Rev. THOMAS THURLIN, rector of this place, published a sermon preached at the episcopal visitation of King's Lynn, 1686, "The Necessity of Obedience to spiritual Governors asserted."

GRIMSTON. Thirty-five miles. St. Botolph. P. 918. Written in Domesday-book, Grimestuna.-We have some account of the lordship of sir Benedict Breccles, who owned this manor in the reign of Edward II., from an old parchment, which says, "Benedict de Breccles holds in capite of the earl of Arundel, the manor of Grimston, with the advowson of the church, and the manor of Brunham, with the advowson of a moiety of the church of St. Mary, of Burnham Westgate, and the manor of Little Breccles, by the service of two knights' fees, by the deed of William earl of Arundel; and he hath the manor of Grimston by the church, with several pieces of land thereto belonging, together with a moor, called Derby moor, a heath, and two water mills. And there belong to the said manor waif and strays found within the precincts of Grimston, a bull, and a leet of all his tenants, to be held in the same manor, by the king's bailiff, without any profit to be carried off; and the bailiff of the said Benedict shall bring all amerciaments of the said leet by the oath of lawful men, &c. And if the bailiff shall be unwilling to keep the said leet, as it happened in the time of John Breccles, the said lord of the manor to have a brief of the chancellor to the said bailiffs, to hold the said leet as they ought. And there belongs to the said manor a profit, called Lovebene, to wit, that all residents in Grimston, having horses with a cart, shall work for the lord for the redeeming of the common of Grimston, one day's journey of barley seed time, and he shall have for his breakfast one penny halfpenny, and all keeping cows on the common shall do a day's work in harvest, and at three o'clock they shall have flesh to eat and ale to drink, and three loaves every evening, and if they refuse then it shall be lawful to distrain on the said common. Certain persons, however, are excepted, who shall not do the days' work in barley seed time, nor the days in harvest, because their tenants work for them. Nor shall any man sell the common of Grimston to strangers, without leave of the said Benedict and his heirs; and if any stranger in Congham, or any

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village, is willing to have common in Grimston, he shall do the work as the others do," &c.

The church has a square tower and five bells. The town takes it name from a rivulet that rises on the north side of the churchyard, from which it is parted by a little road in a bottom, where it makes a little pool, and runs hence to Lynn. In a court, held by the rector, (as 17 James I. Act 5,) it was ordered, "that diligent search should be made after those who had been guilty of a most flagrant crime and act, in throwing down the tomb of sir Benedict Breccles, knight, buried in the church." In 1703, here was a school endowed with a house and 201. per annum. Here are the

manors of Breccles, Coxford Priory, Cordels and Dunhams, Costeins, Bozuns, Grimstons alias Conghams, Morleys, Castle Acre Priory, Blackborough Priory, and West Acre Priory. Inclosure act, 1779.

THOMAS THOROWGOOD, one of the assembly of divines, was minister of Grimston; he published "Jews in America, "Moderation Justified," and a Fast sermon.

HARPLEY. Thirty-two miles. St. Lawrence the Martyr. P. 359.-Is situate on a pleasing eminence within a mile of Houghton. It appears by a court held here in 1579, that there was a statute in force against wearing of woollen caps, with a penalty to the lord of the manor and the poor, for not complying therewith. About the same time the towns were amerced for not mending their butts, (for shooting at.) The church has a nave, a north and south aisle, and a chancel, and was built by sir ROBERT KNOWLS, a famous general, in the reigns of Edward III. and Richard II., in the wars of France. He was knight of the garter, and bore gules on a chevron, argent, three roses of the first, which arms are painted on screens on the left as you enter the chancel. His wife's arms are on the right. In the windows of the church were the arms of Gourney, &c. On the pavement of the chancel lies a gravestone, whereon was the effigy of a priest, with two shields and a rim of brass, to the memory of a Johis de Gourney: also an inscription to the Rev. Henry Colman, the rector. In the uppermost window but one of the north aisle, was painted the history of St. Lawrence, this is apparent from some fragments, and the insignia of the saint, a gridiron,

Or. From this church, built on a hanging hill, is a beautiful prospect, and it contained lights and a guild. The tower is seen from a great distance. An annual fair is kept on the 25th of July, granted in the thirty-fifth of Edward I. to John de Gourney. Here are the manors of

Calthorpe, Gourneys, and Uphall.

HILLINGTON. Thirty-eight miles. P. 252. Written in Domesday-book, Helingetuna.-This town is situate near the river, but on the opposite side, that rises in the springs of Flitcham abbey, and derives its name from this circumstance, of lying near the water. The church was rebuilt in 1824, at an expense of 8001. The south-east of the old church was a fine specimen of the Norman style of architecture. Vide an engraving from a drawing by Cotman, for "The Excursions in Norfolk." On the north wall of the chancel, is a mural monument, with the effigies of a gentleman and his wife, the former in a gown, they are represented on their knees, with an inscription to the memory of Richard Hovell and his wife, dated 1611. Here is also a monument with the effigy of a man in armour, with his wife, both kneeling at a desk, with the arms of Hovell and Ford; also inscriptions to the memory of the Hovells and the Folkes, and marble monuments for the family of sir William Browne, knight. Here are the manors of Aubins, or Albens, Uphall, and Netherhall, Buryshall, West Dereham, and Lewes, or Castle Acre. About the year 1600, the site of the rectory house, with the yards, orchard, gardens, &c. contained five acres; and there was of pasture and meadow nine acres; of arable, fifty acres and a rood; and five ̧ acres and a rood lay in the sheepwalk.

