The history and antiquities of Boston, and the villages of Skirbeck, Fishtoft, Freiston, Butterwick, Benington, Leverton, Leake, and Wrangle; Illustrated with one hundred engravings

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 Excerpt: ...was one of the representatives in Parliament for the borough of Boston, county of Lincoln, from 1 Mary to 6 Philip and Mary; and, again, in 5 and 13 Elizabeth, 1563 and 1571.l He married Ann, daughter of, and had issue, Edmund, who died unmarried, and Alice, wife of Gates. 10. Thomas Irby, Esq., was seated at Whapload Hall, county of Lincoln. He married Isabel, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Serjeant, Esq., of Moulton, county of Lincoln, and was buried at Whapload, April 30th, 1561. He had issue, 1. Audrey,s who married April 22d, K60, Thomas Terril, and had issue. 2. Dorothy, who married June 25th, 1565, John Brison, and had issue. 3. Anne, who married September 26th, 1583, Simon Eger, and was buried at Whapload, May 30th, 1588. 4. Beatrice, who married August 3d, 1586, George Walkot 5. Anthony Irby, who served in Parliament for the borough of Boston, in the 31st, 39th, and 43d years of Queen Elizabeth"s reign, and also in the first of her successor, King James I. On October 13th, 1538, this Anthony purchased of Robert Radcliffe,3 Lord Fitzwalter and Earl of Sussex, the manors of Moulton, Fitzwaiter, and Medietas Dominorum, heretofore part of the estates of the Lords de Moulton, Barons of Egrement, which said manors are in the possession of the present Lord Boston (1856). He was early attached to the study of the law, and being a member of Lincoln"s Inn, was held in high estimation by that society: he shared, with others, the highest honours which that body has to confer, being called to the bench in 32 Elizabeth; after which, in the ensuing year, he was appointed autumn reader to the society. His arms were deposited in the third window of the chapel towards the north, which, according to Sir William Dugdale, were, argent, fretty sable, with his name, A...