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Rh rendered at Caistor Church, Lincolnishire; the property held by it, which is said to have comprised the Manor of Broughton and 2200 acres of land, lies in the parish of Broughton, near Brigg, in the same county, about twelve miles from Caistor, and was sold by auction in 1845. I cannot do better than state the ceremony from the Particulars of Sale circulated in 1845, as the sellers had the best means of ascertaining the facts, and were concerned to set them forth correctly:

In addition to what is contained in the foregoing extract, Mr. Moore furnished the following information respecting this service and the estate for which it was rendered:

"I have never been able to trace this custom to its source. It would appear to have prevailed in very primitive times, and yet the circumstance of the custom requiring the more essential part of the ceremony to be performed during the reading of the second lesson, is scarcely reconcileable with this idea; but I am induced to think that the custom prevailed long before our present ritual existed, and that it has in this respect been accommodated to the changes which Time has effected in the services of the Church. Unfortunately the title-deeds do not contain the slightest reference to the custom. I have no means of tracing the title beyond 1675. The parish of Broughton is a very large one, and anterior to 1675 belonged, with some small exceptions, to the Anderson family; but whether Stephen Anderson, the then owner of the manor, and the 2200 acres of land sold in 1845, was owner of the other part of Broughton, which has long been in the possession of Lord Yarborough's ancestors, I cannot say. A partition of the property appeal's to have been made between two coheiresses; and the manor and 2200 acres being settled in 1772 by Sir Stephen Anderson