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Mr. Aaron Sargent
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Ui&i off fliHicles-
No.
212 The Wake Family
213 EngraviDg of the Battle of
Naaeby
214 Wiiliam Tpdale : of North-
amptonshire Descent P
215 Churchwardens' Accounts at
PitHford
216 P>tchley Manor-House
217 Ancient Village Sports
218 Parish Registers of Isham
219 The Preston FamUy of Heyford
220 CivU War, 1642
221 The Sheppard Family of Tow-
cester
222 Witches and Witchcraft in
Northamptonshire
223 Local Dialect
224 Confession of Murder at Glinton
225 Churchwardens' Accounts at
Peakirk
226 Old Scarlett
227 Robert de Holcot
228 WUmer Family of Sywell
229 Meaning of the Abbreviation
230 Registers of Maidwell
231 MonumentsinPassenham Church
232 Book-worm
233 Saunderson Family of Little
Addington
234 AnceNtors of Benjamin Franklin
235 Parish Registers of Nassington
236 Civil War, 1643 ; The Taking of
Grafton House
237 Mears Ashby House
238 The Trevham Pedigree
239 Robert de Holcot
240 Registers of Maidwell
241 Date on a Mantelpiece at Helm-
don
242 The Pancake Bell
No.
243
244
245
Old Libraries : a Suggestion
The George Inn, Northampton
Tradesmen's Tokens :
Northampton
Peterborough
Michael Wodhull
Sargent Family of Northampton
Moravians in Northampton
Riots in 1641 and 1642
Northamptonshire Characters
and Caricatures
A Victimised Townsman of the
Eighteenth Century
Bible Meetings at Kettering
Liooulation in 1790
Stone Coffins at Cottesbrooke
The Northampton Bills of Mor-
tality
May Song at Nassinffton
Wight of Blakesley HaU
Local Dialect
Orme Family : Incendiary Letter
Northamptonshire Bnefs
Plan of Battle of Naseby
Rockingham Account Book, 16t55
Tradesmen's Tokens :
Thingden or
Finedon
Thrapston
Towcester
Wansford
Weedon
Weldon
Welford
Wellingborough
Whittlebury
Wootton
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
264
255
256
267
258
269
260
261
262
263
Oundle
Pastnn
Paulerspury
Potterapury
Preston (Great)
Rockingham
Rothwell
Rushden
Stamford Baron
Stowe
Sutton (Kings)
264 Mantle-piece at Helmdon
265 Th' Man an' th' Boggard
266 William Carey
267 The Isham Family
VI.
Northamptonshire Notes and Queries,
No.
268 Bow-bell at Blakesley
269 Saxon Bell found at Peterboro'
270 Ancient Village Sports
271 The Duke of Tuscany in North-
amptonahire, 1669
272 Carey Family
273 Whittlebury Forest Shares
274 May Song at Nassingfton
275 The Customs of Daventry
276 Washingtons at East Haddon
277 Wiffht of Blakesley HaU
278 Gkitleries in Wellingborough
Church
279 A Contemporary Portrait of
Mary Queen of Soots
280 Hinde Family of Pipewell Abbey
281 Garfield a Northamptonshire
Name
282 Dedication of Churches
283 Town House of Bishops of
Peterborough
284 An Incident of Naseby Fight
285 "Headless Cross" near North-
ampton
286 Memories of Franklin
287 Chepter Family of East Haddon
288 A Victimised Townsman of the
Eighteenth Century
289 The Treshams of Newton and
Wold
290 Monumental Inscriptions in
Peterborough Cathedral. V.
291 John Baker
292 Hunting Scenes at Fosters
Booth
293 John Lettioe, D.D.
294 Tour in Northamptonshire, 1635
295 Races in Northamptonshire
296 The State of the Poor in North-
amptonshire in 1795
297 Who was "R. W.," who was
Eye- Witness of the Execution
of Mary Queen of Scots P
298 The Treshams of Newton and
Wold
299 Mary Queen of Scots' Betrothal
Ring
300 Early Crosses
301 Washington Relics
302 The Gradual Decay of Eirby
HaU
803 Chained Books in Libraries
304 The Garfields of Northampton-
shire
805 Bunyan's Porridge-Bowl
306 Dedication of Churches
307 Gorham Family of Flore and
Cransley
No.
308 Memories of Franklin
309 ** Headless Cross " near North-
ampton
310 Mazers
311 The Eyes of Mary Queea of
Scots
812 Ancient Village Sports
313 Burt and Chester Families
314 Hampden Family
315 Celebrated Northamptonshiro
Booksellers. II. — John Simoo
316 May Song at Nassington
317 Northamptonshire Paulines
318 Sir Walter MUdmay
319 Round Dryden*s Birthplace
320 A Contemporanr Portrait of
Mary Queen of Scots
321 Members for Northamptonshire
322 Members for Northamptonshire
in Long Parliament
323 Election Squib
324 Curiosities of Northamptonshire
Printing
325 Early Crosses
326 Hinde Family
327 The " Cotes *^ near Towoester
328 Guild and Guile Families
329 Rothwdll Market-HouRO
330 Sargent Family of Northampton
331 The Rev. Canon Collins, M.A.
332 Brabazon FamUy of Sibbertoft
and Hothorp
333 A. Northamptonshire Record
Society
334 Brooch of Mair Queen of Soots
335 Tlie Gradual Decay of Kirby
Hall
336 Crick Family of Hothorp
337 Tradesmen's Tokens of North-
amptonshire
Ashley Finedon
A}mhoe Geddington
Barnwell St. Grendon
Andrews Haddon, West
Bowden Harrlng^orth
Bozeat Hartwell
Brackley Higham Ferrers
Brigstock Kettering
Brington Kilsby
Bulwick Eing^s Cliffs
Corby Lamport
Daventry Lowiok
Deene Lutton
Duddington Moulton
338 Knights of the Royal Oak
339 liisoellanea Genealogica et
Heraldioa
340 Local Dialeot
List of Articles.
Vll.
No.
841
U2
UZ
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
851
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
Chained Books in Chniohes
Northampton Castle
Gorham Familj of Churohfield
Manor
Sir Walter Mildmay
Northamptonshire Briefs
EngraTii^ in Qnnton*s Peter-
hnrgh
Beoollections of the old Gram-
mar School, Northampton
Civil War, 1642
Early Crosses
Vaux Family of Harrowden
Wellinghorongh and the Earl of
Warwick
Crosses cat in the Tarf
Earl of Winohilsea
Monumental Inscriptions from
other Counties
Natives of Northamptonshire
Verses on an Arrest at North-
ampton, 1658
The Haycock at Wansford
Lord Mayors of London who
were Natives of Northampton-
shire. I. Sir Kohert Clayton
«*R. W." who sent to Lord
Barghley the well - known
Account of the Execution of
Mary Queen of Scots
Bowling Green in Sulehay
Forest
No
361
362
363
364
365
366
867
368
370
871
372
373
874
875
876
377
878
379
880
381
382
883
The Cross in the Churchyard of
St. Sepulchre's, Northampton
Master John Ball, Minister
Mr. Pickwick at Towoester
Sbeppard Family of Towoester
Mammberd, or Massingberd
Family
Parish dertiflcates at Glapthome
Monumental Inscriptions from
other Counties
The Drummer's Mound
Northampton Pronounced Tran-
ton
Diary of John Cole
Volunteer Officers in Northamp-
tonshire, 1804
Gorham Family
West Haddon : an Old Inn
Kuotsford Monument at Malvern
Wakerley Church
Jack of all Trades at Astrop,
1792
Mason Family
Drunken Bamaby in Northamp-
tonshire
Plague at Towoester, 1608
Parish Registers of Deene
Tercentenary of Mary Queen of
Sooto
Clarke, Fry, and Howett :
Queries
Curiosities of Northamptonshire
Printing
tiisf of 6ngiromngs.
Brass of Wake Family in Blisworth Ghoroh Frontispiece
Arms of Wake Family Page 1
The Pytchley Manor House 9
Gateway to Pytchley Manor House 10
Witches of Northamptonshire 17
Reduced Facsimile of title-page to " In puerbia Salomois," by Robert de Holcot 26
Book-Worm 33
Pedigree of the Family of Tresham 40
Mantle-Piece at Helmdon 49
Arms of Michael Wodhull 60
Yearly Bill of Mortality. All Saints, Northampton, 1736-7 .... 77
" Plane of Battell " of Naseby, as sketched by Oliver Cromwell . . .87
John Baker 125
Parget Work on ** The George Inn," Fosters Booth 126
Pedigree of the Treshams of Wold 142
Mary Queen of Scots* Betrothal Ring 143
Northampton Cross and the Statues of Queen Eleanor 157
The Parsonage, Aid winkle All Saints— Dryden's Birthplace . . . 173
Aldwinkle All Saints, The Chambers Chauntry from the S.E. . . .177
Thorpe Waterville 178
Finial on Cottage at Tichmarsh. — Riogers Candlestick, Tichmarsh Church . ibid
House at Oundle, £. side of Churchyard 180
Ceiling in the White Horse at Lowick 181
Farjrimile Title-page to " Robin Hood*s Garland " 185
Plan of the " Cotes " near Towcester 190
Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire 197
Remains of early Norman Building at Northampton Castle . . . .213
Arms of Earl of Winchilsea 225
Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. (From an old Print.) .... 238
Remains of a Crucifix in the Churchyard of S. Sepulchre's, Northampton 239
Helmet and Escutcheon over Queen Mary's Grave at Peterborough . . 262
Facsimile Titlepage to " Delights for Young Men and Maids " . 265
An Hieroglyphical Love-Letter 268
Index I.
Namks of Persons
Abbot, 280
Abboit, 40-1
Abingdon, 249
Adams, 209, 246-7
Adelhidis, 1
Adkina, 80, 162
AlbermArle, ead, 260
AlcoTe, 54
Aldewynde, 176-7
Aleyn, 102-3
AUein,259
AUekaander, 22
Allen, 203, 247
Almej, 205
Althoip, lord, 8, 68-9,
247
A]67,244
Anuand, 210
Amr, dame, 135
Andz«w, 49, 59
Andrewes,57
Andrews, 57-9, 246-7
Anker, 104
Anglesey, earl, 225
Arden, 246
Armfield, 80
Armstrong, 246
Arnold, 204
Arragon, prinoe, 188
Amndel, 209
Anmdell, 167
Ash, 242
Ashley, lord, 88
Asseby, 103
Astin, 77
Atkins, 122, 141
Atkinson, 38
Atton, Attow, 202
Andley, 91
Austin, 92
Ayers, 17
Aylesbory, eari, 260
Baoon, 120, 201
Bade, 48
Bagerley, 95
Bagley, 104
Bagot, 227
Bainbiigge, 138
Baker, 11, 52, 79, 104,
125, 129, 148, 169. 210
Balaam, 79
Ball, 23, 241
Banastre, 32
Banbory, earl, oonntess,
223-4
Barbanzon, 195
Barber, 18
Barday, 74
Barker, 51
Barlow, 191
Baron, 6
Banett, 80
Banr, 80
Bartholomew, 203
Bartlet, 111
Barton, 209, 217, 260
Barwell, 80, 201
Basfoote, 203
Basford. 17
Basset, Bassett, 204
Bathurst, 64
Beaoher, 120
Beale, 141
Bearly, 205
Beaaohamp, 40-1
Beauolero, 247
Bebee, 93
Becke, 155
Becket, 18
Beokford, 130
Bedell, 46
Bedford, diiob«B, 18
Beeeley, 68
Bell, 95
BellasiB, Tiao., 259
Bellew, lord, 260
Bellingham, 71
Bendon, 38
Bengo,72
Bennet,259
Berkeley, 60, 247
, earl, 259
Bernard, 121, 210
Berridge, 78
Bertie, 138
Biggs, 259
Bigland, 209
Bm, 18
Billing, 92
Billinffe, 40-1
Birdsall,80
Biron, 16
Bishop, 108
Bishopp, 248
Black, 260
Blair, 97
Bhikesley, 201
Blaydes, 162, 256
Blencowe, 247
Bloson, 38
Blonnt, 223-4
Bladwiok, 57, 59
Blunt, 8
Boddington, Bodyngtoou
209
Bond, 8
Bonney, 247, 263
Booth, 184, 247
Boseman, 97
Bourne, 120
Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
BouYerie, 247
Bowles, 69
Botnnan. 97
Boyse, 154
BrabsBon, Brabazon, &o.
194-6
Bradshsw, 13, 20
Brag^re, 248
Braifield, 56
Brathwait, 258
Bray, 141, 209, 236-7
Breton, 79, 219, 247
Brey, 123
Brian, 120
BriggB, 80
Briscoe, 223-4
Britten, 7
Britton, 70
Brobson, 194
Brockas, 40-1
Brodrick, 130
Bronson, 202
Brook, lord, 14
Brookbanck, 40
Brooke, 111,256
, lord, 16, 224
Brookes, 258
Brown, 80, 180
Browne, 18, 31, 128,
165, -^06-7
Browning, 92, 207
Bruce, 148
Brudenel, Bnidnel, &o.,
228, 256-60
Bryan, 120-1, 132, 142
Brydell, 40-1
Buchanan, 129
Buck, 259
Buokby, 201
Buckingham, duke, 15
Bunyan, 156
Burghley, lord, 141, 173,
210
Burghursh, 26
Burgis, 206
Burgoyne, 121
Burnham, 247
Burt, 119, 162
Burton, 38, 57, 64
Burwash, 26
Busby, 259
Busnell, 246
Bnssey, 256
Buston, 195
Buswell, 201
Butcher, 247
Butier, 12, 67, 111-2
Byxoh, 180
Cadle, 203
Campion, 78, 249, 250
Cardigan, earl, 40-1,
138, 257-60
, countess, 258-60
Carey, 101, 108,
Carey-Elwes, 209
Carier, Caryer, 57, 58
Carley, 70
Cariyle, 34, 35
Carnworth, earl, 6
Carr. 79
Carter, 38, 58, 94, 247
Cartwright, 68, 111,247
Carysfort, ear), 247
Castell, 80
Catesby, 4, 40-1, 46
Catherine of Arragon,
107, 134
Cauthome, Cawtbome,
58
Cave, 40-1, 195, 209
Cawood, 265
Cecil, 113, 145
Chamberlin, 24, 79
Chambers, 80, 116, 177
Chambre, Chaumbre,
176-7
Chandler, 95
Chapman, 40-1, 44, 123,
141, 143, 162
Charles i., 5, 15
Charles n., 226, 235
Charlotte, Q., 147
Chece, 102-3
Cheny, 137
Cherry, 8
Chester, 118, 162
Chetle, Chettle, 205
Chevillier, 48
Chichester, 15
, bishop, 129
Christie, 66, 111, 147,
181
Church, 205
Churche, 38
Churton, 50
Claiton, Cleaton, 230
Claridge, 80
Clark, 7
Clarke, 16, 79, 95-6,
208, 265
Clayton, 230-8
Clayton-East, 237
Clespoole, 215
Cleaver, 61, 66
Clement, 93
Clerk, 121
Cleyton, 287
Clifford, 4
Clipsham, 165
CUve, 108
Cock, 247
Cockayne, 45
Coldwel, 92
Cole, 79, 243, 2i5-7
CoUier, 93. 191
Ceilings, 2?
Collingwood, 204
Colling 192-3, 247, 256
Compton, 41, 108, 172,
199
Constable, 80, 257-8
Conway, 15
Conyngham, marq., 225
Cooch, 80
Cooke, 38, 85, 209-10,
247
Cooper, 55, 90
Corbett, 108
Cosin, 209
Cosmo Di., 106
Cotton, 141, 219
Cotty, 142
Courtenay, 3
Courto wn, earl, countess,
260
Cowper, 66, 63, 77-8, 81
Cox, 77-8, 80
Craine, lady, 39
Crane, 40-1
Crawley, 172
Creed, 176, 178-80, 243
Creswell, 131
Crewe, 52
, lord 210
Crick, 200-1
Cricke, 194
Cromwell, 6, 86-9
Culpin, 24
Cumberland, duke, 23
Curie, 148, 261, 264-5
Curzon, 264
Cyles, 247
Back, 54, 58, 92, 248
Dakin, 71
Dale, 43
Danyeli, 68
Damley, 143-7, 182
Dash, 162
Davies, 36, 79
Davis, 79
Day, 33, 204
De Benevent, 48
De Bissett, 196
De Briwere, 2
Index I. — Names of Persons.
XI.
Be Bnrgharsh, 26
De Bury, 26
De Capell Broke, 3
De Gorebam, 156, 214
De Holcot, 25
De Langton, 177
De Lemesy, 214
De Mosely, 196
De RuloA, 3
De Sancto Medardo, 219
De Stigrave, 214
De Waterville, 177
De Wilde, 214, 240
Deacon, 125
Deeping, 219
Deepup, 209
Denne, 49
Dennis, 80
Denys, 210
Deverell, 33
Devis, 38
Devon, earl, 3
Dicey, 73, 110, 184-9,
265
Dickens, 241-2, 247
Dickenson, 40-1, 43
Dickins, 109-10
Digby, 40. 46
Diggles, 256
Digbton, 71
Dillingbaxn, 58
Dix, 95
Dod, 70
Dodd, 247
Dodson, 94
Doiton, 98
Dolben, 53, 246
Doiton, 98
Dorman, 80
Dove, 209
Dowse, 36
Drake, 200
Driden, 53-4, 243
Driffield, 123
Dryden, 53-4, 102-8
173-83, 235, 247
Dngard, 94
Dunbar, vise., 257-8
Doras, baron, 209
Dusting, 228
Dysart, earl, 182
Eaton, 73, 92, 260, 264
Eden, 188
Edmunds, 51
Edward i., 3
Edward iv., 18
Edward vz., 108
Edward, Uaok prinoe, S
Edwards, 79
Edy, 74
Ekius, 253, 258
Eland^ 247
Elizabeth, Q., 107-9,
152, 173,197,200,226
Ellis, 147
Elmes, 132
Elpbinston, 129
Eli>ton, 79
Essex, earl, 108, 138
Etough, 34
Evelyn, 232, 237
Everard, Everarde, 256-7
Everett, 34
Ewyas, 4
Exeter, duke, 3
Exton, 172
Eyre, 209
Eyton, 189
Fabian, 79
Fairfax, 88
ffalkener, 40-1, 42
Falkener, 42, 119
Fane, 258
Farmer, 96
Farmer, 204
Farrer, 146
Farrin, 79
Farside, 247
Fawket, 218
Felbrigg, 92
Ferdinand n., 107
Fermin, Fermor, 183
Femley, 256
Ferrar, 243
Ferrier, 264
Fiennes, 89
Filbrigg, 92
Finch, Finoh - Hatton,
225-7
PiBber, 157, 172
Fitzgeoferye, 256
Fitzgilbert, 1, 3
Fitz Harris, 237
Fitz Roy, 73
Fitzwilliam, Fitzwil-
liams, 247, 256-8
ffleetwood, 132
Fleming, 182
Fletcher, 42, 263,
Fludyer, 260
fforster, 38
Fossebrok, 176
Foster, 19, 264
Fowler, 189
Fox, 79, 206, 248
Fozley, 102
Frandfl, 80
Francis n., 107
Franklin, 34-7, 117-8,
157
Freeman, 80, 144, 204
French, 58-9
Frowe, 194
Fry, 223-4. 265
Fuggle<«, 14
Fulch, Fulchin. 207
Fuller, 124, 171, 173-4,
179, 208
FuJston, 40-1
Gaffeile, 115
Qage, 40-1
Gaguin, 48
Galton, 12
Gandon, 91
Gardiner, 17, 18, 171
Garfield, Garefield,
Gardfyld, &c., 115,
152-6
Gates, 80
Gawtheme, 201
George, 33
George in., 199
Gerfyle, 153
Gerlier, 48
Geyfild, 153
Gibbard, 252
Gibbons, 234
Gibson, 25, 7*9
Gill, 54, 56, 97, 120, 203
Gledrow, 243
Glover, 212
Godfrey, 247
Golding, 206-7
Goniston, 66
Gooch, 247
Goode, 259
GoodhaU, 248
Goodman, 76
Gordon, 264
Gore, 96
Gorham, Goreham, Gorr-
ham, &o., 63, 156,
214-5, 248
Goston, 207
Gotch, 191, 247
Gould, 191
Grafton, duke, 73, 139-
40
Graham, 227
Grandison, 4
Granger, 201
Grant, 146
Green, 210
Greene, 147, 195
xu.
Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Greaham, 209
Orerille, 14
GiifBn, lord, 138
Groom, 80
Grabb, 205
Gadgeon, 80
Guile, 191
Gnnninfir, 129, 247
Gyles, 79
G^U, 112, 120-1
HagRer, 80
fialdenbj, 209
Halifax, earl, 188
Hall, 80
Haman, 71
Hamblin, 88
Hamerton, 58
Hames, 195
Hamilton, duke, 129
Hampden, 162
Hand, 23
Harbord, 209
Haroourt, 114
Hardy, 24, 58-9, 180
Harington, 210
Haipington, 210
Harrendiue, 40-1, 257
Harrington, 257
Harringworth, 40-1
Harris, 96
Harrison, 247
Hartington, marq., 268
Hartshome, 40-1, 157,
218
Harrey, 58
Haselwood, 209
Hatcher, 228
Hathoot, 247
Hatton, 9, 132, 152, 197-
200, 209-10, 226-7
Hauton, 92
Haweis, 210
Hawkins, 128-4
Hayes, 80, 162
Hayle, 17
Hazlewood, 91
Hazlitt, 90
HealT, 204
Heathoote, 264
Heneage, 40-1, 226, 258
Henfrev, 80
Hennell, 210
Henry n., 18
Henry m., 3
Henry vn., 108, 147
Henry TOi., 107, 227, 250
Henry, prince of Wales,
15
Hensbaw, 209, 217
Hensman, 80
Henson, 248
Hepburn, 129
Hereford, bp., 188
Hereward, 1
Herman, 154
Herron, 96
Heeilrige, 138
Hesketh, lady, 77
Hewlett, 80
Hickason, 8
Hiokes, 120-1, 142
Hicks, 40-1, 111-2
Higgins, 80
Hill, 17, 63, 116, 155
Hillyard, 79
Hinde, 108
Hodges, 12
Hodgaldn, 243
Hodgson, Hodson, 94
Holoot, 25-30, 47-8
Holdenby, 201
Holland, 3
Holme, 51
Holmes, 38, 153
Holt, 19, 80, 2i7
Hood, 185, 187-9
Hope, 217,
Hopkins, 19, 80
Hotham, 3
Houghton, 89, 209, 247
HouHe, 85
Howard, 224, 227, 263-4
Howes, 17, 96
Howett, 265
Huddleston, 42
Hudson, 38
Hughes, 247
Huit, 38
HuU, 92
Humble, 209
Huntingdon, coontest,
69
Huntington, earl, 188
Huntly, marchioness,
181, 263
Hurland, 209, 228
Hurst, 201
Ingram, 65
Ireland, 116
Ireton, 88, 111-2
Irvine, 262
Isabella, queen of Spain,
107
Isham, 9, 10, 40-1, 102,
112, 121-2, 141-2, 208
Jackson, 79
James, 77, 80, 92, 149,
247
James z., 14-^, 127, 183
James xy., of Sootland,
107
James ▼., of Sootlandy
147
Jeffcut, 79
JefEreys, 235
Jekyll, 6
Jenkinson, 18, 82, 209
Jermin, 183
Jeune, 210
Jeires, 80
Johnson, 80, 208-9, 228,
247
Jones, 2, 16, 46, 80,
198-9, 259
Elatherine of Azragon*
107, 134
Keeple, 228
Kemp, 17
Kempe, 58-9
Kenealey, 73
Kennedy, 265
Kennett, 193, 209
Kent, earl, 3
Kent, duchess, 229
Kerby, 79
Kerr, 247
Kettleby, 259
Keyes, 179
Kinder, 256
King, 12, 79, 209
Kingsley, 5
Kingston, 96-7
Kinsman, 19, 40-1
Kinsmill, lady, 90
Kirby, 73, 247
Kirkham, 208
Kirkton, 218-9, 228
Kirshaw, 80
Knight, 165
Knightley,9, 16,68, 109,
112, 183, 227, 249-60
KnoUea, 40-1
KnoUys, 223-4
Knoteseford, 250
Knotsford, 227, 249
Knowles, 58-9, 224
Kye, 210
Kynnesman, 49
Kyrle, 249-50
Labram, 55
Lacy, 80
Lads, 206
Lamb, 103, 247
• 133
Index I. — Names of Persons.
Xlll*
Lambert, 73
Lancaster, earl, 8
Lane, 9, 121, 208-9
Langdale, 89
Langley, 133
Latham, 179
Land, 103
Lauderdale, duke, 182
Laurence, 39, 209
Law, 80, 207, 247
Lawrence, 36
Lawson, 130
Lazton, 85
Leander, 27
Le Archer, 194
Leaver, 260
Lee, 38, 40-1, 269
Ldefe, 207
Le Gaunt, 196
Lennox, 269
Lenox, earl, 107
Leofrio, 3
Lettice, lz8-30
Lewes, 142
Lewin, 247
Lewis, 243
Lightfoot, 167
Lilford, lord, ^47
Lincoln, bp., 12, 26, 220
Line, 166
Linnell, 228
Linwood, 268, 260
Lister, 183
Livingston, 260
Lloyd, 247
Lockier, 124-6, 218
Locock, 79, 247
Longville, 209
Loraine, 32
Love, 243
Loveday, 30
Lovel, 17
Lovell,2
Low, Lowe, 247
Loyd, 10
Lucas, 18, 79
Lufman, 40-1
Lumley, 247-60
LydelU 7
Lydiott, 246
Lyne, 243
Lynn, 247
Lvnwood, 269-60
Alackdowall, 32
Mackesy, 123
Haddock, 210
Hadocks, 247
HaidBtone, lady, 226
Maiior, 203
Maitland, 182, 236
MaHm, 172
Mallard, 72
Malory, 40-1
Manington, 98
Manisty, 68, 60
Manning, 236
ManseU, 116, 247
Mansfield, 248
Mansfield, earl, 227
MargaretTudor, 107, 147
Markham, 80, 89
Marmion, 201, 210
Marriott, 97
Marsh, 210
Manhall, 79, 80, 96
Marshman, 101-2
Marstone, 196
Martin, 201
Martyr, 129
Mary, queen of Scots,
107, 113-4, 133, 186,
141-8, 160,173,181-8,
197, 260-6
Mary of Guise, 107
Mason, 69, 203, 262-8
Massingberd, 242
Matthews, 33
Mauley, 92
Maydnck, 246
Maynard, vise., 33
Meacock, 17, 80
Meeke, 247
Menzies, 263
Mewce, 111
Middleton, earl, 268
Mildmay, 172-3, 216
Miles, 247
MiUer, 80 247
Mills, 79, 247
Milton, vise., 68
Minshall,67
Molesworth, 209
Molineux, vise., 260
Molyueux, 264
Monckton, 169
Montague, 166
Montague, lord, 16 ;
lady, 132
Montgarie, vise., 40-1
Montrose, duke, 227
Moore, 112, 201
More, 79
Morgan, 18-16, 80, 208,
260
Morley and Monteagto,
lord, 40-i
Morris, 26, 79, 230, 247
Mortimer, 69
Moulso, 208
Mountague, 177
Mulliner, 80
Mulsho, 40-1, 46
Mulso, 119
Munday, 43
Murray, 264
Muse, 111-2
Musson, 201
Myles, 166
Kaddson, 243
Napier, 129
Napoleon, 199
Nedham, 166
Negus, 206
Nelen, 243
Nelson, 40-1
Nevell, 266
Newburgh, earl, 260
Newby, 80
Newoome, 79
Newman, 17, 98
Newport, earl, 223-4
Nickolls, 41
Nin, 204
Norman, 80
Norris, 201
Northampton, earl, 107-
8, 172, 197, 220
Northampton, marq., 41
Norwich, 39, 40-1
Norwich, earl, 209
Oarmes, 84-6
Gates, 232
O'Brien, 188, 247
Odingfels, 40-1
Odingsells, 120
Okely, 67
Gkey, 88-9
Onley, 208
Orme, 84-6, 136, 20S
Osbom, 80, 247
Osborne, 40-1
Ossory, earl, 232
Oudeby, 194
Ouseley, 8
Overstone, lord, 10
Oxe, 38
Page, 61, 160, 209
Paget, 226
Pakeman, 12
Palmer, 96, 182, 208,
247
Fargiter, 32
Parham, lord, 40-1
Parkar, 80, 97, 144, 20»
XIV.
Northamptonshire Notes and Queries,
Parkhurst, 209
Parr, lord, 40-1
Partridge, 263
Pasham, 189
Pashler, 93
Pateahull, 3
PatiHon, 265
Patrick, 216-9
Patridge, 256
Pattinson, 48
Payne, 9
Peach, 80
Peacock, 87, 100, 160
Peare, 93
Pell, 38
Pendred, 51
Pennell, 173
Penyston, 40-1
Perceval, 71
Percival, 24, 109, 169-70
Perrin, 48
Perrott, 75-6, 119
Perry 80
Peryn, 208
Peterborough, bp., 24
Peterborough, dean, 262
Peterborough, earl, 132,
209, 220
Pevensey, viao., 172
Peycok, 177
Phillimore, 152, 154
Phillips, 19, 68, 80
Philpott, 227
Phipps, 80
Pickering, 174. 176, 179,
183, 209, 228
Piggot, 121
Piggott, 141
Pigott, 40-1, 53-4
Piner, 17
Pitt, 64
Plaokett, 79
Plantagenet, 3
PockliDton, 133
Ponder, 94
Pool, 116, 220
Poole, b6
Poppet, 72-3
Porter, 223-4
Portland, duke, 264
Poule, 195
Powel, 180
Powis, 247
Preston, 12-15
Pretty, 201-4, 240
Price, 77, 249-50
Pridmore, 247
Praoe, 202
Puddington, 24
Pumell, 62
Pygott, 32
QuickC, 256
Quincy, 23
Ragesdale, 168
Ragsdale, 168
Raikes, 186
Rainbow, 164
Rainsford, 12
Ramsey, 135
Rands, 56, 202
RatoUf , 92
Ravenet, 6
Raynsford, 11
Reed, 40-1
Rembolt, 47
Renalde, 50
Resby, 97
Reynolde, 50
Rhoades, 18
Ricalde. 40-1, 46
Rice, 227
Rich, 226
Richard i., 229
Richard ii., 3
Richard in., 4, 18
Richard I., of Normandy,
1
Richardson, 8
Richmond, countess, 108
Richmond, duke, duch-
ess, 259-60
Rioroft, 38
Ridgeley, 249-50
Rigby, 8
RingTose, 49
Rippon, 243
Roane, 256
Robbins, 44
Roberts, 24, 80, 172
Robinson, 209, 246-7
Rockingham, earl, 89;
lady, 90
Rooke, 31
Rookwood, 46
Rose, 128-9, 247
Rossiter, 89
Rowe, 148
RoweU, 243
Rowlett, 205
Rupert, prince, 6
Rush, 247
Russel, 69
RusseU, 78, 233
SackviUe, 173
St. John, 3, 182, 210
St. Lix, 107
Salmon, 247
Samuel, 111
Samuell, 138
Samwell, 138
Sanderson, 209, 260
Sandwich, earl, 46
Sargeant, 67
Sargent, 56, 67, 191
Saul, 93
Saunders, 40-1, 43, 121
Saunderson, 34
Savage, 110, 227, 250,
258
Savage, yiso., 258
Saville, 3, 258
Sawbridge, 210, 247
Sawman, 38
Sawyer, 12
Scarlet, 38, 73, 134
Scarlett, 25, 31
Scharf, 114, 181, 183
Schenck, 168
Sootin, 16
Scott, 73
Scrimzeor, 129
Sculthorpe, 76, 150
Seachill, Sechell, 69, 60
Seago, 74
Seer, 98
Segar, 191
Selby, 56, 247
Selyman, 176
Serjeant, 67, 210
Seveme, 61
Shakepear, 61
Sharman, 224
Sharp, 80
Sharpe, 38
Shaw, 19
Sheffield, 89
Shepard, 209, 242, 255,
263
Sheppard, 16, 17, 209,
242
Sherard, lord, 223-4
Sherrard, 247
Shinn, Shinne, 59
Shore, 18
Short, 103
Shrewsbury, earl, 141-2^
258
Sibley, 247
Sikes, 210
Silsby, 56
Simco, 162.5, 169, 184
Simpkinson, 210
Simpson, 54, 207, 247
BkeltoD,247
Index I. — List of Persons.
8ki]den,202
Skippon, 88
8kipt4jii, 40
Skrimshire, 189, 246
Sladden, 149
Sly, 209
Slye, 59
Smallfield, 54-6
Smith, 24, 32, 79, 80,
98, 210, 246-7
Smithson, 80
Smyth, 55
Soane, 197
Somen, 133
Somxners, 69
Sotheryn, 209
SoathweU, 258
Spalding, 247
Sparrow, 210
Spencer, 137, 183, 243
Spencer, earl, 183, 247,
264 ; ooantesB, 166
Spenfter. 209
Spicer, 55
Spinckes, 177
Spokea, 72
Sproxton, 196
Squire, 247-8
Stafford, 8, 152, 197-9,
208
Standiah, 217
Staonton, 258
StaweD, 3
Stephen, kin/r, 1
SWcng, 17, 55
Sterenaon, 93, 247
Stiff, 19
Stoakes, Stok^m, 2#S
Stockbuixi, 80
8tonrton,lozd, 40-1
Strafford, 90
Strafford, eaxj, 89
Stratfort, 79
StrBeter,232
Strickland, 112, 144-^
182
Strong, 85
Stoart, 107, 263
Stnrgia, 79
Stuteley, 186
Suffolk, esrl, 224
Sondezlaifed, ettmrnttem,
232
8artee«,ll7
Sofloez, etii, 171, 2S6
Sathell,23
8iitt<m,24, 79,247
8weeby,»47
120-1,
Swift, 133
Talbot, 141, 258
Taler, 69
Tanfield, 40-1,
142, 219
Tate, 40-1,120, 208
Taylarde, 267
Taylor, 30, 33, 67, Tt,
129, 162, 193
Tenison, 86
TerTewTst,93
Terrick, 124
Thamer, 217
Thatcher, 40-1
Thoiaaa,26, 116
Thooipcoa, 69. 244
Thonktoa.147
Thorold, TkxnU. ^7
Thorpe, 9, 197-4
Thnrfiida, 1
Tbvraby, 206» 247
TOaoa^dGO
•n-ley. -
266-6
Tile, 91. 97
Toie, 166
SilK
ati_
XVI.
Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
William of Ireland, 167
WiUiama, 17, 39, 80,
124, 203, 210, 259
Williamson, 42, L33
Willis, 262
Willmot, 96
Willoughby, 208
Wilmer, 31, 210
Wilmington, earl, 172
Wilson, 129, 246
Winchilsea, earl, 160,
197-8, 226-7
Wing, 269
Wingfield, 210
Winter, 46
WodhuU, 60-6, 210
Wolfer, 107
WoUaston, 71
Wood, 248, 269, 263
Woodford. 171
WoodhuU. 210
Woodhull, lord. 40-1
Woodstock, Henry of, 3
Woodville, 18
WooUey, 79
Woolsey, 209, 269
Worley, 209
Worme, 136
Worthington, 98, 206
Wortley, 141-2, 248
Wright. 17, 22, 46, 80,
144, 202. 247
Wyatt, 144, 146
Wykes, 80
Wyldbore, 21-2
Wyndham, 61
Wynyates, 86
Yakesley, 196
Yarborough, 66
Yelverton, 171
Yonge, 161
York, 247
York, duke, 183, 147
Yorke, 240, 248
Zoach, brd, 40-1, 120
Index II
Places in Northamptonshire.
Abington, 208
Achinch, 180
Addington, Great, 40-1
Addington, Little, 34
Adston, 102
Adthrop, 255
AldwinUe, 51, 68, 132, 172-7, 180, 210
Althorp, 69, 111, 137,264
ApethoTpe, 173
Armston, 176
Aahby, Canons, 53
Aahbj, Castle, 209
Aahby S. Legers, 4, 153-4
Ashley, 201
Astoote, 190
Astrop, 252
Astwell,69
Aynho, 61, 201, 210
Badby, 209
Baintoii, 115
Barby, 115
Barfoxd, 115, 244
Barnack, 115, 248
Barnwell, 34, 132, 173, 179, 202
Benefield, 214, 243
Billing, Great, 52, 209
Billing, Little, 209
Blakesley, 51, 82, 102-3, 112, 209
Blatherwick, 208, 256
Blisworth, 2, 4
Boughton, 115
Bowden, 202
Bozeat, 130, 202, 224
Brackley, 16, 183, 202-3, 253
Bradden, 102
Brafield, 192
Brampeton, 209
Brampton, 115
Brigitock, 17, 203, 209
Brington, 111-2, 115, 183, 203
Brixworth, 123, 141, 208
Broughton, 49, 223
Bogbrook, 13, 119
Bulwiok, 203, 230, 234, 237, 248, 259
Borghley, 9, 200, 210, 255
Caldecott, 190
Castor, 148, 210, 251-2
Catesby, 208-9
Churohfisld, 40-1, 115, 214-5
Clasthorpe, 115
CUpston. 115, 141, 143
Cold Ashby, 153, 155
Cold Higham, 62, 126
CoUingtoee, 2
Corby, 204, 228
Cotterstook, 19, 175
Cottesbrooke, 77
Cotton, 115
Cottingham, 7
Coort^nhall, 2
Cranford, 173
Cransley, 2, 156, 214
Creaton, Little, 115
Colworth, 210
Darlescote, 190
Baventry, 51, 109-10, 187, 204, 210,
254
Deeping Gate, 225
'De la Pi^, 40-1, 116-7, 208
Dene, 7, 204, 256-60
D^Lshangfer, 115
Desborongh, 159
Descote, 190
Dosthorp, 209
Draaghton, 49
Drayton, 132, 181
Doddington, 204
Eaglethorpe, 115
XVlll.
Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Karls Barton, 115
Eastoote, 19« 190
Easton Mauduit, 171
EaKton Neston, 69, 210
Ecton, 34-6, 117, 167
Elmington, 116
Everdon, 228
Eye, 125
Eyeburie, 116
FarndoD, 162
Farthinghoe, 64
Fawcote, 116, 190
FawPley, 16, 70, 109, 183
Finedon, 63, 96, 206, 208, 246
Finetthade, 169, 208, 228
Flore, 166, 214
Forsters Booth, 126
Foscote, 190, 242, 266
Fotheringhay. 39, 108, 133, 141, 143-4,
146, 179, 182, 209, 228
Foxley, 102, 116
Frampton, 132
Gayton, 40-1, 120
Geddington, 40-1, 41, 119, 142, 206,
246
Glapthome, 243
Glinton, 21-2
Grafton, 39. 209
Grafton Underwood, 70
Greens Norton, 172
Gretton, 160, 166
Grimsbnry, 116
Guilsborough, 18, 76, 210
Gunisberry, (?) 209
Hackleton, 2
Haddon, Eaat, 111-2, 118, 120-1, 162
Haddon, West, 104-6, 170, 206, 248
Hardingstone, 70
Hargrave, 129, 148
Harlestone, 137
Harringworth, 40-1, 76, 206, 210
Harrowden, 40-1, 223
HartweU, 2, 206
Heathencote, 115, 190
Helmdon, 49, 97
Helpston, 7, 148, 209
Heyford, 12-16, 172
Higham Ferrers, 61, 70, 106, 172,
206-6, 209, 246
Holcot, 26, 27-8, 30, 190
Holdenby, 9, 10, 111-2, 198, 209-10
Horton, 2
Hothorp, 194-6, 200-1
Hoaghton, Great, 192
Huscote, 190
Irthlingborough, 172, 209, 246
Isham, 11, 12, 209
Idip, 84, 61
Kelmarsh, 19, 40-1, 194
Kettering, 7, 76, 108, 137, 184, 206,
210, 224, 244, 246
Kilsby, 163, 192, 206
Kings Cliffe, 62, 71, 166, 201, 206-7,
216
Kingsthorp, 62, 209
Kingsthorpe (Folebrook), 116
Kirby, 9, 149-62, 197-200, 227
Lamport, 40-1, 102, 122, 141-3, 207-8
Lilford, 110, 180
Linson, (probably Lilford), 132
Liveden, 9, 40-1, 41, 46, 180
Loddington, 40-1
Longthorpe, 84-6, 210
Lowick, 34, 61, 181, 192-3, 207
Luddington, 116
Lutton, 207
MHidford, 102
MaidweU, 32, 48-9, 112
Marston Trussell, 201
Maxey, 116
Mears Ashby, 20, 41
Middleton, 244
Middleton Cheney, 62
Milton, 267
Milton Malsor, 2
Moulton, 132, 207-8
Musoote, 190
Naseby, 6, 6, 19, 86-8, 116, 199, 210
Nassington, 7, 37-8, 81, 109, 169, 216
Nethercote, 190
Newbold, 116
Newborough, 24
Newbottle, 66, 115
Newton, 10, 40-1, 41-2, 46-6, 119, 121,
142, 174
Newton Bromshold, 209
Northampton, 6, 8, 16, 19,27-8, 33, 39,
62-6, 67, 71-9, 81, 86, 106-7, 113.
116-7, 119, 121, 131, 137-8, 147,
167-9, 162, 171, 186, 191, 201, 209-
10, 222, 228, 240-1, 244-7
Castle, 18, 132, 213
Free school, 14, 62, 219-21
All Saints', 62, 77-9, 220
S. Andrew's hospital, 132
S. Giles', 62
. S. Gregory's, 219-20
S. John's hospital, 8, 62
8. Peter's, 62
S. Sepulchre's, 62, 239-41
Norton, 102
Norston, 209
Oakley, Great, 173
Oakley, Little, 166, 173
Old (Wdd), 40-1, 44, 119, 121, 128,
141-8, 210
%
Index II. — Places in Northamptonshire.
XIX.
Onley, 115
Oriingbniy, 116
Oimdle, 19, 61, 91-4. 108, 116, 181,
176-6, 178, 180, 201
Orentone, 10, 40-1
Oxenden, Little, 116
PsaaBenhaxD, 32, 209
FMton, 93, 242
PattiBhall, 126
Panlerspmy, 108, 209
Peakirk, 8, 22-4
Peterborough, 11, 24, 67-9, 67, 73,
84-5, 97, 104, 107, 116, 118, 12^
133-8, 172-3, 201, 208-9, 245, 247,
268, 260-6
Cathedral, 73, 84-6, 107, 123-6,
133-6, 162, 192, 216-9, 238
S. John's, 59
I^ddmgton, 2
Rlton, 40-1, 41-2. 119, 142, 174
Pipewell, 114-5, 177
Rtoford, 7, 121, 162
Polebrook. 82, 116
Potterspury, 93
Pretiton, Great, 2, 93, 116
Parston, 115
Pytchley, 9
Qninton, 2
Bingstead, 116
Roi^ 138-41
Rockingrham, 89, 90, 93
Rothwell, 93-4, 137, 162, 191
Rojsthorpe (?), 209
RuBhden, 94, 128-30, 191, 224, 263
Ronton, 40-1, 41, 45, 114, 119, 267
Saloey, 2
Scaldwell, 209
Sibbertolt, 194, 196
Bilverston, 102
SHpton, 192
Southorpe, 248
Stamford Baron, 34, 61, 73, 94, 209,
248
Stanford, 40-1
Staniem, 7
Stanwick, 61
Staverton, 61
Stene, 209-10
Stoke Braem, 208-9
Stoke Doyle, 132, 172
Stowe (?), 96
Btow-Kine-Chnrohes, 223
Stratford, Old, 116, 166
Strizton, 129
Sndboiotigh, 61, 248
Solby, 9, 196
Solehay, 7, 238-9
SattoD, Kings, 96
Syresham, 126
8ywell,31, 401, 210
Tansor, 6, 7, 269
Teeton, 116
Thenford, 60, 64, 210
Thingden («m Finedon)
Thomhaugh, 209, 244
Thorpe Malsor, 116
Thorpe WaterWlle, 177-9
Thrapston, 68, 86, 95, 181, 216, 248
Tichmarsh, 115, 174-9
Tiffield, 192
Towcester, 16, 17, 39, 96-7. 108. 116,
126, 162, 184, 190, 209, 216, 241-2,
264-5
Upton, 166
Wadenhoe, 172, 180-1
Wakerley, 209, 250-2
Waloot, 115
Walgrave, 213
Wansford, 97. 229, 263-4
Wdppenham. 115
Warkworth, 209
Warmington, 116
Watford, 208
Weedon, 97. 173, 228, 264
Weekley, 116
Weldon, Great, 97, 227, 269
Welford, 97
Wellingborough, 20, 61-2, 67, 97, 106,
113, 117, 132, 156-7, 160, 224, 246,
248
Welton, 19
Weston Pavel], 77, 246-6
Weston Underwood, 77
Weston, 209
Whiston. 40-1
Whittering, 248
Whittlebury, 97, 108
Whittlewood, 126-7
Wicken, 126
Wigsthorpe, 116
Wilbarston, 209
Wilby, 209
Wilford (P), 209
Wold («M Old)
Wolphege (?), 210
Woodend, 102
Woodford, 40-1, 73-4
Wootton, 74, 97
Wythemale,116
Tarwell,7
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Index III
Places not in Northamptonshirk .
Abbotsford, 265
Aberdeen, 264
Aiz la Chapelle, 23
Amberlej, Sus., 223
America, 117, 125
Aquilate, 189
Arden, Leic, 162
Anmdel, Sub., 137
Banbury, Oxon, 30, 131, 157
Barksion, Leic, 195
BaxTDwden, Rat., 250
Bee Normandy, 3
Beckhampton, Bocks, 40-1
Bedford, 4
Bedfordshire, 14, 19
Bed^hire, 252
Betchworth, Snr., 196
Billericay, Essex, 252
Blackheath, Kent, 74
Blenheim, Oxon, 114
Bletchingley, Sur., 233-4
Bletsoe, Beds, 253
Boston, Line, 160, 245
Boston, Midd., 183
Boston, U.S., 34
Boswortb, Leic, 4
Bottesford, Line, 216
Bowen, Line, 1, 3, 5
Brabazon, Normandy, 196
Bretagne, 156
Brickhill, Little, Berks, 216
Brixton, Snr., 74
Brodhobne, Notts, 3
Buckinghamshire, 32
Buckminster, Leie, 201
Burford, 40-1
Burston, 40-1
Burton Constable, 257
Byland, York, 3
Cadeby, Leic, 201
CalcutU, 101, 108
Caludon, 12
Cambridge, 5. 12, 14, 15, 29, 117, 124,
128, 130, 171-2, 174, 228, 236, 241,
258
Cambridgeshire, 19
Carlisle, Cumb., 5
Chester, 3, 196
Cheriton, Olam., 192
Chesterton, Hunts, 53
Chichester, Sus., 171
Clapham, Sur., 252
Cleyedon, Som., 2
Colchester, Essex, 74
Compton Wynyates, War., 85
Conington, Hunts, 219
Copenhagen, 129
Corfe, Dors. , 158
Cornwall, 148
Coventry, War., 52
Crowland, Line, 3, 136
Croxhall, Derby, 196
Crozton, Beds, 38
Deddington, Oxon, 5
Deeping, Line, 1, 3, 146
Derby, 117, 245
Derbyshire, 2
Dodington, Hunts, 257
Douai, 264
DonsUble, Beds, 52
Durham, 124
Eastwell, Kent, 226-7
Eastwell, Leie, 194, 196
Ecoleshall, Staf., 189-90
Edmundthorpe, Leie, 194
Ehnley, Kent, 250
Elsdon, Northum., 117
Ely, 19, 136
Essex, 131
Eton, Bucks, 228
XXll.
Northamptonshire Notes and Queries,
Evelin, Salop, 189
Exeter, Dev., 172
Eyam, Derby, 148
Pelbrigff, Norf., 92
Flanders, 46
Fording, 228
Fritchley, Derby^ 4
Gartborp, Leic, 196
Germany, 15
Glenfield, Leic, 194
Glenywem, Denb., 262
GlooBton, Leio., 260
Gloaoestorshire, 7
Grinstead, East, Sua., 172
Guernsey, 2, 226
Gumley, Leio., 196
Gtinby, Line, 242
Hainton, Lino., 40-1
Hampsbire, 131
Hampton Court, 183
Harborougb, Leio., 196
Harby, Leio., 194
Hareworth, Notts., 196
Hartley Mauduit, Hants, 171
Hemley, Suff., 172
Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, 236
Hereford, 244
Herefordshire, 160
Heversham, Westm., 12
Hitchin, Herts, 81
Holker, 12
Holyrood, 146
Homerton, 166
Hornby, Lane, 40-1
Hougham, Lino., 266
Huntingdonshire, 19, 63, 109
Husband Bosworth, Leic., 195, 201
India, 107
Indies, West, 262
Ireland, 90, 126
Itchington, Long, War., 40-1, 106-6
Ixworth, Suff.. 208
Keuilworth, War., 40-1
Kennet, Soot., 148
Keynsham, Som., 268
Kimbolton, Hunts, 107
Eirklees, 186
Lancashire, 12
Lathbury, Bucks, 39
Leicester, 73, 196, 241, 246
Leicestershire, 42
Leigh, Kent, 260
Lenton, Line, 109
Lichfield, Staff., 66
Lincoln, 241
Lincolnshire, 108
liverpool. Lane, 71
Loohleyeii, 146
Longues, Normandy, 3
London, 6, 9, 11, 12, 15, 28, 84-6,
46-6, 61, 66, 69, 71, 74-6, 90, 97,
103, 108, 116, 119, 125, 146, 169,
162, 169, 171-2, 196, 216,222, 226,
229-38, 241-4, 262, 268
Luffenham, North, But., 269-60
Lutterworth, Leic, 96
Madeley, Salop, 266
Maine, 166
Maiden, 173
Malvern, Wore, 227, 249-60
Marde, 260
Marden, 236
Marston, Long, 19
Marston Moor, York, 88
Massachusetts, 242
Membury, Dev., 223
Middlesex, 183
Milium, 42
Missendeu, Great, Bucks, 82
Morbome, Hunts, 166
Morcot, Rut., 40-1
Mowsley, Leie, 194. 196
Newcastle, Northum., 12
Newmarket, Gamb., 73
Newport Pagnell, Bucks, 39, 40, 76
Niblev, North, Glo., 6
Norfolk, 19
Normandy, 2, 3
Northumberland, 6
Norwich, 131, 221, 241
Nottingham, 117
Nuneham, 241
Oakham, Rut., 130
OdeU, Beds, 252
Olney, Bucks, 108
Orton LongviUe, Hunts, 141-2, 181
Osbaldwick, York, 148
Gudeby, Leic, 194
Oweston, Leie, 194
Oxford, 3, 16, 26-9, 61, 66-6, 181, 171,
192, 233
Oxfordshire, 131
Paris, 264
Feasemarsh, Sus., 129-30
FershaU, 190
Philadelphia, 118
Flacentia, 216
Preston, Lane, 13
Preston Patrick, West., 12
Raunton, Staff., 114
Ravenstone, Bucks, 226
Rutland, 42
Ryton,81
Saddington, Leie, 194
S. Albans, Herts, 166
8. Nsots, Hunts, 71, 106, 214
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Index III. — Places not in Northamptonshire. xxiii.
SaU^mnr, Wilts, 146, 172, 244
Sunt, Herts, 215
Saxbj, Leio., 196
Scotland, 23, 129
Sertmpore, 101
Shambrook, Beds, 262
Sherebeby. 96
Shiewsburj, Salop, 42
Shnipshire, 61
Skelton, York, 40-1
Somerset, 3, 4, 40-1, 131
SonthweU, Notts., 248
Sproxton, Leic, 194, 196
Staffordshire, 191
Stamford, Line., 67, 85
Stanton Wyrill, Leic, 257
Stibbington, Hants, 243
Stilton, Hunts, 144
Stirling, 146
Stoke Dry, Rat., 40-1, 46, 194
Stony Stratford, Badn, 33, 126, 156
Stoogfaton, Lane, 40-1
Stonibridge, Wore, 11
Stow, 106
Stow in the Wold, Qlo., 88
Stowe, Bocks, 40-1
Stowmarket, Saff., 74
Stratford on Avon, War., 108
Stretton, Rat., 189
Snflblk, 82
Sussex, 40-1, 131, 172
Swanboome, Backs, 33
Swynahed, Hants, 148
Tellisford, Som., 158
Tewkeebury, Olo., 244
Theddingworth, Leio., 194-5, 201
Theobalds, Herts, 15
Thomey, Gamb., 3
Tiverton, Der., 56
Twyford, Backs, 61, 65
Twyford, Derby, 196
Ullestborpe, Leic, 96
Uppingham, Rat., 42, 244
Verolun, Herts, 214
Walflet, Line, 38
Walaham, North, Norf., 216
Walt<»n, York, 146
Wappenbary, War., 12
Warmington, Hants, 144
Warwick, 18, 61, 71
Warwickshire, 108
Wemyss, 146
Westminster, 5, 25, 135, 175, 179, 236,
258
Westmoreland, 84
Weston, War., 12, 15
Westwick, Herts, 156, 215
Whitcharoh, Salop, 67
Wickhamford, Wore, 149
Willesford, Lme, 3
Wilmington, 49
WUtsbire, 131
Winoeby, Line, 88
Winchester, Hants, 64-5, 171, 253
Windsor, Berks, 172, 265
Witham, Line, 257
WoUord, War., 65
Woobum, Beds, 108
Wormleighton, War., 209
Wormwood Sorabbs, 74
Wrighton, 154
Yarty, Dev., 223
York, 14»
Yorkshire, 108
Index IV,
Of Subjects.
AbVreTiation « «t.," 31
Arrest, Tenes on, 228
Baker, John, 125
BaU, John, 241
Bible Meeting at Kettering, 76
Billa of Mortality, 77
BiAhops of Peterborough, theiz town
house, 116
Booksellers : Simoo, 162
Bookworm, 33
Bowbell at Blakesley, 102
Bowling-green at Sulehay, 230
Briefs, 86, 216
Bunyan's Porridge Bowl, 166
Carey, William, D.D., 101
ChaiDed Books, 152, 212
Characters and Caricatures, 67
Churchwardens* Accounts, at Peakirk,
22 ; Pitsford, 7
Ciril War, 16, 39, 221
Clayton, sir Robert, 230
Cole, John, his diary, 245
Collins, William Lucas, MA., 192
Confession of murder at Glinton, 21
Cotef>, 190
Coitesbrooke stone coffins, 77
County members, 183
Cross at S.' Sepulchre's, Northampton,
239
Cross, headless, 116, 157
Crosses, early, 148, 189, 223
Crosses in turf, 225
Daventry, customs, 109
Dedication of Churches, 115, 156
Drummer's mound, 244
Drunken Bamaby, 253
Dry den's Birthplace, 173
£arthquake, 245
Election squib, 184
FamilieB of Korthants :— Brabaion,
of Crick, etc., 194; Carey, 272;
Chester, of East Haddon, 118, 162 ;
Clarke, 265 ; Crick, of Hothorp,
200; Drydeu, of Canons Ashby, 53;
Franklin, of Ecton, 34, 117, 157;
Fry. 265 ; Garfield, 115. 152 ; Gor-
ham, of Flore, &o., 156, 214, 248 ;
Hampden, of Rothwell, 162; Hinde,
of PipeweU, 1 14, 189 ; Howett. 265 ;
Isham, of Lamport. 102 ; Mason,
252 ; Massingbeiu. of Northampton,
242 ; Orme, of Peterborough, 84 ;
Preston, of Heyford, 12 ; Sargent,
of Northampton, 67, 191 ; Saun-
derson, of Little Addington, 34;
Sheppard, of Towcester, 16, 242;
Tresham, of Newton, &c., 41, 119,
142; Vaux, of Harrowden, 223;
Wake, of Courteenhall, 1 ; Wash-
ington, of East Haddon, 111, 148 ;
Wight, of Blakesley, 82, 112 ; Wil-
mer, of Sywell, 31
Franklin*s ancestors, 34 ; memories of,
117, 157
Forsters Booth, hunting scenes, 126
Glinton, murder at, 21
Grafton house, 39
Gunton's PeterbuTgh engravings, 216
Haycock at Wansford, 229
Helmdon, roantel-pieoe, 49, 98
Holcot, Robert, 26, 47
Hunting scenee at Forsters Booth, 126
Incendiary letter, 84
Inoculation in 1790, 76
Inscriptions, monumental : — Other
counties, 207, 244, 249; Passenham,
32, Peterborough, 123
Jack of all tradas at Aiisrop, 263
XXVI.
Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Kettering bible meetings, 76
Kirby haU. 149, 197
Lettice, John, D.D., 128
Libraries, old, 62, 152, 212
Local dialect, 20, 83, 210
Lord Mayors, natives of Korthants,
229
Mary, queen of Soots: — execution,
141, 238 ; eyes, 160 ; portrait, 113 ;
ring, 143 ; brooch, 197 ; tercentenary,
260
Hay song at Nassington, 81, 109, 169
Mazers, 159
Mears Ashby house, 41
Mildmay, sir Walter, 172, 216
MiHceilanea G^nealogica et Heraldica,
209
Moravians in Northants, 67
Naseby, battle, o, 86, 116
Natives of Nurthants at King's col-
lege, Cambridge, 228
Northampton : — Bills of Mortality,
77 ; castle, 213 ; arrest at, 221 ;
Cross in S. Sepulchre's, 239 ; Q^orge
inn, 63 ; grammar school, 219 ;
pronounced Tranton, 244
Old Scarlett, 25
Pancake bell, 50
Parish certificates, Glapthome, 243
Parish registers :—Deene, 256 ; Isham,
11 ; Maidwell, 32, 48 ; Nassington,
37
Paulines, 171
Peterborough : — earthquake, 246 ; en-
gravings in Gunton's Peterburgh,
216 ; incendiary letter, 84 ; old
Soarlett, 26 ; Saxon bell at, 104
Pickwick at Towoeeter, 241
Plague at Towoester, 256
Printing curiosities, 184, 266
Poor in 1796, state of, 138
Pytchley manor house, 9
Races, 137
Record society, 196
Riots in 1641-2, 67
Rockingham account book, 89
Rothwell market house, 191
Royal Oak, Knights of, 208
R. W. at execution of Mary, queen of
Scots, 141, 238
Saxon bell at Peterborough, 104
Simco, John, 162
Sulehay, bowling-gfreen, 239
Th' man an' th' boggard, 99
Tour in Northants, 131
Towcester, 241 ; plague at, 266
Tradesmen's tokens, 54, 91, 201
Tranton, pronunciation of North-
ampton, 246
Tubcany, duke of, 106
Tyndale, William, 6
Victimised Townsman, 76, 119
ViUage sports, 11, 104, 160
Volunteer officers, 246
Wakerley church, 250
Wansford, Haycock at, 229
Wellingborough :^arl of Warwick,
224 ; galleries in church, 113
West Haddon, old inn, 248
Whittlebury, forest shares, 278
WincbUsea, tenth earl of, 226
Witchcraft, 17
Wodhull, Michael, 60
Mottoes.
Past IX.-^ANnARY, 1866.
I praj jon. let ns satiafy our eyas
With the memorialfl and the thingt of fame
That do renown thiB city.
Shaxsfbbb, Twelfth Night, iii. S.
Want of a due Care in preseryinfif Pedigrees, and reg^istring Deeoents, has
often occasioned Contentions in Families, and oftner Confusion in Histories,
whereas a well attested Pedigree preserves the Memoirs of eminent Personi,
and determines the Places of their Natiyitj.
Tbobebbt, Ducatut Ziodietmst p. 100.
Pabt X.— APRIL, 1886.
I lore every thing that's old : old friends, old times, old manners, old books,
old wine. Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer , i. 1.
What beautiful diversity does the face of this dear island present ! What
a school for study and contemplation ! Where are to be found twenty-four
cathedrals, the finest monastic buildings, thousands of parochial churches, and
interesting remains of antiquity without number, all within a boundary of a
few hundred miles ? Each county i8 a school, where those who run may read,
and where volumes of ancient art lie open for all enquirers.
A. W. Puaor, in Purcell's Writings and Charaetere, 356.
Pabt XI.— JULY, 1886.
Nihil sub sole novum, nee valet quisquam dicere : Ecce hoc reoens est : jam
enim pnecessit in ssDculis, qu» fuernnt ante nos. Eooles. i. 10.
To make the past present, to bring the distant near, to place us in the
society of a great man or on the eminence whi^ overlooks the field of a
mighty battle, to invest with the reality of human flesh and blood beings whom
we are too much inclined to consider as personified qualities in an allegory,
to call up our ancestors before us with all their peculiarities of language,
manners, and garb, to show us over their houses, to seat us at their tables, to
rummage their old-fashioned wardrobes, to explain the uses of their ponderous
fomiture . . . parts of the duty which properly belongs to the historian.
1£aojlt7LAT, Eseaif pn Ealiam.
xxviii. Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Past XII.— OCTOBEB, 1886.
Miratnr, f aoUesque ooulos f ert omnia cironm
iEneaa, oapitnrque locis, et smgcla letns
Exquiritque auaitque Yirikm monimenta prioram.
YzBOiL, ^£n, Tiii. 810.
1^ thoughts are with the Dead ; with them
I UTO in long-past years,
Their Tirtaes love, their f anlts condemn,
Partake their hopes and fears,
And from their lessons seek and find
Instmotion with an hmnhle mind.
SoxTTHET, The Scholar.
Pabt Xm.— JANUABT, 1887.
We mark'd each memorable scene,
And held poetic talk between ;
Nor hill, nor brook, we paced along,
But had its legend or its song.
SooTT, MarmioHf Canto ii., Introd.
There is cause why we should be slow and unwilling to change, without
Tory urgent necessity, the ancient ordinances, rites, and long approved customs,
of our venerable predecessors. The love of things ancient doth argue stayed-
ness, but levity and want of experience maketh apt unto innovations.
HoossB, Eeel. Polity, Bk. v., vii., 3.
Pabt XIV.— APRIL, 1887.
The antiquities of the common people cannot be studied without acquiring
some useful knowledge of mankind ; and it may be truly said, in this inittanoe,
that by the chemic^ process of philosophy, even wisdom may be extracted
from the follies and supeistitions of our forefathers.
Bbani), Preface to Popular Antiguitits.
Yon warlike mound is formed all round
For warlike armes and actes.
And everie stone, by time o'erthrown,
Attests historic facts.
Mrs. Thoiob, Walke and Talks (1836).
Pabt XV.— JULY, 1887.
It don't look well,
These alterations, Eir I I'm an old man
And love the good old fashions.
SouTHBT, The Old Mansion.
How far more interesting was the old Begister, which gave some scope to
the taste and feelings, as well as to the activity of mind and research ox the
Clergy, than the present dull and mechanical, though more accurate, form !
Taylob, Sussex Oar land.
Pabt XVI.— OCTOBER, 1887.
For in ensigns there,
Some wore the arms of their most ancient town.
Others again their own devices bear.
Northampton with a castle seated high.
Supported by two lions thither came.
Dbattoit, The Battle of Agineourt.
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IVajit of a due\Care in preserving Pfd/grees, and regis t ring Descents,
has often occasioned CohUmi&Vi S^nni^t^^ oflner Confusion in Histories,
whereas a tvell attested Pedigree preserves the Memoirs of eminent Persons^
and determines the Places of their Nativity,
Thoresbt, Ducatus Leodiensis, p. 100.
Northamptonshire
Notes ^ Queries,
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PETOTED TO
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212 The Wake Pamily.
213 SngraTing of the Battle of Kaseby.
21^ WilUam Tyndaie : of Horthampton-
shire Descent 1
215 Churcliwardens' Accounts at Pitsford.
216 PytcMey Manor-Honse.
217 Ancient Village Sports.
218 Parish Segisters of Isham.
219 The Preston Family of Heyford.
220 CiTll War, 1643.
221 The Sheppard Family of Towce^ter
iioxtffampton :
TAYLOR & SON, THE DRYDEN PRESS, 9 COLLEGE STREET
LoNOON : George Redway, 15 York Street, Covent Garden.
[Entered at Stationers' Mail.']
223 Witches and Witchcraft in Korth-
amptonshire.
333 Local Dialect.
334 Confession of Murder at Olinton.
335 Churchwardens* Accounts at Peakirk.
836 Old Scarlett.
337 Bohert de Holcot.
338 Wilmer Family of Sywell.
339 Meaning of the Abbreviation " £t.*'
330 Begisters of Maidwell.
331 Monuments in Passenham Church.
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Notes and ^eries.
HE WAKE FAMILY.— If some member of this family
would publish a history of his ancieot race, he would
confer a great obligation upon all students of genealogy.
There are not many families whose records supply such
an abundance of materials for an interestiug volume.
The present head of the family, the twelfth baronet, can trace an
unbroken male descent from Hugh Wacb, or Wake, who married
Emma daughter of Baldwin Fitzgilbert, lord of fiowen. Deeping &c.,
CO. Line. This descent includes twenty-six generations. This
Baldwin, whose name has been retained in so many members of the
Wake family, was jth in descent from Richard i., duke of Normandy,
and therefore stood in the same relationship to him as our kiug
Stephen. His wife Adelhidis, mother of Emma, was grand-daughter
to Thurfrida, the daughter of Hereward the Wake, the great Saxon
patriot A vezy careful and well-drawn pedigree was published in
Associated Societies* Reports and Papers for 1861. It was given in
connection with a delightful history of Hereward from the pen of the
present bishop of Nottingham. In Playfair'^ British Family Antiquity,
2 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries,
vol. VI., is an account of the chief members of the family : and of
course few works that treat of the older families of England are
without notice of the Wakes.
When they first acquired possessions in this county cannot perhaps
be precisely ascertained. Baldwin Wake, called Baron of Lydell,
certainly came into possession of the manor of Blisworth, as being
heir to bis grandmother, Isabell de Briwere. He died in 1282. This
is probably the earliest instance of a Wake being a Northamptonshire
landowner, previous heads of the family being spoken of as lords of
manors in Lincolnshire, or as owning lands in Normandy, Guernsey,
Derbyshire, &c. This property was however lost to the family about
1522. We find also at various times lands in possession of the family
at Milton Malsor, Colli ngtree, Cransley, Preston, Piddington, Horton,
Quinton, Hackleton, Salcey Forest, Courteenhall, Hartwell, and
other places. The Clevedon property, co. Somerset, the residence of
the earlier baronets, came to the Wakes through the marriage of sir
Thomas, "The Great Wake," with Agnes, heir of sir Thomas
Lovell, kt This was in the 15th century. The Courteenhall
property came to the family by bequest of sir Samuel Jones, kt., in
the 17th century. He is described as a maternal kinsman of sir
Baldwin, the 5th baronet, but the precise relationship I have not been
able to discover. He left the property to Charles, sir Baldwin *s
second son, and he in turn to his nephew, Charles Wake, who
succeeded his grandfather as 6th baronet. Both the 6ch baronet and
his uncle assumed the name of Jones, but this addition seems to
have been discontinued in the next generation. Another point upon
which more exact information is desirable is the precise significance
of the title " baron " as applied to some early members of the family.
In 1295, John Wake, then head of the family, was summoned to
parliament as baron Wake ; and his two sons both succeeded him in
the title, and both died without issue, so that, the barony became
extinct. But this John's father, Baldwin, is styled " baron of
Lydell : '* and bishop TroUope, in his paper above mentioned, calls
him "the second baron Wake:** and Plajrfair calls still earlier
members of the family by the title of " lord Wake." But it is clear
that this Baldwin was not a peer of the realm, for his descendants in
the male line are very numerous, and he is the direct ancestor of the
present baronet.
It would be no easy task to draw out a list of the present noble
families who can point to a lady of the Wake family among their
ancestors. Such a list would be a very long one. Twice have there
been alliances with royalty, but in neither case are there descendants
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at the present time. Thomas, the 3rd and last baron Wake,
married Blanche Plantagenet, daughter of Henry, earl of Lancaster,
grandson of king Henry iii. : and Edmond of Woodstock, son of
king Edward 1., married the same Thomas's sister, Margaret, and
their daughter Joan, the fair maid of Kent, was wife to the Black
Prince, and mother to king Richard 11. Joan had previously been
married to sir Thomas Holland, K.o., created lord Wake of Liddell,
jure uxoris, aud earl of Kent : and the earls of Kent, as well as the
.dukes of Exeter of the Holland family, were descended from the
marriage. Among other families who can claim a Wake ancestress
are these : — Courtenay, earls of Ddvon 5 Ouseley, baronets ; Walker,
baronets ; de Capell Broke, baronets ; St. John, barons St. John ;
Hotham, baronets. And there are many families now extinct which
were allied to the Wakes, as the families of Stawell, Saville, Pateshull.
The four heads of the family who died in the 14th century every
one received the honour of knighthood. We find among the earlier
members very numerous instances of considerable benefactions being
made to the monastic institutions of the day. Thus Leofric was a
benefactor to Crowland ^ Richard de Rulos to S. Werburgh's abbey,
Chester, and to the hospital of S. John ; Fitzgilbert to Vaudey, co.
Line, and to Thomey, co. Carob. ; and these received further
benefactions from their descendants, as well as Brodholme, co. Nott.,
By land, co. York, and Bee, in Normandy. The abbeys of Longues,
m Normandy, and Bowen, co. Line, and the priories of Willesford
and Deeping, both in Lincolnshire, were all founded by direct
ancestors of the present head of the family. Dr. William Wake,
archbishop of Canterbury, who died 1737, was a member of the
Dorset family, descended from William Wake, first cousin of the first
baronet : but details of the descent have not been given. Other
members of the family who obtained conspicuous ecclesiastical
preferment are these: — Arthur, master of S. John's hospital at
Northampton, d. 1503 ; George, ll.d., also master, and chancellor of
the diocese of Peterborough, d. 1682; Robert, dean of Bocking,
d. 1725. Sir Isaac Wake, fellow of Merton college, Oxford, public
orator, m.p. for Oxford, and ambassador to several foreign courts, was
first cousin to sir Baldwin, first baronet. In Bridges* list of sheriffs
of Northamptonshire, occur Thomas, 3 Ed. iii., and again from the
loth to the 14th year of the reign j Thomas, i Hen. v. ; Thomas,
13 Hen. VI., and again (probably " The Great Wake ") 25 and 29
Hen. VI. ; Thomas, 2 and 3 Ed. iv. 5 Roger, 2 Rich. iii. After this
time, the chief residence being in Somerset, we have no more
members of the family sheriffs of Northamptonshire until after the
4 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries:
reign of queen Anne. The county has sent a Wake to parliament
several times. Thus sir Hugh was member 1300-1305 and 1309-
131a} Thomas 1408-1410, 1414 and 1417-20 ; Thomas 1436-144 1 ;
sir Hugh was member for Wilts, 1306, and sir Thomas for Somerset,
1449. ^^^ William, 8th baronet, was member for Bedford. Doubtless
roiany others could be found, if complete lists of members were available.
The Wakes are descended from eleven noble families. Among
these are Grandison, Ewyas, and Tragoz barons \ the former of these
titles is in abeyance, the latter are claimed by the Cli^ords, descended
from a junior branch.
With this part is given a reduced fac-simile of an interesting brass
in Blis worth church to Roger Wake. He was great-great-grandfather
of the first baronet, and has been already mentioned as having been
member for the county. He founded a charity in Blisworth church,
and a free school, still existing. He was engaged in the battle of
Bosworth on the side of Richard iii., for which he was attainted,
but afterwards pardoned. He married Elizabeth, daughter of sir
William Catesby, of Ashby S. Legers. In the pedigree prepared by
Mr. Close, given with the life of Hereward before referred to, of
which copious use has been made in preparing this account, this
Roger is credited with four sons and two daughters : but, if this
brass is to be taken as evidence, he had three sons and seven
daughters. The coats of arms are (i) the well-known shield of the
Wakes, Two bars, in chief three torteaux 5 and (a) Wake impaling
Catesby, two lions passant crowned. The tinctures on the Wake
shield have varied from time to time. Originally the field was Or,
and the charges Gules. In Edward ii.'s time sir Hugh used the
field Qules and the charges Argent, and the coat thus tinctured
appears, according to Bridges, on the north side of the monument
bearing the brass to Roger in Blisworth ' church. And in the
14th century the field was Argent, and the charges Gules. The old
tinctures are said to have been resumed in the reign of James i. The
inscription is as follows : — '' Here lyeth Roger Wake Esquyer lorde of
Blysworthe in the counte of Northampton and Elyzabeth his wyflFe . .
. . which Roger decessyd the xvj day of Mafche the yere of oure
lord god M^ccccc iij on whose soule^ ihu haue mcy." Bridges says
that on the north side of this monument are two coats, (i) Wake
impaling Catesby, and (a) Wake impaling three chevrons. There
are many families using this coat, but none into which the Wakes are
known to have married. It is not known who Roger's mother was.
The lithograph of the brass was prepared for Mr. H. T. Wake,
of Fritchley, co. Derby 5 and the readers of "N. N. & Q." are
The Battle of Naseby^ 5
indebted to him for permission to reproduce it io these pages. The
accompaDjing sketch of the coat of arms is by permission taken
from Debrett^s Peerage, Baronetage, etc., published by Messrs. Dean
and Son; and presented by Sir Herewald Wake, bart., who is himself
engaged in collecting materials for a popular account of the family,
and would be grateful for any assistance towards making it complete.
The Wake coat appears on the front of the old house on the
Market-square, Northampton (155).
The following list of works has been collated by Mr. John Taylor
from bis Bibliotheca Nortkantonensis : —
A Brief Enquiry into the Antiquity, Honour and Estate of the Name and
Family of Wake. With a summary deduction of ' the lineal suooeesion of
the chief branches of it, from its first rim, down to this present time. By
William Wake, D.D. Bector of St. James's, Westminster ; Chaplain in
Ordinary to the King ; and afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury.
IVarmdcsteb : Printed by J. L. Vardy. MDCCCXXxm. Octavo. 76 pages.
With Anna, from a carriDsr in box wood on the lid of an ancient Snuflfbox
belonging to Archbishop Wake, with the Trefoil added.
A Genealogical Table of the Wake Family, by H. T. W.
T. Caleutt, Printer, Deddington, Oxon. [1853.] Sin^U Sh^,
A Memoir of a Branch of the Wake Family of Northamptonshire and else-
where, from 1666 to 1860.
Carlisub : Hudson Soott, 11, English Street, mdcoolxi. Duodecimo, 16 pages.
Hezeward, the Saxon Patriot. A Paper read at the Bourn Meeting, June 6,
1861. By the Rey. Edward TroUope, M.A., F.S.A. Qenealogieal Tables,
AssocieUed Architectural Soeieiiei lUporU and Papert, vol. yi,, 1861, pp. 1—20.
Hemward the Wake, ** Last of the English." By the Bev. C. Eiugsley,
Author of " Westward Ho ! " ** Two Tears Ago," etc. etc.
LoirooN and Cambridge : Macmillan and Co. 1866. Octavo, 2 vols.
Illustrations by H. C. Selous of " Hereward the Wake/' by Charles Eingsley.
Art-Union oi London, MDOOOLXX. Ohhng Folio.
Ed.
213. — Engraving op thb Battle op Naseby. — A rare
engraving of the battle of Naseby has lately come into my possession,
and as it appears to be unknown to most of our local collectors of
Northamptonshire prints, a short description of it may interest your
readers. It represents the close of the fight, when the day is
irretrievably lost for the Cavaliers, who are being hurled back in
confusion by the resistless advance of the Roundheads, whose dense
hattalions of pikemen are seen advancing in unbroken array. In the
immediate foreground, Charles, sword in band, is trying to lead on
6 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
his body-guard for a last desperate charge^ but bis. bridle is held by
the earl of Camworth, who turns the horse's head round and
compels the king to quit the field.
The engraving, which is almost square, measuring 17 J inches by
17, is unsigned; but there is no doubt that it may be attributed to the
time of Hogarth, and is the work of Baron, Scotin, Ravenet, or some
other artist of that period. Above the engraving is the heading "The
Battle of Naisby : ** and under it is the following quaint description
of the fight : —
** This Battle wHioh gave the fatal turn to the King's Affiiirs happen'd
on the 14th. June 1645 the first charge was given by the right wing of
Horse and Foot commanded by Prince ftupert and his Brother, who boro
/ down all before them, the left wing and the Northern Horse engageing,
Cromwell and the Enemies right wing against odds of numbers and the
advantage Ground were pyt to Flight. The King at the head of his
reserve of Horse was even ready to charge those which pursued his left
wing which might have recovered the misfortune when on a Sudden such
a panick fear siezed on thtnl that they all ran near a quarter of a mile
without stopping, which happen*d upon an uncommon accident For the
Scotch Earl of Cam worth on a Sudden laid his hand on y« Eling*s bridle,.
crying out with 2 or 3 Oaths, will You go upon your Death in an Instant !
and before his Majesty understood what he would have tum'd his Horse
round, upon which a word run thro, the Troops, March to the Right which
unfortunately led them from charg^g the Enemy & assisting their own
Men, and caused them ail to turn their Horses and ride upon the Spur as
if every man was to shift for himself. After this Disorder the King not
being able to prevail with his Troops to rally and charge the Enemy He
retreated as well as He could and left Fairfax entire master of the field."
Northampton. J. S. Shefard.
A copy of the finest engraving representing the Battle of Naseby
is to be found in the unique and sumptuous copy of Lord Clarendon*s
History of the Grand Rebellion^ vol. iv.. No. 144, in the Print
department of the British Museum. An earlier printed copy of the
engraving referred to by Mr. Shepard is to be found in the same
collection 5 the descriptive letterpress slightly varying. J. T.
214. — William Tyndale : op Northamftonshirb descent?
— He is said to have sprung from an ancient baronial family of
Northumberland. One of that family moved from the north in the
reign of Edward i. and settled at Tansover, now Tansor, in North-
amptonshire : and it has been suggested that the settlement at
North Nibley, co. Glouc, where it is thought the martyr translator
was born^ bad its origin in some member of the Northampton-
shire family. Jekyll^ quoted in the Biographia Britannica, and a
writer in the Baptist Magazine for October, 18 19, suppose this
to have been the case. In its time the family was of some
Churchwardens' Accounts at Pitsjord. 7
influence in thb county. Thus we find John Tyndale sheriff of the
county in Richard ii*s reign, and six times one of the same name
was returned to parliament for the county in the same and two
following reigns. Elias Tyndale was lord of Tansor in 13 16. From
1359 the family were in |>osses8ion of lands in Nassington, Yarwell,
and of the bailiwick of Sulehay forest. Id 1376 John de Tyndale
had become possessed by marriage of the manors of Dene and
Staniem, sold by a successor about i486. In 1396 we find John
Tyndale one of the patrons of the livings of Kettering and Cotting-
ham. In 1286 William was patron of Tansor, and again in 130 1.
One of the family, John, held the rectory of Tansor in 1325 : another^
Richard, had the lordship of Helpston in 1416.
Can any distinct evidence be adduced that the Gloucestershire
family derived its origin from any one of those named above ?
Ed.
. 215- — Churchwardens' Accounts at Pitsford. — ^These are
contained in a book bound in parchment measuring sixteen inches
by six inches. It is marked 3 / f. r. on the back and is inscribed on
the first page : —
PisFORD / Churchwardens / Book / Pisford.
The following are some of the most interesting items in the
accounts : —
Pisford in the County of Northampton the Churchwardens Book
of Accompts Begins with the Jnclosing of the Field 1756 at
Michalmass in the year 1 756
The Disbursements of Tho» Ward and Rich* Britten Church
Wardens from Michalmass 1756 Till Easter 1758
£ s. d.
Out of Pocket Michalmass 1756 . . -073
for Gr^en to stick }• Church Christmass . .006
1757 April, paid Court fees and charges . . o 12 6
Paid the Boys for killing sparrows . .074
1758 * paid Rich** Lydell for mending y* Great Bell Claper 010
p** Jsaac Clark for putting in the Claper and other
work then . . . . . . i 6
paid for a new sett of Bell Roops . . o 14 o
paid for Ale at 3 several times for the woorkmen at
the Church . . . . . .030
for writing the account one year and half from
Mich*. 1756 to Easter 1758 . . . .030
1758 August 17. p* for 6 Dozen of Sparrows more • o i o
& one Hedghog . • • . .004
8 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Tho*. Bond Churchwarden for the year 1761 the Receipts &
Disbursements are all lost.
£ s. d.
1764 May 4 p** for the new Surplice . , .320
1767 p** for a new Church Wardens Book . .036
1770 p** W"» Blunt for a New Wheel & a Yoak for the
Great Bell & other work . . . .2176
1772 P^ f or y* Register Book . . . • o 10 6
1776 paid John Richardson for Collecting all theese
Accounts the Best he could and Putting them in
this Book for 20 years past they haveing Been
neglected all that time . . . .100
1778 Paid for tiring . . . . .006
ijyg Dec'. 4 Charges the Brasses were taken out to
go to Northampton to be cast . . .026
Dec'. 18 p^ in Exchange for 4 new Brasse^ beside the 4
old ones . . . • . . i 15 o
Jan^. 4*** 1780 p^ in Exchange for 4 more new Brasses
beside the old ones as by the Bills doth Appear . i 14 8
p** Benj" Rigby for digging up Will' Hickason
when the Coroner sat up him . . . .016
Jan 20 p^ for Ale when the Bell Gudgeons was taken out 010
1782 for a Strike of are . . . .012
1783 for atrier [a terrier] for the Glibe Land • ,020
for Stams [stamps] and a Licence taken out for
the Rejester . . . . ..060
1785 Feb^ 9 George Stafford for ironwork at the
Chircb Gate . . . . .119
1789 P** for a N^w Cloath and fringe for the Com-
munion Table . . • . . i 10 9
For Makeing ditt" • . . .010
1809 Sept' II. F^ Mr. Cherry for the commandments
and putting up • . . . . 11 ,0 o
Same time for y* Kings Court of Arms . . 5 10 o
For fetching I> from Northampton . .050
1850 Dec' 30 P* for tolling Bell when the King was
buried . . . . . .010
1833 Dec' 14th A Post letter from L** Althorp ^ 004
1867 Se^y 9 Ringers, Re-opening of Church . . 1 10 o
C. A. M.
The strike of hair was used with sand, kc, in some repairs.
It is frequently found in Churchwardens* books, (see Peakirk books).
Ed.
The Pytchley Manor-Home,
216. — Pytchley Manor-House. — This old house — for many
years the head-quarters of the Pytchley Club, which rendered the
fox-hunting of Northamptonshire famous throughout England — has
now entirely disappeared, having been pulled down in 1829, some
dozen years after the club came to an end. It was at that time the
property of Mr. George Pajrne, of Sulby, who became possessed of it
after it had passed successively through the families of Isham, Lane,
Washbourne, and Knightley. Jt owed its existence to the Ishams,
who had long possessed a manor in Pytchley. According to Bridges
there was a manor-house here at the beginning of Elizabeth's reign,
probably surviving from mediaeval times. The then possessor of the
manor, sir Eusebius Isham, (b. 1550, d. 1626,) seems to have
followed the fashion of his day and to have pulled down the old
house, replacing it with the building of which we give a woodcut.
It presents all the usual features of a Northamptonshire manor-house.
Bridges asserts that the same architect who designed Holdenby for
sir Christopher Hatton was employed here, but we must not suppose
that Pytchley Hall was so magnificent as Holdenby. The architect
of Holdenby was, not improbably, John Thorpe, who we know was
employed at Kirby Hall, Burghley House, and Ljrveden New
Building, for plans of all those three buildings are included in his
MS. book of designs in the Soane Museum, and a search through
that collection might result in the identification of one of the designs
as Pjrtchley manor-house.* But however this may be, the house was
built on a type very common at that time. In its main features the
* I have looked through John Thorpe's drawings again, bnt do not find any
plan that agrees with the published views of the hail.
lo Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
plan resembles the letter H, the entrance porch being in the miadle
of the cross-stroke, and the upright strokes representing, one the
servants' offices and one the family apartments. The cross-stroke
would contain the hall on that side of the porch next the family
rooms, and on the other the buttery, which was always a prominent
feature in houses of that date, and passage to the kitchen. A glance
at the woodcut will shew that each of the angles where the cross-stroke
of the H joins the uprights is filled with a projection pierced with
windows on its two sides. This was a common arrangement in the
larger houses of the period. One of these projections formed the
bay-window of the dais in the hallj the other gave light to one
of the servant's apartments, or possibly to the winter parlour, which
was often placed near the kitchen ; the hall was evidently, of only one
story in height So far we may be tolerably sure of our ground, in
spite of there being no plan extant, but anything beyond this would
be mere conjecture. It is impossible to say in which wing the
family lived, and in which the servants. No doubt there was a long
Gallery and a Great Chamber 5 but we cannot say where.
The woodcut also shews the fine entrance gateway which bears a
family likeness to those at Holdenby. Fortunately this gateway has
been preserved, and now forms
the entrance to Overstone Park,
whither it was carried in 1843
by Lord Overstone, then Mr.
Loyd. The house stood to the
south of the church, but no re-
mains are left, and it is said that
a road now passes over the site.
A fine plate in Baker's history
preserves the features of the
Hall, in which respect it is more
fortunate than the Treshams'
mansion at Newton-cum-Ged-
dington, for that has disappeared
from the face of the earth, and would bid f^jr to be entirely forgotten
were it not for the dove-house which yet remains, and the garden-
flowers which are said to be still found in the adjoining fields.
In A Delineation of Northamptonshire . . By theTravayle of John
Norden, in the year M.DC.X. are given lists of the principal seats :
among the thirty-eight "Esquires, the most of them also very
pleasingly Seated within this Shire," are " Eusebe Isham at Pitchley"
and "Thomas Fresham (sic) at Newton."
Kettering. J- Alfred Gotch.
Ancient Village Sports. ii
217. — Ahcibwt Village Sports (135, 173, 19*). — Since Mr.
Baker requests information of the spread of the game of *' Choosing
Partners," it will interest him, and perhaps others of your readers, to
know that it prevails among our youth here, in a slightly modified
form. The second line has
** Where oats, pease, beans and badey grow,"
the English version having no mention of pease. And the lines
recited immediately before the choice is made are these : —
'* Take the one that yon love best.
Before yon dose your eyes to rest."
Portland, Maine, U.S. W. M. Sargbnt.
218. — Parish Registers of Isham. — The following inter-
esting extracts from the parish register are taken from the Lansdowne
MSS. in the British Museum. J. S.
