wayes have antiently bin may appear by the eminency of the persons who were imployed as Officers for taking care in the oversight of them Augustus Caesar himself not disdaining the task And sometimes the Ediles took charge of them as it appears by Caligula his causing the Edile-vestment of Flavius Vespasianus when he executed that place negligently to be publickly dawbed over with dirt and sometime that imployment was committed Collegio Quaestorum They had rules set down de muniendis struendis viis which they called Legem viariam as appears by Celius his Epist. to Cicero and these they called Viccuri for viarum curatores yea they committed the tuition of the wayes to the Gods themselves and called them Dii vii Plautus in Mercatore Act. 5. Scen. 2. calls them Lares viales And Apollo by Pausanias is termed Viarum praeses Likewise they used to sacrifice Deae vibiliae quae ab erroribus viarum mortales liberat And there is extant an antique Inscription the Copy whereof Lipsius upon Smetius hath mentioned FORTUNAE REDUCI LARI VIALI ROMAE AETERNAE Q. AXIUS AELIAN Neither were these ways without great account by our Ancestours the Saxons as may appear by the Laws of St. Edward De pace quatuor Chiminorum that is Viarum sub majori judicio viz. touching the peace of the four road-ways in some higher Court And since that time the Statute of Marlebridge forbiddeth distresses to be taken in any of the Kings High-ways or common streets And the Statute called Articuli cleri commandeth that such as abjured should not be molested while they be in the High ways But of those ways let us hear Rob. of Gloucecester in his old ryme though he be somewhat mistaken aswell in the Tract of them as in the Makers Faire weyes many on ther ben in Englonde But four most of all ther ben I understonde That thurgh an old Kyng were made ere this As men schal in this boke aftir here telle I wis Fram the South into the North takith Ermingestrete Fram the East into the West goeth Ikeneld strete Fram Southest to Northwest that is sum del grete Fram Dover into Chestre goth Watlyngstrete The ferth ot thise is most of alle that tilleth fram Toteneys Fram the one end of Cornwaile anone to Cateneys Fram the south-Southwest to Northest into Englondes ende Fosse men callith thilke wey that by mony town doth wende Thise foure weyes on this londe Kyng Belin the wise Made and ordeyned hem with gret Fraunchise For whoso dide therein ony thefte other ony woum He made iuggement therof and gret vengeaunce ynoum Clifton BUt I will forbear to enlarge my self any further on this subject and take a view of Clifton which standeth upon the top of an indifferent hill on the South-side of Avon having its name from the scituation 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with the Saxons signifying not onely a rocky place but any shelving ground In Doomesday-booke it is written Cliptone the Norman Transcribers of the certificate made upon that Inquisition taken by the Countrey mistaking without doubt the Saxon letter F. which is thus written 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for a p. In the time of K. Edward the Conf. this Town was possest by Alwine who is commonly called Alwinus vicecomes a great man in those days and lineall ancestour to that worthy and long lasting family of Arden that hath flourished ever since in this County as I shall shew when I come to Curdworth in Hemlingford-Hundred Which Alwine gave it to the Priory of Coventre for the health of his soul by the consent of the said King Edward and of his own sons but after the Norman-Conquest Earl Alberi◠Progenitor to that noble family of Vere antiently and yet Earles of Oxford unjustly seized upon it and outed the Monkes as it is certified by the Conquerours Survey in which it is found to contein five Hydes There was then a Church and two Mills the value of the whole Lordship being rated at iiii l. I have not seen by any Record how it came out of the line of this Albericus Comes but certein it is that it continued not long therein for it is evident that Ernald de Bois who lived in K. Stephens time was owner thereof And that it was given to him by Robert surnamed Bossu then Earl of Leicester is not to be doubted for upon the grant of the custody of his heir in the 7. year of K. Iohn it is said to be de fedo Saiheri de Quinci which Saierus married Margaret Sister and one of the coheires of Robert Fitz-Parnell Earl of Leicester and had by her in partition the moiety of the Honour of Leicester Hoc stemma ex codice MS. Henrici comitis Stanfordiae deductum est Ernaldus de Bosco primus Senesch comitis Leic. ...... soror Rogeri de Basingham relicta 7. Joh. Ernaldus de Bosco secundus Ernaldus de Bosco tertius Ernaldus de Bosco quartus Johannes de Bosco filius haeres obiit sine prole Magr. Will. de Bosco Isabella soror haeres Johan Lovel miles Will. la zouche de Haringworth -Matildis filia haeres Johanna uxor Thomae de Estleja This Ernauld gave to the Abby of Leicester of the said Earls foundation whose Steward he was the perpetuall Patronage of the Church here at Clifton ◠with the Chapels of Waver id est Browns-Over Rokeby and Newton To whom after severall descents succeded Iohn who in 13. E. 1. claimed by Prescription a Court-Leet here with other Priviledges and Free-Warren granted by K. H. 3. to Arnold his father all which were allowed And to him William who in 21. E. 1. setled divers mannours lying in the Counties of Warwike Leic. and Northampt upon William la Zouch and Maud his Wife and the Heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten in which entayl a Knights fee in this Lordship likewise passes but no mention of the Mannour So that 't is like it was granted away before and very probably in the 13. of E. 1. before the making of the Statute of Quia emptores terrarum in regard that Clifton is found afterwards to be held of the Zouches of Haringworth who were Heirs of Boys and not of the Honour of Leicester as formerly which could not I conceive have bin if it had bin after that Statute The next possessor of this Lordship was William Revell of whom and his Family I have spoke in Newbold-Revell which William in 27. E. 1. obteined a Charter of free Warren in all his Demesn Lands here as also in Newbolt and Brownswaure in this County And in 1. E. 2. entayled it upon himself and the heirs of his body but for lack of such issue on William Inge for life and after his decease on Iohn the Son of William Revell and the Heirs of his Body with divers remainders In the Male
xvi th of that month which shews that she dyed soon after it was made About ten years after this viz. 20. Sept. Anno 1480. 20 E. 4. Dame Eliz. Lady Latimer third daughter to the said Earl declared her last Will and Testament whereby she bequeathed her body to be interred in this Chapell at the head likewise of her noble father betwixt the above specified Sir Henry Nevill her son and Oliver Dudley her son in Law and appointed that there should be 4. stones of fair Marble with portraitures upon them of copper and gilt according to her estate and degree with Epitaphs representing their births and deceases and other fit things to such purposes cut upon the same and be layd upon the graves of her husband her son her son in Law beforementioned and her self And further ordained that lands of x l. per annum value should be put in Feâ—ffees hands to the end that with the revenue thereof a Priest might be maintained for the saying of Masse and other Divine services at the Altar in the aforesaid Chapell of our Lady to the honour of God and remission of the offences of her said Lord and Father her mother her husband her self her sons and all Christians till such time as the Kings license could be procured for amortizing of lands to that value to the purposes abovesaid And moreover with parcell of those revenues bought a pair of goodly vestments of white Damaske powdred with Bears and ragged staves of gold and in the orfray the Scocheon of her Armes to be well and richly embroydered and delivered to the said Chapell And that a pair of Vestments of black stuff with a like Scocheon in the orfray Crosse to be used in the Church of Wells in exercising the observances for her Lord and husband's soul who was it seems there interred In the East window of this Chapell there are besides those costly portraitures in glasse of Earl Richard with his wives and children which in my story of his life are represented the pictures in their full proportions of St. Alban the protomartyr of England St. Thomas of Canterbury St. Iohn of Bridlington and of St. Winifride unto each of which the renowned Earl Richard by his last Will and Testament bequeathed his Image in pure gold weighing xx li. in weight and in his surcoat of Armes holding an Anker in his hand appointing them to be offered at their severall Shrines in his name as in my story of him I have already declared so great an honour did he bear as it seems to those Saints On the North side of the Quire is a fair room built eight square which was heretofore the Chapter house for the Dean and Canons of this Collegiat Church but in our time converted to another use by the right honorable Foulk Lord Brook who in his life time erected therein a very stately Monument for himself of black and white Marble the representation whereof is on the next page truly exhibited his body being enbalmed and put into a coffin of lead in the Vault below Of the particular Churches which were heretofore in Warwick and so united to this Collegiate Church of our Lady as I have intimated I will here briefly say something That of S. Helene stood where the Priory of S. Sepulchers was founded as I have already shewed and by that means became swallowed up therein S. Michaells at the lower end of the street called Saltford on the North part of the town out of which the Canons of S. Maryes had a portion viz. xi s. per annum as in 19 E. 1. was certifyed and the Lepers in the Hospitall there vi s. viii d. But in 14 E. 3. the great and small Tithes with all oblations thereto belonging were rated at v. marks and a half This Church was governed antiently by its own proper Rector who used to be presented by the Dean of the Collegiat-Church of our Lady and the Prebendary thereof jointly but in 41 E. 3. the number of its Parishioners was so much decreased as also the yearly revenue belonging thereto that it became reduced in a manner to nothing having but three Parishioners and those onely Cottiers so that the yearly value thereof scarce reach't to one mark the Church it