EDITORIAL NOTE 



The Editors desire to thank all who have helped in the production of 

 this volume. They would especially mention Mr. S. G. Stopford Sack- 

 ville, Mr. E. P. Monckton, Mr. A. Adcock (editor of the iSforthampton 

 Mercury), Mr. F. Bates, the Rev. F. Buttanshaw, Mr. G. Herbert Capron, 

 Mr. J. Dack, Mr. T. A. Dickson, the Rev. W. Hopkinson, the Rev. La G. 

 Leney, Mr. G. K. Papillon, the Rev. C. J. Percival, the Rev. W. D. 

 Sweeting, late of Maxey, and Mr. A. G. Weigall, while they are under 

 even greater obligation to Archdeacon Moore, Mr. John Rooke of 

 Weldon and Colonel C. I. Strong of Thorpe Hall for much time spent 

 in collecting materials. 



They acknowledge with gratitude the facilities for seeing important 

 houses and their contents and for acquiring information with regard 

 to manorial descents which have been accorded to them by the Marquis 

 of Exeter, the Earl of Carysfort, Viscount Melville, Lord Kesteven, 

 Mr. G. C. W. Fitzwilliam, Mr. H. L. C. Brassey, the Rev. G. H. Capron, 

 and Mr. J. G. Dearden. 



Mr. C. S. Magee, diocesan registrar of Peterborough, Mr. William 

 Smith, deputy diocesan registrar of Lincoln, and Mr. G. J. Gray, the 

 custodian of the records of the dean and chapter of Peterborough, have 

 kindly given full access to documents in their charge without which the 

 History could not have been written ; and the clergy and churchwardens 

 of the parishes in these hundreds have, without exception, shown the 

 same courtesy with regard to their parochial records. Similar con- 

 sideration has been shown to the Editors by Mr. H. A. Millington, the 

 Clerk of the Peace for Northamptonshire, and Mr. H. Hankinson, 

 the Town Clerk of Northampton. 



The Board of Agriculture and Sir Thomas Elliott, K.C.B., have most 

 kindly allowed the publication of the exact proportion of tillage, pasture, 

 and woodland in each parish included in these hundreds. 



The Editors are also particularly indebted to Mr. J. Horace Round, 

 M.A., LL.D., for reading the proofs of the section on Topography ; to 

 Mr. I. Chalkley Gould, F.S.A., for assistance in the article on Earth- 

 works; to the Rev. J. C. Cox, LL.D., F.S.A., for advice on various 

 matters ; and to the Society of Antiquaries of London and the Architectural 

 and Archaeological Societies of Northamptonshire for illustrations. 



