eby his cousin.

The family of Ayscough, formerly so widely represented in the county,
were connected with Moorby. By will, dated 16th Nov., 1601, Henry
Ascoughe, Gent., desires to be buried in the parish church of "Morebie,"
leaving to his sister "Elizabeth Aiscoughe (his) hereditaments in Morebie
for life, then to go to his brother Matthew." His sister is also to have
lands which he had leased to Sir Henry Glenham, Knight. {201a} He
further leaves to her, as executrix, "10 pounds to be good and to my poor
sister Margarette." To his brother Simon he bequeaths "the best
apparrell of my bodie, with riding furniture, and my baie gelding,
rapier, dagger, and pistol," and further bequests. The testator was son
of Christopher Ayscough, of Bliborough, and married, apparently without
issue, Margaret, daughter of Symon Battell, of Denham, Suffolk.

Like the not very distant Wildmore Fen, in which it now has a modern
allotment of 14 acres of glebe land. The name of Moorby tells of its
condition at the time when it acquired that designation, which means the
"by," _i.e._ "byre," or farmstead on the moor. {201b} The moorland has
now entirely disappeared under the plough, and only young plantations
represent its former wild, woodland character.

WOOD ENDERBY.

Wood Enderby lies about four miles south by east from Horncastle.
Letters _via_ Boston arrive at 10.30 a.m.

The church, dedicated to St. Benedict, consists of nave, north aisle, and
chancel, a low tower, with graceful broach spire, containing one bell,
and small vestry. It is built of a warm-tinted green sandstone, with
free stone dressings; the style of its architecture is a combination of
the early English and Decorated periods. It was almost entirely rebuilt
in 1860, at a cost of about 1,000 pounds. The south door, which is in
the tower, has an Early English arch of five mouldings. There is a plain
trefoiled window above in the tower; the lower part of the spire having
two lancet windows, with a circle above them, and a small single-light
window on each side, half way up. In the west wall of the tower is a
three-light window, with two trefoils and a quatrefoil above. This is
filled with coloured glass, having the texts "I am the way, the truth,
and the life," "Where two or three are gathered together in My name,
there am I in the midst of them," and "No man cometh unto the Father but
by Me." There are similar windows, but without coloured glass, in