1620 This was a cheap yeare of all grain. Ordinary wheat at 18^.
the stryke, Rjre at i6(/. & after at laci. Ba^ey at nine & ten pence,
& Mault at I j & i6<f. a strike.
1 6a I A very dear yeare of all manner of come, & about the end of
1 6a 2 wheat 45. & more. Barley 35. Mault 4^. & the prices of
these some market daies more.
i6aa July a in the morning there was a great Thunder & extra-
ordinary Raine. which caused a wonderfull great flood that did
overflowe all our Meadowes. Very little Snowe this year.
i6a5 This year was the great Plague, a deer yeare, & no fair kept
at Sturbyche* nor Peterboroughe
i6a8 ao March A general day of Humiliation & publick fisisting
& Prayer holden.
1630 This yeare there was a great Plague at Cambridge, so that
ther was no Stirbyche ffaire kept, & this was a dear yeare.
\Vheat at 85. a strike. Pease 65. & Mault at 65. M. Pulse at ^s,
never so deare as at this time.
1633 This yeare the Roof of the Chancell was new builded by Ric.
Raynsforde, Parson of both Parsonages.
1634 This yeare was a great frost & did frise the Thames & a great
Snowe which lasted longe.
1635 ^ 1^38 1 This yeare was a Tax laid on all Parishes &
Ministers towardes the repairinge of St. Paul's in London. I
gave towards it 20«. & a tax on all towards makinge of ships
for the Sea. I gave 2s. The towne did levy me above the tenth
part. A collection ior the distressed in the Palatinate. Ric.
Raynsford.
• Stourbridge, near Cambridge.
t Certainly the former as the rector was buried here 2 November, 1637.
• 1*
12 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
1636 This yeare a great Plague in London, no term kept at
Micbaelmass in London nor any where else. No Midsummer
Commencement kept at Cambridge by reason of the Plague
there. No Styrbricke faire kept. A great plague at Newcastell
which tooke awaye allmoste all the people there.
1668 A bad yeare at Isham by reason of the spotty ffeaver.
1591 Ric Rainsford & Jasper Pakeman were Comportioners, the
last was parson of (Upper Isham, or) the Over Fee & was buried
he died 11^ of the said moheth. Ric. Rainsford Parson of
Isham buried 2 Nov. 1637.
Moses Hodges was Rector of Upper Isham An. 1640. He resigned
An. 1 66a & was succeeded the same year by ffrancis Sawyer.
John Butler was rector of Lower Isham i66a, but his title was
found null occasioned by his contending for the Upper Parsonage
whereupon
M' Galton was presented to both by the Bishop of Lincolne & the
Kinge.
219. — ^The Prbston Family op Hbtforo, from the Original
MS. in the Ward Collections for the Continuation of Dugdale's
Antiquities of Warwickshire, in the British Museum. (Add. MSS.
29,264 fol. 174b.)
''The Preston Family had a very considerable Estate in Heversham
Parish in Westmorland & at Preston Patrick in the same county &
other Places : And Sir Thomas Preston Bart, becoming a widower
was persvaded by the Romish Priests to return to his former
Function. Upon which he settled his Westmorland Estate on his
two daughters & his other Estates in Warwickshire of which this of
Weston with the Manor House Wappenbury & Caludon & the
Northamptonshire Estates likewise And he went beyond the Seas ;
Having first settled his Estate in Lancashire which was very
considerable & called the Manor vpon the Jesuits. On which Grant
there was a Trial in the Exchequer & the Estate was adjudged
forfeited to the King : who seized vpon the same & granted a Lease
thereof to Thomas Preston of Holker Esq.
* * * *
'* Of the family of Preston it may not be esteemed superfluous to
digress a little & relate somethings not only Memorable but very
interesting & especially of Dr. Preston who was one very highly
esteem'd for his Learning & Singular Piety & in the Greatest Favor
with King James the first. John Preston son of Tho & Alice
Preston was born at Heyford in Northamptonshire. The House &
The Preston Family. 13
Fann wherein his Father resided was in the Parish of Bugbrook
and he was baptised there Octob the 27 : 1387. He was descended
from the family of the Prestous that lived at Preston in Lancashire
From whence his Great -Grand Father removed vpon occasion of a
Fatal Quarrel with a Gentleman of the name of Bradshaw who lived
near him. With whom he fought though much against his will & in
the contest Bradshaw was killed, & being compelled to stand the
Trial He was acquitted honourably. And though the law was
satisfied Yet the family of Bradshaw still retained their Animosity
and vowed what they would do when they had it in their Power.
And it fell out not long after that Mr. Bradshaw*s next Brother meets
Mr. Preston near the Place where the Battle took Place & where his
Brother was Killed. And he flew into a Passion telling Mr. Preston
he would be revenged on him For killing his Brother Or he
would lose his own Life in the Quarrel. Mr. Preston remonstrated
with him & informed him how Grieved he was at it^ and the continual
uneasiness it gave him \ and that he killed him much against his will
& in his own defence and that he had no ill will against him or his
Family & beg'd him to be pacified. But when nothing would do to
please him They fought and in the conflict the other Bradshaw was
killed so that both the Brothers were slain by his Hands.
** Mr. Preston was vpon this so troubled & Grieved that he
resolved to leave Lancashire his Native Country Where Things had
turned out so fatal & unlucky Though he had a very considerable
Estate there, and was of a family of the first consequence. And
walking one day very pensive & mournfully alone in Westminster
Hall Mr. Morgan of Heyford with whom he was acquainted, the
son of Judge Morgan Came to him & asked why he was so sad
to whom he related his Misfortunes with the two Bradshaws & the
continual distress it gave him \ And that he was obliged to leave his
Native Country Through the Grief it occasioned him continually.
Wherevpon M. Morgan knowing him to be a Gallant man very
much pitied him and told him if he would go with him to Hejrford
He would let him have a good Farm of his to live in & whatever
else he could befriend him. Mr. Preston thanked him & after some
consideration accepted his offer and went & became a Farmer in
Northamptonshire, where he died & his Son succeeded him, & his son
afterwards & so it came to Thomas Preston, as I have before
mentioned. These Prestons though removed from their Native Soil
Lancashire & much impaired in their Revenues retained always the
dress and manners of their Ancestors & were accounted Gentlemen.
14 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
There was something in this lohn Preston*s manners & conduct
that was by no means vulgar & from his very infancy such sparklings
of aspiring ingenuity as argued in him soniething that was not
common. As for his Edvcation it was at the Free School at North-
ampton & afterwards in Bedfordshire. From whence he became a
Member of Queen's College in Cambridge of which College he was
elected a Fellow in 1609, having been a Member of the College only
^\e years. Sir Fvik Greville who was afterwards by King James the I :
created Lord firook was a great Friend to him & settled vpon hina 50
Pounds yearly and introduced him to court, where he was Presented
to the King. But about this time his Friend Mr. Morgan of Heyford
died & had left his heir Thomas Morgan in trust with some of his
Relations. This Mr. Morgan under whose Family these Prestons
had so long lived was by his Guardians now commended to his care
in his Education. Not only for his living at Heyford his *Birth Place
and relation to the Family of Morgan But also that the young
Gentleman might be preserved from the influence of his other
Friends who were many of them of the Roman Catholic Religion.
King James the ist had been so well pleased with the University
That he resolved upon paying them another Visit And the
Heads of Houses had a conference in which it was decided to
entertain the King with extraordinary Splendor and a Comedy was
prepared. There was a Man of great comic Wit of the name of
Fuggles who was a Member of Clare Hall a man famous in the
University for wit & sharp at repartee. He had written a Satirical
Comedy against the lawyers & gave it the name of Ignoramus.
" This was determined vpon for to be acted before the King &
great care was taken to furnish and make up all th^ Parts with actors
that were fit & suitable to perform the different acts of the Play
before the Court. Young Mr. Morgan of Heyford was a very hand-
some modest young Gentleman & it was believed would well become
the dress of a Lady. For in those days it was esteemed a strange &
monstrous depravity For a Female to appear as an Actress vpon the
Stage in any Play. And accordingly his Tutor Mr. Preston was sent
unto for his concurrence. But he wa^ much offended at its being
even mentioned to him And declared he would not agree the young
Gentleman shou'd take any part in such Buffoonery considering the
Family he was descended from, & the great Estate he was in possess-
ion of. And said further he could not believe the Friends of the
Young Gentleman intended him to be a Player, and so he desired
that they would please to look out & find some other, that was inferior
in Family & Estate to perform the Part in the Comedy before the Court.
The Prestoft Family. 15
" But the Gaardians were of another OpinioD not so exact &
scrupulous. For they imagined if he play'd this Part so as to please
the King & Court, He might make himself many Friends, which in
his future Life might introduce him into the j:ompany of the Great
& by that means advance him in the World. For he was a Young
Gentleman very handsome in Person, & in possession of a very fair
inheritance from his ancestors at Heyford in Northamptonshire & also
at Weston tmder Wetherley in this county with the famous Manour
House where he frequently resided for the Family had two Seats
which they made use of Heyford House & this Mansion called
Weston Hall and the family were designated more of this last Place
than of the former for they in general resided more in Warwickshire
than the other and in all writs & summonses were called of Weston
under Wetherley Though they had at Heyford a very good Family
House. And therefore the Guardians being willing Young Mr.
Morgan was allowed to act his Part in the Play before the Court
which gave great applause. For King James & the whole Court was
highly diverted at the Humour of the Comedy and with the manner
of the young Genfleman. /
"And soon afterwards He became a Member of the University of
Oxford and was suffered to act & Play as he pleased and by which
means being often with 'the Roman Catholics he was by them
persuaded to relapse into Popery which hath says my author proved
fatal & unfortunate to him & his Family.
" But to return to our Mr. Preston who was now in the University
& chosen Master of Emmanuel College and being appointed chaplain
to Prince Henry the eldest Son of King James tho he had not taken
his Doctor's Degree. Yet he was so favourd at Court that a Mandate
was issued that the University should admit him to the Degree of
D.D. that he might be ready to attend the Service of Sir Arthur
Chichester afterwards an Irish Baron As Ambassador, into
Germany about the aiFairs of the Palatinate. But it came to nothing.
Sir Arthur did not go, and therefore the Doctor remained & became
one of the Chaplains to the King, and attended the court One Month
in the Year until the day of his death which came to pass at
Theobalds. March 27. 1625.
•• And Sir Ed : Conway & the other Lords drew . up the Pro-
clamation wherein the Prince Charles the !•• was proclaimed King
with all his Titles, and haste was made to send away to London The
Duke of Buckingham & the Prince & our D^ Preston in coaches
shut down, to hasten to Whitehall for the Proclamation. For the
Doctor was in the greatest favour at Court which did not leave him
until his death. For finding his Health to fail he went into the
1 6 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries,
country for change of air to Fawsley in Northamptonshire to the
Family of the Knightleys where he yielded up his breath into the
hands of his Saviour, and found Sepulchre in the Church of Fawsley
July 20*^ 1628, being of the age of 41 years."
220.— Civil War, 1642.—'' Northampton, Septemb. 6. The
Lord Brooke with his Forces came hither on Friday last, since their
comming we sent a considerable Force to the Lord Mountagues
House and tooke him prisoner, notwithstanding he had 100 men for
his defence, wee tooke three Knights more that were Commissioners
of Array, and brought from his .Lordships house two Cart loads of
excellent good Armes, divers of our Souldiers are so unruly notwith-
standing the vigilancie and care of the commanders, that they
plunder mens houses^ and commit divers insolencies, and if the
Parliament that gives us power to kill and slay those that oppose the
King and them, will not give us power (pro tempore) to execute
marshall Law upon some of the unruly Souldiers, whose example
may make others conformable, otherwise their absence will be desired
rather than their presence, and they will be as odidus to the country
people as the Cavaliers are. Here came to town one Master Clarke
dwelling neare Brackley in this County, who hath received a menacing
Letter from Sir yohn Biron (who runne away from thence to Oxford
with two Troopes of Horse) wherein he lets him know that he hopes
yet to see the day to have satisfaction out of Master Ciarkes estate,
and the estate of all those other Traytors and Rebels of Brackley and
Northamptonshire, that beate and tooke 50. of his Troopers Prisoners,
aud demands restitution, but they are resolved to send him an answer
to advise him to come out of Oxford with all his strength to receive
his desires, and if they make him not runne away twice as fast as he
did before they will give him treble satisfaction."
The above is taken from the fifth number of Speciail Passages
And certain Informations Jrom severail places, Collected for the use of
all that desire to bee truely Informed, p. 35.
221. — ^The Sheppard Family of Towcestbr (59, i58). This
extract from the "Account Book for 1802" of Francis Sheppard,
of Field Burcote, a member of the Towcester family, is curious as
telling us something about a farmer's funeral at the beginning of the
century : —
" What be not you gone Frank. No. but I am a going tho' now
These were the last words of my father to me on friday the 20^ day
of April when I was going to a Sale to write for Jones at Culworth
and on the Wednesday morning following about 5 oClock he expired
Witches and Witchcraft.
»7
and on the mondaj folio wing the 30^ he was huried at Towcester in
the 70 year of his ag^ he was Carried in a Hearse drawn by 4
Horses after them a Chaises in the first were 3 Sisters Mother &
self in the a"* were Aunts Hayle Lovel Sheppard & Gardiner &
Brother Samuel Next followed brothers W-». Jn*. & M' Hill on
Horse backe & Unkle Lovel & Miss Waters Horseback & Jn».
Sheppard Horseback Next came the Cart with Unkle Sheppard &
Bet & last were 6 Paul bearcs (Viz) Jn». Ayers Rich* Jones David
Kemp Jn*. Howes W" Howes & Tho*. Newman on Horse back &
Carriers walked viz. Tho». Stevens Edw*. Williams Rich Wright Jo»,
Meacock W". Basford & Hemy Piner"
Towoeifear. W. F.
222. — Witches and Witchcrapt in Northamptonshirb. —
Although with the greater enlightenment brought by the spread of
education much of the attractiveness of tales of witches and witch-
craft has passed away, along with the popular belief in such stories,
a short summary of the subject so far as it relates to Northamptonshire
will probably not be thought out of place in a miscellany like
'*N. N. &a"
3
i8 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries,
Beginning in order of date, the first mention of witchcraft of
local interest is the charge of sorcery said to have been brought
against Thomas & Becket by Henry ii., at Northampton Castle, in
the year 1164 ; and next we have the remarkable story of the duchess
of Bedford, who was accused of having by witchcraft fixed the king's
(Edward iv.) love upon her daughter, Elizabeth Woodville. The
charge against the duchess was brought by *' Thomas Wake, esquier"
(of Blisworth), who, while the king was at Warwick, presented
before him an '' image of lede made lyke a man of armes, conteyning
the lengthe of a mannes fynger, and broken in the myddes, and made
fast with a wyre, sayying it was made by ' the duchess ' to use with
witchcraft and sorsory." But being unable to substantiate his
testimony the duchess was '' clerid and declared of the noises and
disclaundres " against her. On the accession of Richard iii.,
however, the accusation was revived; readers of Shakespeare will
remember how he declared that — " Edward's wife, that monstrous
witch, consorted with that harlot-strumpet Shore," had withered up
his arm, and demanded what punishment was their due who thus
conspired against him.
Later on, in the reign of James i., cases of alleged witchcraft
became of frequent occurrence, probably in consequence of the
facilities for their apprehension and prosecution afforded by the Act
passed in the first year of this king's reign. Of the greater portion
of these trials we possess no record, but certain rare tracts published
during the 1 7th century afibrd us particulars of sundry cases occurring
in this county. One of these tracts, dated 161 2, is entitled The
Witches of Northamptonshire, and recounts the trial and execution of
Agnes Browne, loane Vaughan, Arthur Bill, Hellen lenkinson, and
Mary Barber, all reputed witches, who were hanged together at
Abington gallows, on the 22nd of July, in the year above-mentioned.
Of Agnes Browne we are told that she, with one " Katherine Gardiner,
and one loane Lucas, all birds of a winge, and all abyding in the
towne of Gilsborough, did ride one night to a place (not aboue a
mile oflf) called Rauenstrop, all vpon a Sowes backe, to see one
Mother Rhoades, an old Witch that dwelt there."
In the fac-simile woodcut {>refixed, we see these interesting
individuals riding on their strange steed down Guilsborough hill
to visit their ally. This village would seem to have had more
than its fair share of these suspected servants of the evil one— even
to this day it possesses (or did quite recently) a family who rejoice in
the name of "the witch family," though it is to be hoped no
inconvenience arises to them or their neighbours from this sinister
appellation.
Witches and Witchcraft. 19
A letter dated 1658 furnishes particulars of a me morable piece of
witchcraft which occurred at Welton, near Daventry, " at the House
of Widdow Stiff, whose youngest daughter vomited in less than three
days three Gallons of Water and a vast quantity of Stones and Coals.*'
As some of these stones were said to weigh a quarter of a pound, and
were so big that they had enough to do to get them out of her mouth,
one has about as much difficulty in swallowing this narrative as the
afflicted damsel must have had in delivering herself of the aforesaid
stones.
Another tract presents " A Full and True Relation of the Tryal,
Coodemnatiou, and Execution of Ann Foster/' showing how she
plagued a farmer of £astcoat by bewitching his sheep and horses and
setting his bams and corn on fire 5 also in what likeness the devil
appeared to her in prison, and how she was hanged at Northampton on
Aug. 22, 1674.
Matthew Hopkins, the celebrated witch-finder, commenced his
career in 1645, and in the defence of his conduct published three
years afterwards, he boasted of having been concerned in the
conviction of about 200 witches in Suffolk, Northamptonshire,
Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and the
Isle of Ely. Towards the end of the century, witch prosecutions
were greatly discouraged by Chief Justice Holt, who so directed the
juries that large numbers of accused persons were acquitted. In
1705, however, Northamptonshire witnessed the trial and condem-
nation of two witches, in the persons of Ellinor Shaw and Mary
Phillips ; the first bom at Cotterstock and the latter at Oundle. The
story is remarkable : their compact with the evil one, and subsequent
pranks — in nine months destroying ij children, 8 men, 6 women,
40 hogs, 100 sheep, 18 horses, and 30 cows — have enough of the
marvellous to satisfy the most insatiable- appetite, while the manner
of their execution was horrible enough to daunt intending imitators,
for after being hanged until they were almost dead they were then
burned to ashes at the stake. Notwithstanding the discouragement
of the judges, the trial by water long continued to be appealed to in
the case of suspected witches. In 173J, a poor shoemaker named
John Kinsman, of Naseby, was almost killed by repeated immersions
in a "great pond in Kelmarsh lordship," and in 1751 an old woman
named Osborne actually lost her life at Longmarston in this manner,
one of her persecutors being afterwards hanged in chains for his
share in the transaction. This outrage led to the repeal of James*s
Act against witchcraft, but the water trial was still occasionally
resorted to until a much later date. The Northampton Mercury
of August I, 1785, mentions that *'on Thursday last a poor
20 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
woman named Sarah Bradshaw, of Mears Ashby, in this County,
who was accused by some of her neighbours of being a witch, in
order to prove her innocence submitted to the ignominy of being
dipped, when she immediatel7 sunk to the bottom of the pond, which
was deemed an incontestible proof that she was no witch.** And, to
close the list, about the beginning of the present century, an old
woman named Warden, living in St. John street, Wellingborough, was
subjected to the same test and was rescued by her son only just in
time to prevent mischief. F. T.
223.— Local Dialect (43, 64, 109, 167). — I have heard the
following words and expressions in the northern part of the county :
they are not to be found in the glossaries of Baker or Sternberg.
Ed.
Rent: used for a contract with a medical man for professional
services. " I rented him for years : I paid him a pound a year
for myself and the children.'*
Robin : Robert I have only heard this used of old men, never of
children.
Sads : sods of turf.
Sample : '' I never seen such a sample in all my born days," said of
an unusually large congregation on a week day.
Saucy : dainty. " The pigs ha' been made to eat anything, so when
they get to a new trough they don*t get saucy."
Scare : scar.
Scarlet : first symptoms of scarlet fever. '' It looked as it it had got
a scarlet."
Scrat : the glossaries give this word for " scratch." I have heard the
word chiefly in connection with scraping together enough money
for the rent. " It takes all I know to scrat the rent."
Screed : a long strip of land. *' He has a screed of land next ours."
Baker's glossary has the word in the sense of a fragment.
Seat : sitting of eggs.
Second-handed : second-hand.
Seek after 5 seek to : look after.
Shelvings : additions to a cart to enable it to hold a larger load.
Shivery : frightened, alarmed. A woman had lost two children in a
year, and a third was ailing, and it made her feel *' shivery " lest
it should go off like the others.
Sipe : to leak.
Skid : a large round piece of wood, employed in raising trunks of
trees on to waggons. Smaller pieces of wood used to steady the
wheeb are also called by this name, and this connects the word
with the verb given in Baker's glossary.
^
Confession of Murder at Clinton. 21
Slattering, slatting : wasting money.
Slotbering : stambliog, with unsteady gait. '' I go slotbering across
the room.** lo Baker "slitter" is given in much the same sense.
Spile-hole : the hole in a barrel in wbich the peg, the " spile-peg,"
b put.
Sqaench : variety of quench. Heated iron, cooled with water, is
said to be " squenched."
Squiz: squeezed.
Stick my stall : stay in the position I have taken, and make the best
of it. " He leather'd me, and I left him : but I can't keep
myself, and he must take me back." ** But, perhaps, if he does
take you back, he'll leather you again." " Well, if he does, I
must stick my stall."
(To be tontinued,)
224. — Confession op Murder at Clinton. — The original
document from wbich the following has been transcribed is preserved
in the church chest at Clinton. The scene of the murder is tra-
ditionally said to be a large old low house next to the manor house.
The name of Wyldbore occurs very frequently in the registers. Ed.
Cood people, I am very glad to see so many spectators of my
death, which I am now about to suffer for giving Death to one of my
fellow-creatures I say I am glad to see so many witnesses of my
death, because I hope you will be all witnesses of my Sinceere and
hearty Repentence. ffor I confess, that I am most guilty of the
breaches of all Cod*s Lawes (tho* I must confess them all to be most
holy just and good) I have transgrest tliem so often that should I
number my sinns ; and the severall times I have fall'n into them, the
day would faile me, & I must not die to day, should 1 once attempt
it. I have offended against Cod, my neighbour and myselfe. Against
Cod in propbaneing his Sabbaths and neglecting all his holy ordi-
nances, which he hath most graciously provided to supply us w*** grace
to keepe us from falling into any sinn. I have sinned against my
selfe in makeing my body nothing but a cage of uncleaness by
drinking so often to excess, that at last I had gotten so perfect an
habitt of drunkenness, that I had almost lost the Notion of Sobriety.
I was never well but in drinke & it was this sinn against my selfe,
which made me comitt this most notorious sin of murder — murder in
the plaine sense of it against my poore neighbour Cod grant I
have not murder'd him body and soule. Cod grant I have not sent
him out of the miseries of this world for a moment, to those of
the next to all Eternity. Tis this, Cood people, this feare I have,
I have ruin'd him for ever, makes me wish mine eyes a fountaine of
teares, and that I had a longer time granted me on purpose to weepe
22 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries,
day an'J night for a week, for a month, for a whole yeare together^
But since this is deny'd me, 1 hope our mercifull God, who does not
weigh our Services by the number or length of them, but only by our
sincerity, when we performe them, if we perform them so often as
occasion offers it selfe this God I hope will accept of that brief time
is alowed me and make me truly sinceere. I wish with all my heart I
could melt into a whole flood of teares. to testify my repentance to
you. But God I know does not measure my sincerity by them 5 nor
will you I hope judge me less sinceere because so litle aflected. I
could wish I were dissolved into water, but if I were, 'tis the water
and blood only of Jesus Christ my Saviour must cleanse me from all
my sinne. And I pray God to bath me well in that, and then as I
confess to beleive, so I shall need no other Purgation for all. I shall
say no more when- I have desir'd you all to pray for me, and to
continue your prayers as long as you shall think there is any of life in
me, and then to continue them for your selfes, lest the Devil at last
gett the dominion over you, and so you comitt the same sinns, and
you come to the same punishm^ which I pray God by his infinite
mercy & grace to prevent through Jesus Christ our Lord, for whose
sake alone tis, I comend my soule into the hand of God, who is a
faithfull Creator who will preserve it pui«e till the comeing of our
Lord Jesus Christ Amen Amen. John Wyldbore.
225. — Churchwardens' Accounts' at Peakirk, 1708-88.
—Among the parish documents at Peakirk is a volume of accounts
extending from 1708 to 1788. Many of the entries are of general
interest, and a selection from them is here given. The dates are printed,
for the sake of distinctness, at the commencement of the several
extracts, but are not taken verbatim from the original. A few notes
are added in parentheses. Ed.
• On the cover is this note :
1740. 4 Oct. " Be it Remember d y* there was a Gunn bought of
Ed : Wright of Peterborough y« prise was Seven Shillings &
Sixpence & pay^ for per Peakirk & Glinton & is for y* Use of y*
Said Towns **
The rest of the entries are in regular order, except that the
accounts for the last year are on blank pages that bad been missed
between the years 1 7 1 3 and 1 7 14. <^ s. d.
1 708. 9 May. for Going a proseseng of holey tbursday 068
(The perambulation of the parish, beating the bounds.)
. for y* funt Remouing . , . .020
Paid to John Alleksander for pueing the Church
fiften pounds • . . . . 15 o o
Churchwardens^ Accounts at Peakirk. .23
£ s. d.
1712. I Nov. paide to Thomas Suthell for mecking y* north
dore aod one pew and sets and funt : civer for tow pare
of gouts and nailes and a Bord and a Knob for y* funt i 1 1 o
171 7. Paid to M' CoIIings for ye kings armes and
Lackering y* frame . . . . . 4 J2 o
1726. Paid for y« Chilldms Vitells And drink at y« Viset-
tation . , . . .'056
Paid for y« tarer of y* glibe . . .010
(The terrier of the glehe.)
1727. Paid for mending y* meeds pew and y* fep fowkes
pewe to thorns dye . . . . .006
(What waa the «* meeds pew P ")
for and oters Hed.. . . . .0x0
(This is the first otter paid for in this hook. There are hetween
fifty and sixty sinular entries. Frequent payments are
made for hedgehogs, 2d, each ; for fnUmords (polecats),
2d. each ; and for foxes, 1«. each.)
^734- 5^^' for a pece of wood to make a halfe bolker 006
(What was this P)
6 Oct.. p* W». Ball for makeing a Crampe . o o x
1744. 24 Nov. p* J. Hand for a purl & Keay . .cox
(For mending a hell.)
1745. 23 May. Spent at y« Preram bleat ion . .080
1746. II Apr. for an act of Parlem* Relateing to y*
Horn*d Cattle . . . . .0x0
(Between this date and 2 Apr. 1748, no less than nine entries
occur of payments for acts of parliament relating tp the
homed cattle, and fonr payments tor orders on the same
subject. In 1748, 23 May, is payment for a form of prayer
for the cattle.)
15 Apr. p* on y« Duke of Cumberlands Birth Day
for Ringing . . • . . .010
X May ye same time money Spent per y« order of
of (sic) y* Towne on account of y* Victory gaind
over y Rebels in Scotland p** to ye women to ward
their Cake . . . .. . .050
pd Wid Quincy for ale . . . . o 15 o
p*R: Tyers for ale . . . . o 12 2
p* R : fFoot for Gunpoudor . . .028
pd W» : Leay for playing of y* Mustek . .020
1749. I May. p^ R**. Tyers for ale on accompt of y^
peace being Concluded . . . .050
p* Wid Quincy D» . ... .050
(This was after the treaty of Aix la Chapelle.)
24 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
£ s. d.
1750. 12 May. Sold R* : Smith two peces of Wood to
mend y* Stockes . . . . .006
1753. 20 Dec. p'^R: Culpin for a Sparrow nett . 040
1757. 28 Jan. p<* W» Sutton M' Chamberlins man of
Etton for a Badger , . . . ,010
(About 4 other sunilar entries are found.)
^759* ^3 Apr. for a prair for the Seaceing of the Dis-
temper that Raged amongst the horned Cattle .010
14 June. p4 M' Percival one pound nine shillings
for the Singin Looft . . . . ,190
17^1. S Jan, p* to the C07 nian for two otters . 020
(Clearly one of the men in charge of the wild duok decoy.
This is still in a flourishing condition, about two miles from
Feakirk church. It is now in Newborough parish, but the
whole of Borough fen was extra-parochial at the date of
these aooounts. From an entry in 1727 ire see that a seat
in the church was assigned to the fen folk, who had no
parish church of their own. See also under 1766.)
1764. 3 Aug. To Jn* Roberts for the Surplis washing
& Church Cleaning on Acc^ of the Bishop takeing
the Sacrement . . . . .020
1 7^5* 30 May. To Breefes un Red . . .020
(This occurs several times afterwards. To save the trouble of
collecting, the parish contributed a small sum from the
general funds. At the beginning of this century, briefs,
though still read, were not much regarded. Sometimes, as
I was told by one who had often seen it, the Churchwarden
would walk round the church with a plate, for form's sake,
but without the least pretence of soliciting any offering.)
1766. 20 Apr. To W°» Hardy for fioaring & wainscoating
y* fenn pue & Mending other pues two pounds four
Shill'. Thirteen Shillings & fourpence Their of was
p<J by y« Gent : of Boro fenn . . . i 10 8
(See above, 1761.)
1773. To Ja'. Puddington J : Roberts & W» Hardy for
puting up y* Kings Armes w** Fell Down . .020
1779. I Oct. Recv^ of M' Sutton for acknoledgment
for His pew Whitning . . . .016
1782. 29 Mar. p^ Rich^. Percival for making The Shade
for y* burel Sarves as apers by his Bill . , i 1 1 6
(A shade for the burial service was probably a sort of sentry
box for the use of the officiant in the rain.)
1786. 5 Sep. for Groing to Peter Boro It bein in harvest 026
Robert de Holcot.
25
226. — Old Scarlett (205). — It is stated, p. 249, that in
the eDgraving given in Chambers's Book of Days this worthj is
represented without the whip in the belt. My authority for this was
the passage in Notes and Queries, But on looking at the engraving I
find the whip is there, though not very distinctly shewn : and this
correction was also given in a later number of Notes and Queries, £d.
227. — Robert db Holcot. — Although there is some uncertainty
as to the exact birthplace of this celebrated author there is no reason
to doubt that he was a native of Northamptonshire. Leland calls
bim "Avoniae Borealis alumnus/* to which Bale subjoins ''seu
Northamptonae/* as does the MS. Trin. quoted by Tanner in his
note. Pits says "North-
Sn ^ucrbfa Contois
ilobcm IxIcailltaiSbOMc iSoildtt tln(lliit Mc
<t:)cplan9noe6 locupktir
' - BbtftoacqfcbalamftudiBoifiaiti
d<tionqicoi iipUacmct ;nytopiDopacd>tti»
due*
amptonse in Anglia natus/*
in which be is followed by
Henry Wharton in the
appendix to Cave's Historia
Literaria. Fuller, however,
both in his Church History
and in his Worthies of Eng-
land, states that he was born
at Holcot, a village in the
county of Northampton, and
in the margin of his Worthies
allies " Camdens Britannia
in Northamptonshire'* as his
authority, but I am unable
to find any such passage
in Gibson's Translation,
London, 1695. There must
have been such a statement
however in some edition
for in my copy of Cave's
Historia Literaria, Oxon.
1743, there is this MS.
note, in an old hand, "natus apud Holcot in agro Northton
nt Camdenus noster, et ex antiqua Famili& inde nomen sumente.*'
This note confirms a conjecture which I had ventured to make that
he might have been a son of Robertus de Holcot, who was one of
the Knights of the Shire in the Parliament at Westminster in the
year i3'-«8, the second year of King Edwaid 111., as given by Bridges
in his History of Northamptonshire, vol. i. p. 9. That the family
iLls^fliMm'nif ^fliTbfl^g intdSboB UlirnifftnC^
' ppiniifjoaaolijrdloa*
26 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
derived their name from the place seems clear, but what is the
etymology of Holcot, or Holecot as it is in Domesday ? Dr. R. Morris,
in his Etymology of Local Names, p. ^^, has " Hol, (holiowj Hol-
beach, Hol-land, Hol-bom, Hol-bell, &c./* but whether the natural
features of the locality justify this meaning I am unable to say. Our
author himself has his ^ own explanation of his name, " Per verba
prima [super lib. Sapieniiai] autor alludere mihi videtur ad nomen
suum, quod clarius postea in praefatione insinuat. Post verba adducta
ex Cani. ii., CoUimha mea in foraminibus petrcB, addit, Hie [fuse ed.]
sunt autem foramina domunciUi sive casa, in quibus juxta cognitionis
mecs sensum debeo conversare, Sicut enim nonien in robore, ita
cognomen habeo a [a hole] foramine [a cote"] casae datum: et ideo sicut
nomen meum [Robertus in ed.] in robore, ita [Holcot in ed.] cognomen
intueor in foramine petrcs. In marginibus libri notantur plerumque
et autorum nomina, et materia quae ibidem tractatur.*' Ita CI. Langb.
Ms. Baliol, Ixxi. p. 24. This note is from Tanner, who adds that he
was educated in the monastery of the Dominicans at Oxford, where
he obtained the degree of Doctor in Divinity, and was a public
Professor in that faculty. He was admitted to hear confessions by
the bishop of Lincoln, Henry Burwash or de Burghursh, or as it is in
Tanner's note. Burghers, on the 11 Kalend. April mcccxxxi-ii., ue.
March 22, 1332. Ant. Wood in his Hist, et Antiq, Oxon, i. 65,
informs us that Holcot was " primo justitiarius, dein Frater Praedi-
cator " or one of the Dominican Order. Ducange explains Justitiarius
as being equivalent to Judex, but Wood, I presume, uses it as a term
for a Student in Canon or Civil Law, a meaning, however, which is
not found in Ducange.
Those who consider Holcot to have been the author of the
Philobiblon, generally ascribed to Richard de Bury, Bishop of Durham,
suppose that he was one of his chaplains, as *' the bishop had always in
his house many chaplains, all great scholars.*' Warton's History of
English Poetry (i. p. cxlviii., ed. Price 1824). Nay, the French
editor of the Philobib, H. Cocheris, (Paris mdccclvi.. Introduction,
p. xxii.) says boldly " Holcot 6tait un des familiers les plus intimes de
r^v^ue de Durham ) il a pu copier plusieurs fois I'ouvrage de son
ami, et m6me y mettre son nom." So far however as I am aware
there is no clear evidence to prove that he was an intimate friend, or
chaplain, of that learned and book-loving and book-collecting Prelate,
although it is by no means unlikely that they were acquainted, and
even connected, with each other.*
• See an Artlde by Emest 0. Thomas ** on the manoBoriptB of the Philo-
biblon," in the Lihrary Chronicle^ (noB. 20-21, vol. ii., Oct., Nov., 188fi,) for a
full diacnasion on this inbjeot. Hr. Thomaa, p. 186, caUi Holoot *' one of de
Boi/e chaplains." Bat this has not been proved.
Robert de Holcot. 27
The large nmnber of works attributed to Holcot prores that be
most have been constaDtly emplojed at Oxford, and perhaps at
Northampcon \ at which latter place be was carried off by the plague
while lecturing upon the book Ecclesiasticos^ having reached the
seventh chapter. " Nota qa&d dnm exponeret caput septimum, obiit»**
as Pits writes, in the year 1349. He was baried in the Dominican
monastery at Northampton. His character is perhaps best given by
Pits, who writes after Leland and Bale, and describes him as, " Vir
solidi ingenii, oonstantis judicii, multi laboris, incredibilis Industrie^
tantaeqne lectionis ut pen^ omnes melioris notae antiquiores Theolpgos
perlostraverit. Prudens in rebus agendb, foelix in negotiis dirigendis
dexter in expediendis. Litteras humaniores, et omnes liberales artes,
Qtcumque tenuit, melius Pbilosopbicas scientias, Theologicas autem
et accuratissime didicit, et utilissime docuit Non enim solum in
Tbeologia scholastica, sed etiam in antiquis patribus, in primis £cclesi«
Doctoribus, in oecumenicis Conciliis, et in sacris denique scripturis
vald& fuit exercitatus ut non immerito has et similes laudes ei tribuant
inter alios Trithemius, Sixtus Senensis, et Leander Albertus Bonon-
iensis." Leland and Bale are equally laudatory in their remarks on
his ability, industry, and learning, though the former questions the
excellence of his style, and the latter, as might be expected, criticises
the soundness of some of his doctrine. Leland sajrs, ** Nunquam
tamen vel horalam unam cessavit, quo minus voti compos esset.
Unde effectum est, ut si non facundiam undecunque luculentam»
redundantem, variam, rerum saltem comparaverit sibi sublimium
cognitionem, altam, certam, exactam ; quae nisi accedat, quid aliud est
eloquentia, quam pnrpureus fucus distorto corpori male conveniens.*'
And Bale observes, ''£t licet ejus doctrina non sit omni ex parte pura,
aut syncera, est tamen non mediocri eruditione pluribus in locis
referta.'* After these testimonies to Holcot's ability and labours it
will be appropriate to conclude with our Northamptonshire Fuller's
account of his brother county worthy.
Fuller in his Worthies, among the writers of Northamptonshire,
includes Robert Holcot, who, he says, " was bom in a village of this
county so named, bred in the university of Oxford, and afterwards
became a Dominican in Northampton. A deep scholar, and yet
commended to be prudent in rebus agendis, and accounted one of the
greatest school-n^n in that age. Nor was he only a candle, or
domestick light, confin'd within the walls of his own Country, but his
learning was a publick Luminary to all Christendome, as appears by
the praise which Trithemius bestoweth upon him. He died at
Northampton of the plague Anno 13491 before he had finished his
4*
28 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Lectures on the seventh of Ecclesmstes.* I say of the plague, which
at that time so raged in England^ that our Chroniclers affirm^ scarce
a tenth persoa of all sorts was left alive. Insomuch^ that the
Churches and Church- Yards in London not sufficing for their inter-
ments, a new Church- Yard was consecrated in West'Smithfield^
wherein fifty thousand were buried, who at that time died of the
pestilence.** (Part ii. p. 289.)
Fuller speaks of Holcot again in his Church History, (Part iii.
pp. 94, 9j,) in his enumeration of the ''nine eminent School-men of
the English Nation." "8. Robert Holcot, flourished under Edward
the third 1349, a Dominician, bom at Holcot in Northamptonshire,
bred in Oxford, buried in Northampton, where he died of the plague.**
He is the only one of the nine without a special title, each of the
others having such a distinction, as for instance John Duns Scotus,
Doctor Subtilis ; and he is the only Dominican. Five were Franciscans,
two Secular Priests, and one Carmelite. On p. 98 Fuller says,
*' Robert Holcot was not the meanest amongst them, who died of the
plague at Northampton, just as he was reading his Lectures on the
seventh of Ecclesiasticus ;t wherein as many Canonical truths as in
any Apocrypha chapter ; and although as yet in his publick reading
he was not come to the last verse thereof (so proper for mortality)
wee -may charitably believe he had seriously commented thereon, in
his private meditations. Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember
the end, and thou shalt never do amiss, (Eccles. vii. ^6,) ** Lastly on
p. 59 he remarks, "Yet these School-men agreed not amongst
themselves in their judgments. . . . Holcot being a Dominican,
stiffly resisted the Franciscans^ about the conception of the Virgin
Mary^ which they would have without original sin."
The edition of Holcot*s Opuscula, In Quatuor Libros Sententiarum ;
De Imputabilitate Peccati ; and Determinationes j printed at Lyons by
John Clim, 15 18, 4to, a copy of which is in the British Museum,
contains also Auctoris ipsius vita nuper Adjecta. This was probably
the source from which Leland and the rest derived their information,
but it is taken from Trithemius de Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis, first
printed in 1494.
Pits gives the fullest catalogue of his works : —
In Prophetas Minores. 12 separate CommeDtaries. MSS. in Balliol
Library and Bodleian.
In Prorerbia. MS. in Balliol Library.
• Thia Bhonld be " EeeUtiaitieut,"
t This is alluded to in the colophon of the work printed at Venice, 1509.
« Qoam doctor ipse preclams a dec yooatns, ao morte preventos explere non
potuit."
Robert de Holcot. 29
In Cantioa Ckntiounim.
In EodflUAsten.
In Sapientiam Solomonis. ocziii Lectionefl.
In Septem priora capita Eodeaiastici. Izxxyiii LeotioneB.
In Quatnor Erangelia.
\t^ firangeHiim S. MatUuei.
Allegoric Utrinsqne TertamentL MS. in S. Peer's OoU. library,
Cambridge.
£zempla Scriptone.
Morales Ezpoeitiones.
Moralizationes Sacro Soriptnra pro Eyangeliiaatibns Yerbom Dei. MS.
in Magdalen ColL Ozon.
MoralizatioDee Historiamm.
De Ptedicatoris Officio.
Sennonee per Annum. MS. at S. Peter's Coll. Cambridge.
Sermones de Sanctis.
Sermones FestiTales.
Sermones Qnadragesimalee.
Super quinque Uoiversalia.
Leotune SoholasticsB.
Qusstiones super Magistrum Sententiarcm.
Quffistionum Determinationes.
Qnodlibeta. MS. at Pembroke CoU. Cambridge.
In Magistrum Sententiamm. MSS. at Balliol, Morton, Oriel Coll. Oxon.
Conferentis.
Distinctionxmi Liber Unus. MSS. 'at Bodleian and Merton CoU. Oxon.
Super articuUs impugnatis.
De Immortalitate Animse.
De Prascientla et Pnedestinatione.
De Peccatis Mortalibus.
De Libertate Credendi.
De Imputabilitate Pecoati.
De Fautoribus Hsretioorum.
De Amore.
De Umbra, naturis, motibus et efibotibus SteUamm.
De Ludo Scacohorum.
Dictionarium.
Tn the " Scriptores Ordinis Praedicatorora," by Quelif and Ecbard^
the following additional works by Robert Holcot are enumerated : —
De Orlgine, definitione et remedio pecoatonmiy Paris 1517. Brugis 1617.
ConcordantifiB AnglicansD.
De Serpente.
Beductorium Morale in Ayenione factum et Parisiis oorrectum et tabolatum,
▲.n. 1342.
Breyiloquium Thom» Holcot.
Dicta SalutlB per Bobertum Holcot, yel Guilielmum Aquitanicum.
It seems doubtful whether these two are by him. Echard states
that the Sorbonoe MS. places Holcot at Cambridge instead of Oxford^
but this is no doubt a mistake.
30 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Another writer on the Dominican Order, *'de Altamura^** Rom.
1677, pp. 123, 123, mentions these works : —
Boberti Holoot de Septem Peccatia Capitalibufl.
Be Umbra Stellamm.
De Natora, de Motibua, et de EfEeotibns SteUamm.
De Amore Stellanun.
De Motibut Natnraliboa.
Liber de Impunitate Pjdocati [forte, Impntabilitate].
De Amore Ldbromm, ad Epiacopiim Dilmonensem. [Dnnehnenaem].
The work entitled simply De Amore in the previous list from Pits
may be this work, better known as the Philobiblon, or Philobiblion.
There is some difficulty m accounting for Fuller's reference to
Camden's Britannia as his authority for the birthplace of Holcot, in
his Church History published in 1656, and his Worthies in 1662. My
friend, J. E. T. Loveday, Esq., of Williaroscot near Banbury, kindly
examined the Latin editions of the Britannia^ London, 1607, fol. and
Franofort ad Maen. 161 6, quarto, and Dr. Philemon Holland's Trans-
lation^ London, 1610, in the British Museum, without finding any
mention of Holcot. Lowndes gives another edition of Philemon
Holland's Translation, '* finally revised by the said author," Lond.
1637, ^ol*> A°^ i^ IS iTOTCi this, I suppose, for I have not had an
opportunity of consulting it, that Fuller derived his statement. Bp.
Gibson, in the Preface (p. a, a 2 verso,) to his Translation of the
Britannia m 1695, speaks of Dr. Holland's ''additions and inter-
polations," and says that he has omitted them in his version, which
was made from Camden's genuine Latin text. Later editions of
Camden repeat the statement that Holcot was bom at the village so
Darned^ e.g. that of 1724, under the hundred of Hamfordshoe,
No. XIII. of the hundreds in the county, has ''Holcot, a small
Village, famous for the Birth of Robert Holcot, whose Ancestors took
the Name from it, an Argument, that at that Time they were the Lords
of the Manor, and chief Men in it." Then follows an account of
his life from Trithemius. After all it seems that Fuller's statement
is based on a guess of Dr. Holland's derived from Holcot's name.
This is not an improbable conjecture, but perhaps is now incapable
of proof.
Bale mentions a treatise De Impunitate Peccati, which may be a
mistake for Impntabilitate. Several have been printed, viz:— In
Proverbia, Ecclesiasticum, Sapientiam Salomonis, Moralitates and
Moralizationes, Sermones per annum, In 4 Libros Sententiarum,
Conferentiae, Determinationes, De Impntabilitate Peccati, Distinctiones.
The full titles of these have been collected by Mr. John Taylor, and
shall be given in the ensuing part of " N. N. & Q.**
W. E. BVCKLBT.
Meaning of ''/Etr 31
228. — ^WiLMBR Family of Stwbll. — I am engaged in
compiling a pedigree of this family, and should be very much obliged
if any reader of " N. N. & Q." can help me. I am specially anxious
to make the pedigree complete for the latter part of the eighteenth
century. I should add that I have consulted the Sywell and Ryton
registers and the printed vi^tations of heralds, as well as the works
of Bridges, Baker, Nash, and of the Harleian Society.
a Jolm'i CoUag*, Oxford. C. WiLMXR FoSTBR«
229. — Mbanino op thb Abbrbtiation *'iET." — ^There seems
some uncertainty as to the meaning of this term ; and as it is in
constant use, its interpretation should, I think, be definitely fixed.
Does ''act 5o"=statis quinquaginta annorum=aged jo; or does
it=anno aetatis quinquagesimo^aged 49 ? In sending some abbre-
viated inscriptions to our worthy editor I used the term "set" as
equivalent to ** aged 5 " and, in reply, he drew my attention to it as,
in his opinion, an error. I had used the term as a useful, and, as I
believed, an ordinary abbreviation, without giving any thought as to
its exact meaning ; but on looking up the matter I find that my
interpretation is at all events not an uncommon one. In the pedigree
of Rooke (Genealogist, iv. 196), I find "Wm. Rooke bapt. 1588,
bur. 1645, art. 57 5" which should be " act. 58," if "art." is equivalent
to "anno aetatis.*' In the pedigree of Browne (Genealogistf iii. 73),
lieut col. Browne, bom 1798, died 1864, is said to have been ''act.
66,*' which, on the same supposition should be " act. 67." Again, in
Sleigh's History of Leek, an infant is put down as dying "art. 15
months.** These instances however only convinced me that mine
was a common use of the term, not that it was the right use ; so I
wrote to the editor of The Genealogist, and he in answer gave it as
his opinion that I was right : and supported it by the authority of the
loquisitiones post mortem, where we have *' aetatis triginta annorum
et amplius," the words " et amplius *' denoting the period over and
above the last birthday. Curiously enough in the October number
of our " N. N. & Q.,** pp. 249-50, the point is raised in speaking of
the age at death of old Scarlett.
Great floughton, T. J.
It is very desirable that any uncertainty as to the meaning of the
word ''aet " on tombstones and monuments should be removed. If
it is, at all generally, regarded as equivalent to ** aged,** I am still of
opinion that this translation is founded on a misconception. It will
be observed that two of T. J.'s instances decide nothing one way or
the other 5 William Rooke, baptized 1588, and buried 1645, might
32 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
have been aged j7, or in the 57th year of his age, according to the
months of his birth and death. If, for example, he had been born in
May and died in June, he would have been aged 57, but if born in
June and buried in May he would have been aged 56. And so with
the second example. The other two certainly imply that "aet"=aged,
and I should be glad to have further opinion on the matter. I have
consulted one eminent classical scholar, late fellow and tutor at
Oxford, who writes to me in these terms : — " I have no doubt you are
right, and that the expressions quoted on the other side have arisen
out of a misunderstanding of the act 5 aetatis could not mean
absolutely * of the age.' " Ed.
230. — Registers op Maidwell. — In Bridges* Northampton-
shire (1791), it is said that the registers of Maidwell date from 1570.
The parliamentary returns in 1833, however, give 1780 as the earliest
date of the same. The transcripts in the diocesan registry at
Peterborough commence, I believe, at a date subsequent to 1700. I
should feel obliged for any information as to the older missing
registers and transcripts.
Dublin. R. E. L.
231. — Monuments in Passenham Church. — I notice that
the monuments in this church to Antony Trye, rector (1701),
Anthony Trye, gent. (1698), Mary Pargiter (1694-j), Gul. Leon.
Mackdowall (17 13), and Elizabeth Mackdowall (1720), Anna
Pygott (161 1), Rev. Mr. Jenkinson (1751), and Anne his wife
(1762), and the slab within the altar rails to sir Robert Banastre
(1649), 3re not now visible, unless they have by any accident escaped
my notice. Perhaps some of your readers may know what has
become of them. (See Baker, ii. 193 j and Bridges, i. 304.) I should
be glad also to know what family bore the coat of arms which appears
in the screenwork and stalls of the chancel, described thus : — Ermine,
on two bars six mullets. Sometimes the shield of Banastre, A cross
flory, impales the above, and sometimes quarters it. These initials
and date appear on one of the stalls : — b : r : m : 1628 :
The following inscriptions are not mentioned in Baker's history,
some being of more recent date.
I. On a tablet on the north wall of the chancel, surmounted by crests
of Loraine and Smith j and with the arms of Smith (?) quartering
Loraine, and four others : — " Within a vault in the adjoining
Churchyard, are deposited the mortal remains of the Rev.
Loraine Loraine Smith, l.l.b.. Magistrate for the counties of
Northampton and Buckingham, and Rector of this Parish for
G. T. HARRIS,
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232
Book-worm.
243
Old Libraries : a Suggestion.
283
Saunderson Family, Little Addington.
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The George Inn, Northampton.
234
The Ancestors of Benjamin Franklin.
245
Tradesmen's Tokens :
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Pariflh Begisters of Kassington.
Northampton.
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CivU-War, 1643: The Taking of
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246
Michael Wodhnll.
237
Hears Ashby Honse.
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Monuments in Passenham Church. 33
forty five years : He died the 20th of May, 1857, aged 73 years.
Instigated by his own good ^ste And from a grateful feeling to
his esteemed Patron, Charles Viscount Maynard, He considerably
enlaiged and ornamented The Rectory House and Grounds and
improved the Church aod Churchyard. This tablet is erected to
his memory by Isabella Charlotte his affectionate widow Who
also lies in the same vault. Having closed a life of loving self-
denial on March ai**, 1870, aged 81 years."
a. On the west wall, above the gallery, is a tablet, thus inscribed : —
, " In Memory of Judith wife of William Tompkins of this parish
who after having lived beloved died lamented by all that knew
her y*. 1 8th of Jan^. 1 754, aged 74 years. Also the said W".
Tompkins who was Inter'd June 15^, 1762, aged 84 years."
3. On a brass tablet on the north wall of the chancel : — " To the
Glory of God and in afifectionate remembrance of her brother,
Thomas Day, late of Stony Stratford, and as a grateful memorial
of the goodness of God, the East Window in this Church was
erected by Priscilla Day, Anno Domini, 1867."
4. On a tablet on the outside of the south wall : — *' Near this place
are deposited the remains of Mr. William Matthews (formerly
of Swanboume, Bucks), Who died 2"** of Nov* 181 8 aged 6^
jezts. Also of Mrs. Mary Deverell his daughter, who died %^
June 18 18 aged 34 years.** At the foot are two Imes of verse.
T.J.
232. — Book-worm. — About two years ago, Mr. John Taylor,
of Northampton, brought to me a book -worm which he had found
in a choice copy of Cole's 'Herveiana, in the town library, and which
was exhibited at the next meeting of the Natural History Society.
It was the caterpillar of the moth CEcophora pseudospretella, and
in appearance a "maggot** about i inch long and \ inch thick,
_ yellowish white in colour, with a horny head, and
six legs all crowded in the front part of its body.
I kept it for some little time in an old prayer book,
but the quality of the paper would not suit its
fastidious taste. It would not eat, and only lived a
day or two. Although the holes left by this cater-
pillar are only too common, yet the insect itself is not often met with.
In the Northampton town library many of the older books exhibit
frequent holes, and Mr. T. J. George, F.G.S,, the librarian, tells me
that when moving some old books a short time ago he saw and killed
several.
Northwnpton. C. E. Crick. .
5
34 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
233. — Saundbrson Family op Little Adding.ton (ioi, 113,
t6o). — The following inscription from a mural monument in the
south wall of S. Martin's church, Stamford, will help to complete the
account of the Saunderson family. . Particulars of Martha SaundersoD,
afterwards Etough, will he found at vol. i., p. 115.
'' M. S. Martha Etough Relict of the Rev. Henry Etough M.A»
Rector of LufFwick and of Islip in the County of Northampton, and
Eldest Daughter of the Rev. Anthony Sanderson Rector of Barnwell
S*. Andrew. Died 20*. April 1835 ^g^^ 75 years. The Rev. Henry
Etough died 25"*. March 1795 at Methley in the County of York
where he is interred aged 39 Years. Martha their 3<* Daughter died
24<^. February 1832 aged 45 years."
At the top is the coat of arms of the Etough family. These
arms were borne quarterly with the Saunderson shield by this lady's
son, and his children.
234*. — ^Thb Ancestors op Benjamin Franklin. — "The Bosttm
Daily Courier ol April 10 [1857], in an account of the annual meeting
of the Massachusetts Historical . Society, on the previous day,
gives the following very interesting account of an old MS. relating
to the ancestors of Benjamin Franklip, in the parish of Ecton, in this
county.
The Hon.* Edward Everett in a yery eloquent manner presented
to the society a rare English manuscript, which he had received from
the celebrated Thomas Carlyle, containing memorandums relating to
the Franklin family in England, previous to their removal to America.
He spoke in substance as follows : —
I felt strongly impelled, Mr. President, to say a few wortjs by way
of seconding the resolution so appropriately moved and so handsomely
supported by Governor Washburn 1 ... I rise only, therefore,
at this somewhat late hour of the morning, to offer to the acceptance
of the society, through you, what I am confident you will regard as
an interesting reljc, viz., the original manuscript record book of the
small tithes of the parish of Ecton, Northamptonshire, England,
from 1640 to about 1700, the parish, I need not tell you. Sir, where
the family of Benjamin Franklin had been established for several
generations previous to the emigration of his father to Boston in
1682. This venerable relic had, it seems, been found in North-
amptonshire by Mr. Wake, an English gentleman, who presented it
to Mr. Thomas Carlyle. Mr. Carlyle, justly presuming that it would
be of greater interest in this countiy than it could have been in
England, sent it to me, leaving the disposal of it to my discretion.
The Ancestors of Benjamin Franklin. 35
I immediately determined, after having it suitably bound, to present
it to the Historical Society, deeming this body, as the oldest historical
society in the United States, and established too in the city where
Franklin was born, to be the proper place of deposit for a document
of some interest in reference to his family. Mr. Carlyle sent nae the
manuscript, by the hands of his friend, the e.minent artist, Mr. Samuel
Lawrence, with a letter bearing date ad December, 1853, which, owing
to accidental circumstances, did not reach me till November of the
following year. I have, with Mr. Carlyle's permission, had the
portion of this interesting and characteristic letter, which r^tes to
the manuscript, copied into one of the blank pages, in the following
terms:—
Mr. liawrance oames for me a little packet to your address : A strange old
broim MS., which never thought of travelling ont of its native pariah, but
which now, so curious are the vicissitudes and growths of things, finds its
real home on your aide of the Atlantic, and in your hands first of alL The
poor MS. is an old Tithes-Book of tlie parish of Eoton, in Northamptonshire,
from about 1640 to almost 1700, and contains, I perceive, various scattered
faint indications of the civil war time, which are not without interest ; but the
thing which should raise it above all tithes-books yet &eard of is, that it
contains actual notices, in that fashion, of the ancestors of Benjamin Franklin
— blacksmiths in that parish ! Here they are — their forge hammers yet
going — renting so many '* yard-lands " of Norlhamptonshire church-soil —
keeping so many sheep, &o. &o. — lit£le conscious that one of the demigods was
about to proceed out of • them. I flatter myself these old plaster-cast
representations of the very form and pressure of the primeval (or at least
prior-eval) Franklins will be interesting in America ; there is the very stamp
(as it were) of the black knuckles, of their hob-nailed shoes, strongly preserved
to U0, in hardened day, and now indestructible, if we take any care of it.
In the interior of the parcel are the neocEsary further indications of its
history. I am very happy now to give up this MS. to your piety— such being
the best dictate of my own piety upon the subject. To your wise keeping and
wise disposal I now surrender it ; and it is you that have it on your conscience
hereafter, not I.
I lost no time in thanking Mr. Carlyle for sending me this inter-
esting document. I informed hini of the use that I proposed to
make of it, and that an opportunity would probably occur of bringing
it to the public notice^ on occasion of the inauguration of the statue
of Franklin, which was already in anticipation. I placed it in your
hands, Mr. President, at the proper time for that purpose, rejoicing to
have it in my power to contribute in this way, however slightly, to
the materials of the admirable address delivered by you on that
occasion. In reply to my letter of acknowledgment, in which I had
asked Mr. Carlyle's permission to publish his part of the correspond-
ence between us, he addressed a second letter to me dated 2ad
s*
36 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
December, 1854, of which I have caused the following extract to be
copied also in one of the blank leaves : —
All is right with this matter of the old Tithes-book ; and I am heartily
pleased to find that it so pleases yon, and is to have snch honors as you indicate.
A poor half -foolish and yet partly very serious and worthy old object has been
rescued from its vague wanderings over cosmos and chaos, and at length
helped into its right place in the creation ; for which small mercy let us be
thankful, and wish only that, in bigger cases (of which in nature Uiere are so
many, and of such fi tragical sort,) the same perfect service could always be
done ! A1im» ! alas !
To-day I am in considerable haste ; but would not lose a post in answering
you about the letter you speak of. I quite forget what was in the letter in
question : but do not doubt it would be some transcript of my then f eelingrs
about the matter on hand, — part of the truth, therefore, and I hope not of the
untruth, in regard to it; —and I will very willingly commit it altogether to
your friendly discretion, to make whatever use of it you find to be reasonable
and feasible, and so will say, long life to 'Franklin's memory ! and add our
little shout to that of the Bostoners in inaugfurating their monument for him.
** Long life to the memory of all brave men," to which prayer if we could add
only ** speedy death to the memory of all who were not so,*' it would be
a comprehensive petition, and of salutary tendencies, in the epoch Bamum and
Hudson !
I will not take up your time, Mr. President, at this advanced hour,
by a more detailed description of- this ancient and interesting
document. Mr. Wake has facilitated the use of it by marking with
a pencil the passages where the name of Franklin occurs. I feel
gratified that it has fallen to my lot on this occasion, when we are
taking formal possession of Mr. Do>yse's magnificent library, to
have it in my power to make the first uffering to the society after that
happy event, and that this offering should .be an original manuscript
volume, possessing some antiquarian interest in connection with the
family of the great man, whose merit was so fully appreciated by
Mr. Dowse, and to whose memory, among the last acts of his life,
he erected a monument in granite near his own last resting place at
Mount Auburn.**
The above is taken from a slip found in a large collection of
cuttings from newspapers. It is presumed that it appeared in one of
the local newspapers, which I have not been able to verify. Feeling
the desirabiUty of noting any of our parish documents which have
been taken away from their parish chests, containing curious and
valuable information pertaining to the early English emigrants to
America, I thought it well to insert the particulars in our " N. N. & Q.**
By corresponding with the Rev. C. T. Davies, rector of Ecton, I
find that the parish registers there are in very complete order, being
Parish Registers of Nassington. 37
contained in thirteen volumes^ the two earliest of which contain
"Christenings, Marriages, & Barialls " from 1559 to 1637, ^^^ ^0°^
1638 to 1754, respectively. There is also an old book of church-
wardens' accounts from 1665 to 1703. Two members of the Franklin
family, Thomas and Nicholas, appear to have acted as churchwardens
about 1650. All memory of the family has now passed away : and
forty years ago the oldest inhabitants had not the least recollection of
any members of it. The MS. before referred to as having been in
Carlyle*s possession, was merely a memorandum book relating to the .
tithes. J. T.
235. — Parish Rboisters op Nassinoton. — ^The first volume
of these registers extends from 1560 (the marriages from 1580) to
165a 5 the second goes down to 1748. These trades appear :— hemp-
dresser, glassman, glover and wooll winder, sopeboiler. In 1812
" Trinity " occurs as a Christian name.
"Feese that are founde written in this booke kever at the begining
on the in ward side the letters not well perceved those feese was
caused to be neeuly written A* Domini 1625.
For serchin &giveing in a note the name of any here Registered tha
(sic) fiaptizd Married or Buried the fee is sixtenepene.
For writing the whole yeares chrisning marying & Burying the fee is
two shillinges.
For writing the townsmens names for ther levie & soming of it the
fee is sixpence.
For writing their bill of presentment y« fee is twelve pene.
For churching of wemen the fee is if the Child live till then sixpence.
For marrying the minister is to have for his fee two" vj pence.
To the clarke for bis paynes making his fee is sixpene.
The Offering at Easter, every househoulder threepence, every child or
a sarvant a penny.
For burialls every hoshoulders mortuary according to his Inmitory
as it is found in the statut. if it amount y« value of six pound
thirtene shillinges four pence, and under three 30 li pound
($ic='£^6) it is three sbilinges four pence, if it be the value of
thirtie pound under forty, six shilings 8**.
From fortie and upward tenn shilings.
For bunng in Church one shilling, in the churchyard vj^.
Prohibiting of Marriage. From the Saturday next before Advent
Sunday imtil the i^^ of Januarie : And from the Saturday next before
Septuagesima Sunday untill the Munday next after Low Sunday 5 And
from the Sunday before the Rogation weeke untill Trinitie Sunday."
38 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
1604. 15 Aug. Buried " Eliz : uxor Radulphi Pell filia Johannis
Hudson sacrae Theologiae doctoris."
Between June 1604 and January 1604-5, ''68 de peste
obierunt. Ra. Pell Vicarius."
1613-14. 27 Feb. " Ricardus Scarlet filius Gulielmi S : cuiusdam
Vagrawtis Uiendici de Walflet in Holland baptizatus fuit.**
27 Jan. . Buried " Annis Sawman a poore Olde Maide of the
age of three score & upwards."
1614-15. " Joane Burton was buried the 7* of Februarie by moone
light about two a clock in the morning dying in childebed & not
trimmed."
1615-16. 7 Jan. Baptized "Richard Bloson alias Churche alias
Devis the sonne of John Devis alias Oxe."
1623. " William Lee the parsons 'Sonne of Croxton in Bedfordshire
Servant to S' John Huit being casualie drowned in the river over
against the Mill howe was buried here^upon the third day of
Aprill 1623.**
1623-4. • "A crisum childe of John Bendons bur^ 12 March it
departed presently after it was borne.*'
1625. " Ann Hamblin wife to Addam he knockt her on the hed on
the 8 of December & shee was buried on y* 11 of December.**
1629-30. 15 Mar. " John s: Francis Cooke, who was drowned in
a swilling tube March 11" was buried.
'^34- 5 June. Buried "John Sharpe the sonne in law of Willm
Holmes was drowned in the well belonging to M' Carters house
June'2"d."
18 July. " John Atkinson servant to M' Lee was cast -from
his horse & slaine lulie [6 & buried in the cl^urchyard of
Nassington."
1636. "William fFoster servant to Tho: Ricroft was slaine wt a
timber strike coming down the hill from Yarwell 27 Maij & was
buried the 30 Maij."
1644. 9 Apr. Buried " Susanna Willcock the moth' of firan : W:
Vic. chan :"
Francis Wilcocks was vicar from 1627 to 1657 j he was buried
at Nassington, 29 Sep. 1657 ; the last word " chan." possibly
means that his mother was interred in the chancel.
1645. ^9 ^^P- Buried " Robert the sonne of ffrancis Whitewell
the nose eaton of w*** a ferret & killed the child."
This entry is written on the inside of the back of the first
volume : — " Rich'* fForster iu« child christned at ffotheringhay by
Civil War, 1643. 39
M'Welb/ & not signed w^ the signe of the crosse 2 June 164 a/*
iTiese lines are signed " J. L.,** probably John Laurence^ the
Ticar.
"Hie Kcet exiguus tria continet iste Libellus
Gyram vita; conjugium ; baptisma, sepulchrum.'*
The times within which marriage might not be solemnised are
thus rendered in Latin : — " Solempnizatio Matrimonii non debet fieri
nisi post Banna Canonice edita. £t non potest fieri a prima
Dominica Adventus usqi^e 'ad Octavas £piphaniae exclusive et a
DominidL SeptuagesimU usque ad primam Dominicam post Pascha
inclusive et a pnm4 die Rogationum usque ad Septimum Diem
Pentecostes inclusive."
236. — Civil War, 1643 : The Taking of Grafton House.
— ^"I thought good to relate unto you, the service lately performed here
in these parts. On Thursday night last, about eight a clocke there
was command given, for a party of a thousand foot or thereabouts,
to be ready to march the next morning by two of the clocke j where-
npon they met at their Rendevouze at Lathhury, a mile herehence,
where a brave party of horse of our owne, and Colonell Nonuiches
met with us, and were our Van and Reare-gaurd, so we marcht with
foure peeces of Artillery towards Grafton Regis, six miles off from^
this place, where we understood that our £nemies were inclosed in a
strong house of the Ladie Craines, and the Church of the same
Towne : whereupon we faced it, & leaving it on our right hand, we
marcht forward towards Toxiter, as though we had beene bound
thitherward. But when wee came within a mile of the said Towne
of Taxiier, wee met with a party 6f horse and foot that came from
Northampton for our assistance, under the command of Colonell
IVettam, whereupon wee faced about, and the party of the Orange
Regiment, which before brought up the Reare, then marcht in the
Van, and Colonell Williams Forces followed in the Reare of the
party that canoe from Neivpott, But vhen wee came within sight of
the house, the old souldiers of my Lords outmarcht, us, and gave
the onset on the house very couragiously, and were as bravely
answered, and by reason of the strength of the walls, and well
fortifying of the same, our Musquetiers did them small injury at that
time ; whereupon there were two of our peeces planted against the
house, and playd upon it, but they did not much annoy them neither.
On the Saturday morning the Orange and Greene Regiments relieved
my Lords souldiers, and when any advantage could be gained against
our Enemies, we made use of it. They within had very long pieces.
40 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
and could reach us at a great ^dista nee. At our guard we having
found a convenient place to plant a piece, made use of it^ & beat down
with our Sacre before Saturday night a breast work on the top of the
house, which had done us much annoyance, & also a window whereat
they shot out at us. On Sunday morning we were relieved by those
Northampton forces, under the command of Colonell PTettam, and
about two houres after, he had the guard, they within sounded a
parley but through the eagernesse of the Souldiers the Drum, was
shot, but not slaine out right, whereupon they sent out a Trumpet
' and had parley granted for halfe an houre, and after that another halfe
houre, so then they yeelded themselves prisoners being in number
ninescore and seven besides Officers whereof Sir John Digby was
chiefe, there was another Officer of note viz. Major Brookbanck, and
diverse Captaines, some of them men of about 700 It, yeare a piece
whose names are to me unknowne. About two of the clocke on
Sunday the souldiers entered the house, where they found great and
rich plunder, which they had for their paines ; In the taking of this
house wee lost about 20 men ^nd had hurt 10, besides 9 that were
hurt by our own powder, on Christmas day before day, order was
given to fire our huts which we had made in the field, and for pre-
vention of future inconveniences the house was fired also, so we
marcht- with our prisoners (guarded by those others forces that
assisted us) towards Newport, very weary by reason of the foulenesse
of the weather and deepnesse of the way, but praised be God we
came safely thither, where we now lye expecting reliefe every day,
that we may come and rest our selves, I thank e God that neither my
selfe nor any of my souldiers are hurt, nor not one of our Regiment
slaine, notwithstanding we were iii great danger and hazard, I beseech
God make us thankfull for this preservation of us, there were some
that came to us on our guard as spectators, being a surveyor of the
workes, and a Captain of a Troope of Horse slaine at one shot, and
also a Gunner that belonged to the Sacre, in our guard. I pray
remember my love to my neighbours, so with my best respect unto
^""Newport Pannell. ^°^^ ^^'''"S '^'^d and neighbour
25 Decemb. 1643.
The above is taken from A true Relation of the Taking of Grafton
House by the Parliaments Forces, under the Command of Sergeant
Major Skipton. With the Demands of Sir lohn Digby upon a
surrender. And the Resolute Answer of Sergeant Major Skipton.
. . . With the Names of the Chiefe Commanders that were taken
Prisoners.
r
40 Northamptc
and could reach us at :
found a convenient place
with our Sacre before St
house, which had done
they shot out at us. Oi
Northampton forces, u-ti
about two houres aft^
parley but through th&
shot, but not slaine o«^«^<
• and had parley grantedl
houre, so then they >r«
ninescore and seven ti
chief e, there was anotb
diverse Captaines, sorri
whose names are to trsn
Sunday the souldiers ^
rich plunder, which t:fa
house wee lost abou^ ^
hurt by our own po '^*^*
given to fire our hut^s-
vention of future i»::^<
marchtwith our p*"*
assisted us) towards^
of the weather and ^
came safely thither, ^*^
that we may come ^^
selfe nor any of mr —
slaine, not withstand* •^
God make us thank •^''
that came to us oa ^^
workes, and a Capt^"^
also a Gunner th»*^
remember my lov^ '^^
you, I rest.
Newport Pannel-^-*
25 Deccmb, ^ ^
The above is A:^*-"*^
House by the p^M^'^^
Afajor Skipton.
surrender. And '^^'^
Prisoners,
&T7BE
Tn
Thomas Tre
Thomas Treeham, Lord of
Sir William Treebam of
North'pt., Knt., Attorney G«nl. I
v., obtained Rushton 17 fiea. VI.
Sir l^omas Treeham of Ri
*>"*•» Comptroller of Household tc
VI. Beheaded as a Lancastrian I Ed
JohnTreeham of Rushton and Li
High Sheriff 92 Hen. VII. Held mi
Churchfleld 15 Hen. VII., d. 38 Hen
Sir Thomas Tresham. High i
2 Ld. VI. after death of 2nd wfe,
Prior of St. ;ohn of Jerusalem in En
1 559- Beautiful marble monumcnt.for
"?. St. Peter's, now in All Saints, Rut
Figured in A. Hartshornc's "Monun
Effigies " in Northamptonshire.
Sir John Tresham of Rus
Knt. , d. a.p.
Sir lliomas Tresham, b. 1
knichtcd at Kenil worth 1575, High SI
14 Eliz. Built Liveden. d. 1605.
Sir Lewis Tresham. a son, ere
Bart. 1 61 1, estates escheated totheCrt
d. 1639.
Sir William Tresham, Bart.,
1642. Harl. MS. 1094. Letters of Aumii
1651.
\
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BUBHTQV AHD LIVIDBN.
..... IMuULyKav, i ofSaifc Andrew.
Maudc^Rd. Beawdiamp.
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DM ItVibtm, Loid of SyweHjiaodiLonhuttNi.
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' -~ ihfooi7&i.VI.
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of HvTovdco, KoL
^OBUM Tmham of Rashioo,fMjinRt,(l.ofWilliam Lord
" r of HoaieWd to Hffl. Zooci of Harinparth.
lEdw.IV.
— hin rfB«litMind L'wdco.?Eliabcd». d. of Sir James Harringworth
eriTaHmVILHddiiMDorof of Horabr, Ijaci Knt.
ddf5HcB.m.d.3SHeD.VIII.
Iaabel.=Henry Vere
of AddiogtoD
Magna.
I. John of J«niial« m EngL, i Caihenoe »r.
jLlKmhor«s"toB««tti
aNortJa«ipMoili«. |
a Trtabim of R'»«**»'T^.'of^Vhi5too.
=2. l^etiiia Penyston, widow of Rt. KnoIIeSty aemerf
Spafterwards widow of Sir Robt. Lee of
Burston, and d. o! 57-8.
monuni
Peter's!
Sir Francis Knollest
IsabeI,=Thos. Catesby, s. Anth.
d. 1580. Catesby of Whiston.
WJ
' i1l4<tr^
KSl.«thi575.HiKfe»enii
.:^MurH<lofSirRobt
IC«ul*orthi575.*
I Urcden, 4 i«5'
jhncktoartao,
William, Gent. Pensioner
to Q. Elizabeth.
Isabel.=Siif;eo. Walton
of Stoughton,
Lane. '
SpaoiaxtL
FtB&CiS, eldest=irAnnc, d. and h. of
soo, attainted for
W^gri^'SS^ SSSSl' GiF«wd.rPK«.
John Tuston of Hat*
field, Kent.
Sir William,=FTheodosia i
3 son. Col. under Will in Soni
Prince of Orange d. 1657.
z628-67. I
£lizth.=SirGeo. Heneage
of Hatnton.
Elizabeth Tre8ham.=f-Everard ffalkener of Stokedry Rutia
Elizth. 1645. Maurice 1659. And seven other children.
(See Uppingham Reg. and "Genealogist" for i884> I
' iht yamtlj 0f toabam, of JUisIita
itina, a nun. Marble
tent formerly in St.
f Rushton.
1 TreehaXDUf Elizabeth, d. of Sir
Robert Lee.
Mary.=Win. Lord Vaux Thoe. Tre8ham=.. d. of Letttice=Jonn
of Harrowden. of the Loiind. Diroock. Tresham. Treehftm,
4 son.
Reed. ThomaB,
I. Ho., 4 son.
I
Lucye.
Annc.=i. W"'* Thatcher.
a. Visct. Montgarie
in Ireland.
MarY.=Krudenell Earl of
Cardigan.
Frances.==Edward Lord
Stourton.
Eli2th.=Willm. Lord Morley and
Monteagle. Discoverer of
Gunpowder Plot.
Bridget.=Sir Edwd. Parham, Knt.
^ of Somersetshire.
Katherine.=Sir John Webbe, KnL
nd.
Senry
Tree**^
a soo-
I
s-^ss."-^
Ncwtoo
pUtoo.d. 3© **«**•
1538.
x6»8.
Henry Treebain
x6x8.
■nioxDas
JoasTreei
felsof
Elcanor.=i. Edw. Vavasour of Overiion.
=3. Rd. Boydell of Barford.
=3. Rt. Kinsman of Loddiogton.
Rose.
Bridgct.==E<lw. Harrcn-
dine of Morcot,
Kiitl.
Dorothy .=Symon Malory of
Woodford.
Mary.=Rd. Nelson of S kelton.
I. The
P- R.
Qomaa
a William.
3. Maurice.
Judith;
Margaret
4. Valentsme.
Richard=f Ann. Maurice,
of Wold,
b. i6i3,d.
2684.
EUza
d. 1687. b. 1618.
)eth.=>John Chapman.
The Tresham Pedigree. 41
237. — MsARS AsBBT House. — The following was found
in a secret drawer of an old cabinet, by a workman employed
to repair it, while in the possession of a dealer in second-hand
fomiture. It is written on a small scrap of paper, yellow with age ;
the figure before the two oo's is illegible. The cabinet has now
been purchased, with its contents, by the Marquis of Northampton.
Can any of your readers throw any light upon the writer ?
"To whosever finde this I bequath Mears Ashby House for
ever Also in the comis of my bestead will be found *oo guineas
They are now upon us A. S. Compton "
QoUeAibbj. RxCHARD ScRIYBN.
238. — ^TflB Trbsbam Pbdigrbb. — ^Who was the last baronet
of this old Roman Catholic family ? In Nicholl*s Extinct Baronetage
and in Burke*s Extinct Baronetcies, it is stated to be Sir William,
the son of Sir Lewis of Rushton and Liveden, the first baronet. But
Betham, a laborious writer, in his Baronetage, speaks of a ''Sir
Maurice Tresham, Bart.** As his name does not appear in the
Herald*s Visitation of 16 18,. and as no later' pedigree is extant, the
simplest way is to decide that Betham made a mistake, and that the
individual he speaks of was either simply Maurice Tresham, or Sir
Maurice Tresham, knt As there is no record of the creation of a
knight of this name he could not have been a knight, and so he
must have been either Sir Maurice Tresham, hart, or simply Maurice
Tresham. If the former, he must have been of the Rushton or main
stem or stirp -, if the latter, he must have been one of the five Maurice
Treshams of the Newton branch.
1 . 2
Y Maurice Treaham T
of NewtoQ
A
I
SirThomaa ""
Tresham
of Newton
knt. 1 Bon
William =•
Tresham
2 son
Thomas =
Treaham
of Paton
2 son 1618.
Thomas
Tresham
1 son
**»t 22."
Manrice Tresham
of GMdington
8 son.
B
'I
Hanrice
Tresham
3 son
E
Haurioe
Tresham
«natas2618.'
C
J
Maurice Treaham
2son
D
42 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Before we endeavour to identify any of these five Maurices with
Betham's Maurice Tresham, we must ascertain the date of this
Maurice Tresham.
Treating of the Williamson baronetcy, Betbam has to narrate that
Sir Hed worth Williamson in 1748 married Elizabejth, daughter of
William Huddleston, lord of Milium, and he then, instead of enlarging
upon the ancestry of this family, and narrating bow nine brothers
were officers under Charles i., unnecessarily goes out of his way to
state tbat tbe fatberof tbis William, "Ferdinand Huddleston, married
Elizabeth, daughter of Lyon Falkener, Esq.,* of Uppingham, wbose
father Everard married Elizabeth, daughte'r of Sir Maurice Tresbam,
hart.'* Here we have circumstantial evidence. We see a genealogist
taking up the subject of baronetcies, and when describing the William-
sons, gratuitously and unnecessarily going out of his way to trace up
the pedigree to four generations of the wife of one of tbe Huddlestons,
evidently and solely because this fourth ancestor of Lady Williamson
was also a baronet. Can we suppose tbat he did bis work so slovenly,
so carelessly, tbat be took all this trouble witbout knowing whetber
he was a baronet or not ? ' It is manifest, therefore, tbat, as baronetcies
were his subject, be bad- evidence before him which we have not now.
With tbe scanty knowledge tbat we possess he could neither have
given a baronetcy to the Newton branch, nor a Maurice to the main
stem. He must have known what he was about ) and could not have
stated this fact unless he knew it to be true.f
Turning now to the Uppingham Register, we find that Everard
ffalkener's wife was Elizabeth, and that her first-born child was
Elizabeth, bom in 1645 j and that her fifth son, Maurice (spelt
"Morris" in the Register), was born in 1659. We may therefore
conclude tbat she married in 1644. Let us suppose that she married
at the age of 20 : if so she was bom in 1624 : and we will suppose
that her father, Sir Maurice, was 26 years of age when he married :
if so he was bora about 1597.
* The pedigree of this family, remarkable for having a line continued
constantly by eldest sons for 400 years in Leicestershire, and then through a
seoond son being continued again constantly by eldest sons for another 400 years
- in Rutland, is giren in The Oenealogitt for 1884, and in Leieetterahire Pedigreu^
by the Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher, of Shrewsbury, now in course of publication.
t Another proof of Betham's accuracy is shown in the fidelity with which
he mentions the Falkener family. He gives the pedigree correctly, and liow
could he have found it out, or heard of it P He spells the name properly, which
so few people do ; and merely spells Lion with a- " y," and writes ff for the
capital letter " F," because those living in his time spelt their name so. We
have every reason therefore to aooept his evidence.
ji
The Tresham Pedigree. 43
Now let us see whether among the Maurice Treshams of the
Newton branch we can find one who tallies with this date. They are
lettered A, B, C, D, and £.
A. had* three daughters, Bridget, Dorothy, and Mary ; but no
Elizabeth.
B. had no daughter^
C. was bom in 161 8, or twenty years too late.
D. was the son of Thomas. In one Harleian MS. this Thomas
appears merely as second son, without any date. In Harleian MS.,
1553, be appears to have been bom in 161 8.
Thomas
of Newton
1618
In another, 1094, he appears to have married in 161 8.
Thomas 2
son mar.
Elis. d. of
Dickenson
of Manchester
ao »- 1618
Thomas Haurioe
In The Calendar of State Papers this Thomas is described as of
Pilton, Northamptonshire.
Now the father of this Thomas, sir Thomas Tresham, knt., was
sheriff 8 James, 1610, and be has the date of 1618 against his name,
shoYTing he was then living : but whether his son, Thomas, was bom
or married in 161 8, his son Maurice could not have been the Maurice
we are in.quest of. *
£. There remains therefore only this one. His brother Thomas
is said to have been 22 ; and if this wds written at the time of the
Visitation, 161 8, the age would tally exactly. As this memorandum,
" act. 32,*' appears in copies of the Visitation, the age might possibly
'have been inserted by some jcopyist who had the information given
him that this Thomas was 22 years old at the time he was writing.
The fact is that though the Visitation was taken in 161 8, copies of
the VisitatiotJ were made from time to time, with '* additions ** and
" continuations *' by Richard Munday, George Saunders, Robert Dale,
and others. Saunders lived in 1664, long after the Visitation was
made ; and thus the dates which were inserted by these copyists are
6*
44 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
sometimes conjectural and frequently puzzling. If therefore this
" St. 22 " was written at the time when the copy was taken, it goes
for nothing. Notwithstanding this, however, it is probable that the
memorandum " sX. 22*' was written at the time of the Visitation of
1618; in which case Thomas was born in 1596; for in Bell's Ruins
of Liveden we find his father William Tresham of Wold died in 165 1, .
aged 86 -, consequently he was bom in 156^. Taking 30 years as a
generation, his eldest son Thomas might have been bom about 1595,
and his third son Maurice about 1597. We may therefore accept the
''aet. 22 ** as a contemporaneous insertion; and if so, as the Visitation-
was made in 1618, Thomas was bom in 1596, and Maurice would be
bom about 1598, which is exactly the date when we suppose Betham*s
" Sir Maurice Tresham Bart." to have been bom. But here we start
again with the difficulty that this Maurice the son of William of
Wold, was neither a knight nor a baronet. Moreover, in BelFs Ruins
of Liveden, where we get the information of William's age, we find
the pedigree brought down td a descendant of John Chapman, who
married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Tresham of Wold, which
descendant was living in 1847, ^^^ ^^ taken the name of Tresham ;
and yet, in the pedigree given by Bell, this Maurice Tresham the son
of William of Wold, does not appear to have married or had issue.
Although contemporaneous, therefore, he does not appear to have been
the Maurice Tresham of Betham's Baronetage.
We have thus shown that none of the Maurice Treshams of the
Newton branch tally with Betham*s Maurice Tresham. We must
come to the conclusion then that Betham's Maurice Tresham was not
of the Newton branch, and if so he must necessarily have been of
the Rushton or main stem.
' We have calculated the birth of Betham's Sir Maurice at 1597.
If, as Betham says, he was a baronet, he must have been a younger
brother to Sir William, the supposed last baronet. Sir William died
in 1642, and letters of Administration were taken out in 165 1. .Let
us try to discover approximately the time of his birth.
Sir Thomas Treaham, Ent. ==
d. 1606
Sir Lewis lYeaham, Bart,
d. 1639-40
Sir William Treaham, Bart.
d. .1642.
The Treshatn Pedigree. 45
Now if we take 50 years as a generation^ and '' threescore years
and ten *' as a life-time. Sir Lewis might have died in 1635, though
he did live five jears longer^ and bis son Sir William might have
lived till i66j 5 hot as be died in 1642, he was probablj only 47 when
he died ^ and if he had a brother bom after him such brother would
have been about 46 at Sir William*s deaths and consequently would
have been bom about 1596. The date therefore corresponds perfectly.
We have now only to consider tbe probability of sir William
having left a brother. It certainly seems improbable, when we find
that M his death letters of administration were not granted to such
supposed brother, but to his namesake and seventh cousin by the
Newton branch, William Tresham, lord of Newton: but this is
explained by the circumstance that this William Tresham was
" consanguineus et creditor principaiisV
In consequence of the attainder of Sir Francis the eldest son. of Sir
Thomas, tbe family estates of Rushton' and Liveden were escheated
to the Crown, and the family became impoverished. His brother.
Sir Lewis,. though created a baronet, lost his estates, and died in debt,
leaving no will, letters of administration only being given. His son.
Sir William, who succeeded to the baronetcy, succeeded also to its
penury, dying in debt, and letters of administration, as we have seen,
were given to his principal creditor. Sir Lewis's second brother, Sir
William Tresham, knt., who was in command of troops in Flanjlers
under the Prince of Orange in 1634, was divorced from his wife.
Lady Theodosia, who sued him for her jointure, ^4000, but could
not get her money.* Maurice Tresham, of Newton, (D.) who, on
forfeiture of the estates of the main stem, had a grant of Liveden
made to him, conjointly with the earl of Sandwich, was obliged to
sell his share in order to pay his debts.* Rushton was bought in
1 619 by Sir William Cockayne, lord mayor of London. • Sir Lewis's
other brother, Thomas, was also in debt. Thus the whole family
were impoverished, and losing their estates became separated and
dispersed in other parts of England, or on the Continent
It is not strange then that Sir Maurice Tresham, who succeeded
his brother in the empty title, was lost sight of. He lefl an only
child, a daughter, and consequently there was no one to bear his
name. At the next Visitation of the County in 1681 there was not a
single representative of the family found by the Herald. No wonder
then that Sir Maurice's name has been lost sight of. He may have gone
abroad, or he may have dropped the title when adversity fell upon him.
* Calendar of State Fapen.
46 ' Northamptonshire Notes and Queries,
Lastly, it may be noticed how the gunpowder conspiracy was
formed principally in the midland counties, while the members
of it were principally of old families, as the Catesbys, Treshaihs,
Wrights, Winters, Ruok woods, and Digbys. Sir Francis Tresham*s
grandmother was a Catesby; and her bf other Thomas Catesby
married Sir John Tresham*s sister Isabel | so that this Sir John had a
Catesby for his wife, and another Catesby for his brother-in-law. Sir
Everard Digby was of Stoke Dry, the same village in which Everard
ffalkener lived -y and it was doubtless from this circumstance that he
formed the acquaintance of the main branch of the Tresham family.
Sir Everard Digby^ married in 1596 Mary Mulsho^ a rich heiress,
'descended from Sir Thomas Mulsho, whose daughter married Henry
Tresham, of Newton. He was knighted in i!5o3.
