History Parish of East Lockinge, Berks

Home , Aldbourne, Ardington, East Lockinge, Wantage, West Ginge, West Hendred

H I S T O R Y

Parish of East Lockin e g ,

Berks ,

M . W . H . HALLA

LONDON

R C . A . BA TLETT Co . ,

2 2 2 WARWICK LANE E 3 , . C .

WANTAGE

H . . M N NICHOLS , ARKET PLACE .

1 900 . F P R E A C E .

The w notes r of oc follo ing on the Histo y East L kinge, w ere collected for the most part some ten to ﬁfteen years

no u h0 e m a go . They are w p blished in the p that they ay be found interesting to the local resident .

F e i u the P ur &c . the or th descr ptive acco nt of ict es, , in i Mansion I am ndebted to Lady Wantage.

M due . . . r Rec r y thanks are also to the Rev J G Co nish , to , for so a ow P R readily ll ing access to the arish egisters .

. H W . H . R 1 8 S . Kent oad, windon , 99 C O N T E N T S .

atu a u S z Sur Chapter I . N r l Feat res i e face Levels

Soils . Th — i f Chapter II . e Manor of East Lockinge Derivat on o Name Its Owners and Descent — Modern Improvements The Mansion u and its Treas res . f Chapter III . The Manor of Betterton Derivation o — — Name Past and Present Owners A

u u Pict resq e Glen .

C IV M — s u hapter . anor of Ginge Its Owner and Occ piers —A Mineral Bath .

a V a u — i u — Ch pter . The P rish Ch rch Arch tect re Enlarge ments and Restorations—The Bells — — Their Inscriptions Founders A Bell Tradition Ringing Customs Church — Music Past and Present The Church — Goods Plate Stained Glass Monu — — ments Parish Registers List of Books — — — Extracts Burials in Woollen Aged

’ Parishioners The Churchwardens

Account Books .

VI The — Patréns— Chapter . Rectory Early Sale to All ’ — — Souls College Absent Rectors Value of — Living List of Rectors, with Notes — List of Curates The Rectory House

nd Past a Present . u — Chapter VI I . Antiq ities of the Parish An Extinct — — Monster Anglo- Saxon Cemetery The — Stocks and Pound Ancient Customs — The Mummers Old Families . — Chapter VIII . Field and Place Names Reminders of the

Past . — C IX . S hapter prings, Wells , and Brooks Whence They — Come and Whither They Go A Dell of — Singular Beauty A Deep Well .

C —A —A the hapter X . Roads ncient Roads Memorial of — — Crimean War The Stage Coach Wilts — — and Berks Canal Its Cost Advent of

the Railway . — Chapter XL The Charities .

XII u . Chapter . Parochial Ret rns THE PARI SH

B . EAST LO C KI N G E , ERKS

CHAPTER I .

NATURAL FEATURES .

S LOCKINGE A T is a Village in North Berks , lying

- -a- two and half miles eastward of Wantage , in which

u u I ts u n u H ndred it is sit ated . o tline is lo g, and irreg lar , but u u u m narrow thro gho t . In length it meas res ﬁve iles , w r m s hile its b eadth nowhere exceeds one ile , and in ome t u portions contracts o little more than a f rlong .

u u u 1 u Its circ mference meas res abo t 4} miles , excl sive of

u m the o tlying ha let of Ginge . The present acreage of the

u n t thin s Parish is given as acres , incl di g the y g of

W n u Betterton and est Gi ge , and the rateable val e Of the Natural Features of the Parish it may be enough u du l to say , that its general s rface is a gra a rise from the e S u u a North to th o th , broken by a depression abo t midw y,

u in which the village itself is sit ated . The Ordnance Survey gives the Levels as 2 1 9 feet above the Sea Level at the

Northern extremity, rising to 3 73, feet where the Portway m w crosses the Parish , arked by a plantation of trees hich

’ Kell s Director of Berks y y . z HISTORY OF EAST LOCKINGE

u u form a conspic o s landmark in the vale , and are known ” ” u as Lockinge Cl mp , and locally as the Land of Trees “ or the Waggon and Horses , which they resemble in shape . From this point the land falls away until the village is

a 2 s re ched , 3 9 feet above sea level , and then again rise gradually till the Parish terminates in the Chalk Downs of the Cuckham sley Hills where it attains an elevation of 740 feet .

d n The soil is varie , consisti g of loam and clay in the lower parts ; chalk loam and greensand being m et with before it reaches the marl and limestone on w hich the

Village stands , while in the Downs it is wholly composed of

w n chalk of hich that range of hills co sists .

S . In the Geological ection of the G W . Railway , that portion in Lockinge Parish is described as composed of

r d sand and f om two to eight feet of chalk marl and greensan , u covering bl e clay . a The Railw y here has a rise of eight feet per mile . The time when these lowlands were part of the vast

d d u Eocene sea, which was slowly epositing the be s of ga lt clay and greensand above which the Down lands stood as

Islands , or later still when it was a thick forest , impenetrable ,

both from the thick masses of vegetation , and the swamps

d u which they conceale , is too remote to be incl ded as part

of this History and is beyond the scope of the present writer .

u n u The ﬁrst h man inhabita ts who lived here , wo ld be those who descended into the valleys from the higher an d dryer

lands ; and of these no traces remain except their roads , to

n ac un f wh r c v d . a co t o ich , anothe hapter is de ote H C APTER II .

THE MANORS or EAST Lo cxmc x,

T HEIR H ISTORY AND DESCENT .

HE Parish contains three Manors all of ancient date ” o and each mentioned in D omsday Book .

an u The absence of coins (in y large n mbers) , pavements ,

nd u us our P a s ch like remains , lead to infer that arish was

u n not occ pied by the Romans . The name Locki ge itself is

S m a d Hlaw axon and y be erived from , a hill , and ing, a d w mea o , common , or close ; or again from Loki the Norse

god of mischief , or perhaps from the name of the ﬁrst chief

’ Rowden s 1 6 who settled here . In map of Berkshire the

i s u name given as Long or Lower Ginge , as if s ggesting that derivation ; but the ancient names of these two places are d ff too widely i erent to be connected in this manner . Mr . S ” Kemble in his work The axons in England , has collected the names of nearly 1 400 English parishes ending in ing

o u Uﬁi n ton . and c mpo nds of it , as Basingstoke , g , etc The whole of this district was from an early period in

S . axon History , the possession of the Kings of Wessex

w lh 6 A D h Cen a 8 . . Cut red , in 4 , gave to his nephew (son of

Cw ichlem C w ichlem slaw Scut ham ore , from whom or c Knob is derived) the immense tract of acres on the

Berkshire Hills . The earliest mention by name of our Parish however is

A. D . 868 u Adelsw ith alhsw th u r , when Q een or E y , the da ghte HISTORY OF EAST LOCKINGE

u M A of Ethelred , s rnamed the ickle , or big, lderman of the

A an d Gainas in Lincolnshire , granted it to the bbot Abbey ‘ of Abingdon . The boundaries of the Parish are th us described in the

r Cha ter . “ l En westeweardun southeweardun Sceldm ere and on ,

Sceldm ere Smalanwe and e m thonne of on g, thonn on ge ar beorg and of gemarberge on w eorth-welle of werth - welle ” ae r Lak in e feower c as be northan g .

e w n to w Amongst th it esses the gift, and ho sign the

re e B u u Charter a th names of the King, ishop , fo r D kes , and ten others . The next mention of Lockinge is in the “ Doomsday ” — D . 1 8 A. 08 1 0 6 Book , compiled 5 . Its name was now

u r Lakin e Lachin es corr pted f om g to g , being described as w follo s . 1N WANTING HUNDRED .

Lachin es and e The Abbey itself holds g , h ld it in King

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wa . It Ed rd s time then answered for ten hides , now for six

and e . hides on virgate There is land to eight ploughs .

one u v illan s There is plo gh in the demesne, and eight e and u 1 1 cottagers with fo r ploughs . There are three bondsmen

m u 0 and a ill of the val e of 3 pence , and 34 acres of meadow . r Gilbe t holds one hide of this land of the Abbot, and one Church with half a hide and he has one plough there with

’ one villane . The whole was in King Edward s time worth e A 9 , now, th demesne of the bbey is worth 7 and ’ 6 Gilbert s holding is worth 3 shillings .

The Manor and Parish of East Lockinge appear to hav e

hron . Mon de Abin don C . g . THE MANORS o r EAST LOCKINGE 5

been always held together in one estate , and never divided and sold to different proprietors . The Abbot of the great Abbey at Abingdon was Lord of 2 9 other manors in

Berkshire , besides Lockinge . u The Abbey probably farmed most of the land , then nder

u c ltivation . The proﬁts with other rents were devoted to

u u charitable and religio s p rposes, and to keep their Abbey

ur u O Ch ch and B ildings in repair . ther portions of the land were let out to tenants in much the same way as in modern times . The situation of the Village was no doubt much the

’ u u 0 same when the Conq eror s s rveyors visited it , as it was 4

t e- u years ago, before part of it was b ilt on another site .

u u u The Ch rch , then a r de b ilding consisting only of

u chancel and nave , occ pied the same Site as now . In a

the u u sheltered position , wattle and da b h ts of the poor

S u u axons were b ilt, conveniently placed j st above the little w u brook from which they ere s pplied with water, while their Priest dwelt in a larger building between that and the

u u u 1 00 Ch rch , where the old Parsonage ho se stood ntil

i bu . t years ago The Rector, did not then , receive a st pend , held so much land as his Living ; 5 0 acres ; which was 6 reckoned to be worth 3 shillings a year, besides which , he

u appears to have rented and farmed another hide , eq al to

1 2 1 00 or 0 acres . It is an interesting fact that even now there is land belonging to the Rector for the time being, which is probably the same as we thus read of more than 8 00 years ago .

O u t u 2 2 u f the pop lation hen ret rned , as consisting of ad lts

1 1 or the male heads of families, the described as cottagers

e freeman vi a w re , ha ng a cott ge and small holding of land, the rent of which they paid by working so many days in the 6 m sronv or EAST LOCKINGE

u t year, or week , on the land which the Abbey c ltiva ed for their own proﬁt . The Villanes must not be confounded with the villain of

- u ff to day . The word in Doomsday Book had a q ite di er

i u ent signiﬁcat on and represented the farm labo rer . They performed practically the same services at this time for kind , as the agricultural labourer performs on a farm at the present

’ villan s day for a weekly wage . These eight e were probably employed under the Abbot .

The three bondsmen were slaves . Most of the land in the Parish thus rented or occupied u u was plo ghed and c ltivated , only 34 acres being meadow u but or past re ; a large portion , especially the low parts , where the canal and railway now run was still a marsh and u u m as yet ﬁt for little agric lt re . The ancient na e of this portion is still retained in the name Pin marsh and sufﬁciently

n u proves its character . A great deal of the land was o do bt still thickly wooded .

u r The Mill , mentioned in the s rvey, was d iven by a water

0 wheel . It belonged to the Lord of the Manor . The 3 pence it was valued at refers to the income derived from it ’ N h by grinding their tenants corn . ot a trace of this mill as

n r existed for ma y years ; its ve y existence even is forgotten , but u the probable site was at a fall in the water co rse , not i u i far from the Par sh Ch rch , between the old v llage and

Betterton . t The early tenants rapidly extended their holdings , af er

u u . the Conq est, by bringing more of the land under c ltivation

1 0 8 1 1 00 u Between 7 and , Robert, the son of H bert , ’ u probably one of the Conq eror s followers, is mentioned as

‘ Doomsda B k b oo A . G Birch y , y W. . . THE MANORS or EAST LocxtNGE 7

Lord of Lachinge ; and a few years later another family who

u d had perhaps been settled here some time , ass me the name

u 1 66 La in . 1 ch es of the parish as a s rname In , Henry de g was holding under the Abbey nearly 1 00 acres ; and in 1 2 5 8

Lachin es u John de g , a descendant , was occ pying the same

1 1 8 Geralmus u z holding ; while as early as 9 de C r on , of

Lachin e g , is mentioned as a great benefactor to the Abbey

at Abingdon .

’ Others of William s Normans began to settle here too .

III 1 2 2 - 1 2 2 na A In the reign of Henry , 7 7 , the mes of dam

H erebert le Vavasur , his brother Ralph , Robert , and Regi

nald z - u 1 00 1 20 Fit Henry, are ret rned as renting together or

ﬁ - acres from the Abbey . The rst named may have been

descendants of the above mentioned Robert, the son of u H bert .

Richardus Germ un a was lso an early holder of lands here ,

Stubville u and the family of , alias Latton , were occ piers of land in East and West Lockinge some time before the R eformation . Later still the families of Aldworth and C oxedd appear to

n have been tena ts here , the latter family having possessions VIII for some years after the reign of Henry . Henry

Coxhedd w u r 1 2 as a Ch rchwa den in 5 5 . Of these early tenants no trace or remembrance now remain with the exception of a ﬁeld- name in the village still

’ w r u kno n as Ge man s , which , we may be almost s re , was part of the land he farmed . In Wantage Parish a district of

’ Down s land called Latten Down preserves the name of its former possessor . All these years the life of the village had been uneventful and u u e th ru q iet nd r e le of the Abbots . The inhabitants 8 HISTORY or EAST Locx1NGE had passed their existence undisturbed by the changes of e f monarchy and gov rnment, which , at di ferent periods , had

u and conv lsed the large cities towns , and those villages where dwelt the powerful Nobles and military Knights who took

th f So part in the management of e a fairs of the kingdom . it lasted until Henry VIII . began to cast covetous eyes upon

s u the Mona teries , beca se of their large possessions , and the

Reformation was commenced , which ended , so far as

A e w o w the bb y at Abingdon as c ncerned, by the Abbot Ro land

th u r 1 8 u Pentecost on the 9 Febr a y , 5 3 , s rrendering his charge

n 6 0 to the Ki g, and Lockinge, after a period of 7 years,

’ ” passed into the hands of others . In the King s Book,

oth r u which was compiled in the 3 yea of his reign , the val e of the Abbey Lands at Lockinge were given as follows

s . d .

’ Redd lib et east Ten l 1 3 1 1 0

T rv P uis Ard n ton 1 6 8 e . q in y g Pastur in Pynkmershe 4 1 3

’ ’ Firma Scit Man de Lokynge 2 0 0 0

’ ’ 1 Porc X mar . 5 3 4

’ Porc X m de Westgynge 4 0 0 ’ ’ P u u 0 o q is C r. 7 In modern English this may be translated as the Return of Free Tenements in East Lockinge 1 3 1 1 0 Rich lands in Ardington 1 6 8 Pasture land in Pinmarsh 4 1 3 4 Farm known as the Manor of Lockinge 20 0 0 Value of pigs in the Manor 5 1 3 Value of pigs in West Ginge 4 0 0 Rich Ploughlands 0 o 7 The lands at Ardington above referred to are no doubt the THE MANORS or EAST w om en 9

r u u fa m known as Red Barn , which , tho gh sit ated in

Ardington Parish is part of Lockinge . We also see from thi s return that the lands at Pinm arsh have always been

z u s u adopted for gra ing p rpo es , nto the present day . Pigs had been a valuable item in the farmsteads of the village S x since a on times , and the Parish at this time , still probably contained extensive plantations and thickets of beech and oak trees in which they were largely herded , especially in the

u u to u - a t mn and winter, pick p the beech mast and acorns , as S ” described by cott in the opening chapters of Ivanhoe . The n umber of pigs in Lockinge and Ginge must have been h to u t e u . u great, be val ed at above s ms To arrive at a val e compared with the present day these amounts should be w u estimated at t enty times the s ms mentioned . The change of ownership of the Parish and Manor of

t diﬁ erence u Lockinge made lit le , we may s ppose , to the u tenants who had been renting nder the Abbot . The Crown

u to and u 1 6 contin ed hold the Estates take the rents ntil 5 4 ,

W nchcombe when they were granted to John y , son of the

u . u celebrated Jack of Newb ry The previo s year, that portion known as Pinm arsh had been granted to Alexander

Um t n W nchcombe p o . John y had extensive grants of land

to z made him in reward for his eal in the Reformed Religion .

u F ller mentions Berkshire lands as being skittish, and apt ” to cast their owners, and Lockinge proved no exception to

Um ton l Pinmarsh the rule . Alexander p had so d in the

u same year which he had p rchased it, to John and Henry

xh d Co ed , who as already stated had been tenants here

u W previous to the Dissol tion . Thomas ynchcombe who

’ the inherited his father s property, soon after sold Lockinge D old estates to John Doe . The oes were an Berkshire family . I O HISTORY OF EAST LOCKINGE

A John Do lived at Steventon in 1 4 and in that Church t 1 6 still exis s a brass to Richard Do and his wife , dated 4 7 , and these had probably been settled at Lockinge for some i u t me , as their names occ r in the earliest entries of the Parish

Registers which commence in the ﬁrst year of Edward VI . Agnes Doe daughter of John Doe was baptised ye 7th day

anuarie in 1 of J , John Doe died April , 5 5 7 , leaving his estate to his eldest daughter and heiress Joane who was

1 . 1 6 born in 5 4 5 In 5 5 , Joane Doe married Edward Keat,

. i ur Esq , the th rd son of William Keat, of Hagbo ne , Berks , and he settled at Lockinge , possessing the Manor in right t i of his wife . The Kea s were a family of note in Berksh re

1 as early as 4 3 3 . Edward Keat and his wife both died in 1 6 2 4 ; they were buried in the vault at the east end of the

ut u T 1 1 so h aisle of the Parish Ch rch . hey had children ,

all on s the names of being recorded their tomb tone , which also contains brasses of him and his wife . Their eldest daughter Jane married Richard Southby of Carswell Manor u u in the Parish of B ckland , and a mon ment in the nave of u th S the Ch rch there , records her death on the 4 of eptember,

1 648 . About this time a family named Redish seems to have held

a . ur l nds here Nicholas Booth of Fawler Co t, married Joan ,

u 1 20 da ghter of Nicholas Redish , of Lockinge , in 6 ; and d earlier still , in Chancery procee ings temp . Queen Elizabeth , an action was brought by Walter Hungerford against Richard “ — Radish to recover rents reserved by lease a moiety of the

a n M nor of East Lockinge, the inheritance of plaintiff, a d ” devised by him to defendant .

O n — ra i n the death of Edward Keat, his third so F nc s ,

succee to . e e a ded the property Edward , the ld st son , prob bly TI-I E MANORS OF EAST LOCKIN G" I I

e u inherited some of the family possessions els where, altho gh

u 1 6 he was b ried at Lockinge on his death in 49 .

e u S Francis Keat marri d Frances , the da ghter of ir John

u Cadenham H ngerford , of , Wilts . He also died the same year as his eldest brother and was interred in the family u va lt, leaving his estate to his son Edward who was born in

6 1 1 . u u r 1 2th 1 6 9 He was married at Kintb ry, Jan a y , 4 7 , to

u S u Cecilia , the da ghter of ir John Darrel , of Barton Co rt,

’ Berks, and West Woodhay . His wife s grandfather was ” u tl brother to the notorio s Wild Darrel of Lit ecote Hall . Edward Keat was one of the Commissioners of the Land

T 1 6 6 u u ax in 5 , and also a J stice of the Peace for the Co nty of Berks ; his name appears as a witness to the deed of the

’ t 1 2 th marriage settlement of his wife s sis er, dated May ,

2 th . 4 year, Charles I

’ Several of Edward Keat s children were baptized at

Kintbury . — Neither he nor his father Francis Keat appear to have taken any prominent part in the C ivil War which in their day was raging not only in the whole of the country but aﬁ ecting

a u b u gre tly the co nty of Berks , while the neigh o ring towns

a A o u w of of F ringdon , bingd n , and Newb ry, ere centres the unfortunate conﬂict .

u u e S u e u the Altho gh his ncl , o thby of Carswell , had spo sed ’ u Pu a s ca se of the rit ns, Edwa rd Keat s ympathies probably e e not r Sided with th Royalists, for while his name do s appea among the list of those Berkshire gentry who had to com pound for their estates for their loyalty, yet he was one of

the w as the twelve in this county , who , after Restoration , chosen to receive the decoration of Knight of the Order of 1 2 HISTORY OF EAST LOCKINGE

i e O . e th Royal ak , which Charles II ntended to have creat d 1 6 60 in . r These Knights were to have worn a Silve medal , pendant

u v from a ribbon aro nd their necks , bearing a de ice of the

King in the oak tree .

out as t u This intention was never carried , it was ho ght

best to let bygones be bygones , and it was feared this insti tution might be the means of creating afresh the animosity ” but and heats of the past, which were now beginning to be healed . ' Edward Keat s estate was no mean one in the county at

u u u 1 000 this time , for the ann al val e of it was ret rned at f .

