The history and antiquities of Boston, and the villages of Skirbeck, Fishtoft, Freiston, Butterwick, Benington, Leverton, Leake, and Wrangle; comprising the hundred of Skirbeck, in the county of Lincoln. Including also a history of the East, West, and Wildmore fens, and copious notices of the Holland or Haut-Huntre fen ... sketches of the geology, natural history, botany, and agriculture of the district; a very extensive collection of archaisms and provincial words, local dialect, phrases, proverbs, omens, superstitions, etc. By Pishey Thompson. Illustrated with one hundred engravings.

INDEX OIF' NAMES. 809 John, 121. Nightingale, 174. Arms, &c., Mablethorpe, Robert de, 49, 647. 197. Anthony, 341. Family, 381-388. An.. Macalay, T. B., 636. thony, 454. William, 459, 481. Nightingale, Macpherson, 54, 324, note, 335, note. 482. John, 483. Robert, 483. Prudence and Madocks, W. A., 452, 453, and notes. Alice, 487. Adlard, 494. Robert and Beat- Madox, 37, 53, 57, 114, note, 312; note, 324; rix, 576. Sir John, 587. Thomas, 648, 650. note, 331; note, 356. Thomas and William, 678. Philip, 679. Magnus family, 29, 39. Malcolm, Niel, 453, 615. Lambert, Peter, 52. Family, 500, 595. Malkynson, Nathaniel, 203. Lancaster, Thomas, Earl of, 598. Mallynson family, 481, 567. Langton, William, 677. Malmesbury, William of, 18-20, 23, 37, 619, 660, Larke family, 578. John, 589. 679. Laughton, John, 188, 191. Thomas, 198. John's Malson family, 596. Charity, 290. Gabriel, note, 541. Thomas, Manger, Richard, 534. 768. Mansfield, John, 508. Laund, Robert de la, 327. Manners family, 507. Roger, 280, 523. Law, Thomas, 83. John, 118. Thomas, 196, Marche family, 465. Godfrey, 622. 455. John, 589. Alexander, 768. Margeson family, 598. Lawis family, 501, 502, 525, 527, 571, 598. Marmion, Edith, 121, 751. Lawrence, W. de, 336. Marryatt family, 535, Lawson, William, James, and Richard, 530. Marshall, Stanley, and George, 507. Richard, Famnily, 578, 579. Thomas, 622. 565. Leach, Hannah, 612. Martin, William, 483, 606. Leaf, John, 691. Mascham, Sir John, 580. Leake, Nicholas, 51. John, 61. Andrew, 73. Mason family, 500, 501. Mary, 523. Sir Robert and John, 118. John, 120. Joan, Massingbird, Agnes and John, 119. Sir William, 122, 161. John, 192. Family, 221, 480, 487. 187. Richard, note, 385. Christopher, note, John, 492. Family, 501, 502. Richard, 502, 583. Christopher, John, and Agnes, 751. 535. John, 550. Roger, William, and Nicho- Charles, 768. Henry and Drayner, 773. las, 551. Andrew, 552. Ralph, 577. Alan Massingham, Reginald de, 337. and William, 577. Lawrence, Andrew, and Mawer family, 501. Peter, 501. Family, 501. family, 578. Family, 579. John, 580. Law- May, John, 622. rence and Andrew, 585. Family, 586, 587, Mayor and burgesses, 111, 112, 150, 152, 286. 595. Nicholas, 647. Lawrence, 6474 Mat- Meade, Dr., 56. thew, 648. Meeres, Roger, 61. John, 116. John, 117. Leigh, Samuel, 785. Roger, 118. Thomas, 119. Roger, 338. Leland, 26, 42, 44, 60, 62, 110, 112, 122, 161, Family, 433, 487, 492, 498. John, 557. 241, 339, 340, 354, 360, 364, 478, 482, 484, Family, 578. Roger, 647. 492, 496, 505. Melles, John, 622, 623. Leofric, senescall to Earl Algar, 549, 550. Melsake, Samuel, 567. Leverett, Thomas, note, 415, 416, 429. John, Merriall, John, 553. 429. Messingham, Henry, 525. Leverton, Ranulph, Ralph and Alicia, 551. Middlecott, Sir Thomas, 56. William, 83. ThoThomas, 552. Alward de, 554. William, mas, 153, 207, 254, 268, and note, 359; 455, 560. Family, 575. Ralph and Alice, 577. 459. Lightfoot family, 465, 567, 571. Miller family, 500. Lincoln, Earl of, 206, 238, 305, 458. Henry Millington, John B., 513. Lacy, 594, 598. Radulphus, 615. Alesia, Milsington, Lord, 452, and note. Countess of, 615. Henry, 616, 677. Theophi- Mitchell, John, 452, 457, 458. Family, 463, 465. inus, 773. Moleton, or Multon, Thomas, 38. Lambert, 43. Lincoln, Richard, 622. Moliar family, 336. Lindsey, Earl of, 267, note, 286; 305, 309, 343, Monson, Sir John, 81. Sir Thomas, 309. Lord 458, 482, 501, 623, 626, note, 629; 632-634, Monson, 615. Dame Letitia, and Sir William, 683. 615. Linton, John, 173. Rev. John, 504. Family, Monteville family, 112, 482, 492. 518, 519. Rev. Henry, 558. John, 766. Montfort, Alexander de, 50, 51. Limbird, James, 667. More, Richard, 678. Littlebury, Humphrey de, 51, 60. John, 121. Morfoot family, 501, 502. Benjamin, 521, 522. Catherine, 122. Humphrey, 339, 384. John, Morton, Bishop of Ely, 621. 510. Morton, John, 476, note; 485, note; 516, note. Loddington, William, 650. William, 526. John, 538, 556, 581, 600. Lodowick, Thomas, 152. Family, 254. Thomas, Moss family, 161, 504, 578. John, 647. 768. Mowbray, Henry, 83, 455. Roger, 525. Family, Long family, 535, 595. Robert, 625, 626. 535, 768. Longchamp, Henry de, 479, 497. William and Multon (see Moleton), Thomas, 41. Alan, 5(0. Henry, 505, 506. Sir Thomas, 54. Family, 461, and note, 463. Loyden family, 535, 565. 467, and note. John, 647. Lucas, Richard, and Henry de, 335. Munk family, 571 578, 579, 583, 595. Lyell, Sir Charles, 652, 665. Lyme family, 553 Nassau, Viscount Boston, 435 Lynn falily, 553. Naylor, George, 667.

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The history and antiquities of Boston, and the villages of Skirbeck, Fishtoft, Freiston, Butterwick, Benington, Leverton, Leake, and Wrangle; comprising the hundred of Skirbeck, in the county of Lincoln. Including also a history of the East, West, and Wildmore fens, and copious notices of the Holland or Haut-Huntre fen ... sketches of the geology, natural history, botany, and agriculture of the district; a very extensive collection of archaisms and provincial words, local dialect, phrases, proverbs, omens, superstitions, etc. By Pishey Thompson. Illustrated with one hundred engravings.
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"The history and antiquities of Boston, and the villages of Skirbeck, Fishtoft, Freiston, Butterwick, Benington, Leverton, Leake, and Wrangle; comprising the hundred of Skirbeck, in the county of Lincoln. Including also a history of the East, West, and Wildmore fens, and copious notices of the Holland or Haut-Huntre fen ... sketches of the geology, natural history, botany, and agriculture of the district; a very extensive collection of archaisms and provincial words, local dialect, phrases, proverbs, omens, superstitions, etc. By Pishey Thompson. Illustrated with one hundred engravings." In the digital collection Making of America Books. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/aba1561.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2025.
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