self being very ruinous the Church-yard small and not any House for the Parson then standing Patroni Ecclesiae Incumb temp Instit. Decan Canonici Eccles. Coll. B. Mariae Warw. Will. de Kenilworth Cap. 4. Non. Dec. 1296. Decan Canonici Eccles. Coll. B. Mariae Warw. Rob. de Breodun Cler. 26. Dec. 1329. Decan Canonici Eccles. Coll. B. Mariae Warw. Rob. fil Ioh. in le Gate 22. Apr. 1338. Decan Canonici Eccles. Coll. B. Mariae Warw. Reginaldus Dod Pbr. 15. Dec. 1349. Thomas Comes Warwici Henr. Hynks Pbr. 12 Febr. an 1353. Ric. Comes Warwici Ric. Wellys Cap. ult Sept. 1421. Ric. Comes Warwici D. Will. Berkswell Canon 3. Febr. 1434. The Church of S. Iohn Baptist stood in the midst of the Mercate place the outward fabrick whereof is yet to be seen whereunto in 41 E. 3. there was a Rector belonging presentable by the said Dean and the Prebendary of the Prebend but without any mansion for his dwelling the yearly value thereof then scarce amounting to four marks above all charges but this Church had neither Church-yard nor any Ecclesiastique sepulture pertaining thereto the Parishioners being buried in the Church-yard of S. Maries Patroni Incumbentes c. Decanus Canon Eccl. Coll. B. M. Warwici Hugo de Beoley Cap. 10. Kal. Nov. an 1281. Decanus Canon Eccl. Coll. B. M. Warwici Henr. de Compton Pbr. 2. Kal. Aug. 1315. Decanus Canon Eccl. Coll. B. M. Warwici Will. de Lalleford Pbr. 24. Dec. 1349. That of S. Peters antiently stood in the midst of the town whereunto in 14 E. 3. nothing but small Tithes appertained This also in 41 E. 3. had a Rector presentable by the said Dean and the Prebendary of that Prebend the value thereof being then scarce v. marks per annum having no dwelling house and without either Church-yard or Ecclesiastique sepulture the Parishioners burying their dead at S. Maries whereunto it was appropriated afterwards sc. in 22 R. 2. But in K. H. 6. time pulled down whereupon that of S. Peter in stead thereof was in those dayes newly built over the East gate The Church of S. Laurence standing at the lower end of the West street in the suburbe was in 19 E. 1. valued at viii marks and a half and in 14 E. 3. at ix marks In 41 E. 3. the Parson was presentable thereto by the Prebend thereof at which time the Dean of the Collegiate Church and the Prebendary received two parts of the Tith corne belonging to it the Colledge onely two parts of the Tith hay Mills and all small Tithes and the Rector the third throughout which scarce
Lumintone Hastang Icentone longa In Patelau Hundred Hantone Luditone Wotone Cliforde Melecote Wilmecote In Bomelau Hundred Smitham Anestie Focheswelle Westone Bortone Wara Ulveia Stratone Chircheberie Herdeberge In Fernecumbe Hundred Beoshelle Neweham Optone Hildeborde Witlavesforde Hildebereud Scireburne Benintone Coctune Haseleje Holehale Haselove Mortone Bichemerse Stodlei But of all these hundreds except Foure there is not to be found after that time a word in Record viz. Meretone h. Stanlei h. Pathlau h. and Tremelau h. instead of the rest there being Brinklow h. Cnucthelaw h. now Knightlow Chinton now Kineton h. Humeliford now Hemlingford h Barlichway h. now also in being Cotes h. and Chikenes h. Of the antiquity of the present Hundreds I mean so far as I find them mentioned in Record I shall shew in their several places as the Rivers lead me into them And touching the contiunance of the rest that is whilst I find mention of them I will now expresse what I can and so leave them referring only Pathlow to be spoke of when I come into Barlichway h. because it yet hath a kind of being termed by the name of the Liberty of Pathlow unto this day Of Brinklaw h. I find mention in the 21. of H. 2. it paying then foure Marks for a Murther In the 24 of H. 2. seven shillings and foure pence for murther and in 5. Ioh 3 marks After which time it is called onely Leta de Brynklow viz. 8. E. 3. upon the Taxation of a fiveteenth and tenth which word Leta importing that which at this day we call Leet sheweth that there was a Court here belonging to the Kings Jurisdiction for part of the Country thereabouts the Towns and Villages there mentioned to be within the same being these Leta de Brinklow Newnham Regis Herdeburgh-magna Herdeburgh-parva Lalleford-longa Neubold-Pantun Lalleford-parva Gosford Brownes wavere Neuton juxta Clifton Church-wavere Cester-wavere Walton juxta Kirkby Neunham-parva Paylington Neubold Stretton Estunwihull Wylie Wybetofte Kyrkebie monachorum Brokhurst Copston major Stretardeston Whyttebroke Hopsford Anstye Barnaulght Shulton Copston parva Wolvey Burton Shirford Stretton-Baskervile Hide Bramcote Riton juxta Bulkington Bulkington Weston â—uxta Bulkington Merston Iabâ—â— Bedworth Eccleshale Folkeshull Kereswey Princethorpe Astley But for the Etymologie of the word Leet I cannot well be satisfied except it proceed from the Saxon word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 id est Congregare which may very well be For in Kent those divisions of the Countrey are called Lathes which with us are called Hundreds Of Mereton-hundred and Stanlei-hund I onely find that they paid several Fynes for murther in 21.24 29. H. 2. and in 1. R. 1. howbeit in 8. E. 3. they are both under the title of Leta and not Hund. as I have said before in Brinklow Yet it seemes that Stanlei continued the name of a Hundred longer than Merton for in 7. E. 1. it is called Hund. de Stanley The particular Towns and Villages in each of them I have here inserted as in Brinklow out of the said Roll of 8. E. 3. Leta de Merton Hodenhull Lodbroke Rodburne Southam Napton Shukeburgh super Fleckenho Wolfhamcote Nethercote Grenburgh Wolscote Caldecote Salesbrugge Wylebie Lemington-Hastang Hull Bradwell Herdewik Burthingbury Stocton Stonythorpe Bascote Arley Sloley Itchington-â—onga Merton Ethorpe Honingham Wapenbury Stretton super Dunsmore Frankton Burton Draicote Thurlaston Dimchurch Tofte Hull-Morton Clifton Rokeby Bilton Church-lalleford Wolrycheston Merton Leta de Stanlei Herbury Stivichale Itchington-Episcopi Olughton Offchurch Radford-Symelic Lemington-Pr Neubold-Cumin Mulverton Edmuscote Lullington Cubington Weston juxta Wetheley Bobenhull Ryton super Dunsmore Whitinashe Brandon Bretford Sowe Caloudon Wiken Wilnale Stoke Bugginge Pinle Whitley Bilney Coventre Coundon Radford Allesley Bakinton Ashoe Kenellworth Wodecote Leke-wotton Hull Of Tremelau-hundred I find that in 1. R. 1. and 5. Ioh. it fined for Murther but as I meet with no mention thereof afterwards so can I no further point out where it is than I have already signified Of Chickenes-hundred it appears that it fined for Murther Anno 29 H. 2. 1. R. 1. and 5. Ioh. but no more Of Cotes-hundred the like in 29 H. 2. But whether this of Cotes was any part of the Countrey about Warwick for the Village at the East end of the Town now called Coton-end was antiently called Cotes as I shall have occasion to shew hereafter Or whether Coton in the Parish of Churchover antiently also called Cotes as in due place shall be shewed I cannot determin And as for Chikenes-hundred I must leave the discovery thereof to others having no guess whereabout it should be So much therefore shall suffice touching the Hundreds which are not now in being And because it will fall out that I must begin this work with Knightlow-hundred I shall therefore here shew what I have met with thereof Of Knightlow-hundred I Shall not need to enumerate the Towns and Villages which it now contains the Map saving me that labour The first mention I find in Record of it is in 16. H. 2. where the Sheriffe accounts Cent. sol pro placitis concelatis and there it is called Sipesocha de Cnuchtelawa those of Chinton and Humeliford having there the same title of Sipesocha The word Socha by Expositors signifying a free Court where Pleas of Debt Covenant Trespasse Detinue c. are held but for the first sillable Sipe I rather suppose it should be Sithe the Saxon letter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which was in use long after the Conquest being mistaken for p and then if so and that Mr. Lambert's exposition of the word Sithecundman to be Legalis homo or Militaris homo be right it will not be improper to interpret Sithesocha to be Curia libera legalium hominum for the Hundred Court we know is Visus franc pleg as we commonly terme it And if it be taken in the sense of Militarium hominum it agrees well enough with the nature of that meeting for to this day in some Counties they are called Wapentac's from the touching of his speare who had the goverment of the Wapentac assigned to him by the principal sort of men that did associat with him as Mr. Cambden speaking of Wapentac's observeth out of the Laws of St. Edward In K. Iohn's time I find it by the name of Hunred de Chnitelowe to answer XL. Marc. de firma In the account of William Luscy Shiriffe of the Shires of Warw. and Leicest 21 H. 3. it is thus recorded De firma de Knistelawe XL. M. De auxil vicecom ejusdem Hundredi XV. l. De franc pleg ejusdem Hundredi IIII. l. XL. d. De warth ejusdem Hundredi XIII s. IX d. Summa XLVI l. Xs. V. d. And amongst the Presentments made by the Hundreds before the Justices Itinerant 4. E. 1. there is one from this Hundred the title whereof is Hund. de Knyhtelawe Upon Inquisition taken 9. E. 2. by vertue of the Kings
