the late Mr. John Overton, which I have had
the privilege of consulting on many occasions. J.C.W.

{165} Mr. Isaac Taylor in his _Words and Places_ (p. 201, ed. 1873),
says "I cannot discover any indication of the place where the
Lincolnshire 'Thing' (the Saxon 'County Council') assembled, unless it
was at Thimbleby or Legbourne." There are, however, several parishes
containing the element "thing" in their field names; for instance there
is one in Welton near Lincoln; there is a Candlesby Thyng, a Norcotes
Thyng, and Ravenworth Thyng, named in a Chancery Inquisition, 20 Henry
VII., No. 133, &c. (_Architectural Society's Journal_, 1895, p. 38.)
These were probably the localities where smaller parish meetings were
held.

{166a} A superior tenant, holding under Bishop Odo, was a rather
important man in the county, frequently mentioned in documents of the
period, as Alan of Lincoln. He also held lands in Langton and other
parishes in the neighbourhood. (Survey of Lindsey, Cotton MS., British
Museum. Claudius, c. 5. A.D. 1114-1118.)

{166b} Notices of Hagworthingham.

{166c} Albemarle, or Aumarle, was a town in Normandy, now called Aumale,
whence the Duc d' Aumale, of the Royal family of France, takes his title.
Probably the Earl put in a claim for this demesne indirectly, because (as
already stated) Adeliza, Countess of Albemarle, was sister of Bishop Odo,
the former Lord of Thimbleby.

{166d} The Gaunts took their name from Gande, now Ghent, in Flanders.
Gilbert was the son of Baldwyn, Earl of Flanders, whose sister was
married to William the Conqueror. He was thus nephew to the Conqueror's
consort. He held 113 manors in Lincolnshire besides many others
elsewhere. Both he and his son Walter largely endowed Bardney Abbey.
The name of Gaunt still survives in our neighbourhood.

{166e} Notes on Bolingbroke, &c.

{167a} Feet of Fines, Lincoln, 31 Edward I.

{167b} _Architectural Society's Journal_, 1897, p. 52.

{167c} It may be nothing more than an accidental coincidence that the
name of Bartholomew occurs in the Thimbleby Register in modern times.

{167d} These charters belong to the Rev. J. A. Penny, Vicar of
Wispington, by whom they were communicated to _Lincs. Notes & Queries_,
vol. v, No. 38, April, 1897.

{168a} Harleian Charter, British Museum, 43 G, 52, B.M. _Lincs. Notes &
Queries_, Oct., 1898, p. 244.

{168b} Chancery Inquisition post mortem 6 Ed. III.

{168c} Chancery Inquis