 24 and note Tithe stone 163, 164 Toll-bar, leaping 238 and note Toot-Hill 227