of Northumb. Katherine the second first to Henry L. Herbert eldest son to the E. of Pembroke and next for she was divorc't to Ed. Seimour E. of Hertford The 3. viz. Mary to Martin Keys Sergeant-porter to Q. Eliz. upon the death of King Edward 6. he was allured through the ambition of the said D. of Northumb. whose aime was no less than to have the whole sway of the Kingdom to countenance the proclaiming of his daughter the Lady Iane to be Queen pretending the designation of K. Edw. by his will Which attempt not thriving Northumberland with some others lost their heads Howbeit the D. of Suff. though favoured as not deemed so speciall an instrument therein as the other could not rest quiet it seemes for finding that Q. Mary had a purpose to match with Philip son to the Emperour Charles the 5. he came into this County and Leicestersh and set out Proclamations to incense the people against it whereupon the E. of Huntington was sent with a power into these parts to prevent all danger which occasioned him seeing he was forsaken to put himself under the trust of one Underwood as 't is said a keeper of his Park here at Astley who hid him some few days in a large hollow Tree there standing about two bow-shoot Southwestwards from the Church but being promised a reward betray'd him so that it was not long ere he lost his head on Tower-hill After which the Lady Frances his widow marryed to one Adrian Stokes Esq. who holding this Lordship as part of her dowrie much defac't the Church before-specified as not onely by tradition of the Inhabitants but a Presentment upon oath â—n 1. Eliz. may appear which manifesteth that he caused the tall and costly spire made of timber together with the battlements all covered with lead to be pull'd down being a land-mark so eminent in this part of the wood-land where the ways are not easy to hit that it was called the Lanthorn of Arden As also the two fair Iles and a goodly building called S. Annes Chappell adjoyning the roofs of which were likewise leaded By reason of which sacrilegious action the steeple standing in the midst took wet and decayed so that about the yeare 1600 it fell down to the ground and with it a great part of the Church Ric. Chamberlain Esq. being then Lord of this mannour by the grant of Q. Mary to Edw. Chamberlain his Father of the family of Chamberlain of Shirburn in Oxfordsh who with some contribution from the Country did about the year 1607 begin the building of the Tower again but in stead thereof took totally away all the west part of the Church with the North and South cross Iles making that which was the Quire the body of the Church but pulled down the other beautifull Chappell 's on the North South-side of the Quire setting up that which stood on the North-side at the East end for a Chancell wherein were the monuments of Edw. Grey Visc. L'isle and his 2. wives And in that on the South side of Thomas Grey Marq. Dorset and his Lady with their statues in Alabaster excellently cut and in the vault underneath the same their bodyes that of the Marquess embalmed and wrapt in cerecloth many double in a coffin of lead which through the vain curiosity of some being opened his corps was found as intire and free from any seeming corruption as if he had been but newly dead At the pulling down and translating of which Chappell it was resolved that the monuments should be set up againe in the Church the said corps with the Coffin of lead being accordingly removed thither howbeit this good intention afterwards cooled and the statues of the Marquess and his Lady were cast into the Belfrey that of the woman having a Coronet on her head and those of the other thrown into an old out-house amongst lime and rubbish all which I my self have seen But as to the succession of this Lordship it is now come to Richard Chamberleyn Esq. son and heire to Rich. Chamberlein Esq. Register of the Court of Wards by conveiance from Richard Chamberlein aforesaid father of Iane wife to the Register of the Court of Wards and Edw. Chamberlein grandson and right heire to the said Richard Which Edward lately dyed without issue In An. 1291. 19. E. 1. the Rectory was valued at x. marks but in 26. H. 8. the yearly revenues of the Collegiat Church were certified at xlvi l. viii d. Patroni Ecclesiae Incumbentes Editha quondam ux dom Tho. de Astley Steph. de Astley Cleric 1285. Andreas de Astley miles Petrus de Haverhulle 1286. Tho. de Astley miles Rob. de Happesford Pbr. 6. Id. Apr. 1366. Tho. de Astley miles Will. Creke Pbr. 3. Non. Oct. 1336. Patroni Vicariae Decanus Eccles. Coll. B. Mariae de Astley Ioh. de Corley Pbr. 17. Kal. Apr. 1342. Decanus Eccles. Coll. B. Mariae de Astley Ric. Large Pbr. v. Kal. Nov. 1343. Decanus Eccles. Coll. B. Mariae de Astley Thom. de Haytele Cap. 3. Id. Nov. 1347. Decanus Eccles. Coll. B. Mariae de Astley Ioh. de Plumpton Pbr. 18. Apr. 1383. Decanus Eccles. Coll. B. Mariae de Astley Ioh. Milner Cap. 9. Martii 1414. Patroni Decanatus Decani Dom. Tho. de Astley miles Will. Ernald Pbr. 6. Non. Martii 1342. Dom. Tho. de Astley miles Galfr. de Sutton Cap. 3. Id. Oct. 1347. Dom. Tho. de Astley miles Ioh. Ives Cap. 16. Kal. Maii 1348. Dom. Tho. de Astley miles Ioh. de Gouteby Cap. 13. Kal. Nov. 1349. Dom. Tho. de Astley miles Ioh. de Burg. Pbr. 5. Id. Nov. 1353. Dom. Tho. de Astley miles Hugo de Bottefeâ—ld 7. Id. Febr. 1358. Dom. Tho. de Astley miles Rob. Page Pbr. 16. Febr. 1383. Dominus Will. de Astley miles Rob. Gaynsburg 13. Febr. 1387. Dominus Will. de Astley miles Edm. Wolf Pbr. 8. Martii 1396. Dominus Will. de Astley miles Ioh. Huk Pbr. 1. Apr. 1401. Dominus Will. de Astley miles Ioh. White Cap. 4. Iulii 1410. Dominus Will. de Astley miles Edm. Wolfe Cap. Ian. 1413. Dominus Will. de Astley miles Ioh. Maryot Cap. 9. Martii 1414. Dominus Will. de Astley miles Nich. Wildbore ult Martii 1419. D. Regin Grey Will. Hull Cap. 21. Apr. 1428. D. Regin Grey Will. Grepenhale 14. Aug. 1432. D. Regin Grey Rog. Webster Pbr. ult Dec. 1433. D. Iohanna Grey Rog. Creek Pbr. 5. Nov. 1445. Edw. Grey miles dom Ferrers de Groby Tho. Persebrigge Cap. 1. Iunii 1454. D. Henr. Stafford miles D. Cecilia ux ejus Marchiâ—nissa Dorset Ric. Norton legum Dr. 16. Nov. 1507. D. Henr. Stafford miles D. Cecilia ux ejus Marchiâ—nissa Dorset Io. Brereton in decretis baâ—c 28. Oct. 1509. D. Tho. Grey March Dorset Will. Bulwike 23. Maii. 1520. Margar. Marchion Dors.
Rob. Brokk Cler. 6. Aug. 1538. In the middst of this Church before it was pull'd down by reason of the steeple's ruine as I have observed was a fair raised monument for Thomas Grey the first Marq. Dorset of his family and his Lady whereupon their statues were excellently cut and under the same a vault adorned with the pictures of Bishops Cardinalls and Monks in which their bodyes lay but by the fall of the steeple before specified it was totally broken and spoiled In the Chappell which stood on the Southside of the Quire stood likewise two fair monuments the one of Thomas the second Marq. Dorset and his Lady on the heads of whose statues were Coronets and the other of Edw. Grey Visc. L'isle his Lady on the sides whereof were xvi persons and eight of them in religious habits Both which monuments at the removall of the same Chappell to the east end of the Quire where it now serveth for a Chancell were pull'd down and utterly defaced In the same Quire before the said alteration were also some other monumentall stones of marble with portraitures in brass upon them besides those whereof I have already taken notice upon one of which was this Epitaph Ex Astley domo Miles fuit iste Willielmus Heres magnanimus Thome Astlei viralmus Hic fundatoris fuit largus hospes honoris Et dignus mores strenuus sequitur genitoris Migravit celis animatum luce soleâ—â—i M. C. quater bis Domino regnante perciuit Bedworth FOllowing the stream of this small Brook called Sow I come next to Bedworth a place very well known in regard of the Coal-mines there As for the name thereof I conceive it did originally proceed from some one that possest it in the Saxons time whose name was Bede for that the said appellation was then in use those who are conversant in our English Histories do well enough know the later sillable worth signifying a habitation In Domesday-book it is written Bedeword the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wanting a stroke through it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which with the Saxons stood for th and by that Survey is rated at 4 hydes the woods extending to one mile in length and half a mile in bredth all being then valued at xl s. and whereof Edwyn Earl of Mercia was possest before the Norman invasion but afterwards by the E. of Mellent most of whose lands in this County his brother the E. of Warwick within a short time had from whom some one of the family of Hastings obtained it as it seems for I find that they held it by Kts. service of his descendants together with Wiley whereof I have already spoke I am of opinion that the families of Turvile and Craft were enfeofft thereof by Hastings for it is evident that they antiently possest it mention being made of William de Turevill in 1 Ioh. and in 20 H. 3. that Simon de Turvill and Rog. de Crafâ— held one Kts. fee here But towards the later end of H. 3. time Will. de Charnells had to do here though I am not able to say upon what title unless it were by descent from Beatrix his mother whom I conjecture to have been the heir of Craft as in Bilton you may see Neither can I discern how or when Turvill absolutely quitted his interest in this place for in 20 E. 3. Will. de Charnells and Oliver de Turvill answered for half a Kts. fee here which they held of the heirs of Hastings And yet I find that in 28 E. 1. Will. de Charnells wrote himself Dominus de Bedworth and in 9 E. 2. Henry de Charnels his father is solely certified to be Lord thereof Wanting therefore such light as might guide me in the full discovery of the successive Lords thereof I have added so much of the descent of both these families viz. Turvill and Charnells as I have found by Record to have had relation thereunto Will. de Turvill 20 H. 2 1 Joh. Simon de Turvill 20 H 3. Will. de Turvill 53 H. 3. Magister Philippus de Turvill rector eccl de Bedworth 28 E. 1. Rob. de Turvile 23 E. 1. Oliverus de Turvile 20 E. 3. Beatrix relicta 34 H. 3. Will. de Charnels Will. de Charnels 55 H. 3. Nich. de Charnels miles Dom. de Bilton 28 E. 1. Wil. de Charnels Dom. de Bedworth 28 E. 1. miles 31 E. 1. Henr. de Charnels D. de Bedworth 9 E. 2. Will. de Charnels de Bedw miles 23 E. 3. Ioh. Charnels de Bedworth 6 R. 2. Eliz. relicta â— H. 4. Of these Iohn Charnels was the last for ought I have seen that had it but of that family so possest thereof or of the Turviles have I not seen any thing very memorable other than the founding of a Chantry in this Church at the Altar of our blessed Lady by Philip de Turvile the Parson here presented in 28 E. 1. as his Institution manifesteth Which was performed in 6 E. 3. and endowed with a good proportion of land some lying in Eccleshale but the greatest part in Bedworth the ordination thereof being made by Rog. Northburgh B. of Cov. and Lich. 5 Id. Iulii an 1332. the same sixth year of E. 3. whereby it also appears that the said Philip was then a Canon of Lichâ— In 4 H. 4. there being a Fine levyed betwixt Sir Will. de Astley Kt. and others Plantiffs and Iohn Attehale and Ione his wife Deforc. of 24 mess. 5 carucats and 9 yard land 46 acres of meadow 12 acres of pasture 32 acres of wood and 12 marks 1x s. rent lying in Bedworth Astley Corley and many other places with th'advouson of the Church those lands with the said advouson were thereby vested in the said Sir Will. de Astley and his heirs paying yearly to the said Iohn and Ioane onely during the life of Eliz. the widow of Iohn Charnels x l. sterling and after her decease xx marks yearly to the same Iohn and Ioane during their two lives in case they survived her But in 10 H. 6. it was certified that Iohn Clerke of Coventre Gentleman and the Lady Margaret Astley widow to Sir VVill. Astley before mentioned held this Mannour by the service of half a Kts. fee. So that it seems either the Mannour past by vertue of that Fine or else was granted to the Lord Astley by some other Act for it appears that from that time the heirs of Astley were owners of it and that Regin Lord Grey of Ruthin who marryed the heir female of Astley leas'd the Mannour-house and demesns there for years in 18 H. 6. As also that Thomas the second Marq. Dorset descended from the said Reginald as the Pedegree in Astley sheweth by his Testament bequeath'd it to Edward one of his younger sons for life assigning out of it to the poor of his Hospital which
