POLEBROOK HUNDRED 



WARMINGTON 



appears from the inquisition after tlie father's death 

 in 1633.-' In 1651 Thomas, the sun, was discharged 

 of an assessment for the service of the State, as possess- 

 ing no considerable estate."^' In 1653 he suflEered a 

 recovery of the manor of Warmington, with four 

 water mills and a rent of £i\ from the rectory ;-* 

 and then in 1657, in concert witli his wife, trans- 

 ferred this manor to trustees.^' He died in 1664, 

 aged 73, having liad by his wife four sons and nine 

 daughters. Only one of the sons, William, reached 

 manhood, and he died before his fatlier in 1653, aged 

 iS*" ; so the inheritance became divisible ultimately 

 among the five surviving daughters,^' the widow 

 retaining the manor till her death in 1686. The 

 daughters were Ann, wife of John Pain, of Colsden 

 Grange in Roxton^- ; Margaret, wife of Robert Tat- 

 nall, of London, cleric^' ; Martha, wife of Edmund 

 Spinkes, of Oundle, clerk''* ; Elizabeth, wife of 

 Richard Holt, and Mary, wife of George Wroth of 

 South Farnham, mercer.'^ There were disputes in 

 1692 among the coheirs, and according to Nathaniel 

 Spinks, clerk, of St. Giles in the Fields, eldest son 

 and heir of Edmund and Martha, Richard Holt 

 obtained possession, and Nathaniel had to sue in 

 Chancery for his own right in the Elmes estate. He 

 had three brothers — Seth, William and Elmes Spinks — 

 and a sister Martha.'" The youngest of these sons, 

 Elmes Spinks, appears to have obtained possession of 

 the whole manor," and Bridges describes him as lord 

 of it in 17U. By his will of 1720 this Elmes left 

 all his real estate in Aldwinkle and Warmington to 

 his only son Elmes, with remainder to daughters 

 Debora and Ann.'** He died soon afterwards. 



Elmes Spinks the son, in 1738 suffered a recovery 

 of the manor," and again in 1745 in conjunction 

 with his wife Jemima.''*' In the next year (10 January, 

 1745-46) he sold it to Thomas Powys of Lilford for 

 ^[4,362 ; the sale included the manor house (Berry- 

 stead), Millholme, Bcrrystead and Lammas closes, 

 land in Bolwell field, various pieces of meadow, and 

 a fee farm rent of ^24 from the rectory.** 



Thomas Powys, who bought up a number of 

 smaller estates in the parish, died in 1767, leaving a 

 son and successor of the same name, who was created 

 Baron Lilford in 1797. He also bought some minor 

 estates, and made a settlement in 1772, previous to 

 his marriage with Eleanor Mann of Bourne Place, 

 Kent.''- A further settlement of the manors of 

 Warmington, Lilford and Wigsthorpe, with various 



V£ 



Proby, Earl of Carjri- 

 fort. Ermine a festt 

 gules uiith a lion paisani 

 or thereon. 



lands there, was made in 1 794, to provide for younger 

 children, and in June, 1797, Powys sold the manor of 

 Warmington with quit rents and other perquisites, a 

 fishery in the Nene, and various messuages, closes, 

 etc., to John Joshua (Proby), 1st Earl of Carysfort, of 

 Elton Hall. The manor descended in this family 

 until the death of the last Earl of Carysfort in 1909,*' 

 when it passed to a nephew. His sister Elizabeth 

 ((/. 1900) had married Lord 

 Claud Hamilton, brother of 

 the 1st Duke of Abercorn, and 

 their son. Col. Douglas James 

 Hamilton, who took the name 

 of Proby in 1904, is now lord 

 of the manor. 



The Gargatc knight's fee 

 lay two-thirds in Warmington 

 and one-third in Irthling- 

 borougli.'''' Robert de Gar- 

 gate, who was living about 

 1 160, is said to have been the 

 first fcofTee.''' He had appa- 

 rently two sons, Roger and 



Robert. Roger and Agnes his wife had a son Hugh, who 

 held the fee in 1 189.'** In 1206 Robert de Gargate, pro- 

 bably his uncle, gave him 8J^ virgates of land in War- 

 mington,*' and two years later he conveyed 2 virgates 

 to Walter, prior of St. Andrew's of Northampton, the 

 grant being confirmed by Robert and Maud his wife.'*' 

 Hugh is mentioned in 1216, but died before 1220.** 

 He left two daughters by his wife Sibyl, namely, Muriel, 

 the wife of William de Ros, who died before 1 2 30, leav- 

 ing a son Hugh,'" and Isabel, wife of Gerard, son of 

 Roger de Munibery, who had a son Peter.*' Appar- 

 ently the Irthlingborough third of the Gargate fee 

 passed to Gunfrid de Gargate, whose son David 

 conveyed 7 virgates of the fee there to Walter, abbot 

 of Peterborough (i 233-46). '^ Ernulf, prior of St. 

