HUXLOE HUNDRED 



Major-General Butler, the Parliamentary commander, 

 about 1655 attempted to demolish Lvveden House 

 built by Sir Thomas Trcsham, but his efforts were in 

 vain, and he was only able to take the timber, which 

 he carried to Oundle to be used for the house there 

 afterwards belonging to Major Creed." 



At the Restoration the manors of Lyveden and 

 Churchfield, with Lyveden House, were said to be in 

 the Crown, either by attainder or escheat, and in 1660 

 were granted to Edward Earl of Sandwich.'* The 

 property, however, was claimed by Maurice, son of 

 Thomas Tresham, and in l66l he and the Earl of 

 Sandwich were together enfeoffed of it.'* In 1667 

 Maurice Tresham was said to be desirous of selling 

 his part in order to pay his debts," and he and the carl 

 probably conveyed to George Mathcw and Mary his 

 wife, Sir William Smith, bart., of Redcliffe (co. Bucks) 

 and Thomas Rymer, in whose possession the manors 

 are found in 1668.'* It is possible these grantees 

 were acting on behalf of William Harbord, of Grafton, 

 the politician and diplomat, who held the manor and 

 died in 1691 at Belgrade on his way to undertake the 

 duties of ambassador at Constantinople. He left by 

 his first wife Mary, daughter of Dr. Arthur Ducks, 

 three daughters, namely, Margaret, the wife of 

 Robert King, second Lord Kingston in the Peerage of 

 Ireland, who died without issue ; Mary, the wife of 

 Sir Edward Ayscough, who left two daughters, 

 Letitia, the wife of Lt. Andrew Thornhaugh, and 

 Isabel, the wife of Matthew Bourcherett ; and Grace, 

 the wife of Thomas Hatcher, who died without issue ; 

 and by his second wife Catherine Russell, he left a 

 daughter Letitia.wife of Sir Rowland Winn of Nostell.'* 

 The Harbord co-heirs were dealing with the manor 

 during the first half of the 1 8th century. The largest 

 share became acquired by the Winns.*'' Rowland 

 Winn and his wife died at Bath in 1722, and their son 

 Rowland^ in 1732 conveyed his share to Anne 

 Fitzpatrick of Farming Woods, widow of Richard 

 Fitzpatrick, Lord Gowran.'* She died in 1744 and 

 her son, John Fitzpatrick, created Earl of Upper 

 Ossory in 1751, seems to have purchased the rest of 

 the manors of Lyveden and Churchfield.** He died 

 in 1758, and his son John in 1769 settled both manors." 

 John the second Earl died in 1818, leaving two 

 unmarried daughters, Gertrude and Anne, known as 

 the ladies Fitzpatrick of Farming Woods. Both these 

 ladies died in 1841, when the manors passed to an 

 iUegitimate daughter of the second earl, Emma Mary. 

 In 1823 she married Robert Smith, who took the name 

 of Vernon. He held various ministerial offices and 

 was created Lord Lyveden in 1859. On his death in 

 1873 he was succeeded by his eldest son Fitzpatrick 



ALDWINKLE 

 ST. PETER 



Henry Vernon, who died without issue in 1900. 

 The manor then went to his nephew Courtenay Robert 

 Percy, son of the Rev. Courtenay John Vernon, some- 

 time rector of Grafton Underwood.'* 



FitzPatrick. Sabli a 

 ialtire argent and a chtef 

 azure tuitb three fieurt 

 de Us or tbrrein. 



Argent fretty 



" Bridges, op. cit. ii, 373. 



" Pat. R. 12 Chai. II, pt. 24, m. 12. 



»• Cal.S.P.Dom. 16601, 351, 367 ; Feet 

 of F. Northant!. Trin. 1 3 Chas. II. 



»« Cat. S.P. Dom. 1667, 88. 



" G.E.C. Baronetage, iii, 191 ; D.N.B. 



•* Pedigree in Baker, Hut. of Noribants. 

 ii, 172. 



