A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



frankpledge to William Lord Fitzwilliam,' whose 

 descendants still possess it. It was transferred with 

 the rest of the Northamptonshire property of the 

 Fitzwilliams from the elder branch to a cadet line 

 in 1857. Mr. George Fitzwilliam is the present 

 owner. 



LOLHyfM. Leaulme, Leiham, Leum, Lohelin 

 (xiii cent.) ; Loholm (xiv cent.) ; Loham (xvi cent.). 

 Lolham appears in the charter of King Wulfhere 

 as an appurtenance of Maxey,' but the first authentic 

 mention of it which has been found is in 1 191, 

 when Roger de Torpel gave to the monastery of 

 Peterborough rent from land in Lolham held by 

 Hugh son of Martin.' Between 1200 and 1 2 10 

 Geoffrey son of Ralph was knight of Lolham,* per- 

 haps the same Geoffrey who in 124.3 was holding a 

 quarter of a knight's fee in Lolham of the heir of 

 Roger de Torpel.' This land appears to have been 

 acquired some time in the reign of Henry III by Ralf 

 son of Roger of Lolham, who shortly afterwards sold 

 it to Geoffrey, at one time lord of Southorpe.'" 

 After the acquisition of the manor of Torpel by 

 Queen Eleanor, Geoffrey agreed to hold the manor of 

 Lolham from her at a rent of ^^lo a year with all 

 other services which pertained to the manor.' He 

 also granted to the queen seven pounds' worth of land 

 in Lolham," probably the ' cultura called Hilhaugh,' 

 which she is said to have acquired from him.' Geoffrey 

 died in 1 291, leaving as his heir John, a minor, a 

 ward of the abbot of Peterborough.'" In 1 33 1 

 Robert son of John was holding this manor of 

 Edmund earl of Kent, the possessor at that time of 

 the manor of Torpel." Robert was succeeded by his 

 son John," who was possibly identical with the 

 John Paby who was holding one fee in Lolham of 

 the manor of Torpel in 1397." Either he or a suc- 

 cessor of the same name was in possession of Lolham 

 in 1412," and is the last tenant who has been found 

 for the manor of Lolham for nearly a centur)-. In 

 1414 Lolham was included among the possessions of 

 Elizabeth, widow of John, earl of Kent, but no holder 

 is given,'' and it is also mentioned as part of the 

 Torpel fee held by the Duchess of Clarence in 1428." 

 It apparently descended with Torpel to Margaret 

 countess of Richmond and Derby, and was bought 

 from her by her half-brother Oliver St. John, who 

 settled it on his wife Elizabeth for life, with reversion 

 to his son John," who died holding this manor in 

 1 51 2." His son John in 1529 sold the manor to 

 Thomas Hatteclyffe, Robert Browne, and John Hatte- 



clyffe." In 1 543 John Tumor, who also owned 

 land in Barnack, left the manor of Lolham to his 

 wife for her life with remainder to his great-nephew 

 William Tumor." In 1568 William sold it to the 

 Claypoles of Northborough," who held it until late 

 in the 17th century. On 20 February, 1 68 1, 

 Lord Fitzwilliam bought the manor from John Clay- 

 pole," and his descendants still possess the manorial 

 rights. The present lord of the manor is Mr. George 

 Wentworth Fitzwilliam of Milton Hall. 



The hamlet of DEEPING GATE, by tradition at 

 least, has been associated with Maxey from the 

 earliest times," and most of the land was held of the 

 manor of Maxey. The abbey of Peterborough had a 

 toll at Deeping, which was repeatedly confirmed to 

 them by royal charters." 



The well-known family of Fairfax had a house and 

 estate in Deeping Gate during the 14th centurj-." In 

 1505 their possessions passed to the Worsley family, 

 through the marriage of Margaret, the daughter and 

 heiress of William Fairfax, to Miles Worsley." This 

 family remained in possession of the property till the 

 middle of the 17th century." There is still a house 

 in Deeping Gate called Fairfax House, now in the 

 occupation of Dr. E. Barrett. 



There was a free chapel, dedicated to the Blessed 

 Virgin, at Deeping Gate, which is said to have been 

 founded by John Anablc and Beatrice his wife, John 

 their son, a clerk, and William Jackson." There is an 

 inscription to a Thomas Anable at Maxey church, 

 dated 1402," and Anabies are mentioned in the 14th 

 century court rolls of Longthorp.*" This chapel, with 

 lands in Maxey, Deeping Gate, Bainton, and Glinton 

 formerly belonging to it, and the lead and bells 

 remaining in the chapel were granted about 1550 to 

 Sir William Cecil." No trace of the building now 

 remains. 