Hillington hall, commanding an extensive view over Lynn channel, and the British ocean, and built by sir James Johnstone, bart., is the seat of sir William J. H. B. Folkes, bart. The residence has of late been very much improved, and the garden, hot walls, and hot houses, rendered very complete.

Last week an eagle was shot on the premises of sir M. B. Folkes, by a person of Lynn, its wings, when extended, measured seven feet three inches, was about four feet high, claws the size of a man's hand, and his beak three inches in circumference.-Gent's. Mag. Dec. 1800.

LYNN REGIS. Forty-two miles. P. 12,253.-An important sea port, borough, and market town, market days Tuesday and Saturday. It is situate on the eastern side of Marshland, and of the great level or Fen country, about twelve miles from the sea, forty-six from Cambridge, and ninety-eight from London. The exact lat. of St. Nicholas chapel in this town, by Troughton's mural circle is 52. deg. 45. min. 25. sec. N. and its long. 1 min. 35. sec. in time, E. of Greenwich. It stands partly on each side of the great Ouse * near its mouth and the washes, † but chiefly on its eastern banks, though it is supposed to have originally stood all on the opposite shore, and hence that part of it is still called Old Lynn. The town is encompassed with a deep trench, and walls for the greater part of it, and divided by four small rivers, which have about fifteen bridges over them, having on the north side towards the sea, a royal fortress, commonly called St. Anne's fort, with a platform and twelve eight pounders, commanding all ships going out of the harbour. It is also defended by five regular bastions, and a ditch. Lynn extends about a mile and a quarter from north to south, and is half a mile broad from the east gate to the river or channel, which is the broadest part. This river, at spring tide, flows more than twenty feet perpendicular, and if at these times there happen to be a northeast wind, it brings the tide up with such rapidity, as to force the ships from their moorings, though they lie at ten miles distance from the ocean, and it has been known to flow a considerable way into the Tuesday's market place.

The vicinity of Lynn, in the Saxon times, and long after, appears to have been remarkable for its numerous salt-works. At Gaywood alone, in the Confessor's time, there were no

* The Ouse over against the town, is reckoned about as wide as the Thames above London bridge, its name is of British origin, the word signifies a stream, or the river by way of eminence. It is called the great Ouze, to distinguish it from that called the little or lesser, which is now one of its tributary streams. The Ouze, by its situation, having so many navigable rivers falling into it, affords great advantage to trade and commerce. All sorts of heavy commodities from Lynn, as coals, salt, deals, fir, timber, iron, pitch, tar, and wine, are thither imported. The port of Lynn supplies six counties wholly, and three in part; the river Onze falls into the great gulph of the sea, between the projecting coasts of Norfolk and Lincolnshire, beneath the walls of Lynn Regis. On the first of Jan. 1399, this river suddenly ceased to flow near Bedford, leaving its channel so bare of water, that people walked at the bottom for full three miles; it did not always visit Lynn, or pass that way in its progress to the ocean, but its course was by Wisbeach.

The washes were called METARIS ESTUARIUM, probably from the British word, Maltraith, according to Camden, a name by which the Britons called such æstuaries or tides, in other places, and importing no more than an uncertain æstuary or tide.

less than thirty salt pans or pits. The mode of the process of making the salt profitable, was probably not very unlike that used in later times in the saltworks of Southtown by Yarmouth, and at other places.-See Richards' Lynn, VOL. I. p. 239.

In Domesday-book Lynn is written Lena and Lun. Camden was of opinion that it took its name from its spreading waters, that being implied by the British word Lhyn; but Spelman affirms that the right name is Len, from Len, in Saxon a farm or tenure in fee. Camden was of opinion that the town was not of any antiquity, but sprung out of the ruins of what is called Old Lynn, or West Lynn, and with Spelman supposes it was called, in the time of the Saxons, Maydenburgh, importing the maidens' bowre, Virginis, Sacrarium, et velut Thalamus, the chapel or retiring place of the virgin, that is, of the virgin St. Margaret, the tutelar saint of the town of Lynn. But etymologists have, as usual, been very deficient on this subject, and legendary traditions and fictions have been called in to prove at best uncertainties.

The capital manor of Lena was certainly a place of trade and consequence before the reign of the Conqueror, and enjoyed the privilege of certain duties and customs, with a tollboth in this town, payable on the arrival of any goods or merchandise by sea and land. We find also another proof of its consequence from the establishment of mints for coining money.

In the reign of Richard I. Jews resided here, and partook of the riches and became subject to the cruelties inflicted on this alternately patronised and persecuted people. There is a street in Lynn called the Jews Street, where they resided. They were then allowed great indulgencies from the government, for which, however, they were obliged to pay liberally. They purchased houses and lands, which made them hated by the Christians. Many of their ancient deeds are preserved in form of warrants of sales, &c.+ About the reign of king

* St. Margaret the virgin being the tutelar saint and patroness of this town, in honour of her, its arms are three dragons' heads, on a field azure, erect and erased, with a cross crosselet fitchée, Or, issuing out of their mouths, in allusion to St. Margaret, who with a cross is, figuratively, said to have conquered a dragon. The corporation seal is the effigies of St. Margaret standing in a triumphant manner, wounding the dragon with a cross, and treading him under foot. with this inscription: "Sub Margareta teritur draco, stat cruce lata."

+ The Jews being enraged at the conversion of one of their body to Christianity, set upon him in order to have slain him, who to prevent it took sanctuary in a church,