A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



is not mentioned again,'® but the two parts acquired 

 hj Sir John Lovel remained with his descendants 

 presumably until the forfeiture of Francis, Lord 

 Lovel in 1485." They do not, however, seem to have 

 been included in the grant of Lovel's manor (q.v.) 

 to Sir Charles Somerset. Possibly they may be 

 identified with the manor held in 1532 by Sir John 

 Mordaunt, in right of his wife EHzabeth'^ and sold 

 by him to William Saunders, John Smyth and Thomas 

 Saxby. In 1553, a settlement of the manor was made 

 on Gilbert Pickering and his son John, to which 

 Roger Knolles was a party and presumably the manor 

 took its name from him.*' From this time the manor 

 of Knolles was held with Level's Manor by the 

 Pickerings and is last mentioned as a separate manor 

 in 1638.1 



In 1274 John Lovel claimed free warren at Titch- 

 marsh," but it is not mentioned later. The right of a 

 free fishery in the Nene is mentioned in 1 3 14 as parcel 



A mill is mentioned on the land of Henry de Ferrers 

 in Domesday Book and later' there was a water-miU 

 in Lovel's manor' and a windmill is mentioned in 

 1330' and was parcel of Knolles' manor in 1553.' 

 A mill in Tyrringham's manor is mentioned in 1613.^" 



An interesting custom of Lovel's manor is recorded 

 in 1350 that each of the bond tenants with his wife 

 dined with the lord on Christmas Day and that each 

 dinner was worth ■^d. At the same date a common 

 oven is mentioned.^^ 



In 1305, Edward I granted the second John Lovel 

 a weekly market on Mondays and an annual fair to be 

 held on the eve and day of Trinity Sunday and on the 

 seven days following.''' 



The Church of ST. MART THE 



CHURCH riRGlX^' consists of chancel 42 ft. 



6 in. by 18 ft. 9 in., with north aisle or 



chapel 31 ft. 10 in. by 15 ft. 8 in., clearstoried nave of 



three bays 50 ft. 6 in. by 21 ft. 8 in., north and south 



% m ^'= ^mf~^^. 



■ I31i! Century 



■ 142! Century 

 ^152 Century 



E3 Subsequent 6. Modern 



Scale of Feet 



Plan of Titchmarsh Church. 



of Level's manor' and in 1348 it was said to be several 

 except that the parson of Titchmarsh, Henry de 

 Titchmarsh, then tenant of Knolles' manor, and the 

 heir of Ralph de Titchmarsh, had the right to fish 

 from the river bank.'' The free fishery attached to 

 Tyrringham's manor (g.v.) is referred to in the 17th 

 and 18th centuries.' 



aisles each 12 ft. 3 in. wide, short north transept, 

 south porch, and lofty west tower 17 ft. 6 in. square, 

 all these measurements being internal. There is a 

 small modern vestry north of the chancel aisle. 



No part of the existing structure appears to be 

 older than the 13th century, but the rear arch of the 

 priest's doorway is a 12th century semi-circular 



•• It ii pojsibic thnt the Jrd part of 

 the m.Tnor of RancBic in the town of 

 Titchmarih of which John de Styude 

 .Tnd Katherinc his wife held the reveriion 

 in 1381, might be identical with thii 

 portion of the manor, hut (he life tenant! 

 who were in iciiin were different. Cf. 

 Feet of F. Northanti, caic 178, file 86. 

 no. 31. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. Hen. V, file 8, no. 

 30; Cat. Pat. i485-()4, p. 100. 



•• Feet of F. Northanti. Eait. 24 Hen. 

 VIII. 



" Ibid. nil. 6 and 7 Edw. VI. 

 ' Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. ii), ccixix, 120 ; 

 cccxvi, 61; cccxiii, 94; ccccxlvi, 84; 

 Rccov. R. Mich. 12 Ja«. I, ro. 142 ; Feet 

 of F. Northanti. Trin. 14 Chai. I. 



* Roi. Hund. (Rec. Com.), ii, 8*. 

 •Chan. Inq. p.m. Edw. II, file 37, 



no. 3. 



* Ibid, file 84, no. 15. 



' Feet of F. Northanti. Eait. 30 Chai. 

 n i ibid. Mich. 36 Chai. II ; Reco». R. 

 Trin. 18 and 19 Ceo. II, ro. 240. 



* y.C.H. Northanti. i, 333a ; Chan. 



Inq. p.m. Edw. II, file 37, no. 3 ; ibid. 

 Edw. Ill, file 84, no. 15. 



' Rccov. R. Mich. 20 Chat, II, ro. 225 ; 

 ibid. Trin. 3 Will, and Mary, ro. 173 j 

 ibid. East. 4 Geo. Ill, ro. 278 (two watcr- 

 milli) ; ibid. Mich. 6 Geo. IV, ro. 265. 

 ' Aiiiie R. 632, f. yid. 

 ' I'ect of F. Northanti. Ilil. 6 and 7 

 Edw. VI. 



"> Feet of F. Northanti. Eait. 10 Jai. I. 

 " Cal. Ihj. Edw. IH, ix, no. 664. 

 '• Chart. R. 33 Edw. I, m. 12 (66). 

 '" Aiiiie R. 635, m. 56d. 



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