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• • : 0 ( i' .I ':r:f ,. 11 ·' NORTHAMPTONSHIRE PAST & PRESENT }OURNAL OF THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RECORD SOCIETY, DELAPRE ABBEY, NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND VoL. V 1975 No. 3 %:.::; nniellt . and MODERN .... large or small. Fine building is synonymous with Robert Marriott Ltd., a member of the Robert Marriott Group, famot,;s for quality building since 1890. In the past 80 years Marriotts have established a reputation for meticulous craftsmanship on the largest and small est scales. Whether it is a £7,000,000 housing contract near Bletchley, a new head quarters for Buckinghamshire County Council at Aylesbury (right) or restor ation and alterations to Easton Maudit Church (left) Marriotts have the experi ence, the expertise and the men to carry out work of the most exacting standards and to a strict schedule. In the last century Marriotts made a name for itself by the skill of its crafts men employed on restoring buildings of great historical importance. A re markable tribute to the firm's founder, the late Mr. Robert Marriott was paid in 1948 by Sir Albert Richardson, later President of the Royal Academy, when he said: "He was a master builder of the calibre of the Grimbolds and other famous country men. He spared no pains and placed ultimate good before financial gain. No mean craftsman him self, he demanded similar excellence from his helpers." Three-quarters of a century later Marriotts' highly specialised Special Projects Division displays the same inherent skills in the same delicate work on buildings throughout the Midlands. To date Hatfield House, Long Melford Hall in Suffolk. the Branch Library at Earls Barton, the restoration of Castle Cottage at Higham Ferrers, Fisons Ltd., Cambridge, Greens Norton School, Woburn Abbey restorations and the Falcon Inn, Castle Ashby, all bear witness to the craftsmanship of Marriotts. While building for the future, Marriotts are maintaining the glories of the past. J--- J-'"1 ROBERT MARRIOTT LTD. ~ r~ - RUSHOEN. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE A member of 1he French -Kier Group of companies NORTHAMPTONSHIRE PAST AND PRESENT 1975 CONTENTS PAGE Particulars of the Society ii Institutional Members of the Society ii Notes and News . 153 Joan Wake. G. !sham 156 Patrick King writes . 160 The Published Works of J oan Wake. Rosemary Eady 162 The Origins of the Wake Family: The Early History of the Barony of Bourne in Lincolnshire. E. King .. 167 Four Deserted Settlements in Northamptonshire. A. E. Brown; C. C. Taylor 178 The Fourteenth-Century Tile Paving at Higham Ferrers. Elizabeth S. Eames 199 The Medieval Parks of Northamptonshire. J. M. Steane 211 Helmdon Wills 1603-1760. E. Parry ... 235 Justices of the Peace in Northamptonshire 1830-1845. Part II. The Work of the County Magistrates. R. W. Shorthouse 243 The Rise of Industrial Kettering. R. L. Greenall ... 253 Domestic Service in Northamptonshire-1830-1914. Pamela Horn 267 King's School, Peterborough. A. Wootton 276 John Dryden's Titchmarsh Home. Helen Belgion ... 278 Book Reviews: J. M. Steane, Buildings of England: Northamptonshire 281 V. A. Hatley, 1873-1973, Mount Pleasant Chapel, Northampton: History 283 V. A. Hatley, Class Struggle and the Industrial Revolution: Early Industrial Capitalism in Three English Towns... 284 G. Isham, Theatre Unroyal ... 285 B. A. Holderness, Northants Militia Lists 1777 286 N. Marlow, The Northamptonshire Landscape: Northamptonshire and the Soke of Peterborough 287 Obituaries: Mrs. Philippa Mary Mendes-Da Costa 289 Mr. John Waters, R.J. Kitchin .. 289 All communications regarding articles in this issue and future issues should be addressed to the Honorary Editor, Mr.}. M. Steane, The Grammar School, Kettering Published by the Northamptonshire Record Society VoL. V Price 35p No. 3 PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY DALKEITH PRESS LIMITED, KETTERING, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RECORD SOCIETY (FOUNDED IN 1920) DELAPRE ABBEY, NORTHAMPTON President: SIR GYLES !SHAM, BART., D.L., F.S.A. Secretary: Chairman of Council: Treasurer: Miss D. M. Sladden, B.A. C. V. Davidge, Esq., M.A. W. H. Pack, Esq. Delapre Abbey Little Houghton House Delapre Abbey Northampton Northampton Northampton General Editor: Hon. Solicitor: E. J. King, Esq., M.A., PH.D. R. A. Jameson, Esq., V.R.D., LL.B. The University 7 Spencer Parade Sheffield Northampton AIMS AND OBJECTS The objects of the Society are the furtherance of the science of history and of historical literature by the publication of historical records relating to Northamptonshire, and the stimulation of interest in historical studies by exhibitions, lectures, etc. MEMBERSHIP THE ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION for Individual Members is £2.10, and for Institutional Members, £3.15. Associate Membership, up to 25 