1 6 u in He died in 79 , aged sixty , and was b ried the family vault in the Church where a small oval tablet records his

u virt es ; perhaps , as stated thereon, he pleased everyone u ta so incl ding both Parliamen rian and Cavalier, and retained u the favour of both . Of his ten children one only s rvived

u . S u him , a da ghter named Annie he married Edm nd i W seman who now became Lord of the Manor .

u u Edm nd Wiseman was the son of Edm nd Wiseman , of

reshault u Spe Co rt, in the Parish of West Hendred . They

S u were originally an old teventon family, in the so th aisle of

u u which Ch rch was their b rying place . They were related

u by a previo s marriage to the Keat family . John , the eldest

S u E z son of Richard o thby and Jane Keat, married li abeth , u u the eldest da ghter of Edm nd Wiseman . Spereshault

u M u Co rt, their anor ho se in Hendred , took its name from a T previous family of that name . his Manor house was destroyed in 1 7 2 1 .

u e n Sheriﬁ of u in 1 68 Edm nd Wis ma was the co nty 5 , and a Justice of the Peace ; his signature as such may be seen

1 4 a rsToxr or EAST Loce GE

East Lakinge mentioned in the list of Abbey possessions V III . in the Reign of Henry All trace however , of any original buildings would have been lost (if they existed so

1 82 1 late) in , when the entire homestead was destroyed by

ﬁre .

W m ndsold 1 S but Matthew y o died in 7 5 7 , at tanstead , was

u d u b rie at Lockinge in the va lt of the Lords of the Manor ,

f u u where his wi e and a son had previo sly been b ried . ff u 1 He had served as Sheri of the co nty in 73 7 . His sons

successively held the Manor .

1 Francis Wymondsold died in 7 5 9 .

W l 1 William ym ond so d died in 7 79 .

W m on d sold S ff 1 60 a Charles y , who was heri in 7 , m rried

u . as his ﬁrst wife the da ghter of Robt Knight, Esq . , after

’ d r Luxboro the war s created Lo d of kingdom of Ireland , and

M P n and . . for Castle Risi g , afterwards made Earl of

O d out Castlereagh . f his secon wife , it is not known of what but d family she sprang, she is believe to have been of Irish

n n u r extractio , as she had a mother livi g in that co nt y whom

he r W m onds ld S c ossed the channel to visit with Mr . y o soon

after they were married .

‘ W m on dsold d u u 2 rd 1 6 Mr . y ied A g st 3 , 77 , leaving his

S r w ho 1 0 estates to his widow a a , some time before 79 ,

u Po llex fen d married as her second h sband , John Bastar , w t . an d Esq , a member of a well known eal hy family who u had been settled in Devonshire Since the Conq est .

W m on dsold . t d Both Mr . y and Mr Bas ar added largely to ,

and d n improve , the Locki ge Estates ; the latter being an

d u u s ar ent agric lt ri t . He attempted irrigation at a great

but u u expense at East Lockinge , it did not s cceed , the ca se of which failure was probably due more to the defect of THE HANORS OF EAST LOCKING" I S

u u ’ j udgment in his labo rers , than any fa lt in the stream . No traces now remain where these experiments were carried

out.

S a u 2 1 st ir Henry M rtin when created a Baronet, J ne ,

1 1 but 79 , was described of Lockinge in Berkshire , he had no other connection with this place than occasionally ’ o u . a u . cc pying Mr Bast rd s ho se , they being great friends

’ u Mrs . Bastard died at Portland Place , her h sband s

o 2 6th 1 808 bu L ndon residence . on the May , and was ried Y t D u at ealmpton , heir seat in evonshire leaving her h sband

u rd 1 80 her heir, who on J ly 3 , 9 , married as his second wife , M the u S iss Annie Martin , third da ghter of ir Henry Martin e before mentioned . who was M mber of Parliament for

Southampton and Controller of the Royal Navy . th 1 8 1 6 . . a . 4 , , J P B stard , Esq , died on the of April at he Leghorn in Italy , where had gone for the recovery of his

h 1 s t e t . health . He was Colonel of Batt of the Devon Militia and had represented that county in Parliament since t d u 1 780 . In his Parliamen ary career Mr . Bastar niformly d manifested perfect in ependency, and a warm attachment to ” u ' hi the interests of his co nty . 1 By s will he left his estates u d i incl ding Lockinge , to his wi ow , w th reversion to his d 8 1 . S nephew , who was resi ing here in 3 7 ir Henry Martin ,

r the son of the ﬁrst ba onet, also appears to have been a u u freq ent visitor to the Manor Ho se . Both Mr . and Mrs . be d Bastard and are still remembered by the ol er inhabitants,

n the latter as havi g been a great sportsman . h . r Mr Bastard aving possessions in Devonshi e , and also d d occasionally resi ing in Lon on , his Berkshire residence was a convenient halting place on their journeys to an d from

’ ’ May or s A ricultu e o B rks " r f e . Gentleman s Ma azine g 1 g . 1 6 HISTORY or EAST Loce GE

wn to . Like all the wealthy families before the introduction of r e u e wn and n r ailways, th y s d their o coach team o thei travels .

1 8 L for w In 53 , the ockinge estates were sale , and ere

u f s p rchased by Lord Overstone . The contents o the man ion

and had before this been disposed of by a sale, many of the objects thus dispersed are still preserved in the neigh

bourhood .

’ Overstone s u r 1 8 Lord only da ghte married in 85 ,

u b 1 . r 8th Lie tenant Col Robe t James Lindsay , orn April , 8 1 2 . S u u 3 With his regiment the cots F silier G ards, he i served with d stinction in the Crimean War . For his services in this campaign he received not only the Crimean wi u but u Medal th fo r clasps , the hono r most coveted by the

u u r soldier, the Victoria Cross , for his conspic o s brave y both

an d O u . at the Battle of Alma of Inkerman . n Lie t . Col

’ ’ Lindsay s marriage he assumed his wife s name in addition

- own u . . to his , and as Lie t Col Loyd Lindsay has been Lord of 1 86 u 1 88 the Manor since that time . From 5 ntil 5 , he

u n 1 8 1 880 represented the co nty in Parliame t, and 77 to was

ﬁ 1 88 1 . S Of . Financial ecretary to the War ce In , Col Loyd O d Lindsay was created a Knight of the r er of the Bath , and in 1 88 5 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Wantage of

Lockinge . Under the present owner great improvements have been u made . The Manor Ho se has been enlarged to more than

n u double the si ze of the original buildi g . The pleas re grounds and gardens attached to the old Mansion m ust have been very insigniﬁcant compared with the present ones . As long ago as 1 84 6 the traveller was enraptured by the fair aspect of a dell of singular and peculiar beauty at East THE MANORS 01‘ EAST LOCKING]" I 7

but u out Lockinge , what wo ld he say, now that it is laid x with taste and skill , e tending over the site of the old Rectory house and part of the village ; while its rockwork and lovely nooks occupy spots still remembered by the older inhabitants as the sites of their early dwellings . Two objects of interest still remain which 1 00 and 1 5 0 years ago were considered necessary adj uncts to the old

u u . co ntry ho se gardens In the Side of the hill , on the north front of the Mansion , is excavated a Grotto, now devoid of the shells and rock- spar which are said to haveoriginally use decorated the interior, and degraded to the of a cattle

—as in shelter . Concerning this Grotto with many others — the country a story is told by the old people (but without u u S u any fo ndation) that when ﬁrst constr cted , the then q ire offered a considerable sum of money to the man who would

’ consent to take up his abode here and live a hermit s life for

u n to see seven years , d ri g which time he was no one , his meals being lowered to him through a sky- light from above

cut r . neither was he to his hair or nails , o to wash The cupidity of people does not appear to have been so easily aroused in those days as it probably would be in present times " The tradition gives no reason for the oﬁ er being but w u declined , it does say that the Grotto remained itho t e an inmat . Leaden ﬁgures of all descriptions were also to be found at one time in most of these old gardens . One of them still exists in the pleasure grounds at Lockinge though amidst “ u u S modern s rro ndings . Generally known as the leeping ” u a co u S u Bea ty, it is py of the antiq e marble tat e of Ariadne s in the Museum of the Vatican at Rome . It may be de cribed

e ure e- size r c i u e in a as a femal ﬁg lif , e l ning, lightly shro d d B 1 8 n rsTo or EAST Loce cE

u t robe with the head resting pon the right arm . The Grot o

W on above mentioned was constructed by the ﬁrst Mr . ym d u Ca sold and this ﬁgure may be of abo t the same date . sting u 1 h u in lead was a special ind stry in the 8t Cent ry . One a e W r c e celebrated m k r, John Van o t, am over to England

W and t u u with illiam III , o her makers were in high vog e abo t

’ 1 0 The u u r of e u w Cheere s 74 . last leaden ﬁg re fo nd y r p te as f of Piccadilly about 1 787 . Many o these ﬁgures were

’ melted down into bullets in Napoleon s Wars and the

American War of Independence . The Mansion is surrounded by terraces and formal box

u edged ﬂower beds and bal strades .

e n e n e Beyond thes , sloping law s str tch, o the North sid W e r towards the lake , on the est to th st eam and rockeries

on e S u u to and th o th beyond the Ch rch Betterton Glen ,

n r u e r u which ow fo ms part of the pleas r g o nds .

The r u Kitchen Garden , with its ange of vineries and fr it

u u e S u w Kitf r ho ses is on the rising gro nd to th o th kno n as o d . On the East and West Sides of these gardens are pairs of e ra a w u w massiv ent nce g tes of ro ght iron ork . Two smaller pairs but of m ore intricate workmanship are erected on the S u of w u o th side the Mansion , the vine ith its leaf, fr it, and

n u e w tn te drils being prod ced in hamm red iron ith exac ess . O r m uniﬁcent art Lord ve stone was a patron , and Lord

W a e e w of i a ant g , the pr sent o ner, being s mil r tastes, the Mansion contains a priceless collection of paintings and

rt other works of a . The following account of Lockinge House and some of its treasures has been kindly supplied

by Lady Wantage .

e e ra e to the a t Th nt nc M nsion is on the nor h front . The E tra ce Hall e s o the Ta estr H ll n n op n int p y a , a two storied THE MANORS OF EAST LOCKINGE I 9

r r u oom thi ty feet sq are , which with the Drawing Room were

u 1 6 b ilt by Lord Wantage in 8 8 . The lower part is panelled ;

a r the north wall with oak rchways , pilasters, and gallery, fo m an old London City Hall the other three walls with very d u ﬁnely carve old Italian waln t panelling , let into which, on

u u M ur i l f the so th wall , is the celebrated pict re by l o o the

Vir in a nd Cbild in Glo u u n g ry , s rro nded by a gels , some ” u é u times called La Vierge Co p e . This pict re was painted

S 1 6 8 of o a at eville in 7 , for the Chapel the H spit l de los

Ven r bl u u u e a os . D ring the Penins la War the pper part con

u an d cu ut taining the ﬁg res of the Virgin Child was t o . r u u This pa t of the pict re fo nd its way to England, and was

ultimately purchased by Lord Overstone . The remainder of the picture was taken by Marshal Soult to Paris and t e

1 86 2 L Ov mained in his collection till , when ord erstone

u u n n s cceeded in acq iri g it, and the two lo g separated portions

u of the pictures were thus re nited . It is a masterpiece of

u of S S M rillo , and one of the ﬁnest works the panish chool

of the 1 7th Century . The upper part of the Hall is hung with ﬁne old 1 6th u S r u u . Cent ry Tapestry, ill strative of cenes in the life of Cy s u u u u The medallions in the borders are very c rio s and bea tif l , E ’ the subjects being taken partly from sop s fables . Among the smaller pictures in this Hall are three oil

of cenes in Ca r i b Sir Fr eder ick colour sketches S p , y

ei /i lon P . R . A. L g ,

el elz or: "be oast Cor nw a ll F. D iekree A Sk C y , by ,

i /i ed The Sa v our E a t r on with a Bishop kneeling, a very

but w u small onderf lly highly ﬁnished painting, probably by

i S 1 C ur . n ml n . H a s M e g Flemish chool , 5th ent y Opening out of this Hall on the south side of the House 20 HISTORY OF EAST LOCKINGE

a . w r is the Dr wing Room , ﬁfty feet long The alls a e covered k with red silk an d divided by carved and gilt oa pilasters . At is o each end a lofty marble and oak chimney piece , ab ve w the u hich is panelled , at west end an early pict re by

u u of u and C y p, representing a gro p D tch children sheep , i w th a landscape and the Tower of Dort in the distance .

At ur Bon aeio S the east end a pict e by y (Venetian chool) , the

Virgin a nd Cbild sur rounded by Sa ints . It was formerly M P e . . . G . . in the coll ction of the Right Hon W E ladstone ,

ur v iz This room contains many other pict es ,

r of la de Va lois Po trait I sabel , third Wife of King Philip II

S P anto a de la Cr ux u of Coello . A of pain , by g (the p pil ) replica of this picture by Pantoga is in the Prado Museum at Madrid .

‘ D omen ico P o ino an t Portrait of gg , I alian Medallist, by

io P a er otl i 1 6th ur Tiburz ss S . , Bolognese chool , Cent y

i of Cornelia Gonza a de M a eis Portra t g ﬁ , painted in the a th 1 86 u 4 year of her age , 5 , by an nknown Italian artist .

’ keleb a Lad s H ead u f r S of y , probably a st dy o the

T. a ins orou R . r r G b A . w celebrated po t ait by gh , of the ife of

G f L n dock who Colonel raham (a terwards Lord y ) , died u and u yo ng, which is in the National Gallery at Edinb rgh .

’ ' z or be M iracle S Wa zl ng/ " (Venetian chool) .

Tw o u u S ir E dw a r d B urne nes large pright pict res by f o ,

B a r t , namely

ar il as u u ur of w C , a bea tif l ﬁg e a oman holding in her arms two u w u u yo ng children hile others cl ster ro nd her feet,

f u 8 0 r o 1 . rema kable for richness colo r, painted 7

Tem er a nlia u u i p , a female ﬁg re in classic drapery, po r ng water upon the ﬂames of vice which play around her naked

ee a e 1 8 2 . f t, p int d 7

2 2 HISTORY OF EAST LOCKINGE

of S copied from an ancient pavement in the Abbey t . Denis

in France . The Picture Room (which was added in 1 896) contains a

tw r ﬁne choice collection, among which are o large and ve y

u . W. T n M . R ur er A . pict res by f , , namely

A i Sizeerness e grand sea piece ent tled , paint d probably u 1 80 2 Wa lton ou l a mes Br id es u abo t , and the g , an exq isitely

u u n u bea tif l river sce e with cattle in the foregro nd , painted

u 1 1 abo t 8 0 . These two pictures belong to the best period

’ u Art of T rner s , and rank among his masterpieces . They

’ were exhibited at the Guildhall Loan Exhibition of Turner s

W 1 8 orks in 99 . Four upright panel pictures by the celebrated French a Corot n M or nin N oonda S unset rtist , representi g g, y , , and

M oonliglzt. They were painted by Corot probably about

1 860 w- t , for his friend and fello artist Descamps, and hey adorned his dining room at Barbizon near Fontainebleau till

u S d his death, when they were acq ired by ir Fre erick Leighton who was anxious to possess such ﬁne examples of “ the greatest master of the French Barbizon School of land

scape painters . ’ From Sir F . Leighton s Collection came also the small

u Alma Tadema R A . r Corner ( Iris pict re by , , epresenting a y

d o l out of ow n Stu i , with a gir reaching her hand to a vase A f roses . lma Tadema painted this as a gift to his riend

in S . r ir F Leighton, whose possession it remained , togethe ” u Corots a t with the fo r , till his collection was sold f er his 6 death in 1 89 .

R . R oe D eer Sir Edw in Landseer . A e The , by , , sometim s

called the Honeymoon . It was painted by Landseer for

e . Redleaf c c n his fri nd Mr Wells of , and from his olle tio f 1 passed into that o Lord Wantage in 890. T11E MANORS or EAST LOCKINGE 2 3

A u H i lz a nd e small st dy for the g l H ar vest also by Lands er . “ Tw o u o early Italian pict res of the long, narrow Cass ne

P esellino T rr i i Shape by , from the o eg an Palace Collection at

r t u t B zz Florence, whe e hey were formerly attrib ted o eno o

Gozzoli but to f P sellino , are now believed be the work o e , a Florentine artist who lived in the ﬁrst half of the 1 5th

e u . H isto o D a vid C nt ry They represent the ry f , from his early shepherd days to his encounter with Goliath and his

ub u u u s seq ent tri mphal procession together w ith King Sa l . These pictures which are painted on panels on a gold ground are r u in wonde f l preservation , and are remarkable for their

au of of u c of u be ty design , richness colo r, delica y exec tion , and u of the acc racy early Florentine types , and details of u cost me . The horses also Show a correctness of drawing

u u u at so . and spirit, n s al early a period of art

E ncba n ted Castle Cla ude L orraine i e at The , by , pa nt d 6 Rome in 1 6 4 for the Conestabile Colonna . It is one of the most celebrated and most beautiful works of this great

’ v r t French master . When hanging in Lord O e s one s London u w a u u Ho se in Carlton Gardens, it as freq ent s bject of

to r Beaconsﬁeld who a e e admiration Lo d , s id he int nded som

t u day o write a romance suggested by it . It was p rchased ’ Mr W Redleaf by Lord Overstone from . Peter ells Collection in 1 848 .

ter M ill H obbema 1 th u e The Wa , by ( 7 Cent ry), a very ﬁn example of this great Dutch master . It came from the well

c n of a Verstolk S H u known colle tio B ron de eelen at the ag e ,

' w ur 1 8 6 O r hich was p chased in 4 by Lord verstone , M . T .

Barin . u g, and Mr H mphry Mildmay, who divided it between

L Ov cu c u e w c are them , ord erstone se ring ten pi t r s hi h mostly

n . at Carlto Gardens, London 24 HISTORY or EAST Loce GE

A ea P e S i ce B k u sen . u S a b . , by c y (D tch chool)

A Cba rclz at Ven ice Guardi. , by

A Sma ll S ea P iece Va e eld nd . , by v e — The Garden Room contains a P ortrait y Queen H enrieda M ar ia . Van cle er , wife of King Charles I by Dy . This v y u u u ﬁne portrait of the bea tif l Q een in a white satin dress,

a her right hand resting on some pink roses , was for m ny

u of u years in the Collection of the D ke Marlboro gh, at B w c c lenheim Palace , from hi h Lord Wantage pur hased it 1 6 in 88 .

A of Lad Wanta e and leer E ti n D o e portrait y g gyp a nky ,

1 8 Breton R ivier e R A painted in 97 by , .

