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affixes—knight, squire, or gentlewoman. The prefix “ Mr.” may 
mean a gentleman of position, or a clergyman holding a University 
degree. In latter times, ‘‘ Mr. is applied to attorneys-at-law and to 
leading tradesmen. ‘“‘ Mrs.” does not necessarily mean a married 
lady or widow, it is applied also to young unmarried ladies of the 
better class. The prefix ‘Sir’ was formerly applied to a clergy- 
man who had not taken a University degree. William Walleis 
never gives himself the title of Mr., nor does he call himself Sir, as 
I see in some lists of vicars he isso styled. Readers of Shakespeare 
will call to mind Sr Hugh Evans, the Welsh Parson in “The 
Merry Wives of Windsor.” This custom of designating the inferior 
clergyman “Sir,” is said to have given rise to the practise of 
knights, after using the prefix ‘Sir,” adding the affix “knight” 
or “baronet,” to distinguish themselves from the poor parsons. 
Occasionally in the registers we are treated with tit-bits of inform- 
ation on spare spaces, or on margins, sometimes running into 
the other writing, for the old men were wonderfully economical in 
the matter of parchment and paper. On the first page of the 
register book, below the heading, we find “ Proper nots (notes) 
worth keeping, as followeth :—Flodden Field was in Anno Dom. 
1535. The writer was evidently afraid that English History might 
not record the fact. Other similar well-known events are noted. 
One “proper not,” however, touches a matter in local history worth 
special notice. ‘Commotion in these north parts, 1536.” 
“ AsKE’s REBELLION.” 
This brief note refers to the great rising in the time of 
Henry VIII., known as “Aske’s Rebellion,” and also as the 
“ Pilgrimage of Grace,” when the popular mind was roused to 
rebellion by the priests, who were opposed to the King’s notions 
of Church Reformation, especially that part of it which consisted 
of the spoliation and robbery of monasteries and chantries. This 
great rising prevailed all along the eastern side of the island, in 
Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Durham, and Northumberland, and as far 
west as Penrith, where the measure would create indignation by 