short and round their habit being the same with the Monks saving the scapular which reacheth but a little below the middle and is girt close to them Which Institution by Bruno was in the year 1080. as Polydore affirmeth but others say in ann 1084. Howbeit they observe the Rule of S. Benedict as to their diurnal and nocturnal offices yet have not antiently in any one Covent exceeded the number of xiii persons Into England they were first brought by K. H. 2. in ann 1181. 27 H. 2. who founded a Monastery for them at Witham in Somersetsh whereof Hugh Bishop of Lincoln was the first Prior. But now returning to this in particular I will begin with the time and occasion of its foundation Ordinis Carthusiani Monachus In the year 1381. 5 R. 2. Will. Lord Zouch of Haringworth in Northamptonsh having a desire to found a House of this Order near Coventre in honour of S. Anne obtained from Sir Baldwyn Frevile the elder Kt. 14 acres of land here at Shortley where he purposed to build the House resolving to endow it with sufficient possessions but being the same year prevented by death lying upon his sick bed he appointed that C marks per ann should be paid out of his lands untill his heirs did procure as much in Churches appropriate to be setled thereto Which Legacy his Confessor and others who were then about him thought too large and therefore prevailed with him that it should be no more than lx l. per ann The great affection that he had to the founding of this Monastery occasioned him to procure from the House of Carthusians in London three Monks viz. one Robert Palmer at that time Procurator there and the originall mover in that business Iohn Netherby then Vicar of the same Monastery and Edmund Dalling who accordingly came to Coventre on the Eve of S. Andrew the Apostle and began their abode in the Hermitage of S. Anne In which place associating to themselves three Monks from the Monastery of Beauvale in Notingham-sh and four more who were then newly profest of this Order they continued by the space of seven years But the Lord Zouch departed this life in Lent following whereupon his good intentions and fair beginnings were prosecuted by others For Rich. Luff sometime Mayor of Coventre and Iohn Botoner his fellow Citizen bestowed no less than 400. marks upon the Quire Church and Cloysters with three Cells in the east part next to the Chapter-house and making of seven ponds Iohn Holmeton of Sleford 180. li. towards the structure of the Quire and with xx li. of the goods of Will. Tilney whose Executor he was made the Cell at the West-corner of the Cloyster The fourth Cell on the East side was built by Margery Byri of Newarke who thereupon and for the Books of Isaiah and Ieremie with Coments bestowed xx li. The fift being the utmost on the said East side by the Lady Margerie Tilney of Rotston who gave x. li. also to the making of the East window of the Quire The sixt by Iohn Bokingham B. of Lincoln The seventh next to it on the same side by Thomas Beauchamp E. of Warwick And K. Rich. 2. returning from Scotland in the year 1385. about the Nativity of the blessed Virgin and coming to Coventre on Satturday within the Octaves of that Feast at the speciall instance of Q. Anne his consort with his own hands layd the first-stone of the Church viz. at the East end of the Quire publiquely protesting in the presence of his Nobles as also of the Mayor and Citizens of Coventre that he would be the Founder thereof and bring it to good perfection Neither were others slack in so pious a work For the eight Cell viz. the third on the South side was made with xx li. given as a Legacy thereto by Adam Botoner Citizen of Coventre The ninth next to it by Sir Nigel Loryng Knight at the procurement of Rob. Braybrok B. of London The tenth viz. the first in the West corner out of the goods of Will. Tilney before mentioned The eleventh by Iohn Morton Canon of Lichfeild But further I cannot go in the description of these Cells in regard I have not seene any more of the history of its Foundation Neither should I have delivered thus much but that by the care and affection of my worthy friend Mr. Iohn Langley whose delight and knowledge in Antiquities deserves greater commendation then I can in a few lines express the fragment whence I had this being a Manuscript of two leaves in Parchment and written in R. 2. time was redeemed from utterly perishing having been by some ignorant person made the Cover to a School-boy's Book I shall now therefore proceed with what I have from our publique Records wherein I find that K. Rich. 2. by his Precept bearing date 18. Martii in the said fift year of his raign directed to Sir Baldwin Frevill Kt. Rich. Dodenhale then Major of Coventre and Rich. Luff wherein he expresseth that Iohn Netherbury was assigned Prior of this House so intended to be founded in Shortleyfield within the libertyes of Coventre And declaring the bounds of those 14. acres of land so given by Sir Baldwin Frevill viz. in length from the path-way leading towards London on the East part to the river of Shirburne on the West and in breadth from the common road which goeth towards Warwick on the South part to the Mill called Bushele-milne on the North part doth command that the said Sir Baldwin Richard and Richard shall deliver possession thereof unto the same Prior and Monks Soon after which did the said K. grant license to these Monks that they might obtain advousons of Churches to be appropriated to the value of c. li. per annum over and above what should be assigned for endowment of Vicars in the same And within two years following bestowed on them the advouson of the Church of Walton super Trent in Derby-shire In 9. of his reign he gave them the advouson of the Church of Ecclesfeild in York shire In 13. he granted License to the Monks of S. George at Bauquerville in Normandy that they might settle their mannour or Priory of Edweston in Rutland upon them And in 16. in recompence for the advouson of the Church of Walton before mentioned which he had granted with the Mannour to Iohn Delves esq gave them license to purchase the Priory of Lymberg alias Limbroke in Hereford-shire with the parcells of Curtelyngton and Ashby-Mares together with the advouson of the Vicaridges all which belong'd to the Abby of Aveneye in Normandy Certain it is that the strictness of their Rule begot an exceeding regard towards them from many good people as by the increase of their possessions is evident For in 17. R. 2. they had license to purchase from the Abbot of S. Sergius and Bachus in Normandy the Mannours of Swauseye and Dry-Drayton in
which were the antient possession of those Monks it is mentioned to be one of those places that they had then newâ—y recovered and recorded bâ— the name of Chadeseâ—font but with Bishops-Itchington it past from the Monks of Coventre to the Bishop of Coventre and Lichfield and in 7 E. 1. was certified to be in the possession of the Bishop of Chester for so was the Bâ—shop of Coventre and Lichfield then called who at that time held 6. carucats of land here in demesn and had xvii servants occupying severall proportions as also two Cottiers and three Freeholders which Freeholders held other tenements by a certain Rent and performance of some services In 13 E. 1. Roger Molend then Bâ—shop of Coventre and Lichfield claymed the like priviledges heâ—e as he did in Ichington-Episc which were allowed Whose successors enjoyd it till 1 E. 6. that Richard Sampsun tâ—e then Bishop aliened it with Ichington to Thomas Hawkins alià s Fisher as I have there shewed From which Fisher it past in exchange 6 E. 6. to Thomas Newsam gentleman for xiii yard land lying in Over and Nether-Ichington and the sum of Cxl. li. in money whose great-grandchild scil Thomas Newsam now enjoys it Within this Mannour so belonging to the Bishop the chief Chanter of Lichfield it seems had antiently also certain possâ—ssions for I find that in 16 H. 3. Richard de Hauton then chief Chanter recovered against one Thomaâ— Mathew 41. acres of land and three messuages whereupon a Fine was then levied and the said mess. and land acknowledged to be the right of the same chief Chanter as belonging to the Cathedrall of Lich. And besides these mess. and lands had he also a title to eight yard land in Radway as an Agreement made in An. 1275. 