Lovely Lincolnshire

We've been in the countryside, where there are no internet hotspots. But where there is a university, there is a Starbucks with a wireless connection. We are in Lincoln today, where the Scrooby separatists (our Pilgrim Fathers & Mothers) were tried in 1607/8 for attempted illegal emmigration. But that's getting ahead of the story, which begins in Babworth, at All Saints', where Richard Clyfton preached sermons that did not conform to the requirements of the Church of England. Wm Brewster walked from Scrooby, and Wm Bradford from Austerfield, to hear Clyfton preach. When Clyfton was deprived of his parish at Babworth, he went to live with the Brewsters at Scrooby Manor House. For a time, the group worshiped with John Smyth's congregation at Gainsborough Old Hall, this seems to be where John Robinson joined with them. The Hickman family of Gainsborough Old Hall was sympathetic to non-conformist pastors and welcomed them and their congregations to meet in their Great Hall.
The Scrooby group attempted to leave England via Boston, but were robbed and betrayed by the captain of the ship they had hired, and were marched through the streets of Boston, and jailed in the Guildhall, to await trial at Lincoln Castle.
Incidently, there is still a magistrate's court at Lincoln Castle, which today was bustling with school groups, tourists, and lawyers who were conspicuous in their (immacualtely cut) dark suits & ties, with breifcases.
Our cottage in Brattleby is lovely. We celebrated Rich's 50th birthday Monday. On Fathers' Day Sunday we let him choose the outing-- a walk through Sherwood Forest.