Owing to the circumstances we have narrated it is doubtless due,
not only that we have lost sight of Sir Maurice Tresham, the last
baronet, but that we are uncertain of the identity even of Sir William,
the supposed last baronet : for while alt the other MSS. make him the
son of Sir Lewis Tresham, bart^, by his wife ^' Maria daughter of
Ricalde a Spaniard;" one MS.. Harl. T467, states that Sir Lewis
married Mary, daughter and heiress of John Moon, alderman of
London, and had by her *'one only son, Thomas** Tresham ^ while
another MS. 1094, makes sir William die ''sans issue 1642,'* although
we might suppose that he died in 165 1, as letters of administration
were taken out in that year. But Professor Wharton Jones has
difected my attention to the circumstance that during the ten years of
Civil War, 1641-16J1,. business was much interrupted; and that
Bishop Bedell, of Kilmore, died the same year, in 1642, and his will
was not proved till 1656. (See his Life, published by the Camden
Society, 1872.) Unfortunately, being a Roman Catholic family, the
Parish Registers will not help us.
In conclusion, we may observe that when all our Courts of L^w
Ixrould agree that where we have a fact mentioned by a deceased
writer, whose character we can rely upon, while we are not in
possession now of the evidence which he had, and' .we find such
statement of fact hanging together in a most remarkable manner, and
supported by a mass of strong circumstantial evidence, it would be
contraiy to reason-to reject it on account of negative evidence, i.e., the
absence of any other direct evidence 5 especially where the circum-
stances of the case show how unlikely it was that any other direct
evidence could be adduced at the time.
GUnymor, St aoar'i. Edward Falkbnbr.
Robert de Holcot.
An
239. — Robert i>b Holcot (227).— As do complete catalogue
of Holcot *s priDted works is contained in any of the usual biblio*
graphical works of reference, the following list, which it is hoped
maj be approximately if not absolutely exhaustive, has been compiled
firom the several authorities mentioned below.
From Fabricii, Bibliotheca Latina Media et Ir^fimtB jEtatis.
Florence, 1858.
Bentling, 1489, fol.
Yenet, 1483, 1500, 1515, 1586.
De Studio SeMsm Scripturge
[Vide JaooM Longi Bibliothecam
BiMioam Exegefcicam, p. 781.]
In Prorerbia Salomonifi .
In GaiiticaCantiooram«et in Septem
Priors Capita Ecdeaiastici Lec-
tiones ULULVUi.
In Librom Sapientin Prieleotiones
ecxiii.
[Vide Jao. Qaetif de Soriptoribos
Dominioakds, i. 629.]
Paris, 1510, 1515, quarto.
Layingie, 1519, octavo.
Sine looo et annq, folio.
Yenet, 1509, folio.
Sine looo, 1481, quarto.
Yenet, 1483, 1500, 1509, 1515, ]5$6, folio. .
Spiras, 1483v 1486, folio.
Paris, I486,* 1511, 1514, 1518, quarto.
Basil, 1488, t 1506, 1586.
Beutling, 1489, folio. *
Haganoe, 1494, folio.
Colon, 1689, folio.
QosestionesiniT.LibrosSententiarum Lugd, 1497, folio, 1510, 1518, quarto.
ConferentiflB super artioulis sex iin-
pngnatifl, ibid. ....
De Imputabilitate peccati et deter-
mlnationes quarundam aliarum •
Qusestionum, ibid. ...
De Origine, defUiitione, «t remedio Paris, 1517, octavo.
Peccatorum
• .•
MoraHsationee Historiamm . . Yenet, 1505.
Paris, 1510, octavo.
Basil, 1586, with Pneleot. in Lib. Sap.
Supra.
From Hain, Repertorium Bibliograpkicum. 1831.
Opus super Sapientiam Salomonis . Sine looo, anno, typographi nomine.
fol. [Colon. Ulrio Zell.]
Sine looo, 1480, quarto.
Basil, 1489, folio.
Paris, 1489, quarto, Ulrio Goring et
Berthold Rembolt.
De Studio Sacree Scriptune . . Lugd, 1497, folio, [Hain doubts whether
printed separately.]
* ? 1489, as in Panzer, Hain and OtesweU.
t Panxer says 1489.
48 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
From Panzer, Annates Typograpkici, Iforimlerg<g, 1793.
De Impntabilitate PeoeatL . . Lngd. 1497, folio.
From Pits, Reladones HistorictB. Paris, 1619,
Distinctionum Liber Unas. . . Logd, 1510.
From Greswell, Annals of Parisian Typography, London, 18 18.
Super Sapientiam Salomoais . . Paris, 1489, quarto, Gering & Bembolt.
From Pericaad, Bibliographie Lyonnaise, Lyon, 1851.
Hagistri Boberti Holkot super quatuor libros sententiarum questiones.
Impress! Lug^. a mgro Johanne trechsel, . . . x.oooo.xoyn. ad nonas
Aprilis. . . . Pet. in foL gpth. k 2 ool. (Bibliotheque de Lyon et
Bibliotheque d* Avignon.)
Cette Edition eut pour correcteur ^osse Bade qui a mis, 4 la fin du
volume, ce quatrain adress6 k Marc- Alexandre de Bdnevent, religieux
c61estin, auquel le livre est dedid.
Jam portum optatnm per inhospita saxa seouti
Prendimus, ex alto prospioiente Deo.
Si qua tamen laoem portent inoulta carinie,
Humand ignoscee Marce diserte. Yale.
C'est, remarque Chevillier, une maniere 616gante de demander
excuse des fautes qui sont restees dans une Impression. Origine de
rimpr., p. 137.
Robert Gaguin, dans une lettre k Durand Gerlier, a dit
de Josse Bade: Libromm imprimendorum diligentissimus ddmodum
castigaior, De nos jours il est bien peu de correcteurs qui cberchent
a imiter Josse Bade, et cependant, on ne saurait trop le rep^ter " la
correction d'un livre est incomparablement plus considerable que la
beaute de T impression.'* Laroque, TraitS de la Noblesse,chzp.cLix.
Bibliographie lyonnaise du xv^siede, par Antoine Perioaud Taine.
Lyon, Louis Perrin, 1851, 8vo, pp. 83, 34.
Johannes Trechsel sometimes notified that he was the printer of
a volume by the following verse, as in his edition of the '* Sermones
dormi secure de Sanctis." Feb. j, 1496.
*< Lugduni impreesit Treehtel bene tersa lohannet"
W. E. BUCKLBT.
{To be eontinued.)
240.— Rboistbrs of Maidwbll. — In 1882, by the kindness
of the Rector, the Rev. Wm. J. Pattinson, I examined the registers.
There was then only one little old paper book in very bad condition,
besides a large parchment book dated 1718-181J. The little book
contained as follows: Marriages 1718-1741 (?i742, the date is
Date on a Mantle-piece at Helmdon. 49
Qocerta'tn as the leaf is torn), Baptisms 1 723-1 741, Burials 1708-
1 73 1. The leaves were all loose^ the pages rotting, and the writing
much faded. Taking compassion upon it, I copied it out fullj, hoping
to preserve in the Register Chest of Maidwell a true copy of what, it
seemed, would ere long he lost. The original register of Maidwell
seems cerUinly.to have begun in 1570, as mentioned. I gather this
from an old MS. of about 1700. No doubt in Bridges' day the
roister was actually in existence. The following are the only two
entries of which I know : —
'* Moses Ringrose and Mary Tresbam were marryed the a6th day of
Aprill 1664.
'' M'. Thomas Andrew of Adington and M''". Anne Kynnesman of
Broughton were married the first day of March i66j in the
Parish Church of Draughton.*'
8. Mieliaal and AU Angeli, Northampton. HsNRT ISHAM LoNODBir.
241. — Date on a Mahtlb-pibcb at Hblmdow. — This
mantle-piece is in tbe parsonage house, and is now (1886)
preserved in the porcb. Tbe date on it is one of those by which
it has been attempted to show tbe use of Arabic figures long
before the date commonly assigned to their introduction into this
country — the fourteenth century. In The ArchcBologia, vol. xiii.,
1797, axe two papers on tbis carving and on the use of Arabic
numerals, by the Rev. Samuel Denne, of Wilmington. In tbese
papers are references to other disputed dates and to various works on
Arabic numerals, &c. A plate accompanies the papers, on which is
a view of the mantle-piece from Professor Wallis's paper in the
Philosophical Transactions, xiii., 399. This view is erroneous in
some details. Tbe representation now given is reduced to » by
photography from a drawing made to tbe scale of i the real size for
this work. The date being tbe disputed part is given i real size.
The block of oak forming this mantle-piece is 6ft.' 6\\n. long,
1 1 in. wide and 11 in. deep. The soffit is a four-centred arch of only
aiin. rise, of a common sixteenth century moulding. The ground of
the carved part is sunk about i or ^ inch. The workmanship of tbe
whole is rude. The left half has in relief a dragon without legs, but
with wings and a long tail. The other half is divided into six panels^
on the ist, 2nd, and 3rd of which is the date -, and on tbe 5th a
shield with the initials " W. R." on it, all in slight relief. Dr. Wallis
it appears read the inscription ''M"* Dom^ An'^ i^^,*^ and thus made
the date 1133. Professor Ward made the date 1233. The mixture
of Roman and Arabic figures is found in other places. It is odd
7
50 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
that both these gentlemen should hav^ mistaken the letter A in the
first panel for M. The second panel contains "doV** and about this
there is no dispute. The third panel bears apparently " M 133," or
" M 135," but there is a supei^uous line in Ihe M. The upright
character next to the M must in some way stand for D or V or 5.
It is conceivable that the last stroke of the M acted as one side of the
y or U^ and that by accident or clumsiness the carver broke out the
bottoR) of the character. Or we may suppose the straight stroke a
misconstruction of an Arabic 5, like many of that date^ and as in
France at the present day. The character 6f the whole piece and
the section of the moulding preclude an earlier date than about 1500.
Whether the two last characters are ^^ or ^^ matters little.
It has been mentioned that the initials " W. R.*' are carved on
another panel. There seems little doubt that these are the initials of
William Renalde, or Reynolde, A.M., who was instituted to the living
in 1 523, and to whom no successor is named till 1560. We have
then strong corroborative evidence of the date 1533 or 35 being the
correct one.
A(nn)o Do(min)i M«. V ^^ or 35.
In the Gentleman* s Magazine for 1800, vol. lxx., p. 1232, is an
account of this itaantle-plece, by R. Churton, with a plate of the date
full size. See also Baker* s History, i. 631. In nearly all these
disputed dates the error has arisen from the second characters being
misread. In some cases 5, being almost straight, has been taken
for I, so that 1500 is taken for 1100. In one case the 4 of the old
form (said to be half of 8) is taken for o, so that 1490 is read 1090.
In The Cambridge Portfolio, vol. 11. 1840,18 a notice and woodcut of
one of these dates in which case 1552 was asserted to be 11 12.
H. D.
242.— Thb Pancake Bell.«— Mr. T. North, in his Church Bells
of Northamptonshire, 1878, p. 146, says ''In addition to the occasional
confession of sin to the priest, it was considered, in mediaeval times,
that the week preceding Lent was specially an appropriate time for
. all to perform that duty. It was hence called Shrove-tide, and the
Tuesday in it called Shrove, Shrive, or Confession-Tuesday — shrive
being an old Saxon word for confession. The confession was made
in the church, where the priest sat in an open chair, or stall, to hear
the confessions of his people, to award them such penance as he
thought good for them, or to give them absolution. In order that
all might be reminded pf this duty, and be informed that the priest
was ready to receive them, a bell was rung calling them to the
church. This was the origin of the ringing of the bell on Shrove-
Tuesday.
The Pancake Bell. 51
" Bat another castom was followed in those times when Lent was
more strictly observed than now as a time of abstinence from flesh
meat. On Sbrove-Tuesday^ we are told by a writer in Nottt and
Queries^ 3rd S. vii. 404, the boasewiyes, in order to use ap all the
grease, lard, dripping, &c., made pancakes, and the apprentices, and
others about the bouse were summoned to the meal by the ringing of
a bell, which was naturally called ' the Pancake-bell.'
"The ringing of the Shriye-bell, now called tbe Pancake-bell, i^
still continued in a great number of Northamptonshire parishes on
Shrove-Tuesday. At Daventry (where it is called * Pan-burn-bell ')
and at Staverton the bell is muffled : at Blakesley and Oundle two
b^lls (supposed to say ' Pkn on *) are used : at Stamford Baron each
bell is tolled for a &hort time, llie usual time for sounding the
bell — which is generally one of tbe larger of the ring — is 1 1 o'clock,
and it is generally tolled for an hour.
'* Sbrove-Tuesday has long been considered a holiday by the young
people: in several parishes in Northants, as elsewhere, they were
allowed on that day to jangle the bells — a very bad practice now
. generally disallowed — such wias the case at Islip, Lowick, Higham
Ferrers, Stan wick and Aldwincle S« Peter. At Sudborough and in
other places the ' women folk ' were allowed to do the same."
From The Wellingborough News of March la, 1886, we quote as
follows : — " The mellow-toned axth bell is the one used at Welling-
borough. It is known amongst the ringers as 'old pancake.*
F(»merly (as the fourth bell in the old peal of six) it hung in the
lower frame, but it is now placed in the new upper iron frame, in
company with the two new trebles and the fourth bell (old one
o'clock). Cast — or re-cast — in the year 1764, the Pancake Bell bears
the following inscription : — t
'tHO* HOLMV vicar JOHV PBNDr[bd] RICHARD
BARKER CHURWAROBNS.
*•*.* ISLIP BDMUNDS LONDON PBCIT 1 764.'
Its weight is probably not less than 16 cwt. Tradition says that
formerly pancakes were thrown from the tower windows whilst the
Jbdl was sounding."
Shakespeare, in AlCs well that ends well, speaks of a pancake as
• fit for Shrove-Tuesday; and Taylor the Water Poet (1630) mentions
the Pancake-Bell as being then rung on that day ; so too in Poor
Robin's Almanack, 1684, we read : —
'< But hark I hear the panoake-bell
And Mtken make a gaUaat ameU."
52 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Miss Baker in her Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and
Phrases, 1854, vol. 11, p. 92, quotes some "jingling rhymes" in
connection with this day, and says they were repeated' by the
peasantry, varying in different districts : —
*^ Pa^oakeB and Fritters,
SajB the bells of St. Peter^s.
Where must we fry 'em P
. Says the bells of Gold Higham.
In yonder land thurrow (farrow),
Says the bells of Wellingboroa^.
Yon owe me a shilling,
Says the bells of Great Billing.
When will 3roa pay me P
Says the bells at lOddleton Gheney.
When I am able.
Says the bells at Dunstable.
That will never be,
Says the bells at Coventry.
Oh yes, it will,
Says Northampton Ghnat Bell.
White bread and sop.
Says the bells at Kingsihrop.
Trundle a lantern,
Says the bells at Northampton."
That the bells of the churches of Northampton used also to be
rung on this day, may be inferred from the following similar
doggerel : —
" Boast beef and marsh mallows.
Says the bells of All Hallow's. .
Pancakes and fritters,
Says the bells of St. Peter's.
Boast beef and boil'd.
Says the bells of St. Giles'.
Poker and tongs.
Says the bells of St. John's.*
ShoveU, tongs, and poker.
Says the bells of St. Pulohre."
243. — Old Libraries: A Suggestion. — Would it not be
interesting if some one of leisure and ability would take up the
matter of the Old Libraries of the county, and give us some account
of their contents : by whom they were founded, and their present
state. The Law Library at King's ClifTe has been recently catalogued,
and a new scheme obtained for its management; its catalogue is
interesting reading. The library in All Saints vestry, Northampton,
which I shrewdly suspect to be the library which Dr. Crewe, bishop
of Durham^ presented to the Granmiar School| and merely deposited
• St. John's HospitaL
The George Inn^ Northampton. 53
there for safe keeping, needs cataloguing. The magnificent collection
of the Dolben family in the parvise of Finedon church would jield
some interesting notes. Could not some of jour readers supply us
with a list of others remaining ? S T W S
Northampton.
244. — ^Thb Gborob Ihh, Northampton. — In The Gentleman's
Magaadne^ I79i» vol. 11., p. 789, is the following notice :^—
''Against the front of the George inn at Northampton is this
inscription on a white marble tablet^ lately renewed :
Johannes Drtobn^ ar.
Ashbeise Canonicorum
in hoc agro natus»
Vir gravis, probus, sagax, colendus^
Pandochaum hoc quod spectas magnificum
in natalis patriae omamentum et decus
ingenti sumptu statim ab incendio struxit,
et moriens anno 1707® ad
nTOXOAIAA2XAAEION £andandum
optabili exemplo p\h legavit.
Dedisce jam, lector, culpare tempora :
At Northamptonise felici gratulare, ubi cemis
tantum virtutis, mofum, religionis,
ex ipsa vel caupona prccreari.
Lapidem hunc beneficii indicem
Robert Pigott, R.P."
John Drjden esquire bom at Canons Aahby hi this oonnty a man gniTe,
jnst, wise, to be revered, bnilt this magnificent Inn which yon see for an
omanient and beanty of his native county at great cost immediately after the
fixe, and dying in the year 1707 pionsly beqneathed it to found by an example
ta be desired a school for the poor. Learn now, reader, not to blame the times
but to congratulate happy Northampton where you perceive so .much of
virtue morals and religion to be generated even out of an inn itself.
Bobert Pigott has reverently placed this stone as a notice of the benefaction.
John Dryden, or Driden, of Chesterton, was a son of sir John
Dryden, bart., of Canons Asbby, and brother of sir Robert Dryden
of the same place. He was bom about 1641, was M.P. for
CO. Huntingdon 1690 and 1700. He died unmarried Jan. 3^
1707-8, and was buried at Chesterton. The epitaph is given in
Tke Topographer and Genealogist, by Nichols, vol. i., p. 17.
He ovmed the site of "The George" inn before 1675, ^^* >*
does not appear how he became possessed of it. Whether an inn
stood there before the fire in 1675 ^^'^ ^^^ appear. After the fire he
built the inn as stated on the tablet. He made a will, dated Jan. a.
54 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
I joy ( 1707-8), and died apparently on the next day. Robert Pigott
. and Honour Dryden were the executors. By this will he gave " his
Inn called the George in Northampton with the appurtenances^ to be
disposed and settled as his executors, with the advice of the Mayor
and Aldermen of Northampton, should think most convenient^ to
charitable uses within the said Town, reserving an allowance out of
the same for a sermon to be preached one day in Christmas in
Remembrance of the donor of the said charity."
In 1800, 40 George iii„ an Act was obtained for *'The Sale of
the George Inn in the town of Northampton vested in Trustees, for
charitable purposes under the will of John Driden £sqnire deceased
and for investing the money arising from the sale thereof in the
purchase of three pounds per centum Consolidated Bank annuities,
until a proper purchase can be found, and in the mean time for
applying the dividends and annual produce thereof for the same
charitable purposes." In 1800 the net annual produce of the premises
was ^49. In 1806 the inn was sold by the trustees to a tontine
company for ^[500. At first there were 90 lives nominated at jfjo
each by 54 subscribers. Thjs sum amounted to ^4500, which was
to defray the cost of purchase above-mentioned, and the required
alterations, repairs, and furnishing. By the deed of purchase when
the lives are reduced .to four the property is to be divided. In 1873
there were 35 shareholders, but at the present time the number is
reduced to six. H. D.
245.— Tradesmen's Tokens op Northamptonshire. — A
new edition of Boyne's seventeenth century tokens is being prepared
for publication. The list of Northampton and Peterborough tokens is
here printed, from Boyne, in order that any corrections or additions
may be noted. Many specimens belonging to the county which have
been recently discovered and are not recorded in Boyne's book have
been supplied, from original specimens, by Mr. Justin Simpson,
Mr. H. S. Gill, Mr. C. Dack, and other gentlemen.
The italip letters denote that the token is quite new to Boyne.
Those marked [•] are in the British Museum; P] in Mr. Gill's
collection ; [•] in Mr. Back's collection.
No. im Boywi. NORTHAMPTON.
54. O. RICHARD . ALCOVE . AT . Y" . ONE = A pigCOU. R . M . A Jd.
R. PIGEON . IN . NORTHAMPTON = HIS HALP PENT. l66 .
A variety hi Mr. Simpson's oolleotion has the name of the issuer spell
<« Alcovt;'* and has the date 1667.
In the late Mr. Smallfield*s coUection was a yariety with the somame ^pelt
**Aloovlt."
Tradesmen's Tokens of Northamptonshire. 55
VowIbBojb*.
55. O. THOMAS . COOPER . IV = The Ironmongers' Arms. id>*
R. NORTHAMPTON . 1653 = T . B . C
la 1647 be Mrred the oiBoe of Town BailiiL
In a tnbeidy 8 Jae. I., Thomat Cooper, sen. had goods aaiewed £9t end
Ihoinee Oooper, jon^ lend el £1, in 18 Cer. I., Mr. Edward Cooper, peid U,,
end e Mrs. Cowper (Cooper) (both of the Cheqaer Werd), 10«., and in the
Hearth Tex of Oar. II., Bfr. Thos. Cooper, Sest Ward, was asseised for 6hst (list) 8.
56. Another similar, dated 1668^. id.
57. O. AT . THB . WHIT . HIND = A hind statant id.
R. IN . NORTHAMPTON = O . B . B
\
58. O. lOHN . LABRAM . IN . THB = A sugar-loaf. ^d.*
R. DRAPERS . NORTHAMPTON ^ I . S . L
59. O. SAMTEL . pooBL = The paschal lamb. Jd.*
R. IN . NORTHAMPTON = S . P
Samuel Poole was Town BailifF in 1664.
Banmel Poole paid 3«. M. in the snbeidy of 18 Oar. I. levied on the.
mhabitaiitsof this town, he being then a reisid^t of the Oheqner (Gkte) Ward,
and a Daiid Poole; of the East Ward, was assessed for 8 hearths in the tax of
Oar. II.
60. O. s . R . IN . NORTHATON = A castle. id.
R. (No legend,) Two lions passant gardant.
[6o«] O. s. R. IN . NORTHHATON = Gateway. id.*^*
R. Two lions passant gardant.
Engrayed in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 48.
61. O. I . S . IN . NORTHAMPTON = A CSStle. id*
R. (No legend.) Two lions passant gardant.
[6ia] O. I. s. IN . NORTHUAMTON = Gatewaj. id.*
R. Two lions passant gardant.
Engraved in Bridges' Northsmptonshire, No. 44.
Joseph Sargent, Mayor, 1671.
John Sterens, Mayor, 1668.
John Spioer, Mayor, 1656. •
In the Subsidy 8 and 4 Oar. I., John Smyth, Innholder, Northampton, had
land assessed at 20«. Qnery if the issuer of this and two following tokens P
[61^] O. I . s . IN . NORTHAMTON = A castle. id.
R. (No legend.) Two lions passant gardant.
A specimen was in Mr. Smallfield's collection.
[61 c] A variety having the letters larger on the Obv.
56 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Ko. in Boyne.
62. O. IN . BIRD . STREETS = A pair of scales. id.'**
R. NORTHAMPTON . 165I = I . D . S
EngraTod ia Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 17, reads ** W. D. S.**
[62a] Another variety, reading = bird . streets . in = i . d . s *
[62^] Another variety with the letters smaller.
[62c] Another variety has " In Bird Streete In.*'
Bird street is a oozmption of Bridge street P A.street in laohfield is now
called Bud street.
6^, O. AT . the . OEOROE . IN = St. Grcorge and the dragon, id.*
R. NORTHAMPTON . 165O = I . M . S
The G^rg^ is still the principal inn in Northampton.
Among the names of the freeholders who were assessed in respect of
property in this town in the sabsidy of 18 Oar. I. is that of Mr. Wandly, who
paid 4«. for the (George.
64. O. I . T . IN . NORTHAMPTON = A castle. id.*
R. CHAMBERLAINE . 1660 = Two lions passant gardant.
These initials are no donbt those of John Twigden, who was Mayor in 1666.
He was committed to the custody of the Sergeant-at-arms, and detained
sereral days, which cost him 40«. per day, for making a false return of members
to serve in Parliament. Eor his private businesii he issued the following
token :— (BoyneJ
6y O. lOHN . TWIODEN . IN = A gloVC. id.*
R. NORTHAMPTON . 1666 = " Crede sed cave."
Engraved in Boyne (Plate 25, No. 8).
This token is remarkable for the legend in the field or inner oirple ** Believe,
but take care," as if to say you may believe, or be sure this coin is genuinef
but take care of others. Or it may mean ** Give credit, but observe caution in
doing so."
"1661. M;r. Twigden gent elected Major the 2Dd. of August 1660. Mr.
Silsby, Mr. Selby, Mr. Rands, Mr. Bmifield Aaedr -^ColdweU MS.
In the subsidy 8 and 4 Oar. I., John Twigden, of ' Northampton, was
assessed £3 for goods ; in that made 13 and collected 16 Oar. II., land at £1.
In another levied upon the inhabitants of Northampton town, 18 Car. I. John
Twigden, a resident in the South Ward, paid 4«.
[6^0] An unique specimen of this coin in silver from the same die
from the cabinet of the late Mr. H. Christie of London,
was in that of Mr. H. S. Gill, Tiverton 5 and is now in the
Northampton Museum.
66, O. ANCHOR . WILLDIN6B . IN = An anchor. ^d.*^*
R. NORTHAMPTON . MERCER = A . A . W
Engraved in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 16, reads " Wildinge.'*
[66a] A variety has the letters larger and the anchor also.
gs
Tradesmen's Tokens of Northamptonshire. 57
»o. » Boy... PETERBOROUGH.
82. O. The I Overseers \ half, peny . of\ Peierbrougk. \ 1669. id."
(In five lines.)
R. CNo legend J Two swords in saltire« between four crosses
pattfe fitch^e. f Octagonal J
BngfATed in Bridget' KorUiamploiiihiM, Ho. 47.
BngnTed in Bojna (Plata 86), No. 4.
In tiie town book it this ontry s " 1668. Ordered that the miai of £10 bo
laid oat for a itamp and coinage of the pnblio halfpenny with the town arms and
the improToment thereof (to wit) for the potting oat poor and fatberUii ohildren,
apprentioea^ or other eharitable aeee.**
83. O. Peterhurgh \ halfe . penny\ to . be . changed \by.thi. Toum\
. Bailiff'. I 1670. (In six lines.) id.*
R. fAb legend.) Arms of Peterborough same as the last
(Octagonal J
[83a] O. Peterlmrgh\halfe.penny\to.he.changed\by .the.toume\
BaiUfe. \ 1670. (In six lines.)
R. Arms of Peterborough. (Octagonal) |d.* ^ •
BngraTed in Bridget* Northamptonthire, Ko. 48^
[83^3 -^ variety similar to the last with the exception that the name
of the place is spelt without a final h, and is a slightly
difierent die. • ^
84. O. ROBERT . ANDRBWBS = The Bskets* Arms. id.* *
R. Iir . PBTBRBROVOH = R . A
The Andrews were Nonoonformiatty ohiefly at Wellingboroogh (See Palmei^s
Voneonformity.) — Golding,
A Robert Andrewet earried on the botiDett of a baker nntil the oommenoe-
ment of thit year, in Peterboroogh 1 he it a Konoonformitt, eridently a
detoondant.
85. O. IN . PBTBRBOROTGH . AT . T* =s A claSpcd book =: R . B
R. PBARB . GOD . HONOR . THB . KINO id.*
86. O. lOHN . BLYDwicK = Three cloves. id.*
R. OF . PBTBRB7RROW = I . B
[86ia] O. lOHN . BVTLBR . 1664 = The Grocers' Arms. Jd.
. R. IN . PBTBRBOROOH = 1 . B . B
[86i] O. RICHARD . BVRTON . OP = The Grocers' Arms. Jd.
R. PBTBRBOROTGH . 1668 = HIS HALPB PBNT.
87. O. ROBBRT . CARiBR = A pelicau feeding its young. ^d.
R. OP . PBBTBRBROYGH = R . C '
SngraTod in Bridget' fforthainptonahire, No. 28, readt ^ Oaryer.**
58 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
No. in Bojne.
[87c/] O. ROBART CARYBR = A pelican feeding its young. Jd.'
R. OF . PBBTERBROVOH = R. C
[87^] O. ROBART . car[t ?]br. = A pellcan feeding its young. Jd.»
R. OF . PEETBRBROVOH. = R. C
[87c] O. lOHN . CAWTHORNE = The Bakers* Arms. |d.
R. IN . PBTBRBOROVOH = I . C
In a tabsidy, matilated, but made late in the reign of Jamea i., a John
Cauthorne of thia city waa aaaeaaed £3 for goods.
88. O. ROBERT . DANTBLL = The Grocers* Arms, r . d id.*
R. OP . PBTERBOROW . 1668 = ms HALFB PENT.
89. O. THO . DILLINGHAM = T . D ^d.*
R. IN . PBBTBRBOROVOH = A roll of tobacco.
[890] O. THO . DILLINGHAM. = T . D. ^.«
R. IN . p[btb]rborrpw. == A roll of tobacco.
90. O. lOHN . FRENCH . DRAPER = The Drapers' Arms. \i.
R. IN . pebtbrborovoh = I . f . f
[90a] A variety has the legend on both sides in smaller letters.
91. O. oeorob . HAMERTON = The Grocers* Arms, o . m . h ^d.*
R. OF . PBTBRBOROVOH = HIS . HALFE . PENNY.
GEORGE . HAMERTON = The Groccrs' ArnQS. g . m . h ^d.' *
OP . PBTBRBOROVOH 1667 = HIS . HALFB . PENNY
GBOROB . HAMERTON =: The Groccrs* Arms. id.*
OF . PBTBRBOROW =: G . M . H
NICHOLAS . HARDY = Three pipes in fes3e. id.
IN . PETBRBOROVGH = N . H
NICHOLAS . HARDY = Two pipes and roll of tobdcco. id.*
IN • PETBRBOROVGH. =: N . H
ALCE (sic) HARVBY . A* . THE. = A claspcd book. Jd.*
IN . PBTBRBROVGH. = ^^S9'
MARORBT . KBMPB = 1664. id.
IN . PBTBRBROVGH = M . K
[94a] A variety has the name of the place spelt *' Pecterbrovgh.'* *
95. O. MATTHEW . KNOWLES = A portcuUis. id.'
R. IN . PEBTBRBOROW = M . K
[950] A variety in Mr. Dack*s collection reads " Mathew.*'
96. O. lONB . MANISTT 1668 = HER HALFB PBNY. id.*
R. OF . PEBTBRBOROVOH = [An omameuted floral knot
between] i . m
[91a]
0.
R.
•9a.
0.
R.
93-
0.
R.
[93«]
0.
R.
[93*]
0.
R.
94-
0.
R.
^A
Tradesmen's Tokens of Northamptonshire. 59
'So. in BojiM.
[96a] O. FRANCIS . MORTIMER = A Stockiog. ^.*
R. i« . p[bt]brborow. ^ F. M
169&-86. Biohard, ton of Mr. ffhmoii Mortimer, baptixad 10 Febrnuj. St.
Jolm't registers.
97. O. THOMAS . SBCHELL = The Groccrs* Anns. Jd.*
R. IN . PBTBRBVRROW = T . A . S
98. O. THOMAS . SHINN . 1667 = The GroceTs' Arms. id.
R. OF . PBTBRBOROWOH = HIS HALFB PBNNT.
[98a] O. THOMAS . SHINN . i66j. = The Grocers* Arms. Jd.*
R. OF . PBTERBOROVOH. = HIS HALFB PBMNT.
99. O. THO . SHiNNB . OP = The Grocers' Arms. id.
R. PETBR . BOROVOH = T . S
1663-4. Feb. 5. Mr. Thomis Shinne the elder, buried. St. John's parish
register. (This most hare been the father of the iisaer.)
100. O. GEO . SLYB . OF = The Bakers' Arms. Jd.
R. PBTBRBOROWOH = G . S'
lOI.. O. IAMBS . TALBR . OF . 1669 = HIS HALFB PBNY. ^d.*'
R. PBBTBRBOVRowGH (sicj = The Cordwainers' Arros.
EngrsTed in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 24.
The oobblcr must hare exercised great ingenuity in derising a new mode of
writing Peterborough ; it is an excellent specimen of the gross blunders which
ftre 00 frequently found on the Tokens of this period ; the most illiterate persons
must hare executed them. In this list Peterborough is spelled ten different
ways ; the issuer's name was, doubtless, Taylor. — Soyne,
102. O. RICHARD . TOMPSON = HIS HALF PBNT. ^d.*
R. IN . PETERBROVGH . 1668 = [An Ornamented floral knot
between] R . T
Engrared in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 26.
103. O. WILLIAM . WELLS = The Groccrs' Arms. id.*'
R. IN . PBTERBOROVOH = W . W
The names of Andrews, French, Hardy, Wells, and the common one of
Thompson are still to be found at Peterborough. — Boyne.
The names of many of the above appear in the registers of
S. John's church at Peterborough. Robert, son of Robert Andrew,
was buried i Dec. 1665, "At the Pesthouse," having died of the
plague. Robert Andrew himself was buried 2 Mar., 1669. Jo^iii
Bind wick was buried "in Woollen" 9 Nov. 1690. Nicholas Hardy
was buried 7 Mar. 1680; and Margaret Kempe 29 Dec. 16845 hoth
" in woollen.** Matthew Knowles was buried 19 June 16665 hut
8*
6o Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
there was a churchwarden of the same name in 1668, who was
buried 18 Mar., 1680. Mrs. Joane Manistj, widow, was buried
II Nov. 1673 : but the token> No. 96, could not have been issued
by her. Thomas SeachilFs burial occurs 14 Apr. 1670 ; Richard
Tompson's, 14 Feb. 1658 5 and William Wells', 7 Dec. 1668. These
entries help to fix a limit of date to some of the undated specimens.
246. — Michael Wodhull. — The dispersion by auction of the
cekbrated library which for nearly a century — in fact some parts of
it for more than that period — found a resting-place at Tbenford
house, has made the name of its original collector a household word
in both hemispheres^ inasmuch as many of its choicest treasures are
said to have journeyed across the Atlantic, thus helping to fulfil
bishop Berkeley's prophetic language : — .
*' Westward the oonrse of empire take« its way,
* The first f onr acts already past ;
The drama- closes with the dosing day,
Time's noblest empire is his last."
To be noble this empire must have high culture, and it is a
symptom of growing taste when both their men of wealth for their
own gratification, and their public
libraries for the general improvement
and enjoyment of the people at large,
are ready to secure at any cost, such
volumes as illustrate the history of the
typographic and bibliopegistic arts.
It is to be hoped, however, that none
of these exquisite specimens of the
early printers and binders have perished
in the ill-fated Oregon, to the world's
irreparable loss, when almost in sight
of their new home, and most disas-
trously realising the Greek proverb,
cVl rair Bvptus r^y vbpiap. But to come
to the collector himself. Michael
Wodhull was the last of an old county
family, tracing back to the conquest,
and which had been seated at Tbenford,
about midway between Brackley and
Banbury, for more than three hundred
years. Their pedigree is given at length in Baker*s History of
Northampionshire, and from it we learn that Michael, the only son
of John Wodhull by his second wife Rebecca, daughter of Charles
Michael Wodkull. 6i
Watkios, of Aynho^ esq., was born Aug. 15, and baptized Aug. 18,
1740. His earlier education was entrusted to the Rev. William
Cleaver, of Lincoln college, Oxford, (who had a school at Twjford,
Backs.,) the father, of William, principal of Brasenose College,
Oxford 5 successively bishop of Chester, Bangor, and St. Asaph ; and
also of £useby» of Christ Church, Oxford> successively bishop of
Cork, Ferns, and archbishop of Dublin.
The block containing the WodhuU Arms is copied from the
stamp inipressed on the covers of many of the books in the WodhuU
Library, and has been presented by J. £. Seveme, esq., late M.P. for
South Shropshire, the proprietor of the Thenford estate.
In the First Epistle of his Second Book, addressed to another son,
the Rev. John Cleaver, M.A., student of Christ Church, Oxford,
Wodhull gives utterance to his feelings of gratitude, and esteem for
his earliest instructor. The lines are taken from the second edition
of the Poems, in 1804.
" If e'er my bosom oanght the saored fire.
Let me with pride relate who strong the lyre.
Can I forget, while Memory holds her reign.
And summons forth her bright etherial train.
Beneath what * anspices my earlier age
Imbib'd the dictates of the good and sage P
No, gentle Onse I for oft I loy*d to stray
Where thy smooth current winds^ its sedgy way ;
If aught of honor verse like mine can give,
•Thy name recorded by the Muse shall live ;
Far dearer than Lyceum's grove, the theme
Of songs unnumber'd, or Bissus' stream ;
Although no soulptur'd urn thy source proclaim,
Thy meads no Bard transmit to lasting f ame^ *
No lover carve thy praise on every tree
With his Calista fondly joining thee."
This William Cleaver was of Lincoln College, Oxford, B.A.
Oct. 14, 1729 ; M.A. June 28, 173a. He printed four sermon^.
■ 1. The Doctrine of a future State necessary to the Welfare and Support
of Civil Qtrremment. A Sermon Preached at the Assizes hc^ at
Warwick, by the Hon. Mr. Justice Page, on Wednesday, March 28. 1 1%9.
Publish'd at the Bequest of the High Sheriff, and the G^tlemen of
the Grand Jury. 8vo. 24 pp. Oxford, 1739.
'Among the names of the Grand Jurors is '* William Shakepear Geut."
2. The Time of our Saviour's Goming consider'd, as to its Fitness, and
Propriety. A Sermon before the University of Oxford, at St. Mary*s,
on Sunday, March 6. 1742-3. 8vo. 30 pp. Oxford.
* '*At the Bev. Mr. Cleaver's, father, of the gentleman to whom thia
epistle is addreesed.*"— Mr. Wodhull's note.
62 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
3. The Expediency and Advantages o! an early Education in Piety and
Virtue. A Sermon Preached before the Uniyersity of Oxford, at St.
Mary's, on Sunday, Noremb. 12. 1749. PubUsh'd at the request of
Mr. Vice-chancellor [The Key. John Pumell, D.D., Warden of New
College]. 8vo. 28 pp. Oxford^ 1760.
4. An Enquiry into the true Character of David King of IsraeL A
Sermon Preached before the UniTersity of Oxford, at St. Mary*8, on
Sunday, Jan. 24. 1762. L) which the Exceptions of a late Writer to
the Conduct of David on some Occasions are obviated. Svo. 27 pp.
Oxford,
The above titles are taken from copies in a volume of Miscel-
laneous Sermons, etc., bought at the WodhuU sale, which has the
note "mostly presents*' in Wodhull's hand, and the three former
having the inscription, "To Mich. Wodhull ^sq^" thus showing
that the kindly feeling between the master and pupil was kept up.
Gentle Ouse. Drayton, in his Poly-Olbion, had already celebrated
this river. In the Argvment of the two and twentieth Song he says
'* The Muse, Ouze from her Fountaine brings
Along by Buckingham.**
and a few lines from the commencement of the song he writes
— "how the far-wandring Ouze,
From Brackley breaking forth, through soiles most heauenly sweet,
By Buckingham makes on.'*
and a little further on
** Ouu hauing OuUney past, as shoe were waxed mad.
From her fir^ stayder course immediately doth gad ;
And in Meandred Gyres doth whirle herself about.
That, this way, here, and there, backe, forward, in, and out,
And like a wanton Girle, oft doubling in her gate.
In Labyrinth-like tumes, and twinings* intricate,
Through those rich fields doth runne, till lastly in her pride.
The Shires Hoepitious towne, shee in her course diuide,
Where shee her gracious breast in glorious bredth displayes ;
And varying her deere forme a thousand sundry wayes,
Streakes through the verdant Meades ;" etc.
In the fifteenth song, after noting in the margin ''that Ouze
arising neer Brackley, running into the German Sea," he calls it an
Oxonian river :
" For the Oxonian Ouu was lately sent away
From JBuekinghoM, where first he finds his nimbler feet ;
Tow'rds Whittlewood then takes :*' etc.
Some Leonine verses of a monk in the twelfth century, from
an ancient Life of St. Neot, probably by a monk of St. Neots
(Bodl. MS. 535), describe the character of the Ouse (and of its
Michael Wodhull. 63
tnbatary stream, the Ivel) with topical accuracy, though not with
poetical elegance :
** Est qnidam Flavins, vario ainuamtne tencms,
Tractibui oSliguua, quosdam lelegrens oomitatos ....
Ast, alio do fonte satos lUtt abunde meatus ;
Hehlns et Ousa soi prisci dixftre coloni.''
But a more distinguished bard was soon to follow WodhuU in
singing the praises of this serpentine river — a character which it
manifests very early just before reaching Brack ley, and which is so
marked after it passes OIney, " that the distance from that place to
St Neot*s, which is about twenty miles by land, is about seventy by
the stream." (Southey, Ltfe of Cowper, i. 203.)
Cowper indeed^ as Southey says CLifs, i. 202) •' has made Olney
and its neighbourhood poetical ground," and especially celebrates the
river Ouse, which, as he tells one of his correspondents, Joseph
Hill, Esq., " is the most agreeable circumstance in this part of the
world, being at this town (Huntingdon) as wide as the Thames at
Windsor J nor does the silver Thames better deserve that epithet — and
it is a.noble stream to bathe in." ''Its 'silent tide' and the windings
of the stream, not without chamis to the muse of Cowper, and noticed
by him in his tale of the Dog and Water Lily, are among the thousand
instances of his minutely faithful allusions. The Ouse flows with a
lazy and consequently silent progress, its whole descent to the sea
being very trifling. It is remarkable for the wildest sinuosities, and
a singularly tortuous course, from its very source at Ouse Well, near
the manqr house of Steane in Northamptonshire." (Note by G. C.
Gorham in Southey's Cowper ^ vii. 255.) But hear Cowper himself:
" Here Onse, slow winding throi;igh a level plain
Of spacious meads with cattle sprinkled o'er,
Condacts the eye along his sinuoas coarse
Delighted. There, fast rooted in his bank
Stand, never overlook'd, our favourite elms
That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ;
While far beyond and overthwart the stream
That as with molten glass inlajs the vale,
The sloping land recedes into the clouds ;
Displaying on its varied side the grace
Of hedge -row beauties numberless, square tower,
Tall spire, from which the sound of cheerful bells
Just undulates upon the listening ear ;
Gfroves, heaths, and smoking villages remote.
Scenes must be beautiful which daily view'd
Please daily, and whose novelty survives
Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years.
Praise justly due to those that I deeoiibe."
64 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
It will not. be easy to find a more exquisite description of the
quiet beauty of a thoroughly English home picture^ full of associations
to ey^^ heart, and mind. See also his Comparisan, Addressed to a
Young Lady. To end this long note it must be added that the source
is actually in Farthinghoe parish, which adjoins Thenford, and is a
little more than two miles from Thenford House, and thus £rom earlj
days was well known to Michael Wodhull.
A CoxPABisovi Addbbbbsd to 1. Yoxtno Ladt.
'* Sweet stream, that winds throagh' yonder glade.
Apt emblem of a TirtooiiB maid —
Silent and chaste she steals along,
Far from the world's gay bnsy throng,
With gentle yet preyailing foroe
Intent tipon her destined coarse,
^ Graceful and nsefol all she does.
Blessing and blest where'er she goes,
Pore-bosom'd as that watery glass.
And heaTen reflected in her face."
"In the beginning of 1756, Michael Wodhull came fo Win-
chester, and entered Commoners, as a pupil of Dr. Burton, who was
then Head Master. On 'Long Roll' for 1756 his name is gtveo
in Middle Past, v^ Book, and on that; for 1757 as second in Senior
Past, v^ Book, and a Commoner Prefect. He appears to have left
Winchester in 1758." (Th^ Wykehamist, No. 207, April, i886,
p. 50.) *' At Winchester school he used to be called die ' long-l^;ged
republican.' He was under Joseph Warton ; who, when he used to
catch him reading Pitt*s Firgil, would say ' Why don't yon read minef
Sir?' 'Because, Sir,' replied Wodhull, 'Pitt's is better!' I am
indebted to the present bishop of Norwich (Henry Bathurst) who was
at school with Mr. Wodhull, for this anecdote." (Dr. Dibdin,
Bibliographical Decameron, iii., 366.) Reminiscences of these school
days appear in his poems, for £pistle vii. of Book i., qn ** Philosophy,*'
is addressed to the Rev. Henry Bathurst, ll.b.. Fellow of New
College, Oxford, and is dated 1772 : and Epistle v. of Book ii., '' On
the Abuse of Poetry," dated 1769, is addressed to a contemporary
in Commoners, Wadham Wyndham by name, in which occur the
lines which contain the only mention in print that Wodhull has made
of his Winchester school days :
'* Fresh to my soti) ocoor those artless, years.
When, free from gnilt, incapable of fears, •
Thinking ei^sh boon of earthly grandeur small, .
And the coy Mnse's favors all in all.
With thee, my Friend, I trod the flinty side
Of those bleak meads wher^ Itohin rolls its tide,
And if some inanspioioiis flower, azray'd ■
Michael Wodhull. 65
In Tenud hoes, iintimely doom'd to fade,
Adom'd • scene so desolately bare.
Doting we gai*d, and deem'd a Tempo there ;
The Judge's coif, the mitre and the pall,
Blazon*d aloof on that soholastio wall.
Drew not one eagev look, our raptnr*d ejee
Saw Mantua's beech and SnlmoVTilla rise.*'
These references are noticed in The Wykehamist, quoted above.
There can be no donbt that both at Twyford and at Winchester
Michael Wodhull had the great advantage of being under the tuition
of masters of a high order of mind, knowledge, and taste, and that
he had laid the foundations of sound scholarship so thoroughly that
the larger superstructure of bis subsequent erudition followed as a
matter of course. From Winchester he moved to Oxford, where he
was entered at Brasenose College as a Gentleman Commoner in 1758.
The following extract is from the college books :
"1758. Jan. 13. Michael Wodhull. Northton. G. C."
Two brothers of his great grandfather, Giles and Fulk Wodhull,
bad been admitted members of Brasenose in 1598, and the college
also had some property in Thenford, reasons sufficiently strong to
account for his entering that college ; but another reason perhaps
was that the then principal, Francis Yarborough, was also rector of
Aynho, the parish in which his mother's family resided, and thus may
have had a voice in the determination of his choice. Be this as it
may, he spent some time — perhaps nearly three years — at Oxford, not
without improvement in learning, nor without some indulgence in
what was afterwards his ruling passion. His name does not appear
in the catalogue of Oxford Graduates, and his leaving without a
degcee may perhaps be attributed to the fact that the attractions of
Alma Mater were effaced by the superior charms of Miss Catherine
Milcah Ingram*. the fourth daughter of the Rev. John Ingram, of
Wolford, Warwickshire, to whom Michael Wodhull was married at
New bottle, on Nov. 30, 1761, soon after he had attained his majority^
but before he had completed the sixteen terms required for a degree.
The portrait of Mrs. Wodhull is still at Thenford, and the following
anecdote may prove that his powers of critical discernment were not
limited to the niceties of a dead language. " Mr. Wodhull married
in 1 761 a lady of great personal accomplishments and universally
loved and respected, who left him a widower without children in
1808. The bridegroom was at that time in the plenitude of health
and fortune. At Winchester he used to be called the * long-legged
republican,' and wheb he was married, it should seem that he had
preserved not ouly his * long legs/ but his * repablicanisra ' — and
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66 Norihamp tons hire Notes and Queries,
would argue stiffly and stoutly about the equalisation of rights and
properties. 'Say you so,' said an intimate friend one day to him at
dinner, ' Look at that beautiful woman whom you have just married !
What other right, than that which the law allows, have you to the
possession of such a treasure ? If equality be resorted to, I have
only to exercise the strength of this arm, so much more muscular
than your own, and she becomes my property in an instant.' The
appeal and the argument were not used in vain. These are the *rubs*
which cure a man of his equalising Utopias. The foregoing anecdote
may be relied upon as coming from a most veracious quarter."
(Dr. Dibdin, Bibliographical Decameron^ iii. p. !^66),
I have suggested one reason why Michael Wodhull did not take
a degree at Oxford ; there may have been another. On the death
of King George ii. a volume of verses was prepared, according to
the custom which had prevailed from the reign of Elizabeth, to
express the sorrow of the University for the loss of his Majesty.
It seems that Michael Wodhull sent in a copy of verses which was
for some reason rejected. It could hardly have beeu inferior in
quality to some that were printed, but considering the strong
republican principles which he held even as a schoolboy, it is not
improbable that he had given expression to his sentiments in a
manner not deemed consistent with such an occasion, and not in
harmony with the loyal feelings of the academic body. The
Professor of Poetry, Thomas Warton, was one of the Inspectors
of these eflEusions, and Wodhull vented his indignation in an Ode to
Criticism, By a Gentleman of Oxford. London. Printed for
•J. Goniston, in Piccadilly, mdcclxi. Price sixpence. Four leaves
in folio. On the copy in the Bodleian there is this MS. note:
''Michael Wodhull, Gentleman Commoner of Brasenose, whose
Verses on the death of the King were rejected by the Inspectors
of which Mr. Thos. Warton was one." This Ode was intended as
an attack on certain peculiarities in the writings of Thomas Warton.
Warton took a singular mode of avenging himself, by inserting the
Ode in The Oxford Sausage among poems of a very different sort.
It is in the £rst edition of 1764 and all subsequent ones 3 but the
epistle to Mr. John Cleaver, of Christ Church, which was also
inserted in the first edition, and is also in the ^ublin reprint of 1766,
was afterward omitted. Mr. Wodhull never reprinted the Ode. The
original is now very rare. The rejection of the verses, which evidently-
stirred the indignation of the youthful poet, may have also induced
him to quit the University which had thus shown rather the temper of a
Noverca than the gentle love of an Alma Mater, w w n
(Ih be continued,)
Northamptonshire Characters. 67
247«-r-SAR6BNT Familt OP NORTHAMPTON. — I am anxioos to
obtain particulars of the genealogy of my ancestor, William Sargent
(or Sargeant, or Serjeant) who emigrated from Northampton, in 1638,
together with his wife Sarah, " late the wife of Wm. Minshall of
Whitchurch in the Coimty of Salop, gent., deceased.*' William
Sargent is described as a *' haberdasher of hats."
Any particulars of the family will be gratefully received. Is it
known if they were entitled to any armorial bearings ?
SomerriUe, Man., U.S.A. Aaron Sargbvt.
248. — Moravians in Northampton. — Preachers came from
Bedford, 1759, and afterwards. New chapel consecrated 24 June,
1770, Rev. Francis Okely, Minister. The work was continued
certainly till 1789. Mr. Okely published many books, some of which
are in the Northampton Reference Library. Can any one supply
information as to the site of the chapel? or why the work was
abandoned ?
HUlHouso, Upper Wortiey.Loedi. J. J. English.
249. — Riots IN 1641 and 164a.— There are said to have been
some considerable disturbances in these years between the inhabitants
of Peterborough and the Cromwellians, on the road between Peter-
borough and Stamford. Where can any particulars be found ? Do
any parochial registers make mention of them ? And is the precise
locality known ? . A. P.
250- — Northamptonshire Characters and Caricatures. —
Much yet remains to be done in the collation and publication of the
abundant materials — old and new — illustrative of Northamptonshire
history and biography 5 and to one who has the necessary time and
qualifications, an interesting task oflers in the compilation of a
complete record of caricatures relating to the coonty. The subjoined
contribution (compiled from a series of prints in the possession of
Mr. John Taylor) is published in the hope that it may be largely
supplemented later on. There is, we believe, ample scope for further
work in this direction, and no doubt readers of " N. N. & Q.'* will
welcome any addition to our stock of information on this subject.
Probably there are not many now living who witnessed the famous
election contest which called forth the first caricature on our list,
a water-color drawing entitled ** The last scene of the New Grand
National Meleodrama, called the Mob Daemon, or John Bull's
Miltonomaniain 1831. Lapidosoinv. Flammoso sculpsit." This is
an elaborate pictorial squib, in colors, issued during the election of
two knights of the shire for the county of Northampton, which
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68 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
commenced at Northampton on May 7tb, and continued (Sundajs
excepted) until May 23rd, 1831. The Whig candidates were lord
Althorp and lord Milton, and the Tory candidates Mr. W. R. Cart-
wright and sir Charles Knigbtley, bart. ; and Althorp and Milton,
were returned. The Tory carriage, presumably containing the Tory
candidates, is represented going " To Northampton up Constitution
Hill/* On one side is a car containing a Red Indian sort of
caricature of viscount Milton, attired in blue military coat with yellow
facings, red knickerbockers, and large open collar with scalloped
border ; his head-dress consisting of a profusion of gaily coloured
feathers. In one hand he holds the flag of " Liberty ** and in the
other the torch of *' Truth." Thus gaudily attired he is being drawn
down hill to the verge of a Gehenna, from which arise the demons of
Radical Reform (represented by a triple-crowned beast of horrible
aspect^ with widely-opened mouth) —Foreign Com Free, National
Debt «^8oo,ooo, 000, and other frightful but nameless figures. On
. the margin of the Gehenna is a figure presumably intended for lor^
Althorp, and in a morass on the hill side are strewn crowns, mitres,
and coronets, with the watchwords, "No Tithes," "No Union,"
"No Rates," "No Taxes," ''No Oligarchy," "No Slavery," "No
Work," " Address of Thanks to the King," " Annual Parliaments,"
and " Universal Suffrage." The squib was evidently intended to
strike terror into the hearts of the voters during the crisis of 1831.
The legend of the drawing is found in the following rhyme. Lord
Milton loquitur : —
Come, ye Gnomes and spirits all,
To our yearly festival,
See my banner wide unforrd
Waving Freedom through the World.
See my torch whose cleansing brand
Purges a corrupted land.
Let it bum — we hail the Storm
That shall generate reform. •
Taxes sink tho' credit fall
*Tis the good cause sanctions alL
The remaining subjects are classed alphabetically under their
respective place-names, such arrangement being at once simple and
convenient.
Aldwinckle, Samuel Bbbslet. A striking sketch of an eccentric
personage of considerable repute in his own neighbourhood, by
Robert Cruikshank. Beesley was an old carrier, who travelled
between Thrapston and the neighbouring village of Aldi^inckle for
some 30 or 40 years. He is represented seated in a primitive sort of
ARTISTIC WALL PAPERS
In NewesC Designs and Colourings^
OQHSIBTIVO OF
DADO DECORATIONS.
STAIRCASE DECORATIONS.
BORDERS AND FRIEZES.
LINCRUSTA - WALTON.
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An immense Stock of the above may be seen at
R. CLEAVER'S,
14 Wood Street, Northampton,
r^-ii<^e§i^^^8ii^^
ROBERT GRIFFITHS,
PAPERHANGER, &c.,
(For 18 Yean with Mb. W. Law, late of 33, Abington Street, XorthamptonJ
Respectfully solicits your Patronage and Support, which he will do his
utmost to deserve.
Furniture of all kinds Re-stuM & Polished.
MATTRESSES CAREFULLY RE-MADE.
(ftrers gitscriptton of ^linbs Sn^plieb or ^iepaireb.
Present Retidence —
11 ALCOMBE ROAD. NORTHAMPTON.
KID GLOVES. H'OSIERY. •
/\ DNITT R ROS.,
GENERAL DRAPERS,
33, 35, 37, 39,
The Drapery, Northampton.
MILLINERY. MANTLES.
DRESSES. LINENS.
/\ DNITT BROS,
GENERAL DRAPERS,
33, 35, 37, 39,
The Drapery, Northampton.
RIBBONS. LACE GOODS.
Part XI. Vol. II.
JULY, 1886.
Price Is. ed.
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Nihil sub sole novum^ nee valet quisquam dicerc : Ecce hoc recens est : jam
enim praecessit in stsculis, qum^uitfumt gjiienos, Eccles. i. lo.
To make i^e past prd^^f^hP'l^fffPki^Tljtsian^ near, to place us in the
sodetif of a great ma A ^ on ttprrminencewt^h overlooks the Jielii of a
mighty tattle^ to invesl ^i^jlkfh^ ^^5'^ tSt)^^'' J^^'^^ ^^'^ blood beings whom
we are too much inclin\d to consi der as penonifiJd qualities in an aJlegory^
to call up our anceston'^i^flcfpfcMit^^ peculiarities of language,
manners, and garb, to showuT'\ivmiiktii''f!ouses, to seat us at their tables, to
rummage their olti-Jashioned u*ardrobes, to explain the uses of their ponderous
furniture . . . parts of the duty which property belongs lo the historian.
Macau LAY, Essay on Hallam.
Northamptonshire
Notes ^ Queries,
AN ILLUSTRATED QUARTERLY JOURNAL
DBTOTED TO
The Antiquities, Family History^ Traditions, Parochial
Records, Folk-lore, Quaint Customs^ &c., of the County,
ZDtfrB ii5
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Vicar of Maxeif, Market Deeping.
C ONTENTS.
250
Hortli&mptoiitliire Characten.
263 Tradetmen'e
Tokens:
251
A Yietimised Townsman of the
Oondle
Thingden or Finedon
Eighteentli Century.
Fasten
Thrapston
252
BiUe HeetingB at Kettering.
Panlerspnry
Toweester
253
Inoculation in 1790.
Potterspnry
Wansford
254
Stone Coffint^t Cottesbrooke.
Preston (Great)
Weedon
255
The Horthampton BilU of Mortality.
Sockingham
Weldon
256
Hay Song at Nassington.
Bothwell
WeUbrd
257
Wight of Blaketley Hall.
Rnshden
Wellingborongh
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Local Dialect.
Stamford Baron
Whittlebnry
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Orrne Family ? Incendiary Letter.
Stowe
Wootton
260
Horthamptonshire Briefh.
Sntton (Kings)
261
Plan of Battle of Haaeby.
264 Mantle-piece at Helmdon.
262
Boddngham Acconnt Book, 16^.
266 Th'Kanan'
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donkey cart, holding the reins in bis right hand and bearing in his
left a mug of ale. His whip is under his right arm, and he is
apparently engaged in conversation with a jovial-looking roan who
stands, pipe in mouth, in front of a shop of which he is probably the
occapier, and which, in the midst of saddles and so forth displays the
name of " S. Mason." The rugged face and beetling brows, the
dwarfed form and homely costume — in which the old coat and hat
and leathern gaiters are conspicuous— proclaim the man a character.
The picture is an excellent specimen of the artist's work. It is a
coloured print (ijin. by pjin.), published by J. T. Notcntt, Tbrapston.
AUhorp, Caricature of lord Altuorpb behind his pedigree stock.
Here we have an apparently simple-minded clown in smock-frock,
with bis right hand thrust into its corresponding pocket — the trousers
and boots, by the bye, do not correspond with the outer-garment
already mentioned — ^the left arm resting on one of the pedigree beast.
This small print bears the legend : " What a pleasure it is to get at
something one does understand. '*
JsiwelL The Right Honourable Sblina Countess Dowager of
Huntingdon. From the original picture painted by J. Russel,
Carington Bowles excudit. This mezzotint comes more properly
under the category of allegorical than caricature engravings. The
countess, who is of a very melancholy cast of countenance, wears a
long veil which falls over her shoulders and bosom. Her gown,
loosely tied round the waist by a white band, is partially supported
by her left hand, while in her right is a crown of thorns, and beneath
ber feet a coronet.
Easton Neston. Will Sommbrs Kinge Heneryes Jester. This
representation of a notable Northamptonshire character was published
April and, 1798, by William Richardson, York House, No. 31 Strand,
and represents the jester in a gaily-coloured gown with padded sleeves
and curious decorations, with fool's cap hanging at his girdle, and
having in his right hand a horn. On his breast appear the letters
" H. R.'* His head is adorned by a cap with feathers, and he wears
"slashed*' sandals. Behind him is a view of a street in London and
games of the period. The following rhymes appear on the print :—
" What though tboQ thinkst me olad in straage attire,
Knowe I am anted to my owne deseire
And yet the Characters desorib'd upon mee
May shewe thee that a King bestoVd them on mee
This Home I have betokens Sommers game
Which ^ortive tyme will bid thee reade my name
All with my Nature well agreeing too
As both the Name and Tyme and Habit doe."
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70 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Fawsley. John Dod. Ob. An. Ch. 1645. iEtatis sua 96. This
venerable divine is bere presented in the clerical dress of the pericxl :
skull cap, frilled collar and cuffs, and high shouldered gown. In his
right hand he has a book. At foot of the portrait are the followix^
lines : —
" A Grave Divine ; precise, not tnrbolent ;
And never goilty of the Churohee rent:
Meek even to sinners; most devont to God:
This is but part of the due praise of Don. 0. B.*'
Dod*s character is too well known to need comment here j and of
his writings an excellent bibliographical list will be found in Mr. John
Taylor's Memorials of Rev. John Dod, M.A,
Grafton Underwood. Thomas Carlet. This is a small water-
colour drawing from the original in the British Museum, and shows us
a smiling, contented-looking little man, clad in brown coat, buff* knee-
breeches, grey stockings, and buckle shoes. The Nortkampttm
Mercury records the decease of this remarkable character in the
following words :—
<* On the 29th nit. in his 68th year, after a long confinement, at Grafton
Underwood, in this county, Mr. Thomas Carley ; who was bom without hands,
and his arms not more than eighteen inches in length, yet, this great
phenomenon of nature could write well, understood nrithmetio, was clerk of the
parish, and many years employed as pubHc school-master, all which offices he
discharged with satisfaction to the parish. Octr. 1826."
Hardingstone. Antiquarians viewing Queen's Cross. In this
coloured design by Woodward (engraved by Cruikshanks) are depicted
three amusing figures. The foremost, in brown coat and knee-
breeches^ and with spectacles on nose, is closely examining the cross ;
while at a little distance behind him^ also busily occupied with an
eyeglass, is a ruddy faced and gaudily attired gentleman, whose coat
is of a bright blue colour, his waistcoat vermilion, and his lower
garments yellow, top-boots appropriately terminating this gorgeous
costume. The last of the trio is a sour-visaged old fellow, whose
grey coat and three-cornered hat well-match his antiquated appearance.
The print is dated i Jg6. It should be mentioned that <the cross is
very unlike the structure of which Northamptonians are justly proud.
Higham Ferrers. Thomas Britton. The Musical Small-coal
Man. Ob. 17 14. Although this cannot properly be classed as a
caricature its subject may be called a character, for he was in truth a
man of very noticeable character^ as indeed might be surmised from an
otxamination of this portrait. He is here shown in slouched hat
-^der which his long hair hangs down to his shoulders) and frock.
Northamptonshire Characters. 71
his right hand clasping his left arm. The print in question is after a
painting by WoUaston, himself a friend of the Musical Small-coal Man.
''Though doom*d to small coal, jet to the arts allied,
Rich without wealth, and famous without pride;
lCasio*8 hest patron, judge of books and men,
Beloy*d and honored by Apollo's train.
In Greece or Rome sure never did appear,
So bright a genius in so dark a sphere ;
More of the man had probably been say*d
Had Kneller painted and had Yertne grav'd. Pbiob."
Kings Cliffe. William Dakin. In this '' proof before letters '*
the lunatic settler at Cliffe is shown seated upon a "whelmed**
hamper, habited in a long coat and the usual knee breeches and low
shoes of the period. His appearance is sufficiently dishevelled to
give coimtenance to the published accounts of his peculiarities. 'A
biographical sketch of Dakin appeared in the Gentleman*s Magazine
of October, 1800, from which the following is quoted : — " William
Dakin . . .is not more than 45 years of age, though the coarse
dirty habit which he constantly wears, and the enormous length of
bis beard, which he suffers to grow (only now and then clipping it
with scissars), give him a much older appearance." Later on he is
reported to have been possessed with the belief that he .was Jesus
Christ The print was published by Nichols & Son, Nov. ist, 1800,
Branscomb, Newbury, Pinxt. B. Sc.
Northampton. The R*. Honb*«. Spbncbr Perceval, the able De-
fiender of Her Majesty in 1806. W. Read, Sc. This small coloured
print shows the minister (after the manner of a bust) in loose blue
robe. The fine grave features and white hair and eyebrows form a
striking picture.
- — John Bellimoham, Taken at the Sessions House, Old
Bailey, May 15, 18 12. Drawn and etched by Dennes Dighton. A
coloured engraving of Spencer Perceval's assassin, whose peculiar
sharp-featured face is shown in profile. He holds in his left
hand an open letter, and wears a light-brown coat with high collar,
buff-coloured stock, and an abundance of frill. His biography may be
summed up in few words : born at St. Neots, Hunts. -, merchant at
Liverpool ; shot Mr. Perceval; executed 181 2.
Old Ham an the Northampton-Lamp-Lighter. Drawn from
Life. L Read pinx. T. Roberts Sculpt North**". 1773. A
rare coloured etching of an eccentric-looking character, of whom
the print declares : —
'< His Ability & Agility will make a Man Laugh
As he lights 18 Lamps in an Hour and a half.''
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72 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
The following description of this portrait is quoted from Cole's
Popular Biography of Northamptonshire, and will give a tolerably
correct idea of his costume : —
" His hat is peculiar, the orown being high, and finished off in the centre of
its top with a round boss-like ornament ; in front is a small flat poke, and
behind a very extended slouch ; under this is a sort of skull-cap, fitting tigrl^t
at the forehead, and tied under the chin, but being loose and handkerohief-like
behind, is perhaps intended to represent the hood of the loose fijing doak
which he wears over his doublet. His wrists are ornamented with the frilled
work of the period ; in his right hand he carries a lanthom, and his left
supports a long ladder upon his shoulder. He Ib represented as an aged
character, with a countenanoe of suavity."
The Northampton Bellman. This is a photograph from
a silhouette portrait, which was exhibited as a specimen in the
window of Mr. Spokes, in Grold street. The original portrait is in
the diary of John Cole, the historian and antiquary ; the bellman in
question being John Ward, who resigned his appointment in 1855,
He is habited in the official costume, and has his bell, mouth upward,
in his hand.
Tommy Mallard. A son of the old carrier between
Warwick and Northampton, who used to bring the well-known
*' Leamington Waters " to this town. This is also a photograph,
and presents a quaint figure, with eyebrows raised and thumbs in
pockets, supported by a pair of extremely short legs.
Old Poppet. How this portrait came to be added to our
gallery of local characters we learn from an account of its subject,
which appeared in the Northampton Mercury of June 3, 1865 : —
" A photographer in the town onoe invited him to dinner, with ulterior
views, and when he had filled him with good things, and warmed the cockles
of his heart with sufficient ale, he invited him to walk into his parlour and be
photographed. Poor Poppet at once felt he was a celebrity, and didn't see
why he shouldn't turn it to account, and he demanded a half-guinea fee for
sitting, and got it. His likeness wiU go do^n to posterity in the gallery of
eccentricities, side by side with (General Tom Thumb, the Musical Small Coal
Kan, and Qieasy Beugo."
The same account says : —
<* His framework was of singular construction. He had the visage of a
stem senior — a profile not unlike the heroic outline of the Welling^n face,
and the body seemed as if at some unlucky period of his existence it had been
crumpled up in an hydraulic press, which had left no bone of its proper shape.
For some time he was in the Union ; latterly he lived at large, and was assisted,
we believe, by many sympathisers, the number of which used to produce
eccentric variations in his costume. We have seen him in a blue dress-coat
belonging to the long swallow-tail period, the extreme ends coquetting with
Northamptonshire Characters. 73
the gfODnd as he walked ; white oord hreeohee, made to do duty aa tiowaen,
and ddng it; white waiatooat, and Beloher handkerohief."
Old Poppet is supposed to have died at the age of 9.3.
Northampton. Enough for nothing. This is one of a series
of large woodcuts of much merit, issued by the Diceys some 150 years
ago. It represents au old piper in three-cornered hat and full-skirted
coat, with stick suspended from bis left wrist, who is apparently
making bis bow after manipulating his pipes with no perceptible result
in a pecaDiaiy sense.
Peterborough. Old Scarlet, Sexton of Peterbro' from an
ancieot picture in y« Cathedral o** July y« a** 1594, R. S., aetatis 98.
W. Williams, 0. 1776. As an accurate description of the various
engravings of this well-known portrait appears on a previous page
(249, vol. i.,) it is unnecessary particularly to describe the above. It
may be mentioned, however, that the old sexton is represented with
spade, keySj and whip in girdle.
Stamford Si. Martin. Mr. Daniel Lambert, of Leicester.
Weighs 39 stone, I2lbs. J. Parry, del. A. Van Assen, sculp. The
subject of this engraving was born at Leicester, March 13, 1770, and
died at the house of Mr. Berridge, the Waggon and Horses Inn,
Stamford St. Martins, June ai, 1809. He is here presented in a
broad-brimmed hat, open coat, and striped waistcoat of enormous
extent ; while his legs, encased in breeches and gaiters, forcibly
remind one — so hugely fat are they — of modern prize pigs. This
portrait was published August 31, 1804, by R. S. Kirby, London
House Yard, and J. Scott, Strand.
Wakefield. Grafton. An etching signed " R. S." A portrait
of George Henry FitzRoy, fourth duke of Grafton, who was bom in
1760, and succeeded to the dukedom in 181 1. The Sporting Times
of January 30, 1886, says of this etching: "The portrait of the
Pourth and younger duke, as he stands with an umbrella under his
arm which Mrs. Gamp or Dr. Kenealey might have envied, and clad
in a light-coloured frock-coat with enormous black velvet collar, and
in tightly-strapped trousers, would, doubtless, cause no slight
merriment to-day at Newmarket were it a living presentment of his
grandson, the seventh duke of Grafton. The famous Grafton scarlet
has been unknown in connection with Euston Hall upon the Classic
Heath since 1844, when the subject of this present memoir died."
Woodford. Josiah Eaton. A native of Woodford, in North-
amptonshire. Aged 49. In stature 5ft. ain. T. C. Smith del. T.
Hodgetts sculp. A coloured engraving of the Woodford pedestrian.
74 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
who is attired in un old battered hat, open blue coat^ buff trousers,
and low shoes. The following is the list of his performances : —
" Performed at Stowmarket in the Comity of Suffolk, the most wonderfoll
Pedestrian feat ever heard of, Whidi was he walked a Quarter of a
mile, in every successive quarter of an hour ; For the space of six
weeks ; commenced at 2, 0' Clock on the 12 May, & finished 6 minntet!
before 2 O'Clock on the 23, June 1818.— Having Previously Performed
the following pedestrian feats.
Dec. 26, 1816. on Blackheath 1100, miles on the Barclay plan, viz. a mile
every hour.
July 20, 1816. kt the same place 1100, miles commencing each mile within
20 minutes after each hour.
Deo. 6, 1816. on Brixton Causeway 1998, half miles in 1998 succeeding
half hours.
June 18, 1817. on Wormwood Scrubs, 2000 miles in 42 days.
Sep. 6, 1817. From Colchester to London, one day k returning to Col-
chester the next, being 61, miles daUy, for 20 Successive days."
fFoodford. Old Simon. An etched portrait of Simon Edy, a
native of Woodford, a cooper by trade, who, being disappointed in a
love affair went to London, where he was speedily dispoiled of
all he possessed and reduced to beggary; losing, in addition, the
greater portion of his wits. To judge from this portrait, he was
a short ihick-set man, wearing his hair very long, and allowing his
beard to grow, which together gave him a venerable appearance.
Upon bis bead is placed a hat, in shape like one of the earthenware
pancheons in common use^ other portions of his costume consisted
of rags and shreds of books and papers, cut out much in the shape
of a beaver's tail, and arranged over each other in a continued series,
forming a kind of apron in front. Over bis left shoulder was thrown
a sort of loose cloak, much tattered ; and thus he is represented in
Seago's etching of the Queen's Cross, near Northampton. In this dress
he wandered, proving, wherever he went, a subject of amusement
Wooilon. The Old Wootton Sand Man. F. Merry weather.
Sculpt. Northampton. We have here a quaint trio-— the man and his
donkeys -, very slim-legged beasts the latter, with sand-bags slung
across their backs, one having also a basket balanced on his bags.
The sand man himself is habited in a loose great-coat, with very large
cuffs and cape, having a long stick under his arm, and wearing
a peculiarly shaped hat, with a low round crown, and a large square
turn-up in front ; behind, it has a very extended slouch, similar to
that worn by the metropolitan dustmen. His head is very much out
of the perpendicular, and from his mouth issues the cxy '' Woot ton
Sand White Sand." The engraving bears also the following couplet :
"In Frost and Snow, or Rain and Shine,
I briog my Sand so White & fine.** F. T.
A Victimised Townsman. 75
251. — A ViCTiMiSBD Townsman of the Eighteenth
Century. — In The Gentleman s Magazine for December, 1761, an
accoant is given of the life and execution of John Perrott, a native of
Newport Pagnel^ who was hanged at Smithfield on Wednesday, nth
November^ 1761^ for concealing part of his effects.
In the ardcle in question several references are made to a Mr.
Edward Whitton of Nortbandpton, who appears to have been his chief
Tictim. As these may perhaps interest some readers of *' N. N. & Q./*
I have appended the paragraphs in which Mr. Whitton*s name appears.
'* He was indebted to Mr. E(hp. Whitton of Northampton^ in
4iooi. and Mr. ff^hitton having expressed himself with some warmth
of resentment^ upon hearing Ferrott was become a bankrupt, at the
very time when he pretended to derive great advantages from his
business, in order to cajole Whitton to advance him more money,
under the pretence of enlarging it : Perrott conceived a project, by
-which he could at once take off the weight of Mr. Whitton as a
creditor, and by lessening the loss of the rest, dispose them to treat
him more favourably : When Mr. Whitton therefore appeared to claim
bis debt of 4100/. Perrott pretended, that no more than 15 or 1800/.
was legally due to him, the rest of his demand being accumulated by
usury and extortion ; for that Whit ton ^ whose debt was money lent,
not only charged 10 per cent, interest for the original loan, but had
also charged interest upon interest at the same rate.
" It is a sufficient refutation of this wicked calumny, in which the
most flagitious injustice was complicated with the basest ingratitude,
to say that the commissioners, after the most scrupulous and
deliberate enquiry, allowed the whole of Mr. Whitton*s debt to the
satisfaction of all the other creditors of Perrott*s, though in direct
opposition to his own solemn and repeated declarations upon oath.
It should not, however, be concealed, that, to this very Mr. Whitton,
Perrott was principally indebted for his introduction into trade, for his
support in the course of it, and for the credit he afterwards obtained ;
that he had declared to several persons, that whenever he wanted
money, he could have it of Mr. Whitton, his dearest and most vahiable
frigid, at four per cent, that Perrott, to ingratiate himself farther with
this Gentleman, made a will about the year 1757, in which he gave
away 2,000/. & made Mr. Whitton his executor, tho' he was not then
worth one shilling: and stiled him his lest and dearest friend, in letters
written so lately as 1758, to induce him to sell out stock at consider-
able loss, and put the money into his hands, upon pretence that his
profit would enable him to pay lawful interest for it, and replace it
whenever it should be required at whatever price." (Gent. Mag.^
Dec 1761, pp. 586, 587.)
76 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
" On the morning of his execution, he (Perrott) confessed the
justice of his sentence, and acknowledged the injury he had done ta
his benefactor Mr. IVkitton, and ask his forgiveness." {lb. p. 591.)
Who was this Mr. Edward Whitton ? He must have been 10 an
extensive way of business at the time in Northampton, as witness the
largeness of the debt.
64 Oakley Road, Islington. J®"^ '^* P^OB.
252. — ^BiBLB Mbbtimgs at Kettbrino. — ^The late Mr. James
Sculthorpe (second son of John Sculthorpe, of Harringworth,
gentleman, referred to in Art. 129 in connection with the ''Four-field
system " of farming,) describes in his memoranda a meeting of the
Bible Society held at Kettering in a very large bam, on the 1 2th Jaly,
1828, which was attended by a thousand persons, who placed them-
selves before and around the speakers. There was a waggon outside
one of the doors full of people, and others were congregated on a
stack of wood. The correspondent who furnishes these particulars
says that meetings of this sort were particularly flourishing at
Kettering, and were a part of the religious revival which took place
in the early part of this century. Descriptions of a more sensational
character have been given by, persons present at them. It is said
traditionally that sometimes two or three thousand people were
present, and old subscribers to the society used to refer to these as
contrasting remarkably with the ''heavy tiresome meetings of the
same society about thirty years ago, when about forty persons
assembled in the neighbouring towns, and they were very fatiguing
specimens of a paralyzed interest."
253- — Inoculation in 1790. — The annexed advertisement
will disclose to many readers a practice of which they were not
aware. The inoculator received his patients into his house for a
fortnight 5 boarded them, operated, and watched the progress of the
treatment ^ and all for a guinea a week.
"INOCULATION,
By Robert Goodman, of Guilsborough, at a Lodge, in the Parish
of Guilsborough, at Two Guineas each Patient for a fortnight, with
all Necessaries (Wine excepted).
All that please for to put themselTea under my Oare,
May depend on srood Usage and good proper Fare ;^
For twenty odd Years, this my Business I've made,
And am thought, by much People, to well know my Trade :
Then be not in Doubt, but with Speed to me come—
By the Blessing of Gron, I can send you safe Home,**
Northampton Bills of Mortality. 77
254. — Stoke Coffins at Cottesbrookb. — In March last,
while digging in the churchyard, Mr. Samuel Astin came across a
stone coffio just below the turf. The stone was in perfect preser-
vation, except that the lid was broken near the foot, displaying the
bones. The coffin was, as usual, cut out of a solid block, having
square edges and comers. Digging elsewhere, another appeared.
Possibly there are more, as there was a cell of Premonstratentian
monks at Cottesbrooke. Vernon Edliv.
255. — The Northampton Bills of Mortality. — In the
dianning article on " Northamptonshire,*' by the late Canon James,
(Quarterly Review, No. cci., Jan., 1857,) is the following interesting
accomit of the poet Cowper*s contributions to the Northampton
"BUlsof Mortality":—
" The celebrated Northampton Tables, the foundation of all the
Life Insurance calculations, were framed by Dr. Price on the Bills of
Mortality kept in the parish of All Saints, Northampton, considered
at that time as a fair average for insurers and insured : the increased
general longevity has now caused them to be abandoned as too
fevourable to the offices. The Northampton Bills, however, have a
more poetical claim to fame. The clerk of All Saints, whose business
it was to deliver them yearly to the Mayor and other worthy inhabit-
ants, was accustomed, with the view to the augmentation of his
Christmas-box, to accompany them with a copy of verses. No
doubt the subject was growing oppressive and the theme a little
threadbare, when John Cox, who held the important office in 1787,
bearing that Cowper was staying at Weston Favell, [Weston Under-
wood] walked over to ask the poet to favour him with a copy of
mortuary verses. Cowper, in a letter to Lady Hesketh, humorously
describes the interview. On his referring the plain, decent, elderly
personage who sat before him to a namesake Cox, a statuary and a
first-rate maker of verses, the clerk answered that he had already
borrowed help £rom him, but that he was a gentleman of so much
reading that the people of the town could not understand him. The
simple, good-natured Cowper came to the relief of his petitioner,
and for seven successive years furnished the mortuary verses which
now appear in the poet's collected works, and which founded at the
same time the fame and the fortune of John Cox. The custom is
still retained, and ofiers a fair opening for an aspiring native poet in
a fidd which Cowper did not disdain to occupy.**
In The Life and PPorks of Cowper, edited by Southey, the verses
are given for the years 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1792, and 17935
1 791 being omitted.
II
78 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
The verses in 1791 were not supplied by Cowper, and caDon
James was mistaken in saying that he wrote them for seven successive
years. Above the verses, in the 1 790-1791 bill, is this note : — ''The
following Lines, wrote by a Gentleman of this Town, were inserted
in our Bill of Mortality many Years ago ; we hope our Readers will
not object to their second appearance for the present year." The
lines are followed by the signature " J. C.*'
The first four Bills (i 736-1 739) comprise the Mortality of All
Saints* parish only. From 1740 to 1871, in which year the last was
issued, the bills were for the whole town. John Cox, who solicited
the poet Cowper for the verses, was clerk of the parish of All Saints
from 1781-1789. He died Feb. 11, 1791.
In the library of the Rev. John Fuller Russell, sold by auction by
Messrs. Sotheby and Co., Feb. 1-4, 1886, was the original MS. of
the verses for the year 1789, the following being the catalogue
entry : —
*« Cowper (W.) Northampton Dirge for 1789 (two pages).
Nine QuatrainB in the Poet's Autograph, 4to, 1789."
The MS. version varying somewhat from the printed copies we
give the original : —
NORTHAMPTON DIRGE FOR 1789.
" Oh most delightful hour by Man And all his strength from Scripture drew
Experienced here below To hourly use applied.
The hour that terminates his spaD»
His folly, sin and woe I '^'^^ ™^® ^® P^"^ ^^ ^*^ *>® ^^^*
He hated, hoped and loy*d.
Worlds should not bribe me back to tread Nor ever frown'd or sad appeared,
Again Lifes dreary Waste But when his heart had roreJ,
To see again my Day o'er spread
With all the gloomy Past. ^^^ H® '^ '»*»J ^ Thou or I,
And Evil felt within.
My Home henceforth is in the skies, But when he felt it, heaT*d a sigh
Earth, Seas, and Sun, adieu ! And loath'd the thought of Sin.
All HeaT'n unfolded to my eyes
I have no sight for you." Such li^'d Aspasio, and, at last,
CalVd up from earth to heav'n,
So spake Aspasio, firm possess'd The gulph of Death triumphant pass*d
Of Faiths supporting rod. By gales of Blessing driv'n.
Then breathed its soul into its 1
The bosom of his God, His Joys be mine, each Reader cries,
When my last hour arrires,
He was a man among the few They shall be yours, my rerse replies,
Sincere on Virtue's side, Such only be your lives.
The above MS. was purchased by Mr. John Taylor for the
President of the Northampton Museum Committee (Mr. Sam S.
Catnpion) with the object of adding it to the literary treasures in
our local museum.
Northampton Bills of Mortality,
79
In the British Museum is a set of the Bills of Mortality, wanting
those for 1780, 1786, 1798, 1803, 1806, i8ia, 1814, 1817, 1825,
1828. Id George Baker's sale was a set dating from 1 789-1 841 ; in
the Taylor Collection are copies for 175 1« and from 1765 to their
discoDtinuance in 187 1.
An interesting account of the Bills of Mortality, with a fac-simile
for the year 179a, appears in the Sunday at Home, August 22, 1874.
List of the Bills of Mortality from their commencement to their dis-
continoance ; with names of the Mayors to whom they were dedicated.
1736—1737 To the Bight Wonhipfol the Mayor, The Aldenoen, BaiHfE^
Burgesses, And the Rest of the Worthy Inhabitimts of the
Parish of All Saints in the Town of Northampton.
1737—1738 The Mayor, etc
1738-1739 The Mayor, etc
1739-1740 The Mayor, etc
1740-1741 The Mayor, etc.
mi-1742 The Mayor, etc
1742-1748 The Mayor, etc.
1743-1744 The Mayor, etc.
1744—1745 To the Right WorshipfnlJohn Gibson, Esq; Mayor, The Alder-
men, BailiflG^ Burgesses, And the Rest of the Worthy Inhabit-
ants of the Town of Northampton.
On the Bill for this year the following Note woe appended ;—
%• Serwal GenUemen, &o., having desired me to give them one of my Bills of
T^ ^^ I have printed heretofore (which I could not procure for them) I hare
ttwrfore transcribed from my Book the above Account, which I hope wiU be equally
wtwfactory to them, it containing the Bills of Mortality within the Parish of All-
Swntm from Dec. 21, 1784, to Dec. 21. 1745, being two Years before I printed any,
1746-1746 John Smith, Mayoi^ etc 1766—1766 John Davies, etc
1746-1747 William Fabian,'etc
1747—1748 Charles Stratford, etc
1748-1749 Henry Looock, etc.
1749-1760 SloswickCarr, etc.
1760-1761 Richard More, etc.
1761-1762 John Plackett, etc.
1762-1768 Oeorge Tompson, etc
1763-1764 Henry Jeflbut, etc.
1764-1766 William Jackson, etc
176(^1766 Stamford FaiTin, etc
1766-1767 Robert Lucas, etc
1767-1768 Lucas Ward, etc
1768-1769 John Fox, etc.
1769-1760 Robert Tyers, etc
1760-1761 Robert Morris, etc
1761-1762 WilKam Gylee, etc
1762-1763 Joseph Elston, etc
1763-1764 William Davis, etc
1764-1766 Robert Balaam, etc
1766—1767
1767—1768
1768—1769
1760—1770
1770-^1771
1771—1772
1772—1773
1778—1774
1774—1776
1776—1776
1776—1777
1777—1778
1778—1779
1779—1780
1780—1781
1781—1782
1782—1783
1783—1784
1784—1786
Thomas Breton, etc
John Edwards, etc
Henry WooUey, etc
Samuel Storgis, etc
William Gibson, etc
William King, etc
Henry Tompson, etc.
Edward Kerby, etc.
John Newcome, etc.
William Ghamberlin, etc
Robert Traaler, etc
Edward Cole, etc
James Clarke, etc
William Tompson, etc
Clark Hillyard, etc
William Marshall, etc
James Sutton, etc.
Richard Mills, etc.
William Gibson, etc
II ♦
8o Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
1785—1786 Samuel Trealove, etc.
1786—1787 HiU Gadgeon, etc
1787—1788 IUohardMeaoook,eto.
1788—1789 Thomas Hall, etc.
1789—1790 Jolm Lacy, etc.
1790—1791 James Killer, eto.
1791—1792 William Francis, etc.
1792—1798 Jeremiah Briggs, etc.
1793—1794 Thomas Hall, etc.
1794—1796 Thomas Hall, etc.
1796—1796 Charles Smith, etc.
1796—1797 J. Iff. Hopkins, etc.
1797—1798 Francis Osbom, etc.
1798—1799 George Osbom, etc.
1799—1800 Thomas Johnson, etc.
1800—1801 Samuel Holt, etc.
1801—1802 Charles Freeman, etc.
1802—1803 William Birdsall, etc.
1803—1804 Francis Hayes, etc
1804—1806 Thomas Armfield, etc
1806—1806 Joshua Cooch, etc.
1806—1807 Luke Kirahaw, etc.
1807—1808 Thomas Hall, etc
1808—1809 Nathaniel Jones, etc.
1809—1810 PhiUp Constable, etc
1810—1811 John Chambers, etc
1811—1812 HarmadukeNewb7,eto.