years of age, is SOp. per annum. These subscriptions, payable each January, entitle members to free copies of publications issued for the period in respect of which they have subscribed and give the right to attend meetings and lectures. Forms of application for membership will gladly be sent on request to the Secretary, Delapre Abbey, Northampton. Institutional Members of the Society EUROPE Corby Development Corporation Cliftonville High School, Northampton ENGLAND The Courtauld Institute of Art Abington Vale High School, Northampton W. T. Cox & Co. Ltd., Kettering Alien, A. H. & Co. (Engineers) Ltd., Northampton Dalkeith Press Limited, Kettering Allen-Lyman Bureau, Northampton Daventry Town Development Office All Soul's College, Oxford Daventry School Anglia Building Society Deacon's School, Peterborough Society of Antiquaries of London Durham University Library Ashby, R. Sterry, F.A.I., Northampton Duston Upper School, Northampton Ashby Estates, Ltd., Brackley East Anglia University Library Banbury Public Library Exeter University Library Bedford Public Library Frames Tours Ltd. Berry Bros. & Legge, Kettering Society of Genealogists, London Billingham & Son, Northampton Gotch, Saunders & Surridge, Kettering Birkbeck College, University of London Greenwoods, Messrs., Solicitors, Peterborough Birmingham Public Libraries Guildhall Library, London Birmingham University Library Guilsborough County School Bishop Stopford School, Kettering Haworth Library, St. Hild's College, Durham Bletchley Public Libraries Hertfordshire County Council Records Committee Boughton Estates Ltd., Weekley, Kettering Hull University Library Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Huntingdon County Library Bristol University Library Huntingdonshire County Record Office British Library, Boston Spa, Y orks Inner Temple Library, London Cambridgeshire Libraries, Carp.bridge Division, Institute of Historical Research Cambridge (University of London) Carlsberg Brewery Ltd., Northampton John Lea Secondary School, Wellingborough ii INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS Kettering Grammar School Stamford Public Library Kettering Public Library Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd., London W.l Kettering Secondary School for Girls Thrapston & District Historical Society Kettering Technical College Timsons Ltd., Kettering King's School, Peterborough Trinity Grammar School, Northampton Leeds University Library University College Library, London Leicester City Libraries Victoria University, Manchester Leicester College of Education, Corby Annexe Wallis's Garage Ltd., Kettering Leicester University Library Warwick University Library Leicester University Centre, Northampton Warwickshire County Library Leicestershire County Council Archives Department W ellingborough & District Archaeological Society Leicestershire County Library Wellingborough County High School Lincolnshire Archives Committee Wellingborough Grammar School Liverpool City Public Libraries Wellingborough Public Library Liverpool University Library Wellingborough School London Borough of Newham Library Service, Wellingborough Technical College Library Stratford Reference Library Westminster City Public Libraries The London Library Westwood House School, Peterborough London School of Economics & Political Science Wilson & Partners, Kettering University of London, King's College Wilson & Wilson, Kettering University of London, Westfield College W oodford Halse Historical Society University of London Library York University Library Loughborough Technical College Magdalen College Library, Oxford N . IRELAND Magdalen College School, Brackley Queen's University Library, Belfast Manchester Public Libraries Marshman, Warren, Taylor, F.R.I.B.A., Northampton SCOTLAND Midland Secretarial Bureau and Employment Agency Rushden and Wellingborough Aberdeen University Library Moulton Park Upper School, Northampton Edinburgh University Library New College, Oxford Glasgow University Library Newton Road Junior School, Rushden St. Andrew's University Library Northampton Business & Professional Women's Club Northampton College of Education WALES Northampton Development Corporation University College of Wales, Aberystwyth Northampton Grammar School University College of Swansea Northampton High School Northampton Public Library BELGIUM Northamptonshire County Council Northamptonshire County Library Bibliotheque-un-Livre, Brussels Northamptonshire Newspapers Ltd. Notre Dame High School, Northampton DENMARK Nottingham Central Public Library Royal Library of Copenhagen Nottingham University Library Nottinghamshire County Library SWEDEN Oundle School Lund University Library, Sweden Oundle Middle School Oxfordshire County Library Peterborough Dean and Chapter Peterborough Museum Society AFRICA Peterborough Public Library Johannesburg City Public Library Peterborough Technical College Public Record Office, London Reading