A u r r of M ar lziones a f ll length po t ait, seated, the c s of Gr nby ,

nn R A . 1 8 . Sba on . by , , 9 5

ion Fr nk cksee Con ess a D i R . A . 1 8 6 The f , by , , 9 . i ‘ a tle I sclz a C. Stans e d R . 1 8 1 C s i l A . . The of , by y , , 5

Adoration o tbe Sbe ber ds u P The f p , a small pict re by a lino

Vecclzio V S c ( enetian chool), from the Graham Colle tion . s e r r Both the rooms already de cribed , as w ll as othe pa ts u a u of f of the Ho se, contain m ny val able works art o various d u O a kin s , s ch as ﬁne Specimens of riental Chin (cisterns,

Cloisoune vases, beakers , plates, Chinese Enamels, S an d O u Italian, panish , riental Embroideries, Persian R gs

u u and Prayer Carpets, ﬁne old French F rnit re , and many

f n other objects o art a d vertu. Among these may be noted an antique bronze or Copper ﬁgure of a R oma n S lave holding

a dagger behind his back . This was brought by Lord

W a 1 886 w ant ge from the Island of Majorca in , here it was stated to have been washed up from the bed of a river after I t of a ﬂood . is probably Roman work ; it stands in the

Garden Room . THE MANORS or EAST Loce c E 25

A u Greco-R oman B ronze t tuette w t small antiq e S a , i h ﬁne

P e e n green atina r presenting a Fawn , b aring the I fant

B us on u u and u acch his sho lders, fo nd in Egypt, bro ght by — Lord Wantage from Luxor in 1 896 a genuine piece of — very ﬁne Cire Perdue work probably of the ﬁrst Century

— z f - A . o . o ze ar r u f , and a replica in bron e the life si m ble g o p o

u t the same subject in the Muse m a Naples .

z B ust Lord Wanta e and Statuette « Lad A bron e of g , a y y

Wanta e on ur r akball . E g her favo ite ho se O , both by f .

lz 8 B oe m, R . A. , 1 66 . A B r onze Statuette (in a niche in Garden Corridor) of a

u w w e Scu A . Tbabord yo th ith a Ha k , by th French lptor . In the Entrance Hall stands a bronze model of Lord ’ bire Horse P r ince Willia m Geor e Wantage s celebrated S , by g

W de and ze ure of ueen E lisabet}: on - a , a bron ﬁg Q horse back ,

’ S u to u t for the er e going to t . Pa l s ret rn hanks Victory ov th

S — u M orrell and the e panish Armada the ﬁg re by , hors by

lze a i r r we e P r Ex ti C v l e s. both French A tists , r in the a is hibi on

1 8 5 7 . On the west side of the Tapestry Hall is a small Study

- t n f lined with book cases , con aini g a choice collection o

n c u u w r r a books , i l ding many val able o ks on a t, mongst them ’ u L son s Berksbir e is an enlarged and ill strated edition of y ,

. one i u 0f Lad Wanta in three vols also p ct re , a portrait y ge

- Hon . a . r S E . ddz ( H riet Jones Loyd) , as a child , by M E s. From the Tapestry Hall a corridor leads to the Old

r - n Ent ance Hall , in which are book cases a d stands con a a v u e of n v i t ining al able coll ction E gra ings , Etch ngs, S es u a B u w r ketch , Ill str ted ooks, and A tographs ; hich latte u e e of u ra s incl d a complet set A tog ph letter from Charles I ,

P u and e l av r w e e rince R pert , th eading C alie s, hich hav b en “ ’ in ed i repr t n Warburton s Memoirs of Prince Rupert and the ” Cavaliers. 2 6 n tSToRr or EAST Loem oE

Here are also some pictures k i C ar t B r iton R iviere R . A. R l y , by , , exhibited at the oya

1 8 0 . e t tue o M emnon Di lon S a F. l Academy 7 Th f , by , and

of Lockin e M a nners S e a portrait g , a hire Hors bred by Lord

Wa 1 8 8 oun ess H elen eiclze ntage painted in 9 by C t a Gl n . i i w From th s nner Hall e enter the Dining Room , forty feet

. O v u f long ver the car ed oak Chimney Piece, is a pict re o

& . H ec u u c ond ceter Sc . O po ltry, pea fowl , , by (D tch hool) n the —A e View on tbc Ar no walls are large landscap , by

Wil on R . A . 1 8th ur . s , , Cent y

Coast S cene near Ya r moutk Old Crome a e , by , very ﬁn

of r a of e so- c S example this g e t master th alled Norfolk chool , f second half o 1 8th Century .

H ol F mil z A a S . o and S . E e y y , with little t J hn t li ab th,

S . w and S . h t Catherine with her wheel , s ord palm, t Josep

an d . h St . Jerome The Infant Saviour stands on t e

’ e r and Madonna s kn e and holds in one hand the o b cross ,

u the right hand raised in blessing . From the D dley

e ti b P a lma Vccckio S . Coll c on, y (Venetian chool)

P ortrait Lor d Overstone a 8 e L e of , ged 5 , paint d at ocking

1 88 1 Frank H all R A . in by ,

- f t o ne i . P . t o L . lo l L d dsa M C o L n V. C. Por rait y y , , (Lord

W Wa lte W. e . r Onl ss R . A u antage), by , , in the ndress u r the r u of c w nifo m of Be ks Vol nteers , whi h Regiment he as

Mrs. C r e b C to Hon . olonel , and p es nted y that orps Loyd

Lindsay in 1 878 . — Two early German pictures of Saints Saint Genevieve nd Sai A and Sa r and Sa O te a a nt ppolonia, int Ch istina int t li ,

t r by Al dorfe . On each side of the ﬁre- place stand tw o tables with inlaid

n s of a i zu A a marble tops comprising ﬁ e Specimen L p s La li, g te TE E 11AN0RS or EAST w om e n 2 7

r a and other are stones . They came from the Ercol ni Palace

at Bologna . At the west end of the House are Lord an d Lady

’ S n - w O Wantage s Private itti g rooms , which , ith the ld Hall , formed the original part of the House before the more recent w additions ere made .

’ Lady Wantage s room contains a choice collection of

u o t f S A n small pict res , m s ly o the Italian chool . mo g them may be mentioned the

Cor onation o tbe Vir in L renzo de redi rl f g , by o C (ea y

Florentine School) . Below the group of Our Lord and the u u u e u of Virgin in the sky s rro nded by cher bs, ar ﬁg res f S B S . la o aints arbara and Christina, and of t Nicho s Bari , — u f . and St . J lien of Rimini the Patron Saints o Central Italy

u This pict re formerly belonged to the Poet, Rogers, and being

vo u u of . a special fa rite of his , h ng at the foot his bed

S a int er ome and S a int S ebastia n u on f , one ﬁg re each

a r of P ietro P eru ino a r p nel , a ve y choice example g , the m ste

of Raphael (Umbrian School) .

a int A nes Gira lomo D u Costa V a S o . S g , by ( eneti n ch ol)

‘

T t um h « Chasti one u of r . ke r i p y ty , of the six tri mphs Petra ch u f 1 h An early Florentine Cassone pict re o the 5t Century.

Painter unknown .

i i k n L i nd a Virgin a nd Ck ld w t S a ta uc a a St. f mes of

l Com ostella Boni acio P Col p , by f , from the Hamilton alace

lection (Venetian School) .

bs nursin tbc I n a nt u iter a v er b au ul ex N ymp g f y p , y e tif

ore o a ample of Tint tt (Venetian School), from the Gr ham

Collection .

T c Vir in w itk tbc I n a nt Saviour St. okn a nd n b g f , f , a

an el kneelin in a ck a ca e S o of Leonar da g g, ro y l nds p , ch ol do 2 8 HISTORY or EAST Loce oE

r r of r . u f Vinci , fo me ly in the collection D T rton , Bishop o

Ely . The composition is very similar to that of The ” aux R V Vierge ochers, by Leonardo da inci in the National G r alle y .

Tbc Vir in and Ckild Cin ia da one li no g , by C g a (Milanese

S e of 1 th ur e Min hetti t chool), nd 5 Cent y , from th g Gallery a B and af erw o of P i ce ologna, t ards in the Collecti n r n Napoleon

Jerome .

: Vir i e 1 axS i ur nd t ok f 22 n w n av o a . n o g m S f . School

Bellini (Venetian) .

Garden Par Lancret r b u ul l of e ty , by , a ve y ea tif examp e th f 8 French School o the early half of the 1 th Century .

u f 1 Exhibited at the G ildhall Collection o French pictures 898 .

iver S ene b Van da Ca ella . A R c , y p

P o t i o a La d a ar e b G. R o ne . r ra t f y in l g hat, y m y

v u b T. Stothard R A A series of Sixteen ery small pict res y , ’ ust a to the P il rim s P ro ress and painted as ill r tions g g , 8 engraved and published in 1 7 8 .

tke W e Su a s a u N ew ick Abbey on y , rrey ; m ll pict re by

S ll r r Lad Lindsa w er v a ma po t ait of y y ith h iolin, in

S ir Coutts Lindsa Bt. window seat at Balcarres , by y ,

“ ke ar est W C u a Tire Benediction y t H v . ater olo r Dr wing

Louisa Marc/l ioness o Water ord. by , f f c e b Wn ants u Sc o l ro Verstolk Lands ap , y y (D tch h o ), f m the

Collection .

Teniers ut o . Two small pictures by D . (D ch Sch ol)

ni P a lace e Cana letto. The Grima , Venic , by

e A Wood Scene by Crom . k A Landscape by D omenic ino.

30 nrsToRr or EAST Loem oE

e w c Their Royal Highness s have t ice visited Lo kinge, the

r u 1 8 p evio s occasion having been in 77 , when the Prince f u St u o . S . H . nveiled the at e King Alfred , by H Prince Victor

-L of Hohenlohe angenberg, in the Market Place at Wantage . Lockinge has also been twice visited by Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig

u of i Holstein, and by H . R . H . The D ke Cambr dge , who

- u a oeu 1 8 made it his head q arters at the C valry Man vres in 90 .

Ardin ton H ouse of g , also the property Lord Wantage , in the adjoining Parish , contains a collection of Family Portraits

' e and r u a P of th Lindsay Trotte families , incl ding ortra it ty

’ Lady Trotter (neé Gordon) Lord Wantage s Maternal Grand

r Ar S cb er . mothe , by y eﬂ ’ f P or tra it ( M rs. Lindsa o y y , wife General James Lindsay , of u Balcarres, with her yo ngest son , the present Lord

i F ank nt R A on e S r r Gra . Wantage , her kn es, by ,

u o e o l i f . l r e n P o t a it o H nbl C . Cba s L dsa r r (in armo r) the y ,

Ardin t n b Mrs in P h o . o M . . w o l . , resided some years at g , y f p g Also a collection of Water Colour D ra w ings of great u M u o rs. bea ty, chieﬂy c pies from pict res by old masters , by

Lindsa of a y , mother Lord W ntage, who resided several years at Ardin gton and continued to paint till within a few days of

er e of 1 1 8 . h death ther , at the age 9 , in 94 CHAPTER III .

THE MANOR OF BETTERTON .

f n cr ESI DES the Manor o East Locki ge , des ibed in the u preceding chapter and which incl ded the village , M the Parish contains two other anors, both described in

Doomsday Book . f l Bedretone The Manor o Betterton was anciently cal ed , the ﬁn al ton denoting the town or settlement of a Saxon chief

w e w x . or family, hose name perhaps corr sponded ith the preﬁ In the Doomsday Book it is stated there were two manors

r r u to the two v w he e , refe ring no do bt di isions still kno n as

East and West Betterton . The record in the Book is

I N WAN m G UNDRE D T H .

r n luri u The King holds Bed eto e . U c s held it in the

w r . w 10 time of King Ed a d It as then assessed at hides,

i a u n now it s assessed t 1 2hides . There is 4 plo ghla ds . In

an the demesne is one d a ploughlands . There are 4

2 u villagers and 5 cottagers with plo ghlands . In King

’ w w r 6 Ed ard s time it as wo th £ , and afterwards 3 ; it is 1 00 ﬂ now worth shillings . The King has hide which Ul et ” held i n the time of King Edward .

The n W Be w r r Ma or of est tterton , hich pe tains mo e to

he e a t se not s, being in Lockinge p rish, is mentioned as follows Milo Crispin holds Bedretone and William de Leuricus ’ held it in King Edward s time . It was then reckoned at 1 0

e w . T e u hid s , no it is 5 hides here ar 4 plo ghlands . There one v i r 2 is llage and 5 cottagers in the demesne and slaves . T e w i 1 0 c e of e w h re is a mill orth 5 shill ngs and a r s m ado . w va ue at 8 a erwar at It as then l d £ , ft ds £4 ; it is now worth 3 THE MANOR OF BETTERT N 3 O .

F the u rom above , it wo ld appear that this manorial estate has altered but little in detail during the 800 years that have

a a el psed since the record was written . Its rea of ﬁve hides w ur u a e a u ith the fo plo ghlands and ten cr s of me dow, is abo t e 00 600 the sam as now, between 5 and acres . It occupies a long and narrow strip between East Lockinge and Arding t n o Parishes . The mill here mentioned like the one at

has e . Lockinge , long sinc disappeared It stood probably

r - c r r M u nea the north west o ne of the anor Ho se , at least, u of u there is the only s itable site . In point pop lation it u A D 86 e r . . 10 n mber d mo e in than at the present day . In the reign of King John this manor belonged to Thomas

e Maz e d c y, who gave it to the Prior and Convent of

Pou hle the r of the r g y, in Parish of Chaddlewo th , one lesse religious houses of Berkshire . This Priory had been founded

1 1 60 a w . The c u in , by Ralph de Ch ddle orth following ac o nt

’ ” l u V l 1 P A e o . . is given in Kennet s arochia ntiq iti s ,

e 1 2 At the Feast of th Ascension in 44 , an agreement by W of mutual indenture was made between illiam , Prior

hele w t e P r one Pog , i h the consent of th said rio y on the

C Kut. on hand , and Ralph de hesterton , , the other hand

Mazce of That, whereas Thomas de y, Lord of the Manor e a r to W st Betterton , had given the s id Mano the Priory of

‘ ’ h le of to t Pog e , by the service one knight s fee the capi al of Lord to be paid at the death every Prior, which Manor e S was now in th possession of ir Ralph de Chesterton, he ,

u r t the said Ralph sho ld conﬁ m the gif , and the Priors successively perform the service (then follows the agreement

S Folioth Petrudes in Latin) . The witnesses are amson ,

Muribi Radifus Bin edon u A ar , de g , Rad lfo folio lani , Rich d

D m f rd Clerica . a e de u e o , Elia , etc This don tion is recit d ” zud of in the conﬁrmation in the 3 year Henry III . HISTORY or EAST Loce GE 3 3

Soon after this the said Ralph de Chesterton gave to the

Burcester O Priory of , xon , all his right and claim in the s of o a e a aid service in the Manor Bettert n , pay ble at th de th

r P h l of eve y respective rior of Pog e e .

1 2 1 u u 1 s. 0d . In 9 , the val e of Betterton was ret rned as £3 5

1 d c u In 4 9 4 , the Collins family entere into o c pation of the

Po hele and u Manor by grant from the Prior of g , contin ed to

in d d hold it on lease irect escent from father to son , for

n e u . ma y g nerations, ntil recently This family had probably been resident in the Parish some

C l n n years before thi s date . Ralph o y of Locki ge was Patron

t R Whatc mbe the 1 an d of he ectory of o in year 4 34 , May

2 th 1 u Attew ood n 4 , 43 7 , he instit ted Robert to the Livi g, and

u 20th 1 8 Cha el n u t Febr ary , 4 4 , Thomas p y was instit ted o the

i f he s G o t . Living by Beatrix olyn , w fe decea ed Ralph

u ir u 1 2 The Priory contin ed to hold the possessions ntil 5 4 , when John Somer the last Prior surrendered his house and its property to the King on the dissolution of the smaller

Monastries n by Cardi al Wolsey, who granted it to the Abbot and Convent of Westminster in exchange for one hundred

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u S . a acres of land , part of which is now occ pied by t J mes

1 m Park . In 5 39 , when the Abbey of West inster was d o of Po hele r ra issolved , these possessi ns g we e reg nted to u the Dean and Chapter of the same Ch rch .

Betterton continued the property of that body until pur

. C of chased by the Rev John Ferdinando ollins , the last that

s s hi 1 family who had for o long lea ed it . On s death in 889 t w s u L Wa i a bo ght by ord ntage . 34 n rsr oxr or EAST Loce GE

t Pedigree of the Family of Collins of Bet erton .

Thomas Collins, temp . Henry VI .

i r s . st VI I John Coll n , b Henry .

. 1 th VIII John Collins , b 3 Henry .

l . rst r John Co lins, b Ma y .

== . . Elizabeth oan Smallbon e John Collins , b temp J .

1 6 0 . . . Fet l John Collins , b 4 i Ann yp ace .

11. z . Eli Matthews .

r666= i Charles Collins, born Ann Head .

11 z Eli . Coghill .

111. Ann White .

= Ferdinando Collins Katherine Boote .

= . . 1 S . Rev John Collins , b 7 5 3 Martha mith

1 8 2 6 John Ferdinando Collins, died .

R v 1 8 1 2 1 . 88 e . . s John Ferdinando Collins , b , d 9 , la t

occupier of Betterton .

. 1 8 o Rev . John Ferdinando Collins , b 37 , Rect r of

Charlton , Wilts .

riﬂi n r . Their A ms are Vert, a g passant, or ; a chief ermine ” Motto Per Callem Collem .

The ath f difﬁ cult leads to the hill of l r p o y g o y .

This family early espoused the cause of the Reformed R . 1 2 1 1 2 2 eligion In 5 or 5 , John Collins of Betterton is

r in t e u in l f mentioned , with othe s h neighbo rhood , the ist o THE MANOR or BETTERTON 3 5

m . heretics infor ed against by one , Robt Pope , of West

Hendred .

Another John Collins, of Betterton , was a Commissioner 6 of the Land Tax in 1 6 5 .

u u m Mr . H ett in his H ndred of Co pton mentions J ustice Collins of Betterton as always presiding at the dinner S u held at the tar Hotel , at Ilsley , on Market days , a cent ry

ago . of Others of this family took Holy Orders , three whom at ff u u di erent periods were C rates of the Parish Ch rch . The Manor House contains remains of a very ancient

u . un b ilding It stands on rising gro d , probably the same u Spot as was occ pied by the homestead of Milo Crispin . The Glen is worthy of Special notice from its picturesque u appearance . Its sombreness at d sk , especially when the u trees are in foliage , no do bt led to its being called , not

’ ” - - unfancifull a u . y , half cent ry ago , The Witch s Walk The pieces of water around Betterton House were prob

u d ably constr cted for ﬁsh ponds , in the ays when it belonged h l to the Priory of Pog e e .

- A man trap , a relic of happily bygone days was recovered from amongst a mass of scrap iron p urchased by the village

blacksmith when the Mansion was sold . In detail it resembles an enlarged rat gin but with a powerful spring at

u in each end . It meas res forty inches length , and armed with spikes on each jaw it m ust have inﬂicted terrible

u u u u risioner inj ries pon the nl cky p , and rendered escape

i the o imposs ble . It is now preserved in Reading Ro m of

’ the u New S c Mechanics Instit tion at windon , to whi h it was

s a w presented by the writer . The u e of these m n traps as prohibited in 1 8 2 7 . CHAPTER IV.

THE O W MANOR F EST GINGE .

HE Manor of West Ginge is a detached farm of 5 03 t acres , lying between the Parishes of Arding on and

n n West Hendred . This Manor, the a cient ame of which

nz m A D 8 C o . . 1 was ai , is entioned as early as 5 in the i 6 A D . Abingdon Chron cles , and in . 9 5 was given by King

n n u Edwy to the Abbey at Abi gdon . Its ame no do bt is derived from that of the tribe of the Gainas to which Queen

Adelswith belonged , by one of whose followers this Manor

u may have been occ pied at an early date . It is again mentioned in the Doomsday Book as follows

z The Abbey itself holds Gain and always held it . In

n the time of Ki g Edward it amounted to 1 0 hides . It is

i u no 2 h de a n 1 . w s d virgate . There are 5 plo ghlands In

2 rru the demesne there is ca cates. There are 4 villages and

1 2 rru t 8 cottagers with ca ca es. There are 5 bondsmen and 6 w 6d . . a Mill worth S . and and 4 acres of meado The 8 whole was worth , now it is worth £7 .

Rainald us holds of the Abbey 2 Hides . Normanus held

' 2 it in King Edward s time . Then as now it was hides . There is land to one ploughland and there are 2 cottagers

2 . u 0 and acres of meadow It was val ed then at 4 shillings , ”

0 . now, at 3 shillings This survey was i ntended for the whole of Ginge ; that

r n portion lying in Hend ed Parish as well as West Gi ge . e ef e t th a e th Th latter is perhaps r err d o in e l st d scription, e

38 HISTORY or EAST LOCKINGE

ou t Lockinge , previ s to the Reforma ion , and they remained u 1 th u ntil the end of the 7 Cent ry, when the family of Castle appear to have been the chief residents of the Manor . This family too had long been settled here as farmers . The Will 6 1 . of a William Castle , of Ginge , was proved as early as 5 7 From the Parish Registers it would seem that the occupiers of this Manor claimed the right of b urial in the Chancel of

u the Parish Ch rch . The Manor was purchased at the same time as Lockinge

W m ondsold S . by Matthew y , and has formed one estate ince

h u A warm bat , at one time in rep te with invalids , existed here in a gorge in the last century an d until about the year

1 8 1 0 u u , when it fell into dis se , and altho gh the bath itself is said to have been destroyed within the memory of the

o u u present generati n , the past existence of these virt o s waters

- is apparently well nigh forgotten . CHAPTER V

TH E U PARI SH CH RCH .

