A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



Richard I and Henry III.' Abbot Godfrey in the 

 14th century gave all the timber for the 'camera' at 

 Singlesole, which Hugo de Riseburge, then 'pittanccr,' 

 had caused to be made.' There are several accounts 

 of the profits of Singlesole during the reign of 

 Henry VIII at Peterborough. The oblations of the 

 chapel, firm of the fisher}' of Catteswatcr, which still 

 exists, and the ferm of the ' manor ' in the hands of 

 some tenants, are alw.iys mentioned.' 



The ' manor ' of Singlesole was granted to the 

 bishop of Peterborough in I 541,* and with Eye was 

 leased to Queen Elizabeth, and sold in 1 649 to John 

 Bellamy.' A farm now stands on the site of the 

 monastic buildings. There was a chapel at Single- 

 sole under the patron.age of St. Michael, built by 

 Godfrey de Crowland before he became abbot." The 

 site of it is at the present day included in the farm 

 buildings, and is just within the eastern boundary of 

 the soke of Peterborough and of the county of North- 

 ampton. 



TJNHOLT.~The name of Tanholt occurs in the 

 Peterborough records as early as the 14th century. 

 , Abbot Godfrey made a new ditch between Tanholt 

 and another pasture, also a rabbit warren at Rumpele, 

 a close afterwards annexed to Tanholt.' Some of the 

 officials of the monastery had common pasture at 

 Tanholt for the animals from the manors annexed to 

 their offices.' At the surrender of Peterborough in 

 1539 Tanholt evidently passed with Eye into the 

 king's hands, and was granted with Eye to the 

 bishopric in 1541,° for Bishop Scambler entered into 

 an arrangement with Queen Elizabeth in 1 570 to 

 hand over to her the lands of Tanholt in return for 

 payment of a fee-farm rent to the bishop.'" The 

 queen at once included these lands in a grant made 

 in the same year to Lord Burghlcy." 



In 1754 Tanholt, described as a 'manor,' was in 



the hands of Timothy Brecknock ; " in 1 794 in those of 



Edward Knipe.'^ Mr. H. R. Knipe is now the owner. 



..r> !/•/-> Ti^o^ir Before the dissolution of Peter- 



^DFOWSON. , L ALU L L 1 



borough Abbey there was a chapel at 

 Eye belonging to the abbot, in which homages were 



sometimes performed. The patronage of the present 

 church belongs to the bishop of Peterborough. 



The church of St. Matthew was built 

 CHURCH in 1846 on the site of an ancient church 

 which was pulled down. It has a shallow 

 chancel, north and south transepts, and nave with west 

 tower and spire, and contains nothing of interest except 

 the font, which belongs to the last quarter of the 14th 

 century. It has an octagonal bowl and shaft with 

 projecting buttresses at the angles of the bowl, carried 

 down to the base of the font without a break, the 

 effect being very good. The sides of the bowl 

 have crocketed cinquefoiled arcades, and at the lower 

 edge are figures of angels. The church is one of 

 the last of Basevi's works, and the spire is very well 

 designed. 



There is a record of the dedication of the former 

 church in 1543," but from drawings of it that have 

 been preserved it is clear that the building was at any 

 rate two centuries older than that date." It was a 

 small building with a chancel, nave and south aisle, 

 and a western bell turret." 



The plate consists of a silver paten of 1798, cup of 

 1809, flagon of 1877 (Sheffield make), and cup of 

 1889. There are two bells, the treble by Henry 

 Penn, 171 2, and the tenor by John Warner, 1866. 



Joseph Sparke the antiquary was curate of Eye for 

 some time in the 1 8th century. 



The first book of registers contains baptisms 

 from 1543 to 1665, burials from 1543 to 1661, and 

 marriages from 1544 to 1650. On the title page of 

 this book is a note stating that it was ' lost above 

 fourty years, was found and bought by Thos. 

 Laxton, inhabitant of this parish, and given by him 

 at the request of the Rev. Mr. Jos. Sparke to the 

 Parish, only desiring the Liberty of consulting it when- 

 ever he the returner thinks fit. July 22, a.d. 17 I I. 

 J. Sparke.' The second book is lost. The third 

 contains marriages from 1727 to 1791, baptisms and 

 burials from 1727 to 1797 ; and the fourth, marriages 

 from 1786 to 1 8 1 2, and baptisms and burials from 

 1797 to 1812. 



CLINTON 



The parish of Glinton contains 1,055 acres of 

 arable land, 534^ of pasture, and 15 of wood. The 

 soil is of a gravelly nature, on a subsoil of Ox- 

 ford clay. The population, numbering about 356 in 

 1901, is wholly engaged in agriculture ; barley is 

 the chief crop grown, all land being reclaimed from 

 its ancient marshy condition. The high road from 

 Peterborough to Market Deeping runs through the 

 parish along the west side of the village, crossing 

 the road from Peakirk to Helpston, on which Glinton 

 stands. 



The village is of fair size and very compact, the 

 churchyard forming a central square round which the 

 houses are built. The only considerable building. 



except the church, is the manor-house, which is occu- 

 pied by Mr. F. J. Thurlby, and stands at the east end 

 of the vill.ige. It must have been built c. 1620-30, 

 and its curved gables are reminiscent of the beginning 

 of the 17th century, while the pediment over the front 

 door, the projecting quoins, and the sunk joints of the 

 stonework of the porch and chimneys point to the 

 increasing influence of classic detail. Judging by the 

 usual arrangements of houses of this type, the porch, 

 now at one end, would have been in the centre of the 

 front, implying either that the house once had a wing 

 to the right of the porch, or that it was intended to 

 have one. A sketch, made in the year 1 846, shows a 

 brewhouse or some such outbuilding attached to the 



' Cart. Antiq. DD. 17 ; Chart. R. 

 II Hen. III. pt. i, m. 19. 



"^ Sparke, ScriproreSy 1 70. 



^ Accounts in the custody of the dean 

 and chapter of Peterborough. 



* Pat. 33 Hen. VIII, pt. iii, m. 13. 



5 Close, 1649, pt. iv. No. 2. 



' Sparke, Serif tores, 171. 



7 Ibid. 154-5. 



» Soc. Antiq. MS. Nn. 60, fol. 185*. 



9 Pat. 33 Hen. VIII, pt. iii, m. 13. 



'" Close, 19 Eliz. pt. xxi, m. i. 



" Ibid. m. 13. 



" Com. Pleas. Recov. R. Hil.i 8 Geo. II, 

 m. 20. 



13 Ibid. Mich. 35 Geo. Ill, rot. 339. 



1"* In 1522 the church appears to have 

 been dedicated to our Lady (will of William 

 Cattell of Eye), but on 7 Oct. 1 543 it 

 was dedicated or re-dedicated to St. 



492 



Matthew by Robert, bishop of Downe 

 (see title page of earliest parish register). 



1* In 1305 the abbot of Crowland did 

 homage to the abbot of Peterborough in 

 the chapel of the manor of Eye. Cott. 

 Vesp. E. icxii, fol. 4.96. 



*® A plan of it is attached to a faculty 

 of 4 July, 1 8 10, for making a north aisle. 

 Information from the late Mr. R, P. 

 Brereton. 



