BIRDS SHOT BY THE REV. FRANCIS GISBORNE. 191 



Sept. 2nd. 3 Pars. 



3rd, 3 Pars. 



5th. I Crow, 5 Pars. 



6th. 4 Pars. 



7th. 5 Pars., ^ do. with Mr. Dlzon. 's*) 



9th. 4 Pars. 



loth. 7 Pars. 



1 2th, 2 Pars. 



i8th. 3 Pars. 



igtb. 2 Pars., i do. catchd, by a Hawk, i Wood 

 Pigeon or Ring Dove. 



20th. 4 Green Linnets, 



2ist. 3 Pars. 



24th. 5 Pars, 



25th. 3 Pars. 



26th. 7 Pars., I Crow. 



27th. II Pars., I found winged, 



30th. 3 Pars., I Ring Dove. 



Oct. 1st. 10 Pars, 



2nd. 8 Pars. 



3rd. 4 Pars., I found winged which was supposed to be 

 shot 27 Septr. 



5th. 6 Pars. 



loth. 5 Pars, 



1 2 th. 2 Pars. 



14th. I Par. 



15th. 6 Pars. 



i6th. 6 Pars. 



22nd. 5 Pars., i Par. with Mr. Dixon. '3*' N.B. 2 of 

 'em a. o. shot, 1 Ring Dove. 



'36) Afr. Dixon— The Rev. Fletcher Dixon, LL.D., at that time Curate of 

 Staveley ; later on, Vicar of Duffield. He was brother-in-law to the Rev. 

 Francis Gisborne, having married his sister Catherine, who died 25th April, 

 1796, and lies interred at Staveley. A tablet to her memory is affixed to 

 the belfry wall of Staveley Church, with the following inscription : " To the 

 memory of Catherine Dixon, the truly -beloved wife of the Rev. Fletcher Dixon, 

 Vicar of Dujfield, in this county, and daughter of the Rev. James Gisborne, late 

 Rector of this parish. Her exemplary conduct through life, and her pious 

 resignation at the close of it, confirm our hope that she now enjoys those blessed 

 rccuards promised to the pious on earth by a merciful God through the juerits of 

 Christ. She died 26 day of April, 1796. cet. 65. A similar tablet to her 

 husband is inscribed as follows : — " The Revd. Fletcher Dixon, LL.D., son 

 of the late Rev. /oseph Dixon, Vicar of Brighavi, in the County of Cumber- 

 land, obiit Jan. 6, 1819, atatis sua' 75." In company with his brother-in-law, 

 Samuel Foxlow occupied Staveley Hall after the death of General Gisborne, 