3 E. 1. betwixt Thomas de Wymundham then chief Chanter and the Monks of Stoneley manifesteth by which it was concluded that the said chief Chanter and his successors should thenceforth accept of xiii s. iv d. per annum payable on the morrow after Easter and the feast day of S. Matthew the Apostle by even portions in lieu thereof The Chapell here was dedicated to All-Saints in the windows whereof are no Armes neither are there any Monuments in it but of a late erection as the Epitaphs I have here added doe manifest On the South Wall Here lyeth buried the Predecessors of Walter Newsam Lord of Chadshunt in the County of Warwick He wedded the daughter of Anthony Aylworth of Aylworth Com. Glouc. Esquier who lived the severall ages of 76. years and had issue Thomas John George Edward and Anne 1621. Upon the said Monument are these Armes viz. Arg. upon a fesse sable 3. Crosses Croslets of the first and a Mullet in chief of the second On a plate of brasse in the said South-wall is the picture of a man with this Inscription Here lyeth the body of William Askell gent. who deceased the 6. of Febr. Anno Dom. 1613. aetat suae 48. On a flat stone in a plate of brass towards the East end of the Chappell Here lyeth buryed the body of Theophilus Wilkyns late of Chadsunt who dyed on the first of August 1613. And in the Chapell yard there hath been an antient Oratory as the Inhabitants report in which was the Image of S. Chadde whereunto Pilgrimages had wont to be made for by an Inquisition taken in 4 Eliz. it appears that the Offrings brought thither upon that occasion did amount to xvi li. per annum one year with another Herberbury FOllowing the course of Ichens I come next to Herberbury wherein I find that divers persons had shares in the Conq. time viz. the Monks of Coventre 1. hide and 1. virgat which being wasted by the Kings Army were then certified to be worth but ii s. The Earl of Mellent 4. hides and a half valued at C s. and held by Leuuinus and Alricus in Edward the Confessors time Turchill de Warwick 4. hides valued at lx s. whereof Willielmus Progenitor to the family of Lodbroke as I conceive was then his tenant one Ordric having been owner of them before the Conquest in which part of the town the Church stood Henry de Ferrers 2. hides valued at iv li. and then held by Wazelinus but were the Freehold of Siward Barn of whom I have spoke in Burton-Hastings before the Norman invasion And William Buenvasleth 3. virgats rated at v. sol But this place is in Domesday-book variously written viz. Edburberie Erburberie and Erburgeberie which considered makes me suppose that one Erneburga or Erburga the name of a woman antiently was possessor thereof in the Saxons time Touching that which the Monks of Coventre had here I find that it came afterwards to the Canons of Kenilworth though how or when I cannot declare the quantity thereof being five yard land as in 7 E. 1. was certified whereof four the said Canons then held in demesn and the fift was occupyed by three servants who performed certain servile labours for the same But the Earl of Mellent's share descended to his son viz. Robert Earl of Leicester which Robert enfeoft the same G. de Clinton thereof who was founder of the Castle and Priory of Kenilworth temp H. 1. Whose grandchild Henry past a great part of it to Reginald Basset of whom in Wolvey I have made mention and Henry Mallore son to Ankitell Mallore Robert Fitz-Parnell Earl of Leic. in King Iohn's time confirming the grants Which Henry kept his part not long but aliened some of it away to the said Reginald who disposed thereof with all he had here besides to the Monks of Combe levying a Fine thereupon in 3. Ioh. and gave the residue to the Canons of Kenilworth But the greater proportion thereof the Monks of Combe had viz. two carucats excepting one virgat in demesn and two Windmills with 12. servants holding ...... yard land and half at the will of the Lord performing divers servile labours two Cottagers holding two Cottages and two Freeholders who occupyed half a yard land and two acres all which were held by them of the heires to the said Reginald Basset by the eight part of a Knights fee That which the Canons of Kenilworth held being 2. Windmills and 2. yard land in demesn three servants occupying one yard land and a half and seven Freeholders holding one mess. two yard land 24. part and two acres Another part of what the same Earl of Mellent had here was granted by some of his descendants to the Monastery of Nun-Eaton whereof they were Patrons But that which Turchill de Warwick had was given it seemes to Henry de Neuburgh the first Earl of Warwick of the Norman line and by the said Henry unto Geffrey de Clinton before specified which Geffrey bestowed the Church on the Canons of Kenilworth immediatly after his foundation of that Monastery Henry his grandchild confirming the gift It should seem
it to the abovenamed Benedict Medley 12. Maii 14 H. 7. which Benedict was Cleke of the Signet to K. H. 7. at the same time and bore for his Armes sable 2. barrs gemells Arg. upon a chief of the second three Mullets of the first and dyed 13. Oct. 19 H. 7. leaving Will. his son and heir 23. years of age who marryed Margaret the daughter of Sir Robert Wotton Kt. and had issue George Medley esq that wedded Mary the daughter of Gerard Danet which George left issue Henry Medley esquire who by Frances the daughter of Clem. Throgmorton of Haseley esq had issue Henry 14. years of age in 21 Eliz. To whom succeeded Clem. Medley who in 2 Iac. past away this Mannour to Robert Wale gent. The Church dedicated to S. Margaret was given to the Canons of Kenilworth in H. 1. time or thereabouts by Atrop Hâ—â—tang concerning which I am to observe one thing further which is that the said Atrop then confirmed 18. Acres of land that his Tenants viz. Freeholders nere in Whitnash gave thereunto at its Dedication Whereby may be discerned that so fervent was the zeal of those elder times to Gods service and honour that they freely endowed the Church with some part of their possessions and that in those good works even the meaner sort of men as well as the pious founders were not backwards Amongst divers other concessions made by G. Muschamp Bishop of Coventre to the Canons of Kenilworth in K. Iohn's time I find that one was of two shilâ—ings yearly Pension granted to them out of this Church which had been endowed of one yard land and a half as the Record expresses In An. 1291. 19 E. 1. it was valued at vi marks and in 26 H. 8. at Cix s. viii d. over and above the yearly Pension of ii s. payable to the Monastery of Kenilworth and-viii s. for Procurations and Synodalls Patroni Ecclesiae Incumb temp Instit. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Sim. de Redeswell subdiac prid Non. Iunii 1300. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Henr. de Compton Pbr. 3. Non. Apr. 1302. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Osb. de Banneburi Cler. 5. Id. Dec. 1326. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Thomas de Brayles Cap. 2. Cal. Maii 1332. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Will. de Wigorn. Cap. 7. Id. Iulii 1336. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Will. Comyn de Neubold Cler. 5. Cal. Ian. 1352. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Will. de Feryby Pbr. 26. Iunii 1372. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Ioh. Brikstok Pbr. 15. Cal. Aug. 1378. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Thomas Durich 25. Iulii 1393. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Ioh. de magna Cotes Pbr. 10. Iunii 1398. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Ioh. Normanby ult Martii 1406. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth D. Walt. Smyth 1. Iulii 1445. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Ric. Geydon Cap. 5. Oct. 1453. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth D. Ric. Benet Pbr. 8. Oct. 1492. Mr. Edw. Litleton ar T. Rowley hac vice ex concess Pr. C. de K. D. Edw. Bolyfant Cap. 12. Ian. 1354. Humfr. Riddel gen ex concess Pr. C. de K. Humfr. Weyring Cler. 10. Oct. 1554. D. Regina Eliz. Rad. Kent Cler. 16. Febr. 1572. In the Chancell is a Marble Grave-stone with this Epitaph Hoc loco sepelitur dominus Ricardus Bennet Artis sacre Magister huius quondam Ecclesie diligens Pastor qui fatis concessit octavo die mensis Februarii Anno D. M. D. XXXi cuius anime propitietur Deus Amen Leminton-Priors THis for distinction from the former called Leminton-Priors hath its name as the other had from its situation upon the same river In the Conquerors time Earl Roger. scil de Montgomeri of whom I have spoke in Wolston held it the extent thereof being then certified at 2. hides which were valued at 4 li. having two Mills rated at xxiv s. But before the Norman invasion Oluuinus was owner thereof whom I suppose to be the same man which is elsewhere written Aluuinus father unto Turchill de Warwick It seemes that one of the Bishops of Coventre and Lichfield in those days called Bishop of Chester by reason of his residence in that City possest this place in H. 1. time but which of them it was is not exprest for in the grant made thereof by Geffrey de Clinton Founder of the Castle and Priory of Kenilworth to Gilbert Nutricius of Warwick and his heirs to hold by the service of half a Knights fee in consideration whereof the said Gilbert gave to the above mentioned Geffrey ten marks with a silver cup and to Agnes his wife a Besantine of goldâ— is is said to be de feodo Episcopi Cestriae And if I may have liberty to guess how the said Bishop had it I shall not doubt but that it was given to him by the King upon the forfeiture of Rob. de Belesmo E. of Shreusbury son to the before recited Earl Roger. Whether the before named G. Nutricius dyed without issue and that thereupon this Mâ—nnour returned to Geffrey de Clinton son to the donour or whether he made any agreement by Exhange or otherwise appears not but certain it is that the same Geffrey gave it to the Canons of Kenilworth â— together with the Church and Mill of this village It seems that the service of half a Knights fee by which the said Canons held it though in the grant there be no mention thereof was by the Bishop past over to the Monks of Coventre for in 20 H. 3. the Prior of Coventre certifying what Kts. fees were held of that Monastery makes instance of half a Knights fee in Leminton juxta Warwick held by the before specified Canons The like was signified in 36 H. 3. Which Canons in 7 E. 1. had a watermill 3. yard land and a 4. part and the half of another Mill here in demesn as also ix servants holding 3. yard land and 3. quarters performing divers servile labours 8. Cottiers holding 8. Cottages and 8. acres of land and xi Freeholders which held 13. yard land and a 4. part with the other half of the Water-mill And besides all this a Court-Leet Gallows Assise of bread and beer by the grant of K. H. 3. together with the Church appropriat endowed with two yard land All which was enjoyed by them till the dissolution of the Monasteries by K. H. 8. but then came to the Crown wherein it continued till 6 Eliz. that the Q. granted it to Ambrose E. of Warwick and the heirs male of his body All that is further observable touching this place is that nigh to the East end of the Church there is a Spring of Salt-water not above a stones-throw from the river Leame whereof the Inhabitants make much use for seasoning of