HE Parish Church is dedicated to Almighty God in S memory of All aints . Like most of our ancient Churches it presents a con

glomeration of all styles of architecture . As a Church it originally existed here in the time of Doomsday Book, is evident that the ﬁrst Church was built at Lockinge in early Norman or perhaps Saxon times no doubt by the Abbots f d of Abingdon . O this early e iﬁce h owever no traces now remain with the exception of the Font which may be coeval t u wi h the Ch rch .

1 886 the ur a c e Until , Ch ch consisted of a Ch n el , Nav ,

2. S u e . with Tower at the West end , and a o th aisl

— - The Chancel measures internally fourteen-and-a- half

- feet in w idth with a length of twenty six feet . It is chieﬂy — b the . 1 0 1 ut n a of decorated style , circ , 3 7 377 , co t ins

f n in features o an earlier date . The Crede ce Table formed the S u and S S ui and o th wall the adjoining edilia, q nt , Arch ,

m e— ut 8 being of the Tran sition Nor an dat abo 1 2 0 . The corbels on this arch are very grotesque and well worthy of notice . The east window of early decorated Style consists h of two lights quite plain . The two windows in the nort

are e u a wall later ; th y are sq are headed , of two lights , e ch

rm na r u e ear one te i ting in a t efoil , and from the o tsid app at

u The time to have been continued nearly to the gro nd . 40 HISTORY OF EAST Loce oE

Splay of the eastern - most window still retains one of the iron hinges on which shutters were hung for closing the openings . On the eastern face of the Chancel arch still remain the two arches with trefoil heads , the entrances to the stairs f which led to the Rood Lo t . These Openings being always

u u use small , have led to m ch disc ssion as to their by persons , but it is most likely the Loft was only entered for the purpose of lighting the lights on each Side of the Rood , and as this

ut u d y devolved pon the Acolyte , often a mere boy , they were

n u u . S large e o gh for this p rpose ome maintain , however , that the priest ascended to the Rood Loft to read therefrom

and but the Epistle Gospel , in the majority of cases the u m u narrowness of these apert res where they still exist , st have rendered this next to impossible . The Chancel arch

u 1 0 having been a later addition to the Chancel , abo t 33 , was

u m a probably mo lded away , which y have led to the misﬁt

Of . the recesses which are part and parcel of the arch . Mr Allin indeed supposed the arch and adjacent window of the Chancel to have been erected elsewhere before being placed

i u on in their present pos tion , which acco nts for the wall the north being cut away to open up the recess on that side while the Opposite one is half blocked up by the south wall .

a 1 8 s The Ch ncel roof was boarded in 5 3 , the three mas ive old 600 old of tie beams nearly years , are all that remain the

Original roof .

e i u The Nav , which , w th the rest of the Ch rch was in a dilapidated condition underwent considerable repairs under

1 8 . S R . A. . the direction of Mr treet , , in 5 3 The walls and u roof were replaced by new, and the north and so th porches added to the d oorways . The north door still retains its

r u r original position . The pe pendic lar window nea the THE PARISH enUc 4 1

i but w as r Tower is or ginal , the sill aised two feet and the

- stone work refaced at this time . On the west Side of the Chan cel arch still remain the two corbels which once sup

t Th d u of por ed the Rood Loft . e total estr ction these lofts at

u u n m a the spoliation of the Ch rches d ri g the Reformation , y be d ue to the fact that they were constructed of wood which w fell an easy prey to the iconoclasts . Not one example no

u o remains in the Co nty , the last one which existed at Drayt n , has been destroyed in modern times . t The north doorway is , nex to the font, the most ancient feature of the b uilding ; ornamented with the embattled fret

u n u u and billet mo ldi gs, it is a bea tif l specimen of the Norman u architecture . In a recent lect re on the Norman doorways m of Berkshire , Mr . Keyser places this exa ple at Lockinge in

rd 1 1 t the 3 period of Norman work , dating from 30 o

1 1 A D 70 . . Both north and south doors have very ﬁne ironwork of

u 1 0 . the decorated period , abo t 3 5

u The embattled Tower, at the west end of the Ch rch , is

the l . u entered from old nave by a ofty arch Tho gh low,

S u not rising more than ixty feet or so from the gro nd , it u u u t forms a pict resq e feat re o the rest of the building . The date of its erection is recorded on an ov al stone about mid w a y in the north wall , inscribed Anno This part does not appear to have been touched by the restorer since its erection . It replaced an earlier like erection or perhaps

- 1 2 bell cot, for in 5 5 there were two bells here . The Tower

u 1 2 b 1 1 0 n meas res feet y 3 feet i ches , with walls 4 feet thick .

’ u ti The gro nd ﬂoor which is also the ringers sta on, is lighted

u - e by a plain sq are headed window of thre lights . The ﬂoor

b e a be 1 0 ar O the l ck a ov cont ins a clock said to 5 ye s ld , c o 4 2 HISTORY OF EAST LocxxNGE

is face on the north side more modern , and besides the date, 1 8 2 u 3 , the loyal ch rchwardens of that time placed the royal

l u - initia s pon it, The chamber above is the bell loft ; its contents fully described later . On the south face of the

u u use u Tower is a large s ndial , which , tho gh its m st have m then beco e obsolete , is said to have been renovated some

a o r his t m u r ﬁfty years g , the a tist remaining at pos fro s n ise

to u u . s nset, to inscribe the ﬁg res

1 886 of u x In , the addition a so th aisle to the already e ist

one u z ing , led to tili ing the old one for the Chancel , in order k u to ma e it more central . This portion of the Ch rch was

u u 1 1 0 1 2 00 n evidently ﬁrst b ilt abo t 9 or , bei g of the same date as the arch and squint which opened into the original

. u u x Chancel No do bt, as at ﬁrst b ilt it only e tended the length of the Chancel , and may have been erected by a resident benefactor for a private chapel with its own altar . These side chapels were often dedicated separate from the u t to a mother Ch rch , and his aisle appears have been dedic ted to St . Katherine .

All earlier portion s of it had been destroyed before 1 886 .

1 1 0 —1 80 r u In the decorated period , 3 3 , it was probably eb ilt when the east window (removed in 1 886) was inserted . r u e and e Late , in the Perpendic lar tim s , p rhaps at the same r u time the Towe was b ilt, the aisle was lengthened by the

c and r e addition of an ar h into the Nave , a window was inse t d

us u Mr. in the wall at the west end . It remained th ntil

’ S 1 8 u e treet s restoration in 5 3 , when it nderwent th same

a w ll w treatment as the N ve , the roof and a s being rene ed , cu a a c was and it was again lengthened , the perpendi l r r h o d destroyed and two others introduced . The l east window THE PARISH CHURCH 43

but u was retained , the perpendic lar west window was

u . removed , the wall being witho t a light The second arch between the Chan cel and the Nave was u t u b u n il recently occ pied y an altar tomb , q ite plain .

Mention has already been made of the Font . A writer of

MS n R n R n r . otes preserved in the eadi g efere ce Libra y , d r the u u esc ibes it as largest , ro ghest, and gliest thing of ” but u u the kind we have ever seen , s rely some allowance m st be made for its antiquity . It is cylindrical in shape and of unusual dimensions as may be seen from the following m easurements

Height from base 3 5 inches. Ou o tside diameter of b wl 39 inches .

d 2 8 Inside iameter of bowl inches .

1 8 Depth of bowl inches . It has not existed all these centuries however without t u narrowly escaping des r ction . A former Rector, who does

u not appear to have been interested in antiq ities, mentions “ in his memorandum that he removed the old font which u u was very c mbersome into the Ch rchyard to catch the drip . That this was done with the approval and perhaps wish of

the Patrons of the Living, is evident from the fact that All

’ S u o ls College presented a new one to take its place . In

the u Ch rchyard the old font remained for many years,

catching the drip between the chancel and the aisle . It was

1 8 6 but om 1 8 here in 4 , s e time before 4 9 it was removed u back into the Ch rch and placed in the vestry . The restoration to its primitive use was the result of accident

rather than design .

1 8 2 s In 5 the econd bell being cracked , it was decided to

re- but u c w cast it, d ring the pro eeding of lo ering it from its 4 4 HI STORY or EAST Loce GE

place , the tackle broke, and the bell in its fall so m uch

damaged the new font, which was a small one on a pedestal ,

n u as to re der it seless .

n w as Accordingly the old fo t restored , and the other after its n u u u bei g b ried (it is said , to prevent sec lar se) was some

t d u u r d now u time af er g p, repai e , and is in Hermitage Ch rch .

1 th u The vestry contains an interesting 3 cent ry chest, still

n retaini g its original ironwork and perhaps lock and key .

u 2 2 The chest meas res in length 4 feet 4 inches , feet inches w d 2 - . re s i e , and feet high It has evidently been ca ed

and 1 6 internally more recently, the initials date , 75 , on the lid may refer to this repair . The foot-pace in the old chancel is still paved wi th

u u . enca stic tiles , as ancient as the b ilding Two of these

’ hu tiles are engraved in C rch s Patterns of Inlaid Tiles . The sedilia in the chancel had been disused long before

1 86 e u 3 , wh n two sanct ary chairs of oak were placed in the

u s and r w Church . Aro nd the arm back is ca ved the follo ing “ - : . 8: S . . d inscription in black letter R . J H Loyd Lin say

u h for 1 86 . gave me to Lockinge Ch rc the Glory of God , 3 In the centre panel of the back are carved emblems of the

u u b n Passion , the nails s rro nded y the crown of thor s .

1 886 t u The year has left a las ing record pon the village , for in that year the Parish Church was thoroughly restored V an d Lo . C . enlarged at the sole cost of rd Wantage ,

new Architect , A . Allin . The addition which consists of a south aisle greatly improves the external as well as the internal appearance of the Church . From the outside the new work breaks the hard straight lines of the original

u sub b ilding, while the interior presents a handsome and

tial ar it n ow u stan appe ance , making one of the ﬁnest co ntry

46 H IS TORY OF EAST LOCKI NGE

u re - ewed 1 8 The Ch rch had been p in 5 3 with low pews , but r - now it was entirely e seated in oak . The new nave and chancel are laid with mosaic pavement

out b u from old designs, carried y Messrs . B rke of London .

n t All the cha cel S eps are of polished black marble .

The old Decorated window formerly at the east end of

u this portion of the Ch rch was removed , and a ﬁne window t d l of hree lights with traceried hea s , took its place , a Simi ar

n e w u d one being inserted at the west end of the b il ing . The three ancient brass candel abra are of very ﬁne design and workmanship . They were obtained by Lord

t w h a o u u Wan age from a Je is syn g g e in the Island of Corf . The p ulpit of carved oak and of Jacobean date w as now removed to the south side of the chancel arch and mounted t on a new Stone base . It had formerly stood on the nor h

’ w t the e d de k and side , here wi h r a ing s , clerk s book rest

u o u u below, it formed ( ntil recent times) one of th se str ct res ” - known as three deckers . Amongst the improvements on the old work carried o ut

t u i at his time , the old sq int or hagioscope wh ch had been

u t w as n u to half blocked p for genera ions , ope ed thro gh its

i u n u ts se e ed . s original conditio , altho gh had d part The e contrivances were to enable the worshippers in the side chapel in pre- Reformation times to have a view of the High

the M Altar, that they in their devotions at ass , when the

S tu d the w nde m d m anc s bell recalle a ring in , ight see the

Elevation of the Host, and concentrate their devotions on what was at that moment the very es sence of their public worship . The altar tomb which once occupied the second arch between the chancel and aisle was destroyed in 1 886 to THE p AR 1S H CHURCH 4 7

u was o make room for the organ . Altho gh nothing disc vered within it when removed , yet, beneath may still repose the

u s u d st of some old knight, a benefactor to his pari h ch rch , or perhaps the founder or rebuilder of the side chapel .

THE CHURCH BELL S .

The tower contai ns ﬁve bells ; four in sequence and a

- small one called here , as generally , a ting tang . Bells are

e s ur u not the least int re ting objects enshrined in o old ch rches . In some instances they afford sufﬁcient material for a book

an d r n to themselves , in eve y case , by their inscriptio s ,

and u t of n n h e t t to traditions , c s oms ri gi g , they av heir s ory

u u u tell . The old bell fo nders of three and fo r cent ries ago

e d u o u m g nerally inscribe p n their works a religio s epigra , no u w u o h n t do bt ith the pio s h pe , t at its ote each ime it

u out re- the m and e t str ck might echo sa e , asc nd wi h the

f u n prayers O the faithf l it called together. Comi g to times

e n u m u - k w e later, mor dege erate , tho gh ore b siness li e days , generally ﬁnd in most instances the chief object of the

’ t un inscrip ion is to advertise the fo der s name , added some

ur w n the times to those of the ch ch arde s , who took Opportunity of thus recording their names in iron to h an d

e m t ur down to posterity . We have xa ples of bo h in o own

Church tower .

n The followi g is the Inscriptions , to which are added the

dimensions and any notes obtainable .

u u PRAYSED BE THY AME 0 rst. Ro nd the sho lders N h RDE THAT HA T ENT 1 8 . Be o t e LO S S , 5 7 l w on the waist ’ “ ” u of e . founder s initials I . W . divided by the ﬁg re a b ll

f ow . Height 2 2 inches. Diameter o sound b 33 inches 4 8 HISTORY or EAST Lo cx tNOE

Wh e The initial letters probably stand for John it , a Read

m - u 1 6 ur or g bell fo nder of the th cent y , for John Wallis , a

u S ur u d fo nder at alisb y abo t this perio .

2 nd re- an . This bell was cast from older one of which

no . d u u information exists It is inscribe ro nd the sho lders ,

. TA L R XF RD FECIT 1 8 2 . w Y O , O O , 5 on the waist in high relief

2 n . 0 Height 5 i ches Diameter 3 inches .

T o d m u u h his ﬁrm , sh rtly after this ate , re oved to Lo ghboro g , w 1 8 of here , in 5 5 , they cast the peal six bells for the neigh bouring parish of Ardington . AS they destroyed their books

r l n to w the O un r W e ati g their ork at xford fo d y , they ere u to u l an n m n n n nable s pp y y i for ation co cer i g this Bell .

r th d d e . I nsc ri 3 . This Bell is ol est The words of the p tion being broken renders the readi ng of it somewhat difficult

n d h u at un t e . ﬁrst . It is i scribed ro sho lder as follows

GOD BE ov x S PYD 1N OVR EEc v NG . ” d b ur s eed in ur b i i Go e o p o eg n n ng.

O ﬂeur n the waist is a cross y, on each side of which are ” the letters W . T . m ’ These are probably the aker s initials .

m n 2 . Height of Bell 5 inches Dia eter 3 4 i ches . From the words of the Inscription this bell is probably 6 not later than the middle of the 1 th century .

: n ed . e u 1 Tenor I scrib Robt W lls , Aldbo rne , Fecit, 793 .

2 n Its dimensions are Height 9 i ches . Diameter 36 inches .

u u t the s As is s al wi h bells from thi ﬁrm , the Inscription

’ h un is placed aroun d t e so d bow . The We lls and their

’ u e u e i predecessors the Corrs , s ppli d a vast n mber of b lls n

nd t i u un m f u th this a he ne ghbo ring co ties, fro their o ndry at e ' THE pARtSH CHURCH 4 9

u n u . t n w village of Aldbo rne , ear H ngerford No race of it o

u was t c 1 6 6 u 1 8 2 remains tho gh it in exis en e from 9 ntil 5 . This same Wells cast the ﬁne peal of eight bells in

S . u u of w t Nicholas Ch rch , at Newb ry, the tenor hich weighs

2 . n 1 6 5 cwt The tenor at Locki ge is said to weigh cwt . ’ u The Wells claimed a high rep tation for their works . In

r M a r lbor ou b our na l 1 2 te an adve tisement in the g y , in 77 ,

Wiltsbir c Arcbw olo ica l our n a l printed in the g j , by the

d . . Lukis u the Reveren W C , in his article on Ch rch Bells, is f u u following At the bell o ndry at Aldbo rne , Wilts , Church bells are cast in a most elegant and as musical a manner as in any part of the kin gdom ; the founder having made the theory of Sounds as w ell as the n ature of metals

u d n all m his chief st dy ; also hangs the same, ﬁn i g aterials, m in the most complete and concise anner . All orders will

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u u . u be p nct ally observed by Rob Wells, Fo nder. Wells boast does not appear to have been a vain one ; local bell ringers still speak of his bells as “ the ﬁnest toned in the ” world . Th c e small bell is ins ribed,

u . Robt . Io . Wells , Aldbo rne

u u u This bell has no date , which is not n s al for these t smaller works . It is probable hat these small bells were

u c w cast in q antities and kept in sto k , hile the larger ones

u . n wo ld only be made to order At Locki ge , as generally

u u u n - n thro gho t the co nty, this bell is k own as the Ting ta g .

u u w The fo r bells are ﬁtted with f ll heels , and stocks and

u n d 1 8 6 but stays , for ro nd ri ging, which were renewe in 5 ,

u d s the ringing has been discontin e for ome time past . O e i ne tradition r lating to the bells still exists in the v llage . I is i L k e ce e se a o er b w t sa d , oc ing on poss s d n th ell , hich being D HISTORY OF EAS T LOCKINGE ’

r w d u c acked , was taken do n to be repaire (it is pres med

e w a u b fore the money s ready) . It remained in the Ch rch

w ou yard ith t anything being done to it for a twelvemonth , and

h n the story goes , that if not i g is done for a year to a bell ,

an can after being taken down for repairs , y other parish

f u the claim it . This fate be ell the bell in q estion , and

A m now m rdington people ca e and took it away, and it for s

a part of their peal . Cert inly, the bell frame in the belfry ” to has 1 6 20 . w . c . u u which the date pon it, is constr cted

a . 1 8 d to u cont in another bell Until 5 5 , Ar ing n Ch rch con tained and re- three large bells a small one , which were cast into the present peal of six in that year . All the bells bear

’ r u u the ma k of the t ner s chisel ro nd the lip , which was the m ethod some years ago of bringing the note of each bell into harmony with its neighbour With long usage the clapper of the bell wears a considerable indent in the sound

u bow which somewhat deadens the so nd . To obviate this

k u t d a process nown as q artering is resor e to, by which the

u urn u bell is given a q arter t , the clapper conseq ently striking

e e in a fresh place . The ﬁrst and third here hav b en treated

w e in this manner, probably at the time when the bells er .

- t e hung . There now remain no old bell customs with the exception of k the the death nell , which was in ancient times known as e d passing b ll , from its being tolle when a parishioner was ” in extremis .

r n the Here , the sexton as soon as possible on hea i g of

e death , proce ds to toll the bell as follows — For a man Three strokes on the Treble . 2 Three nd .

Three 3rd . T Three enor. THE PARISH CHURCH 5 1

un u u After a pause the tenor is r g p , set for a min te , and then

a rung down . For a fem le two strokes are given on each

hell bell , and for a child , one . The tenor is also tolled at

’ 8 o clock on the mornin g of the day for the funeral ; this may be a survi val of the ancient practice of saying a m ass at this hour for the repose of the so ul of the deceased ; and ﬁnally it commences to toll an hour before the time of the “ ” funeral when it is left set on the arrival of the corpse at

- and u v u d . the Lich gate , after the b rial ser ice is r ng own u The tenor bell is also the Ind ction Bell . The new

Rector on his admittance to the Living, locks himself in the Church and notiﬁes his Induction to the parishioners by

an d and t . tolling the bell , raising it, setting it, hen lowering it Until a few years ago it was also a custom to ring the second bell for ﬁfteen min utes eve ry Sunday m o rn ing at 9

’ t u o clock . Elles mentions his time in his Ch rch Bells of ” S Kincardineshire , where the cotch folk give the reason as “ ’ the S but being to let ye ken it s abbath whether this , or

u v - u t un a s rvi al of the Pre Reformation ho r of Mat ins , is ta cer in , more probably the latter .

