HUXLOE HUNDRED 



BURTON LATIMER 



remains. A scries of late Elizalicthan paintings of the 

 twelve patriarchs in strapworlc frames occupy the 

 spandrels of the nave arcades and are in a fair state of 

 preservation, though two have perished.^ 



There is a good Jacobean oak poor box : a large iron- 

 bound chest is dated 1629. 



Below the tower is a marble wall monument with 

 brass figure, shields and inscription to Margaret Bacon 

 a ' chrisom ' cliild (d. Jan. 1626-7), •'"'^ <" t''<^ •^•"t ^"J 

 of the nave and in the chancel are two grave slabs 

 with indents of brasses, one of which retains a group 

 of nine daughters and a shield, and the other a shield 

 only. 



There is a ring of eight bells. The treble and second 

 arc by Taylor & Co. of Loughborough 1920, the third 

 by the same founders 1903, the fourth dated 1620, 

 the fifth by T. and J. Eayre of Kettering 1718, the 

 sixth and seventh dated 1619, and the tenor by Thomas 

 Eayre of Kettering 1749.*' 



The plate consists of a silver cup and cover patent 

 of 1569, the paten inscribed ' 1571 ' on the foot ; a 

 paten of c 1682, and a flagon and almsdish of 1774.*'* 



The registers begin in 1538, but the earlier entries 

 are on two parchment rolls. The first roll contains 

 baptisms to 1559, marriages to 1561 and burials to 

 1560, and the second, baptisms and burials to 1569 

 and marriages to 1367. The contents of the books 

 before 1812 are as follows: (i) baptisms 1558-1700, 

 marriages 1558-1718, burials 1558-1678,** (ii) burials 

 1678-1735, (iii) baptisms 1700-1812, (iv) marriages 

 1719-1757, (v) marriages 1754-1812, (vi) burials 1736- 

 1812. The first book contains lists of churchwardens 

 and overseers from 1668 to 1757 and of constables 

 from 1679 to 1757. There are cliurchvvardens' ac- 

 counts beginning in 1559 but not continuous, and a 

 book of briefs 1670-1753. 



The Foliots held the advowson 

 ADVOWSON of the church of Burton Latimer in 

 the 1 2th century, but Richard Foliot 

 seems to have made some kind of grant of it to the 

 abbot of Beaulieu in Brittany, since, in 1220, the 

 abbot quitclaimed it to Richard's daughter and heir 

 Margery and Wischard Ledet.*' Thomas Male- 

 mains presented to the church between 12 16 and 1219" 

 and in 1263 his granddaughter Ela and her husband 

 claimed the advowson against Christina Lcdet, but 

 they lost their case'* and Christina gave it to her son 

 Gerard de Furnival.*' When he went to the Holy 

 Land he entrusted the advowson and an acre of land 

 to the rector, Master John Fleming, on condition that 

 if Gerard did not return they should be granted to 



Christina de Aylcsford, with remainder to her son 

 Gerard de Aylcsford.'''" Fleming presented in 1290,'* 

 but in a lawsuit of 1368 it appears lie did not carry out 

 Furnival's stipulations.''^ 



Prior to 13 16, Sir Walter de Neville recovered the 

 advowson from Robert Fleming and Gerard de Ayles- 

 ford^' and granted it to Philip de la Bechc.'-' Pliilip's 

 heir was his brother Jolin who died before lie obtained 

 seisin-^ and liis two sons died childless, so that the 

 advowson was inherited in 1 348 by his three daughters.-' 

 In the meantime, however, Thomas Fytling, who 

 presented in 1348,^' and his wife Alice seem to have 

 obtained the advowson, but it was recovered in 1349 

 by Andrew de Sackville and his wife Joan, the eldest 

 of the de la Bechc heiresses.'^* The heiresses and their 

 husbands granted it to Edmund de la Bechc, Arch- 

 deacon of Berkshire,^" who died seised of it before 

 1364.^ He was said in 1369 to have granted it to 

 Roger de Elmerugge, who successfully defended his 

 right in it against Sir William Latimer.'' In 1369 

 Latimer obtained a grant of the advowson, wliich was 

 held by John de Aylesford and in some way ousted 

 John de Elmerugge, and from this time the advowson 

 was held by the lords of Burton Latimer manor ''(q.v.) 

 until after 1676, when Edmund Bacon presented.''^ It 

 was sold by him or his successor to Sir Gilbert Dolben 

 bart.,** whose family retained it till 1803.*^ In 1809 

 John Grimshaw presented''* and in 1874 '^ belonged 

 to the Rev. Francis Brown Newman.^' At the pre- 

 sent day Mrs. Jaques is the owner of the advowson. 