•' Recov. R. Mich. 8 WiU. Ill, ro. 22 ; 

 Trin. 2 Anne, ro. 148, 361 ; Mich. 5 Geo. 

 I, ro. 243; Trin. 9 Geo. Ill, ro. 453; 

 Feet of F. Northants. Trin. 8 WUl. III. 



" Bridget, op. cit. ii, 374 ; Recov. R. 

 Mich. I Anne, ro. 298 ; Mich. 2 Anne, 

 ro. 361. 



" Feet of F. Northants. Trin. 5 

 Gto. II. 



There were several large freeholders in the manors 

 of Lyveden and Churchfield. Matefrei the Dispenser 

 held lands in Churchfield in 1202 and in the time of 

 Abbot Robert de Lindsey (l2l4-22).«* In 1233-4 

 Richard, son of Simon de Lyveden, conveyed a 

 messuage to his brother Roger.'* William Aldwyncle 

 in 1428 held a fourth part of a knight's fee in Church- 

 field, formerly held by Henry de Wyville,*' and Sir 

 John Holond had a free tenement in Oundle formerly 

 held by William de Lyvenden and previously by Sir 

 Reginald de Wadville (Waterville ?).»« The Lyveden 

 family held considerable property in the manors.*' 



The church of ST. PETER consists 

 CHURCH of chancel 31 ft. by 17 ft. 9 in., with 

 north vestry, clearstoried nave of three 

 bays 36 ft. 9 in. by 14 ft. 8 in., north and south aisles, 

 south porch, and west tower 8 ft. by 7 ft. 6 in., 

 surmounted by a spire. The north aisle is 8 ft. 6 in. 

 wide, the south aisle 10 ft. 6 in., the width across nave 

 and aisles being 38 ft. 8 in. All these measurements 

 are internal. 



The tower is faced with ashlar, but the rest of the 

 building is of rubble, with lead covered roofs. There 

 are plain parapets to the chancel, north aisle and north 

 side of the clearstory, but elsewhere the parapets are 

 battlemented. The porch has a plain gable and 

 overhanging stone slated roof. 



The earliest work in the present building is the 

 west respond and the western cylindrical pier of the 

 north arcade, which are c. 1180-90. At this time a 

 north aisle was added to an earlier 12th century aisle- 

 less building, the nave of which was probably about 

 the same length as at present. The pier has a moulded 

 base and rudely carved capital with square abacus, 

 and the respond a square impost, but no other work 



de Liveden and Fithio Palmer hi» father, 

 Thomas son of Fethio, Andrew son of 

 Wilham de Liveden (no. 55) ; Walter eon 

 of the late Richard Ic Palmer of Great 

 Liveden, Walter son of the late Robert le 

 Palmer of Liveden and Amabilia his wife, 

 Robert de Wivile of Liveden, Robert ion 

 of William de Liveden and Richard son 

 of William de Liveden (no. 56) ; Humfrey 

 de Bassingburne, knt., Richard son of 

 William son of Luke de Liveden, Ralph le 

 Maine, William son of Andrew de Live- 

 den (no. 57) ; Richard son of Thomas le 

 Paumer of Great Liveden, Andrew son of 

 William de Liveden, Robert son of 

 William de Liveden and Richard hit 

 brother (no. 58). 



" Recov. R. Trin. 9 Geo. Ill, ro. 453. 



•' Ibid. 



•■ G.E.C. Complete Peerage. 



"V.C.H. Northant!. i, 366; Pytchley, 

 Bk. of fees (Northants Rec. Soc), 121. 



•« Feet of F. Hen. III. bdle. 172, file 27, 

 no. 338. 



•' Feud. Aids, iv, 448. 



" Cott. MS. Nero C vii, fol. 107. 



" In tome 13th and 14th century 

 charter! relating to Great and Little 

 Liveden among the Buccleucb MSS. 

 (Boughton House), nos. 53 to 58, there are 

 references to Richard son of William de 

 Liveden, Robert le Wyvile and William le 

 Palmer (no. 53) ; Robert son of William 

 de Liveden (no. 54) ; Jordan son of Fithio 



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