In this jear the hill is drawn oat ftom 21
Dae. 1811 to 81 Dae. 1812. From 1813 to 1818
inoloiiTa, 6 yaart, tha biHi ara from 1 Jan.
in aaoh yaar, bat in 1819 tha old praotioa, of
raokoning from 21 Dao., is raanmad.
1818 William Brown^ etc.
1814 William Brown, etc.
1816 William Brown, etc.
1816 Francis Mulliner, etc.
1817 John Barrett, etc.
1818 William Birdsall, etc
1818—1819 Eobert Smithson, etc
1819—1820 William Henfrey, etc
1820—1821 Fiokering Phipps, etc.
1821—1822 George Osbom, etc
1822—1823 James Birdsall, etc.
1823—1824 James Castell, etc
1824—1826 Edward Gates, etc
1826—1826 Daniel Hewlett, etc.
Namet of th$ OUrkt of the FarUh of All
1786—1766 Alexander Fhillipa
1767—1780 Richard Claridge
1781—1789 John Cox
1790—1817 Samuel Wright
1826 — 1827 Francis Mulliner, etc.
1827—1828 John Marshall, etc.
1828—1829 John Marshall, etc
1829—1830 HenryL.Stockbuni,eto.
1830—1831 John Phipps, etc
1831—1832 John Freeman, etc.
1832—1833 Wm. Fisher Morgan, etc
1833—1834 William Gates, etc.
1834 — 1836 Charles Freeman, etc
1836—1836 George Peach, etc
1836—1837 George Peach, etc
1837—1838 Thomas Hagger, etc.
1838 — 1839 Thomas Sharp, etc
1839—1840 William Williams, etc.
1840—1841 William Turner, etc.
1841r-1842 Edward H. Barwell, etc
1842—1843 Edward H.Barwell, etc.
1843—1844 Edward H. Barwell, etc.
1844—1846 John Groom, etc.
1846—1846 Thomas Sharp, etc
1846—1847 Joseph Wykes, etc.
1847—1848 Joseph Wykes, etc
1848—1849 Francis Parker, etc
1849—1860 Francis Parker, etc.
1860—1861 Thomas Hagger, etc
1861—1862 PhiUdelphusJeyes,etc.
1862—1863 William Williams etc.
1863—1864 William Dennis, etc.
1864—1856 Christopher Markham
1866—1866 Wm. T. Higgins, etc.
1866—1867 Wm. Hensman, etc
1867—1868 William Boberts, etc.
1868—1869 Edmund F. Law, etc.
1869—1860 PickeringlPhipps, etc.
1860—1861 Henry P. MayVl^iiTn^ etc
1861—1862 John Phipps, etc
1862 — 1863 Mark Dorman, etc
186a— 1864 Thomas Osbom, etc
1864—1866 James Barry, etc.
1866—1866 Pickering Phipps, etc
1866—1867 James B. Norman, ete.
1867—1868 John M. Vernon, etc
1868—1869 William Adkins, etc
1869—1870 Pickering P. Perry, etc.
1870—1871 Henry Marshall, etc.
Saints %$9u%ng th$ BiUi of Mortality .-^
1818—1820 Charles Wright
1821—1866 John Wright
1866—1870 Henry James
J. T.
May Song at Nassington. 81
The editor has in his possession a small engraving, drawn by
Thomas Uwins, and engraved by Ranson, of " The Town Clerk of
Northampton imploring the assistance of Cowper's Muse." It was
published in 1820. A lady is pouring out tea, the poet standing with
elbow on the mantle-piece, in a dressing gown, and with the familiar
cap on bis bead ; the clerk is seated, hat in one hand, and a very
stout stick in the other.
256. — ^May Song at Nassington.— Can any reader of "N.
N. Sc Q." tell us something of the source of the following song,
which has been sung, I believe, from time immemorial by the
children of Nassington on May-day? There is one verse omitted,
which seems to have been forgotten, and I cannot recover the whole
of it J but it seems to have begun with " Then take a bible in your
hand," and to have ended with some reference to the day of
judgment. C. J. Percival.
'* Here comes ub, for May is up,
And now we do begin
To lead our lives in righteousness,
For fear we die in sin.
To die in sin is a fearfid thing,
To die in sin no more, (?)
It would have been better lor our poor souls,
If we had never been bom.
Bepent, repent, ye wicked men,
Repent before you die.
There's no repentance to be had,
When in the grave yon lie.
Arise, arise, you dairy maid,
Out of your drowsy dream.
And step into your dairy quick.
And fetch a cup of cream.
A cup of cream, it looks so white.
And a jug of your brown beer.
And if we live to tarry in the place,
We'll call another year.
We've begun our song, and we've almost done.
No longer can we stay ;
God bless you all, both great and small,
We wish you a joyful May."
Brand, in his Popular Antiquilies, quotes, from Hone, a song of
seven verses, '* in the style of a Christmas carol," which is used by
the Hitchin Mayers. The metre is the same as the Nassington
song ; and the first verse, and the last two lines of the last verse, are
nearly identical with the corresponding parts of the song given above.
82 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Sternberg, (Dialect and Folk-lore of Northamptonshire^ p. i8i,) has
eighteen lines which are clearly a variation of the same. He thinks the
origin dates no further back than the times of the puritans. From this
version we can supply the omitted verse spoken of. It runs thus : —
''Take a bible in yoar hands,
Bead a chapter through ;
And when the day of judgment comes,
Gbd will remember you."
Miss Baker, (Glossary, ii. 425,) gives nine verses, as sung at
Polebrook when the garlands are carried round. She adds that she
has mauy versions of this, as used in difierent villages, but only verjr
slightly varying from each other. The line, clearly erroneous, as used
at Nassington,
« To die in Bin no more,"
can be corrected by the Polebrook song, thus,
" To go where sinners mourn.*'
There are also these additional verses, coming third and fourth io
the song : —
"Now we've been travelling all the night
And best part of this day;
And now we're returning back again,
And have brought you a bunch of May.
A bunnh of May, which looks so gay,
Before your door to stand;
'Tis but a sprout, but 'tis weU spread out,
The work of our Lord's hand."
It was a custom in Suffolk, (mentioned in Brand,) that a servant
who could bring in a branch of May in blossom on the first of the
month was entitled to a dish of cream.
A similar song, but in an abbreviated form, has attracted the
notice of the countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco, in her recently
published Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs.^ This is a work which
would charm all our readers who have any taste and liking for this
branch of the subjects treated of in our periodical. In the instance
which she quotes in the chapter on " Songs for the Rite of May," the
children of Great Missenden, co. Bucks., carry about a richly-dressed
doll. Some of the stanzas are also made to do duty at Christmas. £0.
257- — Wight of Blakbslbt Hall. — Can any correspondent
give me any iuformation as to the husband of a lady Wight, who
resided at Blakesley from eighty to a hundred years ago 3 was he a
knight or baronet ?
Woodbridge, Suffolk. £. Moorb.
* Published by (George Bedway, Ck>vent Garden, 188S.
Local Dialect. 83
258. — Local Dialect (43. 64, 109, 167, 223).— I hare heard
the following words and expressions in the northern part of the
coanty : they are not to he found in the glossaries of Baker or
Sternberg.
Stoop : a number of sheaves of corn leaning against one another.
Stout: obstinate, stubborn. Grose and Bailey give this as a
Lincolnshire word.
Stont : straight down, not sloped j of turf cut by the side of gravel
paths.
Sap : a small quantity of broth or gruel. " The lady sent her a nice
little few sup o* broth, and she supped a few.'*
Swag-shop : a rag and bone shop. Bailey has ''swag*' as a cant word
for a shop.
Swees: swings.
Swel-trees : part of the harness to attach horses to ploughs. Also
called "swingle-trees," and "wimple-trees.** Sternberg has
" Swingel, that part of a flail, or thrail, which swings.** And
Bailey has *' swingle-staff, a stick to beat flax with." Baker
gives " sway-tree," " way-tree," ** batticle,** and " swingel-tree,**
as names used in different parts of the county for the moveable
cross bar to which the traces are attached.
Tempory : frequently said of something ill constructed, not likely to
last long. Perhaps only an abbreviated form of ** temporary.*'
That away : at the other end of the journey. *' We had to fetch her
from the station; but her master took her to the train that
away."
Three-months-runned. When a member of a benefit club is three
months in arrear he is often excluded from participating in its
benefits : he is then said to be " three-months-runned.'*
Time : anniversary. " My son will a' been dead fourteen years coom
time."
Tot : to catch eels by spearing.
Tottering : " That cock has but a tottering time of it j the old one
keeps banishing him about the roost.*'
Twizzle : Baker gives the sense "to twist, to twirl." I have heard
it used of a lad restless in bed when ill with rheumatic fever.
XJpgrown : an adjective, " upgrown people.**
Vapour: to annoy, vex, worry, by ofificious meddling; "the nurse
kept vapouring her." In another sense apparently meaning to
act defiantly \ " he went vapouring about with his spud."
Wad : a short stick put up at the end of the furrows to mark men's
work when done by the piece.
^
84 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Weather : ** the hay may be dry but it*s not weather'd," not properly
got into good condition.
Weather-breeder : a fair day before bad weather.
Weeny : so pronounced : very small, tiny.
Whemble: "he has whembled his foot," twisted it, sprained it.
Baker has " to cover anything by tumiug some vessel over it.**
Wait of : to wait on. " I waited of her for years."
Whole : " that's the whole and the short of it."
Wry : unkind, discourteous. " He never said a wry word to me."
Wowl : so pronounced, of the uneasy noise made by a cat in distress.
Wrong ways : " He went wrong ways and soon died." «
" Shelvings,*' in the sense given by you, is a word in common
use in Westmoreland, and may possibly have been introduced into
Northamptonshire by some one who had once resided in the north.
I am under the impression that " raives " is more commonly used in
Northamptonshire.
I can add two words to your collection, which I have often heard
used in your county: "muss" and "tegs." "Open your muss
(mouth) and shew your tegs (teeth)." The former word is also
used with another meaning : lads playiug at marbles, when a new
arrival comes shoutiug " muss," hastily gather up their marbles to
prevent his "mussing*' them, i.e., stealing them.
Kendal. A. Palmer.
259. — Ormb Family : Incendiary Letter, 1809. — The
following is from The Stamford Mercury of 9 June, 1809 : —
" Whereas some evil-disposed persons sent an Incendiary Letter
to Waldbn Ormb, then at Peterborough, on Monday last, containing
a challenge and opprobrious language, proposing a meeting at six
o'clock in Thorpe Park, with pistols ; and whereas Three Persons
appeared before the time 3 and, on seeing W. Ormb and friends
coming to the ground fixed on, the persons made off. Now a
Reward of Fifty Pounds will be paid by the said W. Ormb on
conviction of any of the persons concerned 5 and One Hundred to
the persons that will bring the writer of the letter to justice. Given
under my hand this seven^ day of June, 1809.
Waldbn Ormb."
The family of Orme was of great distinction in Peterborough.
In the registers the name was first spelt Oarmes, and afterwards
Ormes ; but on the memorial stones in the cathedral it is always
spelt as above, Orme. Inscriptions still remain in the cathedral to
Orme Family. 85
Hamfrey Orme, 1670 j Francis, 1674; Maria, 1675; Charles, 169 1 j
Frances, 1709; Mary, 17*0 j and Charles, 1741. These will be
pnDted in due course among the monumental inscriptions from the
cathedral given from time to time in "N. N. & Q/* In the books
of S. John's parish the earliest entries I have noted are these : —
1^7- 3 Jan* " Thomas Oarmes gentleman was buryed y* : 3 :
daye."
1608. 3 Aug. '' Elizabeth Oarmes j* D. of S'. Humfrey Oarme* :
cAristned y^ : 3 : daye.*'
Portraits of this sir Humfrey Orme and lady Orme are in the
collection of C. I. Strong, esq., of Thorpe hall. They had belonged
to Captain Orme, of Stamford. A notice of these pictures appeared
in The Peterborough Advertiser, 14 Dec., 1878, in these words: —
** In Mr. J. House's diop window, in Church-street, for the past
few days, tbere has been exhibited the shell of the turtle, which
tradition says is that of the toothsome animal which was consumed
at the re-opening of the Peterborough Town-hall, in 167 1. It is
painted with the armorial bearings of Sir Humphrey Orme. The
portraits of Sir Humphrey with his lady (the daughter of Chas.
Wynyates, of Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire) were a short time
since also in the possession of Mr. House, but are now the property
of C. I. Strong, Esq., of Thorpe-hall. Sir Humphrey, according to a
letter from Mr. Thos. Laxton to Mr. House, was a Royalist and
supporter of Charles I., and was designated by Charles II., to be one
of the Knights of the Royal Oak, but never invested. He was M.P.
for Peterborough about that time, and lived then in the Mansion
House, afterwards sold with the estates, and Mr. Laxton believes, the
Manor, to Mr. Cooke, by the late Captain Orme. Sir Humphrey
bailt or contributed to the rebuilding of the Peterborough Town-hall,
and erected in his life time, his own monument in the cathedral,
which was destroyed by the Cromwellian iconoclasts, though its
remains are still extant. The very handsome court vests which
belonged to Sir Humphrey may still be seen, and are said to be the
best preserved garments of the Charles period, and are massively
embroidered in gold and silver. Mr. Laxton adds that he does not
know if these are for sale, if they are, surely there is some anti-
quarian in Peterborough who would purchase them."
Some additional particulars of the family will be given when
the cathedral inscriptions to the members there buried are printed.
Ed.
' la
86 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
260.— N0RTHAMPT0N$HIRE BrIBFS (2j, 78, 97, I06).-— It IS
not generally known that collections by virtue of briefs were made
not only in churches, but also in some cases at the various meeting-
houses of the nonconformists. Among the records of the " Coll^
Lane Church/' at Northampton, are lists of such collections made
from 170a to 1725, and from 1732 to 1737. In the former list 144
briefs are named, in the latter there are 27. Occasionally nothing
was contributed, as (sometimes, but not always) when the object
was the rebuilding of a parish church ; and the greatest amounts
were sent on such occasions as the expulsion of " some Thousands
of Protestants late Inhabitants of y* Principality of Orange, who
through J* Cruelty of y* ffrench have been forced to leave their
Native Country & to part with all they had in the World," towards
the relief of whom ^^3 8i. o\d, was sent in 1704 ; or when the "poor
distressed Palatines, late Inhabitants near y* Rhine in Germany fled
for Refuge (to y* number of near 8000 Men, Women & Children)
into this Nation, by reason of great Hardships & Oppressions they
sustained from y* ffrench,*' when, in 1709, £2 105. od. was sent.
The following is the only one which relates to Northamptonshire :—
1 7 19. 20 Dec. " Collected at our Meeti ng place Decern. >•• 20*^ 1 7 1 9
ye Sum of 75. 6rf. towards the Reliefe of y*. poor Sufferers by.
Aire at Thrapston in y*. County of Northampton Endamaged y*
Sum of j^3748 & upwards. By Virtue of a Briefe granted to
. them."
261. — Plan of Battle of Nasbbt. — At a sale of books by
Messrs. Puttick & Simpson, in April, 1876, there were several books
and manuscripts of great interest to the Northamptonshire collector.
Two of the lots deserve description in these pages.
The great attraction of the collection was a pen and ink sketch of
the *' Plane off Battell *' of Naseby, showing the positions of tbe
contending armies, and beneath which is written " O. Cromwell."
It was found in a copy of Glauber's Philosophical Furnaces, London,
Printed by Coats, for Thos. Williams, i6ji-j2, from an old library
of some ten thousand volumes sent in for sale.
The signature " O. Cromwell " is not only found under the plan,
but is repeated at the beginning and end of the volume, the former
bearing date 1653. On the margin of the first leaf of the Dedication
to ''John Tenison, Esquire," occurs the following manuscript
note: —
<<0 msye ye Lorde belpe me in mine piouas vndertaking *'
" Bie ye meet highe, I will ovett ym. ofl^ roote and branohe.'*
Plan of Battle of Naseby.
87
And on the last leaf of the third part of the work will be found
aDOtber manuscript note in reference to the author : —
" Id sayde Glaaber is An amnt knaye, I doo beihinke mee he speakethe oflb
WQoderes whiche cannotte bee aooompliahed, neuertheeleaae itt ys lawfull fore
mane toe the endeaTOur."
Under which appears the "plane of Battell" with the signature
*0. Cronawell,'* as in the facsimile here given : —
# (^^ildl
u T i .• /in," ij&
w^dmtm"
The book has been examined by several eminent literary men and
aQtiqoaries^ including Edward Peacock, Esq., f.s.a., who forwarded
to the Auctioneers the following letter, which will be read with
great interest by all who take pleasure in the history of this county :—
" I have examined the copy of Glauber's Philosophical Furnaces,
which contains in three places the name O. Cromwell. I have
1^0 manner of doubt that these three pieces of writing are in the
haod of the Protector. No one who is familiar with his signature can,
tt it seems to me, come to any other opinion. The only noteworthy
variation between these signatures and those which have been so
^uently engraved consists in the fact that the final U's have the
stroke through them rather less looped in the signatures before me
88 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
than those given in common engravings. I have however seen many
undoubted signatures of the Protector and in some the loop is even
less visible than in the autographs before me.
The plan of battle is also in his hand. It must have been
sketched in or after the beginning of i6ja, in which year the latter
part of the book was printed.
There were several Fairfaxes engaged in the great civil war, but it
may be confidently assumed as no other name except Fairfax is
mentioned on the plan, that the Parliamentary General Sir Thomas
Fairfax (the third Lord) is the person meant. Oliver Cromwell
served with Fairfax in three battles,
Winceby near Homcastle, 12 Oct. 1643.
Marston Moor, 2 July, 1644.
Naseby, 14 June, 1645.
Of this last battle the plan before me is a sketch. There are plans
of Naseby fight to be found in sundry books. It is sufficient
however to mention two.
1. That given in Rushworth's Historical Coll, part iv. vol. i.,
p. 4a, which the author, who was Fairfax's secretary, tells us is 'the
exact form of the battell • . . . that of the King's army being
drawn up soon after by the Lord Ashley, who in an engagement near
Stow in the Wold was taken prisoner .... and that of the
Parliament's army given in [andj approved by several of the com-
manders in chief therein concerned.'
2. The one which occurs in C. R. Markham's Life of Lord
Fairfax, p. 213, is a modem, plan made after personal examination of
the ground, and 1 have every reason to believe very accurate.
The infantry at the battle of Naseby were massed in solid squares
in the centre and commanded by Skippon. The horse was under the
command of Cromwell as Lieut. General, he however obtained
permission from Fairfax to give the command of the cavalry which
composed the left wing to Ireton. The right wing was commanded
by Cromwell in person. Fairfax^ the Greneral, had no special com-
mand, but 'was everywhere as occasion required;* a little to the
left of Ireton's position was a greefl lane and mass of thickets called
Sulby Hedges, here Fairfax had stationed a number of dismounted
dragoons under the command of Col. Okey for the purpose of
hindering the enemy from annoying the left flank. These men did
good service during the battle. It is this lane and path or road
Rockingham Account Book^ '655. . 89
amoDg the trees which Cromwell calls a ' passe.* The dismounted
dragoons who are represented in Rushworth*s plan, as pouring forth
Tolleys from among the trees upon the enemy, are the ' ambushe * of
Oliver's sketch.
Cromweirs plan is foreshorten^, the left wing and centre are
disregarded. It may have been jotted down to illustrate some point
that bad arisen in conversation with a person who had himself
witnessed the battle, and to whom the general arrangement of the
troops was quite well known. However this may be it is certain
that with the exception of Okey*s dragoons, the right wing only is
shown. The little dots which represent men, were no doubt intended
to show the exact position of the combatants at some one particular
instant in the battle. The precise period we shall probably never
ascertain, but I think we may feel pretty certain that it is included
within the limits of the time during which the troops under
Cromwell's command were occupied in scattering Langdale's Horse.
The dots on the right hand bottom corner represent the reserves
commanded by Fiennes, Rossiter, and Sheffield. No bridge is shown
on any of the plans I have examined, but according to the very
careful one prepared by Mr. Markham, it appears that these three
bodies of men were separated from the rest of the right wing by a
ditch or stream. As no bridge is shown I presume none now exists.
Probably there never was one of any permanent sort. What Oliver
meant was most likely a temporary means of crossing the stream
made cf trees, furze, and earth."
The above treasure was secured for the late Lord Houghton for
the sum of £10 los, od. j rp
262.— RocKiNOHAM Account Book, 1655. — ^The next lot at
the same sale was equally interesting in the family history of North-
amptonshire. It was a curious volume of the time of Oliver
Cromwell, thus described in the catalogue : — *' Manuscript Memor-
andam and Private Account Book of Receipts and Expenditure,
commencing Feb. ye loth, i6jj, in the Autograph of Elizabeth
Wentworth, with her signatures, 'Betty Wentworth,* and 'Eliza
Wentworth,' in the original binding, sm. 8vo.'*
Elizabeth Wentworth was niece to the celebrated Sir Thomas
Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, executed lath May, 1641. The Lady
Rockingham mentioned was probably Anne, daughter of Lord
Strafford, who married Edward Watson, Earl of Rockingham.
90 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
This volume (bought by Mr. Haziitt for j^8 1 25, 6d.) contains
many interesting items relative to the prices of articles in general
use and the amusements of the period, from which we quote a few
specimens : —
I came to Rockiogham this last time ye 26 of August 1657.
My mother left London with us all Aug. ye 23rd, 1658.
I went from Rockingham to London with my brother Tom, Aug. ye
29 : returned to Rock : againe ye 30th Oct. with my La : Clair.
My Lady Rockingham and I went towards London, May ye 28th,
1660.
I came up to London with my young Lady Kinsmill^ Dec. ye 19th,
1661, to my Aunt Strafibrd.
I left London to come into Ireland July ye 2yth, 1664, and landed at
Dublin ye 8th of August following.
Feb. 20, 1655 Received of my Mother
April 22, 1656 „ of my La Rock; by my
Mother's Appointment .
Septr. ye 2, „ of my Lady Rockingham in
full of my quarters allow-
ans ending ye 29th of this
month, i^jSy the sura of .
March 29, 1659 „ of my Lady Stafford ye
summe of
Sept 3, 1660 „ of Anthony Cooper by my
Father's appointment
DislursemenU seince ye 20th Febr: 1655.
To ye worke-men when I laid the foundation stone of
the house ....
Lost at Cards ....
for flowered luttstring for a Gound
A token for my Valentine
A box to put in .
At my cozen Nell's christening .
to ye chairman for carrying me to church
to ye lame souldiers
for an Alminack
to ye Morris dancers when ye K. was procla: [Charles IL]
to ye maids for their Garland .
for patches . .
for bindeing a book
to my La : Ara. W. at Walingford House
for Pole money ... -
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Tradesmen's Tokens of Northamptonshire. 91
to ye man jt carried me to ye show
seeing a play
halfe a pinte of water for my fasce
fcM- Spring Garden Beef .
lost at tables
for my cozen HazIewood*s men .
for searching Jane Hazlewood's Will
seeing ye popet play
for a right of city ientillwoman .
for a ballett
A vizard mask •
Besides ye sumes mentioned in this Booke to be reed, these sumes
following have been, and must be paid to my vse
To ye Frenchwoman
to ye taylor
to ye sboomaker
to Gandon for lase
for 5 yds. pinke taby . ♦. . . about
to ye seamstres
for silke stokens
for a lased hankerchiefe
263. — ^Tradesmen's Tokens of Northamptonshire (hj)*
— An explanation of the small letters after the value of each token
is g^ven in the former article. One correspondent enquires if any
reason can be assigned why, when there are three letters, the initial
letter of the surname should be placed over those of the christian
names ? Another writes : — " It would be interesting to ascertain to
-what extent the younger sons of gentlemen's families entitled to bear
arms were actually engaged in trade in the 17th century.'* This
query is suggested by the coat of arms on Nos. 73, and 123.
OUNDLE.
OVNDLB . HALF . PENT . TO = A talbot ^d
BE . CHANGED . BT . T* . FBEFEES = A griffin.
Engraved in Bridges* NorUiamptontihire, No. 46.
AN . OVNDLB . HALF . PENT . 1669 = A talbot. ^d
FOR . THE . VSE . OF . THE . POOR = A talbot.
Engraved in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 45.
[68a] O. lOHN • AVDLET . TOBACCONIST = HIS HALF PBNY. ^d/ ^
In three lines between dotted lines.
R. IN . owvDLE . I . 6 . 6 . 9 = A Still.
se s.
d.
2
6
2
6
4
I
3
3
1
6
6
5
6
I
8
i sumes
14 15
44
3 19
6
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2 10
16
I 6
14
67.
68.
O.
R.
O.
R.
«b«
«b
92 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
69. O. MATHEw . AVSTiN = A flcur-de-lys. id.*
R. IN . OWNDELL = M . A
70. O. NATH . BROWNING . IN = A Iamb couchant. id.
R. IN . OVNDELL . CHANDER = N . B. 16J9.
[70a] A variety in Mr. Dack*s and Mr. Tite's collections reads
CHANDLER.
[70^] O. NATH . BROWING . IN = A Iamb coucbant. id.*^
R. OVNOLE . CHANDLER = N . B. 1659.
Engrayed in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 19.
71. O. HENRY . coLDWEL . IN = The Haberdashers' Arms. id.
R. OWNDLB . H SHBR = H . B . C
[71a] O. HENRY . COLDWEL . IN =s The Haberdasbers* Arms, id.*
R. OWNDLB . HABADASHER = B . B . C
72. O. lOHN . BATON = The Grocers' Arms. id.* •
R. OF . OVNDELL = I . B
Engraved in Bridges* Northamptonshire, No. 20.
73. O. WILL . FiLBRiGG . LINEN = Arms : A lioo rampant, id.*^
R. DRAPER . OF . OVNDLB = W . F. 1658.
The arms on this token are the same as those borne by the family of thai
name seated at Felbrigg, 00. Norfolk. Had the Oarter Song at Arms seen
this token the issuer would probably have been " disolaymed^"
The will of Elizabeth FQbrigg of Oundle, 00. Northampton, widow, dated 6
July, 1689, and proved 28 August in the same year, is in the Prerogatiye Court,
Canterbury (reg. ent. 102). In it she names especially her nieoe Elizabeth:
Billing, daughter of her brother Zaohary Billing, to whom she bequeathes
£200, £10 for schooling, sundry articles of plate, one piece being a silver tankard
that had Mr. Felbrigg's arms upon it, and also her household furniture.
74. O. LAWRENCB . HAVTON = A man making candles. id.
R. IN . OVNDLB . 1664 = L . H
[74a] A variety in the British Museum reads law range.
Engraved in Bridges* Northamptonshire, No. 21.
WILLIAM . HVLL = The Haberdasbers' Arms. id.**
IN . OVNDLB = W . H
MATHEW . HVNT = M . H id.*
IN . OWNDLB = 1657.
Engraved in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 22.
WILLIAM . IAMBS . OF=Three cloves; the Grrocers'Arms. id/
OVNDLB . CHANDLER = W . I J663.
DANIEL . MAVLBT . 1657 = Arms : six cloves, D . M id.*
IN . OVNDLB . CHANDLE = A dove with an olive«brancb.
Engraved in Bridges* Northamptonshire, No. 18, data 165 .
75-
O.
R.
7<5.
O.
R.
77-
O.
R.
78.
O.
R.
TradesmetCs Tokens of Northamptonshire. 93
79. O. lOHK . PASHLER . IH = 1668. ^d.'*
R. ovNDLB . CHANDLER = A dove [wiUi an olive-branch] \
the Tallow chandlers' device.
80. O. RICH . STEVBNSOM . OF = The Groccrs' Arms. id.'
R. OVNDLE . CHANDLER S R . S
81. O. WILLIAM . TERRBWRST = The Merchant-Tailofs' Arms, id,
R. IN . OVNDELL = W . K . T
[Bid] O. WILL** . TERREWFST = The Mefchant-Tailors' ApHis. id.*
R. IN . OVNDELL = W . K . T
PASTON.
[81^] O. THOMAS . NEWMAN = A dog (Talbot). id.
R. OF . PASTON . 1669 = HIS HALFB PENT.
This onpubliBhed token was in Mr. Clement's oolleotion. It probably belonge
to Paston near Peterborough.
PAULERSPURY.
^8 ir] O. THOMAS * RATCLip . OP = A pair of scales. id-
R. PALBRS . PBRY . 1666 = T . B . R
POTTERSPURY.
104* O. THOMAS . SAVL . 1 668 = A falcoD. id.
R. OP . POTTERS . PERRY = HIS HALFB PENNY.
Engrayed in Baker's Histoxy of Northamptonshire.
£ 1 04a] Another variety in the British Museum reads pottbrspbrry.
PRESTON, GREAT.
[ 1 04^] O. WALTER . wiDDOPE = A hammer between two roses, id.
R. OF . GREAT . PRESTON = HIS HALFB PENNY.
Engrayed in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
ROCKINGHAM.
105. O. SAMVEL . PEARE = The Grocers* Arms. id.*
R. IN . ROCKINGHAM . 1666 = HIS HALFB PENY.
ROTHWELL.
106. O. THOMAS . BBBBE . IN = A wheatshcaf. id.*
R. ROELL . BARER = HIS HALFB PENY.
Engraved in Bridges* Northamptonshire, No. 26.
toy, O. lOHN . COLLIER = Thrcc cloves. id.«
R. IN . ROELL . 1658 = I . M . C
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Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
WILLIAM . DODSON . 1666 = The MerccTs' Arms. id.'
OF . ROBLL . HIS . HALF . PBNY = [ A Tosc above and
below.] w . D
lOHN . PONOBR . OF ROWBL = I . D . P ^d.
A . HALF . PENNY . 1 664 = OB. (Ad abbreviation of
obolus or halfpenny.)
Engrayed in Bridges* Northamptonahiie, No. 27.
lOHN . PONDBR = A stlck of candles. ^d.'*
OF . ROWBLL . 1655 = I . D . P
Engraved in Bridges* Koriihamptonshire, No. 28.
In the Onndle school-book is this entry : '< Gnliebnos (?) Ponder in Art bao
Hypo, Buscepit 17 Aug. 1629.**
A John Ponder succeeded William Dugard, M.A., aa Usher of Oondle
Onunmar School, being appointed to that post 17 Aug. 1629.
RUSHDEN.
III. O. 0B0R6B . CARTBR . OF . RVSDBN = St. GeoTge and the
dragon. id.*
R. HIS . HALF . PENT . 1666 = O . B . C
Engraved in Bridges* Northamptonshire, No. 29.
STAMFORD BARON,
iia. O. MILES . HODOSON = A falcon. Jd.
R. STAMFORD . BARON = A WOolpack. M . H
Engraved in Bridges* Northamptonshire, No. 80.
[iiaa] O. MILES . HODOSON = A falcon. id.*
R. OF . STAMFORD . 67 = A woolpack.
In 1667, *68 and *69 Miles Hodgson was one of the Chorohwardens of the
parish of St. Martin*^ Stamford Baron. The Registers record the foUowing
burials:—
1661-2. Mar. 22. A stranger dyed at Mr. Miles Hodsons*.
1680. Oct. 1. A stranger at the Woolpack.
1681. Sept. 15. Grace, the wife of Miles Hodgson.
1686. Sept. 30. MUee Hodgson.
In the original lease of Miles Hodgson's premises, now the BuU and Swan
Inn, from Laurence Robbins, of Stamford, in the county of Lincolne, tanner,
dated 8 May, 1660, the messuage is described as commonly called by the name
or signe of the old Falcon, or by the eigne of the WooUpocket. From an
advertisement in the Stamford Mercury of July 9, 1724, this inn was known as
the Swan and Wool-pack ; in another of 15th October, 1724, its name was
changed to that of the Swan and Wool-Pocket.
Tradesmen's Tokens of Northamptonshire. 95
STOWE (?).
[113a] O. FRANCIS Dix = A crown.
R, Of Stowe . 1666 = p. A. D id.
EngraTod in Baker^s Historj of Korthamptonahire.
SUTTON (KING'S).
114. O. BDMYVD . CHANDLER = HIS HALF PENNY. |(L
R. IN . KINGS . SYTTON = B . B . C . 1666.
EngraTod In Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
[i 14^3 A variety in the British Museum has three cloves between
the initials. ^.*
THINGDEN or FINEDON.
115. O. AMERICA . BAOBRLBT =: An oak tree. id.**
R. IN . THINDON . 1669 = HIS HALF PBNNT. (Heart skope.J .
Engraved in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 31, reads ^ Peny."
[lija] O. lOHN . niohtin[o]alb = A hart passant, i . n \A^
R. of . TH[in]D0N . 1666 =: BIS HALF PENT.
THRAPSTON.
ii6w O. lOHN . HVNT = A man making candles. id.
R. OF . THROPSTON = I . H
XI 7. O. BDMONO . PALMER . BAKR = The Bakcrs' Arms. id.*
R. IN . THRAPSTON . [l6]68 = E . P
118. O. WILLIAM . WILLMOT = A SWaO. \d,^^
R. OF . THRAPSTON . 1666 = W • W
Engraved in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 32.
TOWCESTER.
Z19. O. WILLIAM . BBLL = The Dyers' Arms* |d.**
R. OF . TOWCESTER . OYER = HIS HALF PENT.
Engraved in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 83, reads '< IMer."
Engraved in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
[i 19a] A variety reads towcbter
[119^] Another variety and different die reads towsbtbr *>>
[115^] Another variety reads towsett
lao. O. THOMAS . CLARKE = The Drapers' Arms. |d.
R. IN . TOWCESTER . 1669 == HIS HALF PENT.
Engraved in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
13 *
96 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
lai. O. THOMAS . CLARKE = The Drapers* Arms not in a shield. |d^
R. OF . TOVCBSTBR = T . A . C
[12 la] O. THOMAS . CLARKE = The Drapers* Arms. Id.**
R. OF . TONCESTER = T . A . C
Engrayed in Baker's History of Northamptonshize.
122. O. RICHARD . FARMER == A talbot passaot. icL
R. IN . TOSSISTER = R . B . F
Engrayed in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
Probably this issner was landlord of the Talbot Inn ; there is one of the
same sign now in Towoester.
123. O. CHARLES . ooRE = Arms ; three bulls* heads and crest, id.* *
R. IN . TOWCBSTER . 1663 = HIS HALF PENT.
Engrayed in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
The issuer of this token was the fourth son of Thomas Qore of UUesthorpe,
00. Leicester, lord of the manor, who ob. 1626, by his wife Frances, daughter
and heiress of Thomas Marshall of Sherebsby. Charles Qtor^
Meroer, was Hying when Anthony Gore of Lutterworth (uncle of Charles)
entered his pedigree in that town 20 March, 1681-2, at the Herald's Visitation,
Arms : argent, three bulls' heads ooup^ ppr. crest, a bull's head ooup^
1%^. O. THOMAS . HARRIS = A basket. T . M . a. id.
R. IN . TOWCESTER . 1668 = HIS HALF FENT.
Engrayed in Boyne (Plate 25, No. 5).
125. O. Pattricke . Herron . qf , Towcester. (In three lines.) ^d.
R. HIS . HALF . PENT . F . H = Amis^ twolionscombattaDt.
(Oetagonal.)
Engrayed in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
126. O. WILLIAM . HOWES . OF . TOWCBSTER . MERCER = A flear-
de-lys. id.«
R. WILLIAM • HOWES . OF . TOWCBSTER . MERCER = W . B.
1670.
[126a] A variety reads = will • howes • on each side. id.
127. O. lOHN . KINGSTON • OF . TOWCESTER . MERCER = A pair of
scales. id.*
R. lOHN . KINGSTON • OF • TOWCBSTER • MERCER = I • K '
1666.
Engrayed in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 35.
Engrayed in Baker's History of Northamptmuhire.
Tradesmen's Tokens of Northamptonshire. 97
ia8. O. lOHN . KINGSTON . OF = The Grocers* Arms. id.
R. TOSSBTBR . MERCER = I . G . K
EngraTed in Bridges* Northamptonshire, No. S4.
Engrsred in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
'lap. O. GEORGE . WAPLE . IN = The Mercers' Arms. ^d.»^«
R. TOWCBSTBR . 1667 = HIS HALF PENT.
Engraved in Bridges* Northamptonshire, No. 36.
Engraved in Baker*8 History of Northamptonshire.
WANSFORD.
133. O. GEORGE . BOSBMAN = A sugar-loaf. [between the date]
1663. id.***'
R. IN . WANSFORD = 0.8
Engraved in Bridges* Northamptonshire, No. 87> date 1666. A Sugar loaf
between the date. ,
A George Bcseman, only son of John Boeeman, gent., bom at Brikstoke
(Brigstock), 00. Northampton, 2l8t May, 1641, was admitted a scholar at
Merchant Taylor's school, 1652. Perhaps the father of George espousing the
oanse of the king (an expensive, and by no means remunerative speculation)
led to the son going into trade at this place, which is about 20 miles from
Brigstook, and in the same county.
[133^] A variety reads = gborg . bowman = A sugar loaf between
the date 1660.
The description was given by the late Mr. W. Blair, of Peterborough, a
well known local collector of coins and antiquities.
WEEDON.
130. O. THOMAS . MARRIOTT = The Groccrs' Arms. id.
R. OF . WBBDEK . l6^^ = T . F . M
Engraved in Baker's History of Northamptonshire, reads " T . ■ . x**
131. O. MARTIN . PARKER = The Grrocers' Arms. id.»«
R. IN • WEEDBN • 165a = M . M . P
[131a] A variety in Mr. Gill's & Mr. Tite's collections reads packer.
Weedon is reputed to be the most central part of England. — Boyne.
WELDON.
132. O. WILLIAM . RESET == A man making candles. id.
R. IN . WELDBN . 1668 = HIS HALF PENT.
Engraved in Bridges' NorthamptoiiBhire, No. 38.
98 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
WELFORD.
134. O. WILL . wicKBs . HIS . HAL . PENY = St. GeoFgc and
dragon. id^
R; IK . WBLLFORD . IN . NORTHAMPTONSHIRE . [l6]69.
(In seven lines across the field.) (Heart-shape. J
[134a] O. WILL . WICKBS . HIS . HALPBNT = St. Geofgc and the
dragon. id.»
R. IN • WBLLFORD . IN .NORTHAMPTON . SHBIR • 69.
(In seven lines.) (Heart-shape,)
Engraved in Bridges' Nortiuunptonahire, No. 89.
WELLINGBOROUGH.
135. O. RICHARD . MANINOTON = HIS HALFB PBNT.
R. OF . WBLLINOBOROW . [l6]65 = R . M . M
136. O. WILLIAM . SEER . IN = A pair of scales.
R. WELLINOBORROW . 1655 = W . B . S
3Sngraved in Bridges' Norfchamptonahire, No. 40.
[136a] A variety has the name of the town spelt wellinoborow. ^
137. O. HENRY . SMITH . IN = Three cloves and a bell. id.****
R. WBLLINOBOROVOH = H . S
Engraved in Bridges* Korthamptonahire, No. 41.
138. O. lOHN . WORTHINOTON . OF = The sun. id.*
R. WBLLiNGBOROYOH . 1 668 = HIS HALF PENY. A crescent.
Engraved in Boyne, (Plate 25, No. 6.)
WHITTLEBURY.
[138a] O. HBNRY . DOiTON . OF = The MefccTs' Arms.
R. WHITELBVRY . 1669 = HIS HALFB PENNY.
Engraved in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
[138^] O. HENRY . DOLTON . OF = H . M . D A shoveL
R. WHITLBBYRY . 1669 = HIS HALFB PENNY.
id-
WOOTTON (?).
[138c] O. EDWARD WALLiNOTON = The Merccrs* Arms.
R. MERCER IN WOOTTON = B . S . W
Engraved in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
Qooted in Boyne as an Oxfordshire token. No. 214, p. 882.
264. — Mantlb-piecb at Helmdon (241). — In regard to the
nred mantle-piece at Helmdon, I have not been able to £nd any
'men of a date as early as T553 having the prefix of M.D*o, or
Anno Domini, preceding the date. If we turn to Knight's
Th^ Man arC tK Boggard. 99
Old England, (vol. ii., p. 5,) and notice the signature of Henry viii.,
we shall see a similar capital letter, having only an additional stroke
Id it, which was a form of rendering in those days the capital letter H.
Now there is great similarity between the two letters, the one on
the carved mantle and the capital letter of bis signature ; I should
therefore be inclined to take the first letters at Helmdon to stand for
H (for Henry) and D*o short for Dominus, Lord. In the third
square, that containing the date, I take the first letter to be a double
letter, having M and D united, (as was often the case in Henry*s
days,) which would stand for 1500 ; then the next two strokes,
though separated, form, as I think, the single letter V, for 5 ; and the
last I take to represent a figure 3. The V, or last figure but one,
cannot stand for anything but 5 ; consequently, the final figure must
be 3 ; for it would be, if a 5, a duplicate of the preceding one. I do
not dogmatically assert that my rendering is the true one, as the first
two squares are to me an enigma. I feel sure that the first is either
M or H, certainly not A. Then comes the question, What are they ?
What do they stand for ? I can only answer that there is no evidence
to show what they really do stand for, but the third panel to my
mind reads clear enough 1553. Dblta.
265.— Th' Man an' th' Boggard. — "Ther* isn't noa boggards
bere-aboots *at I knaw on, bud when I liv'd i' No'thamptonsheer I
beerd tell o* won 'at reckoned *at best farm i' loordship belonged to
him, if ivrywon bed the'r awn, an' he let foaks knaw it an' all. One
daay he cums to man *at bed bowt land a peace back, an' says 'at he
mun quit Well, at fo'st man taks noa noStice on him whativer, an'
maks as if he didn't sea him, nor hear him nayther ; bud at last^
when he begins to get fair staird on his witterin' an' knaggin'^ he
says *at boggard mun tek law on him if he wants to get houd o'
land. He wean't gie it up till he*s maade. Then boggard chaanges
his tune an' says, " I tell ye what it is. Me 'an you '11 goa shares.
1*11 tek hairf stuff off 'n land, an' you'll tek futher hairf. We
wean't hev nowt to do wi' them lawyers. I haate 'em wo'ser then I
baate gingey-beer 'ats bed kerk lefl oot." Well, man says *at he does
n*t want to mak hissen i' noa waays awk'ard, soa he'll let boggard
goa shares. " Nobbud, we mun sattle won thing fo'st off," says he,
•' an when we've sattled it we mun stick to it. Will ye tek what
graws aboon grund^ or what graws benean grund ? " Then boggard
studies a peace, an' efter a bit he says, " I'll tek what graws aboon
grund, an* I'll cum an* fetch it at back-end, when you've gotten ivry-
tbing in." Then man thinks to hissen, " If I'm to hev' all 'at's
benean grund, I'll set taaties. Boggard mun tek taatie-tops an*
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welcome." Soa when sattlin'-time cums, an boggard wants to hev
his share o' crop, man's as ready as owt, an' lets him hev' all twitch
an' such-like kelter 'at's cura*d up« as well as taatie-haums. But
boggard does'nt feal clear suited, an soi he says, " We'll swap. I
mun hev' all at graws benean grund next time." " All raight," says
man 5 " nobud, ye knaw, you mun stick to it noo you've said it."
Then he saws wheat, an' wbeo boggard cums i' fall, man gets corn
an' straw, an boggard gets nowt bud stubble. Well, at fo'st off he
was real foul aboot it, an says as lawyers can't be no-bow wd'ser then
this here ; but efter a bit he cools doon, an' then he tells man *at
next time thaay moan't share crop oot, thaay mun start mawin' it
together, an' each on 'em mun tak what he maws. Man didn't think
a deal to this here waay o' goin' on, fer boggard look*d as strong as a
six-year-owd boss, an' his airms was o'must as long as teakle-powls ;
bud, awiver, he says to hissen 'at he'll manage to get o' his blind side
yit. An' soa him an boggard sattles at it's to be i' that how, an' then
boggard goas awaay as pleased as a dog wi' two taalls. Bud when
harvest-time's cum'd roond, man goas to blacksmith's shop, an gets
blacksmith to maak him a lot o* iron rods 'at's aboot as thick as a
claay pipe shank. Then he goas an' sticks 'em up amung com at
boggard falls to maw, fer ho'd sawn wheat agaan that year an' all.
An' he waats till boggard cums wi' his great long scjrthe, an* thaay
starts fair an' sets to wark. fiud afoor long boggard's sc3rthe cums
agen won 6' th' iron rods, an he says, "My wo'd, bud thease here
docks is straange an' hard to out." Then scjrthe edge catches agen
anuther on 'em, an' he stops to whet, an co'sses an' swears all time ;
bud ivry swing o' scythe maade things wo's, an' at last he says, " I'm
that hot ye mud wring my shet oot, let's knock off an' hev' a bit o'
bacca." " Bacca ! " says man, "what can ye be thinkin' on ? Why,
ye hev'n*t mawn a rood yit. I sha'n't gie ower till eleven, an* it's
nobbud just goin' eaght by owd che'ch clock," Well, when boggard
hears this, he flings doon his scythe an' says, " Ye maay tek mucky
owd land, an' all 'at's on it, I wean't ha' nowt moor to do wi' it
I'm as sick as a toad on it, an' on you an' all." An' off he goas an'
niver cums back noa moor. Bud foaks says 'at man took scythe
hoam wi' him, an' 'at it's hingin* i* his bam noo, to testify to trewth
on it."
The above amusing sketch is reprinted, by permission, from
Miss Mabel Peacock's Tales and Rhymes in the Lindsey Folk'Speech,
recently published. It will be seen that many of the words, and
much of the pronunciation, are to be heard in this county, where
the scene is laid.
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Hinde FamUy of PipeweU /bbey.
387
The Iiham Family.
381
Garfield a If orthamptonshire Kame.
368
Bow-beU at Blakesley.
283
Dedication of Churches.
360
Saxon Bell fonnd at Peterborough.
383
Town House of Bishops of Peterboro*.
870
Aocient Village Sports.
384
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871
The Duke of Tuscany in Korthamp-
285
** Headless Cross " near Northampton.
tOBshire, 1669.
386
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Carey Family.
387
Chester Family of East Haddon.
878
Whittlebary Forest Shares.
388
AVictimised Townsman of 18th Cent.
874
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389
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876
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390
Monumental Inscriptions in Peter-
876
Washingtons at East Haddon.
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877
Wight of BUhesley HaU.
391
John Baker.
878
Galleries in Wellingboroogh Chnrch.
393
Hunting Scenee at Fosters Booth.
878
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266.— William Carbt^ D.D. (iia). — I have lately come
across tbe followiog reference to Carey, which, as it is not incladed
in the Biographical and Literary Notices by Mr. John Taylor, may,
I think, fitly find a place in "N. N, & a"
It is taken from Incidents of a youmey Round the Worlds by the
i Rev. W. Urwicky M .A., which appeared in a series of papers in the
\ Sunday at Home, daring the year 1880.
In the 2jth chapter (part 319, p. 715), which is devoted to the
lEast coast of India and Calcutta, Mr. Urwick says : —
"I crossed the river to Serampore, 13 miles from
Calcutta, where are the famous Baptist College and the scenes of the
labours of Carey, Marshman, and Ward. The Rev. J. Trafibrd took
me through the College, a noble building with a noble staircase, but
now with only 11 students and 100 boys. The library possesses an
interesting collection of Bibles tmd some valuable MSS. One of
Carey's, a Polyglot Dictionary of Sanscrit words with the correspond-
ing word in six languages, is beautifully written, and shows the toil
and perseverance of its author. There is also a MS. copy of Watts*s
Scripture History in Bengali, written by Carey's son. Mr. Trafibrd
has been at great pains and labour in arranging and cataloguing this
library. I afterwards visited the Baptist burial-ground, where lie the
mortal remains of Carey, Ward, and Marshman. Carey's tomb has
this inscription :
William Caret
Bom, 17*^ August, 1 761.
Died, pth June, 1834.
*' A wretched, poor, and helpless worm,
On Thy kind anna I fall."
.The tombs of all three missionaries have domes, supported on
pillars 5 but the ground has the air of neglect and decay, and the wall
near Carey's tomb is broken down. We next drove to the Danish
Church in which Carey preached. It is now in the hands of the
Establishment, the Government having built for the Mission a little
Baptist Chapel by way of compensation (as if such a misappropria-
tion could be compensated) when the Church was taken from them.
This little Chapel itself is of precarious tenure. A large jute factory
has been erected near it 5 the proprietors have already bought up two
houses and considerable land of Uie Mission property 5 and they are
seeking to buy the Chapel. Serampore has a calm and cheerful
aspect with its clean shady roads. It is a pleasant suburban retreat,
but factories are gaining ground, and the Mission has the air of decay.
Carey's Botanic Garden of six acres, which contained 3000 species of
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plants, is now jungle, and has been sold for business purposes. A
Christian village purchased hj the Marshmans as a settlement, for the
native converts, has also been sold. It is sad to see the scenes of
many years of Christian labour and the fruit of missionary enterprise
associated with revered names thus on the decline.'*
64 Oakley Road, Iriington, JoHH T. Page.
267- — The Isham Family. — ^"Among the Blenheim Collection
recently dispersed by Messrs. Christie and Manson was one portrait
of local interest, and which has fortunately been secured by the fainOy
to whom the original belonged. The picture, which is by Carlo
Maratti, (1625 — 17 13) represents Sir Thomas Isham. son of Sir
Justinian Isham, of Lamport, and is a life-size figure of the baronet,
whom it shows as a young man of some two and twenty. To follow
the description of the catalogue, * he is seated at a table, upon which
he rests his right hand, holding a miniature or antique gem set with
brilliants. His other hand points far away to the right. His fine,
handsome beardless countenance, with a profusion of dark hair hang-
ing down on each side, looks towards the left. A full brown cloak
partially covers his red and white dress. The figure is seen to below
the knees. A dark-red curtain is discemable in the background.' It
seems he was a youth of great promise, but he died still young, about
1684. The artist Maratti was celebrated for his religious subjects,
but few portraits having been painted by him, which renders a work of
this kind all the more rare. The price realised was 48 guineas."
The above is taken from The Northampton Herald of August 14th,
1886. The picture appears to be a copy, and not nearly so good as
the original at Lamport Hall.
268. — Bow-BELL AT Blakeslet. — By his will, dated i Jan.,
1669-70, William Foxley, gent., made provision for the foundation
of a grammar school in this parish. From a deed of 1470, recendy
acquired by sir Henry Dryden, it appears that this scheme was taken
from an earlier foundation ; for in it " certain lands, with meadows,
woods, watermills, &c., in Blakesley, Maidford, Adston, Norton,
Silverston, Bradden and Woodend ** are demised, in default of heirs
male of John Aleyn, to Thomas Chece, called Foxley, of Foxley,
with certain liabilities, among which are these : —
''And that Thomas Chece shall pay 53s. 4d. in four equal
portions to one clerk, called dean, who shall daily instruct the hoys
of Blakesley and the adjacent parish, to read and sing to the praise of
God, and the increase of divine service, taking from each boy id. in
each quarter of year ; and daily ring one bell of the church morning
and evening for day bell and curfew, and keep the clock of the church j
Bow Bell at Blakesley. 103
and shall not be the parish clerk (priest) of Blakeslej or of another
church, and dailj ring one bell, at the 4th hour after none, for one
antiphon of the blessed Virgin, to be song in the church bj him and
the boys. And the said Thomas Cheoe shall pay yearly to the vicar
of Blakesley 3s. 4d. and shall sustain five tapers of wax before the
image of the blessed Virgin at the time of the antiphon, with ' de
profondis' to be sung on each night immediately after the said
HDtiphon, for the souls of John Asseby, Robert Aleyn and Agnes,
and for said John Aleyn and for the faithful departed. And the three
poor men on each night shall be present and pray for same souls.*'
Four pounds had to be paid yearly to each of three poor men of
60 years of age.
The ringing of this bell, which was subsequently known as the
''Bow-bell," continued after the reformation, although the special
services connected with it were discontinued. It is mentioned in one
of the state papers, in a petition of Edward Watts, of the inner
temple, to archbishop Laud, which we here give at iuU.
** Kar. 31. Petition of Edward Watts, gentkamm, of the Middle Temple,
London, io Arohbishop Land. That petitioner and his predeoeesors in that
estate lie now holds have been seized in fee beyond memory of the patronage
and right of presentation to the Tioarage of Blakesley, in Northamptonshire, '
by firtneof which title Nicholas Short, elerk, was lately presented and inducted
Ticar; nevertheless Erasmus Dryden, Esq., detains from the vicar the herbage
of the third part of the old chnrohyard, and refuses to snflJBr burials therein,
paying to the ohurdhwardens for the same but M, per annum, it being well
worth 6«. M, per annum. Bepresents that Blakesley is a great and populous
parish, requiring the whole of the churchyard ; also that, as evidenced by
a court roll dated 18^ April, 1 & 2 Philip and Mary, the holder of the lands
now possessed by Mr. Dryden were wont to pay 6«. %d, annually to get a
man to ring the bow bell there at 8 p.m. and 4 a.m., which is now discontinued ;
whereby that laudable usage and custom, so long time there continuing for
the good of that parish and direction of travellers passing at such times tiiere,
is now like to be quite omitted and lost, because ICr. Dryden will not both
pay the money and find a man to ring the bell. Petitioner, out of his religious
care of the general Christian good of that parish, prays your Orace to take
the premises into consideration, and g^rant redress therein as in your judgment
shall aeem fit. Endorsed by Archbishop Laud, ' For Sir John Lamb.
Beceived Slat March 1640.' '*
(Calendar of State-Fapen, CharUi I. 1640. No. 46.)
It does not appear what action was taken on this petition. Mr.
Dryden was the father of the poet, and son of sir Erasmus Dryden.
In North's Church Bells of Northamptonshire, p. 193, it is said that
until about 1870 the second bell was rung daily at 5 a.m. in summer,
at 6 a.m. in winter, at noon, and at curfew. He does not record the
name " Bow-bell *' as attaching to any one of the peal. There is
not now at Blakesley any bell of prae-reformation date, the earliest
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being one of Bagley's, 1673. He considers the name of " Bow-bell,"
which is given to some curfew bells, to be derived from the Bow bell
in London^ the ringing of which was the signal for closing the shops.
The particulars of the i jth century provision to ring the bell*
given above> are taken from a privately printed account of the parish.
269. — Saxon Bbll pound at Pbtbrborouoh. — Mr. Joseph
Anker has in his possession a most interesting Saxon bell^ which was
found some years ago in an old pond in Tout-hill field, on the north
side of the cathedral. It has the clapper and handle perfect, and stands
about 5i inches in height, while at the mouth it measures 4i inches
by ai. It is of iron, riveted, and much rusted, but bears no inscription.
In Ellacombe's Bells of the Churchy printed as a supplement to
bis book on Devonshire bells, is a chapter on "Tintinnabula," which
contains engravings of a number of ancient belb, not a few of which
are similar in appearance to the Tout-hill specimen. In particular,
several of the ancient Irish bells bear a strong resemblance to it.
For the clapper to remain is unusual. The possessor of this curiosity
would be very pleased to shew it to any antiquarian interested in the
subject of ancient bells.
270. — ^Ancibnt Village Sports (135, 173, 192, 2x7). — In
his note on the above (135) Mr. Baker says: — ''Will your readers
say whether they have met with ' Choosing Partners,' or other sports
of a like kind ? "
I find I have several versions of a similar game to " Choosing
Partners " in my MS. notes of Midland Folk Lore, from which I
copy the following.
At West Haddon, in this county, the children join hands and form
a ring, in the centre of which a girl stands. Those who form the
ring dance round her and sing as follows : —
" Sally, Sally Watera,
Sprinkle in a pan. fOirl hnnU.)
Rise Sally, rise Sally,
For a young man. fOirl ri$$9.)
Ghooee to the east and ehoose to the west,
And choose the dearest one that yon love best."
The girl now chooses a boy from the ring, who joins her in the
centre. The children then dance round again, singing : —
"Now you're married we wish you joy,
First a girl and then a boy.
Love one another like sister and brother,
And never lose time by kissing one another.*'
After this the girl leaves the boy in the centre and joins the ring.
The game is then carried on vice versa.
Ancient Village Sports. 105
At Long ItchiDgton, Warwickshire, a ring is formed with girl in
centre as before, the following words being sung : —
"Sally, Sally Water,
Come water your can. (Girl kn$$U.J
Snch a young lady before a young man.
Rise Sally Water, (Girlriset,)
Don't look 80 sadt
For yon shall hare a hnsband, good or bad.'*
After the girl has chosen her partner those who form the ring
sing as follows: —
"Now you're nuurried we wish yon joy,
Father and mother yon need not ory.
Eies and kiss each other again,
Now we're happy let's part again."
Sometimes other rhymes are used, the game being otherwise
carried on exactly the same. I have appended two examples, the
first of which I met with at Long Itchington, and the second at both
West Haddon and Long Itchington.
'* Down in the meadows where the green grass grows.
To see (ffirVi name) blow like a rose.
She blows, she blows, she blows so sweet,
Go out, (ffirFt name) who shall he be P "
After partner has been chosen : —
** ( GirVi name) made a pndding,
She made it so sweet.
And neyer stuok a knife in
Till (partner' $ name) came to eat.
Taste love, taste Ioto,
And don't say nay.
For next Monday morning
Is yonr wedding day.
He bonght her a gown,
And a guinea gold ring,
And a fine cooked hat
To be married in."
The other example is a variation of that given in Art. 173: —
" Oh, this pretty little girl of mine.
See maid
She cost me many a bottle of wine,
brought
A bottle of wine and a guinea too,
To see what .my little girl can do,
But ihis miid
Down on the carpet she shall kneel.
While the grass grows in the field, (Oirl kneeh)
TiU
Stand upright upon her feet, (Girlrisee)
Biie up, rise up, on your
And dioose the one she loves so sweet."
yon love
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The words placed in the second line are those used by the Long
Itchington children, who also add four other lines as follows : —
** Up the kitchen and down the hall,
Choose the fairest of them all.
SeTen years now and seven years then,
Kiss poor Sally and part again."
After the partner has been chosen the West Haddon children
sing :—
**Now yon're married we wish you joy,
First a girl and then a boy,
Gaps and sanoers, sons and daughters,
Now join hands and kiss one another."
or else^ like the Long Itchington children, they use their version at
the end of the " Sally Water " game.
Islington. John T. Paob.
271- — The Duke op Tuscany in Northamptonshire, 1669.
— ^The extract here given from the Travels of Cosmo the Third, Grand
Duke of Tuscany, through England Translated from the
Italian Manuscript in the Laurentian Library at Florence, is not only
interesting in itself, but also incidentally solves a doubt which was
expressed in Art. 244. It was there said, with regard to the George
Inn at Northampton, that it was uncertain if the site of the present
inn was occupied by an inn before the fire in 1675. It is proved, by
this extract, that it was so occupied. As the Grand Duke stayed at
it, it was most probably the chief inn of the town at the time. It
will be observed that it is called ** The Inn of St. George.**
•'On the morning of the 12th, the weather being very fine, his
highness, having heard mass privately, left Cambridge, taking the
road to Northampton, over an open plain, divided into arable and
pasture land, and for the most part rather wet as far as Stow, a village
of a few houses, where his highness stopped to dine. As he con-
tinued his journey, the country was of a better description, spreading
out into an uneven champain, almost all under the plough. They
met with thickly-scattered villages, which gave an interest to the
journey, amongst which those of St. Neot's, belonging to the county
of Cambridge, and of Highhamferrers, were the best, though these
were much surpassed by Wellingborough, a borough containing a
great number of houses, all built of stone, and a considerable popu-
lation ; besides other places situated on each side of the road along
which they travelled, and of which they enjoyed the view as they
passed along. From Wellingborough, the remainder of the country
was either clothed with trees> or devoted to tillage or pasture, all the
The Duke of Tuscany in Northamptonshire. 107
way to Northampton, the chief town of the county, called hj the
English Northamptonshire. His highness alighted at the Inn of St
George, situated near the belfry of the principal church. On the
arri?al of his highness, the bells were immediately rung as a mark of
joy, and, being well tuned, the sound of them was very agreeable ;
bat the ringing being continued a great part of the night, they proved
a great interruption to sleep. The mayor and aldermen, with whom
the civil government rests, came to pay their respects to his highness,
who made use of the same formalities towards them as had been
adopted in other places. His highness walked through Northampton,
which, both in the structure and elegance of its buildings, is not
inferior to the other towns of the kingdom. He went to see the
church close to his lodgings, which was formerly dedicated to St.
Andrew, but now profaned by the exercise of the Anglican religion ;
it was intended by Simon St. Liz, first Earl of Northampton, for the
place of his burial, having been built by him, along with the castle,
which stands on the Western side of the city; his highness then
returned, and supped alone.
"Northampton, as before described, is the chief town of the
county, and is situated almost in the centre of England. It stands
on an eminence, which rising gradually, renders the scite, in some
degree, hilly. Its circumference, which is two thousand one hundred
and twenty paces, is surrounded by walls, not far from which runs
the river Nen. The streets and the buildings are good, and in a
respectable style of architecture ; the greater part of them are built
of earth, and of stone, a good deal ornamented. The inhabitants
are estimated at about sixteen thousand ; and all the places of the
coimty are well peopled, in consequence both of the salubrity of the
air and the fertility of the soil. Of these, the most considerable
after Northampton, is the city of Peterborough, where, united to the
monastery built (according to tradition) by King Wolfer, is the
cathedral formerly consecrated to St. Peter the Apostle, but now
profaned, and it is more celebrated than any thing else in the place
for the nobleness and antiquity of its structure. In it are buried
Qoeen Catherine, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, Sovereigns of
Spain, and wife of King Henry the Eighth of England 5 also Queen
Mary Stuart, daughter of James, Viceroy of Scotland, and Madam
Mary of Guise, who was first wife of Francis the Second, King of
France, and afterwards of Henry Stuart, son of the Earl of Lenox, a
Scotsman, son of Margaret, eldest sister of Henry the Eighth — both
unfortunate women ; the one, owing to her divorce, being compelled
to die in the village of Kimbolton 5 and the other, in consequence of
suspicions entertained against her by Queen Elizabeth, deprived of
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life at Fotheringay. There are in this county, amongst other things
worthy of notice, the castles of Towcester, Kettering, Oundle, and
Collyweston, celebrated for the stone quarries, from which they dig
not only the stone for ornamenting the buildings, but likewise the
slate for covering them; and, therefore, Margaret of Richmond,
mother of King Henry the Seventh, availing herselfof the convenience
of these materials, built there a very noble mansion. The title of
Earl of Northampton (which was given to the Earl of Essex by
King Edward the Sixth) is now enjoyed by my Lord James Compton,
one of the most illustrious families in the county of Warwick, from
which was descended Henry Compton, who received the title of
baron from Queen Elizabeth.*'
J. C.
272. — Caret Family.— I shall be glad to know to which
branch of the Carey family the following incident refers. There
were branches in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, as well as in this county.
The extract is from Busted's Echoes from Old Calcutta.
"Up to 1 80 1, the last survivor of the Black Hole tragedy was
living in Calcutta, and bore the name of Carey. Mrs. Carey was a
country-bom woman, who, when a girl, had married an officer of one
of the East Indiamen, and with him, her mother and sister had been
shut up in the Black Hole, where, while they perished, she is said to
have retained life by swallowing her tears. Dr. Bishop, of Merchant
Taylor's School — Clive's School — wrote Latin verses on the story,
which thus conclude —
' . . • . Nescit flitiendo periie
Cni flio dat laorymas qnas bibat ipsa fldee.' "
J.T.
Can any of your readers give me the relationship between Thomas
Carey, mentioned below, and Peter Carey, parish clerk and school-
master of Paulerspury ?
In the will of Mary Hinde, of Olney, spinster, dated 13 May,
1783, and proved i Nov., 1784, she leaves "to Thomas Carey
Son of Robert Carey late of Woobum in the County of Bedford
Malster one hundred pounds of like lawful money." G. L.
273. — ^Whittleburt Forest Shares. — ^A correspondent from
Stratford-on-Avon asks for information about a Mr. Corbett, "who
had very large shares in Whittlebury forest about ^^ or 40 years ago."
In particular it is wished to ascertain where he lived.
Are the books of the forest management still in existence, and
accessible ? And what is the precise meaning of holding shares io
Whittlebury forest ?
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The Customs of Daventry. 109
274. — Mat Sono at Nassinoton (a56). — Your correspoodenty
the Rev. C. J. Percival, queries the " no more," in the second verse,
When I heard the song in Huntingdon^ire, 1 took down the words
as " we mourn." See my notes thereupon in Notes and Queries,
3rd S. vil. 373, IX. 388 5 and again^ on May 22, 1886, where I gave
two new verses to the May-day song, as sung last May-day at my
door, at Lenton Vicarage, near Grrantham. (N. & CL 7th S. i. 406.)
CUTHBBRT BeOE.
275. — ^The Customs of Daventry. — Having lately had the
pleasure of examining a little lamo volume, which contains some
fery curious information concerning the ancient customs of the
above-named borough, we here present the readers of " N. N. & Q."
with a brief digest of the contents, which will, we hope, prove not
uninterestmg. The book in question is in the possession of Lady
Koigbtley, of Fawsley Park, and consists of three parts, of which the
first is entitled: —
"A Predoiis Belio, being a work written to prove that no man may
endeavour to obtain his living in the town of Daventry, without
inonrring heavj penalties. Bj an eminent Author. The profits will
be applied to establish an' opposite doctrine.
Davsvtbt: Printed hj M. TonMUn."
This is followed by a rather original dedication :^
''To the worshipfol the Bailiff, and the Burgesses, and the Commonalty,
snd the Beoorder, and the Deputy Recorder, and the Town Clerk ; and his
Clerk, and the Chamberlain, and the Head Wardens, and the Under- Wardens,
and the Serjeants of the Hace, of the Borough of Daventry."
Next comes a short preface, and the remaining pages are occupied
by the text of a bill against one John Dickins ; setting forth that he,
not being a freeman of the borough of Daventry, did presume to set
certain ancient and laudable customs at defiance, and exercise his
trade or calling of a whip-maker in the said town ; for which the
plaintifiEs (the bailifife, burgesses, and commonalty of the said borough)
claimed damages to the amount of sSsoo. After reciting how
Qoeen Elizabeth, on the 36th day of March, in the eighteenth year
of her reign, granted a charter constituting Daventry a free borough,
with one bailiff and fourteen burgesses and a commonalty of twenty,
the bill goes on to state that — " within the said Borough there now is
and from time whereof the memory of man is not to the contrary
there hath been an ancient and laudible custom there used and approved
of (that is to say) that no person not being a Freeman of the said
Borough should use or exercise any Art Mystery or trade within the
said Borough or the liberties and precincts thereof or have or keep any
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bouse or shop within the said borough liberties and precincts for
selling any wares or merchandize thei)e or for the exercise' of any art
mjTstery or trade therein," and further that " no person whatsoever
not being a Freeman of the said borough should use or exercise any
art mystery or trade within the said borough or the liberties or precincts
thereof or have or keep any house shop stall or standing place within
the said borough liberties and precincts for selling any wares or
merchandise there or for the exercise of any art mystery or trade
therein except at fair times held within the said borough and the
liberties and precincts thereof and on public stalls on market days in
the same borough/' and that the defendant, not being a freeman of
the borough, and not having been apprenticed there, and "well
knowing the premises but contriving and intending to injure prejudice
and aggrieve the said plaintifts," did, nevertheless, use and exercise
the art, mystery, and occupation of a whipmaker within the said
borough ; and also use and occupy a shop for the sale and utterance
of wares and merchandise there, to the damage of the said plaintiffs
of j^joo.
The second part consists of twelve pages, the title-page being as
follows : —
^'BeasonB for Befoaing to Pardiase the Freedom of the Borougli of
Daventry. By J. D.
Datbmtbt, Printed and Sold bj M. Tomalin, Dieej ft BxmUiaoB, k Abel, ITortb-
■mpton, Whitton, Welliogboroagh ft Thrapston. 1825. "
The defendant cites numerous opinions against the exercise of
the alleged custom, stating that whereas in the time of John Savage,
the first bailiff, 2s, was paid by one and 35. 4c£. by another for the
freedom of the borough, the rate had risen so that fifty years before
the time of writing it amounted to 155. or i6s, — freemen then having
the right of common for several head of cattle — while later on, that
privilege had been taken away, and the freedom money advanced to
about eight times the last-named sum, " so that," says J. D., " the
next generation will most likely have to pay not less than £^0 for
their Freedom of the Borough 5 but they will have this consolation,
that the Corporate Body will not have the power to deprive them of
another Privilege**
Part three consists of
'* A Beport of the Trial in which an action was broogbt by the Gorporatkm
of Daventry, against John Bickins, for refusing to purchase his Free-
dom of the Borough.
BniiiHGMiM : Printed at the office of T. Dewson, 1825."
The examination of the various witnesses affords considerable
insight into the working of the " Custom," during some sixty years j
Washingtons at East Haddon. in
and the jury, after listening to some lengthy arguments from defen-
dant's counsel^ returned a verdict for the plaintiffs— damages one
farthing.
I may mention that the list of special jurors included the following
well-known names : — Sir Richard Brooke de Capel Brooke \ William
Ralph Cartwright^ esq. ; Thomas Samuel Watson Samuel, esq. \ and
Langham Christie, esq. F. T.
276. — Washimotons at East Haddon. — At a distance of
ahoQt two miles from each other, in a kind of triangle, stand the
three villages of Brington, Holdenby, and East Haddon. If, as
seems likely, the children of Lawrence Washington, who died in
f6i6, made their home with their uncle Robert and his wife,
Elizabeth, in the house at Brington, it would be interesting to know
what became of them, after the death of the latter in March, i^ii-^.
The sons no doubt were making their way in the world, but the
daughters still unmarried continued, I think, to reside somewhere in
the neighbourhood.
Elizabeth had married Francis Mewce, or Muse, and lived at
Holdenby} Joan, Amy, and Barbara, all married and went away.
Lucy, the youngest, was apparently in the Althorpe household.
Where were Margaret, Alice, and Frances ? Certain it is, that at
£ast Haddon, the names of no fewer than five Washingtons, and a
Butler, (can it be a niece ?) occur in the registers there as witnesses
to the baptisms of the children of friends or dependants. Thus, for
instance, one entry runs : —
1629. '' Dorothie Bartlet the daughter of Richard Bartlet husband-
man was Baptized the xx^ day of March.
Robert Washington ^
Dorothie Hicks gent r witnesses "
Ann Washington ^
and so another :—
163 1. « Katheren Ireton the daughter of John Ireton was baptized
the xx*** day of March.
Thomas Bacon ^
Margaret Washington f witnesses "
ffrancis Washington ^
In this way the names of witnesses are given at nearly every
baptism from 1609 to 1645.
I. *' Ann Washington, gent." occurs 20 Aug., 1626, as witness,
for Ann, daughter of John Ireton, gent, j 20 March, 1629, as above;
10 Dec., 1635, for Alice, daughter of Edward Knightley; 2 Nov.,
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112 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
1638, for Dorothy, daughter of John Watts j and 11 April, 164a, for
William, son of John Ireton.
a. Robert Washington stands as witness 22 March, i6a8, for
Robert, son of John Watts, chandler 5 and ao March, 1629, as above.
3. "Elizabeth Muse, gent." is witness, 14 Nov., 1629, for
Elizabeth, daughter of John Ireton, gent. ; and 13 June, 1637, for
Robert, son of John Ireton.
4, 5. Margaret and Frances Washington occur but once, as
above, in 163 1-2.
Now of these five, Nos. 3, 4, and 5, 1 take to be sisters, daughters
of Lawrence and Margaret Washington. Who are Robert and Ann ?
In Baker's pedigree there is only one seemingly possible Robert
Ann, I suppose, might be one of the daughters un-mentioned by
Baker, but it may prove interesting to raise the question.
In ^^3Si 10 I^-> Alice Butler and "An Washington" stand
together as witnesses for Alice, daughter of Edward Knightleyj
Alice, perhaps we may conjecture, had some connection with the
Wasbingtons; Barbara (Washington) Butler died i April, 1635.
Can Alice have been her daughter ?
And so it may be either that these Washingtons were resident
still at Brington after 1622-3 ; or that they were living with Elizabeth
Muse at Holdenby ; or perhaps, may I suggest, in a home of their
own at East Haddon ; and in any case, it seems, in close intercourse
with the Ladie Anne Tresham and her daughters, Dorothy Hicks
and Elizabeth Gyll, John Ireton and his family, and Edward
Knightley and his family. However it may have been, at last we
find this entry, the last of the four entries for the year 165 1-2, in
the East Haddon register, recording possibly the burial of Ann : —
** 1651. M". Washengton was buryed the xvi*** of March."
Let me add that one member of the family is found later on
residing in the neighbourhood. T. Isham, in his Journal, under date
4 Oct., 1672, says, *'Mr. Washington, the deaf man who now lives
at Maidwell, also came."
Northampton. Hbnry Isham Lonoobn.
277.— Wight of Blakeslby Hall (257).— The lady referred
to by Mr. Moore, of Woodbridge, in the July number of " N. N. &
Q." was the widow of Henry Wight, esq., of Blakesley hall, and
was commonly known in the village and neighbourhood as "Madam,"
not " Lady " Wight.
Blakerioy Vicarage. E- K. Jbnkins.
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Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots. 1 13
278. — Galleries in Wbllimoborouoh Church. — The
foHowing entries, copied from the church books at Wellingborough,
fix the date of erection of two of the old Galleries formerly existiug
in the parish church : —
1682. •' Disbursed in building the Gallarj, 40/. 1 1 j."
1724, "Memorandum, — That on Sunday, ye 6th of July, 1724,
Notice was given to ye Inhabitants of this Parish of a Vestry to this
Effect, viz. :—
" Whereas many of ye Inhabitants of this Parish have complained
that for want of room in ye Church they could not conveniently
attend ye Publick Service of God therein j And whereas there is
manifest cause of such complaint; The Mimster and Churchwardens
do therefore desire ye neighbours to meet in a Vestry at ye usual
place, ye School-house Chamber, to-morrow at 3 o*clock in ye
afternoon, to consult of ye most proper and convenient place and ye
best manner of making such Room wanted in our said Parish Church.
" Memorandum. — Also that ye Neighbours did meet in a Vestry
on Monday at 3 o'clock in ye afternoon, and did then agree that a
^ew Gallery should be erected in ye North-West corner of ye Body
of ye Church, and to reach from ye Gallery commonly called ye Old
. Gallery to that called ye New Gallery, by ye Churchwardens."
279- — A Contemporary Portrait of Mary, Queen of
Scots. — My recently-published volume, Fotheringhay and Mary,
Queen of Scots, (Alfred King, Oundle; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.,
^ndon, 1886) has, for its frontispiece, a photograph from an original
«>otenaporar7 portrait of the queen, now first published. The
ojioiature, now in my possession, is painted on copper ; and, as I
have stated in my volume (p. 201), was given to me by the late Mr.
Joseplx Cecil, in 1853. He purchased it in France, at least fifty years
sjoce, Mrhen he was making researches in connectioji with the French
^'^^cr of Mary Stuart. The greater part of his collection, contained
'^ ills bulky Mary Stuart Album, was purchased last year for the
*^fitis|^ Museum, from his widow, who died in Northampton,
P^* loth, 1886. Mr. Cecil was a man of great taste and
'P^^^nce, and he was satisfied that the miniature was an original
^^^ruporary portrait. In this opinion he was supported by many
«^^ "^vere qualified to give judgment upon it, including Miss Agnes
, ^^land. During the thirty-three years that it has hung on my
. ^^^ i Dg-room wall it has been seen by many experts, who pronounced
-. ^^ be an original portrait, and not a modem copy ; and its first
^*^'^ from my drawing-room was to the London photographer, that
^^ht appear as the frontispiece to Fotheringhay,
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114 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Now comes my motive for mentioning this. In July last,
Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods issued a shilling catalogue —
prepared by Mr. George Scharf, C.B., F.S.A., Director of the
National Portrait Gallery — of the sale of the Blenheim Collection.
On looking through the catalogue I came to the sale of the
miniatures, on the eighth, and concluding, day, August loth. There
were three English miniatures of Mary, Queen of Scots; two of
which are well known from the engravings by Houbraken. And
there were two French miniatures, described in the catalogue thus : —
" 874. Mary, Queen op Scots. Of an oval shape, turned
lengthways or horizontally, with blue back-ground, and, inscribed
upon it in gold letters,
MARIA « REOINA « SCOTORUM.
The face is turned to the right, a black veil falls behind, and a
white fur-tippet encircles her neck, within which a necklace, but no
ruff is visible. Her black dress is striped with white fur. This
miniature belongs to the type of Mary portraits engraved in meizo-
tint by T. Simon; and, as Granger observes, vol. i. p. 223, it is a
very different face from the portrait in St. James's.
"875. Mary, Queen op Scots. A modern copy of the
preceding, but placed in a differently turned oval.**
On reading this, I saw that my miniature was a replica of that at
Blenheim, and I at once sent it up to Messrs. Christie — a week before
the sale began — for identification and comparison. They wrote to
me that it was, in every respect, similar to the Blenheim miniature ;
and that they had handed it to Mr. Scharf, who wished to give it a
careful examination. This he has now done, and has pronounced it
to be an original contemporary portrait. He has also shewn it to
several experts, " who were all very much interested in seeing it.**
He has returned the miniature, which (after its second journey to
London) is again hanging on my drawing-room wall. Whether it or
the Blenheim miniature was the first to be painted it is impossible to
say, nor is the artist known. Cuthbbrt Bkde.
Lenton Vioarage, Grantham.
280. — HiNDE Family op Pipewell Abbbt. — ^Any information
respecting this family, and its connection with that of Harcourt, of
Raunton, co. Stafford, will be very acceptable.
I have in my possession probate of the will of Valentine Harcourt,
gent., of Raunton Hall, dated the 21st of Nov., 1689. The testator
-•aves " to his trusty and well beloved kinsman Mr. Francis Hinde
Pipewell Abbey in the parish of Rushton in the co. of North-
Garfield a Northamptonshire Name. 115
amptoD, all his personal estate whatsoever," subject to certain specific
legacies, amongst which occur, " to Mrs. Ann Hinde of Pipewell, five
broad pieces of gold ; her son George Hinde jfioo \ her daughter
Ann Hinde £^0 j her daughter Mary £<^q j Mr. Brian Hinde all
mj Books and one Guinea \ to all my Nephews and Nieces of what
place or name soever twelve pence each if demanded."
Edgixwton, Birminghain. W. A.
281. — Garfield a Northamptonshire Name. — If North-
amptonshire is not to be allowed to claim George Washington as her
own, is it possible that another American President may be able to
trace bis origin to one of the neighbouring villages to Brington, and
add his name to the roll of worthies of whom we may be proud ? In
examining registers I have met with the following : —
" '585- Nicolas Garfield and Elizabethe plackett were marryed the
XXIX daye of June."
Ea%i Haddnn.
"1655. Elizabeth Gaifeile the daughter of Willm Garfeile was
borne the 12th day of January and baptized."
" 1655. Willm Garfield was Buryed the 30th day of July.'*
H. I. L.
282, — Dedication op Churches.— -I am preparing a list of
dedication of all the churches, existing and destroyed, within the county.
1 shall be obliged for any notes of errors made by Bridges on this
matter. He gives, for instance, Tichmarsh church as dedicated to
the Holy Trinity, whereas it is really dedicated to the Virgin Mary ;
Maxey he attributes to S. Mary, instead of to S. Peter, or perhaps
SS. Peter and Paul ; Luddington church is called S. Margaret's, but
sixteenth century wills call it S. Andrew's. I shall be glad also for
any evidence of the dedication of the following churches and chapels : —
Bainton, Barford, Boughton (in Weekley parish), Brampton chapel,
Little Brington (the old church, if any existed), Churchfield (near
Oundle), Clasthorpe, Cotton (in Ringstead), Creaton Parva, Den-
shanger, Eaglethorpe (in Warmington), Elmington, Fawcote (in
Wappenham), Foxley, Grimsbury, Heatbencote, Kingsthorpe (in
Polebrook), Newbold (in Clipston), Onley (in Barby), Little
Qxendeo, Great Preston, Purston (in Newbottle), Old Stratford,
Teeton, Tborp-on-the-hill (in Earls Barton), chapel of Towcester
college, Walcot (in Barnack), Wigsthorpe (in Lilford), Wythemale
(in Orlingbury). I believe that a consecrated building existed at
each of the above places. I do not include in my list chantries
founded within the parish churches. Ed.
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283. — Town House op Bishops op Peterborough. — Was
there ever a residence in London for the bishop of Peterborough, the
property of the see ? In Kennett's interleaved copy of Gunton, in
the cathedral library at Peterborough, it is said that '* Bp. Chambers
lived much in his episcopal house in London, which was near Carter's
Lane ; flc in the country at Eyburie, where he had a Chapell, Hall &
Great Chamber — seldom at Peterb.'* And of another bishop it is
said, *' Bp. Pool's Lodgings in London were Hospitium Revdi Patris
& Dni £pi Petrib vulgariter nuncupat The Peticanons Lodging."
In a curious directory of 1754, entitled New and Correct Lists of
Both Houses of the Eleventh Parliament of Great Britain, I see that
bishop John Thomas, " Preceptor to the Prince of Wales and Prince
Edward," had a house in Soho square. £d.
284. — ^An Incident op Nasebt Fight. — The following is
extracted from a MS. diary of John Cole, author and editor of many
topographical works, at one time a bookseller in Northampton, after-
wards schoolmaster at Rushden, Woodford, and other places : —
"The late Dr. Hill, rector of Thorpe Malsor, Northamptonshire,
brother to Serjeant Hill, informed me that he had a relation, a Mr.
Mansell, who fought in the battle of Naseby field, that he was
wounded in the breast, k left for dead -, and, as he was about to be
buried, a young woman, daughter of an apothecary, happening to be
upon the field, and finding his hand to be very soft, exclaimed, ' This
certainly was a gentleman ! ' She further observed that she felt a
pulse, and consequently that he was not quite dead. She put off a
portion of her dress, and, wrapping him in it, had him convejred to a
neighbouring village, where he recovered, and lived some years after.
The young woman lived in his house as housekeeper till the time of
his death, when he left her a handsome annuity. The above anecdote
was related to Sam' Ireland, Esq. & is given in his Warwickshire Jvon**
285. — " Headless Cross,** near Northampton. — Is there
any hill near Northampton still bearing this name ? Or is there any
eminence near the Eleanor cross which can be identified with the hill
in the following passage ? It is taken from a MS. Liler lohannis
Stone Monachi Cantuariensis.
" 1460. 6 Id. Jul. erat helium de Norhampton Archiepiscopus
Cantuariensis un|i cum E^scopo Londinensi tempore belli stetit in
monte qui vocatur Crux sine capite. Post belluro venerunt ad Regem
& introiverunt cum eo in domum Sanctimonialium de pratis juxta
Norhamton.'* According to this extract, the archbishop of Canter-
bury and the bishop of London observed the battle from a hill called
Memories of Franklin. 117
"Headless Cross;" and after the battle joined the king' and went
with him to the house of the nuns in the meadows^ that is, De la Pre
Abbey.
It is remarkable that we should find a '' Headless Cross " in so
many diflferent parts of £ngland. In Godfrey's Market Crosses of
NotHngkam is mention of " Crux sine capite" in 13 11, and in 1336
it is called " Headless-cross." Others are named in a review of this
work in The Athenmum for 21 Nov., 1885. One marked a boundary
at Derby in Richard the third's reign ; another was near Elsdon, co.
Northumberland. The first words of the ballad of "Bartram's
Dirge," by Surtees, are
^'They shot him dead on the Ninestane rigg,
Beside the headless cross.*'
Ed.
286. — Memories of Franklin. — Can any one inform the
writer what were the names of Benjamin Franklin's relatives^ that
were living at Wellingborough in the year 1758 ? At page 215, in
the biography entitled Benjamin Franklin^ (W. P. Nimmo^ ^875,)
Iread:—
"Every summer during his stay in England, Franklin, accom-
panied by his son, spent a few weeks in travelling. A most
agreeable tour was that of 1758, when he visited the University of
Cambridge, and received the most flattering attention from the
chancellor, the vice-chancellor, and the heads of the colleges. From
Cambridge he went to the counties where his ancestors had lived,
and sought out living relations of his own and of his wife. He
found at Wellingborough a female cousin, so aged that she could
distinctly remember his father's leaving England for America seventy-
three years before. She received her American relative with hearty
welcome, old as she was. He discovered another cousin, a happy and
venerable old maid, 'a good, clever woman/ he wrote, 'but poor, though
vasdy contented with her situation, and very cheerful.' She gave him
some of his uncle Benjamin's old letters to read, with their pious
rhymings and acrostics, in which occurred allusions to himself and
his sister Jane when they were children. Continuing their journey,
father and son reached Ecton, where so many successive Franklins
had plied the blacksmith's hammer. They found that the farm of
thirty acres had been sold to strangers. The old stone cottage of
their ancestors was used for a school, but was still called the Franklin
House. Many relations and connections they hunted up, most of
them old and poor, but endowed with the inestimable gift of making
AUe t^s^ ^f ^®*'' ^^^ They copied tombstones 5 they examined the
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parish register; they heard the chime of bells play which Uncle
Thomas had caused to be purchased for the quaint old Ecton chorch
seventy years before j and examined other evidences of his worth
and public spirit. Having paid due honour to the memorials of their
race, not neglecting to visit many lowly connections of Mrs. Franklin,
they returned to London.*'
What pleasant and agreeable reading is the above to any one that
loves to muse over such interesting reminiscences of past dajs in
Northamptonshire ! How vividly does it conjure up in our minds
the lowly contentment of the poor about the middle of the last
century ! Perhaps some reader can throw a little more light on the
Franklins of Northamptonshire.
Franklin's wife's piaiden name was Deborah Read.
One autumnal evening in the year 1870. I was passing along
Arch Street, Philadelphia, and 1 came to the small and quiet cemetery
of Christ Church. I stopped in front of the iron railings to view the
scene of calm repose so apparent in the surroundings, my eyes rested
at once on a plain marble slab lying flat on the ground, and nearly
even with the surface. Inscribed thereon were the names of
Benjamin Franklin and Deborah his wife. The (ire-flies yrere
revelling in all their glory on every side within the enclosure of the
burial-ground. These insects have a luminous patch on the under side
of their bellies, about the size of a grain of wheat when cut in half,
which by daylight is of a yellow colour ; these shew a luminous line
of light when flitting about in the air exactly like the mark of
phosphorus made by striking a lucifer match on the wall. The eflfect
was that of a miniature display of fireworks, and exquisitely beautiful.
