POLEBROOK HUNDRED 



WARMINGTON 



acquired by the Proby family, descending through the 

 Earls of Carysfort to the present owner as shown 

 above. In an inquiry made in December 1605 it was 

 stated that Henry Sapcote had copyhold and freehold 

 lands in Warmington, rendering ^^3 gi. lod. a year, but 

 how much was copyhold and how much freehold was 

 not known. He also had copyhold tenements in 

 Eaglethorp, which decayed about 1570.** 



In 1291 the prior of Fineshade had is. rent from 

 Warmington, and the prior of St. Andrew's 19/. ; 

 the almoner, sacrist and infirmarer of Peterborough 

 had respectively ^^3 13/. ^d., 6s. 8J., and 6s.*'' In 

 153s the almoner received £z8 3/. ^^J. from this 

 manor and the cellarer had 60s. from Eaglethorp."* 



The nups of Stamford had an estate here," called 

 Blofield. In 1545 a rent of lo^d. and lands in War- 

 mington were granted to Richard and Robert 

 Taverner.*^ Bridges gives the following description 

 of the house there : ' There are still [1711] remaining 

 arched windows and a chamber at the west end, now 

 a dove house, called the Chapel Chamber ; 4 ac. 

 of meadow called Nuns' Acres belong to it.'' There 

 was a local family named Blofield, and Ishmael 



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Knights Iemplars. 

 Ardent a cross gules 

 and a chief sable. 



K.NIGHTS Holl'ITALUBi. 



Gules a cross argent. 



Blofield, gent., died in 1636, holding a tenement called 

 Ederley Place, descending to him from his father 

 William and grandfather Thomas. He left sons, 

 William and Ishmael.- The Knights Templars 

 (afterwards the Hospitallers) had an estate here from 

 an early time, for Brother Aymery, Master of the 

 Temple, claimed from Hugh Gargate land in War- 

 mington and Ogerstone in 1209;^ in 1546 appur- 

 tenances of the manor of Sibston, late of Temple 

 Brewer preceptory, were sold by the Crown.* Rents 

 of "jd. and 4J. are recorded from Warmington and 

 Lutton in the Temple Brewer accounts.* 



The various minor tenements of Gargate and others 

 seem to have varied considerably from time to time. 



so that the tracing of them is uncertain, but the 

 manor of PJPLET retained its individuality. Isem- 

 bard Artifcx, named in Domesday Book, is recorded to 

 have been the first enfeoffed by the abbots of a knight's 

 fee." His successors took the local surname but the 

 descent cannot be traced in detail. Martin dc 

 Pappele attested charters of the abbot in 1 117 and 1 1 20 

 and is mentioned in 1 1 46. Probably a son or grandson 

 of the same name held the knight's fee in 1 189,' 

 and was defendant in a claim for dower in 1 202.* 

 Walter de Papley had succeeded by 1 21 2.' Roger 

 de Peterborough gave land in Peterborough to 

 Martin son of Walter de Papley in free marriage 

 with his daughter Alice." Martin de Papley was 

 tenant in 1227II and acquired other land in 1240;'^ 

 he occurs in 12421^ and 1 254, paying 4^. for ward of 

 Rockingham Castle.'* The hamlet, which made 

 with Warmington one geldal.le vill, about this time 

 contributed zs. for sheriff's aid, is. for view of frank- 

 pledge and 3 1. for suit."* John de Papley did homage 

 in 1276 and Thomas son of John in 1300.'* Tlie 

 name of this latter occurs again in 1316," and 1322, 

 when he was recorded to hold a knight's fee and the 

 fourth part of the serjeanty of being bailiff at Castor 

 Court. 1* He or another TThomas occurs in 1346," 

 and the Bishop of Lincoln in 1398 gave licence for 

 divine service in the manor house of Papley for two 

 years to Thomas Papley and Isabel his wife.-" The 

 same tenement was held in 1428 by John Papley 

 (I fee), and John Beven and John Ward (} fee). 2' 

