POLEBROOK HUNDRED 



REMINGTON 



Peterborough by three knights in the nth and 12th 

 centuries.^' The ovcrlordship of the abbey over these 

 lands continued to the Dissolution." 



In the reign of Henry I, one of the three knights 

 had been succeeded by Richard Fitz Gilbert,'^ who 

 has been identified with the son of Gislebert Favel, 

 a tenant of the abbey in 1086.''' Riciiard's holding 

 comprising a hide and i\ virgatc formed the nucleus 

 of the manor of Hemington parcel of the manor of 

 Southorpe which was held of the abbey.** Between 

 1 173 and 1 176 Ivo, son of Geoffrey de Gunthorpe and 

 Richard his brother, probably the sons of Geoffrey de 

 Southorpe," and John de Remington, confirmed the 

 church of Remington to the Priory of St. Neots.^' 

 The same John contributed towards an aid at the 

 end of the 12th century." Re was succeeded by 

 Richard de Remington, said to be his son, whose 

 wife was Amice.'* Their son John in 1232 acknowledged 

 the right of the daughters of Robert de Remington 

 to lands in Remington.'* Re was succeeded by his 

 son Richard (living 1277),*" who in 1254 obtained 

 licence from the bishop of Lincoln to have a chapel 

 and chantry without burial, font or belfry, except 

 one bell for the elevation of the Rest, at his manor.''' 

 He confirmed the advowson of the church of Heming- 

 ton to St. Neots Priory in 1269.^- Possibly the relict 

 of his son or grandson, Richard de Remington, Joan, 

 then wife of a Colville, settled lands in Remington, 

 which she had of Gilbert son of Simon, and Joan, 

 daughter of Simon de Remington, on her children, 

 Roger (who had a son John), Richard (who had a 

 son Richard, who married Divorgela), and Elizabeth.^^ 

 John, son of Richard de Remington, did homage to 

 the Abbot of Peterborough in 1290, when he was 

 aged seven years.^* This John had two sons, Richard 

 andJohn(whohada sonThomas,mentionedin 1367).^* 

 Richard and his wife Joan were living in 1329 and 

 '345-** Probably Joan held the manor in dower, a? 

 we find that in 1350 Roger Ryrst held for the term 

 of the life of his wife of the inheritance of Richard 

 de Remington, a third part of a fee in Remington." 

 Richard and Joan had two sons, Richard Remington 

 (living in 1361, 1374), who married Margerie, and 

 John (living in 1361), whose wife was Joan. Richard 

 and Margerie seem to have had a son John, who with 

 his wife Joan was living in 1401.^* It seems probable 

 that they had a son Richard, as Katherinc, daughter 

 and heir of Richard Hemington, settled the manor 

 in 1424** on her marriage with John Kirkby,'''who was 

 holding three parts of a knight's fee in Remington 



formerly of RogerRyrst of the abbot of Peterborough." 

 15cfore 1455 the manor had fallen to the coheirs of 

 Kathcrine lady of Hemington. In that year William 

 Inglcfield and his wife Agnes with William Elyngton 

 and his wife Joan conveyed a third of the manor to 

 llcnrv Ehen, chaplain, and others.'" A settlement of 

 another third was made in 1456 by Richard Blogwyn, 

 son and heir of Margaret Blogwyn, one of the coheirs 

 of Katherine, and his wife Alice.^ A moiety of tlie 

 remaining third belonged ten years later to Henry 

 Wytlessy.** The manor of Hemington became settled 

 upon William Est the elder, with remainders to his 

 sons William and Robert in tail male. Alice, widow 

 of the elder William, had a life interest, and she and 

 her second husband, John Dann, held the manor. 

 William the younger married Anne Montgomery, 

 upon whom a settlement was made, and they had an 

 only child Anne. His widow Anne married Thomas 

 Dykons and in 1489 Alice and Anne and their husbands 

 brought an action against Robert Est, described as of 

 London, draper, who as heir male under the settlement 

 had sold his interest to Thomas Montagu. The dis- 

 pute was compromised and all parties, together with 

 John Hcryng and Anne his wife, apparently the 

 daughter of William Est the younger, quitclaimed their 

 interests to Thomas Montagu.^ Tliomas died in 

 1517, having settled Remington in tail male on his 

 eldest son Edward with remainder to a younger son 

 John.^ From this date the manor has followed the 

 descent of the chief manor. 