A considerable amount of land was attached to the 

 rectory and in 1 3 30 the rector was said to hold two 

 carucates. He and his predecessors held a view of 

 frank-pledge, waifs and strays, the assize of bread and 

 beer, and certain amercements. The right to hold the 

 view was disputed by the crown officials, but the rector 

 recovered it on payment of a fine.^ 



About 1239, the rector of Burton Latimer presented 

 Walter, a chaplain, to the vicarage of Burton, but ap- 

 parently no vicarage was permanently ordained.'" A 

 Baptist Chapel here dates from 1744 ; there is also a 

 Wesleyan Chapel in the village. 



An allotment of 10 acres was set 

 CHARITIES out on an inclosure of the lands in 

 this parish in 1804 in lieu of land 

 formerly appropriated to the repairs of the church. 

 This land was sold in 1919 and the proceeds invested 

 in ;^5I7 10/. jd. 5 per cent. War Stock, producing 

 ;^25 17/. 6d. yearly in dividends. The income is ap- 

 plied by the churchwardens towards church repairs. 



Another allotment containing about 2j acres was 



" The fifth from the east on the north 

 •idc and the westernmost on the south 

 •ide. The names of Levi and Issachar 

 and the general reference to Gen. xlix 

 and verses can be easily read. The refer- 

 ence to Levi is Deut. xxxiii, 8-1 1. 

 • '• The third bell was added as a treble 

 to a then existing ring of five, the inscrip- 

 tions on which arc given in North, Ch. 

 Brill of NorthanU. 213. The two new 

 trebles were added in 1920 as a War 

 Memorial. 



" Markham, Cb. Plate of \ontanii. 59. 



■' Many of the entries between 1643 

 and 1646 were not made in the time of the 

 war, but some were afterwards inserted. 



'• Feet of F. c.ise 172, file 17, no. 77. 



" Cur. Reg. R. no. 173, m. io</j 

 Roi. Lilt. Clam (Rec. Com.), i, 390*. 



" Cur. Reg. R. no. 173, m. lod. 



" Rot. Ric. Gravesend (Cant, and York 

 Soc), 105, 306. 



" Dc Banco R. no. 427, m. 203. 



" Bridges, op. cit. ii, 224, cit. Epis. Reg. 



-' De Banco R. no. 427, m. 203. 



=' Bridges, loc. cit. 



:« De Banco R. Mich. 22 Edw. Ill, 

 m. 420. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. 2 Edw. Ill (ist nos.), 

 no. 51. 



=» Dc Banco R. Mich. 22 Edw. Ill, 

 m. 420; Cal. Pat. 1348-50, p. 12S. 



" Cal. Pat. 1348-50, p. 149. 



" De Banco R. Mich. 22 Edw. Ill, m. 

 420. 



" Feet of F. case 177, file 79, no. 389 ; 

 ibid, case 177, file 80, no. 450. 



»" Cal. Pat. 1364-7, p. 45. 



203, 



" Dc Banco R. no. 427, 

 Cal. Close, 1364-68, pp. 374-5. 



" Bridges, op. cit. ii, 224 ; Cal. Close, 

 1381-85, p. 393; Chan Inq. p.m. 20 

 Ric. II, no. 54 ; ibid. (Scr. ii), clxxviii, 57 j 

 ibid, ccxlviii, 22 ; Feet of F. Nurthants. 

 Trin. I Chas. I ; East. 21 Chas. 1. 



" Inst. Bks. (P.R.O.), 1676. 



** Bridges, op. cit. ii, 225. 



" Instit. Bks. (P.R.O.), 1757. 

 I*'. Northants. Trin. i Geo. 

 Geo. III. 



" Instit. Bks. (P.R.O.), 1809. 



'■ Whdl.ui, Hist. 0/ Northants. t874, 

 p. 748. 



« Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com), 

 p. 536. 



" Rot. Rob. Grosseteste (Cant, and York 

 Soc), 183. 



Feet of 

 "Ii 45 



185 