Such surroundings would the great philosopher have chosen could be
have willed it. t^
Delta.
287- — Chester Family op East Hai>oon. — I shall be much
obliged if any of your readers can enlighten me as to the family of
lady Chester, who died at Northampton in xBoB, as appears from the
following extract from the Mercury of 18 June, 1808 : —
*• Died. — At her house in this town, on Monday last, sincerely
lamented. Lady Chester, relict of the last surviving branch of his
family the Rev. Anthony Chester, of East-Haddon, in this county,
Bart. Her Ladyship retained her faculties to the last, and died in her
89th year, in the possession of universal respect, well merited by a life
devoted to piety and good works. We are happy to add (among
many other equally liberal and discriminating benefactions), that she has
bequeathed a very handsome sum for the use of the Infinnary in this
The Treshams of Newton and Wold. 119
town, and an equal sum to the charitj for the relief of the widows
and orphans of poor clergymen within the diocese of Peterborough.'*
As will be seen she was the widow of sir Anthony Chester, of
East Haddon. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Burt, her father
b^g, I believe, the William Burt who was mayor of Northampton
m 1722. I am desirous of ascertaining any facts relative to
ber femily and its origin. I may ad<l that I believe they had been
located in Northampton for very many years. Querist
288. — A Victimised Townsman of the Eighteenth
Cbnturt (251). — From Villctte's Annals of Neivgate^ i77^f ^®
learn that Mr. Edward Whitton "was a lace-merchant at North-
ampton; who had left off business with reputation, and a fortune of
ao or 30,000/. He, without any other tie than fancy, took a liking to
Perrott from a child, and made it a pleasure to oblige and assist
him.*' With The AnnaU is given a plate of the exec ution of Perrott
in Smithfield. J. T.
289. — ^Trb Treshams of Newton and Wold. — One cannot
help feeling that the name of Tresham has in popular estimation
only one association. In Northamptonshire it must ever be an
honoured name. The Treshams were of ancient lineage^ wealthy,
powerful, and prominent members of the state, conspicuous for their
ability, and the courage of their opinions ^ but it is a mistake to
suppose that they all shared the political and religious opinions of
Francis.
About a century and a half before the time of Francis, the family
had split into two great branches of well-nigh equal importance j
called respectively of Rush ton, and of Newton. The elder branch,
as we know, gained a notoriety that has clung to the whole family ;
whereas at any rate the later members of the Newton branch were
faithful adherents of the Church of England^ being apparently
baptized, married, and buried, according to her rites. Thanks to
tbe tabular pedigree which Mr. Falkener has so kindly given us along
with his note at page 41 of the present volume, we shall be able to
see our way more clearly. Newton became Tresham property
through a marriage with Mulso. Passing over the earlier generations,
(including the famous S.T.P. and canon, William Tre^m, rector of
Bug brook, where he lies buried,) let us come at once to Maurice
Tresham, of Newton, Pilton, and Geddington (b. 1530) ; of whose
descendants it is my purpose to give some particulars. This Maurice
married twice $ by his first wife he had ap only son. This was sir
Thomas Tresham, who succeeded him, and married his stepmother's
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niece, Anne daughter of Bartholomew Tate, by Dorothy daughter of
Francis Tanfield.
Francis Tanfield
of Oayton
I I
Margaret Tanfield s Maurice Treaham ^ Mary Odingaells Dorothy Tanfield
2nd wife i lat w. = Bartholoikiew Tate
I
Wm. Treaham Maorioe Treaham Sir Thoi. Treeham= Anne Tate SirWm.Tkte
m. 1597. Elis.
dau. of Edw.
Lord Zooch
Zoach Tate
Sir Thomas seems to have left three sons and several daughters.
On his death his widow, the *' Ladie Anne Tresham," probably gave
place to her eldest son, and came and lived at East Haddon, at least
for a time, for the following entries in the register can scarcely be
accounted for otherwise : —
1619. " Robert Gyll of London gent and Elizabeth Tresbam gent.
were married the xiiij*"* day of September."
i6a3. " M'. Joseph Brian gent and M'^ Eliza Tresham gent were
married the xvj^ day of September.**
J 6a 7. *' Mr. Oliver Beacher Esquier and M"* Elizabeth Tate daughter
of S' William Tate, Knight, were married the xxiiij^'^day of July."
Again, at nearly every baptism from 1609 to 1645, the names of
sponsors are given, thus : —
1625. ** John Bryan the sonne of Joseph Biyan Esq' was baptised
the xxix*^ of November.
ZouchTate ] ^ \
Robert Hickes ) > witnesses."
Dorothy Hickes )
1628. "Thomas Bryan the sonne of Joseph Bryan Esquier was
baptised the 27*** day of October.
Souch Tate Esquier
Robert Gill gent
and the Ladie Anne Tresham
In this way Robert Hickes appears also as witness in 1626$
Richard Spencer, Esquier, M*^. Dorothie Hickes and M**. Rose
Tresham in 1627 ; Thomas Tresham, gent., Marie Tate, gent, and
Rose Tresham, gent., in 1628 ; Dorothie Hickes in 1629 and 1637,
and Elisha Bourne, Thomas Bacon, and Elizabeth Hickes in 1639.
The baptism is recorded of three children of Joseph Bryan, namely
John (1625), Dorothie (1627), and Thomas (1628) ; and the burial
witnesses '
The Treshams of Newton and Wold. 1 2 1
of two, John (1625), and Anne (1627). There is also the burial of
DOTotbie, daughter of Robert Gjll, io 1625. From this it would
seem that the '' Ladie Anne," with her daughters. Rose Tresham,
Elizabeth wife of Robert Gyll, Dorothy wife of Robert Hickes, and
I suppose also £liza wife of John Bryan, was living at East Haddon ;
it may have been on account of a possible relationship to sir William
Saunders of East Haddon, or because Robert Hickes owned the manor
here, which formerly belonged to Wm. Saunders, (Baker, i. 163).
The Newton Treshams seem to have survived the Rushton family.
In 1670, Dec. 39. Mr. Guy writes to sir Justinian Isham as to
"M'. Tresham*s money.'*
(do year) Dec. 15. F. Lane writes to the same, "my cosen
Tresham died at Northamton.**
In 1671. May 31. " M". Anna Tresham" writes to the same,
and mentions her son.
InT. Isham's S^oumal, (1671-1673) page 39, under date 28 April,
1672, we are told, " M'. Clerk of Loddington came and said that the
son of M'. Tresham was dead and brought to Newton to be buried."
In 17 15, Newton was sold and the Treshams were without a
home in the county.
WHliam Tresham, of Wold, was the elder of the sons of Maurice
Tresham by his second wife, Margaret Tanfield. This was not the
first connecUon of the family with Wold. " In the sixteenth year of
the same reign (i.e. Henry vi.) John Bernard and Elena his wife, we
apprehend, being possessed of it, settled it on Thomas Burgoyne,
William Tresham, and other feoffees." Bridges ii. 131.
However, William settled here, having married for his first wife
Judith, probably his kinswoman, daughter of Valentyne Piggot. Of
this marriage there were six children, only the four younger being
baptized at Wold : —
1600. " Morice Tresham sonne of Willm and Judithe his wief was
Baptized the xxxj*^ of August. A* p'dco."
(In Bridges, i. 462, under Pitsford, in the list of incumbents is
given " Maurit Tresham sepult 3 April 1636," the previous incumbent
being buried 21 May, 1628. Can this be the same Maurice ? )
1602. " Judith Tresham daughter of Willm Tresham gent & Judith
his wief was Bapt the xyj**> of January A*. p*dicto."
1604. '• Valentyne Tresham sonne of Willm Tresham gent and
Judith his wief was Baptized the viij*^ of Marche."
1608. " Margrett the daughter of William Tresham and Judith his
wife was baptised the nineteenth of May 1608."
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Then there are these burials : —
1607. "A childe of M'. Tresham's dyed in the byrth, and was
buried the ti}^ of Aprill A» pMic."
16x9. ** William Tresham the sontie of William Tresham and
Judeth his wife was buried the eight day of July." J
1610, "Judith the wife of William Tresham was buried the eight (
& twenteth of Octob' Anno 16 £0.** |
Little more than a year later William married again, to Elizabeth
fbapt. at Lamport a; July, 1589) second daughter of Richard, jth j
son of John Isham, of Lamport. So says the Brixworth Raster:— j
161 1. Dec. 5th. " M'. Will- Tresham & Eliz Isham." j
Of this second marriage there were six sons and three daughters. j
1613. " Richarde the sonne of William Tresham and Elizabeth his \
wife was baptized the sixteenth day of August.*'
1615. " John the sonne of William Tresham and Elizabeth bis wife
was baptized the twenty sixth day of Nnvemb."
1615. " John the sonne of WiUiam Tresham and Elizabeth his wife
was buryed the thirteenth day of January."
1616. " Samuell the sonne of William I'resham and Elizabtth bis
wife was baptized the eight day of December 16 16."
1 61 8. " Samuell Tresham the sonne of Willm Tresham & Elizabeth
his wife was buried the first of May."
16x9. " Henry Tresham the sonne of William Tresham 8r Elizabeth
his wife was baptized the fi\Q an d twenteth day of Aprill."
164a. " Henry Tresham a young youth was buryed loth November."
1620. '* Elizabeth Tresham the daughter of William Tresham &
Elizabeth his wife was baptized the 14th day of July anno pd*"."
1622. •' Willm Tresham the son of Willm Tresham & Eliz his wyf
was baptized October 27th."
1625. " Mary the daughter of Willm Tresham & Eliz his wyf was
bapt 24 Julie."
1627. ''Anne the daughter of William Tresham & Elizabeth his
wife baptized Septemb ye 27th."
1630. " Samuel the son of Willm Tresham & Eliz his wyfe was
bapt4«»of July."
Three only of the fifteen children of William Tresham are known
to have married, Thomas (who married twice), Richard and Mary.
1622. " Thomas Tresham & Mary Atkins were maryed the first
day of August 1622."
1653. " Daniel Wapoole of Clipstone and Mary Tresham of Old •
were matried Aprill 2^,"
\
The Treshams of Newton and Wold. 123
it%i. "Judith the daughter of Thomas Tresham & Mary his ^f
was bap. May 25."
i6a6. *' Marie the daughter of Tho Tresham & Mary his wji was
bapt 4 Feb'."
i6a6. *' Mary Tresham the wyfe of M^ Tho Tresham was bnryed
9 March."
1627. ** Mary the daughter of Tommas Tresham & Mary his wife
was buried the 9 daye of February."
1638. Willm the son of Tho Tresham & Jojrsehis wyf. was bapt
a* Novem."
1631. "Dorothey the daughter of Tho Tresham & Joyce his wife
was bapt 29^^ March."
Dorothy is the only one of these of whom we hear again : —
165a. " Henry Brey of Brixworth and Dorothy Tresham of Ould
were married June the third." (Lamport Register.)
The remaining entries lat Wold are these : —
165 1. ''M'. Waim Tresham aged 86 buried ffeb. 23rd/'
1667. ^ Anne the wife of M'. Richard Tresham was buried June
17th."
1683. " Rich Tresham Gent was buried January 17*** 1683."
We are not told the name of Richard's wife, nor were any
children of his baptized at Wold. Elizabeth, usually .called his
daughter and heiress, married, we lare told, John Chapman ) from
whom sprang the Cbapmans of Wold, wealthy yeomen, who baptised
their eldest sons by the name of Tresham, and eventually merged in
a fanlily of the name of Davis, who have in this century taken the
name of Tresham. But there are, I believe, none, certainly none in
this county, who bear the name and can trace back in the male Ime
to the original family. There are still other members of the family
to account for, but I trust some one else who has the subject at
heart, and also the leisure, will fill up the many gaps still remaining.
In conclusion, my thanks are due to. the ReV. W. P. Mackesy and
the Rev. G. T. Driffield and others for their kind courtesy in
allowing me to .look through the registers of their parishes.
8. MiobMl and AU Angels', Nortbampton. Hbnrt Isham Lonodbn.
290. — Monumental Inscriptions in Pbtbrborough
Cathboral. V. (23, 73, 125, 205). — These inscriptions remain
m the north choir aisle : —
14. On a floor stone:— "In Memory of Eliz. Wells who died
May y« 16** 1726 ^ged 6a years. Also of James y^ son of James
and Hannah Hawkins who died Oct y* 9^ 1749 Aged 30 years.
124 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Also of James Hawkins sen'. (37 years Organist of this Church) who
died Oct. y* 5*** 1750 Aged 56 years. And near this place lyeth
InterrM the Body of "M™ Hannah Hawkins Relict of the said James
Hawkins who died the 23^ of Aug. 1767 Aged 70 years."
15. On a floor stone next to the last: — " Under 1 this Marble
Are interred the remains Of Martha The wife of William Hawkins
Gent. Who having long Labour*d under a bad state of health By
Divine mercy Was released from all her pain March the ^^^ 1739 In
the 57**" year of her Age. Also of the above named William Hawkins
Who passed a great part of his life In a pleasing retirement And a
carefull practice of the social duties. Under a due sense of the
Divine Mercies He calmly resigned his breath Nov. the 5*^ : 1762 in
the 74*** year of his Age. Bene qui latuit, bene vixit." (He who
has lived in retirement well, has lived well.)
16. On a floor stone adjoining the last are the remains of an
inscription of which a few letters only are legible in the upper part
The lower part reads thus : — ** Also Elizabeth his wife died Feb. 13
1777 Aged 57 years."
On the floor of the south choir msle, near the gates of the new
building, are these inscriptions: —
17. Beneath a lozenge, Barry with a canton, impaling, A chevron
between three estoiles, on a chief three stag's heads : " Here lyes
InterrM the Body of Mn. Elizabeth Fuller who departed this life the
15** day of February 174a Aged 60 years."
18. " Samuel Terrick, M.A (col)lated to the fourth Prebend (in)
this Church June 26**". 1759 (an)d afterwards removed to a Stall in
the Church of Durham, Died Aug. <S 1761 in the 54th year of his
life and was buried in this place." He seems to have been the elder
brother of bishop Richard Terrick. Both were of Clare college,
Cambridge, the former graduating in 1727, the latter in i7*9-
19. " In Memory of Frederick Williams D.D. Late Prebendary of
this Church Who departed this life The la*^ of September 1746
Aged 38 years. Near this place lye thre Sons Who died in their
Infancy." Arms, A demi-fox issuant (apparently from water,) a
mullet for diflerence, impaling Quarterly, over all a bend : Crest, A
demi-lion rampant. He was rector of Peakirk with Glinton from
1 740 to his death.
ao. " Franciscus Lockier S. T. P. Hujus Ecclesiae Decanus Ob.
Julij XVII A.D MDCCXL -^t. Lxxxiiii.*' (Francis Lockier, D.D.,
Dean of this church died 17 July 1740 in his 84th year.)
yohn Baker,
\2'
2£. "Here Lyeth the Body of Thomas Deacon Esq late High
Sheriff of this County of whose Pious Life And ChariUble Acts the
Adjoyniug Monument erected to his Memory will give an ample
Account. He departed this life August the 1 9'M 72 x r Inscriptions
on the tablet to dean Lockier, and on the monument to Thomas
Deacon, will be given hereafter.
(To be eontinuedj
291.— John Baker.— This remarkable person, who ought to
hold a high rank amongst the "curious characters** of Northampton-
shire, was born at Eye, in the year 1733, and at a proper age was
apprenticed to a shoemaker at
Peterborough. His master
soon afterwards failed, and he
repaired to London, where he
lived for several years in various
situations. In 1 757 he entered
on board a man-of-war, and
during the next ten years was
present at many severe en-
gagements. On the death of
George 11. he was discharged,
and in 1774 went to America
as servant to an officer, and
shared in several bloody battles.
Peace being concluded he
returned to England and served
in various situations, suffering
many hardships and misfor-
tunes. He was twice married
and had thirteen children, most
of whom died fighting the
battles of their country. When
advanced in years Baker enlisted in the York Fencibles and went to
Ireland, being present at an engagement where only thirty out of
five hundred escaped. In his old age he was admitted to Covent
Garden workhouse, but occasionally obtained permission to go out,
when he exhibited his peculiar feats to admiring auditors 3 whose
pecuniary gifts somewhat smoothed the cold and rugged path of
poverty. Being born without gums, and never having had any teeth,
he could contract his face in a marvellous way ; putting his nose into
bis mouth, so that his bottom lip then appeared nearly on a level
with his forehead. He could take a piece of money from a table
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126 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
between his nose and chin, and hold it fast, to the great amusement
of the beholders. During the war with America he was imprisoned
with others in the West Indies, when the Indians bored a bole
through the cartilage of his nose, as a mark of distinction, and
forced through it a gold chain which hung down on his breast.
Through this hole he used to thrust the stem of a tobacco-pipe, and
take up a glass of gin and water with his nose and chin, as shown in
the accompanying woodcut. These exploits were witnessed by
thousands of persons, including many medical men, who acknow-
ledged him to be the greatest curiosity they had ever seen, p .p
292. — Hunting Scbnbs at Forstbrs Booth. — This is a
hamlet of which about half is in the parish of Cold Higham, and
the other half in that of Pattishall. The Roman Watling street^
here better known as the Holyhead road, passes between the villages
of Cold Higham and Pattishall, lying, about n.nw. and s.sb. At
Forsters Booth it is crossed by the old road, known as the Welsh
lane or Banbury lane. In the se. angle formed by the two is "The
George Inn." (See Plate, Fig, i.J
I'here is no doubt that the name of the hamlet is taken from
some hostelry called "The Foresters booth," and there can be little
doubt that the George inn is that inn or its descendant, though
much altered from its original state. The place is well suited for a
travellers' rest.
On the Nw.and sb. walls of this house was, in 184a, some parget
work, or embossed plaster work, which is the subject of our
illustration. That on the nw. wall fFig. 2) is now, 1886, entirely
destroyed, and part of that on the sb. wall fFig. 3). The scenes
represented strongly corroborate the probability of the house being
the ** Foresters booth,'* though probably not the first one.
The ancient royal forest of Whittlewood lies to the s. of Forsters
booth. It was perambulated and the bounds described in the reign
of Edward i. ; and then extended from Wicken on the s., nearly to
Towcester on the n. ; and from Stony Stratford on the b. to Syres-
ham on the w. (See Baker's History, 11. 74.) It then contained
about 30,480 acres. Probably in the time of Charles the nearest
part of it was within four miles of Forsters booth. But outside the
forest proper lay many other woods of considerable extent, some of
them lying between the forest and Forsters booth.
The deer, of course, often escaped from the forest, and were
hunted by the crown officials and by other persons, legally and
illegally. Many of these woods, especially on the sw. of the forest,
Hunting Scenes at Forsters Booths 127
had bj the time of our plaster work become parlieu-woods — that is,
declared to be free from the forest laws^ though formerly in the forest
boQDdarj. Those who wish information on forests and purlieus
should consult Manwood*s Laws of the Forest^ 1615*
On the NW. wall of the inn, a few feet above the ground, was, in
1842, one of the two hunting-scenes shewn in the Plate, Fig. i. It
was destroyed several j^ears ago. The figures, arches, &c., are in
relief of about |in. average. In the centre is a deer being pulled
down by a hound. The deer from nose to tail is about aft. 8in.
In front of the deer is a man whose head has disappeared in
consequence of the insertion of a window. He had a hunting-kuife
or hanger in his right hand, but this has been destroyed ; its form is
shewn by the scabbard attached to his girdle. He is dressed in a
vestment, with sleeves; over which is a jacket, without sleeves,
buttoned in front; breeches, stockings, and high shoes. He has
leather gauntlets.
Behind the deer is a man, in the same dress, with long hair, but
bare-headed; blowing the mort of the deer on a curved horn,
apparently formed of the horn of a cow or ox. It is remarkable
that it has no sling. He has large turn-down collars — part of the
jacket or of the under-vestment ; he has a stick in his left hand, but
no weapon. The figures are about 3fl. 2in. high. Behind the last
man is a tree ; above the figures is a series of semi-circular arches
of about ifL 3in. to ift. 7ia. clear span each, and below the figures a
similar series.
The horns of the deer are neither so spiked as those of the red
deer (hart), nor so palmated as those of the fallow-deer (buck), but
between the two. The red deer may be said to be indigenous in
England, but the introduction of fallow-deer is uncertain. It is said
that the dark brown fallow-deer were brought in by James i., but it
is certain that fallow-deer existed in this country long before that.*
Doubtless there were red deer in Whittlewood in early times, but no
evidence has been produced to shew whether there were fallow-deer
in the forest in 1637 ; or when the red deer were exterminated there ;
or whether the two co-existed for some time. For many years
before the disafforesting there were fallow-deer only. It is very
probable that the red deer came to an end in the great rebellion, and
that the others were introduced after the restoration. We may,
however, fairly presume that the deer at Forsters booth is a hart and
not a buck.
• Consult BnglUh D$$r Parks, by E. P. Shirley, 4to, 1867.
128 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
On this wall, in the same style of work, but detached from the
scene described, was a shield, with a border, ift. Sin. by ift. pin.,
on which was embossed
1637
H F
B
On the SB. wall was a more extensive scene, of which a part still
remains. To the left is a shrub, and running towards it is a hare
pursued by a hare-hound (greyhound) 5 the latter is about 3ft. 4in.
long. More to the right is a man in nearly the same dress as the
others, bt't with shoes and hose in one, having a hat with conical
crown and broad brim ; his turn-down collar almost amounts to a
cape. In his right hand he holds a staff, possibly a spear (the top is
gone) ; and in his left he has a chain, by which he is leading an
animal which is more like a fox than a dog; having prick-ears,
pointed nose, and bushy tail. However, we must suppose it to be
some kind of terrier, as he could not have a tame fox following quietly.
He is 3ft. Sin. high. Above and below the figures are series of arches
like those on the other side of the house. An original window with
parget borders comes in the middle of this scene.
It is remarkable that from the 13th to the ^^^h century, the
representations of men engaged in hunting have either high shoes, or
hose and shoes in one ; not, as we might expect, boots laced on.
The high shoes are usually low at the ancle, but higher before and
behind. No laces or ties are represented. The hose and shoes in
one must have been still more unfit for rough work, especially m
woods; they were of knitted worsted. (See Costume in England,
Fairholt.)
It was stated in 1842, that some years before that time, there was
on the sw. end of the house, a scene of a pack of hounds and a
stag, represented in the same kind of parget work. H. D.
293. — John Lettice, T>,\^, — In Rose's Biographical Dictionary,
i8j7, is this account of a writer of eminence who was a native of
this county : —
" Lettice, (John,) a divine and poet, was born in 1737, at Rush-
den, in Northamptonshire, and educated at Sidney Sussex college,
Cambridge. In 1764 he obtained the Seatonian prize for a poem.
On the Conversion of St. Paul; and he published, with notes, a
translation in blank verse of Hawkins firowne*s Latin Poem, On the
Immortality of the Soul. In 1768 he accompanied Sir Robert
John Lett ice, D,D. 129
Gunning as chaplain and secretaiy to the British embassy at Copen-
hagen. He afterwards visited several parts of the continent. The
Antiquities of Herculaneum he published jointly with his friend,
professor Martyr, in 1773 5 and in 179a he produced, A Tour through
various parts of Scotland, in a series of letters. He was presented
to the living of Peasemarsh in Sussex, in the patronage of Sidney
Sussex college, in 1785 5 and he was also a prebendary of Chichester
cathedral. Besides the works already mentioned, he published. Fables
for the Fireside ; Strictures on Elocution; Miscellaneous Pieces on
Sacred Subjects, in prose and verse j Sermons and Tracts ; and he
translated from the Danish, Baron Holberg's Parallel Lives of famous
Ladies, after the manner of Plutarch. He died in 1832.'*
In Cooper's New Biographical Dictionary i 1873, we find these
additional particulars. He took his B.A. degree in 1761, M.A. in
1764, B.D. in 1771, and D.D. in 1797 ; and he had been a fellow of
his college. In addition to the works given in the above extract,
Mr. John Taylor has seen a pamphlet of his published in 1803,
A Plan Jor the Safe Removal of Inhabitants, not Military, from
Towns and Villages on the Coasts of Great Britain and Ireland, in the
case of the Threatened Invasion. And in some Suggestions on Clerical
Elocution, dedicated to the bishop of Chichester, he describes himself
as chaplain to the duke of Hamilton. It is said also that he intended
to have inserted in his book on Scotland the memoirs of some
eminent literary characters not generally known, but his materials
were not quite in readiness, and he afterwards published in the
European Magazine lives of Buchanan, Wilson, Elphinston, Scrimzeor,
Napier, and Hepburn.
The statement of Rose, which is repeated elsewhere, as to the birth-
place, and date of birth, of this John Lettice, has long been a source
of difficulty. At Rushden, where he is said to have been bom,
there is no record of his baptism in the register. Mr. Baker, of Har-
grave, has kindly looked through the books, and has furnished some
inscriptions on stones to members of the family. John Lettice was
rector of Rushden and of Strixton, and is buried at Rushden. He
died 19 Jan., 1720, in his 59th year. His wife, Elizabeth, had died
1 2th Jan., 1 7 19, in her 53rd year. These seem to have been
grandparents of our author. Both were buried " in the upper part
of the middle chancel." Another John Lettice was curate of
Rushden in 1737 : and he had a daughter baptised 4th Aug., 1737,
who was buried in October in the same year. There is consequently
a difficulty in seeing how our author, if he was as is generally
believed the son of this John, could have been bom, as asserted, at
130 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Rushden, in 1737. The three Johns are in Gradiiaii Cantabrigienses,
but of course no relationship is given : John, of Clare college, B.A.,
1682, M.A., 16965 John, of Sidney, B.A., 1729; and John (the
author) of Sidney, with the dates above given.
We are fortunate in being able to supply corrections of the errors
in Rose*s account. Through the courtesy of the Rev. W. R. Brod-
rick, the present vicar of Peasemarsh, we are enabled to give a copy
of the inscription on a tablet in the church to the memory of
Dr. Lettice. It is in these words : —
" Saored to the Memory of John Lettioe D.D. forty aeven years Vicar of
Peasmarsh who died the 18th of October 1832 aged 98 yean ft 10
months.
« Deeply regretted by his Flock, his family and his friends for His
habitual piety had long caused him to sit loose to the things of this
world from which he was truly weaned and shortly before his death
was almost past the power of speech but still Clinging to the Beloted
Book he pointed with joyful ooxmtenaDoe to these words ' My soul is
•▼en as a weaned child.'
'< As a mark of respect to the memory of the late Vioar this TWst
is erected by his affectionate Parishioners."
Mr. Brodrick adds that the aged vicar is still remembered hj the
few ''ancients** in the parish, with esteem and afiection. He had
been tutor to the celebrated Beckford, and with him made the grand
tour of Europe. A strong box given by Beckford to his tutor is
preserved in the vestry of Peasemarsh church. This inscription at
once corrects the date given erroneously for his birth. He must have
been bom between 18 Nov. and j8 Dec., 1738, to be 93 years old
and 10 months on the i8th of October, 183a. We also give an
extract from the books of Sidney Sussex college, which has been
very kindly supplied by the Rev, J. F. Hardy, praelector of the
college. From Uiis it appears that he was in his i8th year when he
was admitted. This entry also informs us that he was bom not at
Rushden, but at Bozeat ; so that we may still claim him as a native.
He was elected fellow between Oct., 1763, and Oct, 1764.
The following is the entry in the college registers : — *' Johannes
Lettice, Filius natu maximus Johannis Lettice Clerici, natus apttd
Bozeate in Com : Northamp : Litteris ver6 grammaticis primo a patrs,
deinde per triennium Oakhamise sub Magistro Powel instructus
admissus est Sizator Julii ao^ annum setatis sue 18^™ agens.
Fidejubentibus [ ^^"^^
Byrch."
Ed.
Tour in Northamptonshire^ ^635. 131
294. — Tour in Northamptonshire, 1635. — Some very
curious particulars of a tour made through a great part of Englaud
two hundred and fifty years ago, are contained in a MS. in the
Lansdowne collection, (No. 213, folio 34.7-3B4,) in the British
Moseum, entitled,
^ A Belationof a abort Soniey of the Weeterae Gountiee, hi which if hreifely
detcribed the Gittiee, Corporations, Castles, and some other Remark*
ables in them Obseru*d ui a seuen Weekee Journey be^run at Korwioh,
ft thence into the West On Thnrsday August 4th i635 and ending att
the same Place. By the same lieatennant, that with the Captaine and
Ancient of the Military Company in Norwich Hade a Journey into
the North the yeere before."
The previous expedition had been undertaken by three of " The
Military Company " \ but the lieutenant seems to have been unable
to persuade bis companions to attempt a similar trip in the following
year, and to have been obliged to travel by himself. He made a
round through Essex, Sussex, Hants, Wilts, Somerset, and Oxford-
shire, before he reached this county.
*• 1 durst not stay long heere [Banbury] for feare that those two
(I meane Ale & Zeale) might soone ouer-Load a Trauello';
cbumu therefore away I hasted from them ouer their Bridge, crossing
that Riuei, y* hastens to meet Isis at Oxford, leaning this
Zealous brood, and this braue shire, and here entred I
Kortbamptouhire into the next shire, and soe speeded by faire prospects &
Northamptoa Towns neat Scytuations, to her old shire I'owne, into which
Hm RhMT I troop*d ouer a Bridge, crossing that Streme that
glides vnder it^ & thus I found her.
Her Scytuation is dry, & pleasant, her Buildings fayre, and
spacious, her vniformity indilFerent, encompassed about (onely that
pflfte excepted w«** the Riuer hems in) w**» a strong & spacious wall,
3 mile about, w^ 4 Gates ; The Streets from them are reasonable
fayrej her Market Place is very large, sweet, & cleane;
There is 4 churches that grace the Towne, in one of w^ and
that w*^ to my eye was in my iudgem* the fayrest I did take
notice of two Monuments.
The first was the Monum*. of S' W". Samuell.
The other, the Monum*. of Mr. Creswell, who was a charitable, &
religious Gentleman, & did very well both in his Life, & at
^his death \ Hee had beene 4 times a prudent, & careful!
Mayo' of this Corporation, & charitably gaue (when he
gaoe vp all) 14'* weekely to the poore, w*^ euery Sunday is distributed
to them in Bread, vpon his Tombe.
132 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
There is 2 Hospitalls in her, and an old Abbey call'd St
Andrew's, late purchasM by a politique Knight, at an easy rate.
I march'd a pretty distance out of the Towne to view her ancient
Castle, scytuated on the west, close by y* Riuer, built by the first
£arles thereof 600 yeeres since ; w*** I found mounted on
The Canle a hill, enuiron'd wth a strong wall w^ some Towers ;
intrench'd in w^ a Ditch, passable by a strong bridge &
a Gatehouse ; the Circuit of the Court is about 2 Acres wherein are the
ruines, & downefalls of a strong Castle, and other defensible Towers ;
onely the walles of one large round Tower holds vp her head in spite
of worme-eating Time, to signify what vseful Handmaids attended
once that famous strong Castle, before they felt the hot & feirce
blowes of Ciuill Dissent ions.
I found the Towne regulated by a Mayor, 2 Bayliffes, and 12
Aldermen 3 to them I left it, and away speed 1 by that
I7eim Sweet Brooke, I cross*d before, with a ready and willing
WiiKngbrooke Guide, to Willingbrooke Market, where I marked a fayre
Inn, that was lately grac'd by the Queens Highnesse, to
an Inn of Court, during her Ma**", stay there, to drinke of that
niedeci liable spring water.
ffrom thence I hasted, and as I rode I had in view a great many
goodly spires of Churches, fairely built w** brought me with some
OaadeU Content to Owndell 5 by many pleasant, delicate,
Moniton, 8r. Chrirtoph^ rich Scytuations of Lords, Knights, Ladies, &
H«ttoM Gentlemen, rendring the time not irkesome to
Drayton, the B of Peter- ^ n « • l • u i • i_-
boroughs, & Weetmor. weary Trauello". m hamng such pleasmg obiects
»"»<!• euer in view to beguile the same ; Likewise I
WaAiTitoM^^ ° pass'd oner many fayre, long, and strong Arch'd
Aiwinoie, 8r. WfliiMn stone Bridges before I came into the Towne
^^^^li:^ My Lodging heere was at the Signe of the
BarnweU CaaUe Talbot, where I found a good Inne, and good
8t^°M^p2r^' ^^^^® ' ^^ ^^^^ Tovi'ne I tooke notice of a faire
Hospitall, and a fht& Schoole for 18 poore
women, and 30 poore Schollers, both w«^. was built, and maintayn'd
by the religious, and charitable gift of an old Parson, whom God
had rays'd, & enabled from a very poore estate, to this pious Abilitie,
w"». the Donors Motto at their entrance 3 On the first, the Hospitall,
his Quod dedi accept. And on the latter, the ffree Schoole, this. Ex
ore Infantium, perfedsti Laudem, and so I leaue y aged and the
young to their Prayers & Studies.
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Hauiog left this Towne, I hastned to visite a sickly, & dying
Castle, not able to bold vp ber bead, w^ neuer left aking, euer sithence
tbat heroicke spirited Queeo left a-king hers there ;
PotWiojtax Cattle w^. I en tied oufT a Bridge, through a strong Gate-
M aiy, qqmd of Sooto housc ; In her I found many Laige, and goodly
Roomes» Chambers, Galleries, Chappell, Kitchins,
Buttiyes, & Cellars, all correspondent, fitt, and answerable for a
Princes Court.
And for strength, both oifensiue, & defensiue, she was nott long
since well prouided, w*** Towers, Bulwarkes, & Keeps, for Soldiers to
keepe in; more especially, one round, mounted,
Bdnraod of Langi^ large & Strong on the right hand of the Gate-house
Duke of Yorke purposely built by a famous Duke, for those martiall
men, to play tbeir Peeces ouer j & vndcr those strong
walls & Battlem^ now roucb ruinated, w*** all their Lodgings, &
Chambers, in that strong ffetter-lockt-Hold, w*^ dismall Dungeons
thereby, which are both deepe, & hideously darke.
Her stately Hall I found spacious, large, and answerable to the
other Princelike Roomes, but drooping, and desolate, for that there
^^s the Altar, where that great Queens head was sacrific'd 5 as all
the rest of those precious, sweet Buildings doe sympathize, decay,
fall, perish. & goe to wracke, for that vnluckie & fatall blow.
Vpon the Leads I beheld her pleasant Scytuation, a delightful!
Riuer, gliding & sporting close to, & by her drooping walls, and a
sweet Leuell of rich Meadow Grounds louing*y adioyuing to it ; but
the longer I stay'd, the more was my greife augmented, to see that soe
stately, and magnificent a structure, should in her florishing strength
and age, be most vnhappily destin'd to such ruine, and desolation \
these spectdations made me vnwilling to dedicate any more of my
time heere, further then to take a cursory sight (w*^ I did) of the
ancient CoUedge, standing not far from this Castle.
Againe then I mounted, '& troop*d through a little Nooke of
Huntingdonshire, by the same pleasant Riuer of
P»t«boK)ogii Citty Nenn to the old Mother Church & ancient ffen city
Tht CathednJi of this shire : the Buildings, & her Inhabitants, much
Dr. ToiiJI. Deaoe ^^^^ poore & meane j I found in her net anything
Br. Jo : LMttbe, remarkable, that was worth obseruing, or trauelling to,
Dr^^H^n ^^^ ^^^ Cathedrall, w«^ is an ancient, lofty, strong. &
i>r. Wiiiiamton fayre compacted Building of 1000 yeares standing.
uJ'I^T" Her west entrance is somewhat differing from
Prebend* Others, which I haue scene, wth a lofty fayre Arch,
g^^ that makes a fayre walking He before you enter
8 Boyet thereinto.
18
134 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
As soone as I stept in, I stept vpon a Graue stone, vnder w*^
lay an old Watchman, & keeper of this old Minster, whose strength
(as they say) was not to be paralelFd in this Land, the which they
were loth should dye w^ him, because he had beene an old seruaot,
and a faithful! Sexton to this his Mother Church ; and although he
was but in a low Office in her, yet they haue plac*d him in a high
Posture on y* wall, in his iust proportion, with the Badges of his Place,
& Characters of his Person, w**, since tbey were so well pleas'd as to
set up 5 it pleas'd me as well to take, and thus I found them :
Yoa see old Scarlets Pictare stand on high
But at your feete, there doth his Body lye.
His graue-stone doth his Age, & Death-time show.
His offiee by these tokens you may know.
Second to none, for strength and sturdy limb,
A scar-babe mighty voice, w^ visage grim
Hee had interr*d two Queens w^^in this place ;
And this Townes Housholders in his liues space
Twice ouer ; but at length his owne tume came.
What he for others did ; for him the same
Was done : No doubt his Soule doth line for ay
In Heauen : though heere, his Body's dad in day.
Whilst I was busying my selfe in taking hereof, there entred 4
old Almesmen, whose age, & calling promised a further, perfect, and
fuller relation of this Giganticke Church Officer j Of them, I inquir'd,
& began to read these Lines You see, &c. They suddenly answered
me : '^ Oh would wee could see his Picture, as well as wee knew his
Person ! " By which darke Riddle, I soone perceiu*d that they were all
depriu*d of sight, these good old blind Men, told me many pretty
passages of this sturdy old Lad, and acted them so to Life, as if hee
had nott beene dead, nor they blind.
ffrom hence I was tould away to their Cathedrall prayers, where
Organs, and Voyces were but indifferent, w**' done I went to view the
Monuments therein —
The first I saw was a blind Bishop, & an old Hoodwink'd Monke,
who was the first Bishop j John the last Abbot his Statue in fireestone
vpon a Marble Tombe, South aboue the Quire; The other, North,
right against him, in blew Marble.
Next the Mourning Hearses of 2 vnfortunate memorable great
Princesses that were interr'd heere^ viz^ Queene Katherinei Dowager
of Spaine ; And
Tour in Northamptonshire, 1635. ^35
Mary Queen of Scotland, & late renowned Kings Mother, whose
body bis Ma^ caused to be remou'd from this fienny soyle, ta his
Royall Predecess". Cbapell att Westminster, to rest there amongst
those Hereticke Bones, in that precious fiabricke ; for w«^ the poore
vergers in this Church moume onely with ber Scutchions, w*^ jrields
to them, but a sad & disconsolate prospect.
Tbe fayre Grauestone of Prelate Adams, thus insculpt. M. semel
X. trina, ter, et sex, I. quoque bina.
Beyond the High Altar (w^ the foresayd last Abbot did build,
the Partition being lofty & rich) are y« Monuments of S'
MoBUMBta Humphey Orme, & his Lady, 7 Sons, & 8 Daugbters :
S'. Henry his Son, his Lady, & tbeir Children in their
kneeling postures, but both the Knights in their Martiall weeds.
South of this Quire lies an old Abbott in blew Marble. North
thereof is Dame Amy's faire Chappell 40 Paces long, the siding
aboue, is all richly gilt ; & a place adioyning to it where She liu'd an
Anchoresse.
On tbe North side of the Crosse He, is lately erected a very
neat, & fayre Monum*. of Marble, whereon lyeth a milke white
Done, w^ his long white Beard, in his Pontificall Robes his Statue of
Alabaster, delineated, & caru'd to the Life, couer*d ouer with a Large
faire Stone of Touch, supported by 4 Marble Pillers. At his head,
betweene the Monum' he lyes on, & the said Touchstone couer, is
the Miter, y* Armes of the Church, & a Doues. & the Statues of the
4 Vertues in Alabaster; crosse at his feete, is an Anotoroy in a
Sheet J also a Library, neatly, & artificially cut.
Neere this is a Monum*. w^'^out any Statue for one M'. Worme,
wth whose name the Poet desir'd it seemes to try his skill, by way of
Allusion, thus :
Vermis edat Vermem, oredas F ciim vermibns exoe est
Vennis ; sio vermis vemibns esca manet.
Vermis edat vermen ; baud oredas, cum vermibns ipse est
Vermis, nee vermis vermibns esca manet.
Sio est, sio non est, verum est bnno esse beatam
Vermibns absqne snis, vermibns atqne snis.
In the Church is the fayre Grauestone of Abbot Ramsey, w** a
Ram thereon.
Next I went into the Cloyster, w*** for her structure is faire, and
Large, & for her Windowes, she excells any other
The cioytter Cloyster in England, & because they soe farre preceed,
giue me leaue to trespasse,upon y'. patience, in the reere of
18 •
136 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
mj Journey to open their Casemente, & giue you a small light how I
found them curiously pourtray'd and painted. Thus :
In one Qoarter
TheChaoB
TheOreation
Adam, and Ene drinen
out of Paradise
Cain Killing Abell
Lamech Killing Gain
Koahs Arke
He builds an Altar
Plants a vinyard
He 1b made dnmke
Babelle Tower bait
8 AnsrellB appeare to
Abraham
Sodome burnt
Abraham oflHnghis son
Isaac
Esau hunting
Jacobs Ladder
He wrestles with the
Angrell
The Historic of Joseph
Moses by the Bush
The Law deliuered
The Arke carry*d ouer
Jordan
Sampson, ft y« Lion
Dauid, and Gk>1iah
Absolon haDe:*d
Salomon's Temple
Job's condition
Old Tobias.
In aoother Quarter
The Angells appeare
Ohrists birth
The Shepheardfl
TheS Wisemen
They are led away
Old Simeon
K Herod alayes the In-
fants
Christ disputing in the
Temple
John baptising
TheDeuilltempU Christ,
setts him on a Pinaole
Stones made bread
Christe transfiguration
He rayseth Lazarus
Rides to Jerusalem
Eats the Passouer
Prayes in the Garden
Judias betrays him
The Soldiers apprehend
him
He is mookt, whipt, &
scourg'd
He carries his owne
Crosse
Hee is cruoify'd
Hee is taken downs
Hee is layd in the Sep-
ulcher
Hee descends into HeU
Hee rises j* Zd day
Mary goes to the Sepnl*
cher
The Box of Oyntmt.
Christs appari^on
The Disciples togeather
Thomas puts his finger
into his wounds
His Ascension.
In y« 3d Quarter
K. Penda y^ first floun-
der of tms Church
24 Kings more frosi him
to i Wm. ye Con-
queror
And in ye 4th Quarter
west of the said Cloy-
ster King Wolphere
Peda & Etheldred sons
of K Penda ffounders
also of this Church
Ethelwold, Bishop of
Winchester
Abbot Aidulph
King Edgar, both great
Benefactors to her
The History of St. Chad,
and his Children
Cum multis alijs
There are many other great vast Buildings, and very spacious on
the South side of the sayd Cathedral!, that in times of yore, have
florished, as by those stately structures appeares. And on the top
of the Cathedral!, to w*^ I ascended, and thence did behold about me
a !itt!e Kingdome of Marishes and Fenns, wherein were quarter'd
many Regiments of Cattel! ', and her 2 old neighbouring, watry, and
Flegmaticke Sisters, Crowland and Ely, w*** their tatter *d & ragged
blew Azure Mantles about them, which Time, and Age made soe
decrepit: Heere was I satisfy'd enough w*** their sight, w**out
marching to them, hauing not long sithence beene full gorg'd w*^
them. And although I doe not carry yo" to them, yet giue me leaue
a little to trausgresse, in the latter end of my Journey, hauing them in
my sight to racke yo' Patience, & to tell yo** how I then found them.'
Here follows a description of Crowland, which seems to have
made a very unfavourable impression upon our traveller. « ^p
J. 1.
Races in Northamptonshire. 137
295. — Racbs in Northamptonshirb. — The first collected
accGoots of Horse Matches ran at Harlestone, Rothwell, Daventry^
Peterborough, Kettering, and Northampton, which I have met with,
are to be found in
" An HiBtorioal list or Aoooimt of all the Horse Matches Bun, and of all
the Flatee and Prizes ran for in England (of the Talne of Ten Pounds
or npwards) in 1727."
The compiler has added some ''Proposals for Printing by
Subscription, Once a year for 7 years successively," which are signed
" By John Cheny, of Arundel in Sussex.'* There is a copy in the
library of lord Spencer at Althorpe.
When the horses entered were more than two or three, there
were always several heats to decide the races. The value of the
prizes would not now attract horses of the first class. At Harlestone
the first prize was a i6U plate. At Daventry there was a purse of
60 guineas for the best race, 30 guineas for another, and a plate worth
ij/. for a third race. At Kettering the plate was worth 15/. At
RothweU were two prizes of 20 guineas and one of 10 guineas.
Plates worth 40/., 15/., and 10/., were offered at Northampton.
At Peterborough the best prize was worth 50/., and there were others
of 40/. and 20/.
The greatest number of horses that entered for any one race was
at Daventry, where twelve started for the purse of 30 guineas. In
the conditions for this race we read that it was " free for Galloways,
pi/, the highest give and take ; but the Winner to be sold for 30
guineas, the second best to have the Stakes.'* It is doubtful if
sportsmen of to-day would perfectly understand the expressions
made use of. The account of this race may be quoted as a
specimen : —
" In running for this Prize, there were but two in either the first
or second heat that made running for the same ; but all the other
took up, and came easy in.
The two that run for the first Heat were Smiling-MoUy and
Cufid, and the Mare won it. The two that run for the second Heat,
were Dumplin and Smiling- Betty -Bircher, and the Horse won it. In
these two Heats, the four last iu the List were distanced. Buck was
lamed, and drawn, and the other seven started a third Heat, every
one making all the running he could, and came in as follows :
Smiling' Moily, first, won the Plate. Dumplin, second, won the
Stakes. Cupid, third. Smiling-Betty-Bircher, fourth. Fanny-Rock,
fifth. Cripple, sixth. And iVhy-ask-ye was distanced."
138 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
The names given to horses in the other races are very similar to
these. Some are unimpressive, such as " Have-at-all," *' Smiling
Ball," " Tickle-me-quickly." Amongst the owners whose horses ran
we find the earl of Cardigan, the earl of Essex, the earl of Hallifax,
the hon. Mr. Bertie, lord Griffin, sir Thomas Sam well, sir Edward
Obrien, sir Arthur Hesilrige, and others. The Peterborough meeting
concluded with a match. '^ On the last Day of this Month of Juhf,
Mr. Bainbrigges Chestnut Gelding, Carlisle, gsL jL beat on this
Course of Peterborough Mr. King's Bay Horse Long-yokn^ gst.
4 Miles, 100 Guineas."
Can any reader supply an instance of a printed account of races
in this county earlier than the above ? C. G.
296. — The State of the Poor in Northamptonshire in
1795. — The annexed account of the state of a Northamptonshire
parish ninety-one year$ ago, will be considered not unsuitable to our
pages at a time when wages, prices, and all the details of agricultural
receipts and expenditure occupy much of th^ attention of the public.
It is taken from
The State of the Poor: or, an Hifitory of the Labooring Clasees in
England, from the Conquest to the Present Period ; In which are
partionlarly considered, their Domestio Economy, with respect to Diet,
Dress, Fuel, and Habitation ; and the various Plans which, from time
to time have been proposed, and adopted, for the Belief of the Poor :
Together with Parochial Reports Belative to the Administration of
Workhouses, and Houses of Industry ; the Btate of Friendly Societies ;
and other Public Institutions ; in several Ag^cultural, Commercial, and
Manufacturing Districts. .... By Sir Frederic Morton Eden, Bart.
LovDOV * Printed bj J. Datu, for B. & J. White, Fleet-itreet, etc. 1797.
"This parish [Roade] contains, by estimation, 1300 acres j
and about 370 inhabitants, who are chiefly agriculturists. A few
women and children are employed in lace-making. There is here a
sect of Anabaptists : it is conjectured, that about 5 of the parish is of
that persuasion ; the remainder is of the Established Church. 21
houses pay the window tax ; and 54 are exempted. There are 3 ale-
houses in the parish.
The prices of provisions are the same as at Northampton. The
wages of labour are various; but, generally, in the winter and
spring, about is. a day, with breakfast and beer; in hay harvest,
los. 6d. the week, with beer; in com harvest, 40s. the month, and
board ; and if the harvest exceeds the month, then the wages are is.
a day, and board, till it is concluded : lace-workers earn from 6d. to
IS. or IS. ad. the day ; but generally 8d. or lod. a day. Women here
are never employed in reaping j and it is even very rare to see them
milk a cow. A servant-maid, of 20 years of age, has about ^3- a
State of the Poor in 1795.
139
year^ in a farmer's service ; a man of the same age has £6, to £g, a
jcarj masons, as. a day, with beerj joiners, from las. to 158. the
week ; a common carpenter, is. a day, and board.
The greatest part of this parish belongs to the Duke of Grafton,
and is let at 83. an acre j the average rent of the whole parish is
about I OS. 6d. or 12s. an acre. Farms are from 4^12. to 4^90. a year,
but chiefly about jf 30. or £^0, a year. The parish, (excepting about
160 acres,) is common field ; which is divided into three parts, one
of which is fallow; another, wheat or barley; and the third, beans
or pease : this is the constant rotation of crops. I'ithes are taken in
kind. The land-tax is £^o, los. jd. and is about is. i id. in the
pound. There is a small coimnon of about 100 acres, on which this
and two other parishes intercommon.
The poor receive an allowance at home: the following list
exhibits their number, ages, and weekly pay :
1 A spinster, who has been a lace-maker ;
2 Ditto, . . do.
3 A labourer's widow, and 3 children 5
4 A spinster, insane ; . . .
5 An old farmer, and his wife ; they are about
6 A labourer's widow, and 2 children;
7 An inn-keeper's widow ;
8 A farmer's widow ; . . .
9 A labourer's widow ; .
10 A labourer, and wife ; .
11 A spinster, was a lace maker; now almost blind
12 An innkeeper's widow ;
13 A labourer, and his wife ;
Age.
s. d.
70
2
60
I 6
34
5
. 38
a 6
Uo
3
30
2
70
3 a
60
, I 6
66
a
60
4
; 70
a 6
70
a
70
I 6
£1
o
II
4
To families of militia-men, serving for this parish, weekly
Total . £1 16
Besides the above regular pensioners, several have occasional relief.
The following is a statement of the earnings and expences of a
labourer's family in this parish :
Richard Walker, ^6 years of age, has a wife and 5 children, viz.
3 ^^^> 9 year's o^d ; a boy, 7 years ; another boy, 6 years ; another,
3 years ; and another child, i year old.
20 O
X XO
EXPBNCBS.
The bread used in this family costs, at present, 7s. or
8s. a week j it formerly cost 5s.
Butcher's meat, now as. 6d. j was, till lately, about as,
AVCCK • • • • •
Beer, about a gallon a week, at 4d.
Butter, i pound a week, at 8d. the lb.
Tea and sugar, about 11 d. a week
Cheese, potatoes, and milk, (of which very little is
used,) annually ....
Soap, candles, &c. annually, cost about
Shoes, ajs. 5 shirts, about, las. > other cloaths, about
los. .....
House-rent (the bouse is the Duke of Grafton's)
Wife's lyings-in (say once in two years) cost annually
about .....
Total expence
Total earnings
Deficiency of earnings .
13
5
o
o
a
X
o
a
o
4
17
17
7
fO
7
8
o
140 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
The roan, in the winter and spring, earns about ts. a day, and his
breakfast and beer, when he works by the day j when he works bj
the piece, is. 6d. or as. a day ; in hay time, xos. 6d. a week, ^irith
beer 5 harvest, 40s. a month.
Earnings.
He estimates his earnings, annually, at
He rings the church- bell twice a day, for which he
receives annually .....
He earns a little as a barber ; and digs graves at the
dissenting chapel : his earnings, annually, by these
employments, are estimated at •
His wife is a lace-worker, and, besides taking care of
the family, earns about 6d. a week ; annually
Three of his children are at the lace-school, and,
besides paying for the thread and schooling, earn
about 6d. a week ....
His family, by gleaning in harvest, collect com, worth
about ......
ToUl receipts . £26 8 o
o
4
4
6
o
o
o
o
10
€2^ x6
%6 8
a
£1 8
a
State of the Poor in 1795. 141
Notwithstanding every thing is taken at the last year's prices^ here
is a de^iency of £1 8s. 2d. This man does not receive any
parochial assistance; but his neighbours, who know him to be
industrious and careful, are very kind to him, and give him old
cloaths, &c. He bss also, sometimes, been assisted by his landlord.
His expence for fuel, (wood,) which, he says, costs him about 50s. a
year, is not included in the above statement ; so that his deficiencies
must be £^ 18s. : he has the character of an honest, industrious man.
The Poor make a great deal by gleaning here; several families
will grather as much wheat as will serve them for bread the whole
year ; and as many beans as will keep a pig. Agriculture, here, is in
a wretched state, from the land being in common-fields : the farmers
are often at a great loss for hay : their cows, in the summer, must be
herded on the head-lands in the day-time, and confined in the night :
their crops of corn are scanty; and their land, by constant tillage,
becomes almost exhausted. .In short, they are of opinion, that were
their lands enclosed, and their rents doubled, they should be
considerable gainers : it is said, however, that some great proprietors
object to the measure.
The produce of the Rates is all applied to the use of the Poor,
with the exception of a guineas a year, which are paid to the county
infirmary. Most of the parishes in this neighbourhood consist of
open-field. In some, where the land is old enclosure, the Rates are
from lod. to IS. 6d. in the pound.
A donation of 4^4. a year is annually distributed to the Poor of
this parish. The assessments are said to be at full rental.*'
J. T.
297. — ^Who was " R. W.," who was Etb- Witness of thb
ExBCUTiON OP Mart Qubbn of Scots ? — The eye-witness who
sent to Lord Burghley a graphic description of the execution of Mary
Queen of Scots, at Fotheringbay castle, Feb. 8, 1587, signed
himself " R. W." Cuthbert Bede, in his Fbtheringhay, and Mary
Queen of Scots, p. aao, says: "The 'R. W.' is believed to be
Richard Wigmore, secret agent of lord Burghley." I would
ask if this is known to be a fact. May not the writer have
been sir Richard Wortley ? At the time of Mary's execution, Orton
Longueville was possessed by Henry, the fourth son of the earl of
Shrewsbury, who was staying at Orton at the time, and, when
smnmoned by Beale, went over from there to Fotheringhay, on
Tuesday, Feb. 7th, the day before the execution. There was a
connection between the Talbot and Wortley families ; and sir R. B,
Cotton mentions a shield of armour belonging to the family of
19
142 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Wortley, as being in a window of Orton Longueville church. Sir
Richard Wortley's widow afterwards married a Cavendish, a step-son
of the earl of Shrewsbury; and the earl and sir Richard were,
probably, friends. Could the latter have been the " R. W." who has
left us such a moving picture of the hapless queen's judicial murder ?
ENaUIRBR.
298. — The Trbshams of Newton and Wold (289). — A
correction is rendered necessary by the discovery of the will of sir
Thomas Treshara of Newton. This will, dated ai Jan., 1635-6,
was proved 27 Sept., 1636. lo it sir Thomas makes no mention of
Henry his eldest son, presumably he was dead ; but he bequeaths the
manor and advowson of Pilton to Thomas Tresham, whom he calls
his eldest son ; and after him to Maurice, the eldest son of his son
Thomas. Newton and Geddington, with other smaller estates, are
settled upon William, the second son ; upon condition that '' he doe
pay or cause to be paid unto Anne, Thomas, Elizabeth, William,
Dorothye, and Rosa Maria, the sonnes and daughters of my said
Sonne Thomas Tresham, the sume of two thousand pounds of lawful
English money," to be divided amongst them. A farm in Pilton
purchased in the name of his " sonne Mr. Robert Hickes," is to be
handed over to his son Thomas Tresham. His "sonne Joseph
Bryan Esq." and nephew ** Robert Tanfield Esq." are left executors.
Certain debts are to be paid to his ''daughter Lewes," and bis
" daughter Cotty." The latter is doubtless the '• Anne Cottie " who
stands as witness at a baptism in 1629 with her sister Dorothy Hickes.
Thus sir Thomas seems to have left three sons, two only being
mentioned in his will, and several daughters, probably seven \ and of
these or their husbands he names four only, viz., Hickes, firyan,
Lewes, and Cotty.
In connection with William Tresham of Wold, it may be inter-
esting to notice that Barbara, widow of Richard Isham and mother
of Elizabeth Tresham, died in 162 1, and was buried at Lamport
29 Nov. Her will, dated 24 Nov., was proved 12 Dec, 1621. In
it she says " Item I will that my executo" deliver unto my daughter
Tresham the litle bed-steade wherein I usuallie lie wth ffetherbed and
boulster thereunto belonginge. Item I give unto my sonne-in-lawe
Mr. William Tresham one deske standeing eupon a sideboarde in the
Hall. And to Richard Tresham Henry Tresham and Elizabeth
Tresham children of my daughter Tresham two shillings and six
nence a peece severally. . . . Item I give unto my daughter
-esham the some of Tenn shillings of lawfull money of England."
The Treshams of Newton and Wold. 143
Mary, daughter of William and Elizabeth Tresham married
(a April, 1653) Daniel Wapoole, of ClipstOD. The burial of " Daniel
Walpole," in all probability her husband, is recorded as having taken
place 25 Nov., 1677, aged 52. He would thus be exactly of an age
with Mary. Possibly her death had occurred earlier, but the Clipston
registers previous to 1667 were burnt.
Richard Tresham, so far as I have ascertained the last male
representative of the Wold family, was buried 17 January, 1683-4.
On 22 March, 1683-4, administration of bis goods was granted to his
daughter Elizabeth, the lawful wife of '* John Chapman of Lamport/*
and " ye only daughter and administrator ** of the deceased.
H. I. L.
0.
299. — Mary Queen op Scots* Betrothal Ring. — The
owner of Fotheringhay castle, in 1820, appears to have considered
the historical ruin rather in the light of a valuable quarry wherewith
to obtain stone for the repairs of farm-buildings on his estate. In
June, of that year, a portion of the moat was filled up, the foundations
of the drawbridge were removed, and the foundations of the castle
were, to a great extent, carted away. The eastern side of the mound,
on which was the Fetter-lock keep, was dug into, in the search for
more stone; and the excavations brought to light the back of a
19*
144 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
chimney, the entraDces to two closets, and a pavemeDt of Nonnin
bricks. Some coins of Edward ii. and iv. were also found. One of
the workmen employed on this occasion was a man of the name of
Robert Wyatt, who had been a private in " The Prince of Wales*
3rd Regiment.*' Perhaps it was this employment at the ruins erf
Fotheringhay, in the summer of 1 820, that led him to take up the
r6le of a self-constituted guide to the castle precincts. Any way, for
many years, towards the close of his long life, he chiefly gained his
livelihood by proffering his attentions to visitors to the castle, and
describing to them the romantic history of the place. He had got
up his tale fairly well, and told it many times to myself, and, I
daresay, to others who will read these lines. They will remember
his account of how he helped to fill in the moat, and how be assisted
to dig up the drawbridge, and how a Scotch gentleman had come
there, and " had measured out the execution room, and had found it
correct.*'
And then Robert Wyatt was wont to play his trump^^ard, and-
would tell the visitor how he had himself found Queen Mary's own
ring, on one lucky day when he was searching among the rubbish
near to the great mound. I bad searched there again and again, but
had never found anything of greater consequence than some human
bones, that the rabbits had scratched out of a burrow on the eastern
side of the mound : that they were human bones was testified by
Mr. Wright, surgeon, of Stilton. That ring was, certainly, a
remarkable discovery ; and when the members of the Architectural
Society visited Fotheringhay, on Monday, July 29th, 1861, Robert
Wyatt, then nearly blind and eighty-two years of age, was there to
tell his tale of the discovery of the Damley ring, to Messrs. Parker,
Freeman, and many other learned antiquarians who were present
Miss Agnes Strickland was also there, and she kindly proposed a
subscription for the old man, who was thereby made happy with a
larger fee than his threadbare tales had probably ever won for him.
This was his last chief appearance as the guide to Fotheringhay
castle 5 for when I went there early in September, 1862, and enquired
after Robert Wyatt, I was told that, a short time previous, he had
returned late in the evening from the Warmington " feast,'* consider-
ably the worse for drink, and had been put to bed and there found
dead in the morning.
The ring discovered by Robert Wyatt was the signet-ring, with
the monogram of Mary and Henry Damley bound up in a true
lovers' knot^ and, within the hoop, the lion on a crowned shield, and
Mary Queen of Scots' Betrothal Ring. 145
the inscription " Henri L. Darnley, 1565." Miss Strickland gives
an illostration of the ring in the flat^ and so does Mr. Albert Way, in
a printed paper in the journals of the Royal ArcbsBological Institute.*
My own illustration of the signet ring, in my Fotheringhay, and
Mary Queen of Scois, (Alfred King, Oundle,) was taken from a
drawing made by Mr. Albert Way for the late Mr. Joseph Cecil, of
Northampton. The various illustrations of the ring now given in
this journal were most kindly made for me by Mr. Wallis, of the
South Kensington Museum, and his accomplished daughter. Miss
Rosa Wallis ; and they are now published for the first time. I had
never seen the ring until October i jth, 1 886, when I went to the
South Kensington Museum, and Mr. Wallis was good enough to
unlock the glass-case in which the ring is preserved, and to take it
out for my close inspection. He has also given me a fine impression
of the monogram. Visitors to South Kensington will find the case
in the centre of the South Court, among the Waterton collecticm of
rings, in the case marked " Betrothal and Fede rings.*' The Mary
Stuart ring is thus ofiScially described : —
"RiNO. Gold signet, with oval bezel, engraved with the initials
' M. H.' and true lovers* knots, the inside engraved with the royal
arms of Scotland, and inscribed ' Henri L. Darnley, 1565.* English.
16* Cent^. Diam. lin. (Waterton Collection.) Bought, 4^. 841.
'71."
The price given for the ring appears to have been absurdly small
for so priceless a relic 5 but there it is, and it is a fortunate thing that
it is in a national collection, where everyone may see it, and ponder
upon its history.
Probably Miss Strickland's surmise is correct : " Perhaps it
dropped from Mary's finger in her death agony on the block, and was
swept away among the bloody sawdust unobserved." Whether or
no she habitually wore this betrothal ring may be a matter for
conjecture $ but that she had placed it on her finger before laying her
head upon the block seems to be a certainty. It may be remembered,
that one of the rings worn by her in the judicial trial, was the
diamond ring that had been sent to her when she was a prisoner at
Lochleveb, by Queen Elizabeth ; with the assurance that, if she could
effect her escape, the English Queen would meet her on the border
with a force sufiicient to protect her against her rebellious subjects.
This was the ring that she shewed to the lords who were her judges.
* YoL zxv.| p. 29. See alao vol. zv., 264, for the Signet Ring now m the
Britiah HnBeum.
146 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries,
** Look here, my lords ! ** she said to them as she displayed the
diamond ring, '* I came to England relying upon the friendship and
promises of your Queen. Look at this pledge of love and protection
that I received from your mistress. Regard it well. Trusting to
this pledge I came among you. You all know how it has been kept**
The history of Mary Stuart*s rings is, indeed, a sad one.
Whether the gold signet ring was sold by its lucky finder, Robert
Wyatt, to colonel Grant, I am unable to say ; but it came into the
colonePs possession, and was exhibited by Mr. Farrer, in the museum
formed during the annual meeting of the Society of Antiquaries, at
Salisbury, July, 1849. Subsequently, it passed into the choice
collection of rings formed by Edmund Waterton, Esq., f.s.a., then
of Walton hall, near Wakefield, but now living at his ancestral home.
Deeping Waterton hall. Market Deeping, Lincolnshire; and when
Mr. Waterton parted with the dactyiiotheca that he had formed with
so much taste, learning, and expense, the nation were the gainers
thereby.
Mr. Albert Way says : " The beautiful ring discovered at
Fotheringhay has been regarded as a nuptial gift, a token probably of
plighted troth, from Mary to Damley. The impress presents the
initials h and m combined ; with a true love-knot repeated above and
below the monogram. The first stroke of the h, however, has a
transverse line at the top, forming a t ; a letter which it is not easy
to explain in connection with the supposed allusion to the names
of Henry and Mary. Within the loop is engraved a small escutcheon,
charged with a lion rampant, and surmounted by an arched crown.
The tressure of Scotland alone is wanting to give a royal character to
this little achievement >yhich is accompanied by die inscription:
HENRI L. DARMLET. 1565, This IS, doubtlcss, to be read Henry,
Lord Darnley."
Damley had become the accepted suitor of Mary Stuart, both at
Wemyss Castle and Holyrood, in February, 1565 j and he had
proposed marriage to her, in March ; but she refused the ring that he
then offered to her; but in April their nuptials were privately
celebrated in Stirling castle. On May 15, she publicly announced
her intention of marrying Darnley ; and on May 29, she was publicly
married to him. The heralds proclaimed him king of Scotland, and
thenceforth all documents were signed " Henry and Marie R.**
Mr. Albert Way says: "Two points of difficulty obviously
present themselves in regard to this ring, the interest of which is oi
no ordinary kind, if it may be received as unquestionably a relic of
Mary Queen of Scots^ Betrothal Ring. 147
that important p>eriod in the fortunes of Darnley ; still more important
in the calamitous course of public affairs in Scotland. The intro-
dactioo of a T in the monogram requires more satisfactory explanation
than has hitherto been suggested. Some have thought to trace in
this iuitial some allusion to the royal house of Tudor ; since Damley*s
maternal grandmother^ it will be remembered, was Margaret,
daughter of Henry vii. of England, and dowager of James iv., king
of Scots, grandfather of Queen Mary. Thus both the affianced
parties, on the occasion for which this remarkable token of betrothal
may have been prepared, might alike claim descent, in the second
generation, from the Tudor race ; and, how momentous were the
questions involved in that claim and that descent !
''The other feature of detail not easily to be explained, is the
introduction of the lion rampant within the ring, accompanied by the
royal crown, and the date when Mary actually conferred on Darnley
the title of king. Under these circumstances, a single bearing being
thus specially selected, not the ancestral coat of Darnley*s family, it
might naturally be expected that the lion of Scotland would appear,
accompanied by the tressure, which, however, is here wanting. The
conjecture is indeed not inadmissible, in the absence of any other
solution of the difficulty, that the diminutive size of the escutcheon
may have occasioned either the omission of the tressure j or that the
tressure may have been expressed merely on the surface of the red
enamel, now wholly lost, with which the field of the miniature
achievement was, doubtless, filled up. It has been conjectured that
the lion rampant might possibly be the ancient bearing of the
earldom of Fife j which appears to have been borne by the dukes of
Albany, and may have been placed on this ring in special allusion to
that title being conferred on Darnley on the day previous to his
marriage."
The signet-ring of Mary Queen of Scots, preserved in the British
Museum, was believed by Sir Henry Ellis to be her " nuptial ring."
It was in the possession of the queen of George iii. in 1792, and
then came into the possession of the duke of York ; and, at the sale
of his effects, at Christie's, March, 1827, it was purchased for
fourteen guineas by Richard Greene, p.s.a. The ring is of gold, of
massive form, weighing 212 grains. The arms of Scotland are
engraved on a piece of crystal or white sapphire, of oval form 5 with
the motto " In defens," and the initials "M. R." Within the hoop
of the ring is a cipher, originally enamelled, enclosed within a band,
and ensigned by a crown. Mr. Albert Way thought that the mono-
148 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
gram was composed of the two Greek letters Thi and Mu, signifying
the initials of Frances and Mary ; and that the ring was engraved
between her betrothal to the Dauphin, August, 1548, and their
marriage, April 24, 1558. A similar monogram was engraved on the
small silver hand-bell (now in the possession of Robert Bruce, Esq.,
of Kennet, Clackmannanshire,) which is mentioned in the inventory
of plate remaining in the custody of Elizabeth Curie, at Fotheringhay
castle, February 20, 1686-7, twelve days after the execution of het
royal mistress. Cuthbbrt Bbob.
300. — Earlt Crossbs. — A paragraph in the fTellinghorougk
Post of 12 Nov. gives an account of a copy of the famous Saxon
cross at Eyam, in Derbyshire, recently completed in Clipsham stone
by our correspondent, the rev. R. S. Baker, which is now to be seen
at Hargrave rectory. It is intended as a memorial to the rev. G.
Rowe, many years principal of the training college at York, and
sometime curate of Swynshed, co. Hunts., and will be placed in
the churchyard of Osbaldwick near York. ** Three sides have the
intricate interlacing patterns peculiar to these relics of early Chrustian
art, thought to be an imitation of wicker-work ; just as the stone
beam and trusses of Saxon tracery like that of Earls Barton are
supposed to be an imitation in stone of the wooden buildings of the
old houses of the Norse invaders. The fourth side has a scroll
pattern, of Roman or Etruscan character.** All these features are
faithfully reproduced from the Eyam cross.
Crosses of this kind are rare in England, except in Cornwall. It
would be interesting to note here what specimens, either in fragments
or entire, are to be found in Northamptonshire.
When the tower of Helpston was rebuilt about twenty years ago,
several memorial stone crosses were found built up as material in the
walls. One of these, about two feet in length, is clearly of Saxon
character, and has a rude cross in the head, and the beginning of the
interlacing work of the stem. Part of a similar cross is still stand-
ing in the churchyard at Castor. Will readers of " N. N. & Q."
kindly supply other instances ? Ed.
301. — Washington Rblics. — A letter in The Standard^ dated
13 Aug., 1885, and signed with the initials ''A. M. D.," mentions
the loss of a well-authenticated relic of Washington, namely, the
emblazoned arms which hung for years in the house of his ancestor,
outside Northampton. ** The good lady inhabiting it a few years ago
received the curious, and pointed out the objects of interest An
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its monetary value, gladly exchanged it for the sovereign." A few
days later a letter appeared^ signed '* Julius Sladden,*' and dated 19
Aug., which we give entire. " In the secluded little paiish church of
Wickhamford, near Evesham^ within the altar rails, may be seen,
graven in the flat stone and well preserved, the Washington coat of
arms, the well known Stars and Stripes, together uith a Latin
inscription to the memory of Penelope, daughter of Colonel Henry
Washington, descended from Sir William Washington, Knight, of
the county of Northampton. This lady, Penelope Washington,
baried at Wickhamford, died February 27, 1697, and the inscription,
highly eulogistic of her noble family, is well worth the notice of
Amencans and others as showing how the most illustrious of that
name was descended from a stock honoured alike in public and
private life." Delta.
302. — Thb GRADUAL OBCAT OP KiRBY HALL. — There are
probably few persons now living, who can remember Kirby hall in
its ondecayed state. It may be that one or two of the very aged in
its immediate neighbourhood can carry their memories back far
enough to recall something of its original splendour. Canon James,
in bis well-known article in the Quarterly in 1857, says that it had
been a habitable house within fifty years of that date. His striking
and eloquent description of it, as he knew it at the time of his
writing, is doubtless familiar to most of our readers. He calls it '* of
all domestic ruins the saddest by far." It was spoken of as a retreat
for the court of George iii. in the event of an invasion, so utterly
secluded is its position. A few lines may be quoted, as the time of
his writing is nearly midway between the dates of the two notices
we give of visits in 1834 ^°^ 1885.
" To see, as at Kirby, the very action of decomposition going on,
the crumbling stucco of the ceiling feeding the vampire ivy, the
tattered tapestry yet hanging on the wall, the picture flapping in its
broken frame — to inhale the foetid air where rats are scuflling behind
the rotten wainscot, and mice are nestling in the organ-pipes, and
chimbling the organ-bellows in the library once filled with the MSB.
and books of Dugdale — to see the machinery of the clock fallen in
through the roof into the chapel, and the fresh frem ferns sprouting
up in the choked gutters ) and yet the masonry in all its firmness,
without a stone displaced — the sculpture as sharp as the first day it
Was carved — the solid oak staircase yet entire : this is a melancholy
without a redeeming touch of hope or comfort."
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The impressions made upon Mr. James Scultborpe, on his visit
in 1834, 8re given in a paper printed in The Kettering Observer of
5 Sep., 1884. The following digest of this paper has been kindlj
prepared by his daughter, Mrs. Hall \ who has added an account of
the present state of the hall, shewing the utter and hopeless desolation
into which it has fallen.
"The late Mr. James Scultborpe, of Gretton, writes in May,
1834, that he one evening walked to Kirby, and the hall seemed like
a worn-out garment, no longer fit for the use of the one for whom it
was originally made ; and therefore cast off for the acceptance of
someone in a lower sphere of life. It bore many signs of former
splendour, but was silently and slowly relapsing into destruction.
Chilliness pervaded the magnificent avenue of lime trees, which was
peopled with a colony of rooks, cawing in their nests. From the
avenue, be entered the outer court ; and thence, through a handsome
portal surmounted by a clock-tower to the inner quadrangle, surrounded
on all sides by beautiful masonry, some of which was designed by
Inigo Jones. Here a woman, who occupied some apartments there,
appeared and proceeded to conduct him through passages bung with
portraits of the earl of Winch ilsea's family, who is the owner of
the property. Then she opened one of the front rooms ; on both
sides of the door stood handsome cabinets, and near the fireplace an
organ, whose tone was rather disordered by neglect. The next room
shown was an upper one, containing a bed. The window of this
room was semicircular and faced the south. The next room was
more spacious, with an aspect towards the west, having two windows
with scarlet curtains. Twenty-two years previously, Mr. S., who
was a farming pupil at that time, had dined in this room with the
tenantry, when they celebrated his lordship's majority.
" The next room entered was the ball-room. All the windows
were plastered up, except one at the end, with folding doors, which
opened on a balcony, that would admit several persons to the opeo-air
at once. Then they mounted a flight of steps, and walked into the
private chapel, with its manifest tokens of fleeting elegance. He was
next conducted up a staircase in the clock-tower \ the clock was not
going, and the jackdaws had made it their retreat. From the clock,
the stairs led upwards to the leads, which aflbrded a view of the
beautiful pasture-grounds and verdant shades. The garden had not
been cultivated for a long time, but a flower here and there shot up
amid the weeds and rubbish."
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B The Gradual Decay of Kir by Hall. 151
I " In Aagust, 1885, I went to Kirby. On approaching nearer to
■ the mansion the trees increased in numbers, until their shadoix^y
■ clamps are of the densest description : chestnuts, hollies, and limes
I abounding. There is a square enclosure, surrounded by a wall with
■ an open balustrade at the top 3 this is intersected by three dignified
gateways, the pillars of which contain niches, and are overarched
with masonry, ornamented with balls and the Winchilsea arms of
wheatsheaves. Next this enclosed court is the outside framework of
a clock -tower, the face of the dial being still perceptible. At the
basement of this tower is a carriage-entrance, which had been
guarded by folding doors, filling an archway of woodwork of an
open pattern like a portcullis ; one of these doors is gone, the other
hangs in crumbling grace on one hinge. From this doorway some
very elaborate masonry is discernible immediately opposite. Across
a quadrangle, surrounded on all sides by the mansion itself, is another
beautiful tower, with a doorway which leads into the entrance-hall ;
the roof of this apartment is of carved oak, but has been whited
over ; it is very lofty, and there is a gallery at one end for musicians,
but the staircase which led to it has been taken down, as it was
unsafe. In i860, I and my late husband ascended this staircase,
passed through the musicians' loft into a closet over the porch with a
pretty window in it, and we inscribed our names on one of the panes
of glass ; the whole place is covered with inscriptions made by
tourists, and it is a favourite place for picnics ; strangers swinging a
gipsy's cauldron in the old fireplace in the hall. At the other end of
this hall, is another door, which leads into a passage of freestone
squares, paved diagonally. At the end of this passage is a window
looking south.
"Next the passage is a lovely room, a pretty parlour, whose
simplicity is so graceful, whose elegance is so perfect, that it seems
almost a profanation to call it by its conventional name, a drawing-
room. There is a semicircular window, extending upwards, from a
low seat which runs round, almost to the ceiling. The framework is
of carved stone mullions, uprights and curved cross-bars at equal
distances of about two feet from one another from bottom t(^top j all
the glass has vanished. Next the drawing-room is the library, with
a similar bowed wipdow, but in better preservation. There are
ledges for sliding shelves, which could be altered to suit the sizes of
the books. The semicircular windows occupy the whole of one end
of the rooms, and they are carried up in the same style to the roof,
having two floors above them. The door of the drawing-room is in
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152 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
the centre of the wall, immediately opposite the window. The
entrance-ball and the rooms described were built in the i6th century,
bj Humphrey Stafford ; be was a roman catholic, and was displea^bg
to his sovereign, who coniiscated the property and appropriated it to
the royal use. Queen Elizabeth gave it to sir Christopher Hatton,
whose dancing her majesty had admired. This gentleman was lord
chancellor of England, and he greatly extended the house, building
all three sides of the quadrangular part, though the style is rather less
ornate ; it has a frieze of bas-relief sculpture, which includes among
other things the Stafford knot. In this later part, and opposite the
drawing-room door, is another door leading into a room lighted by
several windows j and next this room is another resembling it. Over
these rooms, there used to be a fine spacious apartment, described as
the schoolroom of the present earl when a boy ; this is now in ruin.
The ruin is more complete in this part and further on : bare walls
being overspread by the canopy of heaven.
" Strolling round the outside of the beautiful buildings of the
unfortunate Stafford, you come upon another door, also opening into
the lofty entrance hall before described. It is said that queen
Elizabeth once visited Kirby, and entered by this door. There are
three curved steps bowing outwards, and then five more steps with
the bow incurved ; making a good flight for the entrance. At the
foot of the steps are planted two yew trees, one on each side, like
sentinels. A rather large, rayed, yellow flower, of the herbaceous
kind, is found near the brook in the spring ; supposed to be Leopard's
Bane, and an ancient inhabitant of the grounds of bygone days."
303. — Chainbd Books in Libraries. — What old libraries in
the county, or churches, still contain books with chains attached to
them ? In the cathedral library at Peterborough some of the chains
remain '; and I think one or two have the remains of old catalogues
attached to them. H. R. S.
304. — The Garpields op Northamptonshire (281). —
Since my query at the above reference not a little has come to light
respecting this family, from whom, it is thought probable, the
president descended. First of all, it is to-day by no means an obsolete
name in the county ; there being several of the name in the northern
and eastern divisions. Next, in 1 883 Mr. William P. W. Phillimore
published for the New England Historic Genealogical Society, a
pamphlet entitled The Garfield Family in England; the contents of
which are extremely interesting, and which Mr. Taylor proposes to
republish. From this it would appear that anciently the family were
The Garfields of Northamptonshire. 153
settled at Ashby S. Legers, Kilsby, and Cold Asbby. Not to go over
the same ground in the present note, let me add to Mr. Pbillimore*8
statement at p. 4 that ** only one will of the Ashby St. L^er branch
b known ; ** I give below exact copies of four proved at Northampton,
three of which are Ashby S. Leger wills : —
I. Thomas Garfield, of Ashby S. Legers . Prob. 27 April, 1557.
a. Robert Garfield „ „ . Prob. 27 April, 1568.
3. Thomas Garfield „ « • Prob. 12 Sept., 1601.
4. Thomas Garfield of Cold Ashby . Prob. 17 April, 1624.
I.
" In the name of God Amen. In the yere of o' Lord god 1556
the xij daye of January I Thomas Gradfyld of Ashbye legers hole of
myod and remembrance make ray last will and test* in this manner
and forme folowynge first I bequethe my sole God Almightie to his
mother St Marie and to all the holie company of heaven my bodie to
be buried in the Church yard of Ashbye legers Also I bequethe to
the mother churche ij** Ite to the reparacon of the aulter in Ashebye
churche ij^ Ite to the sepulcre light iiij** Also I bequethe to Robert
Gardfyld my sone vj" viij* to Ric my son vj* viij^ to Ralphe my sone
vj* viij** to John my sone vj* viij** and to Thomas Gardfyld my sone
?]• viij^ Also I bequeth to Elizabethe Gardfyld my doughter vj' viij<*
and a sowe also I bequethe to Thomas also x* vj* viij* The resydue
of my goods my body buried my detts paid I geve to Hellen Gard-
fyld my wyf whome I make my sole executrix of all my goods not
bequethed she to dispose them as she shall thynk the best for the
welthe of my sole and all christen soles in wytnes hereof S' Robert
holmes pereiste John Cune Robert Gardfyld w^ other,*'
Proved 27 April 1557.
2.
''Test. Robti gerfyle de Ashebie Leagers Def. anno Dni 1568.
In the name of God Amen the xvij** daye of Marche Anno Dni 1568.
I Robt Geyfild of Ashebie Leagers make my testament and last will
in this manner following ffirst I bequeth my soule to god my maker
and redeemer and to his mother St Mary and all the holy company in
heven and my body to be buried in the churchyard of Ashebie
Leagers. Item I ^y^ to the churche of Ashebie legers iiij* Itm to
the reparacon of the bells iiij^ Itm to the pavement iiij* Also I
bequeth to thorn's gardfyld my sonn xij^ in money to be made of such
goods as I have and to be delyvered hym at thage of xviij yeares
Itm I bequeth unto Elizabeth gardfild my syster a hyve at the daie
of her mariage The residue of my goods not bequethed my body
154 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
buried my detts paide I gyve and bequeth to Margrett my wiflfe tbc
w**» I make my soule executrix of all my goods not bequetbed
witness" hereof Sebastian boyse gylbert herman and Edmund boyse
w** other mo."
Invent, xxxv" v* x* Proved 37 Aprils 1568.
According to the extracts from the Asbby S. Leger registers,
which Mr. Phillimore gives on page 4 of bis pamphlet, a Robert
Garfield was buried 28 March, 1568 ; presumably the Robert of the
above will. Ought not therefore the date of the will to be 17 March,
1567-8, and not as therein stated ?
3.
"Testa. Thom's Garefield de Ashbie Leogers. In the Name
of (Tod Amen, of Ashby Leogers in the Countie of Northton
yeoman the xij^ daie of January in the xliij*^ yeare of the Raigne of
our Soueraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth that nowe is being whole in
mind and good and p^ect remembrance laud and prayse be given to
god make and ordaine this my last will in manner and forme
followinge. That is to saie ffirst I comend my soule unto Allroigbtie
God my maker and redeemer and my body to be buryed io the
Churchyard of Ashby leogers aforesaid And I bequeath toward the
reparacon of the said church iij* iiij^ Itm I give and bequeath unto
my Sonne Richard Garefield two bedsteads that came from Wrighton
and one of those bedds wthall furniture belonginge to it at the
discrecon of his mother one cubboard standinge in the buttery, a table
and a forme standinge in the millhouse, one brasse pot at his mothers
appointment, vj* viij^ to buy him a kettle one platter and one pewter
dish, one payre of sheets and atowell, And also his mother ray nowe
wife to breed him a calfe w**in two yeares next after my decease.
And also I give unto him a salt acandlesticke and x* in money.
Itm I give unto Nathaniell Garefield the Sonne of thafores^ Richard
Garefield the somme of vi' viij* to be paid w**in one yeare next after
my decease. Itm I give and bequeath unto my godsoune Thomas
Browne a swarme of bees yf my bees hit well to be delisrfred
to him to him (sic) w***in two yeares next after my decease And if
they hit not well then iij* iiij* to be paid to him by my Executors
hereafter named. And to all the Rest of my godchildren I give \\xf a
peece ym mediately after my decease Itm 1 give unto the ringers of
the parish church of Ashbie aforesaid xij^ upon the daie of my
buriall and meate and drinke Itm I give and bc^queath unto my sonne
Willm Garefield the somme of xx*^ to paid to him w**in foure yeares
next after my decease. And after my debts paide and my Ainerall ,
expences discharged the Residue of my goods chattels cattel and
The Garfields of Northamptonshire. 155
jmplem'* of householde stuffe whatsoever I give and bequeath unto
Aone my wife and Isabell my daughter and to the longer liver of
them Whom I make and ordaine Execut^. of this my last Will and
Testament And I do appoint ou'seers of this my pr<*sent Testament
Willm Browne John Myles and John Goughe whom I hope will see
all things accomplished accordinge to this my meaninge In witness
whereof I have setto my hand and seale to this ray present wrigh tinge
the daie and yeare abovesaid These being witnesses Willm fiecke
John Hill Willm Ragsdale.*'
Proved 12 Sept., 1601.
4-
" Testament Thom*s Garfeild de Cold Ashby defunct 39^ die
Januarij Anno Dni 1623. In the name of God Amen. I Thomas
Garfeild of Cold Ashby in the Countie of North-ton husbandman
beinge sicke in body but of perfect mynde & remerabiaiice thanks be
to God for it doe make this my last will & Testament in manner &
forme following Impris I give and bequeath my soule into the hands
of AUmightie God trusting only thorough the meritts uf my alsufficient
Saviour Jesus Christ to be saved and my body to be buried in the
Churchyard of Cold Ashbey & all the rest of my goods as foUoweth,
It I give and bequeath unto my eldest daughter Anne Garfeild xx' to
be payd unto her when she shall accomplishe the age of one and
Twentie yeares or the day of her marriag w«*» shall come first. It I
give and bequeath unto my sonne Willm xx' to be payd when he shall
accomplish the age of one & Twentie yeares. Item I give and
bequeath unto my second daughter Susan xx' to be payd when she
shall accomplishe the age of one & Twentie yeares or the day of her
marriag w*^ shall come first. Item I give and bequeath unto my
youngest daughter Marke xx' to be payd when she shall accomplishe
the age of one & Twenty yeares or the day of her marriage w**» shall
come first, and yf any of theis my Childrene shall departe this lyfe
before they accomplishe the age aforesaid^ then my will is that that
Childs parte or parts shalbe equally devided amongst the rest then
lyvinge All the rest of my goods & cattel not bequeathed my debts
being payd and my Legacies discharged I give and bequeath unto
my wyf ffirauncis Garfield whom I make and ordajrne my sole executrix
of this my last will & Testamen', In witnes whereof I have sett my
hand & seale the day & yeare above wrytten Thomas Garfield his
niarke In the presence of filrauncis Clipsham, Willm Line his marke **
Proved 17 April 1624. Invent: in exhitu 41" 15' 4*.
It is a difiicult task to draw out a " tree '* from the information we
now have, and, for the present putting the Cold Ashby branch aside.
156 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries,
I would make the suggestion that Thomas (will no. 1) of Ashbj S.
Legers was the father of Robert and Thomas (wills a and 3). To
claim President Grarfield himself^ more surely than tradition claims
him, as in the case of Washington, I can ooly say, we must be
content to wait in the hope that further details may be forthcoming,
and these details are as likely to be discovered in America as in
£ng)and. H. I. L.
305. — Buntan's Porridge-Bowl. — In the year 1858 a poor
person in Wellingborough was in possession of a porridge-bowl, said
to have belonged to John Bunyan. Is this still in existence ? or is
anything known of it ? It is described as being of a black colour.
