NORTHAMPTONSHIRE PAST ·& PRESENT

VOLUME Ill PAST & PRESENT

THE JOURNAL OF THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RECORD SOCIETY

VOLUME Ill

IN SIX PARTS 1960-1965

Edited by GYLES ISHAM

Published by THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RECORD SOCIETY

DELAPRE ABBEY

1967 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN V

CONTENTS. List of Contents will be found at the beginning of each Number

A. INDEX TO CONTRIBUTORS Page BAILEY, BRUCE A. Monuments by the Cox Family .. . 115- 116 BoND, SHELAGH M. The Plague at Northampton .. . 276-277 BROOKE, CHRISTOPHER. The Penury of Christ's Maidservants 10 CLARK, D AVID M. The Northamptonshire Crop Returns for 1801 213- 214 CLARK, SIR GEORGE. The Legend of St. Rumbold ... 131 - 135

~ENEKE, HELENA. Mary Helen Simpson· 108- 114 GooDMAN, ANTHONY. The Last Basset ofWeldon ... 291-296 HALL, DEREK. Evidence of Fraud at Mediaeval Drayton? 163- 167 HA TLEY, VICTOR A. The Inhuman Taskmasters (Weedon Bee) 30-34 Some Aspects of Northampton's History, 1815-1831 243-253 HooKER, I. M. F. and N. DmilloTT HUNT John Clare: Some Unpublished Documents of the AsylRm Period 190- 198 !SHAM, GYLES A Royalist Squire's Letter on the Eve of the Restoration 11- 14 Andrew Pictures at Delapre 67-70 Two Local Biographies: Owen Ragsdale; Sir John Robinson 81- 91 The Northamptonshire Origins of Alfred Edward Taylor 106- 107 John Clare: The Northampton Years ... 185- 189 Pepys' American Dinner Party, Part I. 263- 269 JACK, R. IAN. A quincentenary: The Battle of Northampton, July 1Oth, 1460 21-25 KING, PATRICK. The 17th Century Census of Cogenhoe 271-273 F.A.L. Drayton House 63-65 MARLOW, NoRMAN. The Coming of the Railways to Northamptonshire ... 203-212 PETTIT, P.A. J. Charles I and the Revival of Forest Law in Northamptonshire 54-62 RANSON, SusAN. Finedon Inclosure 1804-08 285- 288 SARGEAUNT, LT.-COL. W. T. Sargeaunts and Shoemakers ... 280- 281 SCOPES, SIR FREDERICK The Development of , Part I. 125- 130 The Development of Corby, Part II _ 175- 181 Vl

C 0 N TENTS-continued Page SEABORNE, M. V. J. The Recording of Village Tombstones 20 Small Stone Houses in Northamptonshire 141 - 150 Cob Cottages in Northamptonshire 215- 228 Cob Cottages in Northamptonshire-A Postcript 283-284 SHAW, RoBERT. John Clare's "Paradise Lost and Regained" 201- 202 SrMMONS, PROFESSOR}. Three Midland Towns 136- 140 SQUIRE, S. G. Sanderson of ... 4-9 TOYNBEE, MARGARET The Andrew Family of , Part I 95- 105 The Andrew Family of Daventry, Part II 151- 162 TURNER, H. D. Charles Hatton: A Younger Son 255-261 WAKE,}OAN Two Scholars: Hope Emily All en and Lewis Namier (see also Obituaries) 15- 19 Cromwell's Head ... 3 Two Northamptonshire Worthies : W. W. Hadley and Lady Etheldreda Wickham (see also Obituaries) 49-53 The Justices of the Peace, 1361-1961 ... 71-72 A Note on the Book of Common Prayer 79-80 Northamptonshire in Southern Rhodesia 233-236 WASHINGTON, GEORGE The Sulgrave Washingtons and .their Villiers Connexions 231-232 Amphilis Washington arid the Twigdens 278- 279 WYNDHAM, CoL. THE HoN. HuMPHREY The Farming Activities of the Third Earl Spencer 40-48

B. INDEX TO OBITUARIES

ALLEN, Hope Emily (J.W.) 15 BRUDENELL, George (T.H.L.) ... 78 HADLEY, William Waite (J.W.) 49 }ENKINSON, Sir Hilary (G.I.) ... 39 LINNELL, Charles Derby (J.W.) 237 ' MELLOWS, Mrs. W. T. (J.W.) 297 NAMIER, Sir Lewis (J.W.) 18 WAKE, Major-General Sir Hereward (G.I.) 168 WICKHAM, Lady Etheldreda (J.W.) 51 WooD, Douglas Montagu (G.I.) 174 vii