 In 1456 Richard Papley, son and heir of John, and 

 Isabel his wife, joined in selling the manor to William 

 Brown of Stamford, merchant. -- 



As already stated, this William Brown married 

 Margaret Stock, so that his descendants inherited 

 Papley, Lilford (which he acquired in 1473)" and a 

 large estate in Warmington and the surrounding 

 country. He appears to have been an innkeeper in 

 Stamford, where he founded an almshouse called the 

 Bedehouse. He died 14 April, 1489,^' having made 

 a will in which he desired to be buried in Our Lady's 

 chapel in All Hallows', Stamford.^" The manor of 

 Papley was held of the abbot of Peterborough by 

 fealty only. Margaret, his widow and executrix, 

 survived but a short time, dying on 28 October, 1489. 

 The heir was their daughter Elizabeth, wife of John 

 Elmes, aged 48 and more.^" Margaret's will-' left 

 many gifts to churches, including a vestment of black 

 velvet for Warmington (cope, chasuble and two 

 tunicles) ; it mentions John Elmes the elder, my son, 

 and Elizabeth his wife, William, Katherine, John the 



" Mis. Bks. (Land Rev.), 221, f. 321. 



•» Pope Nicb. Tux (Rec. Com), 55. 



•• Valor Ecil. (Rcc. Com), iv, 279. 



•* Roger de Torpcl gave them landi 

 for the health of the loul of his wile 

 Mary in the 12th century, Pytchley, 

 Dk. of Fees, 33. 



•• L. &■ P. Hen. Fill, xx (2),g. 496(7). 

 ' Nortbants. ii, 480. 



• Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. ii), cccczc, 48. 



• Feet of F. Northantj, caie 171, 

 file 12, no. 222. ; alio Plac. de quo War. 



{ Rec. Com.), 532. 



• L.i>P. Hen. Fill, xxi (1), g. 718 (4). 



• Mins. Accti. Hen. VIII, 7274. 



• Soc. Antiq. MS. 60. 



' Cal. Chart. 1327-41, p. 277. 

 ' Feet of F. Northanti, ca«e 171, file 8, 

 no. 107; Pytchley, op. cit. 119. 



> Red Bk. 619. 



'° Pytchley, loc. cit. 



" Cal. Chart, 1226-57, p. 20. 



" Feet of F. Nortliants, case 173 

 file 28, no. 375. Martin was called to 

 warrant by Wiscard Ledet. Olhcr fines 

 occur in 53 Hen. Ill (883) and 23 Edw. I, 



(337). 



'• Soc. Antiq. MS. 60, f. 248. 



'* Sparks, lltst. Angl. Script, Swaffham. 



" Ibid. 267. 



" Cott. MS. Vcsp. E. xxii, f. 46. 



" Feud. Aids, iv, 2S. 



** Soc. Antiq. MS. 60. 



'» Cott. MS. Clcop. C i. 



" Bridges, llist. Northants, ii, 484. 



" Feud. Aids, iv. 48. 



" Feet of F. Northanti, case 179, 

 file 95, no. 139. 



" De Banco R. 845 (Hil. 12 Edw. IV), 

 m. 21. 



■* Cal. Inq. p.m. Henrv Vll. i, no. 476, 

 478. 



"' P.C.C. 22 Mille*. He left 20J. a 

 year to the ancrcss at Stamford. An en- 

 graving of the brasi of William Brown 

 and his wife in All Hallows' Church 

 will be found in F. Peck's .-Jnnah oj Stam- 

 ford ; also one of the brass of Margaiet 

 daughter of John and Elizabeth Elmes. 

 who died i August, 1471, and one of the 

 Bedehou&e seat, bearing the arms of 

 Elmes. 



«• Cal. Inq. p.m. Ihn. VII^ i. no. 525, 

 533» 55'- ^^^ •* pedigree of Elmes, 

 see Metcalfe, Vistt. of Northanti^ ^S^li 

 p. 18. 



^ P.C.C. 30 Milles. 