The hamlet of NUNTON. — The name of Nunton" 

 is first mentioned in the 13th century, when Geoffrey 

 of Northburgh is stated to hold half a fee in North- 

 burgh and Nunton of the heir of Torpel." This 

 land was sold by Geoffrey to Walter de St. Edmund, 

 abbot of Peterborough, and was assigned by his suc- 

 cessor, William de Hotot, to the office of chamberlain." 

 It must have been granted subsequently to William de 

 Goldingham, for in 1 290 Hugh de Acle, nephew of 

 William de Goldingham, did homage to the abbot 

 for his ' manor ' of Nunton, which he had of the 

 gift of William de Goldingham." In 1346 Robert 

 de Thorp was holding J of a fee in Nunton of the 



' Deed at Milton Hall. The negotia- 

 tions for this sale were begun in the life 

 of Sir Gabriel, and there are several deeds 

 relating to it. 



> Birch, Cart. Sax. No. 22. 

 » Soc. Antiq. MS. No. 38, fol. 44. 

 ^ Swapham, fol. 103. 

 * Soc. Antiq. MS. No. 60, fol. 25 lA. 

 « Pat. 16 Hen. Ill, m. 7 </. j Chan. Inq. 

 p.m. 29 Edw. I, No. iio ; De Banco R. 

 No. 362, m. 8o</. 



' Feet of F. Northants, 17 Edw. I, 

 No. 252. 



" Abbrev. Plac. (Rcc. Com.), 220, 

 » Cott. Vesp. E.xiii, 16. 

 1° Chan. Inq. p.m. 20 Edw. I, No. 21. 

 " Ibid. 4 Edw. Ill, No. 41. 

 " De Banco R. No. 362, m. 80 </. 

 " Chan. Inq. p.m. 20 Ric. II, No. 30, 

 m. 17. 

 >• Lay Subs. R. ^. 

 '' Chan. Inq. p.m. 12 Hen. IV, No. 35, 

 m. 26. 



" Misc. Bks. Exch. K..R. iv, 235. 



17 Collins, Peerage, vi, 48. Will quoted 

 in full. Margaret Beauchamp, mother of 

 Oliver, married afterwards John, duke of 

 Somerset. 



1® Chan. Inq. p.m. (ser. 2), xxviii, 40. 



" Feet of F. Northants, Mich. 21 

 Hen. VIII. 



*> Chan. Inq. p.m. (ser. 2), Ixvi, 41. 



" Notes of F. Div. co. East. 10 Eliz. 

 For Claypoles see Northborough. 



» Deed at Milton Hall. The Claypoles 

 were in financial difficulties at the end of 

 this century and appear to have raised 

 money from John Clithcrowe on the manor 

 of Lolham (Feet of F. Northants, Trin. 

 20 Chas. II). The Clitherowcs could not 

 have been in actual ownership, for their 

 name docs not appear in the transfer to 

 Lord Fitzwilliam, but their connexion was 

 more than temporary, for Bridges states 

 in 1720 that John Clitherowe was the 

 possessor of the manor and Lolham House. 



^ Birch, Cart. Sax. No. 22. 



^ Cart. Antiq. DD. 17; Chart. R. 11 

 Hen. Ill, pt. i, m. 19. 



^ Chan. Inq. p.m. (ser, 2), vii, 79. 



*" Ibid, ixx, 49. 



^'" Ibid, ccccxxx, 175. 



*^ Chant. Cert. 35, No. 34. 



•• Sweeting, Maxey Church and Parish, 

 10. 



^ Ct. R.in custody of dean and chapter 

 of Peterborough, 



" Pat. 3 Edw. VI, pt. V, m. 11-18. 



" It is mentioned in the charter of 

 Wulfhere as an appurtenance of Maxey. 



^ Soc. Antiq. MS. No. 60, fol. 251. 



« Ibid. No. 38, fol. 94, Walter was 

 abbot from 1233 to 1246. 



•* ChronicotLf 146. This and once in 

 a rental of Peterborough Abbey (Cott. 

 Nero C. VII, zozd.) are the only occasions 

 on which the holding in Nunton it called 

 a manor. 



