s of Pontefract
Castle and inherited some of their large estates. {27a} Among these, one
was the neighbouring manor of Kirkby-on-Bain, which would seem to have
passed to the Lady Albreda Lizures; {27b} they probably derived their
name from the town of Lisieux, near Harfleur in Normandy. We soon lose
sight of this family in England, and they seem to have migrated northward
and to have acquired lands in Scotland. The name De Lizures is common in
Scottish Cartularies, for instance in the Cartulary of Kelso, p. 257
(_Notes & Queries_, series 2, vol. xii, p. 435). In 1317 William and
Gregory de Lizures were Lords of Gorton, and held lands near Roslyn
Castle, Edinburgh (_Genealogie of the Saint Claires of Roslyn_, by Father
Augustin Hay, re-published Edinburgh, 1835), [_Notes & Queries_, 3rd
series, vol. i, p. 173].

The De Bavents were also a distinguished family, their connection with
Horncastle survives in the name of a field in the south of the parish, on
the Rye farm, which is called "Bavent's Close." A few particulars of
this family may not be without interest. The earliest named are Richard
de Bavent in 1160, {27c} and Eudo de Bavent in 1161, {27d} as holding the
manor of Mareham-le-Fen, in the extreme south of the Horncastle soke,
under Henry II., "by service of falconry." {27e} Eudo (about 1200) gave
"to God, the Cathedral, and Chapter of Lincoln," his lands in the north
fen of Bilsby. {27f} The family seem to have gradually increased their
possessions in this neighbourhood. In 1290, under Edward I., we find
Jollan de Bavent holding lands in Billesby and Winceby, as well as
Mareham. {27g} In 1319, under Edward II., Robert de Bavent holds his
land in Billesby of the King by the service of supplying "3 falcons for
the royal use," {27h} and, under Edward III., certain trustees of Peter
de Bavent, by his will, transfer the manor of Mareham to the convent of
Revesby, to provide a monk who shall daily throughout the year say masses
"for the souls of the said Peter and Catherine, his wife, for ever."
{27i} Truly "L' homme propose, et Dieu dispose," for from this time
forward we hear little of the Bavents. They may "call their lands after
their own names," "Bavent's Close" survives, but of the whilom owner we
can only say, in the words of Coleridge:

The knight's bones are dust,
And his good sword rust,
His soul is with
The saints, we trust.

Another family of distinction connected with