5. NORTH LYNN _church_, or, (as we may call it) _Lynn St. Edmund’s_, from its being dedicated to a royal saint of that name. Of this sacred structure not a vestige now remains. We have been able to discover neither the time when it was built, nor yet when it disappeared. But it was probably built soon after the death, or canonization of _king Edmund_, called the _martyr_, to whom it was dedicated. It seems to have stood many ages; for it was standing in the latter part of the reign of Henry VII; and it probably stood a good while after that; even to the time of the reformation or later. It appears from Parkin’s account, that it was standing at the beginning of the 16th century; for John Byrd, the then rector, and who calls himself _parson of_ OLD LYNN, (which, by the bye, seems to imply that the name of _old Lyn_ was then applied to both parishes,) by his will dated 1505, wills to be buried in the chancel of this church. This proves that it was then standing, and that there was no apprehension entertained of its being in any great danger of falling, or of being swallowed up by the waters. Yet it certainly underwent that catastrophe sometime after though perhaps not very soon: so that both church and church-yard were completely swept away. It is supposed they stood in the present bed of the river, somewhere nearly opposite to the fort, or the block-house. Since that period the North-Lynn rectory has been a _sine cure_. Repeated attempts, if are not mistaken, have been made since (though in vain) to have this benefice bestowed on the corporation, for the better maintenance of the ministers of the town. One of those attempts was made in the reign of Charles I, as is evinced by the following extract from the Hall-books—“1647, _Dec._ 17. _Ordered a Letter to Mr. Alderman Toll and Mr. Recorder_, _to acquaint them with the death of Mr. Scott_, _minister of North-Lyn_, _and to get that living by some means to be bestowed on this town toward the maintenance of the ministers thereof_.”—The present incumbent, being also one of the ministers of the town, the object then had in view may be said to be in some measure secured during his life-time. But it is not certain, or even very likely, that it will be secured any further. SECTION II. _Brief account of the different dissenting chapels in this town_.