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A67157 Additions to the history and antiquities of Rutlandshire Wright, James, 1643-1713.; Wright, James, 1643-1713. History and antiquities of the county of Rutland. 1687 (1687) Wing W3691; ESTC R8889 10,768 12

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Esq Second Son of the Right Honourable Baptist Viscount Campden Which last Henry Married Elizabeth Daughter and Co-heir of Sir William Wale Kt. but died without Issue-Male in Septemb. 1677. leaving only one Daughter his sole Heir Since when this House is become the Seat of the Honourable Baptist Noel Esq another Son of the said Viscount Campden who hath augmented and much beautified the Building Luffenham House On the East side Honoral●ilick Praeclare V●re Baptist●● Noel Armigero Tabula meritò dicata On the South side Pa. 98. THE Church at Okeham is Dedicated to All-Saints as appears by an antient Will Dated in the 15th year of King Henry VII and Proved before the Official of the Arch Deacon of Northampton 10 May 1501. Which Will containing several observable Matters relating to this Church and the old Customs of those times I have here transcribed at large as follows In Dei nomine Amen Anno Domini M. quincentesimo die vero mensis Maij primo Ego Robertus Blakburn de Okeham condo Testamentum meum in hunc modum primo lego animam meam Deo patri omnipotenti beatae Mariae ae omnibus Sanctis ejus Corpusque ad sepeliendum in Ecclesia Omnium Sanctorum de Okeham praedicta Item lego pro Mortuario meo meum optimum animal quod justum est Item lego summo altari pro decemis oblitis xij d. Item lego tresdecem denarios ut dentur in Elimosina pro salute animae meae Item lego pro obsequiis meis in primo die ij s. sex presbiteris in secundo die hoc est ad septimum diem sex presbiteris istius villae ij s. ad diem trigesimum taliter sex presbiteris ij s. ad Clericos in quolibet die j d. Item lego Campanis Ecclesiae de Okeham iij s. iiij d. Item lego Guyldiis Omnium Sanctorum Beatae Mariae de eadem villa praedicta xij d. Item lego ad vias communes xij d. Item lego Aliciae siliae meae de bonis meis propriis decem Marcas Residuum vero omnium bonorum meorum do lego Aliciae uxori meae Willielmo Blakburn filio meo quos quidem Aliciam Willielmum facio constituo ordino meos veros legitimos Executores ut disponant pro salute animae meae sit laus Deo Amen Hiis testibus Magistro Vicario perpetuo Ecclesiae de Okeham pradicta Thomas Wilkoks de Knoston Willielmo Manby alias Smyth de Okeham praedicta die praed●cto IN this Town of Okeham did formerly reside divers wealthy Merchants of the Staple at Calais who dealt in several Staple Commodities of this Kingdom chiefly Wooll a Trade of very great account while that Town was possest by the English Of what Quality and Condition these Merchants were may be guest by the Charities exprest in their Wills Registred in the Prerogative-Office One of which I will here mention as it may be seen in the said Office Lib. Horn. 56. William Waryn of Okeham Merchant of the Staple at Calais who lyeth Buried in our Ladies Isle or Chappel being on the South-side of the Chancel in the Parish Church at Okeham by his Will Dated 1499. 14. H. 7. among other things gave to the High Altar of the said Parish-Church for Tithes and Duties forgotten 5 l. To every Priest that helpeth at his Obsequies the First Seventh and Thirtieth days 4 d. each day to every poor Man Woman and Child present at the said Obsequies those three days 1 d. To find two Priests to sing and say Masses and Service for the Souls of Him his Father and Mother and all Christian Souls in the Parish Church of Okeham for 20 years next ensuing 200 l. To the reparation of the said Church 10 Marks For a suit of Vestments for the said Church 100 Marks To provide Freese Cloth and Linen Cloth for Garments Shirts and Sheets for poor People the space of five years 10 Marks To every House of the four Orders of Fryers in Stanford 13 s. 4 d. To the Nuns there 13 s. 4 d. To the Gildes of the Holy Trinity and of our Lady in Okeham whereof he was a Brother 40 s. To the mending of High-ways and Brigs at Okeham 10 Marks Towards the making of Rochester-Bridge 40 s. To the Parish-Church of Lydington in Rutland 20 s. To the Church of Uppingham 10 s. To the Church of Aston 6 s. 8 d. To the Church of Preston 10 s. To the Gilde in the said Church of which he was a Brother 6 s. 8 d. To the Church of Pysbroke 10 s. To the Church of Somerby 13 s. 4 d. To the Church of Cottesmore 10 s. To the Church of Langham 10 s. To the Church of Broke 6 s. 8 d. To the reparation of the Priory Church there 13 s. 4 d. To the Abby of Osolweston in the County of Leicester for the making of their Fraytour 40 l. And 40 l. more to find a Priest of their House to sing for Him and his Wife for ever As for his Lands and Tenements which he held in Okeham he Devised them all to Agnes his Wife for her Life the Remainder to his Son Francis Waryn in Tayl The Remainder to his Son James Waryn in Tayl The Remainder to his Daughter Elizabeth Waryn in Tayl the Remainder to be setled on Feoffees if it conveniently might be to the following Uses viz. The House wherein he dwelt with the Appurtenances to the Use of the Vicar and Wardens of the Parish Church of Okeham conditionally That the said Vicar and his Successors in the said Church should for ever Commemorate his Soul and the Souls of his Father and Mother at Mass every Sunday in the year otherwise that the said Mansion be sold and the Monies to be distributed in Works of Mercy and Deeds of Charity for the We le of his Soul. Three other Tenements in the said Town to the Use of the Abbot and Conent of Osolweston conditionally that they maintain in their Covent a yearly Obit or Anniversary for his Soul his Fathers and Mothers Wife Children and Benefactors and all Christian Souls And at the same Obit distribute to the Abbot there 20 d. to every Chanon of that House being a Priest 1 s. and to every Novice 8 d. c. IN former times before the Reformation there was a Pilgrimage of Devotion in Honour of the Blessed Virgin performed to a Spring in this Parish about a Quarter of a Mile North of Okeham which is still known by the name of Our Ladies Well near which one may yet perceive several places where have been the Foundations of a house or two And this appears more plain from a Record in the First-fruits Office Inter communia de Term. Trin. 8 Eliz. rot 5. containing among other things Quod plurima Commoda Emolumenta Vicariae de Okeham praedictae pertinentia spectantia constabant in diversis Oblationibus Perigrationibus utpote nuper Imagini Beatae Mariae ad