HURCH U IC— A T AND RE ENT C M S P S P S . Our forefathers more than a century ago probably had no m u u e but u i sical accompaniment to their Ch rch s rvices , nt l 1 8 2 5 the v illage band supplied the orchestra for the Parish

u n m e Ch rch of East Lockinge , and the a s of the last three of

e m m d us v1z these p rfor ers , brothers , have co e own to , G d . Benjamin , William , and Thomas er in These m usicians

u s v e h with their ﬂ te , ﬁrst violin , and ba s iol , tog t er with the vocali st members of the congregation used to occupy the

u m d t 1 8 gallery , which , ntil i prove away in the res oration of 5 3 ,

was xe u e a . 1 8 2 e v ﬁ d nder the tow r rch In 5 , th illage band 5 2 H1STORv or EAST Loce GE

to - w u gave way the barrel organ , hich abo t this time became

a h instru f shionable in most of our village churc es. This ment was built by a no less celebrated maker than John

w ho now n d ut i u d n Walker, e joys a world wi e rep at on for b il i g

Organs . The ﬁrm kindly i nformed the writer that having destroyed their books previous to 1 8 2 8 they could give no

t u n t um u but a e par ic lars of the i s r ent in q estion , it pp ars to have undergone a thorough repair once however d uring its

n in u existe ce the Ch rch , as follows

1 8 8 May , 3 .

n u viz . Repairing organ in Locki ge Ch rch ,

The organ taken partly to pieces and thoroughly cleaned .

ke The pipes cleaned and put in order . The y frame taken t ut to pieces and repaired . New s aples and pins p on the

u barrels where required and the organ t ned .

a out u As these repairs were c rried by the instr ction , and

at the expense of Mrs . Bastard , that lady was probably the u original donor of the instrument . This Organ contin ed in

us u O u e as late as abo t 1 870 . f the ﬁve t nes which were its “ ” n one O u . compass , o ly is remembered , the ld H ndredth O m u w as n its removal to ake room for a harmoni m , it

’ d u place in the ch rchwarden s barn , where it soon fell a prey

u to the mischievo s lads of the village .

The n u u harmo i m in its t rn gave way to the present organ ,

u Me s f . o n b ilt by s rs Jones , Pe tonville Road , London , and presented by Lord Wantage at the restoration of the Church 86 in 1 8 . Its dimensions are as follows

Tw u an o man als d separate pedal organ .

e u n r G. o A Th compass of the man als rangi g f om G. t .

F - e ifty eight not s .

5 4 HrsTORv or EAST LOCKINGE

“ rst u 1 xL Lock n e Will , dated J ly , 5 45 , shillings to y g ” u Ch rch . The s ums of money mentioned above were of course m u u ch larger if compared with present day val e . The Reformation w rought great change in the ornate ” hu t u e services of the C rch , and the Ligh s en merated her u had been exting ished some ﬁve or six years, when

’ Edward VI S Commissioners in their tour through Berkshire made their inventory of

L xm x ’ CHURCH GOODS AT oc o .

6th Au u 1 2 Coxhed of g st, 5 5 , John and William Darnell ,

u Viz —A r a ch rchwardens . Chalice of silve p rcell gilte ;

n S o one vestme t of red arsnet embr idered , with other orna

n u me ts , and sed for the priest to minister in ; one vestment of fustean embroidered with cruell work with all other apparel for the priest to m inister in ; one black vestment with all other ornaments used for the priest to minister in ; one white fustean vestment with all the apparel belonging to

0 e red S C S the same one c p of arsnet , one ope of green atin u t S u of Br ges . Two Al ar cloths of atin of Br ges ; one

ur tw o a b a s plice , two bells , linen alt r cloths, two rass c ndle

An the sticks . d all said parcels safely to be kept and

d and an d preserve , the same every parcel thereof to be

at be the forthcoming all times, when it shall of them ( u church wardens) req ired .

THE CHURCH PLATE AT p RESENT CONsrsTs or THE W FOLLO ING .

1 . S u u b ilver Chalice , the bowl s rro nded y a chased , b ornamented and .

hurch Goods in Berkshire a lter Mone C . W y THE PARISH CHURCH 55

— 1 S T . H all M arks . mall black letter

2 a . . Lion p ssant

’ 3 . King s Head crowned . ’ b e . e er H ra x 4 . Mak r s mark L tt t nsﬁ ed y — E zab 1 6 . an arrow . Date li eth 5 7

2 S v r P e . . Plain il e at n

—rs su u Four marks t. Within a shield the letter c rmo nting

a w .

’

2 nd . a Sovereign s he d crowned .

rd . 3 . A lion passant

th ck et D . 4 . Bla l ter

u Ro nd the rim inscribed ,

e u kin in B k This belongs to y Ch rch of East Loc s er s .

W 10 oz . 0 e 00 r . ight 3 dwt . g s

3 . Brass Alms Dish .

i ﬂeur Centre embossed w th a cross y, inscribed on the rim with the text

own we Thine are all things 0 Lord , and of thine have t ee ’ given h . Underneath is the following inscription

- M 1 4 . . e A. . ae . e 1 F K L ighton , ecclesi de Harpsden in com t

Rectori Ru . El Dioc . Oxon ri Decano Hanc lancem eemioynis Fidelum in Offertoria recipien dis consecrandam peculiarem

u et ro r ervan am a tem p pignore sempe s d .

A . s .

. er . r ab o r 4 A pewt Alms Dish Plain , and p ob ly m de n .

O MADE 1N L ND N b w X w n the bottom is O O etween t o cro ned . Su Below. perﬁne

Hard Metal .

A u e and w C a 5 . p r gold je elled h lice presented to the HISTORY OF EAST LOCKINGE

u b Ch rch y Lord Wantage in 1 886 . This cup was formerly

d O and d in the possession of Lor verstone , is mentione by

. a b w Mr Gardiner as a not le piece of ﬁne foreign ork, the

cu base of the p perhaps solid gold . Amongst other Church goods may be mentioned

a u e An E gle Lectern in oak , from M nich, present d by Lord

Wantage .

a Also an Altar Front l of ﬁne ancient Florentine work ,

m d d ru richly e broi ere in Silk , in panels of ﬂowers , f it, and

tesented u d . birds , p to the Ch rch by La y Wantage S u e u ervice Books , bo nd in white v ll m , the gift of a late

1 6 R . . 88 . ector, Rev . W A Cole , u d but The Ch rch is not rich in old staine glass , in the o d w head of the l Chancel windo , in the north wall , nearest u the arch, are fragments of ﬁne , early, deep colo red glass , t u very hick , in which are the Castle of Castelle and the Fle rs

- r de Lys of France , forming a border ; and are po tions of the

m z- Warines — u t Ar s of the Fit , of Wantage Q ar erly per fess

d : and : u 1 0 . indente Gls Arg date, abo t 3 5 The East Window in this portion of the Church was ﬁlled 8 t . . S 1 re re wi h stained glass by the Rev L neyd in 5 3 . It p ” u S and sents The giving of the Law on Mo nt inai , The

Da Descent of the Holy Ghost on the y of Pentecost . O w w T w n a small indo , near the ower, ﬁlled ith stained

s gla s, is a brass plate bearing this inscription

r To the Glo y of God and in loving memory .

2 0th 1 8 1 Francis Collins , Born April , 5 .

u z rst u Died in A stralia of J ly, The West Window in the Tower has the Arms of Abingdon

— ﬂeur tw u e e Abbey Argent, a cross y be een fo r martl ts sabl ,

a the A us of lso rms of the Ho e Hanover . THE PARISH CHURCH

The centre of the new windows are ﬁlled in with a pattern of oak leaves in grisaille . w a The East Windo was added by Lord and Lady Want ge ,

r u 1 886 . soon after the estoration of the Ch rch , in It was i i u designed by the r niece , Lady Jane L ndsay, da ghter of the

u 2 5th Earl of Crawford . The Ch rch being dedicated to

S S . O All aints, the three large lights represent t swald ,

S . S . t Martin, and t George ; and the smaller lights above ,

S . S . the three archangels , t Michael , t Raphael, and

St . Gabriel .

our u St . Oswald belongs especially to co ntry , both as

S and . u aint King He was King of North mbria, and for many years he fought for the Christian faith against the

h l . heathen . He o ds fast to the Cross in his right hand

This was the wooden Cross which he raised as his standard .

Round it he and his little army knelt in prayer, before the u battle which he fo ght against the heathen king Penda, when “ u A . D . 6 . e the Christians were victorio s , in the year 3 5 H was one of the few Kings who were Saints when Saints were

" f . Kings , said Bishop Light oot

O S . S n the left is t George , the patron aint of England , whose ﬁght with the dragon is typical of the conﬂict between good and evil . S S t . Martin , on the right, was a brave Roman oldier, noted

uﬁ' rin for his kindness to the poor and s e g. Having given

w s w a ay all he posses ed, he no divides his own cloak with t u his sword o wrap ro nd a shivering beggar .

i S . In the smaller l ghts , t Michael is represented as weighing u u a in the scales of j stice , two ﬁg res , typic l of the contending

e u w the good and vil nat res arring in body .

St. Gab as e e e God t m n a riel , th m ss nger of o a , be rs a lily, 5 8 HISTORY or EAST Loce CE

e b ur an v e s th em lem of p ity, and oli e branch , th ymbol of peace .

S . a e e t R phael , th angel of compassion , is Shi lding a small

u r n u . ﬁg re , rep esenti g the so l

The Stained glass of this window is by Messrs . Heaton

Bell . NUMENT MO S . The Church contains many monuments of interest although

er b 1 none date earli than the eginning of the 7th century . “ Others which existed when Mr . Clarke wrote his History ”

u e . u of the H ndred, have since disappear d Unfort nately ,

of e — in 1 8 1 886 it wa at both th last restorations 5 3 and , s thought necessary to remove several of the stones from their original positions , so that now it is probable not more than two remain where ﬁrst ﬁxed . C rt S In the former hancel , on the no h wall within the anc tuar u y, is a neat mon ment with this inscription

In Memoriam venerabilis viri Jacobi Gerard in Artibus i Ma istri et u s "E O . u ui ﬁlius g , n pe dis Chr sti in xon al mni , q

ulielmi Harrovi a u m Com it tu erat G Gerard de s per monte , in a

iddl sexiae et u u u M e , Armigeri , q ondam Consilii D cat s

Lancastriae Serenissim ae ae Elizabethae necnon , Regin , potentissimo Principi Jacobo . Placide in Domino

Se t m ri An° rmivit e e b s . Dni. 1 6 2 8 obdo d cimo Calendas p . ° n u e mtatis suae et re uiescit s em ae A . a t m hic q in p beat

M nume tum osuit am urr tionis. o n oris R es ec hoc p , ergo , u t e u e us e G r charissim s e g mell s frater j Johann s e ard . Translation of above : r of a erar a f In memo y reverend man, James G d, M ster o

s S u of u c O w w a e Art , and lately t dent Christch r h , xon , ho s th

n f Wl a G a of Ha o the C u t so o i li m er rd , rrow n the Hill, in o n y THE PARISH CHURCH 59

e u u u of Middl sex , Esq ire , and formerly Co nsellor of the D chy

S u z l of Lancaster to the most erene Q een Eli abeth , and a so

u to the most mighty prince James . Peacef lly he fell asleep S e in the Lord on the tenth of the Calends of eptember , in th

our 1 6 2 8 and th year of Lord , in the 3 5 year of his age , and

h u here he rests in the Ope of a blessed Res rrection . This monument out of love therefore his dearest and twin brother

John Gerard has placed . u u r w Above , on a shield of fo r q a terings , as follo s

1 u r . . Gerard Argent, a saltier g les, thereon a crescent o

2 u e . . . G l s, a lion rampant or 3 Argent, a lion rampant

e . e torteauxes w gul s . 4 Argent, thr e in bend bet een two cotises sable .

ev . The R . J Gerard here mentioned was the sixth son of Flamberts w William Gerard of the Manor of , Harro , by his u u wife Dorothy Page . He matric lated at Christ Ch rch ,

u 6 8 A 6 1 2 M A 1 6 1 Ox rd 1 0 B . 1 on , 3 of J ne , , aged ; . . 5 .

roth u u 1 6 1 0 He was admitted to Grays Inn of A g st, . He u died without issue . How he came to be b ried at Lockinge

ﬁ u u u l it is dif c lt to s rmise , n ess we imagine his professional u u d uties took him into the parish as a c rate . The B rial “ f d n o u Registers a for cl e , only stating that James Gerard a ” r 2 h gent and scholar was bu yed ye 7t day of September . e S r William , his eldest broth r, was father to i Gilbert Gerard ,

r 1 th ﬁrst Ba onet of Flambards ; created a Baronet April 3 , — now . 1 6 20 . The title is extinct John the brother men — tioned in the mon umental inscription was the seventh son

and s u O r f . o his father , a fellow t dent with James at xfo d

a monument a Westward in the same wall is , where , in

u at on recess is the ﬁg re of a woman kneeling a footstool, ow i s n which is an open book . Bel is this n criptio HISTORY OF EAST LOCKINGE

f o Mrs. of . o n In memory Millicent Grace, late wife Mr J h

r of count e u to G ace , Vicar Aldworth, in this y , and da ghter

eedham of count e e . Edward N , Ilston, in the y of L icester, Esq

r of v r 1 60 1 and who was bo ne the last day No embe , , dyed 2 th u 6 u 1 . the 4 of A g st, 3 3

u u oodnes r Had f ll s nned g ever mett a g ave,

’ h tomb d S Wit this aint, it here a Tombe might have

u we u Or co ld vert e with the Corps interre ,

As it had lived, here it had lodged with her .

’ But immortall r re what s , ea thly rites p vents , t Ye selfe Memorialls rise best monuments .

’ She e a u u ne ds no st t e , here a H sband s woe

Etern ity does on itself bestow .

But r e u r stor e that d y s p her tears which c owned her y ,

S e R S Gr c Glor e . he went th oad of aints , from a e to y

T . GRACE S . . Io . B

T v th m he Re . John Grace was Vicar of Aldwor , Berks, fro — ’ 1 6 1 1 6 8 e n Col . S 9 5 . H is mentio ed in ymond s Diary,

2 nd 1 6 u u May , 44 , as cond cting that Antiq ary of the Royalist Army round his Church and describing to him the eﬂigies placed there .

Above this mon ument on an oval shield of two quarterings f is the following coat o arms .

f u a e . u o o Grace imp ling N edham G les semee cinq ef ils,

n r r r zu n a lio rampant o , a gent a bend eng ailed a re betwee

’ tw o bu e . cks heads, caboss d sable

n rke wr e u a Whe Cla ote his History of th H ndred ,

’ painting of the Needham arms with the words L escue de ” Nedham wa T w , s hanging on the wall Opposite . his as

r b b a a c e it h a eare . p o a ly h t hm nt, as long dis pp d

6 2 HISTORY or EAST Loce GE

is e u Long th list of his virt es . e Upright in all things and beloved by veryone .

u Not inadeq ate for the worst times , worthy of the best . him a e u . Go tr vell r, and imitate of whom tho hast read

. 2 8 in r 1 6 1 He was born Nov , the year of Ch ist 9 .

2 6 . 1 6 . He died Feb , 79

On a white marble monument is In a vault beneath this stone are deposited the mortal remains

M W mondesold . of atthew y , Esq

Au . 2 th 1 who died g 4 , 7 5 7 ,

80 Aged years . and of Elizabeth his wife

. 2 th 1 2 a who died Dec 4 , 737 , Aged 5 ye rs . and also of Matthew their son

w ho . 2 th 1 2 died Dec 4 , 73 .

A 1 6 r ged yea s .

Remember . This monument terminates in a shield on which w as

e arm W m ondesold a now ff formerly th s of the y f mily, e aced with the damp . On a small tablet surmounted by an urn

d u E m nd Hawker, Esq .

u 2 1 1 8 2 Died J ne , 7

in the 4 3 year of his age .

unaﬁected His piety , inﬂexible Integrity, Universal Benov

olence b u , Un o nded Charity , his amiable Disposition and

w i u s eetness of Manner, with the fa thf l and constant e r u S e u discharge of th elative d ties of ocial Lif , j stly entitled i the ra s s aff o l w h h m to p i e a well as ection f a l ho knew im . THE PARISH CHURCH 6 3

His aﬂi icted Widow erects this Memorial in testim ony of his Virtues and her own sincere affection and sorrowful

remembrance .

O o u n the ﬂ or of the old chancel , nder the north wall , is

a e u ft in . b 2ft in 6 . . black marbl Slab meas ring 6 . y 7 with this inscription Here lyoth ye body of Anne Wiseman ye only remaining daughter of Edward Keat of Locking

w ho u . esq . married Edm nd Wiseman , Esq son and heire of Edmun d Wiseman of Spereshault

u e u . d Co rt in y co nty of Berks , esq who eparted

1 ni. 1 6 0 . this life ye 2 day of June AO . D 9 On the same Slab below this inscription are incised the

: S arms of Wiseman able , a chevron ermine between three cronels argent , and then this inscription

l eth u heire Here y the body of Edm nd , son and

u . of Edm nd Wiseman , esq and Ann his wife sole

kin heiresse of Edward Keat of Loo g (Esq) .

i 68 1 1 w 0 . Dn . 1 . ho died ye 3 of March Ao , aged 5 months

ne 6ft. in f m o . 2 t. At the head of this slab is a si ilar , 4 by

ln 7 . with the following inscription

l th a . o of Here ye Edw rd Keat, Gent (the third s nne William Keat of East Hagbourne Gent) and Joane his wife ye eldest daughter of John Doe of this

r m A Dni 1 6 . u Pa ishe Gent . arried nno 5 5 Had iss e

w h n by her Ed ard , William Francis and Jo n A na Jane Agnes Christi an Elenor Mary and Dorothy

‘ He aged 83 years died ye ﬁrst of May 1 6 24 . she aged 79 years died the last of February the same year leav ing behind good fames of HOSpitalyty u and other virt es. 64 111s 11 or EAST Loce CE

e cr a tw u n u Above th ins iption , at the he d , are o q adra g lar brass plates with arched tops , on which are engraven Edward e u u e Keats and his wif , s rmo nted by an0th r shield in brass

r viz with their a ms, ee l le Thr wild cats in pa e sab .

These arms were assumed in canting allusion to their n — u ame Keats . A similar instance occ rs on the North wall C u s e e of Wantage h rch, where on a mall plat ar the arms of — — Butler three covered cups the oﬁice of butler implying a cup bearer in ancient times .

’ These two monuments of the Keats were originally in

S u - S u but the o th east corner of the end of the o th aisle , in

1 886 were removed to their present position . Between the Chancel arch and the North door are the w u e o follo ing series of m ral tablets to th C llins family, placed

1 886 S u c e aﬂixed here in when the o th wall , to whi h th y were ,

m for was re oved the enlargement of the Church . In memory of F e C l rances Catherin o lins ,

who e roth S er 1 8 0 died on th eptemb , 5 , 6 aged years and 7 months . Jesus said I am the resurrection

and the life .

S . . . v 2 t John Ch xi , . 5 .

Sacred to the memory of

Fr u c ancis Brownsword B llo k ,

a f who a l te o Ardington, dep rted this life r th Au u 1 8 e y g st, 7 5 . ag d 35 . THE PARISH CHURCH

of u of Ann his wife, da ghter

Fe r rdinando Collins, of Bette ton ,

who th u 1 8 0 1 . died 9 J ly, 4 , aged 9

Fra e 2 e . ncis , their son, ag d y ars

r n 1 6th ru 1 8 1 Fe dina do died Feb ary, 5 ,

aged 4 1 :

l r for u u e Be ye a so eady, in s ch an ho r as y

think not the Son of Man cometh .

i s God To the glory of , and in loving memory of the Reverend

er s B. A John F dinando Collin , B of etterton , Berks , this tablet is erected in his parish church

u by his widow and s rviving children .