annos Sexcentosque dies Octobris bis quoque denos Cum lenti crebros morbi perpessa labores Ante diem periit summoque in flore puellis Elizabetha Annaque tenella prole relictis Quodque unum potuit supremum pignus amoris Hoc conjux dedit signavit carmine marmor 1591. On a plate of brasse fixt in the wall neer the Chapter-house dore upon which are also the portraictures of a man and his wife in gownes Of your charite give thanks for the soules of Thomas Oken and Ioane his wyff on whose soules Iesus hath mercy Iesus hath mercy Amen Remember the charyte for the pore for ever Anno Domini M. CCCCClxxiii And here before I proceed further with these Monumentall Inscriptions I must not omit to point at the particular pious works of the same Thomas Oken who having been born in this Borough of very mean parentage and exercising the trade of a Mercer by Gods blessing upon his industry purchased lands here as also in Badsley Beusale and Harbury in this County of good value which by his deed dated 1. Ian. 13 Eliz. he past unto certain Feoffees by whom they were so setled as that out of the profits thence arising there should be yearly payd towards the increase of the head School-masters wages xl Sol. and as much to the under School-master 4 li. to the poor of Warwick viz. at Christmass 40 s. and at Easter 40 s. For 4. Sermons every year 40 s. To six poor Almesfolk that he appointed to be placed in three of his Houses for ever 24. s. a piece with six black Gowns of Rugg or Cotton◠Appointing that the Collectors of the Rents issuing out of those lands should once every year give up their Accompts to the same Feoffees in the presence of the Bayliff and Burgesses of Warwick and a Sermon to be preach't upon that day for which the Preacher to have vi s. viii d. and the Bayliff with the rest xx s. for a dinner But besides all this by his last Will and Testament bearing date 24. Nov. the year abovesaid whereby he disposed his body to be buryed neer St. Anne's Altar within this Church and those portraitures in brass of himself and his wife with the Inscription before inserted to be made did he give xxx li. to be distributed to the poor by xii d. a piece Ten pounds to 30. poor maydens to their mariages viz. vi s. viii d. a piece 100 li. to the Town of Warwick to buy land to enlarge their Common wherewith they purchased a piece of ground called Michaell's piece And to the Bayliff and Burgesses severall pieces of plate which ever since have been transmitted from each Bayliff to his successour To the Bayliff and Aldermen of Stratford and their successours he also gave 40 li. to be set out to eight honest Tradesmen within that Town viz. 5 li. a man for three or four years together at eight pence in the pound whereof the one half to go to the poor the other to the same Bayliff and his brethren to pay 3 s. 4 d. unto a Minister that shall preach unto them a Sermon the rest they themselves to make merry with and at the end of their mirth give God thanks and say the Lords Prayer The like bequest made he to the town of Banbury and dyed 30. Iulii Anno 1573. 15 Eliz. Upon a Tablet at the upper end of the North Isle over the Chapter-house dore Nomine non natura Patri Fishero Generoso quondam hujus Burgi Senescallo prudentissimo Supervisori sagacissimo Auditori fidelissimo Gulielmus Spicerus cùm adoptione tùm affectione filius rude hoc Monumentum filialis pietatis documentum posuit non sine luctu Upon another Tablet hanging on the East side of the uppermost pillar in the North I le NICHOLAS IFFELER Borne at Ozenbrigge in the Province of Westphalia in Germany as a travailing Pilgrim upon earth did leave his native Countrey and made a free Denizen in England inhabited here within this Borough of Warwick where using the mistery of a Glasier painfully and walking in his vocation uprightly God so blessed the increase of his goods and good name that he was preferred to be one of the principall Burgesses of this Borough who for a short time enjoying that place shewing himself an example worthy of imitation in sincere Religion and charitable devotion did give order for the erection of an Hospitall for the necessary and continuall relief of eight poor persons and bestowed likewise another portion of his lands for the further benefit of this Borough And then departing out of this earthly tabernacle unto the celestiall Hierusalem bequeathed his soule to God through his mercy of him to be received his body to the earth here to be buried and his good name to posteritye continually to be remembred who lived and dyed the faithfull servant of Christ upon the 14. day of Ianuary in the year of our Lord God 1591. of his age 80. Via sine devio vita sine termino est mihi Christus In a plate of brass fixt on the pillar by the Pulpit Hic jacet Margareta Uxor Gulielmi Vyner quae certa spe in Christo resurgendi piè placidèque Deo animam reddidit 24. die Iulii anno Domini 1609. Upon the wall on the South side the Church Hic sepulta jacet Israel Uxor Iohannis Norton generosi quae xxix die Novembris Anno Domini 1615. spiritum emisit suum cujus juxta tam religiosam integramque in vitae totius suae erga omnes cursu semitam incessus cum fideli piaque emigratione sua certissimè testatus est quae cordi sunt obsignavit aeternam in per Iesum Christum super se esse pacem misericordiam ut super Israelem Dei. Vita qualis Finis talis Upon the same wall In obitum Iohannis Norton generosi hujus municipii nuper Senescalli deputati Recordatoris qui obiit Septembris 14. Anno Domini 1635. Sed non totus obit pars petiit coelica coelum Vivit in terris nescia fama mori Frater amans conjux fidus virtutis amator Et cultor Domini non simulatus erat Posuit moestissima conjux D.N. Upon the same wall QUIS HIC DORMIT WILHELMUS VINER Divers other persons of note doe lye here interred whose Monuments have been long since defaced as the severall Marbles yet remaining whereupon their Portraitures and Epitaphs in brass were fix◠doe manifest Of these as Leland testifieth were William Berkswell Dean of this Collegiate Church and one of the Executors to Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick who saw the building of our Lady Chapell and the structure of those buildings at the East end of the Church-yard called the Colledge begun by the same Earl Richard finished As also Dean Alestre who translated the body of Earl Richard into that Chapell And Dean Haseley sometime School-master to King Henry the 7. And moreover our heretofore eminent
said Tombe to be made well cleane and sufficiently of a good and fine Marble as well coloured as may be had in England The uppermost stone of the Tombe and the base thereof to contain in length ix foot of the standard in bredth iv foot and in thickness vii inches the course of the Tombe to be of good and due proportion to answer the length and bredth of the uppermost stone and a pace to be made round about the Tombe of like good marble to stand on the ground which pace shall contain in thickness vi Inches and in bredth xviii inches The Tombe to bear in height from the pace iv foot and a half And in and about the same Tombe to make xiv principall housings and under every principall housing a goodly quarter for a Scutcheon of copper and gilt to be set in and to do all the work and workmanship about the same Tombe to the entail according to a portraicture delivered him and the carriages and bringing to Warwick and there to set the same up where it shall stand the entailing to be at the charge of the Executors after which entailing the said Marbler shall pullish and clense the said Tombe in Workmanlike sort And for all the said Marble carriage and work he shall have in sterling money xlv li. The said Marbler covenanteth to provide of good and well coloured Marble so many stones as will pave the Chapell where the Tombe standeth every stone containing in thickness two inches and in convenient bredth and to bring the same to Warwick and lay it And for the stuff workmanship and carriage of every hundred of those stones he shall have xl s. which in the totall comes to iv li. xiii s. iv d. John Prudde of Westminster Glasier 23. Junii 25 H. 6. covenanteth c. to glase all the windows in the new Chappell in Warwick with Glasse beyond the Seas and with no Glasse of England and that in the finest wise with the best cleanest and strongest glasse of beyond the Sea that may be had in England and of the finest colours of blew yellow red purpure sanguine and violet and of all other colours that shall be most necessary and best to make rich and embellish the matters Images and stories that shall be delivered and appointed by the said Executors by patterns in paper afterwards to be newly traced and pictured by another Painter in rich colour at the charges of the said Glasier All which proportions the said John Prudde must make perfectly to fine glase eneylin it and finely and strongly set it in lead and souder as well as any Glasse is in England Of white Glasse green Glasse black Glasse he shall put in as little as shall be needfull for the shewing and setting forth of the matters Images and storyes And the said Glasier shall take charge of the same Glasse wrought and to be brought to Warwick and set up there in the windows of the said Chapell the Executors paying to the said Glasier for every foot of Glasse ii s. and so for the whole xci li. 1 s. x d. It appeareth that after these windows were so finished the Executors devised some alterations as to adde ........ for our Lady and Scripture of the marriage of the Earle and procured the same to be set forth in Glasse in most fine and curious colours and for the same they payd the sum of xiii li. vi s. iv d. Also it appeareth that they caused the windows in the vestry to be curiously glased with Glasse of ii s. a foot for which they payd L s. The sum totall for the Glasse of the said Vestry and Chappell Xvi li. xviii s. vi d. which in all contain by measure The East window Cxlix foot 1. quarter and two inches The South windows CCCCClx foot xi inches The North windows CCCv. foot The totall DCCCCx foot iii. quarters of a foot and two inches Richard Bird and John Haynes Citizens and Carpenters of London xii Febr. 28 H. 6. do covenant to make and set up in the Chapell where the Earl is buried or where the Tombe standeth a pair of Desks of timber Poppies seats sills planks Reredoses of timber with patands of timber and a crest of fine entail with a bowtel roving on the crest And also the Carpenters do covenant to make and set up finely and workmanly a parclose of timber about an Organ-loft ordained to stand over the West dore of the said Chapell according to patterns All these things to be made set up fastned â—oyned and ordered in as good sort as those in the Quire of S. Maries Church in Warwick the Executors finding all manner of timber and carriages and giving and paying to the said Carpenters for the workmanship xl li. John Brentwood Citizen and Steyner of London 12. Febr. 28 H. 6. doth covenant to paint fine and curiously to make at Warwick on the West wall of the new Chappell there the Dome of our Lord God Jesus and all manner of devises and Imagery thereto belonging of fair and sightly proportion as the place shall serve for with the finest colours and fine gold and the said Brentwood shall find all manner of stuffe thereto at his charge the said Executors paying therefore xiii li. vi s. viii d. Kristian Coleburne Peinter dwelling in London 13. Junii 32 H. 6. covenanteth c. to paint in most fine fairest and curious wise four Images of stone ordained for the new Chapell in Warwick whereof two principall Images the one of our Lady the other of S. Gabraell the Angell and two lesse Images one of S. Anne and another of S. George These four to be painted with the finest oyle colours in the richest finest and freshest clothings that may be made of fine Gold Azure of fine purpure of fine white other finest colours necessary garnished bordered and poudered in the finest and curiousest wise All the cost and wormanship of painting to be at the charge of the said Kristian the Executors paying for the same xii li. By the Accompts of the before specified Will. Berkswell one of the Executors to the said Earl and then Dean of this Coll. Church I find that the structure of this Chapell and Monument was begun in 21 H. 6. but not totally finished till 3 E. 4. which was full 21. years And that the totall cost thereof in the work of Masons Quarriers Smyths Plummers Carpenters and other inferior Labourers added to what those principall Artists had with whom the said Executors so covenanted as I have before exprest amounted to no less than MMCCCCLxxxi li. iv s. vii d. ob At which time were also the Deanery and Colledge both standing at the East end of the Churchyard reedified by those Executors the charge whereof came to DCCCCLxxxviii li. xix s. ix d. But it was not consecrated till the year 1475. 15 E. 4. that Iohn Halse or Hales Bishop of Coventre and Lichfield had a speciall Comission for that purpose
to Iohn his next Heir and then 9 years of age Cotes THis is that part of Warwick which lyes on the East part of the town beyond the little Brook coming from the Priory Mill and is now called coton-Coton-end In Edw. the Confessors time Edwine E. of Mercia held it but after the Norman Conquest K. Will. had it in his own hand in whose time it was certifyed to contain one hide there being then two Mills rated at C s. and the Woods containing 3 Furlongs in length and as much in breadth In the Conq. Survey it is written Cotes which in our old English signifies the same with Domus It seems that upon the advancement of Henry de Newburgh to the Earldome of Warwick it was by the K. bestowed on him for it appears that the same Henry gave certain lands lying here to the Churches of our Lady and Allhallows which Rog. his son and successor confirmed adding his Grant of all the Tithe thereof and C. acres of land in 23. H. 1. when he united those two Churches making that of our Lady Collegiate But there is no more to be said of it forasmuch as it was so united to Warwick that part thereof being in the possession of the Earls which did not belong to the Colledge Stokehull ON the Northwest side of Warwick lyes Stokehull â— now onely known by certain grounds bearing that name but heretofore it hath been a petty Hamlet as the name imports Stoke signifying the same with Villa The first mention I find thereof is in the foundation of the Collegiate Church of Warw. by E. Roger in H. 1 time where he grants thereto the Tithes of certain Lands situate therein so that there is no question but it came to Henry E. of Warwick as all the rest of the lands thereabout â—â—d viz. upon his advancement to that Earldome or in augmentation of it as I have elsewhere shewed Howbeit till 14 E. 1. I have not seen any thing more thereof that is remarkable but then was there a Fine levied of the moyetie of this Mannour by Iohn le Lou and Amice his wife Plantiffs and Philip le Lou and Margery his Wife deforc whereby the said moyetie became setled upon the same Iohn and Amice and the Heires of Amice And further than this have I no more to say of it other than that it is in Rous his Catalogue amongst the antiently depopulated Villages whereof he makes so much complaint Levenhull THis place lying neer to the last hath no habitation now thereon yet do the Grounds retain the name but what I have seen of it is no more than that Rob. de Morton who stiles himself Dominus de Levenhull by his Deed whereupon a Fine was levyed xv Hill 29 H. 3. granted to the Monastery of S. Sepulchers here in UUarwick totam terram illam extra Warrewyke ex parte occidentali quae appellatur Levenhull which it seems was a Purchase for the Canons of that House gave fourty Marks of Silver in consideration of that Grant and covenanted to pay to the said Robert and his Heirs 13 s. 4 d. per an at the Feasts of S. Mich. and the Annunciation of our Lady by even portions Woodlow THE first mention I find of this place is in that foundation of the Collegiat Church at Warwick made by Earl Roger in 23. H. 1 where the Tithes of certain lands lying here are given thereto and in that grant it is called Wudulan By which testimony t is plain enough that it was originally part of those possessions which Henry de Newburgh the first Earl after the Norman Conquest had hereabouts and there is no doubt I think to be made but that it was a member of Warwick In H. 1 time one Richard the Sonn of Yvo Cook to the before specified Earl Roger held it but having no grant thereof in writing and leaving a Sonn called Alan whom he had trained up in his own profession the said Alan succeeding in that office as servant to William E. of Warwick sonn to Earl Roger obtained a special Charter from him in H. 2 time of this Lordship to himself and his Heirs whereby the Metes and Bounds thereof are exactly set forth By which Charter he also granted to the said Alan and his Heirs power to keep a Court of all his own proper Tenants aswell those residing in Warwick as at Woodlow and to take Toll of them for all things that they should buy or sell within the Borough of Warwick Ratifying moreover to him and his Heirs ths office of Master Cook in his Kitchen which the said Richard his father heretofore held in his and E. Roger his fathers time with all Fees of his Kitchen belonging to the Master Cook both in liveryes and Horses as the Esquiers of his houshold then had and as the said Richard his father used to have in the days of the same Earl Roger and his the said Earl And moreover granted unto him and his heires a yard land lying in Cotes with whatsoever lands the said Richard his father held in Warwick to hold therewith freely and quietly c. with Tol and Team Sach and Soc Infatheyeol and in free socage paying yearly to the said Earl and his heires a pair of Gloves at Easter for all secular service suit of Court and demand whatsoever for which grant and confirmation the said Alan gave unto him x s. in money xij Geese and a firkin of wine From this Alan descended the family of Woodlow as the pedegree here inserted sheweth so named in respect of their residence here who bore for thir Armes Gules a fesse argent betwixt six crosses crosslet Or differing nothing from the coat of Beauchamp E. of Warwick but in the colour of the fessâ— Of which was one Thomas de Woodlow Feodary to Ric. Beauchamp E. of Warwick for all his lands in this County in 10. H. 4. And in 5. H. 5. one of his Councell In 15. H. 6. this Mannour being entailed by Iohn Wodelow was setled upon George Herthul his granchild with divers remainders but it seems that some of these Herthulls past away their right herein to Alice the daughter of Ric. Chester grandchild and heir after the death of her brother Thomas to Avicia one of the daughters and coheirs of Alan de Wodelow for after the death of her second husband sc. Iohn Mayell being in her free state of widowhood by her deed bearing date at Warwick on the feast day of S. Hillary 27. H. 6. she granted the capital mess. of Wodlow with all the lands thereto belonging excepting some that had been exchang'd away to Iohn Brome of Warwick which Iohn was he that became owner of Badsley-Clinton in this County as I shall there shew from whose son Nich Brome by Lettice the daughter of Nich Catesby his third wife is descended Robert Brome Gent. now residing here to
and maintained the Inhabitants having then granted to them for that purpose all the lands and possessions which belong'd to the said Gilde excepting the House formerly mentioned which was by the same K. past away the precedent year unto Thomas Reeve and George Cotton Londoners and their heirs to hold of the Mannour of East Greenwich in Socage Besides all this here is at Stratford a fair Bridg of stone over Avon containing xiiii arches with a long Causey at the west end of it walled on both sides which Bridg and Causey were so built in H. 7. time by the before specified Hugh Clopton whereas before there was only a timber Bridg and no Causey so that the passage became very perillous upon the overflowing of that River One thing more in reference to this antient Town is observable that it gave birth and sepulture to our late famous Poet Will. Shakespere whose Monument I have inserted in my discourse of the Church I now come to the particular Hamlets that are within the compasse of this large parish being x. in number viz. Welcombe Inge Clopton Bishopston Drayton Dodwell Shoterye Ludington and Ruyn-Clifford of all which in their order Welcombe THis place had its appellation originally from the Spring rising in that deep valley which now beareth the name of Welcombe but there is no other mention of it in Record that ever I could see than the bare nomination amongst the Hamlets within the Hundred of Pathlow in the Rolls for collection of the xv and tenth in 8 E. 3. 