M. M. D.
306. — Dedication op Churches (282). — Mr. F. A. Tole,
of Northampton, writes that there are no remains of any consecrated
building in Old Stratford. Service was of late years conducted in a
room at the school known as Trinity college ; but there was nothing
of antiquity about this building.
Bridges, however, (i. 304,) says "there was formerly here an
hermitage and free chapel .... the place where they stood, is now
called ChapeUclosey And a note says that it was probably dedicated
to S. John, as bishop Tanner speaks of the chapel of the hospital of
S. John " upon the causeway leading to the bridge at Stony Stratford,^*
which he thinks was on the Northamptonshire ^de. £0.
307.-— Gorbam family op Flore and Cranslbt. — I shall
be grateful for help in completing a pedigree of this family. I have
fully traced it back to Ralph Gorham, and his son John, born or
baptized at Benefield, 28 Jan., 1621. Beyond this there is a long
gap, 1339 to 1621. In or about 1339 ^^^ Gorhams sold possessions
at Flore, and at Cransley. I believe also there were collateral
branches at Kings Cliff, Homerton, Upton, and Morbome. The
period from 1040 to 1307 is fully known, and the family settlements
in Bretagne, and Maine, as well as those at S. Albans and Westwick,
CO. Herts., have been amply investigated.
47 Mancheiier street, London, W. Louis D'Aguilar Jacksok.
Bridges has occasional, but very slight, notices of the fomily. A
knight's fee was held in Flore of William de Goreham in 1296, and
another in the same year in Cransley. In 1279, Amicia de Gorham
held a messuage and one carucate in the manor of Cotton, in the
liberty of Gretton. In i2j^ Ralph de Gorham was instituted to the
rectory of Oakley parva. £0.
''Headless Cross*' near Northampton. 157
308. — Memo RIBS op Franklin (a86). — Possibly the following
additional information from Franklin's autobiography may furnish a
clue to some Ecton or Wellingborough reader, and may so elicit
further particulars. Benjamin Franklin's grandfather, bom 1598, was
named I'homas, and lived at Ecton till past work, when he retired to
Banbury, co. Oxford, where bis son John, a dyer, resided. Benjamin's
father, Josias, was apprenticed to this brother John. The eldest of
the brothers, Thomas, lived in the family residence at Ecton, which he
bequeathed with the adjoining land, to his only daughter ; she after-
wards, m concert with her husband, Mr. Fisher of Wellingborough,
sold it to Mr. Isted, lord of the manor. Josias, with his wife and
three children, emigrated to America in 1682. p.
309. — " He ADLBSs Cross " near Northampton (285),— There is
no other hill commanding the site of the battle of Northampton than
the hill on which the Eleanor cross stands, and as far as I am aware,
no record of any other cross. The site of the Eleanor cross itself is
an admirable position for anyone wishing to see what is going on
in the valley of the Neue, near Northampton, where tradition says
the battle was fought. I am, therefore, driven to the conclusion
that the Eleanor cross itself was the one referred to in the extract
quoted in '^N. N. & Q." ii., 116. It is not to be supposed, however,
that the Eleanor cross was originally left incomplete. In a paper
lately read before the Architectural Society at Northampton, I have
carefully examined and quoted all the evidence bearing on the
question, and as the paper will be published in their transactions, I
must refer to that for a detailed statement ; but the main facts may
perhaps be summarised here.
Mr. Hartshome, in his Historical Memorials of Northampton,
p. 195, and elsewhere, came to the conclusion that the cross was
surmounted by a fifth figure. This conclusion was based on an
entry in the rolls of a payment made to William of Ireland " in
perpacationem xxv. marc, pro &ctura quinque imaginum ad crucem
de Norhamtona." He does not appear to have noticed that this is
the concluding payment of a series of four entries, the first of which
speaks of the five figures as being for the Cross at Northampton
** et alibi,** and the other two are respectively " ad Cruces Reginae, **
and " pro Crucibus Reginae.'* The words " et alibi " were probably
omitted by accident in the last entry. There were, perhaps, six figures
in all, four for Northampton and two to be used elsewhere, but a
detailed statement on this point would be too long to insert here. At
21
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any rate four figures only came to Northampton, as we have an entry
**pro cariagio quatuor imaginum ad crucem Norhamtonae, et pro
cariagio capitis et lancese ejusdem crucis, de Londonia usque
Norhamtonam." There are many entries referring to this head
and shaft, which I believe to have been the true head of the
cross. The shaft is generally called "virga," but in one case as
above "lancea," and in one entry "flecchia." The entries are in
varying terms " pro factura virgae, capitis, annli et imaginum crucis
Norhamtonae.** After a comparison of all the entries I have come to
the conclusion that these terms may be understood as follows : —
"Virga" a shaft springing from the original base now existing,
probably a clustered shaft of several members, and bound together
by the
" Anulus '* or richly decorated ring,
" Caput •' the head of the cross, which itself was also richly
and magnificently carved with
" Imagines '* figures representing the Crucifixion.
There is abundant authority in a smaller way for every part of
this suggestion, in the heads of contemporary crosses yet remaining.
As an instance 1 may refer to the head of the cross at Tellisford
opposite p. 58 in Pooley's Old Crosses of Somerset.
The Head of the Cross at Northampton must have been wonder-
fully beautiful. Jt was carved by the same sculptor as the four figures
now remaining, the material used for the head and shaft, &c., being
of what is now called Purbeck marble from Corfe in Dorsetshire.
The figures, of which an illustration is annexed, have been praised
by the best judges for their beauty of design and perfect execution,
but they must have been far exceeded by the cross, if we are to judge
by the comparative amounts paid for the work. It cost for carving
alone, without reckoning the material, the sum of ^25, or £32^ erf
our money, whereas the cost of carving the figures was only 5
marks, or gBs 6s. 8d. each.
I do not think there is any difiBculty in supposing the cross to
have disappeared before the time of the Battle of Northampton in
1460. Nejarly 170 years had elapsed since its erection. The
situation is high and exposed, and either by a flash of lightning or a
heavy gale of wind it may easily have been thrown down from its
narrow base, and broken to pieces on the steps below, without the
necessity for supposing that any act of violence was committed.
Even in these scientific days we cannot always secure our chimney
pots.
Mazers. 159
The 14th century was a time of calamity both foreign and
domestic. Men*s minds were distracted, and it is no wonder that
under such circumstances the fall of the cross at Northampton
should pass unnoticed and unrepaired.
Richard G. Scrxvbn.
310. — Maxbrs. — A.propos of the recent presentation to Mr.
Monckton, of Fineshade abbey, of " a set of silver maters," by the
grateful conservatives of Northamptonshire, the question has been
asked. What is a mazer ?
Bailey's dictionary says, "from the Belgic, or Dutch» Maeser^
Maple wood ; — a broad standing cup or drinking bowl.'*
** Standing cup," I presume, by the way, is in contra-distinction
to the common Saxon drinking cups, with rounded bottoms, which
could not stand ; of which we found, a few years back, some fine
specimens^ in glass, in a Saxon grave at Desborough. These are
now in the British Museum. A tradition of the toping habits of
our Saxon fprefathers is of course to be found in the name " tumbler,"
though the shape of that useful article has been altered to suit
modern sobriety.
Mazer may be set down as a Saxon cup made to stand, and
therefore not for toping purposes. It may be inferred also that it
was necessarily of wood, and that the correct wood was maple. That
the material should give its name to the thing is not singular ^
compare for instance "a glass," or *'a pewter." These maple bowls
were frequently mounted with silver, and thus made handsome and
costly. It does not appear that they were ever wholly of metal 5 thus
a silver mazer is somewhat of a contradiction in terms — as if we
should say, a wooden tombstone.
There are many ancient mazers in existence. The city companies
possess several ; some are to be found as items of church properties
in the keeping of rectors and churchwardens for the time being, and
some have come into private hands as curiosities. There was a fine
and unique exhibition of mazers last winter, at the rooms of the
London Society of Antiquaries, at Burlington House, i regret that
I had not the opportunity of seeing it.
Now comes the question, what was the special use and purpose
of mazers ? I am not prepared to answer that question with confi-
dence, and should be glad to obtain reliable information on the
subject. 1 have the impression that there was something of the
mysterious about them, and that they bad originally a quasi-sacred
character. Why are they found as portions of church properties?
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i6o Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Were they a tradition of libation cups of the Druid worship of our
remote forefathers ? Were they cups for augury and divination ?
Was the cup of Joseph, which Benjamin unwittingly carried off, an
instance of a silver mazer ? '* Is not this the cup in which my lord
drinketh, and whereby he divineth ? " " Wot ye not that such a man
as I can certainly divine ? "
Hargraye. RoB. S. Bakbr.
Mr. Peacock (English Church Furniture, p. 194) has an admirable
note on this word. It seems that the name was sometimes applied
to similar vessels made of other woods. In many cases they were
richly carved, and often edged with silver. The "great Maser"
belonging to the guild of the B.V.M. at Boston, which gives occasion
to this note, had "a prynt in the bothom gilt wt an ymage of
AUmyghti god sittynge at the iugement in the myddes of iiij evange-
listes," and weighed 49^ ounces. A 15th century mazer belonging
to the Ironmongers' company has the *' Ave Maria *' text inscribed
on the rim. Mr. Peacock adds, *' The mazer figured also in many of
those strange practices, half religious, half magical, which lingered
among our rural poor until quite recent times." And he quotes, from
Brand, a very strange account of a custom in Herefordshire of hiring
persons at a funeral to take on themselves the sins of the dead
person, and in the ceremonial connected with this a mazer was used.
Ed.
311. — Tub Eybs of Mart Qubbn op Scots. — Miss Charlotte
M. Yonge, in her historical romance. Unknown to History : a Story
of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland, (2 vols., Macmillan, 1883,) in
describing her heroine's face, more than once says, "there was a
decided cast in one of the eyes.** What authority had Miss Yonge
for this statement ? No portrait, or description, with which I am
acquainted, thus maligns her charms. Cuthbbrt Bbdb.
312. — Ancibnt Villaob Sports (135, 173, 192, 217, 270). —
I am glad that Mr. Page has brought up again the above subject,
which is still very far from being exhausted.
A Wellingborough lady kindly sends me the tunes of two of
these games, which she has written down from memory. It would
be desirable to put on record the tunes as well as rhymes of these
fast-fading reminiscences of " Merry England," before the board
schools succeed in making our villagers too clever and too dull for
these childish and innocent gaieties.
My correspondent writes, " The first, ' Green grow the leaves,'
is a very pretty game, more like a country dance than an}'thing else.
Ancient Village Sports.
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and is simply described as being a sort of dancing ' follow my leader.'
One couple is chosen to lead, and they go off whither they will,
followed by a long train of youths and maidens all singing the
refrain. Sometimes the leaders part company and branch off to the
right or left ; the others have to do the same, and not until the
leaders meet can they join again. They march arm in arm and the
effect is rhythmical, the time very musical aiui oddly attractive."
Grbbn grow tub lbaves.
Green grow Um l«av«s on the hnwthorn tree,Gre«n KTOW the leavet OQ the hawthorn tree ; Wc
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mer • ri - ly, The te • nor of our iong goes mer • ri • ly.
The second air is that sung to the words of the game given in
art. 135 of our first volume. The words, as here given, vary very
slightly from those given before ; but it will be seen that the music
would suit either version.
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313. — Burt and Chester Families. — Mr. Chester Waters,
in his learned work Tke Chesters of Chicheley^ p. 620, gives the
marriage license of the Rev. Anthony Chester, of East Haddon,
bachelor, above 40, and Elizabeth Burt of St. Mar/ Arden, co. Leicester,
spinster, above 25. To marry at Famdon or Pisford, co. North-
ampton. Sir Anthony was the 9th and last baronet of the family,
and died 17 May, 1769. His widow removed on his death to North-
ampton, where she purchased a freehold house, and resided nearly 40
years. She died there 13 June, 1808, aged 88, and was buried beside
her husband at East Haddon on the 2otb. W G D F
Mr. F. A. Blaydes, of Bedford, sends the date of the above licenses
18 Jan., 1 750-1, as given in Marriage Licenses: Faculty Office, ed.
Harl. Soc. xxiv. 256.
The enquiry in our last part was after the Burt family, of which
Lady Chester was a member, and not after that of her husband.
314. — Hampden FAMiLY.---This family was settled at Rothwell
in 1482. Any particulars will be thankfully received by
Cradley Rectory, Malvern. E. R. Hampden.
315. — Celebrated Northamptonshire Booksellers. 11.
(54). — John Simco, son of Samuel and Ann Simco, was bom at
Towcester about 1 749 ; in the house now occupied by Mr. James
Ward, confectioner. High street. He was apprenticed to his aunt
Ad kins, a baker and maltster of that town. Having doubts as to
his future if he remained at his trade, he left and went to London ;
and after tilling various situations with different booksellers, he
eventually commenced business on his own account. At first he
was with Mr. Chapman, in Old Round Court in the Strand, and
afterwards with Mr. Samuel Hayes, of Oxford street. On leaving
him he began selling prints at Leather lane, whence he removed to
Great Queen street, and ultimately to Air street, Piccadilly, where
he died in 1824, and was buried in S. James's churchyard, Piccadilly,
where a tablet is erected to his memory. His knowledge of engraved
portraits was very extensive. After his death the collection of books,
&c., was sold by auction, the sale occupying five days. The writer
is indebted to Miss Simco, postmistress, Towcester, and to a
memorandum found among the papers of the late Mr. Dash, of
Kettering, for the above particulars, as well as for those that follow.
He appears to have been very successful in business as a book-
seller 'y and in collecting rare books, papers, prints, &c., many of them
Celebrated Northamptonshire Booksellers. 163
relating to his native county ; some of which he bequeaths iu his will
to the British Museum, upon conditions, as the following extracts
from his will shew : —
" I bequeath also to the British Museum my History of North-
amptonshire, in four volumes, folio, illustrated with Prints &
Drawings, & three Port Folios of Drawings collected for it. Also
my Lysons's Environs of London, illustrated in Eleven Volumes, with
four Volumes of Drawings collected for it j & my History of St,
Albans, & History of Derbyshire, in three volumes, folio, illustrated
with Prints and Drawings. Upon condition of their paying my
Executors Five Hundred Pounds, not half what it cost me, to be
preserved there."
The authorities of the museum declined the bequest upon these
conditions.
The first sale was conducted by Mr. Evans, in Pall Mall, in
1 8^4; and apparently took place before the museum authorities had
decided not to accept Mr. Simco's books at the price named. These
lots have reference to his county : —
245 Duck's Life of Archbishop Chichele, 1699.
522 Egerton's Life of Lord Chancellor Egerton, Tar. 1812.
620 Life of Foller, portrait, 1661.
623 Life of Alban Butler, 1799.
715 Northampton Mercury, vol. 2, part of the first leaf torn off, 1721.
723 Gnnton's History of the Churoh of Peterburgh, 1686.
792 Norden's History of Northamptonshire, 1720.
899 Stemmata Chicheleana, large jMper^ interleaved vnth manueeript Notee^
1766.
920 Morton's History of Northamptonshire, 1712.
939 Nortliamptonshire. — ^Tracts and Manuscript Papers, of various sizes,
chiefly relating to Northamptonshire.
958 Peck's Desiderata Guriosa, 1732.
978 Sermons preached for the I^orthampton Infirmary, 1743.
988 Spencer's Life of Chichele, 1783.
The first part of Mr. Sotheby's catalogue contains the following
prints and drawings : —
32 Lord Burleigh, by CeciU,
51 Fairfax, (Thomas Lord) etching bf Streeter; Ditto from Bicraft's
England's Champions, &c.
101 Gunpowder CdntpiratorSy with the representation of their Execution,
byiV. VitMheTf rare,
114 Yisoount Mordaxmt, by Faithome.
160 John Hervey, Esq. by Tompeon,
161 James Harrington, by Marehi.
164 Strafford, (Earl of ) after Vandyek.
164 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
165 Daohess of Cleaveland, w. l. after L$ly,
174 Marquis of Bookingham, w. l. hj Fisher.
178 Lady Viscoiint Spenoer and Daughter, hj Paul; Lady Charle*
Spenoer, by I^tt,
226 Gharles Earl ef Peterborongh, by Gmtt.
231 Otiory (Thomas Barl of J large oval in armour, after Lely, by Fom-
drebane,
238 Thomas Randolph, (bust) by Marshall, fins,
280 Mary Queen of Scots.
329 William Duke of Bedford, by E, WiUiams, Jine,
340 Burleigh Earl of Exeter, by Tompson, ftne,
344 Grafton, (Henry Duke of) by Beckett, oval ito, ; Ditto, (with Ship at
Sea) by Ditto, Proof; Ditto, w. l. (in robes of the garter)
Proof, Bare.
345 (Grafton, (Henry Duke of) by Beekett, Oval ito.
359 Peterborough, (Charles Earl of) by Simon,
391 Russell, (William Lord) Oval 4to.
397 Earl of Cardigan, by Grozer,
398 Gr&fton, (Henry Doke of) by C. Turner; Earl and Oountess
Spencer, after Hoppner, by Reynolds,
400 John Duke of Montague, by M*Ardell,
401 Manchester, (Q^orge Duke of ) by Jones,
431 Sandwich, (Edward Earl of ) by BlooUling,
432 Richard Spenoer, by Eondius,
443 EHzabeth Washington (Lady Ferrers) by Chantry, scarce,
455 Lady Langham, by G. F, Harding,
462 John Stanbridge, {in pen and ink) by the Bev, Mr, Brand.
463 Lady Langham, and Lady Paston {pen and indian ink) by Ditto,
548 Hanis's large View of Northampton ; Queen*s Cross ; GMdington
Cross^from Britton's Architectural Antiquities, &c.
549 Views, Sections and Monuments in Peterborough Cathedral, by
Buckler, Vander Guehi, ^e,
550 Buck's Views ; Prospects of Althrop, Rushton, &c,
551 Views &om Bridges' History of Kortbamptonshire ; Mosaic Pare-
ments, coloured, &c.
552 Plans and Views of Boughton ; Cateeby ; Compton House ; Eoton ;
^arrowdon Magna ; Lilford, near Oimdle, (duplicates) ^e,
554 Set of Plates to Bridges* History of Northamptonshire.
666 Prints and Drawingfs of Castles and Churches in Northampton, &o.
556 Miscellaneous Maps, Plans and Views.
557 Naseby Battle ; Naseby Church (duplicates) ; Holmby House ; Monu-
mental Brasses, &c.
566 Cardinal Pole, Pboof.
570 Patrick (Bishop), by B, White.
572 Rainbow (Bishop), by Sturt ; Bishop Reynolds, by Loggan,
576 Archbishop Williams.
581 Sir Jeffery Palmer.
587 Marquis of Northampton.
640 Doddridge (Dr.)
651 Dr. Preston, by Marshall,
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316 May Song at Hassington.
317 Horthamptonsliire Paulines.
318 Sir Walter H^dmay.
819 Bonnd Dryden's Birthplace.
320 A Contemporary Portrait of Hary,
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321 Members for Northamptonshire .
322 Members for Northamptonshire in
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323 Election Squib. .
324 Curiosities of Northamptonshire
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826 Early Crosses.
326 Hinde Family.
327 The " Cotes " near Towcester.
828 Guild and Guile Families.
829 Rothwell Market-House.
330 Sargent Family of Northampton.
331 The Rev. Canon Collins, M.A.
882 Brabazon Family of Sibbertoft and
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These seven are from the catalogue (second part) containing the
books offered to the Museum 5 —
40 Bifihop Compton* /. Smith, exe, {oval laryt Uo) JIne tmd tenree.
227 Earl Spenoer (when Lord Althorp), w. L., bj C. Townley^ p, p. Pboov
and Lettert,
235 Lady Elisabeth Montage, by WArdeU, proof and lettert ; Oonnteta
Spencer, by Finlaywn ; Lady Charles Spenoer, by Dickinson,
384 Lord Strafford and his Secretary .
409 Britton, the Small-Ck>alman, by Johnton^ tearet,
460 Tom Britton, (the Mosioal Small-Coal Man), by Sim<m,
484 Simon, (Old).
Drawings Illustrativb of Briooes's History op
North AM PTONSH 1 rb.
The drawings collected by Mr. Simco to illustrate his copy of
Bridges are said to have been *' highly finished " and " executed under
his own immediate inspection,'* by Mr. Trotter and others.
638 N. E. and S. W. Views of Oharwelton Choioh; Konoment of
Thomas Andrews, Esq. and his two Wives, 1690.
639 Tomb of Thomas Andrews and his Wives {thrte difernU); Coriona
Font in Charwelton Ckureh,
640 Brasses in Charwelton Church of the Andrew Ftnnily,
641 N. E. and S. W. Views of Fawsley Chnroh ; N. and E. Fronts of
Sir G^rge Knightley's seat, Ihwtley.
642 Brasses in Fawsley Chnroh of the KnightUy Family,
643 Sir Richard EInightley and his Lady {Monmnent in Fawsley Church) ;
Elevation of the South side and head of Sir Biohard KnighUey's
Tomb ; View of the North Side of Ditto.
644 Honnments of Sir Valentine EInightley, and D. Knightley, Esq. mi
Fawsley Church,
645 Sir Biohard Knightley, and Bichard EJiightley, Esq. ditto,
646 Lucy Knightley, Esq., and Jane Grey Knightley, ditto,
647 Knightley Family in ditto ; Monumental Effigy of Sir John
Nedham at Litekborough,
648 Views of Norton Chnroh, and Hanor House; Brass of William
and Katherine Knight in Norton Church,
649 Monumental Effigy of the Lady Elizabeth Seymour t » Norton Church,
650 Monument of Elizabeth Vemey ; Ditto of the Breton Family, &o., in Do,
651 Views of Preston Capes Church, and the Castle House ; Monument of
the Bev. Knightley Adams ; Ancient Gothio Font in the Church of
Fresion,
652 Monumental Tomb of Lady Latimer at Stow IX. Churches.
653 Monument of a EInight Templar, and Two Ornamented Slabs, &o. at Do,
654 Views of Aynho Church ; Front of the House of Mr. Cartwright,
and Inside of the Chapel, with the tomb belonging to the Cartwzight
Family at Aynho,
655 Monuments of Bebeooa and Bhoda, Cohoizesses to Thomas Chapman,
Esq., &0. at Aynho,
656 Views and Font of St. Peter's Church, BraeUey.
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1 66 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
657 Old Font in St. James*8; Monuments in the Collegiate Chnrch of
Braokley ; Views of the Market House at Ditto, and Stone House neur
Braekley, ^e.
658 8.W. and N.E. Views of the Collegiate Church, Braokley, Ditto of
the Alms House and College at Ditto.
659 N.E. and S.W. Views of St. James's Church, BraekUy ; Ancient
Stone Seats, with a ourious ornamented bracket, and Gbtiiic niche in
Ditto.
660 Views of Croughton Church (two aspect*) ; Monuments of the Rer.
William Friend, &o. in Ditto,
661 Views of Evenlie Church ^dittoj ; Monumental Tablets, &o. in Ditto.
662 Monuments of Creswell Levinz, and Robert Peame, in Ditto.
663 View of Hinton Church ; Monuments of Salathiel Crewe ; and Rey-
nold Braye, Esq"., &o. in Ditto.
664 S.E. and N.W. Views of Kings Sutton Church.
665 Ditto, with the dates, &c. round the Bells ; View of the Manor House
at Ditto.
666 Monument of Tho. Langton Freke, Esq. ; Ditto of John Tibbits, and
Arms of Robert Kenwricke in Ditto.
667 Views of Newbottle and Radston Churches, with Monuments in the
former.
668 Monuments of John Creswell, Esq., and Peter Dormer and family in
NewbottU Chureh.
669 Views of Whitfield and Syresham Churches; Monuments of Peter
Andrew and Robert Style in Syrtsham Church.
670 West Front and S.E. Views of Steane Chapel ; Monument of Tem-
perance Browne in Ditto.
671 Monuments of Thomas Crewe, Esq., and Temperance his Wife, Ditto,
672 Thomas and John Lords Crewe, Ditto.
673 ' Nathaniel Lord Crewe, and John (Son of Sir Thomas) Crewe
f» Ditto.
674 Portrait of John Lord Crewe, by AtJiow, and two prints of Ditto, by
Loggan and Place.
675 Views of Astwell House, and Wappenham Church ; Brass Monumen-
tal Figure in Ditto.
676 Brasses belonging to the Lovett Family &o., in Wappenham Church.
677 Monuments and Brasses of Ditto, &o. Ditto.
678 Ditto of Sir Thomas (sh-ene, and others.
679 Monuments of the Hioklinge Family, with medallions of their
Portraits, in Greens Norton Church.
680 N.E. and S.W. Views of Maidford Church ; Old Font and Tablet to
the memory of George Savage, and his Wife Elizabeth.
681 Monuments of Francis Tanfield and Family ; Ditto of a Knight
Templar, &o. in Gayton Church.
682 Views and Monuments in Tiffield Church ; Monument and Recum-
bent figure of William Spoim at Towcester.
683 Monuments of Jerome Farmer, and Jane his Wife, V3ith their
Portraits, ^e. ; Antique and curious Painting tn the Church of Toweeet^.
684 Font, Shield of Arms, and Tomb of a Kjiight Templar, in the Chureh
of Alderton ; Views of Ashton Church and Hartwdl Chapel,
685 Ancient Monuments of a Knight Templar, &c. in Ashton Chuzoh.
Celebrated Northamptonshire Booksellers. 167
686 Views of Easton Keston Ghnroh ; Portraits of Lord and Ladj Pomfret'
and Tomb of tlie Countess of Pomfret in Si, J£ary*« Chwreh Oxford,
687 Portraits of Sir Hatton Farmer, Ladj Anne and Familj at Batten
NesUm.
688 Monuments of Sir George and Sir Hatton Farmer, witli their Ladies,
&c., JHtto,
689 Brass Monumental Efi&gies ; Tombs and Armorial Bearings of the
Farmer Familj, &o., Ditto,
690 Portraits of Bobert Lord Digbie of Goshall, 1640, Sir Thomas
Wharton, Penelope Lady Denham, and Mary Lady Honsdon.
691 Views of Grafton Kegis Church, &o. ; Andent Tombs, Fonts, and
Altar Pieces.
692 PerspeotiTe and Elevated Views of the Monument of John WidevUle,
and other Monuments of the same Family, in Orafton Regit Chwreh,
693 Monument and Tomb of Sir Arthur and Lady Ann Throomorton, at
Paulerspury ; Monument of Sir Benj. Bathurst and his Lady.
694 Views and Tomb in Bead Church ; Monuments of the Rev. Richard
Lightfoot, and others in Stoke Church.
695 Tomb of the Arundell Family, with pari of the Church of Stoke, and
Tsrioufl Monuments in Ditto.
696 S.E. and N.W. Views of Blizworth Church ; Monuments and EfQgies
of Roger Wake and his Lady, tit DittOs
697 VieMTs of Horton House and Church ,* Monument and Brass Effigies
of Sir Roger Salusbury and his Wives, in Horton Church,
698 Tomb of Sir William Par, and the Lady Marie, ^different atpeeU) ;
Monument of Sir WilHam Lane and Family, in Horton Church.
699 View of Piddington Church ; Various Monuments and Piece of
Antiquity in Ditto.
700 Monuments in the Church of Weston Favel ; Ditto in the Lidepen-
dent Meeting, with the Portrait of an Archbishop, and Shield of Arms
on stained glass, in the Abbey of St. Jamet, ** Northampton.^*
701 N.W. and S.E. Views of Quinton Church ; Monuments in St. Qileie
Churchy " Northampton."
Thb Spbnobb Familt.
702 Monuments of Sir John and Dame Isabel Spencer ; Ditto of Sir
William and Dame Susan Spencer, in the Church of Great Brington.
703 Recumbent Figures of Sir John Spencer, and Dame Isabel his Wife,
1522 ; Ditto of Sir John and Dame Maria Spencer, Ditto,
704 Monuments of Sir Robert and Dame Margaret Spencer; Ditto of Sir
John and Dame Katherine Spencer, Ditto.
705 Recumbent Figures of Sir Robert and Dame Margaret Spenoer,
1599 ; Ditto of Sir John Spenoer and Dame Katherine his Wife, 1586.
706 Monument of Sir John and Dame Maria Spenoer; Ditto of Sir
William and Lady Penelope Spencer, Ditto.
707 Monument of Sir Edward Spencer ; Reonmbent figures of Sir William
and Lady Penelope Spencer, 1636, Ditto,
708 Monument of John Earl Spencer ; Elevation of the East Window in
the Dormitory of the Spenoer Family, &c. Ditto,
709 Portraits of the present Earl Spencer, w. l., habited in Bobee of the
Oarier, by G. P. Harding ; of the Earl of Sunderland, in armour, ^e,
22*
i68 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
710 N.E. and 8.W. Views of Kelmarah Chnroh.
711 Monuments of Sir John Hanbury ; Brass Effigy of Korrys Osborne, an d
Qtt9Joe his Wife ; Ancient stained Glass in the Window of Kelmmrth Chureh,
712 Monmnent of the Hanbnry Family, in Ditto.
719 N.£. and S.W. Views of Bothwell Ohnrbh.
714 Anoient Brass Monumental Effigies, in Ditto,
716 Monuments of Sir William Humble, &c. ; Tombs belonging to the
Family of Bagesdale, in Bothwell Church.
716 Front View of Jesus Hospital, at Bothwell ; Portraits, curiously oarred
in wood ; Ancient stones, and Inscriptions in Bothwell Church Yard.
717 K.E. and S.W. View of Bushton Church ; Exterior and Interior.
"R^wnaiT^a of the Old Church ^^t Bushton.
718 N.E. and S.W. Views of Brixworth Church.
719 Various Monuments and Tombs in Ditto.
720 N.E. and S.W: Views of Barton Church, and Brass Monumental
Effigies of Jane Floyde and her children, in Ditto.
721 N.E. and S.W. Views of Burton Latimer Church.
722 Monument k Brass Effigies in Burton Latimer and Kettering Churches.
723 Portraits taken from original pictures of the Rev. Obadiah Sedgwick,
and Elizabeth Cary Lady Mordaunt.
724 Tombs of the Mordaunt Family; View of Desborough Church;
Monumental Antiquities in the Church of Drayton, &o. ; Fonts in
Bushton, and Higham Ferrers Churches.
726 View of Castor Church, and Remains of the Cloister of Peterborough
Minster ; Monuments and Antiquities in Castor and Bameck Churches.
726 Bbidobb's Hibtobt of KoBTEAiCFroNSHiBE, illustrated with a great
number of Prints-^ among which are several scarce Portraits^ particularly of
the Bishops of Peterborough^ ^. the rave print of Eeton Church, with the
Medallion of Mr. John Palmer, by Hogarth ; Monumental Drawings,
Armorial Bearings, ^. ^c; the whole bound in 4 vol. uncut, and interleaved
russia backs and comers ; together with several additional loose Drawingo
of Monuments, Ibmb»stones, Brasses, MS. Inscriptions, fc. ^.
In the third part these few lots relating to the county occur :—
POBTBAITS.
57 Dr. Percy, after Sir Joshua, by Dickinson.
66 Portrait of Rev. J. Hervey, by Dixon.
148 Marlborough, (Sarah Duchess of) by Smith, Simon, ^., one a Prooi.
164 Countess of Peterborough, by Faber.
161 Countess of Westmoreland, by Beckett.
274 Huntingdon (Selina Countess of).
289 John Earl of Exeter, by John Smith.
293 Lord Burleigh, by John Smith.
296 Sir G. Eiieller ; W. Wissing.
814 Dr. Ralph Bathurst, by A. Walker.
326 Copper Plate Engraving of Sir Francis Crane, of Stoke Park, bj
Fittler, with 44 impressions and 12 on india paper.
365 Archbishop Chioheley, w. l., by Bartolozzi.
372 Nathaniel Crewe, Bishop of Durham, by D. Loggan.
884 Duchess of Grafton, by Beckett and Schenek, ^c.
385 Earl Spencer, w. l., by Dtmkarton, proof, &c.
£ s.
d.
1180 14
9*3 1
6
1430 16
633 14
^4158 II
6
Celebrated Northamptonshire Booksellers. 169
696 A Yoliime oontaining Drawings of Goats of Anns of Uie pcineipal
Families in Northamptonshire, with «» Alpkmh0tieml Ituks,
780 Portraits of Sir EnssUiu Isham, and his Ladj.
It is to be feared that the most interesting of the above are now
dispersed beyond possibility of recovery. Some of the early
pamphlets it woald now be most difficult to procure. Mr. Simco
issued catalogues from time to time, the earliest being dated 1788.
The prices realized at the sales were these : —
Books, sold by Mr. Evans
Prints and drawings, sold by Mr. Sotheby^ part i.
part II.
part III.
The catalogues, with prices realized and names of the purchasers,
are in the British Museum. The several portions offered to the
museum for 5^500 sold for : — ^ s d
Drawings illustrative of Bridges' History of North-
amptonshire
Bridges* History of Northamptonshire, 4 vols.
Lysons' History of Derbyshire
The History of the Abbey Church of S. Albans
Lysons' Environs of London, 1 1 vols.
Drawings illustrating Lysons* Environs of London
An obituary notice of John Simco appeared in the Annual Obituary
and Biography i 1825.
The tablet to his memory in S. James* churchyard is on the right
hand as you enter from Piccadilly, just opposite the belfry-door. It
bears the following inscription : — " In Memory of John Simco of
Air Street Bookseller Who died Feb. and 1824 Aged Seventy Six.
A Sincere Christian." D. N. T.
316. — May Sono at Nassinoton (256, 274).— This old May
song or May carols which both Sternberg and Miss Baker attribute to
Puritan origin, seems to differ very considerably, in various parts of the
county, as regards the construction and order of its verses. I could
count six copies in my possession, all slightly varying, before I saw
the one given by the Rev. C. J. Percival {!iS6)y which in its turn
differs in many respects from all the rest.
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. 234 10
. 85 I
. 89 5
. 45 3
. 183 15
. 164 8
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170 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
I append a copy of the form which was in use at West Haddon
some fifteen or twenty years ago, and have also carried out the
Rev. R. S. Baker*s admirable idea of giving the tune to which the
words are wedded.
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2. A bunch of May have I brought you,
Before your door it stands;
It's only a sprout, but well spread about
By the work of our Lord's hands. — {Bfp^at Ckorui,)
3. Take the Bible in your hands.
And read the Scriptures through.
And when the Day of Judgment oomes,
The Lord will think of jovi,—{li$peat Chorut.)
4. I have a purse within my pocket,
It's lined with silk and string,
And all I want is silver now
To line it well within.— (iJ^a^ Chorus,)
The best rendering of this song that I possess, I clipped from an
American paper (Sheltering Arms, May, 1886, vol. xix.. No. 5). I
like it so well that I make no apology for presenting it to the readers
of «N. N. &a"
AN OLD MAT CAROL.
Remember us poor Mayers all,
And thus we do begin
To lead our lives in righteousness,
Or else we die in sin.
We have been rambling all this night,
And almost all this day.
And now returned back again.
We have brought you a branch of may.
May Song at Nasstngton, 171
A bnnoh of ihaj we have bfonght yoa^
And at yoar door it stands ;
It is but a spiont, but it's well budded out,
B7 tEe work of onr Lord's hands.
The hedges and trees, they are so green.
As green as any leek;
Onr Heavenly Father, He watered them
With heavenly dew so sweet.
The heavenly gates are open wide,
Our paths are beaten plain.
And, if a man be not too far gone,
He may return ag^ain.
The life of man is but a span,
It flourishes like a flower ;
We are here to-day, and gone to-morrow.
And we are dead in one hour.
The moon shines bright, and the stars give light,
A little before it is day ;
80 God bless you all, both great and small
And send yon a joyful May.
Holmby House, Forest Gate. John T. Paob.
317. — NoRTHAMPTONSHiRB Paulines. — In The Admission
Registers of St. PauTs School, edited by the Rev. R. B. Gardiner, are
to be found a few names of scholars who came from Northampton-
shire. By far the greater number of boys came of course from
LondoD or the immediate neighbourhood ; and the names given of
pupils before the existing registers commenced, in 1748, are only
accompanied with information as to their residence. These names
that follow are all that I can discover as certainly coming from this
county : —
Henry Yelverton, bom 1633, son of sir Henry Yelverton, bart.,
of Easton Mauduit. He was afterwards of Wadham college, Oxford,
and M.P. for the county of Northampton, 1660. He was ancestor
of the extinct family of Yelvertons, earls of Sussex 5 and of the
barons Grey de Ruthin. He died 1670.
Samuel Woodford, born 1636, in London, but son of Robert
Woodford, of Northampton. He was also of Wadham college,
Oxford ; rector of Hartley Mauduit, Hants ; prebendary of Chichester,
1676 i and of Winchester, 1680.
John Fuller, son of Thomas Fuller (author of The Worthies),
entered the school in 1653, aged about 11. His birthplace is not
recorded. He was subsequently, in 1663, fellow of Sidney Sussex
coU^e, Cambridge.
172 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Spencer Compton, second son of James, 3rd earl of Northampton.
The famous speaker of the house of commons. He had been M.P.
for Eye, for £ast Grimstead, and for, county of Sussex. Created
baron Wilmington, 1717 5 viscount Pevensey and earl of Wilmington,
1730, In 1733 be was made K.G. Died, 1743.
John Fisher, admitted to the school in 1763, aged 14^ was the
son of the vicar of Peterborough. He was afterwards fellow of S.
John's college, Cambridge ; prebendary of Windsor j archdeacon of
Exeter 5 bishop of £xeter, 1803, and of Salisbury^ 1 707. He died 1805.
George Warcup Malim, aged 12, admitted in 1778, son of the
Rev. G. P. Malim, of Higham Ferrers. He was of Queens* college,
Cambridge; vicar of Higham Ferrers, and rector of Irthlingborough.
1802; and died in 1830.
Robert Roberts, admitted in 18 r 8, was son of the Rev. Robert
Roberts, of Stoke Doyle. He was afterwards of Corpus Christi
college, Cambridge. He has been rector of Wadenhoe since 1831,
and of Aldwinkle since 1838, and is the incumbent of longest standing
except one in the dioceste.
Richard Exton^ aged 13, admitted in 1824, son of the Rev. B. B.
£xton, of Greens Norton. He died in 1867, rector of Hemley, SufEolk.
Thomas William Crawley, admitted 1824, son of John Lloyd
Crawley, of Heyford. The present rector of Heyford. Ed.
318. — Sir Walter Mild may. — ^The other day, in wandering
through the church of Saint Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield,
I came across, in the south ambulatory, the half -classic, half-Gothic,
mural monument erected to the memory of sir Walter Mildmay. I
copied down the Latin epitaph, which I think may fitly find a place in
'' N. N. & a"
Mora nobis laonun.
Hio jacet GhialtemB Mildmay Miles,
ei Maria uxor ejus. Ipse obiit nltimo
die Maii 1689. Ipsa deoimo sexto Marfcii 1676.
Reliquenmc daos filios, et tres filias.
Fnnditvit Collegium Emannelis Oanta-
brigice. Moritur CanoeUarins, ei
Subtheeanrarias Scaooarii, et
RegiflB Majestati a Oonsilliis.
Hoc monamentnm restanrandam
ourayit Etenricns Bingham Mildmay
armiger 1870.
Perhaps it will be as well to recall here some of the principal
events of local interest in the career of this somewhat noted man.
Round DrydevLS Birthplace, 173
Having first entered Parliament as member for Maiden in 1552 ;
in October, 1553, he was elected member for Peterborough ; and in
1557 we find him returned as one of the knights of the shire for the
county of Northampton. This latter seat he retained during the
several parliaments summoned by queen Elizabeth, untd the time of
his death in 1589. On the death of sir Richard Sackville in i j66,
he received from Elizabeth the appointment of chancellor and
under-treasurer of the exchequer. During his tenure of office, being
a privy councillor, he was commissioned (with the lord treasurer
Burghley as his colleague) to examine the lord Vaux and sir Thomas
Tresham as to their complicity in certain treasonable practices ; and he
was also employed, in 1582, in the treaty with Mary, queen of Scots.
The present Apethorpe hall, it will be remembered, was erected
by sir Walter Mildmay, and was used by him as a country residence.
The manor of Apethorp was given to sir Walter by the crown, in
exchange for other lands, in the reign of Edward the sixth. It has
descended lineally to the present noble owner from the first earl of
Westmoreland, who married Mary, granddaughter of sir Walter
Mildmay, early in the seventeenth century.
A drawing of the Mildmay tomb, by the pen of Mr. Joseph Pennell.
and bearing date April, 1886, appears in the Century Magazine of
February last. It forms one of a series of illustrations in an article
entitled "The Oldest Church in England." John T. Page.
319.— Round Drydbn's Birthplace. — Amolig the many
interesting villages of Northamptonshire not the least honourable are
the two Aldwinkles. In one was born Thomas Fuller, author of the
" Worthies of England** ; in the other, John Dryden. Many of the
villages in the neighbourhood go in couples, being distinct parishes,
yet close together. Such are Barnwell All Saints and Barnwell
Saint Andrew ; Cranford St. John and Cranford St. Andrew j Great
and Little Weldon j Great and Little Oakley ; and others. Of the two
Aldwinkles the larger is St. Peter's^ its church, with a handsome
decorated tower and spire, standing well up amid the cottages. It
was here that Thomas Fuller was born, in 1608, his father being, as
he tells us, the ** painful preacher,** of the place. The epithet, appro-
priate enough to some preachers even now, had doubtless a different
meaning to the Fuller than it has to us. But, however pleasant or
wearisome it may have been to listen to the father, one has only to
read the son to like him. He was a man of portentous memory, and
it is said that he could repeat a sermon verbatim after once hearing it
—a matter for no small wonderment.
174 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries,
When Fuller was tbree-and-twenty years old, when he had left his
native village for Cambridge, and had left Cambridge again for some
distant cure of souls, John Dryden was born in his grandfather's
house, the parsonage of Aldwinkle All Saints. His father lived across
the valley at Ticb marsh, where he had a little property, making him
"passing rich on forty pounds a year"; but he was a stranger in the
. village, being the third son of Sir Erasmus Dryden, of Canon's
A^hby, across on the other side of the county. One very good
reason for his settling at Tichmarsh was that be had married a niece
of the squire. Sir John Pickering. The Pickerings had been long
established at Tichmarsh, and lived in the manor-house on the south
side of the church. The house has entirely disappeared ; but, accord-
ing to Bridges, it was "embatteled" on the south side, 'and had an
" embatteled " turret. The Pickerings had moved thither out of the
old manor-house, of which the ruins had lattly been taken down
when Bridges wrote. When Erasmus Dryden, father of the poet,
came among the Pickerings they had been living in their new manor-
house some seventy years. The head of the family was Sir John ;
and his younger brother, Hemy, was rector of Aldwinkle All Saints,
just across the Nen. It was with the Reverend Henry Pickering's
daughter, Mary, that Erasmus Dryden fell in love, if a man with so
learned a name could descend to so vulgar an emotion. Indeed, it is
not on record that he did fall in Jove j all that is recorded is that the
two were married on October 21, 1630, at the little church of Pilton,
some two miles further down the Nen. Why they should have gone
into a strange parish to be married is not at atl obvious. Pilton was
a home of the Newton Treshams, their manor-house stands a few
yards from the church, or rather — they would, perhaps, have preferred
one to say — the church stands a few yards from their manor-house ;
and why Erasmus "Drydon,*' as the register calls him, and Mary
Pickering should have jaunted away to Pilton to be married, is a
question which the curious may answer at their leisure.
It is not so surprising to find John Dryden making his entry into the
world in his mother's old home — the rectory at Aldwinkle. He was
the firstborn, and very likely the parsonage was a more comfortable
place than the elder Dryden's house, if he kept it up with anything
like forty pounds a year. But conjecture on this point would,
perhaps, be idle, for legend assigns no particular house to Erasmus
Dryden, and legend is the only authority for locating his eldest son's
birth at Aldwinkle. But legend has maintained the same story since
the poet's own time, and Bridges, who wrote some 20 ytrars after
Dryden's death, roundly asserts that "in the parsonage house of
Round Dry den's Birthplace. 175
Aldwinkle All Saints was born Mn Drjden the poet.'* Much of the
rectory is certaioly older than the time in question ; the part facing
the road, in spite of the modem windows, is the oldest portion of the
house ; and it is here, in the room over the entrance, that glorious
John is said to have been bom.
As bis father lived at Tichmarsh, it is rather with that village than
with Aldwinkle that Dryden's early recollections must have been
associated. But, no doubt he frequently went from one house to the
other ; down the hill from Tichmarsh, across the sluggish Nen, which
winds amid broad level meadows — in summer, waving with fragrant
bay J in winter, often a wide and turbulent lake — and then up the gentle
acclivity to where the church stands amid tall trees, its sunny side
looking diagonally across the valley to the many pinnacled tower of
Tichmarsh. Perhaps, when the sun was fierce, and the hay waggons
were being piled with their fragrant burden, and the horses were
standing head-and-tail in the shade, switching the flies off each
other's faces, the lad would take a dip in the quiet Nen, and disport
himself without fear of such intruders as {experlo crede) the present
day too freely affords, even in so retired a place as the river above
Aldwiukle mill.
But very soon after his potential swimming days had begun, the
future poet left his home for Westminster School, and came no more
to his native county, save as a visitor. Tichmarsh, Oundle, and Cot-
terstock, he must have known as a man ; but Aldwinkle would have
no further family interest for him, for his grandfather was dead, and
the Rectory inhabited by strangers. The old man was buried in the
churchyard, and over his body was raised a plain, massive tomb, on
which may still be read, when the sun shines from a particular
quarter of the heavens, the simple record of his birth and death.
1 here is an epitaph now hardly legible ; it cannot be the work of
the future laureate for he was then scarcely old enough to have under-
taken the task, and anyway he might well have been deterred by the
eflforts of his grandfather's brother in that species of composition.
No one will venture to say that Dryden derived his poetic faculty from
his mother's side, if the following epitaph to her uncle, a '* physitian,*'
written by himself, may be taken as a specimen of his verse at its best :
Reader thoa art siok to death, more danger in
Thy soule the lees thoa f eelest, purge oat thy ain :
Oh, seek to live ; I studied ouies and found
Christ's pretious blood best balm for every wound ;
Dear eye, peruse, refourme, redeem, fulfill.
My lines, thy life, thy tyme, Qod'a holie nill.
Abi Viator.
176 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries,
The great epitaph writer of the family was Mrs. Creed, wife of
John Creed of Ouadle, Esquire, a coasia of Dryden, and daughter to
Sir Gilbert Pickering, of Tichnaarsh. Dryden used to visit her pretty
frequently, and after his death she wrote him an epitaph as long-
winded as all the others to her family, with which she adorned the wall
of Tich marsh church. When we read Dryden's verses, or his cousin's
wordy epitaphs, we feel how far we have left Medievalism behind,
with its pithy hic-jacets and its crabbed rhymes. Less than two
centuries lie between us with our bald sepulchral statements of birth
and death, and John Creed with an epitaph half a page long. Nearly
two centuries and a half lie between Mr. Creed's monument and the
brass lying in Aldwinkle Chancel, whereon is graven ** Hie jacet
Willius Aldewyncle Armig. qui obiit XXVIII. die Augusti A", dni
Milimo CCCC.LXIII. cuj aie ppicietur Deus." Surely our custom
and that of William Aldewyncle's time is better than good Mrs.
Creed's. It is curious how closely we have reverted to the Mediaeval
type J but the invariable prayer of those brasses — that God would" have
mercy on the dead man's soul — is now only uttered over the con-
demned murderer.
The Williaili Aldewyncle whose brass has just been mentioned
seems to have been the last of his name. He lived and died long
before Dryden's time. Doubtless in his day he was a man of author-
ity, and one who played his part on life's stage with ability and
applause ', but all his virtues, and all the deeds which he did, are of
less interest to us now than the brass which simply records his death.
The whole part which he played moves us not so much as his final
exit. His sorrowful widow, to whom, no doubt, we owe his brass,
consoled herself before long by marrying a certain William Chaum-
bre, and it is to these worthies that Aldwinkle Church owes one of its
finest features — the chauntry on the south side.
Bridges gives the reasons for the erection of this charming feature.
*' In the fourth year of Henry VII., William Chaumbreand Elizabeth,
his wife, formerly the wife of William Aldewyncle, by deed dated the
8 Nov., 1489, erected a chauntry at the altar of the Virgin Mary
in the Church of All-Saints, Aldwincle, for the prosperity of the
king, and Eliz. his consort ; the safety of the founders while living,
and for their souls after their decease ; and for the souls of Will.
Aldewyncle, John Chambre, and Anne his wife, Maud Fossebrok, and
others. For the support of John Selyman, chaplain, and his successors
in the said chauntry, the founder gave the manor of Armston named
Buren's-thing [here follow other descriptions]. He appoints also the
Round Dry den's Birthplace. 177
chaontry priest to teach spelling and reading to six poor boys of
Aldwincle, to be chosen, after the decease of the said William and
Elizabeth Chaumbre, three by the chaplain, and three by the rector of
S. Peter's, Aldwyncle ; and that every night the said boys shall say
for the souls of the founders the Psalm De profundis, with the prayers
Jnclina Domine, Etjiddium, The chaplain is directed to give every
year, by four quarterly payments, xxvij. \\\\d. to two poor persons of
the said town. After the founder's death, the appointment of the
chaplain is given to the abbat of Peterborough. In 1535, a6 Hen.
VIII., the profits of this chaunlry, William Peycok being chaplain,
were rated at viii/. viij. y'md., out of which was deducted, in alms to
the poor, for the souls of William Aldewyncle, William and Elizabeth
Chambers xxvij. \\\\d, iu rents resolute y\\s, y'xWd. In the thirty eighth
year of this reign [1547] it was granted, with the lands belonging to
it, to Sir Edward Mountague. The chaun try-house, the ruins of
which were lately pulled down, stood in Mr. Spinckes's yard, where
human bones have been dug up.'*
Though the chauntry-house has been pulled down, the chauntry
itself is left, and has proved a more lasting monument to its founders
than the nightly recitation of De profundis by the six poor little
scholars.
Although in summer the walk across from Aid winkle to Tichmarsh
through the meadows is an easy and pleasant affbir, iu winter the path
is not infrequently under water, and then the only route is round by the
road. Even the road sometimes is only passable to vehicles. But
this compulsory deviation from the straightest path has the advantage
of taking the traveller through the interesting hamlet of Thorpe
Waterville, a collection of cottages close by the Nen. Here once
stood a castle, but it fell to ruin so long ago that hardly anything is
known of it. The earliest possessors of the manor were the Water-
villes, and Bridges conjectures that one Azelin de Waterville built the
castle. However that may be, it passed from that family so long ago
as the end of the 1 3th century, and out of the ruins of the castle,
Walter de Langton *' Bishop of Coventre," built a large mansion-
house, parts of which still exist, though considerably modified and
modernised. The worthy bishop in building his house procured " for
that purpose, without leave of the monks, and to their great detri-
ment, a vast quantity of timber from the woods belonging to Pipwell
Abbey." Pipwell Abbey itself is now only a name, and the mansion-
house, wrongfully built of the monks' timber, can show more remains
to the present day than the great home of the monks itself. Of the
house not much remains 5 there are mounds and moats about it, and
. 178 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
close by a large building, now used as a barn^ but which^ it is said,
was originally the guest-house of the castle.
No doubt, had there
existed in Dryden*s time
the same anxiety to preserve
ancient records and to
fathom past history that
prevails now, a great deal of
information might have
been gathered from the ruins
such as he must have seen
them ', but in some respects
we, in the present day, have
the advantage of him, since
we can regard with all the
interest that time lends to a
good piece of work that
little cottage in Thorpe,
which was built during
Dryden*s life, and which,
if he noticed it at all, must
have seemed too common-
place to deserve much
attention.*
At Thorpe we are on
the main road leading from Thrapston to Oundle. Turning to the
right we get to Tichmarsh, while the other way leads to the Barnwell s
and Oundle. At Tich-
marsh there is not much of
interest beyond the church.
There are a few cottages
with doors and windows of
the universal Northamp-
tonshire type, but the
manor-houses, as already
stated, have quite disap-
peared.
We have seen how Mrs.
Creed adorned the church
with epitaphs -, but she and
* This cottage has been polled down and rebuilt since the above waa written.
*!\
Round Dryden's Birthplace. 179
her cousin the poet, are not the only iuhahitants of Ticbmarsh who
emerge from the respectable obscurity which inevitably envelops
small villages. One Lewis Pickering, a half-brother of Mrs. Creed's
great-grandfather, lives in the pages of Thomas Fuller's Church
History as one of the earliest who carried to James I. the news of
B lizabeth's death. Another connection of the family, Robert Keyes,
brother-in-law of the same great-grandfather, was implicated in the
Gunpowder Plot 3 and eventually suffered death on that account in
Parliament-yard at Westminster. There is hardly a village in the
county which cannot produce some tale, apocryphal or otherwise,
connecting it with the terrible plot. It is astouisbing in how many
places the conspirators met to concoct their nefarious schemes.
Tichmarsh, however, has Fuller's authority for its legend, which is
thus given in the Church History, with the marginal note — "The
apish behaviour of Keyes " : — *' Indeed, some few days before the
fatal stroke should be givei». Master Keyes, being at litchmcrsh, in
Northamptonshire, at the house of Master Gilbert Pickering, his
brother-in-law (but of a diff*ereiit religion, as a true Protestant), sud-
denly whipped out his sword, and in merriment made many offers
therewith at the beads, neck, and sides of many gentlemen and
gentlewomen then in his company. This, then, was taken as a mere
frolic, and for the present passed accordingly ; but afterwards, when
the treason was discovered, such as renoembered his gestures thought
thereby be did act what he intended to do if the plot had took eff*ect
— hack and hew, kill and slay, all eminent persons of a diff*erent
religion from themselves."
" The short and simple annals " of Tichmarsh offer little else of
interest. Indeed, nothing known in song or story occurred in this
neighbourhood, except the tragedy of Fotheringhay. To be sure,
could all be written that must have happened along this Nen Valley,
it would make a stirring tale. For here was a chain of camps in
Roman times, and in after centuries the castles of Thorpe and Bam-
well must have been the centres of great events, but their history has
perished as completely as the buildings themselves. To those who like
to wander about seeking history in out-of-the-way places, rather than
to visit Scenes whose history is already made, this quiet countryside
round Dryden's birthplace is full of interest. We have heard about
Thorpe and I'ichmarsh, and Barnwell, with its storyless castle.
Barnwell, however, has worthier claims upon our attention than its
ruined stronghold, for here lived Parson Latham who built two
hospitals and founded five free schools in neighbouring villages.
i8o Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
besides doing much other charitable work. A little further down the
Nen is Oundle, with its great school and lofty spire, up which an
adventurous schoolboy recently clinabed by means of the crockets.
Here lived, in one of the fairest houses in the town, John Creed, Esq.,
husband of Dryden's cousin.
Legend says that the tim-
ber used in his house
came from IVesham's New
Building at Lyveden, some
four miles off, whence it
was taken by one of Crom-
well's officers, who vainly
endeavoured to batter the
place down. The legend is
probably not tnie, at least,
so far as the battering is
concerned. But it would
not be wonderful if the
" New Bield *' had excited
the wrath of the Puritan
soldier, for it is covered
with symbols such as only
a worshipper of the " Scarlet
Woman** would have de-
vised. Ourdle still retains
much of its ancient air, and
lies pleasantly sloping down, to the Nen and its meadows.
Coming back from Oundle to Aldwinkle. we pass close to Lilford
Hall, a fine 17th century mansion, the front of which has two
large semi-circular bay-windows running up two storeys, and crowned
with a pierced parapet; and then, crossing the river by two hand-
some bridges we reach Pilton again, where Dryden's parents were
married. The rectory, which was formerly the manor-house, is a
picturesque old building with gabled dormers rising from steep roofs
of Colley Weston slates. Inside the house the chief feature of interest
is the 17th century barrel-vaulted plaster ceiling of the drawing-room ;
but there are very few memorials of the Treshams left except in the
register. Leaving Pilton on our way to Wadenhoe we see across the
river the fine spire of Achurch, where lived in the 17th century the
fanatic, Robert Brown, rector of the place, and founder of the Brownists.
It is said that he used to say there was no church in England but his
Portrait of Mary Queen of Scots. i8i
and that was A-churcL Bridges, in relating this, dryly observes, that
even fanaticism strives to be witty. Puns have decidedly improved
since those days, for surely the reverend enthusiast's struggles in this
line were scarcely crowned with success.
From Wadenhoe it is not far to Lowick, where is one of the most
interesting churches in the county. It abounds in stained glass
and fine monuments, as it
^=^';]H1\.-. \r was the church of the fine
mansion of Drayton, which
is about half-a-mile distant.
The *' White Horse" will be
found, not only a pleasant
country inn, but also an old
house, with a great deal
in it that is worth seeing.
A pleasant walk of two
miles or so, leads into Islip,
with another good church j
and thence to Thrapston
it is but a step. With
Thrapston the circuit round
Dryden's home is comple-
ted, and a charming tract
of country will have been
covered. Not a country exciting violent admiration, but one full of
repose, full of calm beauty, and full of quiet interest.
J. Alfred Gtotch.
The above article is taken from The Building News for Feb. 22,
1884 ; to the editor of which paper we are indebted for the gratuitous
use of the blocks.
320. — A Contemporary Portrait of Mart, Queen of
Scots. — In note 279, page 113, October, 1886, 1 mentioned that my
miniature of Mary, Queen of Scots — a photograph from which is
given as the frontispiece of my little book, Fotheringhay and Mary,
Queen of Scots (Alfred King, Oundle) — was identified by Mr. George
Scharf, c.b., f.s.a.. Director of the National Portrait Grallery, as a
replica of the miniature sold in the £lenheim collection, at Christie's,
August 10, 1886; and he pronounced it to be an original contem-
porary portrait. It was shewn for the first time in public at the
Conversazione at Orton Hall, near Peterborough, on Januaiy 11,
1887, when the Dowager Marchioness of Huntly exhibited some
relics of Mary, Queen of Scots. They included a very beautiful
24
udwick..
1 82 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
piece of hanging from a bed that had been occupied by the hapless
queen — the ornamental device being the royal thistle of Scotland
worked in gold on velvet. I also exhibited, among other things, an
impression in wax — kindly made for me by Mr. Wallis, of the South
Kensington Museum — of the betrothal signet-ring of Mary and
Darnley, discovered in the ruins of Fotheringhay castle, and believed
to have fallen from her finger on this very day, three hundred years
ago — for I write this on February 8th, the tercentenary of her death —
when her head fell to the axe of the executioner.
It curiously happens that, only a few days since, I was turning
over the leaves of the life of Mary Stuart, by Miss Agnes Strickland
— presented to me by the authoress — when I lighted upon the
following: — ''In the list of gentlemen attached to Queen Mary's
household appears the name of Jehan de Court, painter, with a salary
of ^240 per annum. Such of her Scottish portraits as are really
originals were probably painted by this domestic artist. Among the
miniatures claimed to be authentic likenesses of Mary Stuart, is one
preserved at Ham house, in the Earl of Dysart's collection, supposed
to have been inherited by the Duke of Lauderdale from his ancestor,
the celebrated sir William Maitland, Lord of Lethington, Mary's
Secretary of State, the husband of Mary Fleming ; to whom it was
probably presented by her royal mistress and namesake. Mary is
there depicted in the widow's dress she wore in Scotland till her
second marriage — black, trimmed with white — her head-tire being
a shovel-shaped black hood, fiat and wide in front, and descending
from the ears like a stiff" slanting frame on each side the throat ; over
this a black veil is thrown back — a costume very unbecoming to
any features less exquisite than those of the royal beauty, who is there
represented in her twentieth or twenty-first year — pensive, but very
lovely, with pale, clear complexion, and dark hazel eyes. Her hair,
bright chestnut colour, is folded in Madonna bands across her broad
serene forehead, with braids sloping towards her cheeks ; the contour
of her face is oval 5 her gown is black figured damask, slashed on
the breast and sleeves, and these slashes are edged with narrow white
fur 5 a partlet of the same encloses her throat. This miniature is of
an oval, of very small size, and round the ed^e of the deep blue
background is inscribed, " Maria Regina Scotorum," in gold letters,
and " Catharine da Costa, pinx." — being the first instance of a female
artist's name connected with a royal portrait, but it is a perfect gem
of its kind." (Vol. iv., p. 27, Original Edition, 1853.)
Miss Strickland does not mention the double row of pearls round
the neck, but her description (with the omission of the artist's name)
f>
County Members, 183
corresponds precisely with the miniature in my possession, and also
with the Blenheim miniature, a briefer account of which, from the
pen of Mr. Scharf. was given in my note, p. J 14. Mary wore her
widow*s dress for four years, from the age of 18 to that of 22. Was
the painter of two of the miniatures Jehan de Court, and did
Catharine da Costa copy one of them ? I know nothing of either
of these artists, and should feel much obliged for any information
concerning them. Cothbert Bbde.
321. — Members por Northamptonshire. — Among the
Kimbolton MSS. is one giving " the names of divers Knights Cittizens
and Burgesses of the Lower House of Commons that are Adventurers
and free of the Virginia Company." Internal evidence proves this
list to have been compiled about the year 1623, during the sitting of
the last parliament of King James i. At least two of the names
included in this list were of Northamptonshire connection and held
Northamptonshire seats^ viz., " Mr. Knightley," whom I take to be
Richard Knightley, esq., of Fawsley, who represented his county in
the parliaments, 1620-1, 1623-4, 1625, and 1627-8, was high sheriff
to Charles i., and died in 1639; "Mr Edward Spencer,** who was
clearly the Edward Spencer, esq., M.P. for Brackley in 1620-r,'
1623-4, and 1625, and the sir Edward Spencer, knight, who sat for
Middlesex in 1626, having been knighted at Hampton Court 27 Dec.,
1625. He was the fourth son of the first lord Spencer, and died s, p.
II Feb., 1655, ^^^ ^'» being buried at Brington. Upon hi^ father's
monumental inscription he is described as " of Boston co. Middlesex
Knight."
In addition to the above the list contains a name given as '' Sir
Thomas Fermin." No such knight is known, and I suspect that the
true reading would be either " Sir Thomas Jermin," or " Sir Thomas
Fermor," the latter a well known Northamptonshire family. Can any
reader of " N. N. & Q.** say if a sir Thomas Fermor was living in
'^^^ • W. D. Pink.
322. — Members for Northamptonshire in Long Parlia-
ment. — I shall be obliged 'by exact date of decease of any of the
following: — sir Gilbert Pickering, bart , M.P. county, 1640-58, died
circa 16685 sir John Dryden, 2nd bart., M.P. county, 1640-55, died
circa 16585 sir Martin Lister, knt., M.P. Brackley, 1640 till secluded
in 1 648. Concerning the last also I should be glad of some biographical
particulars. He was, I believe, the grandfather of Dr. Martin Lister,
physician to queen Anne. -^^ jy^ Pink.
24*
184 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
323. — Election Squib. — Among the papers oi Mr. Thomas
Simco, of Towcester, was found a manuscript containing ten verses
of a squib, or lampoon, entitled ''On a Certain Candidate for a
Certain Office." At the end it is stated that it " was made upon one
Esq. Booth Hard by Kettering Northamptonshire.*' I should be glad
to know what was the "certain office," and what was the date of the
composition. The four last verses are somewhat obscure, and there
seem several deficiencies in the copy, but I give the first six verses,
which will be perhaps sufficient to determine the occasion when they
were written. D. N. Tr
ON A CERTAIN CANDIDATE FOR A CERTAIN OFFICE.
Presaming much on wealth and Birth
A Stewards Son no Higher
A Soldier onoe of Muckle Worth
And now a Little Squire
Unknown beyond three Miles Around
And where beet known Abhor*d
Sequeeter'd in his Desart Ground
Of Brutes alone Rude Lord
Enoourag'd by some two three Friends
Or rather say Betray'd
The Country round his Card he Sends
And Craves Each Voters Aid
On Hinges Long unur'd to turn
Ope Flies the Cellar Door
And Lab'rers now no Longer mourn
Small Beer Lock'd up before
Prophetiok of A Venion Feast
And Better Days to come
Transformed the Kitchen is new Drest
And Bcaroely knows its Home
The Jack in Rust malignant Lost
Like some inactive churl
Forgot almost the Art to Roast
Now nimbly deigns to Whirl
324. — Curiosities op Northamptonshire Printing. — Under
the above title we propose to give from time to time short descriptive
accounts of the more rare and curious specimens of Northamptonshire
typography, and the little book we have chosen to inaugurate the
series is certainly worthy of premier place, both on account of its
rarity and the excellence of the woodcut illustrations and letterpress.
The volume in question is a small octavo — one of the series of chap-
books issued by the Diceys, and we are pleased to be able to present
our readers with a fac-simile of the title-page and its quaint little block.
Curiosities of Northamptonshire Printing . 185
Robin Hood's GARLAND,
Beiug a Compleat
HISTORY
OF
All the Notable and Merry EXPLOITS
perfonn'd by him and his Men, on divers Occafions.
To which is added,
A PREFACE, giving a more full and particular
Account of his Birth, ^c. than any hitlierto publifh'd.
I'll fend this Arrow from my Bow,
And in a Wager will be bound
To hit the Mark aright, although
It were for Fifteen Hundred Pound :
Doubt not, I'll make the Wager good.
Or ne'er believe bold Robin Hood,
Adorn d with Twenty-feven neat and curious CUTS,
proper to the Subject of each SONG.
Northampton: Printed by W. DiCEY.
1 86 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
As is usual in books of this class, no date is to be found in the
volume, and the only evidence as to the time of its publication is the
appearance of the name of W. Dicey alone on the title-page, iu
succession to Robt. Raikes and W. Dicey, which would place the
date of its issue between the years 1725 and 1750. Ihatitisone
of the rarest additions to the catalogue of Dicey chap-books may be
surmised from the fact that we find no mention of it in any of the
lists contained in other similar productions of the firm.
The title-page is backed by a sort of dedication :
TO ALL
Gentlemen ARCHERS.
nPHIS Garland has been long out of
•*• Repair,
Some SONGS h^ing wanting^ of which we
give Account ;
For now at last, by true industrious Care,
The sixteen SONGS to Twenty-seven we mount ;
Which large Addition needs must please, I know,
All the ingenious Yeomen of the Bow.
To reed how Robin Hood and Little John,
Brave Scarlet, Stutelt, valiant, bold and free;
Each of them bravely, fairly play*d the Man,
While they did reign beneath the Green Wood Tree ;
Bishops, Fryars, likewise many more.
Parted with their Gold, for to encrease their Store ;
But never would they Rob or wrong the Poor.
Two pages more are occupied by " The Preface to the Reader,"
in which a succinct account of the Robin Hood legend is given, the
death of the hero being placed in 1195, although the epitaph on his
reputed tombstone at Kirklees has it '*obit 24 Kalend. Dikembris
1247,*' and other authorities represent him as dying in 1294.
However, that is beside our present purpose and need not detain us
longer. We now come to the ballads themselves, which, commencing
on page i, are continued t6 page 86, being in number twenty-seven ;
each one adorned with a small woodcut similar to the one shown in
our fac-simile title-page; preceded by the title of the piece, and
(generally) the tune to which it should be sung. As the volume
before me is undoubtedly a very rare edition of this collection of ballads
it may be useful for purposes of comparison to give the whole of the
titles, &c. A re-issue of much later date, with some slight verbal
alterationSi emanated from the York press^ *' Printed by and for J.
^
Curiosities of Northamptonshire Printing. 187
Kendrew." This also is without date, but we shall not be far wrong
in placing it at the close of the last century. The woodcuts
are very rude and much inferior to those of the Dicey issue. The
contents are almost exactly similar to those of the earlier volume, but
after the epitaph is an addition of *' A New Robin Hood Song," of
no particular interest. This York reprint is a small lamo of 108 pp.
as compared with 90 pp. of the Dicey volume. Of the latter the
contents are as under :
Robin Hood*s Garland, &c.
1. The Pedigree, Education, and Marriage of Robin Hood with Clorinda,
Queen of Titbury Feast: Supposed to be related by the Fidler who
play*d at their Wedding.
2. Robin Hood's Progress to Nottingham, in which he slew Fifteen Forrest-
ers. To the Tune of, Bold Robin Hood, &o.
3. Robin Hood and the Jolly Pinder of Wakefield. Shewing how he fought
with Robin Hood, Will Scarlet, and Little John, a long Summer's Day.
To an excellent Northern Tune.
4. Robin Hood and the Bishop : Shewing how Robin went to an Old Woman's
House, and changed deaths with her, to escape from the Bishop : And
how he robbed him of all his Gold, and made him sing Mass. Tune of
Robin Hood and the Stranger.
5. Robin Hood and the Butcher. Shewing how he Tobb*d the Sheriff of
Nottingham. Tune of Robin Hood and the Beggar.
6. Robin Hood and the Tanner : Or, Robin Hood met with his Match. Tune
of, Robin Hood and the Stranger.
7. Robin Hood and the Jolly Tinker. Tune of, In Summer Time.
8. Robin Hood and Allen-a-Dale : or, the Manner of Robin Hood's rescuing a
young Lady from an old Knight, to whom she was going to be married,
and restoring her to Allen -a-Pale, her former Love. To the Tune of,
Robin Hood in the Green- Wood.
9. Robin Hood and the Shepherd : Shewing how Robin Hood, Little John,
and the Shepherd, fought a sore Combat. Tune of Robin Hood and
Queen Catherine.
10. The Famous Battle between Robin Hood and the Curtal Fryar, near
Fountain-Dale. To a Northern Tune.
1 1 . Robin Hood newly Reviv'd : Or, His Meeting and Fighting with his Cousin
Scarlet. To a New Tune.
12. Renowned Robin Hood: Or, his famous Archery truely related, in the
worthy Exploits he performed before Q. Catherine. To a New Tune.
13. Robin Hood*s Chaoe : Or, A merry Progress between Robin Hood and King
Henry. Tune of Robin Hood and the Begg^.
14. Robin HoodS Gk>lddn Prize. Shewing how he robb'd two Priests of Five
Hundred Pounds. Tune of Robin Hood was a tall young Man, &c.
Id. Robin Hood Rescuing WUl. Stutely from the Sheriff and his Men, who
had taken him Prisoner, and were going to Hang him. To the Tune of,
Robin Hood and Queen Catherine.
16. The Noble Fisher-man: Or, Robin Hood's Preferment. Tune of, In
Summer Time.
1 88 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
17. RobinHood's Daligbt : Or, A Merry Combat fougbt between Robin Hood,
Little John, and Will. Scarlet, and three stout Keepers in Sherwood
forest. Tune of Robin Hood and Queen Catherine.
18. Robin Hood and the Beggar. Shewing how he and the Beggar fought*
and changed Cloaths ; how he went a Begging to Nottingham ; And how
he saved three Brethren from Hanging for stealing of Deer. Tune of
Robin Hood and the Stranger.
19. Robin Hood, Will. Scarlet, and Little John: Or, A Narrative of the
Victory obtained against the Prince of Arragon and the two GKants ;
and how Will. Scarlet married the Princess. Tune of Robin Hood : or,
Hey down, down, a down.
20. Little John and the four Begg^ars: Shewing how he went a Begging,
and Fought with four Beggars ; and what a Prize he got from them.
Tune of, Robin Hood and Uie Beggar.
21. Robin Hood and the Ranger. Or, True Friendship after a fierce Fight.
Tune of Arthur-a-Bland.
22. Robin Hood and Little John : Being an Account of their first Meeting ;
their fierce Encounter and Conquest. To which is added, their friendly
Agreement, and how he came to be called Little John. Tune of, Arthur-
a-Bland.
23. The Bishop of Hereford's Entertainment by Robin Hood and Little John,
&c. in Merry Bamsdale.
24. Robin Hood rescuing the three Squires from Nottingham Gallows.
26. TheKing's Disguise & Friendship with Robin Hood. To a Northern Tune.
26. Robin Hood and the GK)lden Arrow.
27. Robin Hood and the valiant Knight : together with an Account of bis
Death and Burial, &c. Tune of, Robin Hood and the fifteen Foresters.
This, the concluding ballad, ends on page 85 with the following
quatrain :
''There's nothing remains but his Efccapb now,
which, Rbadbb, here you have
To this very Day, and Read it you may,
as it was upon his Grave."
And on the last page appears the epitaph, in modernized spelling,
as underneath :
ROBIN HOOD'S Epitaph.
R<
Set on his Tomh by the Prioress of Birkslay
Monastery^ in Yorkshire.
• OBIN Earl of Huntinotok
Lies under this little Stone,
No Archer tuas like him so good ;
His Wildness nam'd him ROBIN HOOD.
full thirteen Years, and something more.
These Northern Parts he vexed sore.
Such Outlaws as He and his Men,
May England never know again.
FINIS.
Early Crosses. 189
We shall be glad to know of the existenre of any other specimen
of this very curious book. So far as we are aware, the British Museum
does not possess a copy. We are indebted to T. Slaney Eyton, Esq.,
Walford Hall, Salop, for the loan of this unique volume.
In the Taylor collection of printed- sheets in the Northampton
Museum is a broadside with the heading :
The Pedigree, Educatioii, and Marriage of Robin Hood, with Clorinda,
Queen of Titbury Feast. Supposed to berelated by the Fidler, who
play'd at their Wedding.
KomTXAicnov : Printed for Robert Dioey of wbom may be bad all Sorts of old and
new Ballads, Broad-Sbeett. Hutorie^ Piotorea Cat in Wood, and engrav'd on
Copper Plate, Ao. with finer Cote, mnob better Printed, and obeaper tban in any
otberPlaoein EngUuid.
This has a large woodcut in the centre. The pedigree, etc., is in
verse, arranged in five columns. Robert Dicey's name is not of
frequent occurrence. In the year 1746, a sermon preached on
behalf of the county infirmary in All Saints church, was printed by
William Dicey j and, according to the imprint, was "sold by him,
John Pasham, Robert Dicey, etc., booksellers in Northampton."
This approximately fixes the date of the broadside. F. T.
325. — Early Crosses (300). — The editor asks for other
instances of early crosses, similar to those mentioned in his note, p.
148. When the church of S. Nicholas, Stretton, Rudand^ was
restored, in 1881, under the care of Mr. Fowler, of Louth, portions
of crosses and coped coffin-lids, were found to have been used as the
jambs of the Norman south door of the nave, the date of which was
placed, by Mr. Fowler, at 1090. The modern church had, evidently,
been erected on the site of a former building. The carving of the cross
and interlacing work is well preserved, as may still be seen. I took
care of these memorials of antiquity, and placed them on the western
side ot the porch, where they now remain. A coped coffin-lid had
also been utilised for tbe tympanum of the Norman door of the nave.
This was not removed : and the coped portion may be plainly seen
from the inside of the church. It would seem that when the new
church was built, in or about the year 1090, the builders appropriated
to their own purposes the memorials in the graveyard.
CuTHBBRT Beds.
326.— HiNDE Family (a8o). — A communication from T. H. H.
informs us that a pedigree of three generations of the Hinde family
is printed in a StaHbrdshire history, being settled at Evelin, near
Shififnal, and at Eccleshall. George, of the former place, married
Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Skrimshire, of Aquilate; of their
ipo Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
four children one only, Francis, of Eccleshall, was married. His wife
was Anne, daughter and heiress of Henry Tricket of Pershall. Their
children were Henry (aet. lo in 1663), Francis, Brian, and Anne. It
is quite likely that other children were born after this date. Of the
names given in the query in part xii. (280), four would correspond to
this family, viz., Anne, the mother, and Francis, Brian, and Anne> the
children.
The ^rms used by the Hindes of Pershall were these : — Argent
on a chevron Azure three escallops of the field, on a chief of the
second a lion passant of the first : crest, a lion's head erased Argent.
Cr«<(»<«A
7h9(0\ H U^ ^S^H»t^»nr^rt.
327. — The "Cotbs'* near Towcester. — The word co/e as
an afiSx to the names of villages and hamlets is no doubt well known
to readers of *'' N. N. & Q." It is, however, curious to notice how
very unequal is the .distribution of this word in our county. There
are twenty cotes or cotts, six of which, viz., Caldecott-cum-Chelveston,
Holcot, Muscott, Muscote, Nethercote, and Huscote, are far apart j
but the whole of the remaining fourteen are grouped together, round
Towcester, as shewn in the accompanying map. It is to be noticed
that they are all hamlets, not one possessing, or having any tradition
of possessing, either parochial rights or a parish church. Moreover,
with the exception of Heathencote, they are on no main road. I should
be very glad to learn, first, the exact meaning, historical as well as
etymological, of cote, and also any historical reason for the presence of
so many cotes round Towcester, and scarcely anywhere else in the
county. It may be remarked that the country round Astcote, Eastcote,
Descote, and Darlescote, is very "out of the way" to this day.
I have included "Descote," though now it does not strictly exist,
there being no houses, but its lands lie about where its name is
printed on the map. Fawcott, which is S. W. of Foscote, makes up
the fourteen. W. R. D. Adkins.
Sargent Family. 191
328. — Guild AND Guilb Families. — Any information in regard
to these families in England will be appreciated.
329. — RoTHWBLL Market-House. — We commend to our
readers a proposal made at Rotbwell to complete sir Thomas
Tresbam's market-bouse, as a fitting commemoration of tbe jubilee
year. Mr. Fred Barlow, of Rotbwell, has undertaken to act as
secretary to tbe committee that has been formed for the purpose, and
from him particulars can be obtained. Of tbe four buildings which
sir Thomas commenced, one only, the triangular lodge at Rusbden,
was completed in bis lifetime. The sketch that has been issued of
the proposed completion shews a handsome and imposing erection.
A Latin inscription runs round the market-house, of which the
following translation is given in Mr. Gotch's book on tbe Tresbam
buildings : — " This was the work of Thomas Tresbam, Knight. He
erected it as a tribute to his sweet fatherland and county of North-
ampton, but chiefly to this town, his near neighbour. Nothing but
the common weal did he seek 5 nothing but the perpetual honour of
his friends. He who puts an ill construction on this act is scarcely
worthy so great a benefit. A" Domini one thousand five hundred and
sev . . ."
330. — Sargent Family op Northampton (247). — Some
additional particulars of this family have been obtained from North-
ampton. William Sargent's first wife was named Hannah, and she
died in i6j2. They had four children, Elizabeth, Hannah, Elizabeth,
and Mary. As only Hannah and the younger Elizabeth went to
America with their father in 1638, the others were probably dead.
A second wife and a daughter, both named Marie, were also dead.
Any information about the dates of these deaths, or about tbe
immediate ancestors of William, will be most welcome. It is believed
that monuments exist to some of the family in All Saints' church at
Northampton, and that some held public oflices in the town. Coat
armour was granted to Thomas Sargent of Staffordshire, whose
wife's surname was Collier, by sir William Segar 5 and tbe Sargent
family in New England have used these arms, which are thus
described:— Argent, a chevron between three dolphins pariant
imbowed Sable. This coat in Guillim ijs assigned to Serjeant of
Staffordshire. The crest is a dolphin, as on the shield 5 and the
motto " Ut vivas vigila." Can the connection between the North-
amptonshire and Staffordshire families be established ?
Chicago, niinoii. JOHN S. Sargent.
192 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
331. — ^Thb Rev. Canon William Lucas Collins, M.A. —
As most of our readers are aware, the death of this well-known
Northamptonshire clergyman took place at Lowick rectory on
Thursday, 34 March. He had been connected with the county for 34
years 5 and at his death was rector of Lowick, and vicar of Slipton,
and honorary canon (14th stall) of Peterborough cathedral. From
Crockford*s Clerical Directory we learn the dates of bis degrees and
various preferments : — He was scholar of Jesus college, Oxford, and
took his B.A. degree in the second class Lit. Hum., in 1838, and his
M.A. degree in 1841. He was ordained in 1840 ; appointed rector
of Cheriton, co. Glamorgan, 1840; curate of Great Houghton, 1853 ;
and of Brafield, 1862 5 vicar of Kilsby, 1867, where it may be noted
that in less than fkWQ years he built a vicarage house and school, and
restored the church j honorary canon of Peterborough, 1870 5 rector
of Lowick, 1873; vicar of Slipton, 1876. He was also, from 1882,
secretary of the Peterborough diocesan conference, having previously
been secretary to the board of education, before the appointment of paid
diocesan inspectors, and tabulated all the reports for the bishop. Lastly,
he was for some years secretary to the boys* reformatory at Tiffield.
The Northampton Herald, of April 2, after reciting the titles of his
works, has this notice of him : —
" Mr. Collins, as our readers will see by the above, was well known
for his literary abilities, which had secured a wide popularity for his
works ; but it was not for these that he was best known or honoured
in his own neighbourhood. It was rather the charm of a simple,
earnest, genuine, Christian character that had earned the heartfelt afiec-
tion of those among whom his latter years were spent. His abilities
would have won him respect wherever his life might have been cast j
but it is more to his honour to record that he was never known to
harbour an unkind thought, or to breathe an uncharitable word ; that
he was the most faithful of husbands and the most sympathetic of
fathers, and that to the end of his life love and duty were the principles
by which all his conduct was regulated. May there never be
wanting to England a succession of such men to serve God and
their country in Church and State. We may add that Lowick
Church — so well known for its ancient stained glass and medieval
monuments — was indebted to the subject of this notice for the moiety
of the subscription by which the east window was filled with stained
glass a few years ago, and also for the chancel and other lights 3 and
that at the time of his death he was assisting in the contemplated
work of replacing the chancel roof by one of a more ornamental
character.
The Rev. Canon W, L. Collins. 193
"The remains of the rev. gentlemaD were placed in their last resting
place in Lowick Churchyard on Monday afternoon, amidst every
manifestation of affection and regret from his parishioners and neigh-
bours. At the appointed hour the coffin was borne from the Rectory
to the Church by six of the members of the Bible Class, who have
quite recently been under instruction by their faithful pastor. It was
covered with wreaths of lilies, white hyacinths, and ferns, but the
place of honour was occupied by simple wreaths given by the choir,
by the Bible Class, by the Sunday School teachers, and by a cross of
white violets and hyacinths from the Rectory garden, last loving tokens
of affection which were assuredly * of more honour than many
crowns.' "
The following list of his works has been collated by Mr. John
Taylor from his Bihlioiheca Norihantonensis : —
False Fear of ChrUt* a Servioe.r-Oospel for Fifth Sanday after Trinity. In vol. i. of
Praetical Sermons by DigwUariet and olker Clergymen of the Church of England.
1846. 8vo.
The Luck of Ladysmede. In Two Vols. 1860. 8vo.
The Education Qoestion. Reyision a Necessity A Voice from the Unassisted
Schools. (Reprinted from Blackwood's Magazine). 1862. 8vo.
fitoniana. Ancient and Modem ; being Notes of the History and Traditions of Eton
College. 1865. 8vo.
The Public Schools : Winchester, Westminster, Shrewsbury, Harrow, Rugby. Notes
of their History and Traditions. 1867. 8vo.
Paper read before the ArehUeetural Society of the Archdeaconry of Northampton,
1867. Some Notice of an Antiquarian Bishop of Peterborough -Dr. White
Kennett. (Chiefly from the Lansdowne MSS.)
AneieniClauics for English Headers, Edited by the Rev. W. Lucas Collins, M.A.
VirgU. 1870.
Homer. The Odyssey. 1870.
Hoiner. The Iliad. 1871.
acero. 1871.
Aristophanes. 1872.
Ludan. 1873.
Plautus and Terence. 1873.
Liyy. 1876.
Thucydides. 1878.
Foreign Classics for English Readers,
Montaigne. 1879.
La Fontaine, and other French Fabulists. 1882.
Philosophical Classics for English Headers,
Joseph Butler. 1881.
To these may be added numerous essays, reviews, and papers on
▼arious subjects, contributed to Blacktvood*s Magazine during a long
period of years -, amongst them being an article on the death of the
Prince Consort in i86i, which was reprinted in a separate form by
the express command of tbe Queen.
194 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
332. — Brabazon Family op Sibbbrtoft and Hothorp. —
I am wishing for information additional to that I already possess, and
which is noted below, concerning the family ot Brabazon of Sibbertoft
and Hotborp, co. Nortbants., and Mowsley, co. Leic. -, and I am more
especially desirous to know the connection of the Hothorp branch
with the families of Sibbertoft and Mowsley.
In 38 Edward i. Roger Brabazon succeeded Nicholas le Archer in
the manor of Sibbertoft Formerly the Brabazon arms were in the
east window of the church, viz.. Gules, on a bend Or, three martlets
Sable. They also appeared in the following Leicestershire churches :
Eastwell, impaled with the arms of Chaworth and of Harcourt;
Edmundthorpe ; Harby; Glenfield; Oudebyj Oweston, impaled
with the arms of Woodford; Saddington ; and Spoxton, impaled
with those of Woodford. A charter now in the Bodleian shews
that Roger, son of William Brabazon of Mowsley, April 4, 19 Edward
III., granted to John Oudeby of Stokedrie, co. Ruth, the whole of
his lordship in Mowsley, along with iid, annual rent and the homages
and services of the freemen for their lands held of him.
By inquisition 6 Edward vi., Oct. 28, William Brabazon, miles,
was found to be seised of lands in the manors of Eastwell, Mowselli,
Harby, Etton, Wykhara, and Wilnercote. He died June 2 5 Edward
Brabson, his son, being his heir. The name Willa Brabason appears
in an almost illegible Theddingworth manor court roll of the time of
Henry vi. which is in the record office. Lay subsidy rolls in the
same office give the name as follows : — 4 Richard 11., under Thed-
dingworth, "Thomas Brabason**: 16 Henry viii., under Hothorp,
"Thoma Brabson," "Robto. Brabson": 34 and 35 Henry viii.,
under Hothorp, "John Brobson," " Wyllym Brobson": 7 Jac. i.,
under Hothorp, " Edward Brabson *' : 3 and 4 Car. i., under Hothorp
"Edward Brabson."
Elizabeth Brabsonne of Hothorp, widow, died in 1579, 21 Eliz.
In her will at Leicester there is mention of "Thomas Brabasone,
Will" Brabasonnes sonne and Twentye shillings which my husband
dyd bequest him." Also of John, William, and Johan Frowe, the
children of her daughter Agnes ; and her son Crickes fyve children,
Morrice, Richard, Edward, Sybbell, and Agnes ; she names Ellen
Roffe, her brother Humfrie's daughter ) and appoints Gyles Cricke
of Hothorp, who married Jane Brabason ne her daughter, executor of
her will, one of the witnesses to the same being Robert Brabasonne.