C 0 N TENTS-continued page C. REVIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS

Brinkworth, E. R. C., South Newington Churchwardens Accounts 299 Bagshaw, Harold and Edward, Great Oakley Cricket 238 Beeson, C. C. F., (Ed.) Clockmaking in Oxfordshire (H. A. N. Hallam) 93, 94 Cartwright, Canon J. L., The Pictorial History of Peterborough Cathedral .. . 26 Chadwick, Owen, Victorian Miniature (G.I.) ... 65 Christian, Garth (Ed.),James Hawker's Journal (R. T. Paget) 94 Davies, J. C., Bowden to Harborough ... 238 Gibson, J. S. W., (Ed.) Index to Wills proved in the Peculiar Court of (1542-1858), (J.W.) 29 Marriage Registers of Banbury. Part I, 1558 - 1724 (H. A. N. Hallam) 93 Part II, 1724 - 1790 169 Part Ill, 1790- 1837 169 Goodman, Frank C., The Great Meeting 169 Harwood, H. W., Halifax Trading Four Hundred Years Ago (G.I.) 300 . Morgan, Ironwy, Prince Charles's Puritan Chaplain (Margaret Toynbee) 25, 26 Rowse, A. L.; Raleigh and the Throckmortons (Margaret Toynbee) ... 92 Tibble, J. W. and Anne, John Clare, Selected Poems (G.I.) ... 299 Tibbutt, H. G. (Ed.), The Letter Book of Sir Samuel Luke (Margaret Toynbee) 238, 239 , Lou, Death of a Theatre (G.I.) 29 Winchester, Barbara, Tudor Family Portrait 168

D. NOTES· ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS

Archives and Farming .. . 37 Archives Teaching Unit .. . 297 's Charter Celebrations 3 Hall 273 Common Prayer Book 80, 174 Cox, William, stone-cutter 53 Cromwell's Head ... 3, 38 Darwin's Clerical Forerunner (Rev. J. Morton) 182 Daventry Priory .. . 105 viii

C 0 N TENTS-continued Page D. NOTES. ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS-continued and 70 Northampton Museum Centenary 296 The of Old (1538) 277 Reunion after four centuries (Two Indentures, 1560) 284 Royal Courts of Justice ... 275 Dick Turpin in Northamptonshire 19 Voltaire's View of English Historians 198

E. MAPS AND PLANS

Battle of Northampton (1460) 22 The Royal Forests of Northamptonshire (1637) 59 Map showing distribution of Cob Cottages 216 Houses at Ravensthorpe .. . 223 Cottages at Braybrooke .. . 234 Mud Buildings at Braybrooke, and 225 Map of Northampton, 1847 245

F. ILLUSTRATIONS

Glendon Hall · Part 1, on cover Sanderson of Oundle 5 Hope Emily Allen 15

Sir Lewis N ami er 18 I Tombstone in Corby Churchyard 20 Peterborough Cathedral-West Front ... 27 The Choir facing East 28 The former silk manufactory at W eedon 31 Initials of J ames England, a silk manufactory ... 34 Drayton House ... Part 2, on cover Mr. Wilkinson holding "Cromwell's Head" 38 A Scene at Wiseton, 1843 41 IX

C 0 N TENTS-continued Page F. ILLUSTRATIONS-continued Robert Andrew ... 67 Robert Andrew and the Stag 68 Front cover and Title page, Eirenarcha 72 Cranford Hall Part 3, on cover The Lamport Library Copy of The Book of Common Prayer, 1662 with the Royal Arms of Charles II 79 Brass Rubbings from Owen Ragsdale's Tomb in Rothwell Church 87 Sir John Robinson, 1st Bart. From the portrait by J. M. Wright (Crown Copyright Reserved) 88 View of Daventry Priory and Church . From Bridges' History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire 105 Professor A. E. Taylor ...- 106 Miss Mary Helen Simpson 108 Mary Helen Simpson in earlier life 110 Cor by as it was ... 114 Blast Furnaces at Corby before 1914 Part 4 on cover Photograph taken_ at Delapre Abbey, May 25, 1963 123 The First Mechanical Digger, 1895 124 Plank and Barrow Method of Working Ironstone 124 The late Mr. Samuel Lloyd 127 The late Mr. S. J. Lloyd 127 Font in King's Sutton Church 133 Small Stone Houses in Northamptonshire: Plate I and II 143 , Ill and IV ... 144 , V and VI 145 , VII and VIII 146 Figures 1 and .2 148 , 3 and 4 150 Sir John Gell, Isr Bart. 157 Crypt at Drayton 167 County Elections: 1830 Style Part 5 on cover Cor by Works and part of the Housing Estate-April 1938 176 Miss Elspeth Macdiarmid lighting No. 1 Blast Furnace, 8th May, 1934 180 Sir Allan Macdiarmid 181 X