20 H. 6. and the like and in the Survey of 26 H. 8. it being a member of the Mannour of Old-Stratford Inge. THis was also originally a member of Old-Stratford and signifyeth in our old English a meadow or low ground the name well agreeing with its situation The first mention that I find of it is in 20 H. 3. occasioned by an Assize of Novell disseisin brought against Iohn Comyn by one Maud Giffard for a water-course here but that it was first a member of Hampton super Avon there is no question to be made and granted in Fee by some of the Bishops of Worcester to the Ancestor of Adam de Crombe for by an authentique Register in the Bishop of Worcester's custody it appeareth that the said Adam held in this place 5 hides of that Mannour and amongst the witnesses to a Deed made by Iames the son and heir of Iohn de Clopton temp E. 1. there is one Simon stiled Dominus de Hyng which Simon was son to the same Adam de Crumbe and in 2 E. 3. sold this Mannour to Râ—b de Stratford then Parson of the Church at Stratford Will. Harewell having then an estate therein for the life of Ioane his wife which estate the said Robert purchased of them in 4 E. 3. It seems that this purchase so made by him was for the use of his brother viz. Iohn de Stratford then Bishop of Winchester c. as I have in Stratford observed for the next year following did he passe over his title therein unto him who having obtained License from Adam de Orlton then Bishop of Worcester of whose Fee it was thereupon granted it unto the Chantry then newly by him founded at the Altar of S. Thomas the Martyr in the South I le of Stratford Church whereof I have already spoke To which Chantry it continued till the dissolution thereof and then coming to the Crown was by K. E. 6. in 2. of his reign granted unto Ric. Pallady Gent. and Francis Foxall Citizen and Mercer of London to be held in Capite by the xl th part of a Kts. Fee Which Ric. and Francis past it away shortly after to Thomas Hawkins alias Fisher of Warwick who in 1 Mariae sold it to Will. Clopton Esquier Clopton 'T Is somewhat probable that this was originally a member of Stratford super Avon and so consequently belonging to the B ps of Worcester for I find that S. Oswald Bp. of that See in K. Etheldred's time by the consent of the Covent of Worcester granted to one Eadric his servant 3 Messuages and a half lying here for three lives and afterwards to return to the Church of Worcester But these ere long became alienated from those Bishops as it seems for by the Conquerors Survey where it is certifyed to contain 5 hides it appeareth that it was then part of the possessions of Rob. de Stadford but written Clotone by mistake of the transcriber which 5 hides were then valued at lx s and held of him by one William and that in Edw. the Confessors days Odo and Aileva had the inheritance thereof In 13 Ioh. being accounted for 1 Kts. Fee I find it rankt amongst those that belong'd to the Barony of Stafford in this shire but how or when it past from any of those Barons to the family of Mountfort I have not seen howbeit that some of them possest it 't is cleer for Peter de Montfort in H. 3. time granted it to Iames de Clopton and his heirs by the name of his Mannour of Clopton with a certain place adjoyning called the Grove excepting onely out of this conveyance 1 mess. 8 yard land and a half 105 acres of land and 7. acres of meadow and excepting a certain place in Grove with pasturage for ten Oxen and Kine and 2 Horses all which he had formerly granted to Isabell de Norton and Edm. de Norton her son By which grant to the said Iames and his heirs he reserved to himself and his heirs x s. of silver to be yearly payd at the Feasts of S. Mich. th'Arch-Angell and the Anuntiation of our Lady by even portions in lieu of all services saving forreign and 3 appearances in the year at his Court of Beldesert Rob. de Clopton 20. H. 3. Joh de Clopton 31 H. 3. Amabilla postea nupta Henrico de Pathlow Iacobus de Clopton Margeria Ioh. de Clopton 3 E. 2. Walt. de Cokfeild dictus Marescallus miles 33 E. 1. Iohanna Walt. de Cokfeild 16 E. 3. Matilda Christiana filia Ric. de Bykemersh Ioh. de Cokfeild dominus de Clopton 5 R. 2. Margareta Ioh. de Clopton 21 E. 4. Agnes Huâ—o Clopton Major Civit. Londini 7 H. 7 obiit caelebs 12 H. 7. Thomas Clopton ar 22 E. 4. Ioh. Clopton Margareta Will. Clopton aet 30 an 6 H. 8. Will. Clopton obiit 13 H. 8. Will. Clopton ar obiit 2 Eliz. Will. Clopton aet 22. ann 2 Eliz. obiit 18 Apr. 34 Eliz. Anna filia Georgii Griffith mil. Will. Clopton ob s. prole Iocosa uxor Georgii Carew Comitis de Toâ—enes Anna uxor Will Clopton de Sledwick in Episc. Dunelm 1 Will. Clopton 2 Ioh. Clopton 3 Thomas Clopton de Clopton ex concess Iocosae Comitissae Totenesiae Eglentina filia Ioh. Kite de Eburton in Com. Glouc. Ioh.
be there buried and of that his Testament constituting Rauf Boteler Lord Sudley then Treasurer of England his Overseer departed this life the same year as appears by the Probate thereof leaving Alianore his wife surviving Thomas his son heir and Iohn a younger son from whom the Throkmortons of Gloucestershire are descended Which Thomas his said mother in 26 H. 6. gave lands of six marks per annum value to the Monks of Evesham for the maintenance of a Priest to sing divine service perpetually at the Altar of our Lady in their Conventuall Church at Evesham for the good estate of King Henry the 6. Q. Margaret his royall consort and of them the said Alianore and Thomas during this life and for the health of their souls after their departure hence as also for the souls of the said King's father and grandfather late Kings of England of Katherine late Queen of England and for the soul of Iohn Throkmorton before specified Thomas his father and Anne his mother with their Ancestors and all the faithfull deceased Which King also in consideration of the good service performed by the said Iohn Throkmorton deceased to himself and to Henry the fourth and fift his father and grandfather late Kings of England in the Office of Chamberlain of the Exchequer gave further license to them the said Thomas and Alianore that they or either of them or the heirs of the longer liver of them might found a Châ—ntry of one Priest to sing divine service every day during the woâ—ld at the Altar of the B. Virgin in the Parish-Church of Fladbury before specified for the good estate of him the said King and of all those above mentioned and to endow the same with lands to the value of x li. per annum Till the time of the said Thomas Throkmorton it seemes that this family was not wholy possest of Coughton but then did Iohn Tracy son and heir of Alice the other daughter and coheir of Sir Guy Spine by his Deed bearing date 29. Maii 27 H. 6. grant unto him the said Thomas and his heirs that moitye thereof by inheritance belonging to him Of which Thomas all that I have seen further memorable is that in 5 E. 4. he underwent the Office of Shiriff for this County and Leicestershire and that he departed this life in 12 E. 4. leaving Robert his son and heir xxi years of age whom I find a Justice of Peace in this County from 2 R. 3. till towards his death as by the renewing of those Comissions at severall times appeareth In 2 H. 7. this Robert made the Park here at Coughton inclosing therewith a certain Common ground called Wike-wood whereunto he afterwards added Samburn-heath and Spiney's-Leys lying within the said Lordship of Samburne and the same year was a Commander in the Kings Army at the battail of Stoke In 5 6 15 17 21 and 23 H. 7. he was in Commission for the Gaol delivery at Warwick In 6 H. 7. for arraying of men against the preparation made by Charles the eight King of France then threatning England with an Invasion In 10 H. 7. he received summons with divers other persons of quality to appear before the King in person upon the Feast day of All Saints the same year to receive the Order of Knighthood upon advancement of Henry the Kings second son to the Dukedome of Yorke and creating him Knight of the Bath in honour whereof these were to be made Knights of that Order yet do not I find by any Comission that he had the title of Knight attributed to him till 17 H. 7. That he was a man of singular piety the sundry bequests contained in his Testament do sufficiently manifest and of no lesse devotion as may seem by his Pilgrimage to the Holy Land which in 10 H. 8. having setled his estate he undertook but dyed beyond Sea in that journey By which Testament bearing date on the Feast day of S. Philip and Iacob anno 1518. 10 H. 8. he bequeathed his body to be buried in the Parish Church here at Coughton under the Tombe in the midst of the Church in case he should dye within this Realm appointing that not above vi li. xiii s. iv d. should be spent at his said buriall and Months mind and that to be given to Priests celebrating thereat nor any entertainment in meat and drink for other than such Priests and Clerks with poor people that lived by Almes And further directed that forthwith after his buriall there should be said for his soul in the Monasteries of Studley and Evesham xxx Masses of Iesu every Priest saying such Masse to have iv d. for his labour And moreover wiâ—led that the East window of the Chancell at Coughton should be glased at the charge of his Executors with the story of the Dome as alâ—o that xx s. should be given to the glasing of the East window of the North I le there with the representation of the seven Sacraments and as much for the East window of the South I le that to be of the seven works of Mercy He also willed that the Image of our Lady should be set on the North side at the end of the Altar in the said South Ile and the Image of the Angell Gabrael on the same side of the I le at the pillar between the I le and the Chancell with a Roll in his hand of greeting looking towards our Lady And at the South end of the said Altar the Image of S. Raphael painted and gilded And that in the North I le at the North end of the Altar the Image of the Trinity to be placed and at the South end the Image of S. Michael all which Images to be richly painted and gilded And besides this he further willed that certain lands to the then value of xvi li. per annum purchased by him of sundry persons there named should be put into the hands of Feoffees to the use of a Priest to sing perpetually in the North I le of Coughton Church for his soul and the souls of his Ancestors and that thenceforth the said Ile should be called the Trinity Chapell and the Priest the Trinity Priest which Priest also to teach a Grammar School freely for all his Tenants Children and to have yearly thereof viii li. and his Chamber but the residue of the said xvi li. to be payd monthly to five poor men dwelling in the Almeshouse here in Coughton viz. every one vii d. a week and his Houâ—-room for ever the residue viz. viii s. viii d. to go to the reparation of the Almeshouse And that the said Priest should every Sunday say a Masse of the Trinity Wednsday Masse of Requiem and Friday Masse of Iesu in case he were disposed and once in the week Dirige for his soul and all Christen souls except the dayes before rehearsed fell upon