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Historical and descriptive sketches of the town and soke of Horncastle [1822]

Note 18 — HORNCASTLE.

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Some say this was a Captain Portington, who afterwards told Cromwell that he aimed at his nose, when he hit his horse on the head. Life of Cromwell. See also Ludlow, Vicars, and Hume.

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