Oc rzth 1 8 1 2 Born tober , , h 8 e Au u t 1 8 . Di d g st s , 9 He was educated at Winchester College and a gentleman commoner of O o University College , xf rd

Cu a of P C u 1 8 6 to 1 86 1 r te this arish h rch from 4 , for many years chairman of the Wantage Board of Magistrates and of the d of Gu Boar ardians in the Wantage Union .

e e the a r At his d ceas est tes of Bette ton,

held by the Collins family, from father to son for upwards of four

u a out of cent ries, p ssed their possessions . The path of the just is as the shining 66 HrsTORr or EAST Loce GE

w light hich shineth more and more , — 8 . u . . 1 nto the perfect day Prov iv . ,

O i u f n a sh eld on this mon ment the arms o Collins ,

r riﬂin i Ve t , a g passant, or a ch ef, ermine , beneath , on a

" scroll PER COLLEM COLLET .

a a l Above the aforementioned , on large white m rb e , is

H . S . I . Sub e hoc , Viator , Marmor

m conduntur reli uim Char q ,

Anna o ol arm i r Car li C lins de Betterton , g

u amantissimm xoris ,

H ut rm i r et odc A . Johannis Head de , g ﬁliae natu m aximae ; Quae smvientis febris et severioris Asthmatis

u u u ui unito impet cito morti s cc b t. En mater vere indulgens eodem tumulo

tres liberos complexa est,

m u reli ui su r ti totide q e q t pe s tes .

sua o Parsimonia pr vida rei familiaris administra, Benignitate muniﬁcens pauperibus patrona

u ainte ritate a u a Q ae patern g , matern pr denti

et a aliarum virtutum long serie ,

u r Iter in coel m fecit minus a duum .

eli ionis o unum uem ue d sacravit Tanto R g ard re q q iem ,

ln u Quanto solent a non nisi s premum .

Et cum recibus u effecit p f erit indefessa , ,

u a v ixisse dicatur u otﬁsse . t non tam tatem , q am

u u coslo En Vero m lt m dilecta,

rr u u tot lures annos te a q e grave nimis damn m , nec p ,

u u v q ot Christ s ipse in terris numera it. THE PARISH CHURCH 67

E . sum tat 33 , i D m r e uni o 1 0 . u . ob t p imo di J , Anno 7 7 Amoris ergo posuit

C . C .

an a a Tr sl ted , the bove may be read as

H . S . I .

u e u he re Traveller, nd r this marble lie b ried t dear mains C of of Anne , the most loving wife of Charles ollins , Better f . u o Hodc tt ton, Esq , and eldest da ghter John Head , of o , quickly succumbed to death by the combined

u e u . attack of a cr el f ver and more cr el asthma Behold , the mother truly loving embraced three children in the same u tomb and left as many more s rviving her . By her economy u of u d r a caref l administrator her ho sehol , by he kindness a muniﬁ ent e c patron to th poor , who with fatherly uprightness and motherly care and by a long series of other virtues to diﬂi ult made the way Heaven less c . With so great ardour of religion she consecrated every day as others usually consecrate their last. And although she was unwearied in prayers she concluded it should be said her life was not so much lived as idled . See "Much indeed e x beloved by H aven, and to earth an e ceedingly sorrowful um i u loss , she n bered in th s world j st so many years , no

she e r t more , as Christ Himself. Aged 33 , di d on the s of

u r Our 1 0 . out J ne , in the yea of Lord 7 7 Therefore of love

C . C . placed this .

In a vault adjoining are deposited the remains of u r Mrs . Francis Harland , da ghte C of Charles ollins , of Betterton , in this parish , Esq . ,

u e of Hodcutt by Ann , da ght r of John Head , , in this 6 8 HrsTORv or EAST Loce GE

u . Co nty, Esq , and Su relict of Richard Harland , of tton ,

on Galtres u of Y . the forest of , in the Co nty ork , Esq , by whom u u two u R l she had iss e fo r sons , s rvived her, ichard Har and, Su of tton , on the forest aforesaid , Esq

and Charles , Rector of

Luddesdowne , in Kent ; who ,

u v in gratit de to a re ered parent, have erected this monument ; wishing to perpetuate the remembrance of her u u u u as a d tif l da ghter , a faithf l and tender wife ,

f e u an a fectionat and caref l parent,

a sincere friend , and a sensible and polite companion . S a 6th 1 8 1 incerely lamented , she died at Bath , M y , 7 , h in the 75 t year of her age . u S In the same va lt lie the Remains of her ister,

. S u Mrs Charlotte a nders , R S u u elict of John a nders , of Woolstone , in this Co nty, Esq whose eminent virtues as a Wife and Mother render her Memory dear to her surviving Relations

and Friends .

another is this Near this place lie the Remains of

the Rev . John Collins, M . A who departed this life

M 1 th 1 8 2 6 rd arch 7 , , in the 73 year

f a e o his g . In the same vault are deposited the

70 Hrsr oxr or EAST Loce GE

roth O oth wife the day of ctober, in the s year of his age , of

ur 1 8 . u O Lord , 6 4 At the head of the mon ment is incised

A cross moline .

r a Adjoining the above , at the foot, is a simila sl b , 5 feet

2 2 . inches long , feet 3 inches wide Above the following inscription is carved the Arms of Minshull .

A crescent issuing from the horns an etoile of 5 points . Christophorus Minshull natus generosa familia in agro S ussex iensi

u atus Facultatis Stm. Oxonn ed c , ac ibidem

Theologim nuper Bedellus Armiger .

se ultus umris Cur hoc in loco p , q proh dolor "ad hanc villam iter conﬁcien s (iter eheu quod ad sepulchrum duxit) non procul hinc ex equo violentius idit dela so im admisso dec , p mors

portuna viam et vitam intercepit.

Obiit morte repentina die xxi . E D . . a . unii . o J , An , MDCLXXXI t t u Sum XLV . Francisc s defuncti Christophori

frater pietatis ergo .

Translated as follows u Christopher Minshull , born of good family in the co nty

S u O of ussex, ed cated at xford , and there of the sacred W u u . h faculty of Theology, lately Esq ire Bedell y b ried in

u ? " " u this place , dost tho ask Ah sorrow Jo rneying to

u "w ) , this village (a jo rney , alas hich led to his grave not far from here he fell from his horse that slipped in its THE PARISH CHURCH 7 1

u u u u f rio s gallop , and death nexpected , interr pted his journey and his life . He departed by a sudden death on

A 1 1 . z rst u . D . 68 the day of J ne , , aged 4 5 Francis , brother of the deceased Christopher, placed this therefore ff out of a ection . These two last mentioned monuments originally were

S u r t and within the anct a y rails, the former on the nor h , the

u latter on the so th side of the Altar .

v u w 1 8 By their side, also mo ed to nder the to er in 5 3 from the middle of the chancel is another bl ue marble gravestone

6 6 2 1 0 feet inches long and feet inches wide , with the ” u u ua ﬁg re of a woman in her s l habit, above her head the ’ r Nedham t u a ms of , a bend engrailed be ween two b cks ” u u heads caboshed , both s bjects in brass plates , the ﬁg re graven in a plate with an arched top similar to those of

w and i . Ed ard Keat his w fe , already mentioned The inscription is Hune tumulum moorens posuit

n edha Frater Joha nes N m . (This monument was placed over her grave by her sorrowing

edham . brother, John N )

N dham u . e s u Here lyes Mrs Mary , yo nge t da ghter

of . o count e Mr Edward N dham , of Ilston , in the y

. u of Leicester, Esq , who was borne pon Friday ,

2 2 nd 1 6 1 1 u the day of April , , and dyed pon

1 6 h 1 6 2 F t u 8 . riday, the day of Jan ary,

u Here we have an instance , prevalent in those days, of n T i married ladies being called Mrs . h s stone formerly being

to . opposite the one erected to her sister, Mrs Grace , in the e u u chancel , w may concl de that they were both b ried in the u u e of u va lt nd r that portion the ch rch , the entrance to which 7 2 H1STORv or EAST Loc xtNC E

f was under the chancel arch . The last occasion o it being

e 1 8 u r e . op ned was in 5 3 , when the arch was nde pinn d A smaller vault may exist under that portion formerly railed

in S u . u w e the old , as the anct ary The other va lts er in

S ut " . o h aisle , now the chance and nave The eastern end being that belonging to the Lords of the Manor of East Lockinge and the western end was long the burial place of ’

. e au u the Collins , of the Manor of Betterton As th v lt nder the chancel was the burying place of the Ginge manorial lords the Nedham s may have been connected with some u u e u family occ pying that Manor, altho gh I have b en nable to identify it .

’ 6 1 s a e 1 ar . Soc . In the Herald s Vi it tion for L icester, 9 , H b , V l 8 . o . 1 r II , the age of Milicent is given as aged , and Ma ia,

. N dham I lstone aged 9 Their father was Edward e , of , by

u S Re in all C u Anna , da ghter of Thomas hawe, of p g , o nty

Ne h m f Lincoln . Edward d a was the son o Francis

edham e u e of ur N , by th da ghter of Richard Gambl , B ton

O r C u L . Nedham on of ve y , o nty eicester Francis was s

T Nedham of Alext n u L ce er his homas , o , Co nty ei st , by e —Pa er s cond wife rk . Under the west window of the tower is a stone with an

of is e inscription , which part only l gible . Sacred to the memory

of Thomas T this 1 8 ear aged y s, also Thomas e w w a b e le w th Und r the ne est window, on a m r l tab t, i THE PARISH cHuxcH 73 bronze mountings (formerly aﬂixed to the wall near the north door) is this inscription

. . S H M . In memory of O Harriet, wife of Baron verstone ,

on 6th 1 86 who died the November, 4 , and whose remains are interred u in the adjoining ch rchyard . This tablet u u erected by her s rviving h sband , records his grateful remembrance of her domestic virtues and his deep reverence for her truly Christian

life and character . Blessed are the pure in heart

for they shall see God .

The well -kept churchyard which surrounds the Church contains few monuments of interest . Under the east wall of the old chance" is a low tomb inscribed In memory

Rev of the . w t John Ald or h , Rector of this Parish in which he

resided 44 years . He died

u 2 1 2 . J ly 4 , 7 9 This tomb was repaired and renewed by the

c o 1 8 . re t r of Lockinge , 5 3 74 HISTORY or EAST Loce GE

This tomb is said to have been formerly surrounded by

iron railings , while the original stone was inscribed with the e Charity he l ft the village . The fact that this portion of the S inscription was not renewed , has wrongly led ome of the older parishioners to suppose the bequest was larger than it

a u u on ct ally is . The ca se of the omission was probably

account of the identical words being worn away .

w w a A long, narro weather orn stone ne r the above is said

to mark the grave of Dr . Green , a former Rector, who died

tn 1 6 2 . 7 No inscription can be traced on it .

NE . u on In the corner of the ch rchyard , a tomb , is the following S S u w ho acred to the memory of William a nders , died

oth 1 8 a 8 S w March 3 , 3 4 , ged 5 also arah , his ife , who died

h 1 8 6 f a . 1 t . Jan 4 , 7 , aged 9 5 In a fectionate remembr nce of S u d S William a nders , el est son of William and arah

r t 1 88 . S u . s a nders , who died Jan 3 , 3 , aged 73 years On a narrow stone is the following inscription to an old

servant of the Church .

In memory of William

S eerit p , who died

. 1 8 6 Oct 3 , 79 , aged 7 years , having been Clerk of u this Ch rch 5 3 years .

on ma Near the north door, plain small stones , y still be

read the names of some of the old choir and band . R obert Jordan, Benj . Jordan , 8 9 ? 77 s

1 6 84 . 1 8 1 8 .

r tr S . of u Nea a yew ee , on the side the Ch rch , is a raised THE pARI SH REGISTERS 75 ston e which marks the ﬁrst interment in the enlarged (1 860) u portion of the ch rchyard .

“‘ 2 1 st 1 86 . I Ann Willis , died March , 3 , aged 4 5

- Lt . . This stone is erected to her memory by . Col and Mrs

- Loyd Lindsay .

In the S E . corner of the churchyard are tw o large and

u u handsome rec mbent mon ments of white marble , similar u in design . Aro nd the plinth of the ﬁrst is

he S t . S acred to memory of the Rt Hon . amuel Jones

O S . 2 1 6 1 Loyd , Baron verstone , born ept 5 , 79 , died Nov . 7 ,

1 88 8 . u 3 , aged 7 The j st shall live by faith . On the second

S of Rt acred to the memory of Harriet , wife the . Hon . S u d O , . ov . 6th 1 8 am el Jones Loy Baron verstone , dec N , 64 ,

6 . u aged 5 Blessed are the p re in heart, for they shall see

God .

u x u These mon ments were e ec ted from designs by R .

R . A. Woodyer, THE ARI H REGI TER P S S S .

It was in 1 538 that Thomas Cromwell ordered every parish priest to enter into a parchment book all the

u Christenings , Marriages, and B rials which took place in his

a u s . . p rish , nder a penalty of 3 4d In the ﬁrst year of

w . u w u Ed ard VI similar inj nctions ere iss ed , and also in the

u 1 60 reign of Q een Mary, while in 3 it was ordered that all the then existing registers were to be recopied into parch ment books . It is probably from this last date that the ﬁrst register book of E . Lockinge dates , although it contains the

1 entries from an earlier book , which commenced in 5 46 . u This concl sion we arrive at , from the fact that the entries 1 6 t 1 6 5 4 o , 4 . w an from May 3 are in the same hand riting, d , 76 HISTORY 0? EAST LocxtNC E

a ar lso, the marriage entries e dated in order from 1 5 54 to

1 6 re ur r 1 two 5 7 , when the occ two ent ies, dated in 5 47 , in 1 8 x in 1 2 w e ce to e 5 4 , and si 5 5 , hen th y commen again b 8 dated 1 5 4 .

r u The present Register Books are comp ised in 9 vol mes , as follows Baptisms 1 5 46 to 1 663 1 r No . contains Ma riages 1 547 to 1 66 2 Burials 1 5 46 to 1 663 Baptisms 1 664 to 1 739 2 No . contains Marriages 1 666 to 1 738 Burials 1 663 to 1 738 Baptisms 1 739 to 1 787 n r 1 8 1 8 No . 3 co tains Ma riages 73 to 7 7 Burials 1 739 to 1 788

1 No . 4 contains Baptisms 1 788 to 8 1 3

a 1 8 t 1 8 1 2 No . 5 contains M rriages 7 7 o

N 6 a u 1 88 to 1 8 1 2 o . cont ins B rials 7

u The others are still in se .

. e ﬁ i the All the Books are well preserved Th rst, be ng oldest is of course the most interesting . It is of parchment e e r ac u l aves, held tog the by a leathern l e, the o ter leaves

m ec for the The for ing a prot tive envelope whole book . e u l ﬁrst entries have b en most caref lly inscribed , both paralle and marginal lines being drawn in fainter ink to guide the wr e a ha iter, indeed th se e rliest registrations are per ps the t r u h u r re u neatest h o g o t the se ies , which p sent thro gh the course of 300 years every example of penmanship . e r e r e e of T Th wo st nt ies ar from the p n homas Upton, h a Rector ere , whose writing often degener tes into a careless scribble . These ﬁrst entries appear to have been made by Jacob

78 HISTORY or EAST LOCR I NGE

r Ma tha, his wife , was baptised at Ginge by reason of snowy ” and very cold weather .

1 66 1 r , F ancis Keat , sonne of Edward and Cicely, his ” u rd da u . wife , was Borne , Baptised , and B ried the 3 y of J ne

1 68 1 , William , the sonne of Jane Joyner, a vagrant, w h u to was o was bro ght bed at Betterton , in this parish , baptised ye ninth of October .

R v u e . The John Aldworth, who became Rector abo t this

u . time , freq ently added notes to his entries In 1 698 he states that William Edmonds was baptised

th of 1 1 1 the 4 7ber, as his father told me in 7 , and gave me

u u u a good reason for it . I fo nd pon f rther examination that the said Wm . was baptised , as generally all the children

in u S u . th Lockinge were , pon a nday Whereas the 4 of

u u 1 6 8 u u d th S A g st, 9 , was pon a Th rs ay and the 4 of eptem u ber following was S nday . “ In 1 7 1 6 he n otes that whereas we have tw o William

S u miths , who each have a Mary to wife , I disting ish them S by calling the elder of the two William mith , of Ala

bastors . 1 1 8 , (probably this was a farm name) In 7 he R mentions ich . Maskel was forgot to be registered for above a fortnight .

1 2 S r u S . 7 3 , ara Ma y, the da ghter of ara Lay was (of W

1 t u Lock . ) baptised the 0 h of Febr ary. On the margin John Aldworth gives the follow ing account of Sara West Lockinge overseers bought the

n w u ut ut ri g , which the fello ref sed to p on ; it was p on by her father . They went ﬁrst to Wantage to but u be married behaved so imp dently Mr . Birch ,

’

u oine . tho their Minister , ref sed to j them Then they A d nd e went to r ington , a sh being heavy and behind THE PARISH REGISTERS . 79 asked some neighbours how far old whistling William (so she called him she was going to marrie) was before . He

u in t u likewise behaved most imp dently Arding on Ch rch , so I looking on this not as true matrimony but a profanation of ye Holy Ordinance regi stered the child in her name only .

When I promised the grandfather, a very good poor man, to Baptise the child I told him I w ould not church his ” daughter .

1 2 S . 7 3 , ara Edmonds was baptised by Mr Price , of

accordin e Ardington , g to the forme of private baptism , the

u 1 0 2 6th d small pox being in the ho se ber , she was a mitted

the i . by the said Mr . Price into congregat on

The marriage entries contain nothing of interest .

’ Xmas at the Manor House in 1 64 8 was no doubt a merry

u one for the next day a do ble wedding was to take place ,

' the Squire s tw o daughters being the B rides .

r u . Mr . Joseph P o se and Mrs Frances Keate were

6 8 . marr ed . 2 6th 1 y Dec , 4

u z Mr . Francis H ngerford and Mrs . Eli abeth Keate ” m r were a ryed the same day . Amongst the monuments described in the Church is one

n to Ed . Hawker . His connection with Locki ge is shown by the following entry .

1 u . S 777 , Edm nd Hawker, Esq , of the Parish of t . ’ R Margaret s Westminster , and Miss achel Powles , of this ”

1 6 . parish , were married April th m The Burials are more in detail . So etimes the rank and

m i u position of the deceased are given , so et mes the ca se of

death if a violent one . Poverty was very prevalent in those 80 1115 1 01111 or EAST Loce GE

u i u a a and days j dg ng from the n mber of begg rs , tr mps,

are u poore men who mentioned , s ch as “ H k a o w as bur ed 1 1 th A ] John oo e, po re man, y ye pril ,

’ 1 5 573 “ V M Lusam a s r bur. e I th a John , trange , was y day y.

’ 1 5 5 83 “ Lur shall n was ur e XXth John gy , a stra ger, b ied y day

December, O re e r d old thers a nte e as men , as “ n bu V . S a l r. ce John mith , o de man , was ye III day De m

1 6 ber, 5 3 .

u An d others again as yo ng men .

m n S u a was bur 1 6th O . William mith , a yo ng , . ct ,

’ 1 5 763 “ aal an ul bur. u John B , o de beggar, was ye last day J ne ,

’ 1 5 84 3

l W a ar bur. 1 Ra e an . 0 . p ilson , schol , was J , 59

’ 2 6 R . 1 w w Feb , 5 , ichard , a poore oman s child, as

u b ried . (Was he too poor to have a surname ?)

c . 1 a bur ed e De , 597 , beggar man was y from W st Lo ck ” inge .

’ A r ] 1 v oared b u was p il , 599 , John Doo s ser ant, g y a b ll , ” r d bu ye . “

u 1 u v a bur e . J ly, 5 99 , Ellen H rd , a ser ant m yd , was y d In 1 603 the Church Porch appears to have afforded the only shelter and refuge to one poor woman as the following extract shows A beggar woman was delivered of a man child in ye Church Porche on Palme Sunday and was buryed ye VI th da A b e l b e . y of pril , ing sti l orn 8 1 THE PARISH REGISTERS .

. 1 6 1 W ur Jan , 9 , Robert ilson , Rector of this Ch ch , was

u 1 6 2 Was R c res ector b ried May , 4 the e tor no p of persons ? Under this date is entered Edward Keate (E sq) was buryed ye VI th day (Lord of

r tbe M a no ) . Another hand has added the italics .