Gyles Cricke of Hoothorp, co. Northants., above named, also died
in 1579, he was the son of Maurice Cricke of Kelmarsh, his will at
m
Brabazon Family. 195
Leicester makes mention of his five children ; Morrice, Richard,
Edward, Sibbell, and Agnes. ** To Morrice Cricke, my eldest sonne,
the gamer w*** was my father in laws ... To Sibbell, my eldest
daughter, the great Coffer w*** was her grandmother Brabasons."
One of the witnesses was Robert Brabsonne*
Robert Brabson of Hoothorp, died in 1583. His will at Leicester
is dated 25 Feb, 1582, and was proved in July, 1583. It contains
mention of his wife Alice, son Edward, and daughters, Sybell, Jane,
and Mary 5 also of the children of William Cave of Husband
Bowsworth, and Sybell and Jane Brabsone the daughters of his
deceased brother. He also names James Marstone of Haveboroe,
(Harborough) Thomas Hames of Smeeton, and Richard Brabsone
of Husband Bowsworth.
Particulars for grants in the record ofHce (temp. Edward vi.)
mention Edward Brabson as a tenant of land &c., in Hothorp, parcel
of the possessions of the monastery of Sulby, co. Northants.
A Transcript of the Theddingworth parish register at Leicester,
of date 1613, has : —
1628. " George Greene & Eliz : Brabson marr^ Nov. 3."
The above-named George Greene was vicar of Theddingworth.
He died there in 1662, as he was preparing to quit his living in
consequence of the act of uniformity by which such clergymen as
could not conform to the established church were compelled to quit
their livings by S. Bartholomew's day, Aug. 24, 1662. He made his
will 25 Feb., 1662 ; it was proved at Leicester 12 April, 1663. From
a transcript of the register of Barkston, deanery of Framland, co.
Leic, it would appear that he married his first wife, Agnes Poule, 24
Nov., 1617. His second wife, Elizabeth Brabson, died in 1673, the
Theddingworth transcript at Leicester for that year having the
following entry: —
" Mrs. Greene y* wid. of Mr. Greene, Min', was buryed March ye
i4» 1673."
'' Alice Brabasonne, d. of Edward Brabasonne and Anne his wifFe, bap.
6 daye of Marche."
The extant Theddingworth parish register commences in 1635 and
has Brabazon entries as follows :
1625. "Thomas Buston, of Harborowe, & Jeane Brabson, of
Hothorp, maryed ffeb. vij."
1640. "John Yakesley, Gierke, and Alee Brabson, maryed March vi.**
It is supposed that the ancient and noble family of Barbanzon,
Brabazon, or Br^banzon, assumed that surname from the castle of
196 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
firabazon in Normandy, whence Jacques Le Brabazon (called '* le
grand Guerner/') came to the aid of William duke of Normandy,
in his conquest of England. The name is inserted in the roll of
Battle Abbey. John, his son, succeeded him and had his residence
at Betch worth, co. Surrey, in the reigns of Henry i. and 11.
Adam le Brabason, his son, who lived in the time of Richard i.
and Henry ill,, aliened some part of his inheritance.
Thomas, his son. Succeeded him at Betch worth, and married
Amicia, daughter and heir of John de Mosely. of Mowsley, co Leic,
and by her had a son, knighted in 1628, sir Roger le Brabazon, of
Mowsley and Eastwell, co. Leic. He married Beatrix the eldest of
the three sisters and co-heirs to Mancel de Bissett ; and by her (who
re-roarried with William le Gaunt, and was buried in Christchurch,
London,) had two sons, Roger and Matthew.
Roger, the elder, was knighted ; and by charter, 28 £dward i.
had a grant of free warren at Croxhall and Twyford, co. Derb.j
and Hareworth, co. Notts, j Sibbertoft, co. Northants. 5 Moseley,
and Guthmundele (Gumley), co. Leic. In 1317 he was lord
of the manor of Saxby, co. Leic. which he held at the time of
his death. He married Beatrix, daughter and heir to sir John
Sproxton, of Sproxton ; but dying without issue was succeeded by his
brother Matthew, who is stated to have had, by his wife Sarah, two
sons ; sir William, his heir j and Roger, who was prior of Tynemouth.
It would appear that sir William Brabazon lived at Garthorp, co.
Leic, ao Edward 11. He married Joan, daughter to sir William
Trussell, of Marstou Trussell and Lamport. They lie buried in the
church of Sproxton, where their arms were impaled.
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333- — A Northamptonshire Record Society. — Would it
be possible to start for this county a society similar to that lately
founded in another part of the country, '' The Lancashire and
Cheshire Record Society *' ? This association undertakes the public-
ation of such original historical papers relating to those counties as
may be obtainable. It has already issued a list of all the wills and
administrations at Chester, some parish registers, some corporation
records, and other similar documents. There is ample material in
Northamptonshire for such an enterprise, and I should be very glad to
do anything in my power to heH forward such a plan, which ought
not to lack efficient support.
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Brooch of Marj, Queen of Scots.
The Gradual Decay of Kirby Hall.
Crick Family, of Hothorp.
Tradesmen's Tokens of Horthamp-
tonshire.
Knights of the Boyal Oak.
Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica.
Local Dialect.
Chained Books in Churches.
Bforthampton Castle.
Oorham Family of Churchileld Manm-.
Sir Walter Mildmay.
Korthamptonshire Brieft.
Engravings in Ounton's Peterburgh.
BecoUections of the old Grammar
School, Northampton. (^
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348
349
350
351
Civil War, 1642.
Barly Crosses.
Vanx Family of Harrowden.
Wellingborough and the Sari of
Warwick.
Crosses cut in the Turf.
Earl of Winchilsea.
8W A Monumental Inscriptions from other
Counties.
natives of Northamptonshire.
Verses on an Arrest at Northampton.
1658. ^ •
The Haycock at Wansford.
Lord Mayors of London who were
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334. — Brooch op Mary, Queen op Scots. — I have in ray
possession a silver brooch, purchased by me sorae years ago, and said
to be a copy of a brooch worn by the unfortunate Queen of Scots. I
should be glad to know if the original brooch is preserved, and where ?
In the centre of the brooch is the monogram of a double M, with two
flowers above, and two below. On either side, within the ornamental
border, is the Scotch thistle and the French fleur-de-lys. A. coronet
surmounts the brooch.
Holmby House. J. T. P.
335. — The Gradual Decay op Kirby Hall (30a). — I send
the following further notes relating to Kirby, feeling it desirable that
we should place on record, in as permanent a form as possible, all
that we can glean as to the condition of this "stately home ** during
the period of its long decay. I have two or three times visited the
fast-crumbling pile, and on each occasion have marked with sorrow
the inroads made by time on the fabric of this most interesting
mansion. When I last saw it (in 1885) I failed to find several
features that had stnick me on my former visits, and I was no longer
able — as on an earlier occasion-— to find my way to the gallery over-
looking the great hall 5 while ceilings and portions of interior walls
which I remembered as still standing had wholly disappeared. The
greatly increased growth of parasites on the outer walls, too, indicate
the hastening process of decay ; and although the fragrant mass of
honeysuckle overhanging the lichened wall is beautiful to look upon,
it only the more forcibly recalls the rotting masonry on which it
feeds. Most lovely as the venerable old house looks in its sylvan
setting, I have left it after each of my infrequent visits with a feeling
of profound melancholy : so sad it seems to see this lordly dwelling-
place deserted and utterly uncared for.
To my own experience I append a short description of the house,
published some forty years ago, with two engravings of the house:
"Although now deserted, this very venerable and exceedingly
beautiful mansion ranks among the finest of the kingdom. For
upwards of two centuries, it was the seat of 'The Hattons,'— the famous
Sir Christopher and his lineal descendants, the Earls of Winchelsea.
It was built by Humphrey Staffprd, the Sixth Earl of Northampton 5 the
architect was John Thorpe, and two plans of the building are
preserved among his collection of sketches in the Museum bequeathed
to the nation by the late Sir John Soanej one of them is thus
distinguished:— 'Kirby, whereof I layd the first stone, 1570.' Not
long afterwards, it came into the possession of the Lord Chancellor
Hatton, who obtained it from Queen Elizabeth in exchange for that
26
198 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
of Holdeobj — a superb structure erected by him, and which Camden
describes as ' a faire pattern of stately and magnificent building which
maketh a faire glorious show/ and as ' not to be matched in this
land.* It is more than probable that Kirby was largely added to —
perhaps finished — by Sir Christopher ; but that it was commenced by
the unhappy family of Stafiford is evidenced by the ' Boar's head out
of a Ducal Coronet^' and the name ' Humfree Stafford/ to be found
on several parts of the building. The front was decorated by Inigo
Jones about the year 1638. The mansion is the property of the
present Earl of Winchelsea, who was born there.
" It remains in a comparatively good state of preservation, but it is
certain that in its now neglected and deserted condition, the encroach-
ments of time will not be withstood much longer. Its situation, like
that of so many structures of the same date in England, is unfortunately
low, and the difficulty of drainage (it is liable at times to be flooded)
offers some excuse for removal to a more eligible site. The approach
is through an avenue of finely-grown trees, extending above three-
quarters of a mile. The first Court-yard resembled that of Holdenby
— a balustraded inclosure, with two grand archways. The external
front is the work of Inigo Jones, by whom also much of the interior
was considerably altered. Passing through this, the visitor enters the
principal Quadrangle. 'On each side of the arched entrance are
fluted Ionic pilasters, with an enriched frieze and entablature ; the
arched window above, opening upon a gallery supported by consoles,
has a semi-circular pediment, broken in the centre, and inclosing a
bracket for a bust, with the date 1638/ The window is, however,
an insertion by Inigo Jones, and being of a much later date than the
other parts of the front, sadly mars the effect of the architecture of
old Thorpe.* The third story contains the motto and date : —
'JB. SBR4T 157a, LOTAL/
"The Garden front has a raised Terrace — now a co^m field — in which
the slopes and a few ornamental seats yet remain, ij'his front supplies
one of the grandest examples of Elizabethan architecture existing in
England. It was built by Thorpe, and essentially! agrees with the
German School of Architecture of that day — whfcch the British
Architect had evidently studied. The Garden seats, vases, &c., of
which there endure only broken fragments, are imi the style, and
believed to be the works, of Inigo Jones. The Gardein was terminated
by a remarkably picturesque little bridge, ornamented with a balustrade
and scroll work, now, like all other objects about tme structure, or
connected with it, submitted to the wanton assaults oft every heedless
M
• The upper portion is now hidden by a mass olf ivy-
The Gradual Decay of Kir by Hall. 199
passer-by. Modern Vandalism has, indeed, been very busy every-
where within and around this venerable Mansion ; — a farmer occupies
a suite of rooms, the decorations of which would excite astonishment
and admiration in a London Club-bouse; farm-servants sleep
surrounded by exquisite carvings 3 one room in the south side of the
Quadrangle, decorated with a fine old fire-place, in which are the arms
of the Lord Chancellor, served, at the time of the artist's visit, the
purpose of a dog-kennel 3 and an elegant Chapel, constructed by
Inigo Jones, is entered with difficulty through piles of lumber and
heaps of rubbish. The Finials crowning the pilasters and gables in
the quadrangle formerly held staves, with moveable vanes (in metal)
* turning with every winde.* **
In Notes and Queries, 5th S. xii. 122, is an interesting sketch,
signed " Florence Compton," of a visit to Kirby in 1879.
** Sir ChriBtopher Hatton's ' lordly hooae * of Kirby being mentioned in the
account of a vifiit to Naseby {ante p. SI), a description of its present state may
be interesting, and perhaps indaoe those who do not koow it to visit one of the
finest, if not the finest, of old Elizabethan houses before its walls fall down.
" One afternoon, at the end Jnly, I went to see it. From a country road a
gate opens into fields, and driving across them, grey roofless gables and
large mulHoned windows are seen between fine old trees. The house stands in
a large field, and all round the ground slopes gentiy up at a Utile distance from
it, so that it is not seen till you are near, and, being so retired, is said to have
been thought of as a hiding-place for George III. when Napoleon's invasion
was expected. • Before the entrance is a large, square enclosure, within grey
atone waUs, with three gate ways, one in the centre of each side ; the part of
the wall opposite the house has an open arcade on the top. Through a front
now roofless and windowless, designed by Inigo Jones, you enter the very large
court, and it is like a great Italian palace made English by the mullioned
windows. On all sides are pilasters two stories high, fluted, with rich capitals ;
and two bands of carving, flowers, with the Sta£Pord knot and Hatton crest, go
all round above the windows. Over two of the pilasters on the great hall side
are carved these letters : —
HUX STAF
VBB FOBD
The house was begun by the Staffords. Four beautiful doorways, with two
delicate columns on square bases, having richly carved capitals and lintels, open
into the court on each side to the right and left on entering ; and opposite, a
portico of the ** three orders,** the beautiful littie pilasters of the upper stage
hidden under a mass of ivy, forms a projecting centre between five-storied
mullioned windows, those on one side belonging to the great hall. This side,
opposite the entrance, is solid and deep, and forms the great block of the house ;
and here a few rooms remain, and you can go up the stone staircase, with no
balusters and partly open to the sky, but still keeping in the centre its fine
stucco oeiling of bold Italian design. It leads to a few rooms, one having a
wooden chimneypieoe, a niche and wreaths of fruit, and the cornice of the room
is of fruit with a ribbon twisted round. There are two or three more rooms
26 •
200 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
with ceilings and oomioes of the same date (early eighteenth century), and a
beantiful wreath on the ceiling of a little room in the portico opening into a
balcony. Bnt only curiosity can make one forget the risk of walking in
these rooms, where the ceilings look as if in a few minutes they would come
down.
"In the great hall a Jacobean waggon-roof ceiling remains and the wooden
music g^ery, supported by large acanthus-leaf brackets. Beyond this a door
leads to broken steps at the back, down which, tradition says, Sir Christopher
Hatton once handed Queen Elizabeth ; and going down you see, as she did, on
the right a bold projection with two bays of round mullioned windows, two
stories high. You go on into the field that was once the garden, famous,
Bridges says, in his history of Korthants, for its plants and exotics, and from
it the view of the house is very beautiful. To the right, looking eastward
are the great mullioned windows, with trees behind them, and opposite the
south front of the house, with eleven gables varjdng in shape, proportion, and
ornament. White pigeons fly in and out of the one gable that has a roof ; we
found swallows' nests in the drawing-room, a hen warned us out of the hall,
and the rooms with the round mullioned windows are shared by an old man and
a goose. And this ruin has taken place in one lifetime. But nothing could be
more beautiful than it was on that, almost the first, summer day, with the grey
walls, mellowed with lichen in the sunshine, masses of hart's-tongue fern for
hangings inside, patches of golden stonecrop in windows and balconies, and
thick velyet moss on the beams that once supported the floor of the long goUeiy,
down which Sir Christopher danced with the queen. The chimneys are very
good, and all the earring is unhurt by time.
** Good photographic views may be. had of Mr. Drake, Uppingham, but the
details should be carefully studied and photographed, for they are of unusual
beauty ; and one can fancy that in the solemn, somewhat ponderous grandeur
of Burghley, and in the graceful splendour of Kirby, may be seen the diflferonce
in the characters of the two great men for whom they were built. Sir
Christopher wrote in 1680 that he was going to take a pilgrimage to Dene
* to view my house of Kirby, leaving my other shrine — I mean Holdenby —
still unseen, tmtil that holy saint may sit in it to whom it is dedicated.'
Holdenby has long been gone, all but a fragment, before photographs were
invented; but we ought to learn every lesson that Kirby can teach, we
children * of an age that lectures, not creates,' before it is silent for ever."
Neither of these accounts mention the elaborate carvings on the
pilasters on- each side of the entrance to the inner court. I believe
an engraving of these appeared in the Building News, in the early
part of 1876.
The engraving which illustrates this article is a reduced fac-simile
of a lithotint by W. L. Walton, from a drawing by J. D. Harding,
published in 1844. F. A. Tolb.
336-— Crick Family, op Hothorp. — 1 am wishing to find
the marriage license, bond, or entry in parish register, relating to the
marriage of John Crick, of Hothorp, co. Northants, and Anne,
(surname unknown), sometime about 1704-5. In connection with
Tradesmen's Tokens of Northamptonshire, 201
such enquiry it occurs to me that the following notes from deeds
relating to the above nanaed John Crick's fine, levied about the date
of his marriage, may be useful, since in all probability his wife
Anne was related to one or other of the persons named therein.
Deed to lead to the use of a fine, dated 15 Jan. 3 Anne, between
John Crick of Hothorp, co. Northants, yeoman, and Henry fiarwell
of Marston Trussell, co. Northauts, gent., for the barring and docking
of all estates, tail, and remainder, of and in lands situate in Thed-
dingworth, co. Leic, in the possession of William Musson and
Jonathan Martin.
John Crick's fine is dated 27 Jan. 1704-5, fifteen days from day of
S, Hilary J it is between Eusebius Buswell, jun.,esq., Henry Barwell,
gent., Richard Buckby, gent., and John Moore, plaintiffs; and
William fiacon and Mary his wife, Thomas Hurst, gent., John Crick,
and Mary filakesley, widow, deforciants. It refers to lands in
Cadeby, Buckminster, Thed ding worth, and Husbands Bos worth.
R. E. L.
337. — ^Tradesmen's Tokens op Northamptonshire (245,
263.) — Boyne says of this county : — "There are only halfpennies and
farthings of this county. There are Town pieces of King's Cliffe,
Northampton, Oundle, and Peterborough." An explanation of the
small letters after the value of each token is given in the former
article.
ASHLEY.
1. O. lOHN . GRANGER = Three awls? ^d.
Mr. Pretty says ** Three Cloves ; Grocers* Arms."
R. OF . ASHLEY . 1668 ^^ HIS HALFB PENNY.
Engraved in Boyne, (Plate 26, No. 1.)
AYNHOE.
2. O. THOMAS . NORRIS . IN = HIS HALF FENY. -Jd.**
R. AYNHo . VFON . THE . HILL =s A Hou rampant
Engraved in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 1.
Engraved in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
Thomas was probably landlord of the Bed lion, a sign generally represented
by a lion rampant. This device may perhaps have been adopted as fUlasive to
the arms of a former lord of the manor, Shakerley Marmion the poet.
3. O. PETER . PRVCB . AT . THE . BEL = A bell, and P . M . p. id.*** «
R. AT . AYNO . ON . THE . HILL = HIS HALF PENY. 1 668.
Engraved in Baker's History of NorthamptonBbiie.
202 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
BARNWELL ST. ANDREW'S.
4. O. SAMVELL . WRIOHT . OP = A doVC. S . S . W -Jd.*
R. BARNWELL . ST . ANDREW =: HIS HALFE PENNY. 1667.
Tbia epedmen is not mentioiied by Mr. Pretty.
BOWDEN.
[4a] O. RICHARD . BRONSON = R . B id.
R. IN . BOWDEN . 1658 = A pack borse.
Tbis may belong to Leicestersbire, Great Bowden being in tbat county,
wbilat Little Bowden is in Nortbamptonahire. Tbey are only a few miles
apart.— Prtf//y.
Engraved in Bridges* Kortbamptonsbire, No. 8.
BOZEAT.
5. O. WILLIAM . OLOVBR = W . O -Jd.**
R. OP . B02BAT . 1668 = HIS HALF PENY.
A variety in the British Museum has a flower between the w . o
BRACKLEY.
6. O. BARTHOLOMEW . ATTOW = A bcU. ^d.*'
R. IN . BRACKLEY . DRAPER = B . A
Engraved in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
In Boyne'e list the name of the issuer is spelt as above, but there is reason
to think it is mis-spelt, and that it ought to be Alton. When James n., Nov.
11, 1686, granted the first recorded charter of incorporation, the name of
Bartholomew Atton is mentioned as one of the first 18 burgesses.
7. O. CONNOWAY . RANDS = A sugar loaf. -Jd.*
R. OF . BRACKLEY . 167I = C . R i
Engraved in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
8. O. coNAWAY • RANDS == A lion rampant. ^d.
R. OF . BRACKLEY = C . R
Engraved in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
In a charter of incorporation of King James n., dated II Nov., 1686,
Conway Bands* name occurs as one of the first burgesses of the corporation,
and in another charter, dated 17 Sept., 1688, his name again occurs as a burgess.
9. O. MARY . SKILDBN . AT . THE ^ SVN = The SUn. Jd.*
R. IN • BRACKLEY . 1665 = HER HALFE FBNY.
Engraved in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 2, reads <* Penny."
Engraved in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
Tradesmen's Tokens of Northamptonshire. 203
10. O. lOHN . STOAKBS =: Three cloves. id>
R. OF • BRACKLBT . 167O = HIS HALF PENT. I . S
Among the oommanion plate belonging to St. James' Ghnrch is an old
paten, on which is mdelj engraved, *< Given to the parish of St. James in
Braokley, by Matthew Gadle, William Maiior, Bartholomew Oadle, John Stokes,
Richard White, William Bartholomew, and Martin Basfoote." The above
seven persons are said to have been the lord and servants of the Whitson ale,
or the mMrris dancers.
John Stokes of St. Peter's parish was assessed for 4 hearths in the tax of
1669-70.
11. O. ROBERT . wiLKiNs . OF = Head of Charles II. id.'
R. BRACKLT . HIS . HALF . PENT = R . B . W
Engraved in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
These initduls are the issuer's name and his wife's, Robert and Elizabeth
Wilkins. On the tokens the family name always appears at the top,
w.
thus, B. B. For the greater convenience of printing they are placed in a row,
as B. B. w. — Fr$Uy.
This quotation from Pretty solves the difiBoolty expressed by a correspondent
at p. 91.
I a. O. WILLIAM . WILLIAMS = A lioo rampant. ^d.
R. HIS • HALFE . PENT = BRACKLBT. 1670.
Engraved in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
BRIGSTOCK.
13. O. THOMAS . ALLEN . CHANDLER = The Grocers* Arms. id.*
R. OF . BRIOOSTOCK = T • A
Thomas Allen soflered for being a Quaker. 1666. — OoUUng.
BRINGTON.
[13a] O. IAMBS . MASON . MERCER . OF s The Mercers* Arms. id.
B. BRIGHTON . HIS . HALF . PENT = 1668.
This specimen is not mentioned byiMr. Pretty.
This is unquestionably a Northamptonshire token, as suggested by Mr. H.
8 Gill, who gives these reasons for so thinking : ^ 1 think that the parish near
Brixworth, containing Chreat and Little Briton, (as formerly spelt, and still pro-
nounced) must be the one meant ; as the Sa»Bex Brighton is always spelt
' Brighthelmstone ' on the tokens; and New, Brighton, the growing sea-side
place in Cheshire, was not then in existence."
BULWICK.
14. O. WILLIAM . WATTS = HIS HALF PENT. W • M . W ^d/^
R. OF . BYLWICK . 1669 = A SWaD.
204 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
CORBY.
The token issued by Thomas CoUingwood of this place belongs to th e
lincolnahire Ck>rb7, near Bourn.
DAVENTRY.
i6. O. EDWARD . ARNOLD = The Groccrs' Arms. id.
R. OP . DATNTRBB . 1667 = B . A
Engraved in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
17. O BASSET = (Detrited.J
R. OP . DAiNTRY = The Grocers' Arms.
There is reason to think that the Ch ristian name of the issuer was Henry,
as about the period of the issue of the above token Henry Bassett was Bailiff
of the Borough, viz., 1651, 1665,and 1676. Henry, probably of the same family,
was Bailiff in the years 1748, 1756, ITv'te.
18. O. RICHARD . FARMOR = The Grocers' Arms. id
R. IN . DAiNTRBE = A man standing.
Engraved in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
19. A variety from a different die^ a tree near the man. id.
The tree on this variety of Farmor's token is evidently allusive to the seal
of the borough, whioh instead of arms, has a man with an axe on his right
shoulder standing against a tree, being evidently a rebus on the traditional
etymology and common pronunciation of the name of Dane'iree, It is dated
1595, and circumscribed Sigillum Ck>mune Burgi Be Danetre N. S.
In the B.M. specimen the man appears to be holding a tree in his right hand.
20. O. ZACHEVS . FREEMAN . BOOK = A book clasped. id.
R. SELLER . IN . DAVENTRY = Z . F
Engraved in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
21. O. THOMAS . ORVBB = S | { id..
R. IN . DAVENTREB = • j |
Engraved in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
22. O. WILLIAM . HEALT . IN = Adam and Eve. id.*
R. DAVENTRY . HIS . HALF . PENY = A rose and crown.
Engraved in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
DEENE.
23. O. ROBERT . DAY = R . A . D id.*
R. OF . DEANE . 1668 = HIS HALFE PENNY.
DUDDINGTON.
24. O. RICHARD . NiN = A pair of scales. iD. id.*
R. OF . DVDIN6TON = R . N
This specimen is not mentioned by Mr. Pretty.
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FINEDON.— See Thingden.
GEDDINGTON.
25. O. lONATH . ROWLETT = I . R id.*
R. OP . OBDIN6TON = 16^4.
[250] A variety in the British Museum dated 1664. id/
Engraved in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 6, the date 1664.
a6. Another similar, dated T 6 j7. id*
27. O. THOMAS . wALLis = The Gfocefs' Arms. id.*
R. OP . GEDIN6TOM = A sugar-loaf.
Engraved in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 5.
GRENDON.
28. O. THOMAS . 6AWTHERNE = T . E . O
R. IN ORENDON =: The Cordwainers* Anns.
Engraved in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
HADDON, WEST.
29. O. ELiSHA . ALMET = The Grocefs* Arras. id.*
R. OP . WEST HAOOEN = HIS HALP PENT.
Engraved in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 7, reads " Haddon "
HARRINGWORTH.
30. O. THO.BEARLY .HARINWORTH = HISHALP FENY. T.A.B id.*
R. THE . PACK . SADLE . A . CARRIER = A pack-saddle.
[30a.] A variety in the British Museum reads = carier. id.**
31. A variety reading "the . pack . saoel . a . caror.'* id.
Engraved in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 8.
The pack saddle is very different from that of No. 80 ; the saddle appears
rihhed.
HARTWELL.
32. O. WILLIAM . chvrch . OF = A pair of scales. id.*
R. HARTWELL . HIS . HALP . PBNY = W . A . C. 1 666.
HIGHAM FERRERS.
Z^. O. lOHN . CHBTLB . OF = A stick of candles. id, *^*
R. HIGHAM . FERRIS . 1667 = ^IS HALPB PBNY.
34. O. HENRY . CHBTTLE = A stick of candles. id.^
R. HIOHAM . FERRERS = H . C
2o6 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
^^. O. GILBERT . NBovs . 1669 = The Blacksmiths* Arms. id.
R. IN . HIGHAM . FERRERS = HIS HALF PENT. O . B . K
Engraved in Bridges' Korthamptonshire, No. 10, reads <* Ferers." ^
36. O. SYM . PAN . . ALE = ■ Arms. id.
R. IN . HIGHAM LB == S . M . P
37. O. TWTFORD . woRTHiNGTON = A goat passant holding a
garland in its mouth. (The Worthington Crest.) id.*
R. OF . HIGHAM . FERRERS = 1656.
Engraved in Boyne, (Plate 25, No. 2.)
[37a] Another variety. Date 1666. id.
Engraved in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 9.
KETTERING.
38. O. lOHN . FOX . 1664 = The Grocers' Arms. id.
R. IN . KBATRINO = I . F
Engraved in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 12.
39. O. lOHN . LADS . OF . KET = 1664. id.
R. TERINO . NORTHAMSH = I . A . L
Eng^ved in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 13, read '* Ladds."
[39a] On a specimen in Mr. Golding's Cabinet the name of the
issuer is spelt with two d*s and is dated 1657.
40. O. THOMAS . WEBB . MERCER = The Mercers' Arms, id.*'
R. OF . KETTERING = T . W
Engraved in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 14.
KILSBY.
41. O. lORN . BYROIS . MERCER = HIS HALF PBNT. id.
R. IN . KILSBEY . 1670 = I . M . B
Engraved in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
KING'S CLIFFE.
42. O. KINGS . CLIFFE . HALF . PENT = A CrOWn. id.» ^
R. CHAINGED . BT . Y^ . OVBRSBBRS = A flour-de-ljS.
Engraved in Bridges* Northamptonshire, No. 42.
43. O. lANB . BROWNB . l66o = I . B id/
R. IN . KINGS . CLIFF = HER HALFB PBNY.
[43a] O. lANB . BROWNB . IN = I . B id.
R. KINGS . CLIFFE . l66o = HER HALFB PBNY.
This is fnll halfpenny size. J. B's first supply of halfpence became speedily
exhausted or else she would not have required a new issue.
Tradesmen's Tokens of Northamptonshire. 207
44. O. lANB . BROWNE = lC6o \A.
R. IN . KINGS . CLIFB = I . B
45. A variety has the date 1668. id.
46. O. THOMAS . LAW = The Grocers* Arms. id.*
R. IN . CLIPE . 1659 = -^ P^^'^ ^^ scales.
47. O. THOMAS . LAW =. 1 665. id.
R. IN . CLIFFS . 1659 = T . L
[47a] O. THOMAS . LAW = 1 665. id.*
R. IN . CLIFB . 1 6j9 = T . L
Engraved in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 4, reads '* In Olife."
This is onrious from having two dates on it.
LAMPORT.
48. O. lOHN . WBBCH = The Mercers' Arms. id.
R. IN . LAMPORT = I . W
[48a] A variety has on the Obv. The Haberdashers' Arms. id/
[48^] O. lOHN . BROWNING = St. Gcorge and the Dragon. id.
R. OF . LAMPORT = I . M . B
LOWICK.
49. O. LBwis . FVLCHiN . 1 666 = A Stag. id.
R. LVKWIK . ALIS . LOWICK = HIS HALF PBNT.
[49a] O. LBWBS . FVLCH . IN . 1 666 = A hart. id.
R. LTKWICK . ALIS . LOWICK ^ HIS HALFB PBNNT.
Engraved in Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. 16.
This ooin is in the cabinet of Mr. C. (folding, who is of opinion that No.
49 is wrongly described by Mr. Boyne.
LUTTON.
50. O. MATTHBW . oosTON = A pack-horse. id.
R. OF . LVTTON . [l6]49 = M . M . O
If this date is correctly given it is the earliest of the Northamptonshire Tokens.
[50a] O. MATHBW GOSTON = A pack-horsc. id.^
R. OF LVTTON . L . O. = M . N^ . O
Not dated ; may mean Lutton Overseer.
MOULTON.
51. Leefe*s token has been assigned by Mr. Simpson to the
Lincobshire series.
2o8 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
5a, O. lOHN . PERYN . MOVLTON = A pair of scales. id.*
R. NORTHAMPTONSHER =r I . P
Engrayed in Baker's History of Northamptonshire.
53. Another, differing in size and arrangement of the letters.
In Bridges' Northamptonshire, No. n , is an engraving of a token
thus inscribed : —
O. OARDENAR . iSHAM . IN = The Groccrs* Arms. Jd.
R. IXWORTH . GROCER . 1668 = HIS HALF PENT.
But there is no parish of this name in the county.
It has been suggested that two letters are omitted in Bridges'
engraving, and that the place meant is Brixworth. But the name
Gardenar Isbam does not occur in the Brixworth registers ; and it is
known that a member of the Isham family, of Lamport, went to
reside in Suffolk. This token, probably, belongs to Ixworth in
Suffolk.
338. — Kniohts of the Royal Oak. — At the restoration
Charles ii. instituted a new order of knighthood, entitled the order of
the " Royal Oak.'* The knights were to wear a silver medal, with a
device of the king in the oak, pendant to a riband. The order
afterwards fell into abeyance.
The following is a list of the knights so created for Northampton-
shire, A.D. 1660, with the annual value of their estates : —
£ 5. d.
Humphrey Orme, Esq., of Peterborough . . looo o o
Edward Palmer, Esq. do 1200 o o
Bryan Johnson, Esq. do. 1000 o o
Greorge Clarke, Esq. of Watford 3000 o o
Walter Kirkham, Esq. of Fineshade-Abbey . . 800 o o
Tanlield Moulso, Esq. of Thingdon .... 600 o o
William Stafford, Esq. of Blatherwick . . . 3000 o o
William Tate, Esq. of De-la-Pr6 .... 1500 o o
John Willoughby, Esq 600 o o
Edward Onley, of Catesby, Esq 1000 o o
John Adams, Esq. ....... 1000 o o
Francis Arundel, of Stoke Bruerne, Esq. . . . 1000 o o
Francis Thursby, Esq. of Abington . . . 1000 o o
Thomas Morgan, Esq 600 o o
Francis Lane, Esq. 600 o o
Alton Hall, Birmingham. Alfred J. Rod w at.
Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldtca, 209
339. — MiscBLL4NEA Genbalooica ET Heraldica. — We give
here a list of Northamptonshire references in the four volumes, new
series, of the above valuable work, published, between April, 1870, and
December, 1883. The editor, Dr. Howard, is well known as an
accomplished master in genealogical and heraldic studies, and his
work should be in the hands of all who are interested in them.
Gosin, bp. of Dnrham, dn. of l^eter-
borough, i. 24
Laurence and Washington (north
WUts) i. 46, 68
Eeginald Bray, of Stene, i. 62
Sanderson family, i. 71
Robt Barton, of Brigstock, i. 174
Newton Barton, of Irthlingborough, t^.
Haldenby or Holdenby, of Holdenby
and Isham, i. 246, 247
Henry, earl of Peterborough, was
deputy to Henry earl of Norwich,
earl-marshal of England, 1676, i.
301
Sotheryn, of Higham Ferrers, i. 302,
306
Begd Stewart Boddington, of Eings-
thorpe, (enquiring about family of
Ball of Hackney) i. 315
Hatton, Humble, Lane families of
Roysthorpe, i. 316
Wm Harbord, of Ghrafton Park, i. 318
Cooke, of Eingsthorpe (pedigree, grant
of arms &o.} i. 346-360, iii. 212
Lambe, of Newton Bromshold, i. 355
Sir Richd Lane, of Northamptonshire,
i. 366
Wakerley, extracts from registers,
with notes,!. 416,417
Weston, i. 416
Fotheringhay, i. 416
J. G. Parkhurst, of Catesby, i. 419
Walter Sly, of Dosthorp, i. 443
John Johnson of Brampston, i. 451
Ezeohiel Johnson, of Paulerspury, t^.
John Jenkinson, of Passenham, i. 455
Tho. Pickering, of Blakesley, i. 456
Margaret Worley, of Towcester, i. 456
John Jenkinson, of Towcester, t^.
Rich. Ed. Sheppard, of Stoke Bruem,
ib.
Simon Ward, escheator of Northamp-
ton, ii. 63
Longueville of Little Billing, ii. 63
Castle Ashby ch., ii. 66, manor, t^.
Woodhull, ii. 61
Sir John Spenser of Wormleighton,
ii. 109
Sir Tho. Cave of Stamford, ii. 114
King, possibly of Northants, ii. 120
Tho. Woolsey, archdn. of I^orthamp-
ton, rect. of Thomhaugh, J.P., ii. 123
WooLjey Johnson, of Wilby, ii. 123
Thenford, burial at, ii. 125
Edm. Haselwood, of Northampton, ii.
128
Wm. Page, of Nurston, ii. 163
Rob. Bodyngton, of Scaldwell, ib.
Bp. Dove, ii. 216, iii. 161
John Houghron, of Gnnisberry, ii.
217
John Watkins, of Badby, ii. 241
Kingsthorpe, burials at, ii. 244, 245
Sr John Robinson, 5th bart., M.P. for
Northampton, ii. 248
Molesworth family, from John Moles-
worth of Helpston, temp. Hen. viii.
ii. 280-289
Anthony and Willm Molesworth, of
Fotheringhay, ii. 28
Tho. Hurland, t^.
Kennett pedigree, ii. 287, 8, iv. 428
Rob. Deepup, of Dogsthorpe, ii. 288
Edw. Biglsnd, of Peterborough, ib,
Francis Eyre, of Warkworth, ii. 299
Jos. Webbe, of Wilford. t*.
Mary, wife of Louis baron Buras of
Holdenby, ii. 305
Tho. Shepard, of Wilbarston, ii« 306
Carey-Elwes family of Gt Billing, ii.
566, iv. 133, 135, 148
Mary, dau. of Bp. Henshaw, of Peter-
borough, ii. 402
Tho. Gresham, of Peterborough (inn-
keeper) ii. 418, iy. 263
John Parker, of Northampton, ii. 451
2IO Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Guilsborough, Tho. Sikea, vio. of, ii.
459
Henry Sawbridjre, sheriff of • North-
ampton, ii. 425
Fran. Welford, of Daventry, ii. 426
Sir George Denys, of Eaaton Neston,
ii. 583
Serjeant family, of Castor, iii. 161
Harington family, of Wolphege, 229,
236, 269, 285, 316, 398, 401, 436
Green family, iii. 327
Tho. Cooke, iii. 355
Bp. Jeune, iii. 382
St. John family, harts., iii. 365, 356
Bernard family, harts., iii. 356
Longthorpe, tablet in, iii. 359
Bp. Marsh, iii. 386
John Nassau Simpldnson, of Brington,
iii. 389
Beg^ters at Harringworth, extracts
from, iv. 61
Wall family, query about, iv. 54
Sir John Harpington, of Old, iy. 63
Ann Marmion, of Aynho, iv. 108
Tho. Haweis, LLD., of Aldwinkle, iv.
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Peter Kye, of Culworth, iv. 135
Valentine Sparrow, of Kettering, and
others, iv. 171
Daniel Amiand, of Holdenby, iv. 180
Wilmer family, of Sywell, (plates of
arms) iv. 238, 239
John Wingfield, eecheator for North-
ampton, iv. 262
Maddock family (now Ashby), of
Naseby, iv. 263
Chr Smith of Northampton, iv. 369
WodhuU, or Woodhull, of Thenford,
iv. 417, 418
Lord Crewe, of Stene, iv. 417, 418
James Hennell, of Kettering, iv. 440
Sir Wm. Hatton*s funeral certificate,
nephew of sir Ch'., of Haldenbye,
son-in-law to sir Thus. Cecill, of
Burghley, iv. 440
Lord Burghley, iv. 83, 263, 240
340. — Local Dialect (43, 64, 109, 167, 223, 258).— I here
give a few additional examples of local dialect which have come to my
knowledge since my former lists were prepared. None of them is
found in fiaker or Sternberg.
Bet : past tense of beat.
Block : " We must each stand on our own blocks," said as an equiv-
alent to " be answerable for our own deeds."
Bonny-rake : a large rake for hay or straw.
Booby : dressing machine to sift corn and separate the sorts.
Breears : briars.
Change : in a person's last illness the expression is nearly always
used, " He changed for death," at a particular time.
Chingle : used of the rattling noise and motion of the chain-harrow :
•' It goes chingle, chingle, chingle."
Clout, or possibly glout : a hollow under a pillar.
Church-book : " I've come to put down my name in the church-
book," that is, have the banns of marriage published.
Eggs and bacon : the laburnum. Baker has the expression as used
toT the bird's-foot trefoil.
Fastly : thoroughly, entirely. "They're not fastly well."
^
Local Dialect. 2 1 1
Force-put : Hobson's choice, no alteruative.
Frost: name for children's complaint commonly known as the Thrush.
Gore : a part of a field, usually triangular in shape, which presents a
difficulty in measuring, as interfering with the quadrilateral form.
Jet : a bowl at the end of a long pole used for ladling out water.
Mauling : '* The ground is mauling/' sodden, too wet to work.
Prince's-feathers : the lilac.
Ram : to cram. ** The church was rammed."
Rattlejack : the bearded wheat, Rivett's wheat.
Wrong-handed : old fashioned people are very particular about
walking at funerals " wrong-handed,'* that is, with the man on
the left hand side.
To these examples of dialect may be added some of the retention
of old inflections and grammatical forms. A word ending in st forms
its plural by adding a syllable (just as brush or fox) ; thus I have
heard, •* nestes,** "wristes," " break fastes/' "postes,** "roostes."
The old plural in en is also retained frequently in the words *'housen,"
"closen,'* "placen.'* *'Mysen,*' "hissen," are not uncommon for
myself, himself. The adjective termination en is retained in
" boarden," made of boards. The old form of the past participle is
still in use : '* I wish I'd letten her go "; " Has your little boy gotten
better?" The object of a verb is sometimes placed first for
emphasis, but probably this is not peculiar to this county : '* If you'll
me believe." Such words as " deaf," " bread," ** breadth,*' are
commonly pronounced as though spelt "deef," &c. While the
vowel sound in "earth," and in the first syllable of •'earnest,"
"Herbert," is given as air, "airth,*' &c. I have not else-
where but in the north of the county heard the u in "build"
pronounced, but there it is almost universally sounded with great
distinctness. There are two uses of the verb have that are note-
worthy. This word is used as an auxiliary to the verbs ought and use,
" He had ought to have come." "Why has Tom left off going to
church ? he used to go." " Yes, he had." And it is also used, as it
seems redundantly, with the verb have itself; as in the sentence "He
hadn't 'a gone," formed apparently on the model of the sentences
" He wouldn't 'a gone," " He should 'a gone," and the like. ^
"Totting" for eels is not spearing, as given in art. 258, but
sinking a bunch of lobworms (stnmg on worsted) about .the size of
a turnip, in a shallow in the stream. The eels bite, and are gently
lifted over the side of the boat, and allowed to drop off. The string
is fastened to a short stout stick. I have repeatedly seen the
212 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
operation on the river Nene. " He's gone totting " was a commoD
expression when looking for the man who used to throw the cast net
for us. The expression, among the same class, " a tot of ale " was
common enough. It meant a mug of ale.
" Cleaving," or '* glejving," is a term for catching eels with the
eel-spear. This implement is not barbed or pointed, but has serrated
blades, which open and pinch the victim, and hold him till he is
squeezed out (generally with the foot) into the boat. " Glaive," or
" gleive," is a dictionary word for a sword : but an eel-gleave is
not at all like a sword. A. P.
341. — Chained Books in Churches (303). — Your corres-
pondent "R. B. S." will find an interesting article on chained
books in Book Lore for July, 1887, headed "Volumes in Fetters."
A quotation from this I forward : —
"A list of the various books still to be found jealously chained to
desks would be interesting, not only to the bibliophile, but many
who, engaged in antiquarian and other pursuits of a similar character,
look with pleasure on the manners and customs of our forefathers.
At no very remote period books commanded a large sum in what
did duty for a market, and the possessor of a dozen volumes was
looked upon as a collector of considerable renown, while he who
had twenty or perhaps thirty kept a small fortune on his shelves.
" Readers being few, books were scarce, and such as were in the
possession of public bodies, were frequently chained to the desks upon
which they lay, as a precaution against their being surreptitiously
carried off. The usage, it is evident, was owing to the scarcity of
books, and may be traced back to distant ages. It was common in
St Bernard's time, for he says in Serm. IX., de Divers, No i. : '*Et
est velut communis quidam liber, et caten& alligatus, ut assolet,
sensibilis mundus iste, ut in eo sapientiam Dei legat, quicumque
voluerit,*' speaking clearly of a custom which was known to all,
though it was specially applicable to books on the reading-desks of
churches ; nor did these books always consist of Bibles and Prayer-
books, as is supposed by many to have been the case
''An order for the setting up of the Paraphrases of Erasmus in
English upon the Gospels in some convenient place within all churches
and chapels in the province of York will be found in Grindal's
Injunctions for the Laity. We do not think that any chained copy is
now to be found within the province of York, or, indeed, elsewhere
in England. Time and a change in popular habits and customs
could hardly leave such bndmarks standing to our day.*'
Northampton Castle. 213
Particulars of an instance where chained books jet remain in
Northamptonshire — at Walgrave — will be found in Notices of Archhp.
WUliams by B. H. Beedham ^ an extract from which I append : —
'' Upon a desk at the east end of the Nave is a Bible, which is old
enough to have been obtained at the suggestion of Williams, for it
bears upon the title page of New Testament the date 161 1. It has
been restored and bound, and is secured by the original chain and
lock, together with the Second Book of the Homilies^ of an edition
printed in 1676, and which no doubt replaced one of earlier date.
There exist also the imperfect remains of, probably, the first volume
of the edition of 1551 of the Paraphrase of Erasmus upon the New
Testament. These books, it will be remembered, were ordered by
public authority to be placed in all Churches i and as Williams, in his
capacity of Bishop, made inquiries if they were duly provided in the
Parishes under his jurisdiction, so we see evidence yet remains that
they were not wanting in the Parish Church of which he was Rector.*'
J- T.
342. — Northampton Castle. — In the early part of the year
1863, excavations were made within the area of the Castle mound at
Northampton ; and, in the north-eastern angle of the inner ballium,
the excavators came upon the remains of a very early Norman build-
ing. A noble circular pier, 3ft. loin. in diameter, and 4ft. 6in. in
height, was found, in excellent preservation and admirably wrought
of the red native iron-stone. The abacus was quite perfect and the
masonry sharp and clear. The shaft in parts was of a bright red, as if
it had been subjected to the action of violent heat. Heaps of stones,
some of which were evidently the voussoirs of an arch, were turned
up in the immediate neighbourhood, red also with fire ; and the evidence
was strong that large buildings on the site were destroyed by fire and
violence. As the excavations proceeded, part of a wall was discovered
about ten feet north of the pillar ; the foundations of the correspond-
ing walls — south, east, and west — were also traced j and it was
manifest that the pillar was the central support of a vaulted chamber
about twenty feet square. The north wall was about three feet thick,
strengthened or ornamented by a flat pilaster-like buttress on the inside.
There had been two windows or apertures in the wall, apparently
round-headed, very low, and broadly splayed, so as to bring the open-
ing, which must have been extremely narrow, in the centre of the wall,
from which there was a corresponding splay outwards. There is
scarcely room to doubt that the ruins thus unexpectedly opened to day-
light are referred to in the survey of the Castle by the Commissioners
appointed for that purpose in 1393. Mr. Hartshorne gives a copy of
28
214 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
this inquisition in his valuable Historical Memorials, p. 145. The Com-
missioners report — "quod in castro Northaraptonae magna aula, longa
camera juxta aulam versus Austrum et magna camera juxta aulam,
versus Orientem et capella yma versus Austrum comhusta fuerunt
tempore domini Ricardi de Lemesy quondam custodis castri predicti;'*
that the great hall, the long chamber next the hall towards the south,
and the large chamber next the hall towards the east, and the lower
chapel towards the south,. were burnt in the time of Richard de
Lemesy, formerly keeper of the aforesaid castle. The 'same inqui-
sition speaks of the chamber in the new tower, and other buildings,
as having been destroyed by Nicolas de Segrave, but the word used
in this case is "dirutae," while, in the other, it is "combusta," and
the marks of a great conflagration are here unmistakeable. The
Commissioners estimated the cost of repairs of the buildings at ^400
for the masonry alone, for the carpenters' work ^200, besides other
necessaries, making together the sum of ^702— a sum equivalent to
something like ^8000 of our present currency. It is evident these
repairs were never executed. There were other restorations reported
as necessary by the same Commissioners — a chamber in the new tower,
six small towers in the circuit of the walls, weak walls, and an insecure
barbican — and it may have been thought necessary rather to attend to
the outer defences and the newer buildings than to the structures which
had been so utterly ruined. It would appear that, after the destruction
of the building now discovered, the ruins were undisturbed, and, in
course of time, became wholly covered over, so as to form part of the
earthworks of the fortress. The woodcut, which was sketched on
the spot by the late Mr. De Wilde, represents the pillar and the north
wall, with the openings already described.
The more recent discoveries made in clearing the ground entirely
of the castle ruins, for the purposes of the London & North-Western
Railway Company, in 1869, are described in the proceedings of the
Architectural Society of the Archdeaconry of Northampton for iSSo.
343. — GoRHAM Family of Churchfield Manor (307). —
William de Gorham, living in 1338, was the last recorded owner
of the larger Northamptonshire estates, including Churchfield manor
also called Gorham manor. He also held lands in Cransley and
Flore, though Amicia (of the Leicestershire branch) held other lands
here as well. There are probably now living in the New England
states, as well as in England and the colonies, as many as a hundred
descendants of John Gorham, of Benefield, who was born in 1621.
The branch in Huntingdonshire was doubtless descended from
William of Churchfield ; except perhaps that settled at S. Neots,
Gorham Family. 215
which used a different crest. The Lincolnshire family and the
Churchfield family were collaterals. All were by presumption
descended from the old stock at Westwick-Gorhambury, and at
Sarret, co. Herts., which divided perhaps as early as 1 xjo, certainly
not later than 1203.
To the places in this county named as having settlements of the
Gorhams, Glapthorne should be added. L. D'A. Jackson.
In the Army and Navy Gazette for March is published a most
interesting memoir of major-general Joseph Gorham, (Governor of
Placentia, Newfoundland,) who died in or about 1790. It is from
the pen of the correspondent who has furnished the above note,
and gives some further particulars of the family, and makes mention
of many of their foreign possessions. £p.
I send some extracts from the registers at King's Cliffe, and one
from Nassington, relating to this family.
Stamford. J. SiMPSON.
KINGS* CLIFFE.
Baptisms.
1592 " Matthew son of Matthew Gorham, 9 Aug."
1600 "John son of Matthew Gorh*m, 9 Aug."
1663 *' Lyonell son of John Gorham, Oct. 16."
1669 " Matthew son of William Gorham, Apl. 5."
Marriage.
1608 " James Gorth'm & Anne Cleapoole, 27 Oct."
Burials.
1599 " Matthew y« sonne of Matthew Gorh'm, 8 July."
1605 " Grace dau. of Matthewe Gorh'm, 20 July."
X607 " Margaret, dau. of Matthewe Gorh'm, 4 Oct."
1609 " Agnes the wife of Matthew Gorham, 26 Apl."
1613 "William son of James Gorh'm, 26 Mch."
1614 "Matthew Gorh'm, 18 May."
1670-1 " EUenor Grorham, 23 Mch."
NASSINGTON.
1597-8 " John Goreham, bur. 3 Feb. "
344.— Sir Walter Mildmat (318). — In the last line of this
article the church of S. Bartholomew the Great, in Smithfield, is
referred to as '* the Oldest Church in England.** It is perhaps well
to note that this is a lapsus pennce for " in London," although few
will have (ailed to observe that the expression was a mere slip.
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345. — Northamptonshire Bribfs (25, 78, 97, 106, 260). —
The following additions to our lists are taken from some notices of
collections at North Walsham, co. Norf., recently published in The
East Anglian : —
Towccster. 1706. i6 Mar. " Collected upon a Brief for Towces-
ter in Northamptonshire for a loss by fire " 8f. 2}(f.
1 7 12. 28 Sep. " towards a loss by fire at Little Brickhill
in y* County of Bucks & an' fire at Towester in y« County of
Northampton (y* loss being 12701b) " 35. ^\d.
Thrapston. 17 19. 17 Jan. "for a fire in Thrapston in the County
of Northampton (the Loss computed to be 3748**') " 35. io\d.
In the list of briefs read at Bottesford church, co. Line, given in
Peacock's Church Furniture , app. xi., is this : —
" Ffor Tewcester in Northampton a letter of Request July 22, 1677 '*
25. 8(/.
346. — Enoravings in Gunton's Pbterburgh. — The
following notes relative to the etchings of Peterborough Cathedral
given in dean Patrick's publication of the Rev. By m on Gunton's
history of the building, published in 1686, may not be without
interest at the present time.
The first plate in Gunton presents an external view of the east
end of the cathedral, differing from such view at present only in
the following points : —
I. The showing of the leaden spire then existing over the bell
tower.
II. The octagonal leaden stage on the lantern tower with its
battlemented parapet, existing until the removal of the same by the
Chapter order passed June 28, 18 10.
III. The lady chapel is wanting. But the entrance door,
afterwards inserted, and still remaining, in a filled up arch, is shown,
(with its very hinges) as well as the windows which Mr. Craddock
states were brought from the cloisters, and inserted into the other
arches. (Of course all is seen nearly as at present.) We know
the lady chapel was taken down in 165 1 ; of course this plate must
therefore be later than that year.
The second plate is an etching of the west front, borrowed from
the Monasticon (inscribed below "Daniell King sculp: 22"). It
presents the lead spiie, and a semi-bulbous leaden roofing over the
S.W. unfinished tower.
It shows, however, a casing of the ancient western doors with a
much richer design of perpendicular wood work than that wherewith
Engravings in Gunton^s Peterburgh. 217
they now are covered. As the present looks not very old wood, it
seems likely a repair, including, unfortunately, an abandonment of the
old rich design, took place towards the end of the last century or the
commencement of the present.
The third plate is another borrowed from the Monasticon, being a
view of the north side of the church. In this a seeming error in
representing the plane of the n. end of eastern aisle of n. transept as
if at first receding, may produce the idea of incorrectness of the
view of lady chapel. But it arises actually from shading of the bad
original drawing, or from carelessness in transferring to the plate by the
etcher ; a carelessness which so mixes a narrow strip of choir roof
(seen over the ridge of lady cbapel) with the n.e. pinnacle of the
apse, that in the plate it may be taken for a sort of bell-tower or
ventilator on the roof of this kdy chapel — which it is not. (This is
inscribed " D : King delin : et sculp : 23.")
The fourth plate is inscribed at base " The Old Altar-peice, beaten
down by the Souldiers in the great Rebellion."
The object here shown is thus distinctly stated to have been
destroyed. However, the original sketch may have been borrowed
from some earlier and much ruder view, for certain fragments of the
reredos in the shape of quater-foils (square, not round) and fragments
of canopies, lately found, seem to have a possibility of assignment to
parts of it.
Its '' make-up ** is undoubted, for while the twelve steps stated in
Gunton*s text to have led up to it are wanting, the rails represented
appear to be those entered in the chapter accounts as paid for in 1663.
The salver seen placed on the table is in fact that used at present.
The one " gifted " by Bp. Joseph H^nsbaw to replace the older stolen
by the parliamentar>' soldiers, but recovered and restored by colonel
Hubbert in 1643, to be afterwards in 1667 stolen and not recovered.
Gunton (p. 97) tells us the ornamental canopy work of reredos
was destroyed July 13, 1643, by captains Barton and Hope (see
P* 334> Francis Standish*s account) ; while the plain walling below
stood until 1651 (p. 97).
The manufacture of this view prior to 1684 is suggested also by
the fact that its author does not reproduce the simple reredos (by
chapter ordered to be made by Mr. Thamer in that year,) shown in
Bridges' view of the choir.
The "Abbots Chaire'* shown in it (and of stone) is, however, a
production of the artist's fancy : an error of which a note on p. 97
2i8 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
of Gunton*s work suggests the cause. As seen remaining so late as
when Bridges* plan was made, there was under the arch, on tbe south
side of the altar, a shrine, having a wall down its centre, with an open
arcade on each side to choir and to aisle. Its ornamentation can now be
seen in the part preserved plastered up against n. wall of apse, together
with a portion used to form a window in the east wall of tbe great
gateway at the entrance to the precincts. Several fragments of it
were lately found under the floor at the west end of the s. aisle of choir,
proving it to correspond in date and workmanship with Abbot R*
Kirkton*s gateway to present deanery. Its solid base was of some
height. Thus, inside the choir, where the altar platform of twelve
steps high abutted, it would be high enough to permit that side
of the arcade to serve as a sedilia, or the so-called " abbot's chair."
In this way we can explain also Gunton's statement that *' the Abbots
Chair of stone adjoyning to the ^uth end [of the reredos], suffered
no alteration^ but continued to our tiniest Which a stone chair placed
anywhere on the platform could not have done, as it would have had
first to suffer through the pulling down with ropes of the canopy work
of the reredos ; and next, the destruction of the solid wall behind
it with the platform of twelve steps on which it had stood in i6ji.
The whole explanation appears to be : — i. That the sedilia side of
this shrine was what was termed the " abbot's chair *'} which, being
under the arch and unconnected structurally with either reredos or
steps, had thus escaped even to dean Patrick's time. xi. It escaped
the building of walls across the opposite arch on n. side, and the
next two arches west, on both sides of the choir, in 1693. iii.
Thus reaching the period of the making of the plate of plan of the
church for Bridges' work (Bridges is said to have commenced
collecting for his work in 1719, and died in 1724).
This shrine had most probably undergone removal when the erasure
of so many old landmarks of the interior took place by dean
Lockier in 1733 and 1734. An entry in the audited accounts of
chapter seems to fairly settle the date of these drawings and the
making up of this sketch. For as before stated, dean Patrick's
publication of Gunton's work and the large additions the dean made
to it took place in 1686.
The audited accounts of chapter for 1684-85 contain the following
entry : —
*'To Mr. Fawket y" Limnr for several draughts about
y« Minster by y« Dean's Order (Dean S. Patrick) £1 15 o *•
Northampton Grammar School. 219
Thus the two drawings engraved (the above first and fourth) cau
scarcely have been by any other author but this "limner" Mr.
Fawket, whoever he was.
What became of Gunton's MS. and dean Patrick's additions to it,
and of the drawings, is not known. The dean became bishop of
Chichester, but it is not in the chapter library there. Is it at Ely ?
A plan of the interior was made about 1720. Under chapter
accounts fur 1720 appears : —
"Paid Valentine Deeping for a groimd plan of y* Church £0 10 6"
Could this have to do with Brown Willis* work, and be the plan
therein given ? or may it be connected with vol. 56 of bp. White
Kennett's collections in Lansdown collections, Brit. Mus. " Reliquia
S. Petri de Burgo,'* containing the Antiquities of the Church, Fol. 118,
1720, intended to have been published by that bishop?
Under the head of Extraordinary Expenses, 1772-1773, in the
chapter accounts appears the payment of ^f 2 1 00 for the purchase
at the sale of James West, Esq., of bp. Kennett's own copy of
Gunton with his MS. additions. This is now preserved along with
Swapham, &c., in the library. It is, however, very disappointing in
regard to the architectural history of the fabric, but presents the
following note by that bishop : — *' This abbot's chair is said to be at
the seat of sir John Cotton at Coning ton. Memorand. that I make
application for it.*'
In reference to the above mentioned shrine on south side of
choir of abbot R. Kirkton's period, we have evidence of shrines or
monuments of that sort existing in the cathedral prior to the date of
the erection of the shrine on the south side of choir, for Kirkton only
became abbot in 1496. But in 1474 Thos. Tanfield orders his body
to be buried in the abbey choir near the relics of S. Oswald.
Peterborough, Jas. T. Irvine.
347. — Recollections op the old Grammar School,
Northampton. — "To the east of S. Peter's," says Bridges, in his
History of Northamptonshirey vol. i. p. 449, "was the church dedicated
to S. Gregory. It was confirmed to S. Andrew's convent, with the
other churches in the town, by Hugh Wells, bishop of Lincoln. In
the old taxations there is no mention of it ; but, pursuant to a special
commission issued for that purpose, it was rated in 1538, 29 Hen.
VIII., at \\\\s, iv{/.'* John de Sancto Medardo was incumbent in the
year 1235, and Henry Breton in 1532. "From this time forward we
meet with no more incumbents presented to the church of S. Gregory.
220 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Cardinal Pool archbishop of Canterbury by deed dated at Greenwich
4 Id. Mart. 1577,* at the petition of the parishioners of All-Saints
and S. Gregory's, and with the consent of John bishop of Lincoln
in the vacancy of the See of Peterborough, annexed the parish of
S. Gregory to All-Saints, and granted the site and church of S. Gregory,
then in ruins, for a Grammar-school, with the vicarage house as a
dwelling for the master."
Nearly a quarter of a century has passed away since this old
grammar school was closed. The school, I should judge, had been
for some years in a declining state. This was certainly the case
during the last ^we years of its existence (the time the writer
attended). Many who read these notes will remember how the Rev.
Charles West, M.A., (the respected master) used to refer to those
better times when the school was more richly endowed ; when it
could boast of two, if not three, masters 5 and when more attention
was given to keeping the building in proper repair. In those days,
Euclid, mathematics, and Greek, were included in the curriculum —
at least so it was stated on the paper at the front of the master's
desk. On this paper was also marked the minimum size of slate
pencil allowed to be used. A too close attention to the principles of
slate pencil economy resulted disastrously to the free grammar school
boy.
Let it not be inferred, however, that Mr. West was a severe
master. He frequently drew our attention to the motto, " Be just
and fear not,** which, to the best of its faded ability, adorned one of
the school walls. He used to show his regard for this motto by never
inflicting punishment upon any of his pupils without first asking one
of the older boys, " Is there any doubt about it ? ** He invariably
received a reply in the negative j but how some of us (to whom,
alas ! he never appealed) would have rejoiced if the answer had
been ''Yes!"
Mr. West loved, now and again, to break the monotony of school
life. At one time it would take the form of a familiar talk on plants
— suggested by some simple flower which he had plucked in his
garden, through which he had to pass on his way to school. As we
knew his discourse would certainly shorten our usual " grind " at
Latin or English grammar, we never failed to be interested. At
another time (some sunny afternoon) we were sent off in parties of
four, in different directions — some to Berry Wood, others to Dane*s
Camp, &c. The next day we had to write a short account of our
^ This ia an error of Bridges, because the cardinal died in 1568. The see of
Peterborough was vacant in 1657 ; and this probably is the true date.
Civil War, 1642. 221
excursion. These were not the days of "cramming." A third
instance of a welcome innovation was when Mr. West would say
from the desk, '' Occupy your time for half-an-hour," at the end of
which time he would go round to see how we had improved the
opportunity. Generally speaking, he did not complain. On one
occasion, however^ he was shocked hy the attention a pupil was giving
to Valentine Vox, and told him to substitute books of history or travel
for such trash. But judge of his horror on the next occasion when he
discovered that his instructions had been literally obeyed by the
youth providing himself with Gulliver* s Travels,
Mr. West was a strict churchman (at one time chaplain to the
borough gaol), but he was thoroughly tolerant towards those of
us whose parents were nonconformists, allowing us to substitute
Watts for the Church Catechism ; whilst every pupil was required on
Monday mornings to hand him a note, signed by a parent, to the
effect that he had attended " divine service " on the day preceding.
There was one feature of the old grammar school that was
altogether unique, viz., the playground. Under our restless feet was
the dust of many an old saint, whose remains, hundreds of years
before, had been committed to the earth in the churchyard of S.
Gregory. Reference has been made to Mr. West's talks on plants.
I suppose it was the great interest he took in gardening that led the
boys to place fences along two sides of the playground, and so make
themselves gardens in miniature. In digging a few feet below the
surface, we were sometimes awe-struck on beholding a human skull
which our spade had laid bare.
However, we were not a school of gardeners merely. Our sports,
I imagine, were as varied and as boisterous as those of any other
school ; and when our territory was invaded by the " Green " boys,
we usually gave a good accoimt of ourselves.
One learns with great regret that both school and playground are
now gone. But where are the "boys** who felt such pride in
being "on the Foundation?" Could a re^union be arranged?
Although many miles removed from the old town, such a meeting
would be attended and greatly enjoyed by
lianohester. " Secono-Smith."
348. — Civil War, 1642. — ^The following interesting extract
is from a rare tract of eight pages published by order of parliament
on the a6 Aug. The year is not given 5 but the events described
took place in the year 1642. The title is lengthy, commencing with
" Newes from the Citie of Norwich : " the portion of the title relating
29
223 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
to this coanty is as follows : '* Also shewing the resolution of the
Inhabitants of Northampton-shire, being 4000 men ready arm'd, in
the opposition of the Cavaliers, who are Enemies to the Parliament, and
the Protestant Religion : Also how some Parliament men of North-
ampton-shire, have in two dayes the last week, taken subscriptions of
of {sic) plate and money, to the value of 3000 pounds, and 480 Horse
brought in by the Countrey-men into Northampton."
The passage here given is to be found on pp. 1-3.
'• From Northampton-shire.
"There are good and prosperous informations brought from
Northampton-shire ; for the towne of Northampton is verie strong
having 4000 men in Armes, and 400 Horse for the defence thereof : and
as soon as the Earle of Peterborough comes downe, whom they verie
earnestly do expect, they hope to declare their magnanimitie and
fidelitie to the Parliament, for being animated with standing in their
defence, they intend with much cheerfuU alacritie to declare themselves
against my Lord of Northampton and his Cavaliers. Coventrie
(whither of late the King is march'd to set up his Standard) hath a
thousand men in Armes, that will lose their lives in repelling any
hostile violence that shall bee ofiEered by the Kings Forces, having
taken away a Peece or two of Ordnance, and a load of Armes from
my Lord of Northaroptons men last week. The generall and
inclinations of this countie doe stand right and full of integrity to the
Parliament, so that some of our Parliament men being come downe,
they have so well confirmed them in their resolutiobs to stand for
the Parliamen, that by taking subscriptions of plate, money, and
horse, they have found the cheerfull bounty of the County, so ample
and affectionate, towards them, so that in 2 dayes sitting they have
got to the value of 1000 1 worth of plate, and twice so much money,
and about 2 or 3 hundred horse, many yeoman men comming in with
Tol and a horse, and 20 1 and a horse, and the Parliament have
subscribed so many horse, and so much money in the County as they
did in London 5 the commissioners for the Array finding that
Northampton is so well replenished with men and Armes, doe grow
somewhat timorous and fear full to execute their ofike, and there is
nothing lacking for the defence of the Town, but Ordnance,
whereby they might be able to defend the money and plate, gathered
and collected by subscription, beiug a booty that will be much aym*d
at to instigate the ravenous Cavaliers, who are ready to attempt
anything especially being drawn on by the temptation of getting and
obteyning any considerable prize.'*
T. J. G.
Vaux Family of Harrowden. 333
349. — Early Crosses (300, 325).— A good fragment of a very
early cross is preserved in the baptistery of Stow-Nine-Cburcbes.
It was discovered at the restoration of the church about 30 years
ago> amongst other stone built into a gallery at the west end. It has
on one side rich interlacing work^ and on the other a much larger
flowing design. The whole fragment is 26 inches in height, narrower
at the head than at the f oot^ so that it is very probably a portion of
a churchyard cross. There is little doubt that it is of Saxon date.
In the tower of the church a portion of " long and short work "
is to be seen, so that a church existed here before the Norman
conquest.
Stow Rectory. M. Crawlbt.
350. — Vaux Family op Harrowdbw. — I shall feel much
obliged if any reader of " N. N. & Q.*' can assist me in the following :
Elizabeth countess of Banbury (widow of sir William Knollys,
earl of Banbury) married Edward lord Vaux of Harrowden, North-
ants, a few weeks after the death of her first husband ; and the claims
to the barony of Harrowden and earldom of Banbury rested princi-
pally, I believe, on the question whether her son Nicholas was by her
first or her second husband. This Nicholas Knollys, commonly
called earl of Banbury, married twice; first, Isabel daughter of
Mountjoy Blount, earl of Newport, by whom he had a daughter Ann ;
and secondly Ann daughter of lord Sherard.
All authorities are agreed in making Ann (daughter of Nicholas^
earl of Banbury) wife of sir John Briscoe of Broughton, Northants«
and Amberley Castle, co. Sussex, but I wish to know if she did not
first marry a Charles Fry. My reason for thinking so arises from
what Dugdale says in his Baronage, p. 413, and in the addition to his
Baronage in Collect: Topog: et Geneal: vol. 11. p. 212, where it says:
" This Nicholas, earl of Banbury, first married Isabel, daughter to
Mountjoy Blount, earl of Newport, by whom he had issue one
daughter, Anne, married to — Fry, of — in co. Dorset.*' This
remark is strengthened by an entry in Membury parish (Devon)
register, '* 1668. 10 Nov. Mountjoy sonne of Charles Fry, gent., and
the lady Ann his wife, bapt. bom 19 Oct last past."
The Charles Fry here mentioned was in all probability one of
the sons of William Fry, of Yarty, Devon. There was also a case in
the Court of Chancery about this time (1668) see Cases in Chancery,
p. 138, Reports in Chancery, vol. ii. p, 14., Ventris Reports, pt. i.,
Harleian MSS. 1222. fo. 88. " Charles Fry and Ann his wife and
Mountjoy Fry an infant versus (Jeorge Porter an infant represented
29*
224 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
by George Porter his uncle," which goes to show that this Ann
Knollys (or Koowles) actually did marry Charles Fry.
Can any one throw further light on the subject, as to when and
where Ann Knowles married Charles Fry, and when and where their son
Mountjoy Fry died ? And also when and where the said Ann married
sir John Briscoe, and when she died ? I shall be happy to go into
further details with any one who may have any notes on the subject.
Sir William
Knollys, earl
of Banbury,
let busb.
Ann dan. of ^
lord Sherard
2nd wife.
Elizabeth
Howard dan.
of Thomas,
earl of Suffolk.
== Edward Dfountjoy
lord Yaux Blount,
2ndhu8b. earl of
Newport.
I
Nicholas,
called earl
of Banbury
== Isabel
I Ist wife
Ann
dau. of
lord
Boteler.
Thomas
Porter
Sir John
Briscoe
2nd husb.
Yarby, Kings' Norton.
Charles Fry
Ist husb. (F)
k
Mountjoy Fry
George iPorter.
E. A. Fry.
351, — Wbllingborough and the Earl op Warwick. —
In the Topographical and Statistical History of Northampton, which
forms a volume in Cooke's English Traveller, published early in the
present century, it is stated in the journey from Bozeat to Kettering,
that " we cross the river Nene and enter Wellingborough ; '* and then
the writer adds : " Entering Wellingborough, on the left is the seat
of the Earl of Brooke and Warwick."
Which was lord Warwick's seat ? Was it the house known as
Swanspool ? and now occupied by Mr. Pearce Sharman ?
Parkhurst, Hatton Park, WeUingborough, JuLIA CoNRON.
352.— Crosses cut in the Turf. — It was the practice in
many parts of the country to cut a plain cross in the turf at places
where any person had met with a sudden or violent death. I
remember the newspapers giving an account of this being done on
the spot where bishop Wilberforce, of Winchester, was killed by a fall
from his horse. I have read in some work on this county, though I
cannot find the reference, that several of these crosses were to be seen
in the parish of Rushden. But during a stay of five or six weeks in
the parish I could not find one ; and the present rector, canon Barker,
tells me be does not know of one.
Earl of Winchihea. 225
The only instance I know of is in my own parish of Deeping
Gate. In August, 1877, a man shot his little son, a boy of two years
old, and then destroyed himself, on the grass by the road side about
a quarter of a mile from the Deeping S. James bridge. In the case
of the child a verdict of wilful murder was returned against the father ;
and in the case of the man a verdict of felo de se ; and his body was
accordingly interred the same night without any religious service.
Two crosses were cut in the turf on the spot where the tragedy
occurred ; and these have since been trimmed and cleared of the grass
that concealed them. The arms of each of the crosses were about one
foot in length.
Does any one know of other instances in the county ? ^
353. — Earl op Winchilsba. — The late Georgejames Finch-
Hatton, Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham, Viscount of Maidstone,
died 00 the nth June, 1887; he was the tenth earl of Winchilsea,
and succeeded his father in
1858, he married first the Lady
Constance Henrietta Paget, the
second daughter of the Earl
of Anglesey, by whom he had
a son, who died in 1879, ^^^
three daughters. After the
death of the Lady Constance,
Lord Winchilsea married the
Lady Elizabeth Georgiana the
daughter of the Marquis of Conyngham.
Lord Winchilsea in his early youth was an ardent lover of the
chase and rode well to hounds ; he afterwards became a supporter
of racing and owned some good horses, Imperieuse being the best
animal he ever possessed, but he parted with her before she won the
St. Leger in 1857.
His Lordship used frequently to correspond with the papers on
sporting and classical subjects, his earliest contributions being to the
Keepsake and The Gentleman s Magazine ; he wrote and published in
i.849 ^ paraphrase of the Book of Job, which was considered an
excellent production 3 he also published in 1879 under the name of
" John Davis," poems called " Voices Through Many Years,*' which
were issued to subscribers at the price of five guineas for the three
volumes ; the compositions of " The Lay of Caraebus the Racer,"
and " The Ring," being the most popular as well as the best of his
226 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
sporting verses. In 1872 lord Wmchilsea wrote a ballad called
Lord Haiton : a Tale of Castle Cornet in Guernsey, being the legend
of" Viscount Hatton's escape when his castle was blown up by
gunpowder in Guernsey, said by the writer to be *' as rattling a ballad
as ever was writ ! " This poem, with notes, was published in
Blackwood* s Edinburgh Magazine for April, 1873.
Lord Winchilsea represented the Northern Division of the county
from 1837 to 1 841 in parliament.
Lord Winchilsea was descended from Sir Moyle Finch, of East-
well, in Kent, Baronet, who married Elizabeth Heneage, the daughter
of Sir Thomas Heneage, Knight, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan-
caster. This lady was created Viscountess of Maidstone by James I.,
and afterwards Countess of Winchilsea by Charles L
Sir Moyle Finch had three sons. The youngest married, and had
a son who became Sir Heneage Finch. He was made Treasurer of
the Inner Temple 3 he was also a reader to that society, and choosing
to read on one occasion the statute 39 Eliz., on the payment and
recovery of the debts of the crown, which had not been treated of
before, he rose to high honour, and Charles II. dined with him in the
great hall of the Temple.
Sir Heneage Finch was solicitor General, and created a Baronet
in 1660. Ten years later he became Attorney General, and in 1673
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal 5 he was then created Baron Finch of
Daventry in this county, and afterwards he became Lord High Chan-
cellor and High Steward ; and on the 12th May, 1681, he was created
Earl of Nottingham j he was a consummate lawyer, and has been well
called " The Father of Equity." This Finch, being indeed, a rara
avis in terris, nigroque stmillima cycno: he is styled by Evelyn
*'the smooth-tongued solicitor," and Pepys mentions in his diary
that " The cause was managed for my Lord Privy Seal by Finch,
the Solicitor General, but I do really think that he is a man of as
great eloquence as ever I heard or ever hope to bear in all my life.'*
He died in i68a and was interred at Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire.
The Earl of Nottingham had two sons, the elder of whom was
Daniel, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, and sixth Earl of Winchilsea. He
married first Lady Essex Rich, daughter of the Earl of Warwick, and
after her death, Anne the only daughter of Christopher Lord Viscount
Hatton, referred to in the aforesaid ballad of Lord Hatton, the
nephew and heir of the famous Chr. Viscount Hatton, of Holdenby
and Kirby, who for his handsome person, his taste in dress, and his
great skill in dancing, was chosen by Queen Elizabeth as the keeper
Monumental Inscription. 227
of her cooscience, in other words, as Lord Chancellor. By his
second wife he had fiYQ sons, the youngest of whom assumed the
additional name of Hatton, in obedience to the will of his aunt.
In this way the Earl of Winchilsea became possessed of Kirby
House, which has ever since remained in the family ; it has only lately
become ruinous and unfit to live in ; a few years ago the tapestry
was on the walls, and the books in the library. A charming little
sketch of Kirby House, written by Lady Constance Howard, appears
in the Shakesperean Show Book, published when the Shakespere
show was held at the Albert Hall.
George Finch- Hatton of East well Park, Kent, married Lady
Elizabeth Mary, the daughter of the Earl of Mansfield, by whom he
had two sons and two daughters, the eldest of whom, George William,
succeeded as the ninth Earl of "Winchilsea, the youngest son became
Rector of Great Weldon, and Chaplain to the Queen.
George William Earl of Winchilsea married first Lady Georgiana
Charlotte Graham, the daughter of the Duke of Montrose, she was
the mother of the late earl, and also of the Lady Caroline. Earl
Winchilsea married for his second wife Emily Georgiana the daughter
of the Right Honble. Sir Charles Bagot, and for his third wife Fanny
Margaret, the daughter of Edward Royd Rice, Esq., the mother of
the Honble. Murray Edward Gordon Finch-Hatton, who succeeds as
the eleventh Earl of Winchilsea.
A pedigree of the Family of Finch, compiled by John Philipott,
Rouge Dragon, privately printed in 1872, gives much information
concerning the history of the Finch-Hattons.
C. A. Markham.
354. — Monumental Inscription from other Counties (27,
126, 181). — On the south side of the Priory Church of Great Malvern,
Worcestershire, stands John Knotsford's tomb. He and his wife
Jane are represented in a recumbent position on the altar tomb 5 while
around it are the effigies of their children. At the head of the tomb
is the large figure of a lady, kneeling at a desk, and looking towards
the altar. This represents Anne, their eldest daughter, and the wife
of the then head of the Savage family. The monument bears the
following inscription :— " Here lieth the body of John Knotsford,
Esquire, servant to King Henry the Eighth, and Jane his wife,
daughter to Sir Richard Knightley, who being first married to Mr.
William Lumley, had issue five daughters and co-heirs ; he died in
the year 1589."
Bftth. F. K. H.
228 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
355.— Natives op Northamptonshire. — The following list
of natives of Northamptonshire is taken from a catalogue of provosts,
fellows, and scholars of King's college, Cambridge ^ Harl. MS. 6i 14.
Stamford. JuSTIN SiMPSON.
Dusting, William, admitted scholar 12 Aug. 21 Hen. 7 (1506). Vicar
of Fording, co. Camb. Doctor of the Civil Law, 1529. He
was an excellent astronomer, born at Corby.
Johnson, Guido, clerk to sir Robt. Brudenell, L.C.J., born at Fother-
inghay, scholar.
1520 Linnell, John, expelled, was afterwards M. A., born at Weedon.
1520 Keeple, Edward, prebendary of Salisbury, fellow, and was bene-
ficed, born at Everdon.
1534 Fuller, Thomas, alias Hurland, usher of Eton, afterwards school-
master at Fotheringhay. He changed his name in the reign of
queen Mary. (He was the first master ; memorial inscription in
the church says he held that post ^^ years, and died j Jan. 1589.
I saw his will at Somerset House, but can not now remember
whether he designated himself as Hurland alias Fuller.)
1534 Pickering, Robert, M.D. (Query of the Northants. family ?) died
in the house of Dr. (John) Hatcher, who was afterwards regius
professor of physic, and elected in Nov. 1578, vice chancellor of
the University, and died 1586-7.
1563 Kirkham, George, M.A. (Query of the Fineshade family ?)
356. — Verses on an Arrest at Northampton, 1658. —
The following verses are from a manuscript volume of poems by
Mildmay, 2nd earl of Westmoreland, written between the years
1655 and i66j. It would be interesting to have a precise account of
the occurrence to which they relate.
Upon taking up of Severall Persons of Honer & qoallety by y« Maior k
Soiildiery & securing them at Northampton y« l^^ of Aprill 1658.
Not like y« Gentler Spring whose porle-like dew
Its Tyssne in y« Riuolets doth shew
Or Those Heat-Drops an Aprill Showre distills
From Glowds of TiflEany upon ye TTilla
My sorrowes are, but Torrent-Hke they flowe
From my two windows as doth Alpian Snowe
I' th* Dogdayes when y« sun with Trebled flame
Shoots Rayes yt melt & soe dissolve y« same
Or like some Cataract or fall of Nile
That threaten Deluge and a wrack y« while
They Roar & Break, my Sadnet is noe leas
To see soe many Frends now in distress.
Verses upon an Arrest at Northampton. 229
And noe cause ahowne, nor help, nor sacoor neer :
(Enough to force from Marble Ston a Tear)
Or t' Petrify y« Stupid Senoe to see
Such needless Fear k Caoielees Jeloosy
As now posees y* Mighty of y« Land
Who hoiild ye Baynes of Sonranty at Command
(The Sword I mean) whose Conqunng Blade & Edge
Hath gaind this powre & daymes this prioiledg
That whoso doth w^bstand its force is sure
To be excnaed of dying by Calenture
Surf et or Ague whilst the Twisted Hemp
And Axes chop from all disease exempt
Traytor*s a name soe common grown of late
Since Kingdom is Transformd into a State
That 'tis less wonder Hydra like surmise
Deems whence heads of thence other heads should rise
Soe to make all Cocksuer & w^ut strife
Guive me y« priuot Sell & Cuntry Life
Wher in a Minors Fortune I*le posess
More than All Maiors enuied happines.
357. — The Haycock at Wanspord. — The disappearance of
this famous hostelry deserves to be placed on record. From Tht
Peierborough Standard of xi June, 1887, we learn that the Haycock
hotel at " Wansford in England ** has " been converted into a private
house, and the old sign sent to Woburn Abbey.** It is mentioned
also that the queen, when in her 17th year, stayed a night at this
hotel with her mother, the duchess of Kent, on a Sep., 1835. "The
circumstance which gave rise to the name of the hotel is well known.
Drunken Barnaby, in his Journal published in 17 16, but written a
century before, describing four journeys to the North of England,
says: —
On a Hay-cook sleeping soundly,
Th* Riyer rose and took me roundly
Down the Current : People cry'd,
Sleeping down the Stream I h/d:
Where away, quoth they, from Greenland f
No; from Waneforth-brige in England,^*
M. M. D.
358. — Lord Mayors op London who were Natives of
Northamptonshire. — It was in the year 1189 that Richard i.
appointed the first chief magistrate of London; and in 1333 the
citizens obtained a charter whereby they have ever since annually
elected this functionary themselves.
Although the office of Lord Mayor of London may be considered
to be one of no little importance, yet the information to be gained
concerning the lives of the vast majority of those who have held it
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230 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
appears to be most meagre. The only two books^ in fact, of general
value on this head that I have come across, are, Citizens and jheir
Rulers, by B. B. Orridge, 1867 ; and the well-known Stow's Survey,
So far, my list contains the names of six Lord Mayors who are
said to have emanated from Northamptonshire. As, however, there
are yet scores of others whose birthplaces are at present wrapped in
obscurity^ I hope that I may from time to time be able to supplement
the list.
Perhaps readers of " N. N. & Q." will take the matter up ; and
assist in piecing together the biographies of these worthy natives of
Northamptonshire.
I. — Sir Robert Clayton.
Sir Robert Clayton, who was one of the most noted Lord Mayors
of the seventeenth century, has left behind an historic name of which
the county may justly be proud.
He was born at Bui wick on the 39th of September, 1629 3 and
the entry in the parish register states that —
" Robert Clayton son of John & Alice was baptized Oct : 8 Anno
Eo"."*
Early in life he was apprenticed to his uncle Abbot, a scrivener t
of the city of London, who possessed one of the best businesses then
in existence. Cla3rton and a fellow apprentice, Morris, eventually
succeeded their master in his profession. Between them they
amassed a large fortune ; and Morris having died childless bequeathed
his all to his partner. Thus Robert Clayton became one of the
richest citizens of London.
On the 20th of June, 1670, he first entered in earnest upon his
public life, being then elected alderman of Cordwainer ward. On
the a4th of June, 1671, he took office as sheriff, and on the 20th
June, 1676, he removed from Cordwainer ward to the ward of Cheap.
Two years later we find him a member of parliament for the city of
London ; and on his birthday, the 29th of September, 1679, he was
chosen Lord Mayor.
* It is to the Yioar of Biilwick that I am indebted for this extract, as well
as other yaluable information. He also adds in his letter to me " There ore
seyeral other children of John and Alice, but the Clayton is not always spelt
the same— Cleaton and Claiton occurring."
t The Company of Soriyeners is now eittinct. The business of a Soriyener
^ comprehended that of a Banker, and what is now called a Conveyancer."
(Eyelyn.)
Lord Mayors of London. 231
The different city companies seem to have vied with each other
Bbout this period as to which could produce the most splendid
pageant at the annual Lord Mayor's procession. Clayton now
belonged to the Drapers' company^ and Jordan in his London
in Luster* thus describes their procession when he assumed office : —
" In proptr Habits ordirly Array* d^
The Movements of the Morning are displayed.
Selected Citizens i* th' Morning all,
At Sev*n a Clock, do meet at Drapera-Hatl,
The Master, Wardens, and Assistants, Joyns
For the first Bank, in their Oowns f ac'd with Foyna.
The second Order do, in merry moods,
March in Gowns fac*d with Budge and Livery Hoods.
Li Gowns and Scarlet Hoods Thirdly appears
A youthful numher of Foyns Batchellors.
Forty Budge Batchellors the Triumph Crowns,
Gravely attir'd in Scarlet Hoods and Gowns.
Gentlemen-Ushers which white Staves do hold
Sixty ; in Velvet Coats and Chains of Gold.
Next, Thirty more in Plush and Buff there are.
That several Colours wave, and Banners bear.
The Sergeant Trumpet Thirty six more brings,
Twenty the Duke of York*8j Sixteen the Kings.
The Sergeant wears Two Scarfs, whose Colours be
One the Lord Mayors, t' other's the Company.
The Eling's Drum-Major followed by Four more
Of the Kings Drums and Fifes, make London roar.
Seven Drums and Two Fifes more in Vests of Buff
March with Waste-Scarfs and Breeches of Black Stuff.
Two City Marshals mounted and attended.
Are by Uie Company with Scarfs befriended.
And (next to th' Drums) do Troop it in the Beer, (eie)
But the Foot Marshal doth the next appear ;
Who puts them all in Bank and File, and wears
A Shoulder Scarf as broad and rich as theirs.
Attended by six persons that dare do
What e're their Marshal may Command them to.
Next the Fence-Master troops, and (to defend him)
Divers with drawn broad bright Swords do attend him.
* London in Luster : projecting Many bright Beams of Triumph : disposed
into Several BepresentatiozLB of Scenes and Pageants performed with great
splendor On Wednesday, October Txrx. 1679. at the initiation and instalment
of the Bight Honourable Sir Bobert Clayton, Knight, Lord Mayor of the City
of London. Dignified With divers delightful Varieties of Presenters, with
Speeches, Songs, and Actions, properly and punctually described. All set
forth at the proper Cost and Charges of the Worshipful Company of Drapers.
Devised and Composed by Tho. Jordan, Gent. Londen, Printed for John
Playford at the Temple-Church, 1679.
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Many poor PensioDers that march ith* Rear,
With Gk>wii8 and Caps, Standards and Banners bear ;
A numerons Troop of Per8on^ that are poor,
In Azure Gowns and Gaps, one hundred more,
With Javelins and with Targets are all Actors,
And bear the Arms of their good Benefactors."
Then comes a description of the march. Besides this there were
four Pageants^ the second of which allegorically represented the twelve
months of the year. The dresses and the various incidents connected
with the procession are graphically described by Jordan.
Sir Robert Clayton's town hoase was at No. 8 Old Jewry (where
in 1805 the London Institution was first started). John Evelyn
states that it was built "for a great magistrate, at excessive cost";
and also mentions that the cedar dining-room was painted to
represent the history of the giants' war, incomparably done by Mr.
