. Vanishing England . Lambs heldoffice from 1723 to 1832, and the Grebells from 1631 to1741. A great tragedy happened in the churchyard. Aman named Breedes had a grudge against one of theLambs, and intended to kill him. He saw, as hethought, his victim walking along the dark paththrough the shrubs in the churchyard, attacked andmurdered him. But he had made a mistake; hisvictim was Mr. Grebell. The murderer was hangedand quartered. The Town Hall contains the an-cient pillory, which was described as a very handyaffair, handcuffs, leg-irons, special constables staves,which were always much neede
. Vanishing England . Lambs heldoffice from 1723 to 1832, and the Grebells from 1631 to1741. A great tragedy happened in the churchyard. Aman named Breedes had a grudge against one of theLambs, and intended to kill him. He saw, as hethought, his victim walking along the dark paththrough the shrubs in the churchyard, attacked andmurdered him. But he had made a mistake; hisvictim was Mr. Grebell. The murderer was hangedand quartered. The Town Hall contains the an-cient pillory, which was described as a very handyaffair, handcuffs, leg-irons, special constables staves,which were always much needed for the usual riotson Gunpowder Plot Day, and the old primitive fire-engine dated 1745. The town has some remarkable OLD WALLED TOWNS 65 plate. There is the mayors handbell with the in-scription :— O MATER DEI MEMENTO MEI. 1566. PETRUS GHEINEUS ME FECIT. The maces of Queen Elizabeth with the date 1570 andbearing the fleur-de-lis and the Tudor rose are interest-ing, and the two silver maces presented by George III,. Monogram and Inscription in the Mermaid Inn, Rye bearing the arms of Rye and weighing 962 oz., are saidto be the finest in Europe. The chief charm of Rye is to walk along the narrowstreets and lanes, and see the picturesque rows andgroups of old fifteenth- and sixteenth-century houseswith their tiled roofs and gables, weather-boarded ortile-hung after the manner of Sussex cottages, gracefulbay-windows—altogether pleasing. Wherever one wan-ders one meets with these charming dwellings, espe-cially in West Street and Pump Street ; the oldesthouse in Rye being at the corner of the Mermaid Inn is delightful both outside and inside,with its low panelled rooms, immense fire-places and dog-5 66 VANISHING ENGLAND grates. We see the monogram and names and datescarved on the stone fire-places, 1643, 1646, the nameLoffelholtz seeming to indicate some foreign refugee orsettler. It is pleasant to find at least in one town inEngland so much that has been left u
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