 Andrew's, Northampton, granted the 2 virgates in 

 Warmington given to his house by Hugh de Gargate, 

 to Simon de St. Liz,*^ and in 1253 and 1254 the two- 

 thirds of the Gargate fee in Warmington were held 

 by John de St. Liz.'* William de St. Liz acquired 

 further lands in 1285,'* and he, or another of the same 

 name, did homage in 1 3 10,*' and in 1315 held these 

 two parts of the Gargate fee." About 1322 William 

 de St. Liz sold his interest to Ralph de Thorney, 

 who died in 1333.^ His widow Margaret was 

 holding in 1 346, and their son Thomas was in pos- 



•• Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. ii), ccccxcii, 87. 



■' CM. Con:, for Advance of Monev^ 730. 



" Rccov. R. Xorthantj, Mich. 1653. 



" Feet of F. Northants, Comm. Easter 

 1657. •• M.I. in Warmington ch. 



•* Another daughter, Christian, wife 

 of Joseph Bulkcley, teems to have died 

 before the partition. 



"Conveyed to trustees; Feet of F. 

 Xorthants, Mil. 16 & 17 Chas. II. 



'* Conveyed to trustees (Feet of F. 

 Northants, Hil. i6 Si 17 Chas. II) j and 

 after to John Ward ; Ibid. Hil. 2-3 

 James II. 



" These in conjunction with Elizabeth 

 Elmes, then unmarried, conveyed to the 

 Pain trustees (Feet of F. Northants, 

 East. iS Chas II). 



" Conveyed to Setb Spinks (Ibid. 

 East. 3 Jas. II). 



** Conveyed to trustees (Ibid. Trin. 

 16 Chas. II). Afterwards Wroth con- 



veyed to Leonard Child (Ibid. Hil. 

 I & 2 Jas. II). 



"' Chan. Proc. before 1714, Bridges 

 Div. bdle. 16S, no. 11. 'I'he plaintiffs 

 were Robert Johnson of Spalding, mercer, 

 and Martha his wife, sister of the defend- 

 ant Nicholas Spinks. 



" Abstract of title, kindly lent by .Mr. 

 Granville Proby. 



" Recov. R. Northants, Mich. 12 

 Geo. II ; the manor with a free fishery in 

 the Nene. 



*' Abstract of title. 



" Ibid. 



•■ Recov. R. Hil. 11 Geo. III. 



" John Joshua Proby, ist earl, d. 1828 

 — son John, 2nd carl, d. 1855— bro. 

 Granville Leveson, 3rd earl, d. 18C8 — 

 son Granville Leveson, 4th earl, d. 1872 — 

 bro. William, 5th earl, d. 1909. 



" Pytchley, Bk. of Feet (Northants 

 Rec. Soc), 126, i26rt. 127. 



" Ibid. 



" Cat. Chart. R. 1327-41, p. 277. 



" Feet of F. Northants, 7 John, no. 198. 



" Ibid. 9 John, no. 212 ; 27 Hen. Ill, 

 no. 468 ; Cott. MS. Vesp. E. ii, f. 225-6. 



*• Farrer, Honors and Knigbts* Fees, 

 iii, 410-11. 



'" Ibid. ; Maitland, Braclon't Note Bk. 

 no. 382. 



" Farrer, loc. cit. ; cf. V.C.H. Buikt, 

 iv, 158. 



•• Pytchley, loc. cit. 



" Cott. MS. Vesp. E ii, f. 226* ; Soc. 

 Anliq. MS.,6r, f. 248. 



'« Feet of F. Northants, 37 Hen. Ill, 

 no. 637 ; Pytchley, loc. cit. 



" Feet of F. Northants, 13 Edw. I, 

 no. 147. 



" Soc. Antiq. MS. 60, f. 248. 



" Pytchley, loc. cif. j Cott. MS. Vesp. 

 E xxii. 



" Pytchley, loc. cit. 