The second of the three Peterborough knights in 

 Remington in the reign of Henry I was Guy Maufe, 

 whose share in the fee was half a hide and half a 

 virgate." Re was the heir and probably the son of 

 Roger ' Malfed,' the abbot's Domesday tenant at 

 Woodford,'* whom he had succeeded in 1 1 14. Re 

 and his wife Adeliza granted tithes to Peterborough 

 in 1141.** Re was succeeded by Simon, possibly his 

 son, who with Alexander Maufe had some right to the 

 advowson about 1176.^" The Maufe fee followed the 

 descent of Woodford (i-v.) and about 1254 was divided 

 among the four daughters of Robert Maufe. The 

 small holding in Hemington seems to have been 

 acquired by Thorney Abbey, Peterborough Abbey and 

 Richard de Hemington, and in the 1 6th century came 

 to Thomas and Edward Montagu.^"* 



The abbot of Thorney's possessions in Kingsthorp 

 and Hemington were described as half a knight's fee 

 of the fee of Maufe in 1315'" and later in the 14th 

 century.''^ 



•• F.C.H. Norihants. i, 315-16, 367J. 



" Soc. Antiq. MS. 60, 1. 159*; Chron. 

 Pttroi. H7 ; Feud. Aiii. iv, 28, 48 ; 

 Chan. Inq. p.m. (jcr. 2), xxxii, 37. 



'« y.C.H. NoTtbanit. i, 367a. 



'» Round, Feud. Engl. 167, 223. 



'* Fine R. 88, m. : ; Chan. Inq. p.m. 

 Edw. I, fife 103, no. 2; Close R. 118, 

 m. yi. 



" r.C.//. Northanu. ii, 466, 514. It 

 •eemi likely that Thomas, son of Robert 

 of Gunthorpe, who held eight hides in 

 Gunthorpe, Southorpe, Stokes and Hem- 

 ington (Sparke, Hist. Angl. Script. 54), 

 it the Thomas, son of Robert, son of 

 Geoffrey Southorpe of 1243; cf. Stoke 

 Doyle. 



'• Cott. MS. Faust. A 4, fol. 41; 

 Gorham, Hist, oj Eyntsbury and St. 

 Neott, ii, p. cxrvi. 



" Soc. Antiq. MS. 60, fol. 159A. 



" Bridges, Hist. Northants. ii, 401 ; 

 Buccleuch Deeds, A. 30. 



" Feet of F. Northants. case 172, 

 file 25, no. 279. 



" Buccleuch Deeds, C. 10(d). 



■' Ibid. B, 14, 18. 



" Feet of F. Northants. case 174, 

 file 49, no. 889. 



" Buccleuch Deeds, A. 32, 67, 72. 



" Cbron. Pelrob. 147. 



" Buccleuch Deeds, A. 73, 87. 



" Ibid. A. 69. 



" Pytchley, Bk. of Fees (Northants 

 Rec. Soc), 71 K. 



"Buccleuch Deeds, A. 851, G. 25, 

 K. 6, B. 20. 



" Bridges, Hist. Northants. ii, 399- 

 401. 



81 



" Buccleuch Deeds, A. 11 ; Feet of F. 

 Northants. case 179, file 93, no. 49. 



" Feud. Aids, iv, 48. 



" Feet of F. Northants. case 179, 

 file 95, no. 134. 



" Ibid.no. 138, 



•* Ibid, file 96, no. 12. 



" Early Chan. Proc. bdle. 90, no. 54 ; 

 Feet of F. Northants, case 179, file 97, 

 not. II, 13, 16. 



'•Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), xxxii, 37; 

 Coll. Top. et Gen. v (c. viii,), 89. 



•' y.C.H. Northants. i, 367a. 



" Round, Feud. i'"g/. 158, 223. 



"• Pytchley op. cit., 60 «. 



*" Gorham, loc. cit. 



*»• Pytchley, loc. cit. ; Cott. MS. 

 Cleo. C ii, fol. 143A. 



•' Cott. MS. Vetp. E xxi, fol. 30A. 



««Ibid. Cleop. C ii, fol. 143*. 