Streeter, but that the figures were too near the eye. A view of the
garden front of this mansion is given in Old and New London, vol. i.
p. 427.
Evelyn seems to have been on very good terms with the Lord
Mayor, perhaps from the fact that sir Robert had bought an estate at
Marden irom his kinsman, sir John Evelyn. At any rate, we find in
Evelyn's diary mention made of many dinners at which he was
present. From these references we are enabled to form some slight
idea of the sumptuous splendour which surrounded one ''whose
banquets vied with those of kings."
Thus, on the i8th November, 1679:— "I din*d at my Lord
Maiors [Sir Rob^ Clayton] being desired by the Countesse of
Sunderland to carry her thither on a solemn day, that she might see
the pomp and ceremonie of this Prince of Citizens, there never having
ben any, who, for y** stateliness of his palace, prodigious feasting,
and magnificence, exceeded him."
Again on November 31st, ''I din'd at my Lord Maior's to accom-
pany my worthiest and generous friend the Earl of Ossorie j it was
on a Friday, a private day, but the feast and entertainment might
have become a King. Such an hospitable costume and splendid
magistrature dos no city in the world shew, as I believe."
Several important historical events happened during sir Robert
Clayton's mayoralty, amongst which was the disclosure by Titus Oates
of his pretended " Popish Plot," through which the lives of many
innocent Roman Catholics were sacrificed.
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371 Volunteer Officers in Northampton-
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373 Oorham Family.
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374 Knotsford Monument at Malvern.
375 Wakerley Church.
376 Jack of all Trades at Astrop, 1793.
377 Mason FamUy.
378 Drunken Barnahy in Northampton^
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379 Plaarue at Towcester, 160S.
330 Parish Eeglsters of Daene.
331 Tercentenary of Mary Queen of Scots.
333 Clai'ke, Fry, and Howett : Queries.
383 Curiosities of Northamptonshire
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After his year of office sir Robert remained member of parliament
for the city until 1690,, when he was chosen to represent Bletcbingley
in Surrey, which constituency he continued to serve as long as he
lived.
In the year 168 1, during the meeting of parliament at Oxford,
at the request of his constituents, he moved the reading of the
celebrated Exclusion Bill, being supported therein by his friend lord
William Russell.
As a benefactor to the city of London he holds a very high place.
He built the south front of Christ's Hospital, and was the projector of
the mathematical school connected therewith; he became the first
president of the London Workhouse in 1680; and on the i8th of
February, 1691, he was elected president of S. Thomas's Hospital,
to which establishment he left considerable property by his will dated
14th December, 1706. In such high esteem was sir Robert Clayton
held by the governors of this hospital that they erected a statue to
his memory during his lifetime in the centre of the third court.
An engraving of this court as it appeared in 1840 and shewing the
statue in place, may be seen in Old and New London^ vol. vi. p. 90.
The inscription is given in Stow's Survey, but I have thought it best
to re-copy it, and for this purpose have paid a visit to the new S.
Thomas' Hospital, on the Albert embankment, near Westminster
Bridge.
The statue now stands in the centre court of the huge block
of buildings, and may be seen through the railings from the road
leading to Lambeth palace. It is of white marble, and has been
wonderfully preserved. Sir Robert is represented in the full costume
of Lord Mayor, with a scroll in his right hand. On the south front
of the pedestal is a shield bearing his coat of arms, supported by two
dilapidated cherubs. The inscription on the west side is given in
Latin, while an English translation occupies the east side. Both are
appended below.
ROBERTO CLATTONIO EQUITI,
in Agio Norihamptoidenai nato,
Givi Londiniensi et Urbis Fnetori,
Hujns Noaooomii Pnesidi,
Novi Faupemm Ergastnti Vice PrsBaldi
Et Fautori Benefioo ;
Quod m Magistratn semper MqmxB,
Fatriffi Libertatis, et Fidei Ref ormata
Vindfix fait aoerrimns :
Qaod prsBter alia Llb«ralitatii aim
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234 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Erga Egenoa Monnmenta,
Paellamm in Christi
Orphanothropio, Cabicolnm
Sois Sumptibos extrni CoraTit,
Quod ad haao Domiun Befioiendam Libraa
Primnm D.C. ErogaTit Vivua,
Et in super icx ooo Testamento X^egavit ;
Ob tanta Viri Merita, Hanc Statoam
Qnam Honoris Gaiua, Viyenti Posnerant
NoBOcomii CJnratores, Ao.D. MDCGI.
In Memoriam Mortui, DecoraTenmt
AoD. MDCOXIV.
To Sib RoBBBf Glattov, Ehioht
Bom in Northampton^dre,
Gitisen and Lobd ICjltob of London,
President of tHs Hospital,
Vice President of the New Work House
and a Bountiful Benefactor to it,
a Just Magistrate and a Braye Defender
off the liberty and Religion of his Gountrj
who besides many other Instances
of His Gharity to the Poor
Built the Girles Ward in Ghbist's Hospital
Gare first towards the RebuildiDg of
This House Six Hxtitdbisd Poxtnds
And left by His Last Will Two Thousaot)
Thbeb Hundbed Pounds, to the Poor of it.
This Status was Erected in his Lifetime
By the Goyemours A.D. MDGGI.
As a Monument of their Esteem of so xuor worth
And to preserye His Memory after Dxath
was by them Beautified
ApD. M,DGCXIV.
Sir Robert's portrait was ordered to be painted by the Governors
of the London Workhouse ; and it may now be seen hanging in a
conspicuous position in the Guildhall. The picture is set in an
elaborately carved frame^ the work of Grinling Gibbons, of which
a full description is given in the Catalogue qf Works of Art belonging
to the Corporation, (part i. p. 31).*
• "Sir Robert Glayton, Knt., Alderman. Painted by order of the
Governors of the London Workhouse ; and removed from the Gourt-room to
the Library upon the breaking up of that establishment.
'* A natiye of Bnlwick in the county of Northampton ; elected Alderman of
Gordwainer Ward, 16th June, 1670 ; removed to Gheap Ward, 20th June, 1676 ;
chosen Sheriff of London and Middlesex, 24th June, 1671 ; Member of Parlia-
ment for the Gity of London, 1678, and for Bledungly, 1690, 1698, and 1702 ;
elected Lord Mayor of London, 29th September, 1679 ; first President of the
Lord Mayors of London, 235
There is a fine mezzotint portrait of sir Robert Clayton, of which
the following description appears in the British Museum catalogue : —
"Sir Robert Clayton. H.L., [half length] in oval frame, at top of
which is monogram with scroll and motto in panels, Non Vultus
Instantis Tyranni, near bottom two shields, and beneath sword and
mace crossed and cap in centre, directed towards left, facing towards
and looking to front, long wig, bands, gown, chain. Under, in centre
arms, scraped, rising into subject. The R* Hon^^ S' Rob Clayton K*
Lord Mayor of y« City of London 1680. I. Riley pinx. I. Smith
fee. . . .'Date, 1707 given to this print. . . . Satirized by Dryden,
as *Ishban.* He died, 1707, aged 79. His nephew and successor
was created a baronet."
Copies of two speeches delivered by sir Robert Clayton during
his mayoralty are amongst the treasures of the Guildhall Library ;
as well as a pamphlet bearing date 1681, vindicating bis character
against certain slanders.*
One of the only three kind acts registered to the memory of the
infamous Judge Jeffreys, is said to have been the saving of sir Robert
Clayton's life. Charles the Second had determined to sacrifice some
well known personage as an example to those citizens who had sided
with the popular party during the late troubles, and Clayton was
selected as the one to suffer. Jeffreys interceded for him with the
king because he remembered that it was mainly through Clayton's
interest he had obtained the office of recorder under the late govern-
ment. As, however, this story cannot be guaranteed, it must be
taken cum grano salis^
London Workhonse, 1680, bendes being the projector of the Mathematical
School of Christ's Hospital, he also rebmlt the South Front in 1682 ; elected
President of St. Thomas's Hospital, 18th February, 1691, to which estab-
lishment he left considerable property by his will, dated 14th December, 1706 ;
died July, 1707.
** [The frame is surrounded by civic em blems entwined with fndt and flowers
bearing the following Shields of Arms. Sir Robert Clayton's, Sir Robert
impaled with his wife's. The city Arms. Badge worn by the Children of the
London Workhouse (a Naked Boy and a Sheep), and a device from the Seal of
the same (a Hive and Bees on a Chief with several Ears of Wheat). Carved
in wood, by Grinling Gtibbons.]"
• Speech of Sir Bobert Clayton, Knt., Lord Mayor Elect, at Guildhall, cm
the 29th September, 1679. London, 1679.
Speech of Sir Patience Ward, Lord Mayor Elect, together with that of
Sir Robert Clayton, Lord Mayor, 1680.
Truth Vindicated : or a Detection of the Aspersions and Scandals oast
upon Sir Robert Clayton, 1681.
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236 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
When William, prince of Orange, arrived in this country, the
citizens of London deputed sir Robert Clayton to welcome his royal
highness in their name, and h^ accordingly met the new king at
Henley-on-Thames, and accompanied him to the metropolis.
It would take far more space than I have at my disposal to enter
into further particulars now, respecting this eminent native of our
county. Suffice it, therefore, to add that he died at his country seat
at Marden, in 1707, after a long and busy life, at the ripe age of 78
years. He was buried in the church at Bletchingley, b^ide his wife>
and their elaborate tomb may still be seen in that part of the edifice
known as the Clayton chapel.
A description of this tomb is given in Manning and Bray's
History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey, vol. ii.Jp. 310^
from which book I have copied the following : —
" The South Chancel is entirely taken np by a magnificent monument for
the first Sir Robert Clayton and his lady. She died first, and the inscription for
her is as follows :-^' To the pious memory of Dame Martha Clayton daughter
of Mr. Perient Trott, of London Merchant, and wife of Sir Robert Clayton^
Knt, Alderman and sometime Lord Mayor of the City of London. Thia
monument is erected by her surviving husband in testimony of her many
admirable endowments and uncommon strictness in aU moral virtues ; of her
unfeigned piety towards Almighty God through the course of her whole life ;
of her true conjugal affection during a happy partnership of zlvi years, and
of her diffusive charity to all those whom poverty or other necessities made
them any ways the objects of her relief. Having had only one son, who was
christened Robert,* and died very young, she departed this life the zxvth
day of December, anno Dom. ic.doov. in the Lzmd year of her age, and i»
deposited in the adjoining vault, where the late dear companion of her life,
when Qod shall call him out of this mournful state, desires to be interr^ by
her.'
** Over this are the figures of Sir Robert and his lady, which are whole
lengths in white marble, standing on a projecting base. He is in his robes aa
Lord Mayor of London with the ensigns of his office.
'' Under his figure,
** * Non vultufl instantis tyranni.'
" Under hers,—
« < Quando nllam invenient parem ? *
* In a list of the epitaphs of St. Martin's, Westminster, Maitland fEiitwff
of London and Westminster, 1739) has the following, which undoubtedly refera
to this young man : —
^ Hie juxta situs est Robertus Clayton, Armiger ; qui Literis, ad quas
natus, assuetus, olim ScholsD Regiss Westmonast, Alumnus, hinc Trin. Coll.
Cantabr. Discipiilus, Templi deminm (sie) interioris Sooius, ubique looi
delioisB ft decus, ingenio pariter pr»oooi ao fato quo functus est Dso, 14. 1672.
^tatis 28.''
Lord Mayors of London. 237
" Between them, on a curtain of white marble, is this inscription :—
" * Here rests what was mortal of Sir Bobert Clayton, Knt, in the year
X DO Lxxx Lord Mayor, and at his death Alderman and Father of the City of
London, and near zzx years was one of its Bepresentatives in Parliament. By
the justest methods and skill in business he acquired an ample fortune, whidi
he applied to the noblest purposes, and more than once ventured it all for his
country. He fixed the seat of his family at Harden, where he hath left a
remarkable instance of the politeness of his genius ; and how far Nature may be
improved by Art. His relations, his friends, the Hospital of St. Thomas in
Southwark (of which he was President), Christ Church Hospital, and the Work
house in London, were large sharers of his bounty. He lived in the Commu-
nion of the Church of England, and in the most perfect charity with all good
men, however divided amongst themselves in opinions. The welfare of his
country was the only aim of his public actions ; and in all the various efforts
that were made in his time for preserving its Constitution he bore a great share,
and acted therein with a constancy of mind which no prospect of danger could
ever shake. It is but just the memory of so good and so great a man should
be transmitted to after-ages, since in all private and public transactions of his
life he hath left so bright a pattern to imitate, but hardly to be outdone. He
was bom at Bulwick in Northamptonshire the yxtt*" day of September, Anno.
Dom. X DO TTTT, and died at Marden the xvi day of July, x doo Tn.'
« ' GnUelmus Clayton Nepos et HsBret D J>.' "
Sir Robert Clayton having died childless, his estates passed by
will to his nephew William, who was created a baronet on the 18th
of January, 173a. The present families of Clayton and Clayton-East,
both baronets, are descended from him.
flohnby House, Forest Oate. JoHN T. Pagb.
Addenda et Corrigenda.
I $nd I unwittingly used the word chief-magistrate on p. 229.
It should read mayor. The foot-note on the next page, in which, on
the authority of Evelyn's editor, Mr. Bray, I state the Company of
Scriveners to be extinct, is incorrect. 1 have since learned from an
authority that the company still flourishes.
The following additional particulars of books quoted at p. 235
relating to sir Robert Clayton may be given : —
The Speech of the Right Honourable Sir Patience Warde, Lord Mayor Elect, at
Uuild-Hall, London, September 29, 1680. being the Day of his Election.
Together with the Speech of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Clatton. Knight,
the Present Lord Mayor of London. London^ 1680
To the Right Honourable Sir Robert Cletton, Kt., Lord Mayor of the City of
London. [An Address of the Commons of the City of London in Common
Ball assembled praying him to beseech His Majesty in their names to call a
Parliament for the preservation of the King's person and government, and of
the Protestant religion.] London^ 1679
Truth Vindicated : or, a detection of the Aspersions and Scandals cast upon Sir
Robert Clatton, .... in a Paper . . . Intituled, The Confession of
Edward Fits Harris, Esq. ; &o. London, 1681
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An Aooount of a Straii0re and Prodigious Storm of Thunder, Lightning h Hail,
which happened in and about London, on Tuesday the Eighteenth of this
Instant May ; With an Account of the Noble and MagnifioeDt
Appearance at the first going out of the Colonel's Company of the Orange under
the Command of the Right Honourable Sir BoBBBT Clatton Lord Mayor of
London. London.^ 1680
The Speech of Sir Robert Clayton Kt. Lord Mayor Elect for the City of LondoD,
at the Ouild-Hall of the said City, to the Citizens there Assembled on the 29tli
of September, 1679. For the Electing of a Lord Mayor for the year ensuingr.
There is a portrait of sir Robert Clayton by Jonathan Richardson
in the Governors' Hall of S. Thomas's Hospital j and the Drapers*
Company also possesses a three-quarter length of him^ painted bj
Kneller in x68o. J. T. P.
359.— "R. W." WHO SENT TO Lord Burohley the well-
known Account of the Execution op Mary Queen of Scots.
— In this magazine for January, 1887^ I, under the signature
" Enquirer," asked who this *' R. W." was (art 297, p. 141, vol. 11.).
In my Fotheringhay I had stated that he was believed to be '* Richard
Wigmore, secret agent to Lord Burghley." But my note — derived
from information supplied to me by the marchioness dowager of
Huntly — was to suggest that he may have been sir Richard Wortley,
who was kinsman of the earl of Shrewsbury. One of the family of
lord Wharncliffe has also been suggested as the original " R. W."
The question is now decided in favour of R. Wingfield, or, as he
signed himself, ** R. Wynkfeilde.'* His manuscript of the " Examy-
nacioun and Death of Mary the Queen of Skottes, A®. 1586, 8th
Feb.," (from the Loseby MSS.) was lent by W. More-Molyneux,
Esq., to the Tercentenary Exhibition of Mary Stuart Relics, held at
the Peterborough Museum from July 19th to Sep. 24th, 1887. This
document was placed, with other valuable manuscripts, in a glass
case, under lock and key. After the exhibition was closed, I had the
opportunity to examine the manuscript, and to compare it with the
transcript given in Archdeacon Bonney's Fotkeringhay. The writer
was probably the same *' Mr. Robert Wingfield " who carried a
banneret at the state funeral uf Mary Queen of Scots in Peterborough
Cathedral. The world is indebted to R. Wingfield for one of the
most graphic and absorbing narratives ever written on the execution
of an eminent personage. Cuthbert Bede.
360. — Bowling Green in Sulbhay Forest. — Among the
recent acquisitions of the Bodleian is a Latin poem dedicated to
Charles, earl of Westmorland, entitled " Suleianum." It is printed
on eight quarto pages, and contains about 100 lines of Hexameters.
It has no imprint of place or date, but is clearly of the latter part of
Bowling Green in Sulehay Forest. 239
the 17th century, about 1670-80. With it is a MS. translation in
blank verse. The press mark is " MS. Eng. Misc. d. i, folio 41.**
In the poem is described a bowling-green on some high ground
at Sulehay. A club of gentlemen used to meet there twice a week :
two of the chief players are called in the verses by the names of
" Sylvius " and " Nisus."
Is anything known from other sources of this club of bowlers ?
Does the bowling-green still exist ? M. M. D.
BemaiDB of a Gnioifix placed hi the wall of a low bonsd (of a level with
the eye) in the churchyard of S. Sepulchre's Church, Northampton. Above
the head are four holes, the three largest are from a musket, and the smaller
one from a pistol shot. Taken Oct. 13, 1782. From the original drawing in
the British Museum, by Carter.
361. — Thb Cross in the Churchyard at S. Sepulchre's,
Northampton. — The small cross built into the wall of a bouse at
the south-west corner of the churchyard at S. Sepulchre's, North-
ampton^ is not very remarkable except for the various theories which
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240 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
have been attached to it It has been supposed to be the original
termination to Queen's Cross, or the '* Rode in the Wall" in
Northampton to which Henry viii. sent offerings (see quotation
from Mr. G. J. De Wilde annexed), while the popular legend is that it
was put up in commemoration of the crucifixion of a boy by the
Jews at Northampton, which event took place, according to a
statement in Weever's Funeral Monuments^ 1631, p. ^^i^ in the
seventh year of £dward the first.
The first theory is too absurd to require refutation. The cross in
the churchyard could not have been more than 30 inches high when
perfect, and it measures 19 inches across. It is rudely carved by an
inferior workman, out of common stone. The head of the Eleanor
cross, as I have shewn in a former number (*' N. N. & Q." vol. 11.
p. 157), was of Purbeck marble, carved by one of the first artists of
the day, at a cost representing £32^ of our money, and it must have
been of large size. As to Mr. De Wilde's theory, the fact of the
cross being carved on both sides is against it, while it can hardly be
considered important enough to have received the offerings of a
king. Of the popular legend, all that can be said is that it is at
least as probable as the other two theories which we have already
considered : the tradition is not evidence upon which we can rely.
The stone is undoubtedly the head of a small cross of early date, and
is so far valuable as representing many hundreds of similar crosses
which have disappeared, but it could never at any time have been a
work of very great interest or importance. R. G. Scrivbn.
Mr. De Wilde's observations on the cross were published in Notes
and Queries^ 4th S. vii. 124, and are here given.
'* * At the south-west corner of the churchyard, St. Sepulchre's,
Northampton, built into the wall of a cottage, is a crucifix, apparently
the top of a cross. The same design is repeated on the other side.
There are marks of bullets in it. Could this have originally formed
the apex of Queen's Cross ? '
*' So wrote the late Mr. Pretty in Wetton's Northampton Guide,
The crucifix is still there, rebuilt into the wall of the house which
superseded the cottage. Mr. Pretty, a careful and conscientious
antiquary, in all probability saw it when it was taken down ; otherwise
it would not be easy to know that the sculpture was repeated on the
other side. The fact that it was so supports the conjecture that it
may have been the crowning stone to Queen's Cross. But in * The
King's Book of Payments,' 15 11 (Letters and Papers, Foreign and
Domestic, in the Reign of Henry Fill., vol. ii. part 11.), is an entry
Cross in the Churchyard at S. Sepulchre^ s. 241
purporting that, on Aug. 3, the king was at Pypwell Abbey ; and
among the expenses between that time and the loth, were 'offerings
at the Rode of the Wall in Northampton, at Our Lady of Grace
there, and at coming to Leicester Abbey/ * Our Lady of Grace * was
the church, long since destroyed, of the Blessed Virgin in St. Mary
Street. Is it possible that the sculpture in St. Sepulchre's Churchyard
was the ' Rode of the Wall ' of the church in St. Mary's Street ?
When the church was destroyed, the materials were no doubt used
for other buildings, and the distance from St. Mary*s Street to St.
Sepulchre's Churchyard is not considerable. I am not aware that any
mention of * The Rode of the Wall ' occurs in any history of North-
ampton, or in any place but the * King's Book of Payments.' '*
The tradition about a boy being crucified by the Jews is one that
is current in many places, as Norwich, Lincoln, and elsewhere. Its
antiquity is shewn in the following extract from Weever's Funeral
Monuments, 163 1, p. 377 : —
" In the seuenth of £d. the first, the lewes at Northampton
crucified a Christian boy vpon Goodfriday, but did not throughly
kill him. For the which fact many lewes at London after Easter,
were drawne at horse tailes and hanged."
362.»Mastbr John Ball, Minister. — Is anything known
of Master John Ball, Minister of Northampton, who in 1628
wrote a Life of the Renowned Doctor Preston ? The doctor was
master of £mmanuel college, Cambridge, and is described, in a
review in the Athenceum of the above work, as " a Puritan of the
Puritans." The manuscript from which Ball's life was printed in
1865 was found in the library at Nuneham. Ko.
363. — Mr. Pickwick at Towcester. — In an admirable
article in The Standard of i Dec, 1886. speaking of the Jubilee
edition of The Pickwick Papers, is this passage : —
" The old-fashioned £nglish inn, which still existed in Charles
Dickens's youth, has now become a thing of the past. The des-
cription of the Saracen's Head at Towcester will occur to all readers
of ' Pickwick ' as an illustration of our meaning.**
The description is in the fifty-first chapter. In reference to this
passage a correspondent signing himself " Tocestrensis " addressed a
letter to the editor of The Standard, a portion of which is annexed : —
"It may interest some of your older readers to know that
although fashions have changed during the last half-century that old
hostel is not 'a thing of the past,* it still exists, and is full of life
242 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
and work. The substantial brown stone bouse, with its long
frontage and many windows and steep tiled roof, remains as it tHen
was ; and the massive oak doors (nearly a ton of timber in each of
them) will still admit through the broad gateway in the centre of tlie
house a coach and four. Internally, the kitchen, the scene of the
memorable conflict between the rival editors of the EatanswilL Gazeiie
and Eatan swill Independent has now become the 'smoking roona,*
the only change being that the broad fireplace and open chimney,
with seats in each comer; has disappeared, and a modern grate has
been substituted The house is there -, the company is
there; little is changed but the 'sign* of the inn since Dickens
visited it. Shortly after that visit a new lord succeeded to the title
and estates, and by his direction the Saracen^s Head Inn became the
Pomfret Hotel/' H. R. S.
364. — Sheppard Family op Towcester (59, 168, aai). — I
give a few particulars of one of my progenitors, William Shepard, of
Towcester. I should be very pleased if any correspondent can furnish
me with additional facts connected with the family.
William Shepard was born at Foscote, near Towcester j he resided
in Towcester and died in 1615. His first wife*s maiden name was
Bland, and by her he had a sou William, who died before his father ;
a second son, John, born in 1599 ; and a third son, Thomas, bora
5 Nov., 1605, died 2j Aug., 1649, ^^^ became one of the most
prominent divines that appeared during the early history of the
Massachusetts colony. He had also five daughters : Ann, married
— Farmer -, Mary, married — Mapler, or Maples j Elizabeth, who
died young j Hester ; Sarah. By his second wife. Amy (married at
Towcester, surname unknown), he had a son, Samuel, bom in 1613,
who became a major in the English army and was sent to Ireland,
and died in 1673 ; and a daughter Elizabeth.
Boston, U.S. CrBO. L. ShePARO.
365. — Massinberd, or Massxnobbrd Family. — In the
registers of S. Peter's, Comhill, is the entry of the marriage by
licence, on 12 May, 168 1, of William Ash, of Paston, co. Nortbants,
bachelor, and Elizabeth Massinberd, of the same place, widow.
On 4 Nov., 1680, Richard Massingberd, of Northampton, gent,
a benefactor to the borough, made his will, which was proved by
his widow and executrix, Susannah, on 23 Apr., 1683, in P. C.
Cantuar.
Were any of these persons related to the Lincolnshire family, long
seated at Gunby > J* S.
Parish Certificates at Glapthorne. 243
366. — Parish Certificates at Glapthorne. —From the
parish chest in Glapthom church I copy the enclosed certificates
(from amoDg many others) for '* N. N. & Q.,'* if you think them
worth a place.
StramoDgate, Kendal. A. Palmer.
"We the minister Churchwardens and overseers of jr* poore
w**^ y p'ish of Stibbington in county of Huntingdon dee hereby
certifie unto y* overseers of y« poore of y* pish of Glapthorne in y*
county of Northampton, that Rich**. Rippon, Mary his wife, firiget
and Mary his daughters, and Rich**, his son, who are lately removed
into y* p'ish of Glapthorne aforesaid, are setled inhabitants of y* p'ish
of Stibbington aforesaid, in witness whereof we have hereunto set
our bands and scales this 26th day of Jan^ an. do. 1698.
This certificate is allowed by Wm. Love, Minister of Stibbington
John Driden John fiishopp
Jo Ferrar "William Nelen.**
" Northtons. To y* Churchwardens, Ov'seers, of y* Poor
for y* Parrish Glapthorne in the county
aforesaid.
" Wee whose hands and seals are hereunto sett being present
Churchwardens and Overseers of y* Poor of fienefield in the s**
county of Northton doe hereby certifie and acknowledge that Jn*.
Gledrow and Elizabeth his wife, & Edward, and Richard Gledrow
their two sons are legally setled inhabitants of y« Parrish of fienefield
afores^, and yt y« said John Gledrow, Elizabeth Gledrow, Edward
Gledrow, and Richard Gledrow, or either of them shall nott at any
time hereafter become chargeable to y® Parrish of Glapthorne afores**,
but shall be relieved at fienefield, according to an Act of Parliament
in y* case made and provided, in witness whereof wee y* s** Church-
wardens and Overseers of y® Parrish of fienefield afores** have
hereunto sett our hands and seals y* third day of June in y*' seventh
year of y« Reign of our Soveraigne Lady Queen Ann, Anno Dom. 1708.
Sign'd and Seal'd by y* Church-
wardens & Overseers of )r* Edward Hodgsk in *> p, , ,
Parrish of fienefield in the William Naddson i
p'sence of Henry Cole | Ov'seers
Mark Lewis, Rectr. Lyonell Rowell )
Green Wortley
S. J. Yorke Amos Spencer
A. Lyne John Creed."
244 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
367. — Monumental Inscriptions from other Counties
(27, 126, 181, 3j4). — In History from Marble, by Thomas Dingley,
(Camden Society, 1868, vol. 11. cccxlvii.) is the following inscription,
taken from a tombstone on the pavement at the upper end of Tewkes-
bury church : — " Quod Mortale erat in spem beatissimae Resurrectionis
hie deposuit Maria filia Jacobi Thompson RectorisdeTHORNHAUOH
in agro Northampton iensi et Anna uxoris suae filiae scilicet
Theoph et £lenor Alye Obiit Maij xi A* Dni. mdclxxvii" jet
sujE XVI." The arms of Alye are drawn on the same page, and, on
a previous page, is the escutcheon on the grave of Mr. Edward Alye
of Tewkesbury, gent., 1616. He was one of the bailiffs of the town,
and was father of Dingley's friend, Mr. Theophilus Alye, of Hereford.
There is another epitaph of Elenor, wife of Theophilus Alye,
gentleman, daughter of sir Thomas Vaughan, 1642.
CuTHBERT Beds.
368. — The Drummer*s Mound. — Close to the Kettering and
Uppingham road, on the top of the rise north of Barford bridge, is a
mound planted with trees, now of considerable age. This goes hj
the name of the '* Drummer's Mound ; *' the local tradition being
that a drummer is buried there and that he comes out and plays his
drum at midnight. What is the origin of this tradition, and what is
this mound? There is another, apparently similar though not so
well defined, but also planted with trees, by the side of the road
above Middleton village. G. L. W.
Readers will be reminded of the legend of Salisbury plain given
in The Ingoldshy Legends under the title of " The Dead Drummer."
He is represented as having been murdered by a sailor, and his
murderer as being betrayed into a confession by the drummer's
appearance at the place where he was murdered. A note says that
the proceedings were recorded in the law reports 5 but Thomas
Ingoldsby can hardly be quoted as an authority for facts.
369. — Northampton pronounced Tranton. — Is there any
tradition or survival of such a pronunciation as the above ? I find it
spoken of by Polydore Vergil in a passage given below. I quote
from the folio edition of 1646. After describing the rising of
Boadicea against the Romans, and the defection of the Trinobantes
under her leadership, he examines the question. Where did the
Trinobantes dwell ? He gives reasons why it could not have been
near London, "veluti multi suspicant," nor yet near Verulam, nor
yet by the estuary of the Thames, '* quemadmodum Ptolemaeus
tradlt : '^ and then he adds that some suppose Northampton to have
Diary of John Cole. 245
been their chief town, founding an argument upon the fact which he
mentions that the country people in their ordinary speech call the
town " Tranton," — the first two letters of this corrupt pronunciation
suggesting TrinobaDtes. I do not quite understand whether the
author, in the last sentence, means that the Nene was also called
Tranton, or was called the Northampton river.
The passage (book li., p. 37,) is as follows : —
'' Quare sunt, qui dicunt Trinobantum urbem fuisse, quam hodie
Northantonum appellamus> id quod corrupta nominis oppidi uox ex
primis duabus literis indicat : nam agrestes uernaculo sermone oppidum
uocant Tranton, propter quod labitur Nyna flumen, quod flumen nunc
commune cum oppido, nomen habet" £d.
370. — Diary op John Colb. — The following extracts from
the MS. diary of John Cole relate to different parts of the county.
The writer is often described as " the eccentric bookseller of Scar-
borough/' where he resided for many years : but he is well known to
Northamptonshire as the author of various topographical works
which have an interest as recording many customs and occurrences
not to be found elsewhere, although their arrangement is not very
scholarly or systematic.
Earthquake at Peterborough, 179a.
'' In the year in which I was born an earthquake was felt all
over a tract of country extending from Derby to Boston on the north,
from Derby to Leicester on the west, and from thence to Peterborough
on the south. The concussion, as it was felt in the above towns and
intermediate places, is described to have been accompanied with a
rumbling noise like thunder, or wheels passing over a pavement, and
consisted of two undulating shocks in quick succession: different
people estimated it from a quarter of a minute to a minute. In
Rutland, no material hurt was done by it \ some who were standing
were seen to reel; and one who was walking was thrown against a
wall by it, but not hurt \ a stack of wood was thrown down, and
some said a chimney. The season was at the conclusion of a frost ;
there had been a little rain, and a thaw was begiiming. The bar-
ometer gradually fell from the 23d to the 26th February. The
direction of the shock was from west to east."
Funeral by candle-light at Weston Favell, i8oa.
** I remember following her to the grave ; it was a solemn scene,
the ceremony being performed by candle-light | and the earth was, at
that time, covered with a mantle of snow."
246 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
He is here speaking of his grandmother, Grace Cole, formerljr
Lambert, origiuallj White, who died 6 Jan., 1802, and was buried a
few days afterwards in the churchyartJ of Weston Favell.
S. George's Fair at Northampton, 1833.
*' A curious practice takes place at Northampton after St. George's
Fair. One of the Corporation men carrys about a paper thus
worded, demanding from each person who uses weights and measure
— one penny.
*' * Saint George's Pence.
" * Every person whatsoever residing within the liberties and using
any weights or measures in his or her trade or dealing to pay yearly
at the feast of St. George, the Martyr, one penny.' "
Lace-making at Wellingborough, 1834.
" In Wellingborough, and the neighbourhood, and toward the
s.w. corner of the county, from 9,000 to 10,000 persons, mostly
young women and boys, are employed in lace making. They earn
from 2d. to 1/6 the day : generally, however, about 6d."
Cows on Higham Ferrers common, 1838.
" Walked to Irthlingborough .... On returning through
Higham I was much struck with the appearance of all the cows of
the parish about 100 which were feasting on the Common, where
they are from 4 o'clock in the morn*, until 6 in the ev*, and being
there at that time, 1 witnessed the pleasing scene of their retirement
for the ev« : up the whole length of the town, preceded by a boy
blowing a horn, in order that those who had cows might be on the
look out.**
371. — Volunteer Officers in Northamptonshire, 1804. —
This list, taken from Tke Stamford Mercury of the period, is inter-
esting not only for the names of the officers, but also from its giving
the names of the districts where companies were raised.
"Officers of the Yeomanry Cavalry and Volunteer Infantry of
Northamptonshire in 1804.
Finedon, — Captain Commandant, Sir Wm Dolben, Bart. ; Lieu-
tenant, John English Dolben ; Ensign, Wm. Wayte Andrews.
Geddington. — Captain, Lockwood Maydrick; Lieutenant, John
Arden ; Ensign, Thomas Lydiott.
Kettering, — Major Commandant, George Robinson ; Captains,
John Cooper Gotch, Fen wick Skrimshire, and E. Busnell ; Lieu-
tenants, Samuel Wallis, Arthur Wilson, and John Adams ; Ensigns,
Geo. Wallis, Wm. Cock, John Smith.
Volunteer Officers in Northamptonshire. 247
Northampton Cavalry. — Colonel, George Earl Spencer 3 Lieut.-
Colonel, Wm. R. Cartwright 5 Major, Joshua Earl of Carysfort j
(Captains, Fras. Dickens, Hon. George Watson, Geo. Gunning, Thos.
Reeve Thornton, Thomas Lord Lilford, Thos. Carter, Wm. Wake,
Bart., and John Christopher Mansell ; Captain Lieutenant & Captain,
Robt. Wm. Blencowe j Lieutenants, Fiennes Wickham, Rd. Booth,
John Hervey Thursby, Wm. Walcot, Wright Thos. Squire, Edw.
Dryden, Bart., John Godfrey, John Capell Rose, Lewis Robert
Tookey, Edward Bouverie, and John Beauclerc j Cornets, John M-
Kirby, — Powis, Henry Cole, John Palmer, John Jackson Blencowe,
S. W. Harrison, John Viscount Althorpe, Henry Bame Sawbridge,
Geo. Eland, Charles Hill, Robert Sberrard, Robert Andrews, and
Geo. Rush.
Northampton Cavalry, — Captain Commandant, Wm. Kerr ; Cap-
tain, Joseph Sibley 5 Lieutenant, Thomas Butcher and Greo. Osbom ;
Comet, Samuel Holt.
Northampton Yeomanry Infantry, — Lieut.-Colonel, Geo. Earl
Spencer } Major, Wm. Sawbridge 5 Captains, Andrew Morris and
Robt. Lloyd Breton; Lieutenants, Fras. Benj. Hathcot, Samuel
Hughes, and Edward Lamb ; Ensigns, John Metcalfe Wardell and
William Henry Sutton.
Northampton, — Colonel, Earl of Westmorland; Lieut.-Colonel,
Thos. Tryon j Major, Geo. Fras. Lynn ; Captains, Stafford O'Brien,
William Meeke, Hon. Fred. Powis, and Chas. Berkeley ; Lieutenants,
John Miles, John Webster, Thos. Cyles, Donatus O'Brien, Thos.
Low, Henry Whitewell, John Selby, John Smith, and Wm. Hough-
ton J Ensigns, — Hewson, P. Law, Thos. Bonney, — Adams, Geo.
Webster, and Chas. Fred York j Adjutant, — Skelton.
Northampton, — Major Commandant, Hy. Locock ; Captains, Thos.
Johjison, Thos. Burnham, & John Bull Collins ^ Lieutenants, John
Cole, Chas. Whitworth, and Chas. Doddj Ensigns, Geo. Osbom,
Joseph Lewin, and Thos. Stevenson ; Surgeon, Walter Mills.
Peterborough Cavalry, — Major, William Earl Fitzwilliam ; Cap-
tains, Henry Cole, Martin James Gooch, and Francis Hopkinson j
Lieutenants, John Miller, Wright Thos. Squire, and Thomas Alderson
Cooke ; Cornets, — Bailey, Edward Lloyd, and William Salmon.
Peterborough (Soke and City of), — Major Commandant, Thos.
Wright Vaughan 5 Captains, William Squire, John Spalding, Robt.
Lowe/ and Wm. Simpson j Lieutenants, Morris Tonge, Samuel
Allen, Wm. Wright, and John Sweeby^ Ensigns, Spencer Mair
Robinson, Thos. Parside, John Pridmore, and Francis Lowe.
33*
248 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Sudhorough Cavalry. — Captain, John Bragge ; Lieutenant, Thos.
Fox J Comet, Wm. James.
Thrapston Cavalry. — Captain Commandant, Thos. Squire; ist
Lieutenant, Wm. Yorke ; 2d Lieutenant, Samuel Rush Mansfield ;
Cornet, Lewis Robert Tookey.
Wellingborough Cavalry. — Captain, J. Newton Goodhall; Lieu-
tenant, David Wood.
fFkittering, Pilsgate, Southorpe, and Bamack. — Captain, Robert
Henson.**
For the above extracts our readers are indebted to Mr. C. Dack.
372. — 60RHAM Family (307, 343). — ^The following additional
extracts from Northamptonshire registers relate to this family. The
Gorhams at Stamford Baron were most likely a branch of the King's
Clifie family.
Stomford. J. Simpson.
BULWICK.
1660 *' James Gorrham, bur. Apl 13."
1674 " Wyddow Gorham, bur. Dec 28."
S. MARTINS, STAMFORD BARON.
1 73 1 ''Martha, the dau. of Matthew & Susanna Gorham, bapt.
Aug. I."
1733 '' Susanna, the dau. of Matthew & Susanna Grorham, bapt.
Aug. a6, bur. %J Apl. 1735."
1735 ''Martha, the dau. of Matthew & Susanna Gorham, bapt.
Aug. 3."
1 736 "Alice, the dau. of Matthew & Susanna Gorham, bur. Mch 3 r .*•
1737 ''Mary, the dau. of Matthew & Susanna Gorham, bapt. June
1739 "Rachell, the dau. of Matthew & Susanna Gorham, bapt.
July 30."
175 1 ''Susanna Gorham, bur. Nov. 15."
1763 "Elizabeth, the dau. of Mary Gorham, bapt. Jan. 11."
373. — ^Wbst Haddon : an Old Inn. — ^The last house but one
at the west end of the village of West Haddon, for some time past
known as Ash Tree cottage, has just passed out of my hands.
Formerly two houses occupied the site, but the property has of late
years undergone considerable alteration, although the original walls
Still remain.
On speaking to an old inhabitant of the village the other day, he
told me, much to my surprise, that one of the two houses alluded to
Knotsford Monument. 249
was originall7 a public-house known as " The Dun Cow." This
was late in the last century and therefore not within his recollection,
but he had always heard it spoken of as such during his boyhood ;
and, furthermore, could well remember a rhyme which the villagers
then repeated as having been written beneath the sign-board which
swung in front of the house. The four lines he gave me run as
follows : —
'*I am the oow that ne'er did low.
My akin's as soft as silk.
Gome, gentlemen, retnm again
And taste of mj sweet milk."
Further instances of rhyming public-bouse signs formerly or still
existing in the county would be acceptable to John T. Paob.
374. — Knotspord Monument at Malvern (354). — As
there is a slight inaccuracy in the inscription as given at the above
reference, I send a more exact copy, together with some additional
particulars of the family.
The arms of Knotsford impaling Knightley are at the foot of the
tomb. Sable, on a cross engrailed argent, a mullet of the field,
impaling paly of six or, and gules for Knightley 5 which it is to be
inferred, could not then have been borne as it now is : — quarterly,
I and 4, ermine, 2 and 3, paly of six or, and gules. On a line
with these arms is the inscription : —
*' Here lyeth the body of lohn Knotsford Esq'^ servant to King
Henry the viii and lane his wife, daughter to Sir Richard
Knightley Knt : who being first married to Mr. William
Lumley had issve, John, Lord Lumley and by lohn Knotsford
had five daughters and Coheyres.'*
On the right side of the tomb are the figures of two of the
daughters, Mary and Eleanor. Mary was the wife of Thomas Price,
of Manaty, esq., and Eleanor the wife of John Campion, esq. On
the left side are Elizabeth and Frances. Elizabeth was married to
William Ridgeley, esq., with the arms of Knotsford only. Frances
was the wife of Thomas Kyrle, of Marde, esq., who bears vert a
chevron between three fleur delis or, crescent for difference, impaling
Knotsford. In the course of restoration and other influences, the
tomb has undergone many changes, judging by the difierence in
the monument as it now stands as described above, and the account
given of it in an old book called The Antiquities of the Cathedral
Church of Worcester, by that learned antiquary, Thomas Abingdon,
250 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries,
esq. In that there is a description of the priory church at Great
Malvern, from which 1 have become possessed of the following very
interesting extract : —
" On the south side of the Choir lieth, on a fair Alabaster Tomb,
is the Portraiture of Mr. John Knoteseford, all armed, saving his
Head and Hands, as in prayer. On his right hand, his Wyfe, in a
noble Fashion, and written above, over their Heads this Inscription : —
" ' Here lye the bodyes of lohn Knoteseford Esquyre, servant to
Kynge Henry the eyght and lane his wyfe Daughter to Sir
Richard Knightley, who' being marryed to Mr. William Lvmley,
had issve lohn Lord Lvmley and by lohn Knoteseford had fyve
davghters and coheyres. He dyed An Do. mccccclxxxix.
xxiii. Novemb.*
^* Over this inscription are his arms, being sable on a cross Ingrailed
argent an Annulet of the field. Impaling or, two palets gules. On the
right side of the tomb are his daughters, Mary, wife of Thomas
Price, of Monaty, Esq., and Eleanor, wife of John Campion, Esq.
On the left side are Elizabeth, married to William Ridgeley, Esq.,
with the armes of Knoteseford only ; and behind her Frances,
married to Thomas Kyrle, of Marde, Esq., who beareth vert a chev-
ron between three fleur de Lizes or, crescent for difference. Impaling
Knoteseford. All these are kneeling in prayer, and at her parents*
heads kneeleth the portraiture of the Founder of this monument, in
her full Proportion, praying before her book at a pillar on which is
argent, six lionelles sable impaling Knoteseford and underwritten : —
"Anne marryed to William Savage of Elmley Esq" father to Sir
lohn Savage, Knt.**
9 Boyal Cretoent, Bath. FRANCES Kniohtlet Henderson.
375. — Waxerlet Church. — ^This church possesses architectural
features of much interest. Seen from the railway below the high
ground on which it stands, the result is a fore-shortening which gives
it less attractiveness than is produced by the beautiful tower and
spire of its near neighbour across the Welland, Barrowden, in
Rutland : though the tower and spire of Barrowden appear to be but
a borrowed idea, improved, from its older friend. The fine and
richly ornamented Norman remains at Wakerley far surpass an)rthing
found at Barrbwden. The Norman building at Wakerley consisted
of nave and chancel only, without western tower 5 a plan often
existing in this end of the county. The portions still remaining shew
that it received first an addition of aisle chapels to the nave, in
Wakerley Church, 251
neither case extending its entire length westwards. After this came
tbe western extension of tower and spire. Much more recently,
in the 17th or i8th century, the chancel suffered alterations which
almost divested it of architectural interest.
The font, of early English or early decorated date, is in plan a
square, reduced to an octagon by stopped splays at its angles, having
the large sides ornamented by cusped circles (these cusps terminating
in carving) and cusped arches. It is believed that this has been
engraved. It has lost the central shaft, and now rests on four short
legs, almost square, of perpendicular date,^a late treatment often
found in early fonts in this district.
The greatest interest concentrates in the remarkably rich and
beautiful remains of the Norman structure. The chancel arch,
westwards, is flanked by arched recesses, having pillars and mouldings.
The capitals of the arch itself are of the most exquisite late Norman
carving. The main capital of the north respond is entirely surrounded
by a most curious subject. The eastern side presents a carved
representation of a castle with towers, windows, and embrasures.
Through its open portal has just passed a knight on horseback,
(seen on the front of the capital,) armed in ring mail, with conical
helmet, retaining the nasal, fiehind and above him bends his lady,
who bids him God speed, as with hand pointing upwards to heaven
she commits him to its keeping. Tbe western side is covered with
the representation of a church with three domed spires, possibly
intended for the church of the holy sepulchre at Jerusalem. The
other capitals present beautiful enrichment, so thoroughly in accord
with that seen at Castor, accompanied also with the peculiar scaled
bases, invariably found in the work of its architect, as to leave no
reasonable doubt that the Norman work in both churches may be
assigned to the same period and architect. The arch above,
of moulded and zigzag orders, originally circular, has been
here taken down, with the wall over it, and rebuilt in the pointed
shape, doubtless to give space for the figures on the later rood-beam.
So well is this rebuilding done, that it might at first deceive a practised
eye, and suggest the idea that here was a pointed arch, that had
appeared very much earlier than any other in England. A little
consideration reveals the greater set-back on the abacus, to form
respectably the new pointed shape out of the older circular on^ 5 and
discovers it to be only a rebuilding of the Norman work.
The newer aisle chapels open in to the nave by two arches each.
On the south side the arches have been cut through the old Norman
252 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
wall : and in the spandril over the central pillar a portion still remains
of one of the Norman nave lights. On the south side of this
wall, close up under the apex of the lean-to roof, there is still to be
seen a considerable portion of the much ornamented Norman corbel
table, composed of carved corbels, between which there ran a
broadly splayed space, such sloping splay enriched with a sort of
shallow zigzag. The Norman string from under the side windows,
ornamented with longitudinal strips of lozenges, has been also re-used
in this building below the new aisle lights inside. Counterparts
of this very string remain not only at Castor, but also in another addition
made by this same architect to the lower part of the west tower of
Maxey church. A much decayed monumental slab, of early English
date, that bad been richly carved, remains in the churchyard
to the north of chancel.
It is singular that so curious and fine a work as here found
should have hitherto escaped illustration in the reports of the
architectural society of the county. The society has never yet, so
the rector believes, seen or visited the church. J. T. Irvimb.
376. — Jack op all Trades at Astrop, 179a. — ''A corres-
pondent who read the account in our paper of the 21st ult. respecting
a singularly industrious character in Cumberland, informs us that
there is now living at Astrop, in this county, a person of equal
celebrity: — He sells ale and spirituous liquors, is a blacksmith,
whitesmith, and belt-hauger, cutler and edge-toolmaker of all kinds,
mathematical instrument maker, cleans clocks and watches, is a
farrier and cow-leech, lets blood, draws teeth, shaves and cuts hair •
he has likewise accommodations for gentlemen and ladies who attend
the wells, and their horses and carriages." ♦
377. — Mason Family. — Information is desired as to the parent-
age of Nathaniel Mason, of London, merchant. He married Ann
Hunt in 1759. He possessed land in Sharnbrook and Odell, co.
Beds., sold by him to William Gibbard for £1000 ) also lands in
Berks, and Northants. ; besides estates in the West Indies. He died
at Billericary, co. Essex, and was buried at Clapham, in 1782. His
bookplate shews these arms: — Quarterly, i and 4, Or, a double-
headed lion. Azure, (Mason) : 2, Azure, a fess Argent, over all a
bend Gules charged with five mullets of the second (supposed foreign
coat) : 3, Azure, a butterfly Or, between 3 Tudor roses, in chief a
ducal coronet (Madocks, of Glenywern, co. Denbigh). Motto : Non
quantum sed quomodo.
• Northampton M^reur^, Angiut 4, 1792.
Drunken Bamaby in Northamptonshire. 253
The MasoD arms appear in Winchester cathedral, on the tomb of
sir John Mason, knight : and they are impaled on a monument in
Rushden church to John Ekins, who married Elizabeth Mason,
daughter of Nicholas Mason, of filetsoe, co. Beds., clerk.
Auriol Road, Weet Kensington. N. H. Mason.
378- — Drunken Barnaby in Northamptonshire. — At p. 229
in this volume, art. 357, is given a quotation from one of Drunken
Bamaby's Journeys. We here give all the passages in that very
quaint work relating to this county. Our extracts are taken from
the first edition, published according to the registers of the Stationers'
company, 1638, of which the full title is this :—
Bamabm
ITINERAEnJM,
Mttctili & FAnaruLi no-
minibus insignitnm : Viatoris
Solatio nnperrim^ editom, aptissimis
nomeris redactum, yeteriqne Tono
Babnaba public^
decantatum.
Bamabeea
JOUBNALL,
Undergo Names of
KiBTILUS & FAnsTOLns
shadowed : for the Travellers
Solace lately published, to most apt
numbers reduced, and to the old Tune
of Babnabb commonly
chanted.
Authore Cotymbao,
By Corymbaua,
Bffleit egregioB nobilis alia Ptroa,
The oyle of malt andjuyee ofapriUly neetar
Save made my Muse more valiant than
Hector.
The book is a square duodecimo, with a frontispiece by Marshall.
It should be added that in the succeeding editions there is a plate
representing Bamaby floating down the stream on a hay-cock, as
described in the verses relating to Wansford,
The author was Richard Brathwait, who died at the age of 85 in
1673. He was credited with abundance of wit and humour : but
while the undoubted value of this work to students of topography
makes it still read, its coarseness obliges them to keep it on their
topmost shelves.
Part I.
Yeni Brackley, ubi natus
Stirpi vili Magistratus,
Quem conspezi residentem,
Stramine tectum contegentem,
Et me vocaos, *' Male agis,
'* Bibe minus, ede magis.
From thence to Braehley, as did beseeme one,
The May'r I saw, a wondrous meane one.
Sitting, thatching and bestowinij^
On a Wind-blowne house a strewing,
On me, cald he, and did charme mee,
** Drink lesse, eat more, I doe wame thee.
34
254 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
Veni Daintre oum paella,
Prooenun oelebre duello,
Ibi bibi in Canpona,
Nota mnliere bona,
Gum qua vixi semper idem.
Donee creta fregit fidem.
Man^ Daintre nt yenissem,
Goronlnm quod reliquissem,
Avid^ quseiens per musaeum,
Deeponsatum esse earn
Intellexi, qua audita,
"Vale (dixi) Proselyta.
Veni "Wedon, ubi varii
Omnis gentis Tabellarii
Ck)nvenia8ent, doneo mundus
Gurrit cerebro rotundus :
** Solvite Sodales Iseti,
'* Plus 1 reliqui quiun aocepi.
1 Nftiueftiiti ttomftoho efflaant omnift.
Veni Tosseter die Martis,
Ubi Baocalaureum artis
Bacobanalia celebrantem
Ut inveni tarn constantem.
Feci me consortem f esti
Tota noote perhoneftti.
Thenoe to Daintree with my Jewell,
Famous for a Noble DueU,
Where I drunk and took my Gommon
In a Taphouse with my Woman ;
While I had it, there I paid it,
Till long chalking broke my credit.
Part n.
At Daintre earely might you find me,
But not th'Wendi I left behind me,
Neare the Schoole-house where I bopsed.
Her I sought but she was spoused,
Which I having heard that night-a,
"Farewell (quoth I) Proselyta.
Thence to Wedon, there I tarried
In a Waggon to be carried ;
Garriers there are to be f ound-a,
Who wiU drink till th'world run round-a :
" Pay, good fellows, I'le pay nought heere,
" I haye > left more than I brought heere.
1 Mj qaeuj itomftoh making bold.
To giye them that it ooald not hold.
Thence to Tosseter on a Tuesday,
Where an artfull Batchler ohus'd I
To consort with ; we ne're budged.
But to Bacchus revels trudged ;
All the Night-long sat we at it
Till we both grew heavy pated.
Part in.
Veni Wansforth-brigs, immanem
Vidi amnem, alnum, anum ;
Amnem latum, anum lautam,
Gomptam, oultam, castam,cautam ;
Portas, Hortos speoiosos,
Portus, Saltus spatiosos.
Bed Bcribeutem digitum Dei
Spectans Miserere Mei,
Atriis, angulis, conf esiim
Evitandi cura pestem,
Fugi, mori licet natus,
Nondum mori sum paratus.
Inde prato per-amsano
Dormiens temulent^ fseno,
Rivus Burgit ft me capit,
Et in flumen alt^ rapit ;
QuorsumP clamant; Nupererro
A Wansforth-brigs in Anglo-terra.
Thenoe to Wansforth-brigs, a river.
And a wife wiU live for ever ;
River broad, an old wife jolly,
Gomely, seemely, free from folly ;
Gates and gardens neatly gracious.
Ports and Parks and pastures spations.
Seeing there, as did become me,
Written, Lord Have Mercy On Me,
On the Portels, I departed.
Lest I should have sorer smarted ;
Though from death none may be spared,
I to dye was scarce prepared.
On a Hay-cock sleeping soundly,
Th' River rose and tooke me roundly
Downe the current ; people cryed.
Sleeping, down the streame I hyed ;
Where away, quoth they, from Greenland p
Ko ; from Wansforth-brigs in England.
Plague at Towcester, 1608.
255
Veni * Burleiflrh, lioet Bnima,
Sunt fornaoes sine fomo,
Fromptaaiia sine promo,
Clara porta, olansa domo ;
* Camini sine f oco,
Et onlince sine Coquo !
« Ifto domof flt P^sTPO^v dwniia.
Stetins.
V ^— Hadeneqae tropluM oamini.
damans, domnm 6 inanem !
Besonabat ^ Ecco, f amem ;
Qoinun habitant intra mnros P
Bespirabat Ecoo, mures ;
Ditis omen, nomen habe ;
Ecoo respondebat, Abi.
1 ^— Ciutofl domna JBcoo reliota.
Thenoe to " Bnrleigh, though 'twas winter
No fire did the Chimnej enter,
Buttries without Butlers guarded,
Stately gates were dooble- warded ;
Hoarj ^ Chimneyes without smooke too,
Hungry Eitchins without Cooke too.
Q Thia house the Leraratt bash.
V Vfj the Ohinmeit trophy.
Hallowing loud, 6 empty wonder !
^ Ecoo streight resounded, hunger.
Who inhabits this vast brick-house P
Ecoo made reply, the Titmouse ;
Ominous Cell, no drudge at home Sir
Eooo answer made, Be gone Sir.
1 Booo't the keeper of e forlome honee.
379. — Plague at Towcester, i6o8. — ^The following extract
from
A Gknealogioal History of William Shepard, of Fosseout, Northampton-
shire, England, and some of his Descendants, by George L. Shepard,
Boston, Mass.
Saluc, Haas :. Obaerrer Book and Job Print, 1886.
is interesting as well from its reference to a visitation of the plague in
this county, as from its connection with a family about which several
queries have appeared in these pages :—
'* Thomas, son of William, born in Towcester, Northamptonshire,
six miles from Northampton, Eng., Nov. 5, 1605 ; and, as he states
it, ' the Powder treason day & that very houre of the day wherin the
Parlament should have bin blown up by Popish priests^ I was then
borne, which occasioned my father to give me this name Thomas,
because he sayd, I would hardly beleeve that ever any such wicked-
ness should be attempted by men agaynst so religious and good
Parlament'
"At the age of three years (1608), a great plague ravaged through
the town of Towcester ' which swept away many in my father's
family, both sisters and servants -, and I being the youngest & best
beloved of my mother was sent away the plague brake out to live
with my aged grandfather & grandmother in Fossecut a most blind
town & comer, & those I lived with also being very well to live yet
very ignorant ', & there was I put to keepe geese & other such
country woorke, all that time much neglected of them.'
" From there he was sent to Adthrop, an adjoining town, to reside
with an uncle, where he remained until the epidemic bad disappeared,
when he again returned home> his dear mother having meanwhile
died, ' but not of the plague.' '*
34*
256 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
380. — Parish Rboistbrs op Debnb. — The following inter-
esting extracts from the Deene registers, which commence in 1558,
have been communicated by Mr. F. A. Blaydes, of Shenstone Lodge,
Bedford. He has compiled the notes, which illustrate and explain the
extracts, from Collins (5th edition), and from the monmoental
inscriptions remaining in the church.
T558 Aug. 29 Henricus Armstrong, Rector, sep,
1565 Aug. 6 John Kinder, Rector de Blatherwick, sep.
15^6 Jul* 5 Dom. . . . lizabetha Nevell, sep.
1576 Dec. 14 Thomas Quicke, Rector de Deene, sep.
1576 Mar. 6 Christopher Everard, clericus, institutus et inductns
est in rectoriam de Deen s'f die mensis Martij, a« d'ni salutis
n*re 1576 secundum leges Anglicanas testibus Thoma
Brudenell, Armigero, Willielmo Brudenell, gen., Matheo
Odell, clerico, cum pluribus aliis.
1577 Dec. 29 Agneta Brudenell, bapt. •
1578 Mar, 14 Edmundus Brudenell, bapt.»
1580 Feb. 26 Elizabetha Brudenell, bapt. •
1581 May 8 Christopher Everard, rector, et Elizabetha Diggles mar.
1581 Jan. 23 WilFm Brudenell et Anna Patridge, mar.
1582 Nov. 8 Anna Brudenell, sep.
1582 Jan. 8 Domina Agneta Brudenell, uxor Edmundi militis sep. ^
1583 Jun. 3 Helena Tinnsley, uxor [sic] sep.
1583 Dec. 12 Edmundus Brudenell, miles, et Etheldreda Roane,
vidua, mar. •
1584 Apr. 19 Everarde, filius primogenitus Cbristopheri Everard
rectoris, born and bapt.
1584 Jun. 7 Johanna Fitzgeoferye, sep.
1584 Sep. 4 Franciscus Brudenell, sep.
1584 Sep. 6 Etheldreda, al*s A . . . rta, filia Edmimdi Bru-
denell, militis, bapt. ^
T584 Sep. 9 D*na Etheldreda, uxor Edmundi Brudenell, militis, sep.
1584 Mar. 6 Edmundus Brudenell, miles, sep. Decessit ante 24^*
Feb.«
« Ohildren of Sir Edmund by hia first wife, Agnes, d. & heir of John
Bossey of Hougham, 00. Lino.
b First wife of Sir Edmund, ut tupra,
Da. of Thomas Femley, and widow of Anthonj Boane.
d Only da. of Sir Edmund, by his 2nd wife, Etheldreda. She m. Sir Basil
Brooke, of Madelej, co. Salop, Knt.
• Husband of the above, and s. of Sir Thomas Brudenell, by Elizabeth, his
wife, eld. d. of Sir William Fit2william, of Milton, 00. Northants. He waa
bom in 1525. (Inq, p.m.)
Parish Registers of Deene. 257
1586 May 1 Jacobus Everard, bapt.
1587 Aug, 18 Charissiraus noster in domino, Thoma Brudenell de
Deene, Armiger, decessit vero xvj® 4ugusti circa horam
septima po : meridianam cujus anima in pace nunc et
semper cum Christo requiescat. '
1590 Jul. 28 Lucia Harrington, bapt. >
1590 Nov. 16 Willhelmus Brudenell> armiger, sep.
1592 Aug. 8 Petrus Everarde, bapt.
159 j Aug. 21 Elizabetha Hatton, sep.
1396 May 6 Xtiana, filia Henrici Fitzwilliams, bapt.
1596 Jun. 24 Elizabetha, filia Chr : Everard, clerici, bapt.
1597 Aug. 12 Anna Brudenell de Clapthom, quondam uxor Thome
Brudenell de Deene, sep.
1597 Oct. 3 Alexander Thorrold, armiger, et Xtiana, filia Rob*ti
Brudenell, armigeri, mar. ^
1599 Jul. 5 Robertus Brudenell, armiger, sepultus, decessit autem
iii]^ die dicti mensis circa quartam horam ante meridiem.
1606 Oct. 26 Joh*es Brudenell, armiger, sep. *
1607 Jan. 21 Chnstopherus Everard, sep.
1609 Mar. 6 Mr. Petrus Tindsley sepultus erat sexto die Martij
A** [609. Summae humanitatis magnaeque p*bitatis vir
obijt vero quarto die Martij, media nocte^ iguorante
uxore, cubante cum illo.
16 10 Aug. 2 Johannes, fiHus Pauli Brudenell [Rector], bapt.
161 2 Mar. 13 Edmundus, filius Pauli Brudenell [Rector], bapt.
Sep. 1 8th.
16 14 Apr. 7 Edvardus tertius natu filius vere hon'abil viri
Thomae Brudenell miUt: et Baronett: primo aetatis
suae anno et mense quarto secundi anni fato cessit et
sepultus fuit. i
f Second 8. of Sir Thomas ; he m. Anne, d. of Robert Topoliff.
9 Grand- daughter of Sir Thomas ; her parents — Harrington, of Witham,
CO. Line, who m. Julian, d. of Sir Thomas.
k Son of Sir Edmund Thorold of Hough, co. Lino., Ent. She, d. of Robert
Brudenell by Catherine, his wife, d. and h. of GeofiErey Taylarde, of Dodington,
00. Hunts, m. 16 June, 1670.
i Third s. of Sir Thomas, ob. B.p., when the estates devolved upon the 4th s.
Robert.
J His father Sir Thomas Brudenell (eld. s. of above Robert), or. Bart., 29
June, 1611 ; Knt., 9 Apr. 1612; Baron Brudenell of Stanton- Wivill, oo. Leic,
26 April 1627; and Earl of Cardigan, 20 April 1661 ; ob. 16 September 1663,
set. 80. His mother, Mary, d. of Sir Thomas Tresham, of Rushton, oo.
Northants, who ob. 13 October, 1664. His brother Edmund, ob. unm 16 June
1692 ; bis only sister, Mary, m. John Constable of Burton Ccmstable, Viscount
Dunbar.
258 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
161^ Feb. 10 Lucia Brudenell^ gen. sep. in hoc sacrosancto Templo
Deenensi. ^
1615 Feb. I J Katherina Tinsley, gen'osa, uxor Petri Tinslj'e
gen'osi, nuper de Deene, sed nunc de Deenethorpe profecto
sepulta fuit.
1619 Jun. II Maria Hennidge [Heneage], filiaGeorgij Hennidge,
Militis, et Domina Elizabetha uxoris eius, p'fecto> bapt.
fuit. »
1624 Aug. 26 Etbeldreda, uxor Basilij Brookes, militis^ sep.
1634 ^ow, 22 Mr. Robert Brudenell had a son and heire borne
vnto him by Marie the daughter of the Lord Don Barr
vpon the 2 1 day of November being Friday about six of
the clock at night which son was baptized and christened
Thomas vpon Saturday the two and twentieth day of the
same moneth. "
1636 Jan. 7 Marie, d, of Mr. Robert Brudenell and Marie, bapt."
1638 Oct, 23 Thomas, s. of Mr. Robert Brudenell & Marie his
wife, bapt. [sic, sed query buried.] ■*
1674 Sep. 7 Robert, s. of y* R* Hon**** Francis L* Brudenel and
Lady Frances his wife borne at Deen. ■
1676 Mar. 15 Francis 2** s. of y* R* Hon'ble Francis, L** Brudnel
and Lady Frances his wife b.
1690 Jul. 30 Dorothy d. of Robert Linwood and Ann, bur.
1690 Oct. 4 William, s. of Mr. Robert Linwood and Ann, bur.
1693 Jan. 12 Mr. William Staunton of y* University of Cambridge
and Mrs. Elizabeth Ekins of Peterborough, mar. by Licence.
169J Jun. 15 Frances, Lady Brudenell, bur.
1696 Jun. 19 Anne, Countess of Cardigan, bur.
1697 Man 3 Frances, d. of Mr. Robert and Ann Linwood, bapt
1698 Jul. 28 The Right Hon'ble Francis, Lord Brudenell, bur.
k Third d. of Sir Thomas and his wife Elizabeth, d. of Sir Wm. Fitzwilliazo.
1 P. of Sir George Heneage, of Hainton, 00. Lino, (knighted 8 December,
1683), by Elizabeth, hiB wife, only d. of Sir Richard Southwell, of Southwell,
CO. Notts., Knt.
m Issue of Robert, 2nd Earl of Cardigan by Hary, his first wife, d. of
Henry Constable, Viscount Dunbar. Mary m. William Hay, 3rd Earl of
Einnoul.
n Eld. s. of Robert, 2nd Earl by Anne, his 2nd wife, d. of Thomas Yisoount
Savage. He m. Frances, only d. ni James Saville, Earl of Sussex. He had
three sisters, viz: — Anna Maria (ob. 20 April, 1702, bur. in St. Giles in the
Fields), m. 1, Frances Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury, 2, George Rodney
Bridges, of Eeynsham ; Catherine m. Charles, Earl of Middleton ; Dorothy
(ob. 26 Jan. 1739, est. 91, bur. in Westminster Abbey), m. 1, Charles Fane,
Earl of Westmoreland, 2, Robert Constable, Tifoount Dunbar.
Parish Registers of Deene^ 259
1699 Jun. 19 George, s. of Mr. Robert Lynwood and Add, bur,
1699 Oct. 14 Thomas AUem of Deen, grazier, and- Dorothy the
d. of Mr. William Lynwood were maryed as they told
me, but I know not where, nor by whom.
1700 Oct. 3 Thomas Bennet of Tansover, Clarke, and Mrs. Ann
Buck of Benyfield, widow, were m. by licence from Mr,
Archdeacon Woolsey.
1702 Oct. a; Mr. Robert Lynwood, a p*fest papist had a son bom
and bapt. by ye name of John as he tells me, quere by
whom.
170a Mar. 13 Thomas the s. of the Hon*'^ Collonell Thomas
Brudenell and Frances his wife was born tuesday the 9th
of March and baptized in the Church Saturday ye 13.
1703 Jul. 18 The R* Hon»»^ Rob*, Earle of Cardigan, bur. •
1705 1^^' '5 Mrs. Mary, wife of William Lynwood, sen', of
Deene, gen., bur.
1706 Sep. 5 James Wing of North LufFenham in ye county of
Rutland, gen., and Rachel Wood of Bulwick mar. by
licence.
1708 Mar. 8 Thomas Kettleby, gen., who dyed at Weldon, March
the 6th, bur. here.
1709 Feb. 27 William Lynwood, Jun'., gen., bur.
171 1 Mar. 15 Frances, d. of George Jones, gent, bur.
1713 Feb. II Anne, wife of Mr. Robert Lynwood, bur.
1 7 14 Apr. 2 Mr. Nicholas Biggs, a reputed priest of the Church
of Rome, bur.
1 7 14 Jan. 19 Mrs. Ann Kettleby, bur.
1 7 15 Apr. 27 William Lynwood, gen., bur.
1718 Oct. 23 Robert Busby, gen., bur.
1 718 Feb. 4 Bennet Williams, a reputed popish priest, bur,
172 1 Jul. 14 Mary, d. of George Jones, gen., bur.
1 72 1 Aug. 26 Charles, s. of George Jones, gen., bur.
1722 Dec. 16 The most noble Ann, Dutches of Richmond, eldest
d. of the Right Hon'ble Francis Lord Brudenell, bur. p
1/22 Feb. 12 William Lee of Leicester, gen., and Mrs. Penelope
Goode, d. of the Rev^. Mr. (roode, R'. of this parish, m.
by lie.
1723 Jan. 7 Robt Lynwood, gen., bur.
1724 Apr. 9 Rob't, s. of John Lynwood, gen., bapt,
o Second Earl, ob. 16 July, set. 96.
P She m. first Henry, YiBoonnt Bellasis, by whom she had 1 d. who ob
inf ana. By her 2nd husband, Charles Lennox, Duke of Biohmond, she had
issue 2 daurs.,— Louisa, m. to James, Earl of Berkeley, K.G. ; Anne, m. to
26o Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
1725 Mar. 7 Ann, d. of Mr. John Lynwood, bapt.
1729 May II John Linwood, gent., bur.
1730 Feb. 26 Samuel Eaton, gent., and Elizabeth Sanderson,
spinster, mar. by license.
1732 Jul. II The Right Hon**^ George, Earl of Cardigan, bur. '
1737 Jan. 4 Mr. Thomas Morgan, gent., bur.
1745 Dec. 14 The Right Hon*»*» Elizabeth, Countess Dowager of
Cardigan, bur.
1746 Aug. 15 The Hon"* James Brudenell, Esq., bur.'
1753 Dec. 15 The Rev. Mr. William Leaver, Rector of Dean, and
Chaplain to the Earl of Cardigan, bur.
1766 Apr. 22 Simon Black, Clerk, Rector of Glooston, and curate
of Deen, bur.
1800 Jan. 22 Lady Frances Tilson, sister to the R' H*ble the Earl
of Cardigan, bur.
1810 Jan. 13 R* H'ble Mary, Countess of Courtown, niece to the
R* H'ble the Earl of Cardigan, aged 73, bur.
1 8 10 Apr. 12 The R* Hon'ble James, Earl of Courtown, bur.
18 1 1 Mar. 7 The R* Hon'ble James, Earl of Cardigan, bur.
381. — ^Tbrcentenary op Mary Queen op Scots. — The
exhibition of relics of Mary queen of Scots, which was open at
Peterborough from the 19th of July to the 24th of September this
year, proved of very great and general interest. For some time
before the anniversary of her execution, which took place on the
8th of February, 1587, the public had become familiar with the
intention to get together, if possible, a very complete collection of
portraits, rings, jewels, manuscripts, books, and indeed of all objects
of interest connected with the unfortunate queen. It was soon found
that the owners of these highly valued relics responded very readily
to the application for the loan of them for the purposes of the
proposed exhibition. The Queen not only extended her patronage to
it, but contributed several valuable articles. At one time it was
William Anne, Earl of Albeimsrle, R.6. ; and one s. Charles, who became
Duke of Richmond and Lennox. She was bom 14 Deo. 1679, and ob. 9 Deo.
1722, eet. ^3. She had two Bi6ter8,^iHary, who m. Richard, YiBoount Molineox ;
and Frances, m. 1, Charles Livingston, 2nd Earl of Newbnrgh, 2, Biohaidy
Lord Bellew.
q Succeeded his grandfather as 3rd Earl of Cardigan. He married Eliza-
beth, eld. daughter of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Aylesbury.
r Brother to George, above mentioned. He married Susan, daughter of
Bartholomew Barton, of North Luffenham, co. Rutland, Esq., and had issue,
— Gtoorge Bridges, son and heir ; Augustus, ob. inf. ; and Caroline, married
3 Sep., 1758, to Sir Samuel Hudyer, of Leigh, 00. Kent, Ent. and Bart.
Tercentenary of Mary Queen of Scots. 261
hoped that some member of the royal family would have been present
at the opening. But though the actual date of opeuing was postponed,
in order to try and secure this, it was found that the manifold engage-
ments of the Jubilee would not allow the exhibition to be graced by
the presence of any one of the Queen's children or near relations.
Not only the local papers, but many provincial ones, and not a few
of thQse published in London, had articles upon the occasion. It was
from the first intended that this commemoration should be attended
by no controversy ; and that it should be of an historical character
only. The question therefore of the justice or injustice of the
execution was kept in the background. And those who condemn
and those who defend the ill-fated queen of Scots were alike able to
enter into the spirit with which the exhibition was prepared, and to
admire the valuable and varied collection brought together.
It would be impossible in these pages to describe the collection itself.
The exhibition was held in the rooms of the Peterborough Natural
History Society, originally the chancel of the church of S. Thomas h
Becket, and for many years used as the grammar school. It was indeed
due to the energy of the officers of this society, that the scheme proved
such a conspicuous success. The catalogue of the treasures lent, the
work of the indefatigable secretaries, is a pattern of what such a
catalogue should be : and it may be mentioned that several persons
who were unable to come to Peterborough sent for copies of this
catalogue, as containing a perfect storehouse of curious information
about the queen of Scots. Fresh objects of value were forwarded to
the committee almost to the very close of the exhibition. In the
revised edition of the catalogue the number of articles lent was given
as 313. One of the latest acquisitions was a portrait which was held
to be the most valuable of all, as it was a condition of lending that it
should be insured for ;^ 10,000. This was a portrait belonging to
Blair's college, originally the property of one of the queen's personal
attendants, Elizabeth Curie. It is feared that notwithstanding the
great success of the exhibition, it has done little more than pay the
expenses. The contents were insured for the enormous sum of
^^34,550; and the premium on this amount almost exhausted the
receipts, although the number of visitors exceeded jooo.
Where there was so much to attract it would be difficult to say
which department of the collection secured the greatest attention.
But perhaps the opportunity here given for the first time of comparing
the various portraits, authentic and doubtful, drew most of the
visitors to attach the greatest importance to these portraits. Some
SS
262 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries,
account of the portraits is given at the conclusion of this
notice. On the occasion of the opening of the exhibition by the
marchioness dowager of Huntly, the dean of Peterborough gave
expression to a feeling which would be shared by many« when he
spoke of the embarrassment which he experienced in looking at the
pictures of the queen. Of a very small number could it be said that
they did justice to the original^ unless her traditional beauty is a
delusion.
The very general interest in queen Mary which has been called
forth by this tercentenary commemoration, has had the pleasing
result of clearing up some uncertainties. One of these, the author-
ship of the account of her execution, has been treated of by our
correspondent '* Cuthbert Bede " in another portion of the present
number. And it is now established that the interment of the queen
took place within the choir, and
not, as usually believed, just
outside in the south choir aisle.
Marks of the place where the
canopy and hearse were erected
can still be seen in the two piers
nearest the apse, on the south of
the choir, and it is customary to
point out the slab between them
as covering the actual grave. But
Mr. Irvine, the clerk of the works
at the cathedral, described (at the
opening of the tercentenary exhi-
bition) some excavations which
had been made under his super-
intendence, by the direction of the
dean; he explained that there
could have been no vault in the
place generally pointed out, be-
cause the sleeper wall of the
cathedral is there; and that on
searching within the choir, on the
spot assigned by Browne Willis,
it was found that the soil was
loose, as if it had been filled in,
and exactly presented the appearance that would be expected.
Lady Huntly wrote to the papers in July proposing that the
occasion of the tercentenary should be utilized to collect small
Tercentenary of Mary Queen of Scots. 263
subscriptions from any one bearing the name of " Mary," in order to
raise some memorial to the queen of Scots, in connection with the
cathedral restoration. It has not been announced what success has
attended this project.
Two woodcuts accompany this note. The full-page illustration
is from Cuthbert Bede*s Fotheringhay and Mary Queen of Scots,
published last year. Our readers are indebted to the publisher,
Mr. King, of Oundle, for permission to use this plate. The
sketch of the helmet and escutcheon is from a drawing by Dugdale>
who visited Peterborough and copied the inscriptions in the cathedral
in 1641, at which time they were hanging over queen Mary*s grave j
but they were pulled down and destroyed during the great rebellion.
The engraving is from Bonney's Fotheringhay.
A few weeks before the exhibition commenced there was sold in
London for the large sum of ^^127, a manuscript which ought surely
to have found its way to Peterborough. It was indeed the very
prayer-book used by queen Mary at the last scene of all, an exquisite
copy on vellum of the " Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis," richly
ornamented with borders of fruit, flowers, &c., and containing several
miniatures.
The portraits, as might be expected, represent the queen at various
periods of her life. Many have not the name of the painter. In the
following abbreviated list, the painter's name, if known or conjectured,
is given first j and the name in italic is that of the owner, or person
who lent the portrait for exhibition.
1 Zucchero. Queen and son. Drapers* company.
2 Medina. Copy of original in possession of marquis of Allsa.
Mrs. Wood.
3 H. E. 1563, aged 24. Mr, Vernon Wentuxtrth.
4 Widow of Francis II. Mr. A. Stuart.
4a Given by queen herself to ancestor of present owner. Sir R.
Menzies.
5 Jeannet. With arms of France and Scotland, yesus College,
Cambridge.
6 Aged 16. From Hardwick. Marquis of Hartington.
7 Portrait in contemporary frame. Mr. Partridge,
8 Bordone. Profile. Miss Fletcher.
9 Clouet. On panel. Miss Fletcher.
10 De Court. Queen of Francis II, from Greystoke. Mr. H. C,
Howard.
11 On panel. 158a. Mr. R. J. Shepard.
35"^
264 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
la " Maria Scotorum Regina, A* 1580." Master of Trinity college^
Cambridge.
13 Medina. Daupbiness of France, «t. 15. Mr, f. Ferrier.
16 Poarbus. Daupbiness of France. Duke of Portland,
17 De Court. Widow's dress, 1563. This forms tbe frontispiece
of Cuthbert Bede's Fotheringhay, Rev. E. Bradley.
18 Copy by Shaw of portrait believed to have been sent by Mary to
Elixabeth. Mr. IV. Foster.
19 Copy of Antwerp portrait. Hon. W. Eaton.
ao Janet. " Marie royne descosse en leage de neuf ans et six mois
Lamsse au mois de Juillet." Mr. G. Howard.
a I Harding. Copy of full length portrait belonging to Sardinian
consul. Mr. G. Murray.
aapa Hilliard. Full length, with son. Hon. R. C. Trollope,
Three of the portraits are of such exceptional interest as to deserve
a more detailed account. In the Bodleian library was a portrait which
was discovered to have been painted over, and when this second
work was removed "a portrait wholly difierent in character and
costume was brought to light, which is now to be seen in the
Library." A coloured engraving of the portrait in its original state
was shewn, No. 14 in the catalogue, lent by Mr. More Molyneux.
Other copies are known to be in existence j Mr. Heathcote contributed
one (ij), and Mr. Curzon (api) another. Earl Spencer lent the
portrait at Althorp, representing the queen when wife of the Dauphin.
This is attributed to Jaaet, and is believed to be one of the most
correct. Dibdin, in his Biographia, says of this picture, that he
believes "the portrait of her when about sixteen, and the wife of
Francis II. when Dauphin of France, as seen at Althorp, in small,
upon panel, is the only legitimate resemblance of her in her younger
days in this country. It has never been engraved.*' Of the portrait
from Blair*s college (295) the secretaries give this account ; — *' This
portrait was formerly the property of Elizabeth Curie (one of Mary*s
attendants at the execution), and was bequeathed by her in 1620 to
the Seminary or Scots' College at Douai. Elizabeth Curie's brother
was at that tinae one of the Professors there. At the breaking out of
the Revolution in France (the Reign of Terror) the inmates of the
College were obliged to fly, and the portrait was taken out of the
frame, rolled up, and hidden in a chimney of the refectory, and the
fireplace was built up. The late Rev. Charles Gordon, of Aberdeen,
was at that time a student of the college, and helped to hide it. In
1814 it was taken from its hiding place, and transferred to the Scotch
Benedictine Convent in Paris, and was brought to Scotland in 1830
DELIGHTS
For Young Men and Maids :
CONTAINING
I. Near an hundred Riddles with Pidures, and a Kej to
II. Two true Lovers Knots. ( each.
III. Several Maggots and Whimfies to puzzle Lovers.
IV. Cupid's Cabinet opened; Or, a new fecret waj of
V. An Hieroglyphical Letter in Verfe. ( Writing.
VI. A new True Lover's Knot.
VII. The Tunbridge Love-Letter.
VIII. Wit and Folly in Amaze.
IX. The Trial of Ingenuity.
X. Pofies for Rings.
XI. A Fancy in Hieroglyphicks that may be read 3 Ways.
And thefe following Things ( which are not in the
Counterfeit Book are here added.
1 A Minadab the Quaker's Letter to Tabitha.
2 Sifter Tabitba's Anfwer to Fnend Aminadab.
3 Another True Lover's Knot.
4 A Fancy that may be read Twenty Ways.
5 The Woman's Queftion.
6 Keys explaining all the Hieroglyphical Letters and Fancies
fo that the meaneft Capacity may read them.
Two Women meeting three Men, one asks the other,
What arc thefe three Men ? To which she anfwers,
The first by the Father's side is my Brother,
So is the fecond, in right of my Mother,
The third is my Husband lawfully begot.
Yet all three are Brothers for a Pot.
Without Hurt, or Lineage in any Degree,
Now pray tell to me how can this be?
Printed and Sold by WILLIAM and CLUER DICEY,
at the Printing-office in Bow-Church- Yard, London.
N. h* This Impression contains more Fancies than any other.
i
Curiosities of Northamptonshire Printing. 265
by the late Bishop PatisoD, and deposited in Blair*s College. This
painting is recognised as one of the very first authentic portraits of
Queen Mary. The portrait at Windsor is supposed to be a copy of
this picture. At the top right hand corner of this portrait the arms of
Scotland are painted, at the left hand corner is the inscription *' in
Latin, ascribing her death to perfidy and possible cruelty of the
English parliament. " At the bottom of the left hand comer is a
representation of the execution of Queen Mary, above which is painted
AViA. [ ? A vla] fod RiNOHAMii.** There are other inscriptions. " It is
very probable that this portrait may have been painted by Amyas
Cawood, for Jane Kennedy and Elizabeth Curie after their removal to
France. The portrait of the decapitated head at Abbotsford is signed
Amyas Cawood, and be may have painted this Portrait from a drawing
made in Queen Mary's lifetime.** Ed.
382. — Clarke, Fry, and Howbtt: aueries. — I am anxious
to know where the following persons lived. Their signatures occur
in old bibles in the possession of my family : — Thomas Clarke, 1676.
Richard Fry, 1646. Thomas Howett, 1698.
Kingsiborpe. A. H.
383. — Curiosities op Northamptonshire Printing (3a4)«
— The second place in this series I have allotted to another of the
Dicey chap-books. To illustrate its nature I cannot do better than
refer to the title-page, which appears in facsimile on the opposite
page.
The copy now before me was probably published prior to 1756,
as in December of that year the name of Wilham Dicey disappears
for ever from the imprint of the Northampton Mercury, being
succeeded by that of Cluer Dicey, which later on became Dicey
and Son. Doubtless the book, which is a duodecimo of 24
pages, passed through many editions, of which this was clearly
not the first or even an early one, since the title-page alludes
to a "Counterfeit Book,*' and declares that "This impression
contains more fancies than any other.*' The type and blocks,
moreover, have many indications of long use. As to the contents,
pages 2 to 10 are occupied with a long series of riddles, each one of
which has a small woodcut representing the answer, a key being
added at the foot of each page. As many of these riddles are
extremely curious I append two or three specimens. The first in the
list reads :
" Least of all numbers, yet doth get
Yiotory o're Kings, and them defeat."
266 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
The answer is, *' Ace of Trumps." No. 47 is as follows : —
" When I went by the way,
I found a thing in a lock of Hay,
'Twas neither, Fish, Flesh nor Bone,
Yet I kept it till it went alone.*'
The figure of an "egg*' explains this; while a hive of bees gives
answer to no. j8 : —
" We dwell in Cottages of straw,
Labour much but reap no Gain,
Sweets from us our Masters draw.
But don't regard us for our Pain."
Many of the riddles are of too free a nature to reproduce here.
On pages 11 and 1% are keys to several puzzles which appear
later on ; the next page displays a rhymed puzzle entitled " Wit and
Folly in a Maze," of which I give a rough representation^ considerably
reduced in size: —
WIT and FOLLY in a Maze.
had both
lent my
ask'd my
loft my
of neither thought I ftore.
and took his word therefore
and nought but words I got
for fue him I would not.
I * MONEY * FRIEND
At laft with
So got I
If I had
I'd keep my
came my
but my
and a
and my
which pleas'd me very well,
away quite from me fell,
as I have had before,
and play the Fool no more.
I had both Honey and a Friend, Of Neither thought I Store, I lent my
Money to my Friend, And took his Word therefore, I ask'd my Money of my
Friend, and nought but Words I got, I lost my Money and my Friend, For sue
him I would not. At last with Money came my Friend which pleas'd me very
well. So got I money, but my friend away quite from me fell. If I had
money and a Friend as I have had before, I'd keep my Money and my Friend
and play the Fool no more.
Curiosities of Northamptonshire Printing. 267
The upper portion of p. 14 is filled with '* An Hieroglyphical
Letter in Verse/* while at the foot is given " The Art of Secret
"Writing," which is thus explained : —
Make the Characters according to the
Form of the Figures, wherein the Letters
stand, the first hath no Dot in it, the second
one, and the third two Dots, so that you'll
find the Alphabet to stand thus.
a i) c
def
ghi
kirn
nop
q r s
t li
W X
y z
g
I
m
J J J u u u L L L a 3 a
nopqr s tuwxyz
□ III H c E E "n n ri r i_
If, therefore, I wished to write " Northampton '* in this '
method,*' I must proceed as follows : —
secret
n □ II "1 L J 3
This invention would certainly not commend itself to a shorthand
writer. The following page (ij) shows "A New Way of Secret
Writing, which none can read but those who have the Key." This
device is simple enough, merely consisting in the substitution of one
letter for another, as shown underneath : —
abcdefghiklm
nopq rstuwxyz
For the first row of letters use those in the second row and vice
versa. Thus for use h, for w, i ; for s^ f: and so on, as in the
sentence following : —
God above encrease our Love,
Tbq nobhr rapemfr bhe Ybhr.
A curious " never-ending " puzzle occupies the greater portion of
this last-mentioned page, at the foot of which is a ''never-failing
Receipt to cure Love." Page 16 contains "The Welshman's Letter
to his Sweetheart," and " Maggots to Puzzle Lovers " with a Key to
the latter J next comes "The Trial of Ingenuity," occupying the
whole of page 17 and consisting of a block puzzle similar to that on
p. 13. Page 18 is entirely taken up by "The Tunbridge Love
Letter/' an elaborate hieroglyphical puzzle in the style of the specimen
268 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries.
page given below; on p. 19 is **The Epsom Lady's Answer/' and
pp. 20 and a 1 contain respectively ** Friend Aminadab*s Letter " and
" Tabitha's Answer'* —all very similar productions.
The two following pages present other puzzles, and the last is
occupied by '* An Hieroglyphical Love Letter," which is here repro-
duced as a specimen of the blocks used in this entertaining little
book.
An Hieroglyphical Love-Letter.
Tis Love alone
Makes two but one.
This and the Giver
Are thine for ever.
Where hearts Agree
No strife can be.
Love's Knot once ti'd
who can divide.
In her Breast
My Heart doth rest,
I trust in time
Thou wilt be mine.
FINIS.
God above
Increase our Love
we are Agreed
In time to speed.
Nought so sweet
As when we greet.
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