The Life Of John Clare

On the borders of the Lincolnshire fens halfway between Stamford andPeterborough stands the little village of Helpston. One Helpo a socalledstipendiary knight ... » 

On the borders of the Lincolnshire fens halfway between Stamford andPeterborough stands the little village of Helpston. One Helpo a socalledstipendiary knight but of whom the old chronicles know nothing beyond thebare title exercised his craft here in the Norman age and left his namesticking to the marshy soil. «