C 0 N TENTS-continued page F. ILLUSTRATIONS-continued John Clare in the Portico of All Saints' Church 186 J oseph Stenson as Mr. Knight and John Clare knew him 190 The first page of John Clare's Letter to Mr. Knight, 8th July, 1850 190 Cob Cottages in Northamptonshire- Fig. 1. Sketch Map showing distribution of Cob Villages 216 Fig. 2. House at Ravensthorpe 223 Fig. 3. Row of Cottages at Braybrooke 224 Fig. 4. Cottages at Braybrooke, Cold Ashby and Hollowell 225 Plate I. Nether Heyford 220 Plate II. 220 Plate Ill. Hollowell 221 Plate IV. 221 Plate V. Great 222 Plate VI. Braybrooke 222 Elizabeth Washington 231 Anne (Villiers), Lady Washington and her daughter Elizabeth 232 Colonel Henry Washington as a boy 232 Major Godwin Wake (1879-1949) 233 Mr. Eric Linnell ... 234 Vigila in 1947 235 The Parlour at Vigila, inspired by the Library at Courteenhall 235 Horses and Groom at Brixworth Hall, c. 1830 Part 6 on cover Interior of St. Sepulchre's Church, Northampton, c. 1820 250 Kirby Hall, c. 1720, probably drawn by Tillemans for Bridges' History 254 Monument to Dr. Richard Brett and his wife at Quainton, Bucks . ... 265 Mary, Lady Dormer, from the portrait at Lamport Hall 265 Honeysuckle and Butterfly, drawn by W. F. Knight .. . 275 John Sargeaunt of Stanwick, fr~m the miniature by J. C. D. Engleheart, 1820 280 The Round House, Naseby 283 XI

ADDENDA & CORRIGENDA

VOLUME Ill. No. I. p. 3, para 4, 1. 3. For "pulling a box" read "pulling a cardboard hat box". p. 10, para. 6, 1. 6. For "provide" read "providere". , ·1. 7. Om. "et". Note. The letter of Bishop Foliot quoted by Professor Brooke is being printed in The Letters and Charters of Gilbert Foliot, ed. Z. N. Brooke, A. Morey, and C. N. L. Brooke to be published by the University Press this year, no. 423. p. 34, caption to illustration. For "John" read "James" England. Note. James England had been a 'silkman' at Spitalfields, a district in which was a well-known centre of silk-weaving. He set up a ribbon weaving establishment in Daventry in 1763, and towards the end of that year advertised for journeymen weavers; persons interested in obtaining employment were told to apply to his "undertaker" (Northampton Mercury November 28th 1763. I owe my knowledge of this advertisement to Mrs. D._Warren of Yardley Gobion. V.A.H.) No. 2. p. 63, note 2, last line. For "3 sons and 7 daughters" read "4 sons and 7 daughters". note 4, first line. For "Ionson" read "I'Anson". . p. 51, first line. Insert after "political matters", "The wife of a distinguished journalist once told me that Mr. Hadley was an oasis of kindness and consideration in the jungle of Fleet Street". J. W. No. 3. p. 80, para. 2. It is here erroneously stated that the forms of prayer for November 5th and May 29th were added to the Book of Common Prayer by the Committee of Convocation which carried out its revision in 1661, and were therefore part of the Book which after passing through Convocation and both Houses of Parliament received the Royal Assent on May 19th, 1662. On the contrary, these special services which were adopted by Convocation and "attached" to the Prayer Book of 1662 by Royal Authority never received the sanction of Parliament. They fell gradually into disuse, and, after consid­ eration by Convocation, and debates in Parliament in 1858, were ordered to be dis­ continued by Royal Warrant in 1859 since which date they have ceased to appear in the Prayer Book. (See J. H. Blunt, The Annotated Book of Common Prayer, (1903), pp. 705, 706). J. w. p. 97, para. 3. . . · - I am very grateful to Mrs. Monica Ray for informing me that the Richard Andrews who obtained a grant of arms in 1528/9 (recte 1529) was not Richard Andrews of Woodstock but Richard Andrews of Freefolk (or Fryfolk), Hampshire, who held the manor of Leigh Sinton, Worcestershire, and whose Will was proved in 1542. Richard Andrews of Woodstock was, however, armigerous and his arms will be found in .the Visitation of Oxfordshire 1574 (Harleia~ Society, Vol. V, p. 167). Mrs. Ray also tells me that Thomas Andrew of (died 1541) had a half­ brother, Richard, the son of his father's secon~. marriage to Elizabeth Pulteney, and that this Richard had a daughter Dorothy (Bntlsh Museum, Harleian MS. 4031, ff. 91-3). jit is therefore possible that the bequest in Thomas Andrew's Will to 'dorathe daughter of my brouther Andrewes' was made to this lady. The half-blood relationship might· account for the curious use of the surname, wl].ich was usual when men whose children had married referred to one another, as they often did, as 'brothers'. M.T. Xll