S r 1 6 2 1 ra . eptembe , , James Ge rd , a gent and scholar , ” u 2 th was b ried ye 0 day .

u r 1 6 2 8 . Jan a y, , Mary Needham , gent mayde , and ”

r bu . st anger, was ried ye day

- (Non residents were described as strangers) . i 2 th ] 1 6 2 . a 7 April , 9 , John Foard , servant to Mr Fr nc s ” u and Keate (met) his death by a fall from a roof was b ried , S Loc Thomas teptoe , coming over ye Downs from k ”

wa u . hamstead , dyed by the y and was b ried The following extracts refer no doubt to the troublesome times of the Civil War . “ u 1 6 1 Umfa e ca taine w as u J ne , 4 , y Hawkins , a p , b ried ,

1 6 ine S . a a u Ca ta ept 4 3, John T ndie , so ldier, of p Mains ’ ” a trO e 2 h O u t . m ny s p , was b ried ye 7 day r a 20th The latte date is signiﬁc nt, seven days before , on the ,

t ur u c com the ﬁrst Bat le of Newb y had been fo ght, whi h

o r Ox p lled the Royalists to etire to ford , and we may not u a u nre sonably s ppose John Tandie , with some of his com ar u rades in arms , riving at Lockinge , on the ro te thither, he u himself perhaps wo nded and dying here . In 1 644 the

Royalists were again in the neighbourhood . Lysons states they were quartered for four days in Wantage and the adjoining villages . A ﬁeld name near the Church is still

u known as Camp piece , which may be the site of the bivo ac i on one of these occas ons . 8 2 HISTORY or EAST Loce GE

. 1 6 R ect s urc was Feb , 44 , Gabriel olls, R or of thy Ch h , u i V h b r ed ye t day .

1 Mr. 6 dw r ea the bur ed Ma 2 th . 49 , E a d K te , elder, y y 9 was a t t r who He followed soon f er by his bro he , had

t 1 inheri ed the Lockinge Estates in 6 2 4 .

a c u and o f e Ma w Fr n is Keate , Esq ire , L rde o th nor, as

u u 1 th r . b ried J ne 5 , fo whom , given by his sonne , Mr ” ea r uar ’ 0 3 . . Edward K te, a mo t y of 4 to the parson

1 Mr 6 1 s . i bur ed u u 8 Th 5 , Elenor R gby y here A g st 2 e

r ur a l parson had a ma k for her b y l in the Chancel] .

ur the B ials in chancel appear to have been indiscriminate .

1 6 u m In 5 5 Katherine, the da ghter of Mr . Tho as Aldrige

. u S . 2 c and Mrs Katherine , his wife , was b ried ep 4 . Re eived ” of them for its buryall in the chancel (what was received is

a not st ted) . 6 w i d f 1 c d o w o Mr. c 5 7 , Mrs . Jane Pri e , the John Pri e ,

F rr e ur. h r arnb w b . 2 6t . vica of o o , was Feb

: 1 66 . c i w Feb 3 , Dr Page , of the Parsonage of Lo k nge , as ” u 1 th u b ried the 9 day . His s ccessor followed j ust nine years later.

r of s ar was bur ed z rst Edwa d Green, Rector thi P ish , y u day of Febr ary,

1 68 1 u E s . . C . , Christopher Minsh ll , q , B and , of the ” ur 2 h f O b ed e t o u e . University of xon, was y th 4 J n No mention is made of the cause of his death as recorded on m his to b .

1 68 r u A r v r 9 , Mary, the basta d da ghter of y y, a ag ant,

bur ed th u was y the 7 of Febr ary .

1 6 . of r w ur e 97 William Castle, East Hend ed , as b i d

‘ A funeral sermon , THE p ARI SH REGISTERS 83

a d r O r . Ca a l 3 ctobe John stle , his son, g ve me ten shil ings r u i a ] out f w h fo his being b r ed in the ch ncel , o hic I gave the ” a mason a shilling for l ying the stones again . Opposite the above entry is a note to the effect that I have been credibly informed since the buryal of W u u sum m . Castle that a marke was the s al given to the A ” ur . Rector for b ying in the Chancel John ldworth .

iddow bur ed 1 1 0 . r C w . 7 5 Ma tha astle , , was y the 4th Nov

1 b bur ed John Castle paid me 03 . for M . Castle eing y in the ” Chancell.

1 1 . e w Ca . 7 5 Frances, th ife of John stle , of W Ginge, c r 2 rd of to was ar ied thence on Friday , the 3 March , be ” u e Bensin ton Ox e . b ri d at g , in fordshir h bur ed M 1 1 r . n C l w a 7 7 . M Jo ast e , of Ginge , as y y the M 8 1 r. 1 03 . th , and May 3th Bowly gave me for his Uncle u ] Castle being b ried in the Chancel . He is to be at the ” charge of laying the pavement . Although dissent never appears to have gained a strong

in P r cr ea t hold the a ish, it had ept in at this rly da e , as the following entry records m M r 1 6 1 20 . t z . Bla rave o a ch th , 7 I per it ed Eli g t be

u u r buried in the ch rchyard , beca se she was ve y desirous of " m if B . T w u e a Baptis from me, p albot o ld hav llowed me .

v S bur al u But Di ine ervice was not read at her y , beca se she had been sprinkled only, by a Presbyterian teacher and that R u without any necessity , I being then esident and my ho se and Church much nearer to the place of her birth than the ’ ” u Presbyterian Teacher s ho se and conventicle .

1 6 as e of P r h was bur ied 75 . Thom Day, Cl rk the a is , y

2 th. Dec . 9

‘ Bish of S l isbur of which Diocese Lockin e e f r e op a y, g th n o m d rt pa . 84 HISTORY OF EAST Loce GE

1 1 u Wid 8 . S f d o . 7 William eymo r, a poor cripple , son ”

S u w as u . eymo r, b ried 1 8 . u 2 6th 7 5 James Gibbs, a yo ng man, died Jan . ,

u 2 h u . b ried the 7t . Killed in h nting but No exceptional instance of longevity is recorded , the

u 1 8 1 . S age of the deceased is not registered ntil 3 till , the following ripe ages speak for the general health of the

Parish . W 1 8 2 2 . u . 1 ill B nce , aged 9 years .

1 8 2 . . 2 . 7 Will Prior, aged 9 years

1 8 2 . . u 2 a . 9 J P lling , aged 9 ye rs u 6 1 8 2 . S n 3 san a Phillips , aged 9 years .

6 Emblin 2 1 8 . 3 . Mary , aged 9 years

. S 1 8 . 5 5 Betty teptoe , aged 9 3 years

1 8 0 . S S u a a . 7 arah a nders , ged 9 5 ye rs

1 8 1 . z . . 7 Eli Palmer, aged 9 4 years

1 2 . S 8 . 7 arah Powell , aged 93 years

1 8 2 . 7 Charlotte Godding, aged 93 years . Amongst the Register Books preserved in the Church

Aﬂidav its u chest is a Book of of b rials in woollen , in accord

ur u ance with a law made , for the p pose of bolstering p the

u of wool trade of England , which ordered , nder a penalty

u u £5 every corpse to be b ried in a woollen shro d . This u proceeding appears to have been distastef l to all . The wealthy generally paid the £5 and continued to bury their relati ves in linen the poor probably submitted on account of their inability to pay the ﬁne .

n u Pope in his poem o Mrs . Oldﬁeld expressed the p blic O pinion, when he wrote

’ O us " w u r dio in oollen t wo ld a saint p ovoke .

86 H1STORY or EAST LocxtNGE

W m on r Ot r serv Mr. Christophe hello , neg o ant of y

desold bur ed u 2 1 1 . , was y J ly 3 , 77 , in woollen only 6 n r W l ur Au . I 1 a m ndeso d b . Ch les y o , g 3 st, 77 , bei g

u e w and r b ried in lin n , the £5 as paid also fo William

W 1 m n l bur . 2 . o deso d Es . y , q , April 9 , 779 The last instance of the law being enforced is as late as

1 8 2 w u a u 7 , when the £5 as paid at the b ri l of Edm nd

h u 1 8 2 . . w u 2 t Hawker, Esq , of Ginge , who as b ried 5 J ne , 7

a u r The clergy, in Lockinge at le st , were b ried acco ding to Act to the , either as an example their ﬂock of obedience

to the w e i ff c to a . la , or to show th ir ndi eren e things c rnal

w s u O . 1 1 6 8 . Thomas Upton a b ried in woollen, ct 3th , 4 6 h . A ur w u 2 t Mr John ldworth was b ied in oollen, J ly , ’ 1 7 2 93

cu ' in C i n w the Pu a No pe liarity hr stian ames , hich rit n

u a u ex e element introd ced in m ny places , occ r, c pt we

u w 1 6 mention J dith , hich is registered in 4 9 . Indeed their u r ff inﬂ ence appears to have ha dly a ected Lockinge, for u S of r tho gh the acrament Baptism was forbidden , the bi th c instead to be entered, we still ﬁnd that the hristenings were t had regis ered as if nothing happened .

’ CHURCHWARDEN ACC UNT BO K S O O .

’ The Churchwarden s book at present in use only dates

8 2 u back to 1 5 . The previous one on being ﬁlled p most

se e u a probably pas d into private hands , cons q ently we obt in none of those items so interesting in these early account

books .

1 85 2 . This year is late enough to contain a reference to the old ’ CHURCHWARDE N S ACCOUNT soox 87

the d practice of placing a price on hea s of sparrows , when ” arr 1 8 0 u to the Ginge sp ow bill for 5 was paid , amo nting ’

r . ar f 5 8 . oi d Generally the ye s expenses is comprised o

’ ’ S eerut s 0d Cheney s ( p ) wages £5 os. .

and w and u 2 as. w i Coal ine, a s bscription of £ , h ch is u u 1 888 Ra ff ﬁr r Ox paid reg larly ntil to the dcli e In ma y, ford . This last was paid no doubt through the exertion of the f c e o S u . Re tor, as Ward n All o ls This ﬁrst year also informs us of the cost of the second bell .

’ f r Mr . Taylor s bill o recasting one hell and repairing the

08 . 0d . others , £34

1 85 4 .

C ur and u w 6 a . . Levelling h chyard b ilding ll , £3 5 S 0d e e the Wa su c 2 To th abov rden bs ribed £ 5 .

1 8 5 7 .

a i r d C u 2 zs. 6d M k ng oa to h rch, £ . Slaughtering sparrows was not the outside channel alone to which Church rates went . This same year is a

Su for a a e bscription repairing the W nt g Fire Engine, ”

d . £2 os . 0

Table of Bill for a new Surplice 6 1 8 0 .

A new Bible and Prayer (book ?) was granted u service of the Ch rch .

1 86 2 .

f r hu v e C h . . Paid the Re . L ighton o a rc Service, £5 3s 0d 88 HISTORY or EAST LOCRI NGE

1 86 7 .

6 d . r 03 ur 0 8 . Cleaning snow f om the Ch ch , £ 5

1 68 W Ra 8 Until 8 the G . . ilway was rated for 1 chains of

w u 800 and rail ay, val ed at £ per mile and the Wilts

1 1 . 6d . a Berks Canal at £ 7s , and also the Telegr ph Com ’

but a . G d e pany, t king advantage of Mr la ston s abolition of u C u Ra comp lsory h rch tes in this year , they, one and all , m r u e a with so e of the Pa ishioners, ref s d to p y after this date .

1 8 79 .

Set of Bell Ropes Mending Roof of Church

1 8 93 .

Repairing Bells

R d 6d . The amount of ate varies from 3 . to ; generally the t ve former. The Visi ation expenses ha fallen from

1 3 0d 1 8 2 to 1 3 . 6d . 1 8 0 . £3 0 . , in 5 4 in 9

TH E RECTORY .

R now e b Rev. . The Living is a ectory, h ld y the J G .

M A. r m a w a a the Cornish, . F o e rly times it as tt ched to Manor and held under the Abbots of Abingdon Abbey until w the Dissolution . It was then ith the lands of the Parish m 1 6 0 granted to John Wynchco be . In 3 it was in the R u ff possession of Gabriel olls , the then Inc mbent, o

u th 1 6 2 ree to u whom on J ne s , 3 , it was ag d p rchase the ’ ' All S u Ox at r e e r advowson by o ls College , ford . th e y a s u 1 8 u s e 0 r a u . p rcha e , it th n being val ed at £ pe nn m From

t 1 that time it was held by Fellows of hat College . In 764 a THE RECTORY special Ac t of Parliament was obtained annexing the Rectory u as inseparable from the Wardenship of All So ls . Towards h t e . a 00 expenses of this Act Dr Niblett g ve £5 , he being at that time Rector and Warden . The object of this probably was to make a sinecure of the Rectory and must have been

to in direct Opposition the beneﬁt of the Parish, for in those

i u days the ev ls of pl rality of Livings were rife , and the lesser preferments were ofte n neglected for the higher ones . For upwards of a century the Rectors held the Living in u u to absentia, freq ently leaving the C re of the village

f u Rev the charge o a curate . D ring the Wardenship of the .

. . w v w F K Leighton, ho ever, the gift and ad o son was again

now i . sold , and it is in the g ft of Lord Wantage

s . d . In 1 2 9 1 the Living was valued at 1 1 6 8 At the Dissolution it was valued 3 1 1 0 0 In 1 74 2 its estimated value per annum was In 1 83 1 the gross income was In 1 840 the tithes were commuted for 5 20 0 o

u 0 0 0 The Living is now val ed at 3 3 nett .

LIST o r RECTORS .

s t a The following Li t of Rectors , wi h Notes , is t ken from the Registers . A list from the early times no doubt exists

’ among the Bishops Registers at Salisbury .

1 8 . 5 5 Jacob Bisley signes as Curate .

6 1 1 . . bur 9 Robert Wilson , Rector, died Jan . at

Lockinge .

1 6 . Ga R c b L e ur. 44 briel olls, Re tor, died ; at ocking ,

sth Feb . 90 HISTORY or EAST LOCKINGE

. 2 0 1 6 . t w uc e but Feb , 44 John Wa kins as ind t d only i held t tw o years .

. th 1 6 6 . The v n w ff ne D Jan 9 , 4 Li i g as o ered to o ayrell ,

the but u on death of Watkins he ref sed to accept . His reason for this w as probably due to the fact that in 1 64 5 the use P b of the Book of Common rayer had een forbidden ,

u the Parliamentary Directory to be sed in its stead . Dayrell was too conscientious a Churchman to accept on these terms and so

2 6th 1 6 6 u Jan . , 4 . William Page was ind cted and held

u 66 . u 1 th . 1 it ntil his death , 9 Feb 3 He was b ried at

Lockinge . No monument exists to his memory or to his predecessors . A note says he was learned in the Greek c u Fathers and possessed great for e in disp tations . 66 2 nd 1 . G r March , 3 Edward reen , Recto , died at Lock

6 2 bur. . 2 1 s t 1 . u ee inge , there Feb , 7 Thomas Upton s cc ded

. G . d Ed reen He was descende from a Devonshire family,

F S u 1 6 the s S r elected ellow of All o ls in 5 3 , ame year with i

Christopher Wren . He appears to have had interest in

n property in London . Amo gst a list of books Oﬁ ered by a

- w w second hand book dealer lately as A deed , bet een of w Thomas Upton , Lockinge, clerke, and Dorothy, his ife ,

z and a of and John Colebrook , citi en merch nt London , u ur u relating to ho ses and land in Fireball Co t , in Ho nds ”

w ur a . ditch , ith signat es of Thom s and Dorothy Upton a u u c Thom s Upton died, and was b ried in Lockinge Ch r h , 68 O . 1 1 . ct 3 , 4

A wo u O . 1 1 1 68 . a e John ld rth , instit ted ct , 4 He was ben a t r 6 be f ctor o the Pa ish, leaving £ yearly to divided e rv 2 a C and amongst th dese ing poor, £ to the P rish lerk , LIST OF RECTORS legacies to those Parishioners who had attended the Church Services on Wednesdays and Fridays (an unusual occur rence for clergy to conduct in those days) . He gave the

u Bib]e w hich u use u 1 82 . r Ch rch , contin ed in ntil 5 His p ivate

u u memorand m , containing every item , caref lly entered , is

r r . u 2 1 2 . still p eserved at the Recto y He died J ly 9 , 7 9

h 1 2 S S . t . e Doctor tephen Niblett , Rector , ept 5 , 7 9 El cted

’ f S u 1 6 r Warden o All o ls College , 7 4 , in which yea the

. u e mi Living and Wardenship were joined He died J n ,

1 766 .

. e . . r u Hon and R v Dr John T acy, s cceeded Warden

1 2 Au 1 2 u a . Niblett . L te in life, g 79 , he s cceeded his half

u the e . brother as Visco nt Tracy , in P erage of Ireland He

2 nd 1 1 st . died at Bath , Feb . , 793 , in his 7 year His lord

’ ship s very benevolent disposition and integrity of heart had

e ff f e ngaged him the est em and a ection o all who knew him , and particularly the society in which he so long presided . In some of the p ublic papers he has been called John Leigh . His but elder brother took the name of Leigh , the Warden

h s in never did . It a been said others that he left a con

i bl w Rev . Mr u but s dera e . legacy to his nephe , the Hem s, he

no . r su had relation of that name He left his b other, who c ceeded e his x u r Hon him in th title , e ec tor, and his siste , the .

c u . Mrs . Frances Tra y , resid ary legatee He left £500 to his

’ college , and a year s wages to his servants , in advance .

. h a w Dr Is m , the next Warden and Rector , was the nephe f S . . o r and of ir J Isham , Lampo t, in Northamptonshire , his r u u e brothe , J stinian , s cceeded to the title and estat . His t of Hi fa her was Rector Lincoln College . s mother was the au h of the M ter of P r ke e e d g ter as emb o College . H di d

u e 1 0111 1 8 1 a ea s. J n , 7, ged 74 y r 9 2 HISTORY or EAST LOCKINGE

. u to Hon . and Rev . Ed Legge , instit ted the

n R Au . 8 1 8 1 . Warde ship and ectory , g , 7 He was the seventh

of the E of D u O son arl artmo th , consecrated Bishop of xford

1 8 1 6 . in In earlier life he had been Rector of Witney ,

u and r W Prebend of Canterb ry, afte wards Dean of indsor . 6 i a e 0 z rst . 1 8 2 n The Bishop died at the g of , Jan 7 , his

’ u S u u in C ho se at All o ls , and was b ried the hapel there , where a monument was erected to his memory by his Au and . . e brother heir, the Hon g L gge , Chancellor of

Winchester .

R v e . S A. M . Lewis neyd , , Warden and Rector of Lock i P u nge , Chaplain to the Earl of lymo th . His father, Rev .

’ S . . . w All S u Ralph neyd , L L B (formerly Fello of o ls , then

Yeanton Ham Su Rector of , Vicar of West , in ssex , Pre

centor S . C of t Asaph , and Domestic haplain to George IV . , P W of S when rince of ales) , was the second son Ralph neyd ,

Esq . , of Keel Hall , a wealthy family , who still retain that S aff seat in t ordshire , by Barbara, his wife , Sister of the W 1 st . Blithﬁeld Right Hon illiam , Lord Bagot, of , and ec au r S s ond d ghte of ir John Moore , Bart . , Knight of the Bath and Admiral of the Red , grandson of M . a the Right Hon Charles oore , E rl of Drogheda, by Jane ,

u u u . da ghter of Arth r, Visco nt Ely He gave the great Bible 8 2 8 to Lockinge Church in 1 . He died at his lodgings in

’ S u 1 8 8 and w u All o ls College , 5 , as b ried in the College

h w w w end C apel, here a windo is placed at the est to his r 00 memo y . He left £5 to the school at Lockinge . His name is yet esteemed in the village by those Parishioners u u 1 who remember him . Thro gho t the 3 years he held the u Rectory he made it his d ty to reside, a certain portion of

c e r e . ea h y a , in th parish

94 HISTORY or EAST LOCR I NGE

1 . 1 8 0 . Thos Cottle 37 8 6 1 1 . . C s 1 . J F ollin 4 86 1 H . 1 1 2 . T . Clarke

1 S wa 1 86 3 . J . te rt 3 1 1 866 4 . E . Norman

1 u 1 86 5 . Bea champ Tyrwhitt 7

6 1 86 1 . Th os . R . Finch 9

1 1 86 7 . Hen . Day French 9

1 8 Co 1 8 0 . Will . Alston le 7 N W The Rectory House in former times stood near the . . of the Church and within a few yards of the west end of the u u u u Manor Ho se . It was p lled down and reb ilt q ite at the

W m nd S w . o extremity of the village by arah , wido of Mr y

u . u sold , previo s to her remarriage to Mr Bastard , d ring the

Wardenship of Dr . Tracy . It has since been enlarged by t Warden Leigh on . CHAPTER VI .

