142 REMINGTON CHURCH. 



In ihe registers of the said Abbey of Leicester, we have the 

 following notice of Hemington, under Lockington : — 



"Church of Lockington — Patron; Abbot of Leicester, having 

 the same to his own proper use, from of old. 



" And he hath the Chapel of Hemington which ought not to be 

 served except by favour ' nisi de gratia.' " 



Nicholas, Vicar of Lockington, was instituted by Hugo, now 

 Bishop of Lincoln, and he pays to the Abbot of Leicester 4 

 marks from of old. — Matricnius, 1220. 



The Manor of Hemington passed from the Ferrars family to 

 the Harpurs of Swarkeston. 



Mr. Wyrley, who visited Hemington about 1590, writes: — 

 "Here is a 'fair' (that is, 'beautiful') church but the glass 

 all ruined, and the church not in use to that end it was builded. 

 We suffer proptum neglectum domus Dei." 



From this it would seem that the church was used for some 

 other purpose then than a religious one, perhaps a tithe-barn or 

 cattle shed. 



Will Hemington church ever be restored to its ancient uses ? 



The following very interesting particulars respecting the pro- 

 posed interment of one of the Harpurs, within the ruined church 

 at Hemington, has been most kindly contributed by Miss Crewe. 



John Harpur, Esq., second son of Sir John Harpur, Bart., 

 and the Honble. Katharine Lady Harpur, daughter of Thomas 

 Lord Crewe, was born in 1707, and died unmarried at his house 

 in Paddington, London, on the 13th of August, 1780, aged 73. 

 He was buried at Lockington the 24th of the same month. 

 His will (or perhaps the probate copy of it) is in the muniment 

 room at Calke Abbey, and commences as follows : — 



" I John Harpur of Paddington in the Co. of Middlesex : 

 Esquire do make this my last will and testament in manner 

 following : ffirst, I desire to be buried in the Church of Heming- 

 ton in the Co : of Leicester in a decent but private manner." 



A little further on is the following bequest : — 



"I give and bequeath unto the Revd: Pe're Ambrose a 

 Capuchin ffryer at Paris the sum of 20 ;£." 



