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xiv Massingberd esqr, died without male issue in 1835, leaving an only daughter and heiress, Harriet, wife to Charles Godfrey Mundy esqr, whose grandson, Charles Francis Massingberd Mundy esqr, is now lord of the manor of Ingo1dmells-cum-Addlethorpe.

The jurisdiction of the manor extended over part of six parishes, but not over the whole of any of them. Its jurisdiction over the greater part of Ingoldmells and Addlethorpe will not be denied, though it is curious that Addlethorpe is seldom mentioned by name on the earlier court rolls. Until the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the manor is called the manor of Ingoldmells, and Addlethorpe church is called the West Church of Ingold­mells, or the church of S. Nicholas, while in the Bishops’ Institutions we read of the church of ‘Ardelthorp in Ingoldmels’ A.D. 1491, and of ‘Ardelthorp alias Westingolme1ls’ A.D. 1555. It is clear also that the jurisdiction of the manor extended over the greater part of Skegness. Courts were often held there, free and bond lands there held under the manor are frequently mentioned, the township of Skegness sometimes presented offences, as well as the township of Ingoldmells, and the banks and dikes of Skegness were under the jurisdiction of the court as well as the port and the seashore. I cannot ﬁnd any mention of a separate manor of Skegness, except a small one belonging to the dean and chapter of Lincoln, though some land there was held of the manor of Croft.

The court rolls show that the jurisdiction of the manor extended over part of Burgh. The courts were sometimes held there, there were several freehold lands there, and the common of and some bond tenants holding Skalﬂete in Burgh was under the jurisdiction of the manor of Ingoldmells, and trespasses there were presented and amerced in the court.

The part of Great Steeping under the jurisdiction of the manor of Ingoldmells must have been small, but the only case of hanging mentioned on the rolls was that of two Steeping women for housebreaking at Steeping: and some freehold lands at Steeping are mentioned.

The small part of Partney under the urisdiction of the manor of Ingoldmells is never mentioned on the rolls, but