HISTORICAL NO TE S N O GRA NT H A M, (fim m Qfl ml flg h g , T H E RE V . B . ST RE E T B . A . , , CUBA TE Gunm an . A SPARTAM Q UA M NA CT US ES ORN . GRANTHAM - S R DGE dc SON H GH S REE . I , I T T 1857 . TABLE OF CONTENTS . INTRO D UCTION G RA NTHA M SA U A ND soc GRANTHAM IN SA"ON TIMES ST . WOLFRAN T HURGA R RIEST O F GRANTHAM , P THE EMPRESS MA TILD A T HE GRA NTHAM HUND RED ROLL LORD S OF GRANTHAM ’ C OUNT ESS O F A RUNDEL S TENURE O F GRANTHA M A FREE SO E , K WAPENTA KES O F WINNIBRIGGS AND TREHOW ’ Q UEEN ELEANOR S CRO SS ’ THE GREY FRIA RS PRIORY PETER CHURCH HILL THE COND UIT THE A NGEL INN GUILD S AND OHANTRIES GRANTHA M PA RISH CRO SS MA RGA RET T UDO R A T GRANTHA M T HE G E ORGE INN G RA NTHA M TRAD E TO KENS NA ES F S M O TREETS, &c . HA MLETS GRANTHAM SPIRE WEEK-DAY LECTURE THE PURITANS IN GRANTHA M GRANTHAM D URING THE GREAT REBELLION THE CHA RTER OF THE BOROUGH ARMS OF THE B OROUGH MEMBERS FO R THE BOROUGH ANCIENT CORPORATION CORPORATION RECORD S ELE CTION OF THE ALDERMAN CHIEF MA GISTRATES FAIRS AND MA RKETS THE PREBEND S OF GRANTHAM THE VICARA GES OF GRANTHAM GRANTHAM CHURCH STRUCTURE THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL MISCELLANEOUS NOTES A E I" — F UND IN OF CR EY CHURCH PP ND . O G OYLAND ABB ll Th e read er is requested to c orrect. th e fo owin g Errata. ‘ ’ ‘ a e 7 1ast. lin e in ste a Of it on ce in cl ue ol sterwort it once in P g , , d d d C h , cl ue W l ’ d d e by. a e 51 th e ate on th e on uit. is 1597 n ot 1579 an d Mr . ur was P g , d C d , ; B y l A derman in 1597 . ummon s . As the information respecting Gran tham contained in the present notes h as been collec ted al most exclusively from the u of ma te a P blic Records the Kingdoms , it y be bet r to give f ac u of r a r s at an to en brie co nt the p incip l Reco d once , th u n c mber the arrative with repeate d references to them . a l r of a a in a r ut The e r iest Reco d Gr nth m is Domesd y, the es l of a surv a d f a th e u ey m de by or er o Willi m Conq eror, in the m 0 0 a f 1 8 to 1086 . a uv h ad a ye rs ro Simil r s r eys been m de , it u a a a an e al of a wo ld ppe r, by S xon King s , whenever int rv pe ce n allowed it to be done ; but none are preserved . Our S axo / A a s ma th e u ncestors c lled the Commissioner who de s rvey, s and i r t a to sa u Doomster , the r repo t Doom , h t is y, j dgment or m r an d c r s l f a . ve dict, the Re o d it e Do esd y u t a are a u and Tho gh the en ries in Domesd y so br pt, concise , u as a at fi a o obsc re to repel the re der rst sight, little reflecti n n m t t f r us a ric ul i vests the wi h interes . They bring be o e the g tura a man of ran a a a a w as l S xon G th m , deposing th t Gr nth m ’ the portion of Edward the Confessors w idow ; speaking to n ew ma s of ax s u as f u his ster S onprivilege , s ch the Norman o nd it easier to annul than to understand ; and exciting his cupidity b a a a of a a Col e rim n y det iling the l rg e est tes the S xon E rl g , the An the g reat proprietor in the neig hbourhood . d there also we B 2 U INTROD CTION. fi n d the parish Priest of Grantham offering to bring a hundred of his people to maintain his rights in some property against th e grasping Bishop of Durham of those days . a e are Of ual m ad a ut The Records next in d t Fe d Ti es , m e bo 200 a aft a and u r us a ye rs er Domesd y, present the co nt y to in ' ff i difi eren u di erent condit on . The ce may be nderstood by a a A ax a sub considering, th t where s the nglo S ons n med the divisions of the land mostly from th e requirements of ag ric ul u th e rma i th e u t re, No ns partit oned them ac cording to req ire m f w th e of ents o ar. The Anglo Saxons reckoned extent a a a an as u as a a of u r ble l nd by oxg gs , m ch te m oxen co ld B t plough in one season . u th e Norman having divided the u r a fi a s and i co nt y mong his ghting B ron Bishops , d vided it ’ f e uffi a to a a th e i of into Knights e s , or s cient l nd m int in d g nity a Knight ; and the requirements of w ar dictate d th e l aw of the land . l A din x a o Feodorum ccor gly, thene tmost ncient Rec rd, Liber , ’ of f d f us a th e Register Fie s an Knights ees , gives the n mes an d the estates of the men who h ad fought in th e Crusades a efii ies a a e and in Norm ndy, the men whose g in br ss or m rbl still remain in many of our Churches . A Record of about the same date is still more importan t b rum u Hun dredorum a Feodo . than the Li er It is the Rot li , of n ui h r u u a Report Commissioners se t to enq re, t o gho t Engl nd, to a u a u of e a i na i of ma s in the v rio s b ses pow rs , l e t on Crown nor , and al l usurpations of rights which h ad been perpetratedduring th e ab of a uad and u sence Edw rd the First on the Cr s e, d ring ’ u u of th e tro blo s reig ns his predecessors . The King s Com m r ui i G a issione s took their inq sit on respecting r ntham, at ta f th e at of w an d l awfu f S m ord, on o hs t elve honest l men o a a a 1275. Gr nth m , in the ye r l l A titl e i h n o ril 1 Entitl ed Testa d e Nevi e . wh ch as t been satisfacto y ex l ain e . a re en it is an a reviation of Testatio de Nevil l e th e p d I pp h d bb , e osition of De Nevil l e for th e actual esta do Nevil l e c on sists of onl d p , T y in oo An d t is oo n a few doc uments th e B k . h b k was ot considered as a Record but as Evi ence th e ol d aw ers. , d , by L y 3 INTRODUCTION. The rectifi cation of the abuses presented to the above Com u t a ua co n as missioners , prod ced o her v l ble Re rds, k own the uo a a a 1281. Q W rr nto Ple s , in Th e a a of ar th e Ecclesi stic l assessment King Edw d First, T axatio e a a ma 1291 a f r a Eccl si stic , de in , gives the s me in o m tion respecting the estates and reven ues of th e Church an d A as of f e to th e bbeys , the Register Fie s do s with respect property of the Laity . This valuation of al l Church property w as made because th e Pope who claimed an d always took the tenth part of al l the u of u h of a a a reven es the Ch rc Engl nd, (in ddition to wh t he e m a ran for a xtorted by other e ns , ) g ted those tenths three ye rs to K n a to e ua an d a a i g Edw rd the First, nco r ge en ble him to le d a ua a al t nother Cr s de to the HolyL nd, then mostentirelywres ed m f tia ara .