WAINFLEET, (Lincolnshire) 12 m. N. E. from Boston, 35 m. E. of Lincoln, 20 S. E. of Grimsby, 102 cm. 124 1-4th mm. from
London, at the beginning of the fen country called Holland, is a neat compact T. noted for a fine fr. sc. and for giving
birth and sirname to William its founder, (then Bp. of Winchester) whose father's name was Pattin. The Mt. is on S. In the
11th of Edward III. this T. sent John Mawson, a ship owner, to the council at Westminster.