Among other correspondents, the late lamented Count de Montalembert assured
me that " without doubt the great architect was a member of the family of the

* Anno Hccxzxyn mina ecclesise Lincolniensis propter artificii insolentiam. Chron, Joh, Abb. Petrob,
Facta est ruina muri Lincolniensis ecclesifle secus chorum post sedem Decani, ita quod tres homines pros-

trati sunt sub ruina; ita quod postmodum chorus celebravit ante majus altare officium diumum et

noctumum, donee ciroum qu»qufle columnie et arcus firmarentur. Ann, Dunstable,

^ Pius Pontifex in die Parasceves cum esset Lincolniae, et ad fabricam matricis ecclesiss, quam nobiliter

a fundamentis extruxtrat, lapides et cementum humeris suis in quodam cophino, etc. Matt, PariSf ed.
Wets. 142.
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Counts Du Noyer of Burgundy, near Dijon/' where Count de Montalembert liim-
self resided ; but the excellent Count, like some other antiquaries, had overlooked
the distinction between the Duchy of Burgundy in the north and the kingdom of
Burgimdy in the south, and the fact that there was no connection between Dijon
and Grenoble. Meantime my friend Mr. Dimock,* the editor of the life of St.
Hugh, reminded me that a family of the name of Du Noyer came over to England
with William the Conqueror, and settled in the diocese of Lincoln, where it
became one of the county families, as it continues to this day.