No. 4. Caption to Front Cover. For "BLAST FURNACE" read "BLAST FURNACES" p. 125, last line but one. For "Northamptonshire" read "Northampton". No. 5. p. 194,.para. 3. "Child Ha,rrold Stanza", last line but one. Transpose 'out' and 'from' so that the line reads "And look from out the canvas on the place". p. 196, Letter at bottom of page beginning "Dear Knight" 1. 7. Delete full stop after "Mrs" (Hemans). There is no punctuation in the letter apart from the dashes and one pair of inverted commas. · N.D.H. · p. 234, para. 1, 1. 10. · For "and have a common ancestor with the Linnells of Pavenham in the Rev. John Linnell, author of Old ", read "and are related to the Linnells of Pavenham. (See p. 237 below)." J ..W. · , No. 6. p. 258, para. 2, 1. ·1. For "1679" read "1678". · 1. 3. After "14 June" insert "1679" . . p. 273, "Brixworth Hall", para. 5. 1. 1. For "D. W. Wood" read _"D. M. Wood". 'p. 274-5. . . John Barnwell Over was not, as stated in the article "A Poem by John Clare" the founder of Over's well-known bookshop. He was a cousin of Mr. George E. Over who took over the bookshop in Market Place~ Rugby, from Mr. A. J. Lawrence. The shop in the Market Place has been used ·as a bookshop sine€ the early Nineteenth Century, passing through various owners' hands. In about 1830 the business was owned by Coombe and Crossley, then passed to Crossley, from Crossley to Billingham and then to Lawrence, and finally in 19~2 to George Over. George Over formed a ·Limited Company in 1923. The Rugby Press of which George Over was very proud, published a number of books in the early 1900's of which "Poems by John Clare" was perhaps the most important. This was published in 1901 there being two editions, a large paper edition liJ:!lited to 30 copies, and an octavo edition. The book was entitled : "Poems by John Clare. Selected· and Introduced by Norman· Gale (Author of "A Country Muse" &c. &c.) with a Bibliography by C. Ernest Smith".· This book is one of the bibliographical rarities among Clare publications. Two copies of the large paper edition and one of the normal edition are in the possession of Mr. C .. J. Harris, a Director of George Over Ltd. who has kindly supplied the above information. Apologies are expressed to Mr. J. C. Brown who was not responsible for the original error; arid to George Over Ltd. Mr. Brown also poin~s out that in the fou.rth line of the poem "Spring Violets" the text should read "Thy loved companions" and not "My loved companions", as printed; p. 283. The Round House at Naseby. . . The photograph of a round building made of solid mud which formerly existed at Naseby was surmised to have been originally a dovecote. One of our readers, Mr. E. F. Ins tone ·of Duston, has, however, sent us a photograph of a picture taken from an article by the Rev. Canon Creighton in Leisure Hour (1891). This shows that the building was, at least for a time, used as a domestic dwelling, with windo~s on both the ground arid first flqors. No doubt others familiar with the County will recall examples of buildings designed for · differe:~lt purposes but adapted for domestic use, e.g. barns and mills. p. 292, para. 4, 1. 5 }·For "had died without male issue" p. 294, para. I, 1. 5 read ."were dead without male issue". p. 293, para. 3; 1. 3. Delete "of their claim.". .

The Northamptonshire Record ~ociety wishes to express its appreciation to Miss Sylvia Riches for compiling the Index of Persons and Places for this volume. -