ANTIQUITIES OF THE PARISH .

u HE Parish has no remarkable antiq ities to record . In point of age ﬁrst mention must be made of the

n I cth osaurus u n fossil remains of a giga tic y , nearthed whe digging foundations for an addition to the Mansion between

0 h s m d 3 and 40 years ago . T e e were exa ine on the spot

. by Sir Roderick Murchison and were received by the

u um m S Geological M se in Jer yn treet , where they can be seen . The occasional ﬁndings of Roman coins are not to be

u u taken as evidence of act al occ pation by that people , as they may have been carried from elsewhere and dropped here . O ne copper Roman coin found in the Parish and in possession of the writer is i nteresting as bearing on the

’ u c u reverse a sacred monogram , s ch oins having been str ck

u e for the s of the early Christians in Britain . Another coin

u c0 er fo nd here is a small pp one , bearing on the obverse

u the r de representation of a bird , the reverse plain . This

’ one also in the writer s possession , has been identiﬁed as a u m u c u Ga lish coin so etimes fo nd in this o ntry , and dating

s back as early a 50 D. C .

’ w on In the Devil s Dyke on Lockinge Do n , the spot w re the new co e ar now an was f u 1 8 8 he v red y d st ds, o nd in 9 96 HISTORY 011 EAST Lock I NGE

u z a Roman Fib la of bron e , of ﬁne workmanship and in u perfect preservation . Similar ﬁb lm are in the Ashmolean

u u O . M se m , xford

1 8 1 on In 9 , when working the banks of the stream near the Mansion , the workmen discovered a skeleton in a

r u u u c o ching position , some seven feet nder gro nd . The — following ornaments were found with it A plain ring of

i u gold or copper broken into three p eces, two circ lar links

I or brooches t inches in diameter , with remains of pins and

u ut . a bl e glass bead , with eight grooved indentations c in it

u This was s pposed to have been a Saxon interment .

Near the village , on an eminence known as Arn Hill , seventy

l d rt a o ske etons were iscovered some thi y years g , together with knives and spear heads . This site was declared by

u u Mr . Warde Norman and Mr . Cl tterb ck , Rector of Witten u i ham , who examined them at the time , to be the b r al

- u . gro nd of the old Anglo Saxon village A MS . descript ion of this discovery, written by Mr . Norman is in the possession of Lord Wantage . The Place name of a strip of land in d u the imme iate vicinity , on the west side , has s rvived all S x these generations, being still known as Lynches , the a on ” name for Place of the Dead .

u u Am Directly f rther to the so th of Hill is, or rather was ,

r u but a Bar ow, now erased by the plo gh , still known as

u Barrel (a corr ption of Barrow) Hill , the soil in which is said by the agriculturist to be darker and richer than the surrounding soil . The village was entirely restored and partially rebuilt

u 1 860 abo t , on a new site , on model lines , together u c c u c with a commodio s s hool and s hool ho se , ere ted in

1 1 Th wh le of se r ve en s e n carr e out 86 . e o the imp o m t b i g i d

98 HISTORY o r EAST LOCKINGE

ff oﬂi ce n o t laced coat , and sta of , the terror only of the his ' dut o ut tramps and vagabonds , whom it was y to drive

but of the village , also of the children , which fear has perhaps been the chief means of impressing upon their

fﬁ f - memories this o cial o a bye gone day .

u ur e on the P now No man fact es are carri d , arish being ,

u u u . as always , p rely agric lt ral At the extremity of the

e w out Parish, above th Ridge ay, clay crops above the chalk , h u and as been d g for making bricks . Lockinge Kiln is

S . i u u mentioned in a M in the Br tish M se m , of a list of

ou Place names in Berks , collected ab t the beginning of this

n r The u u un ' ce tu y . gro nd s rro ding the kiln is full of

w n but shallo excavatio s from which the clay was worked , it

u has been dis sed now for many years . A mile above the village the limestone is quarried and

u u ur . S b rnt for b ilding p poses on the estate imilarly , near u r e s r Lockinge Cl mp the g e n and , which he e obtains a

er c ur l e . p fect olo , is a so xcavated

OLD C USTOI I S .

Of the ancient customs which once existed in all of our villages scarcely any now remain .

The v l w - M i lage Feast, hich took place on Whit onday ,

da n u is probably the y of the Dedicatio of the Parish Ch rch ,

The remembered in name only . last vestige of it was a

a ar . S m u village d nce in the B n o e years ago , d ring Feast an w ho week it was possible , for y inhabitant chose to do so ,

w h u to bre and sell ale , by anging over the door a bo gh of a ” w u u tree , whence it was kno n as The Bo gh Ho se , but fresh laws and stricter supervision has put a stop to what u u m st have been an incentive to dr nkenness . Illicit brew ing was extensively carried on according to the admissions OLD CUSTOMS 99

u one of the old folk, and the Ch rch Tower is said by of the m to have been desecrated to the use of a hiding place f r u fu f o their nlaw l possession o malt and hops , when the

Excise Ofﬁcer was expected on his visiting rounds . May Day does not appear to have been recognised for

r a of . many yea s , neither have we any tr dition a May Pole

Perhaps the Puritans destroyed the last one . “ The Parish Bounds have not been beaten within t um living memory . The Chris mas M mers have disappeared too u t cu , altho gh his was the last of the old stoms to die o u u w t. The dialog e here given was taken do n at their

u 1 880 . last performance , abo t It is very similar to that u sed in other parts of the West of England . O u n permission at any ho se being granted ,

K o : Enter ing Ge rge Make room , make room , I do u pres me . Please to give me leave and room to rhyme ,

’ ’ ’

c r . u for I ve ome this merry , mer y Xmas time I ll Show yo

~ ut i u a gallant act, activity of yo h , activ ty of age , s ch as

r on rr w was neve acted a me y Andre stage . I am King

. u h George , a noble knight I lost my blood by a T rkis

u ﬁght, by a T rkish ﬁght it is the reason which makes me W m ” . n carry this very weapon alk in y eldest so . Enter second man

e s as as H re come I bold thee, m ’ And with y sword I ll try with thee .

’ ’ cut I ll thee , I ll hew thee as small as ﬂies ,

the shO And send thee to cook p to make mince pies .

ics Mince p hot, mince pies cold ,

r Let thee and I ﬁght ve y bold, To battle to battle betwixt thee and I To see w c u a hi h on the gro nd sh ll lie . I OO HISTORY OF EAST LOCKINGE

ﬁ e . The i ca They ght, King G orge falls v ctor lls r l art Doctor, docto , p ay thy p ,

King George is wounded in his heart .

v r u la Fi e pounds I f eely wo ld y down , If that noble doctor could be found

’ u To cure this man that s on the gro nd .

Enter Mary Tinker .

’ ”

ust . He s j a coming, sir

Enter Doctor . ’

S . ee , sir, comes this noble doctor Here s the man that ’ u f r u travels m ch o the good of his co ntry, don t go over the country like William Norman Krapper did and they other

’ - u u she Shaw q ack doctors , kills all and c res none . I ve a box of ur l the pills , c es all il s , itch , the stitch , the palsy or the

u s u u - u u go t, pain within and pains witho t , m lly gr bs , sq ally

u gr bs , tight looseness on the chest , wind in the knee , and many other things which I shall not be able to mention

- to night, or any other night . Take one of my pills , and try

’ u e an it , and if this don t c re that man , n ver believe me y ”

u G a . more . Rise p King eorge and ﬁght gain

King George rises . Doctor calls , Come in Jack ” Winny .

Enter J . W . ’ Where s the scoundrel that calls me Jack W i nney ?

m h . I am a man of fa e , comes from T ame

I can do as much as thou or any other man again . Doctor : What then canst thou do ?

u the J . W I can c re jackdaw with the toothache , or magpie with the headache . Doctor How canst thou do that ?

10 2 HISTORY or EAST LOCRI NGE

u e of Sn oshill of The h mble p tition William , East

‘ the C u t r u and Lockinge , in o n y of Be ks , labo rer, of Jane ,

of a a the u the wife Thom s H tton , of Childrey, in Co nty a r sa u of a Snoshill fo e id , labo rer, sister the aforesaid Willi m , l et Humb y shew h , That your petitioners being the grandchildren of the

S Th a muniﬁ ent u of sister of ir om s Bodley, the c fo nder the

u now u a Bodleian Library in yo r University, being red ced to

r and all u hold to re re poo low estate , with h mility make p u c i sent their distrest condition to yo r onsideration , hop ng that out of your tender pity and commiseration and that regard you have for the pious memory of so great a bene

a u u f ctor to yo r University , to whom yo r poor Petitioners are ou w t l so nearly allied , y ill be pleased o consider them as rea

u o t ou objects of yo r charity and compassi n , and hereby y will lay an eternal obligation on them of praying for your r u u p esent and f t re happiness .

Snoshill William ,

Jane Hatton .

u t o We , whose names are s bscribed to his petiti n, are well

rut satisﬁed of the t h thereof .

R o of r Thomas Davis, ect r Child ey,

John Holmes, S ar John Bell , Vicar of p sholt, c of John Aldworth , Re tor East Lockinge, M f R . A. o c r . alph Redin, , vicar Den hwo th

The Curators gave the Petitioners the sum of £4 out of

’

S T e . w ro ir homas Bodley s ch st Doctor Altham , Hebre p f fessor r . u r r ee er e eac o , and D H dson , lib a y k p , gav , h them ,

e s s t n hilling . OLD CUSTOMS 103

e Another family , the Nevilles, were farm rs in East Lock u 1 inge abo t 700 . Their name is still retained in a farm in a W e L ck P m h . th h mlet of est o inge , adjoining in ars

C H A P T E R VII .

THE CEMETERY.

HE congested condition of the Village Churchyard may be imagined when we ﬁnd no less than T interments are recorded in the Parish Registers . o this number must be added those buried for 500 years previous

to 1 6 too u al r r 5 4 , and this in a m ch sm le a ea than the r e u c p es nt ch rchyard , it having been onsiderably enlarged

a u 60 bo t 1 8 . of w v e 1 886 This overcrowding the dead as ob iat d in , when Lord Wanta ge gave a piece of ground for a cemetery and also erected on it a chapel for the service of the burial

f ca a v are h o the dead and in Which also oc sion l ser ices eld . It was dedicated to All Souls (from the long connexion of the College of that name w ith the Parish Church) by the C O who er e S . Bishop of xford , p formed the ons cration ervice P R CHA TE VIII .

PLACE AME r THE ARI H N S o P S .

‘ I HE Field and Place names of Parishes are often of u use in great antiq ity . Following is a list still in this Parish R a e ching far back into the past, the origin of which is

u v r still an nsol ed problem , is the T ench below the Ridge

on r way, the north side , still plainly to be t aced across the

rv l w Parish, and which appears at inte a s in many of the Do n

’

. r w as e b land districts He e it is kno n th Devil s Dyke , eing a a i u d to O tr ditionally ttr b te the Evil ne . Germans and Lynches have been mentioned ; other names

’ are now a of e r e as C n all that rem in onc esid nt families , olli s

’ ’ we ar r er C Lo C Lo r Field , Godd ds Co n , ollins ng opse , and

’ Abs l ms l w as a v a a com o o . This atter ill ge f mily at the m m n ur ence e t of this cent y . The Tubbs were resident in the Parish upwards of 200 yeafs ago and have left their trace in

’

u e . O r are r T bb s Lan the names derived from thei position,

uc L a P ece r C s h as ong L nds , Cemetery i , Bette ton ottages a — a S (the loc l name is worth recording Bl ck nail) , Drove ’ Pi c Fam boro B M P c L way e e , ottom , ill ie e, and ime Kiln

P ce Sa P e e . O i ie , and nd it Pi c f the rema ning names ,

P ke S e the S c er and lace ea d ton is axon for orn , this p still

a . Tr e P c alk ret ins its original shape Ash e ie e , Ch Hill ,

l Crab H cr e e elve as does Middle Hil and edge, des ib th ms s,

CHAPTER IX .

SPRINGS AND WELLS .

O i u the o R M its position , ly ng nder Downs, L ckinge is u l well s pp ied with water, which ﬁlters from the l . u o u highlands No ess than fo r br oks, two of them it is tr e , l run u P . very smal , rise in or thro gh parts of the arish Three

r but l r one u u of these ejoice in a name , the a gest , c rio sly u eno gh , has none .

and w In the hamlet of Ginge one Spring rises , ﬂo ing as u Ginge Brook thro gh a narrow ravine , past West Hendred i ur cr . t Su Ch ch , c , empties itself into the Thames a tton

u i u Co rtney . In ts pper course it was formerly an ancient mill stream . u Under the farm of East Betterton , at the foot of an abr pt declivity rises another stream . Flowing westward , it is joined from both sides by numerous springs . One limpid

l out ba l w spring with its hol owed sin , forms an idea ishing

u a was or dipping well , s ch as in ncient times dedicated to

S and u some aint, which has probably been sed for genera tions by the inmates of the farmstead opposite . This a stream , with its thickly wooded slopes , forms perh ps the u u most picturesq e glen in the co nty . Its banks are planted

e e and ub an d are with choic water plants, f rns shr s, r w c ur u e u of o namented by rock ork, forming a pi t esq e f at re a the Lockinge pleasure grounds . After passing E st Better SPRINGS AND WELLS 107 ton it ﬂows past the ancient Manor House of West Better

it b . c l r ton , where is joined y another onsiderab e sp ing, which has in its ages of ﬂow worn out like its receiver a u gorge of considerable depth . Near the Parish Ch rch it

a and u cu r ﬂows on , a sh llow brooklet, thro gh a lvert ente s

La P r . a wider expanse , which forms the ke in Lockinge a k When near the Rectory House its course is again greatly

r and u u na rowed , its tort o s windings have given rise to the “ ” now t place name of The Crooks . It enters Arding on G at Parish , and joins with the inge brook mentioned above ,

Hendred . Another spring which rises under the Down land on the w a edge of the Parish , and is kno n as Godd rd Brook , ﬂows u north , and forms for some distance the bo ndary of Lock u inge on the west side . after which it ﬂows thro gh the h P amlet of West Lockinge , and crossing this arish at the a t rear of the Rectory, enters the l st mentioned s ream at

b u r P u u the o nda y of Ardington arish . Tho gh disting ished by the name of Brook its supply is entirely dependent on

u 1 8 1 the seasons . Th s , in 7 , which was said to be the a driest year remembered by the oldest inhabit nt, it never

all W 1 8 w was uall w ﬂowed at , hilst in 79 , hich eq y the ettest, it ran all the year .

As ul b u M a general r e its ﬂow begins a o t ichaelmas . b ” The other brooklet , known as Porto ello Brook , rises a u d in Grove P rish , and after ﬂowing n er the Wilts and

a r ar Berks Can l , crosses Lockinge at the nar owest p t of

P . a a u the arish Near the C n l , nder which it again ﬂows , a r c ur f r u r fte entering Ardington Parish , its o se o a f rlong o so u two r marks the bo ndary between these Pa ishes . The village itself is amply supplied with water from wells 108 HISTORY OE EAST LocII I NGE sunk through the chalk to depths varying from 60 to 1 00

in feet . They have never yet been known to fail their u s pply . At the elevated extremity of the Parish they have

to necessarily had si nk deeper, and the well at Lockinge

Kiln is said to reach a depth of 3 2 5 feet .

I I O HISTORY OF EAST LOCKINGE

u on to Hendred . It act ally crossed the village , passed

u w thro gh what is now the Lake in Lockinge Park , here

u u traces of a stone ca seway, probably a ford , were fo nd

an some thirty years ago, and going in easterly direction , b t in u on . crossed the hill directly front of it, the north side

it en ro- Here , anywhere , existed a settlem t in p Roman times When that nation came they found the inhabitants as a rule

u e occ pying small hill forts , stockaded , near their cl arings , u u into which they co ld retire for safety . Tho gh no remains

u e ea u d of this early date have been fo nd h re , it is sily acco nte for by the fact that these inhabitants posse ssed nothing but

b . u u u t perisha le articles Tho gh, to the antiq ary the s mmi

m n u of this e inence prese ts traces of a ditch or vall m , these marks are comparati vely recent the space on which a lofty

fla st fi u u a o g a is now reared was , ntil abo t fifty years g

u b u m - u u m as occ pied y a s m er ho se , do btless of the sa e date the grotto below . Upon this commanding position are placed two sm all

u n u ur 2 in 2 n R ssia g ns , meas ing feet length and } i ches

on m bore . The granite blocks which they stand came fro S m ebastopol , the small wall pieces themselves came fro / Sim herO ol r Tartar fort ﬁca p p , where they formed pa t of the i

. r u h the tion They were b o g t back by Lord Wantage , at close of the Crimean War .

P r all the The other road , the o tway, was the one on which f tra ﬁc east and west was carried . Along it ran the stage

w The coaches, and along it cra led the goods wains . former

’ ar m n st ted fro the Ki g Alfred s Head Hotel , Wantage , at mo L eight in the rning, arriving in ondon the same evening .

The n u fare for an i side passenger was a g inea , which we ma ou e the but l y imagine tr bl d majority of villagers litt e. ROADS I I I

t rs . Mr . and M Collins, of Bet erton , are still remembered , waiting at Lockinge Clump for the coach to come by to

u and e e pick them p, they app ar to hav been the only people in the village who travelled . u With the roads w e incl ude other ways of comm nicati on .

1 and 1 8 1 In 79 5 the ﬁrst Act was obtained , before 4 the Berks and Wilts Canal was Opened through at a cost of This may have bene ﬁtted the inhabitants to a

u the o small extent, in red cing price of c mmodities which came from a distance . With the mention of the last great change we bring these W notes to a close . This is the advent of the Great estern

a 1 8 0 . n e Railw y , in 4 Its mai line nters Lockinge Parish

r n e sho tly after crossing the Ca al by an iron bridge , l aving it

e t S w the again before r aching Wan age Road tation, here would be traveller is placed in direct communication with

w w . u 1 8 0 h th w the hole orld It was in J ne , 4 , t at e railway as

u S n . Opened thro gh as far as teve ton That village , the ﬁrst

Su the n the nday after eve t, presented appearance of a fair . All the surrounding villagers (Lockinge incl uded) ﬂocked to ” w see the steamer, as it made its trip, gaily decorated ith

ﬂags and accompanied by a band of m usic . Those s till ali ve in this Parish who were present on this occasion still

the n ve retain liveliest recollectio s of the event , not e n th e n . forgetting the name of the engine driver of trai , J

m n . m w . s Ham o d Mr Ham ond , ho ever, was omething more

n i u tha a dr ver, being resident engineer and s perintendent of

n WR e r the Reading divisio of the O . . which th n te minated

t ve a Ste nton . C A T R H P E XI .

HARITIE C S .

E Char of Lo e r w and un r H ities cking a e fe impo tant . Warden Sneyd left £1 5 yearly towards the support l e S of the Vi lag chool .

Rev. . r c r f 6 eser The J Aldwo th , Re to , le t £ to the d ving r and 2 war en of the Pa poo , £ to ds the stip d rish Clerk , a ual nn ly .

’ er P L nd u eve Th e is oor s a , amo nting to s n acres , which is out ll tm ‘i laid in a o ents .

CHAPTER XII .

HE following Returns of the Parish have been made

at different dates . According to a Religious Census of the County taken in

1 6 6 u in 1 80 7 the n mber of inhabitants Lockinge was . all of

u n e b u whom are ret rned as belo ging to th Esta lished Ch rch .

In 1 80 1 . I b h u . U i . n hab P u a . n n . op lation Ho ses Families . 2 4 5 S7 2 5 9

1 . In 1 83 . 343 inhabitants and acres

u t thin s In 1 837 . Incl ding the y g of Betterton and Ginge

P c u e 2 the arish ontained 7 3 ho s s and 3 4 inhabitants . u u Ann al val e ,

. 0 b . In 1 88 1 . acres 33 inha itants rate

able value . u 1 8 1 . 2 6 1 x u i In 9 The pop lation was , e cl s ve of the hamlet of Ginge .

H E E T N D .

‘ ’ ell s Direc tor K y y.