BAIEUX, Odo, bishop of, 2, 101, 102, 156, 182, 208
,, ,, influence and great possessions, 156
,, ,, possessions forfeited, 156
,, Tapestry, 102, note
Banks, Sir Joseph (1714), 114, 164
,, ,, his collections at Revesby Abbey, 164, 165
,, ,, monument and inscription to, 166
Bardney Abbey, charters, 41
,, ,, pension to, 135
Barkham, Sir Robert, 61
Barkworth, Robert de, 35
,, William de, 35
,, family, 212
Barrows at Revesby, 165
,, at Ranby, formerly, 157 and note
Baumber, church described, 20, 21
,, Owners of—
,, ,, Saxons, Ulf and Tonna, 20
,, ,, Ivo Taillebois, 19
,, ,, Gilbert de Gaunt, 20
,, ,, Dightons, 20
,, ,, Earls of Lincoln, 20
,, ,, Dukes of Newcastle, 20
,, ,, Livesey family, sold to, 20
,, ,, Vyner family, a moiety, 20
,, Site for vicarage given by Robt. de Grey Vyner, Esq., 1857, 22
Bavent, William de, note, 88
Bec, Anthony, 132
,, Anthony, bishop of Durham, 107
,, John’s gifts to Kirkstead Abbey, note, 234
,, Thomas, bishop of Lincoln, 107
,, Thomas, bishop of St. David’s, 107
,, Walter, 54, 107, 146
,, ,, grants to Kirkstead Abbey, manure of sheep in Kirkby, 107
,, ,, quitclaims to Kirkstead Abbey, toll on corn, 107
,, Walter, constable of Lincoln Castle, 106, 133
,, ,, constable of Bristol, 133
,, family, influential, 106, 107, 132
Bec arms, formerly in church, Kirkby-on-Bain, 110
Bedford, duke of, 59
Beelsby, Sir Thomas, of Beelsby, 37
Belchford, church described, 23–25
,, stoup, richly carved, 25
,, Owners—
,, ,, Ivo Taillebois, 22
,, ,, Sir Thomas Glemham, 23
,, ,, Sir Thomas Hartopp, 23
,, ,, R. de Grey Vyner, Esq., 23
Benigworth, Geoffrey de, 170
Bentinck, William de, 170
,, family, 180
Bernak, de, family, 109
Bevere, Drogo de, his rapacity, 74
Bigot, Earl Marshall, 147
Billsby of Billsby, 49
Blagge, Thomas, groom of bedchamber, anecdote, 90, and note
Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster, 33
Blundville, _i.e._, Oswestry, 88
Blunt, family of, 76 and note
Boars, wild, protected by law, 115
Bolingbroke, church described, 27, 28, 29
,, benefice united with Hareby, 91
,, Hare, phantom of, 33
,, “Honour” of, 26, 32
,, Owners of—
,, ,, William de Romara, 30
,, ,, Gilbert de Gaunt, 32
,, ,, Ranulph, Earl of Chester, 32
,, ,, De Lacy family, 32
,, ,, John, Duke of Lancaster, 32
,, ,, Henry IV., 32
Bolles, Sir George, 37
,, Sir John, 37
Bond-servant, 41
,, given as “chattells,” 89, 122, 162, 170, 235
Booth, John, Rector of Salmonby, 172
,, ,, silver cup of Volunteers, 1808, 173
Boroughbridge, battle of, Earl of Lancaster defeated at, 106
Boucherett, 115
Boundary stones, 231
Bourg-Thorold, hotel de, 31, note
Brackenbury, Robert Carr, of Raithby, 153
,, ,, grants hay loft for Wesleyan services, 153
Brandon, Charles, duke of Suffolk, 4, 40, 60, 84, 89, 114, 140, 149, 163
,, ,, two sons die of “sweating sickness,” 60
“Brides of Enderby,” the, 51
“Briefs,” curious, Hagg Registers, 81, 82
Brigg Grammar School, 114
Brinkhill “gold,” 82
Brittany, Alan, earl of, a worthy character, 73
Brown, Sir John, 126
Bryan, Governor of Bolingbroke Castle, 90
Bucknall, Thorold of, 158
,, ,, his sister, the Lady Godiva, 158
Burghley, Lord Treasurer, 114, 164
Burials, numerous, Salmonby, 169, Sotby, 183
Buried in wool, 61 and note
“By” as suffix, meaning of, 99
By-road—village road, 99