A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



set out in lieu of land formerly called the Bell 

 Land or Bell Close. This land was also sold in 1919 

 and the proceeds invested in £iji l6s. id. 5 per cent. 

 War Stock, producing ^^8 i is. lod. yearly in dividends. 

 This is also applied by the churchwardens towards 

 church repairs. 



The charities of William and Agnes Scott are regvi- 

 l.itcd by a scheme of the Charity Commissioners dated 

 28 January 1S81. In 1514 William and Agnes Scott 

 gave ;^I0 for the relief of the poor, and this with a 

 further sum of ^^40 arising from rents of some of the 

 Charity Estates was laid out in land for which, on the 

 inclosure of the parish, an allotment known as the 

 40 acre allotments was awarded. This property was 

 sold in 1919 and the proceeds invested in j^a.foo 

 4 per cent. Funding Stock, producing £100 yearly, 

 which is distributed in coal by the rector and 15 

 other trustees. 



By his will, date unknown, Richard Hopkins gave 

 a piece of land in Burton Latimer containing about 

 I a. 3 r. to the churchwardens for the poor. The land 

 has been sold and the endowment now consists of 

 £2^6 js. 8d. Consols producing £6 3/. yearly, which is 

 applied in the distribution of six 2 lb. loaves weekly 

 to the poor. 



An allotment of 70 acres was awarded for the benefit 

 of the poor upon the inclosure of the parish. The 

 charity is administered by the lord of the manors of 

 Burton Latimer, the rector of St. Mary and 4 other 

 trustees in compliance with a scheme of the Charity 

 Commissioners dated 23 May 1919. The land was 

 sold for £2,500 in 1919. Owing to the insolvency of 

 the solicitor acting for the trustees the deposit money 

 of ;^25o was lost. The residue of ^{^2,250 was invested 

 in j^2,8i2 los. 4 per cent. Funding Stock. Of this £500 

 has been placed to an Investment Account in tiie 



books of the Official Trustees of Charitable Funds 

 to replace the sum of £'2.S°- The income from the 

 residue, amounting to j^92 los., is distributed in coal 

 and "lothing. 



By his will dated 3 July 1546 William Luck gave 

 6s. yearly for the poor. This charge which issued out 

 of a house and premises in Burton Latimer was re- 

 deemed in 1924 by the transfer of £ll Consols to the 

 Official Trustees of Charitable Funds. The income 

 is applied by the trustees of the charities of William 

 and Agnes Scott in the distribution of coal. 



The same trustees administer the charity of 

 George Plowright who by deed in 1633 gave a similar 

 sum for the poor. This charge, which issued out of 

 the same premises as William Luck's rentcharge, was 

 also redeemed by the transfer of £\2 Consols to the 

 Official Trustees of Charitable Funds in 1924 and 

 the income is applied in the distribution of coal. 



By his will dated in 1727 William Dickenson gave 

 j£6o for the poor not receiving parochial relief. This 

 fund was placed out on mortgage, but was after- 

 wards applied in defraying inclosure expenses concern- 

 ing allotments set out in lieu of some of the Charity 

 estates. 



By iiis will proved in P.R. 22 August 1921 Thomas 

 Ambler gave £1 yearly for the Old People's Treat. The 

 charge has been redeemed by the transfer of ^^40 

 Consols to the Official Trustees of Charitable Funds. 

 The charity is managed by a committee. 



By her will proved 19 Sept. 1856 Elizabeth Dop- 

 ping Arnold gave ^^loo Consols to the rector and 

 churchwardens for the poor. The dividends amount- 

 ing to £z los. yearly are applied in April for the relief 

 of the poor. 



The several sums of stock arc with the Official 

 Trustees of Cliaritable Funds. 



CRANFORD ST. ANDREW 



Craneford (xi cent.). 



The parish of Cranford St. Andrew hes between 

 100 ft. and 300 ft. above the ordnance datum, the 

 subsoil being Great and Inferior Oolite. One of the 

 numerous streams of the district forms the southern 

 boundary. The little village lies about half a mile 

 to the north of the main road from Kettering to 

 Thrapston and Huntingdon. It consists only of 

 Cranford Hall and tlie cliurch of St. Andrew, a few 

 cottages and an Institute founded by the Rev. Sir 

 George Robinson. There are various spinneys 

 in the parish. The nearest station is at Cranford 

 St. John, on the Kettering and Huntingdon branch 

 of the London Midland and Scottish Railway Iron- 

 stone was extensively worked in the 19th century.' 



The parish was inclosed in 1775 by a private Act of 

 Parliament, for dividing and inclosing certain common 

 and open fields and meadows in tlie parish of Cran- 

 ford .= 



In tlic early records of the manors in 



MANORS CR/INFORD no distinction is made 



between the two parishes of Cranford 



St. Andrew and Cranford St. John, so that it is 



difficult to decide in which parish their lands were 



situated. Probably the different estates spread into 

 both parishes, and certainly the same undertenants 

 held lands in Cranford of different overlords. In 

 Domesday Book, four separate holdings are mentioned, 

 of which two belonged to the fee of Peterborough 

 Abbey ; the first of these was held by Robert and 

 consisted of 3 hides of land ; the second contained 

 l\ hides, to which apparently no undertenant is 

 given, but there appears the ambiguous and difficult 

 passage that ' Godric holds (or held it) of the King.'' 

 The third holding contained only one virgate and 

 was held of the Bishop of Coutances by Robert.^ 

 The fourth consisted of 3 virgates held of Guy de 

 Reinbuedcurt by Odelin.* In the 12th-century 

 survey more than double this amount of land is 

 assigned to Cranford,* and it is diflicuh to identify 

 the holdings, except in the case of the Rcinbuedcurts. 

 Guy's son Richard had succeeded him and held a 

 hide, instead of 3 virgates, which was said to belong 

 to the fee of Peterborough, instead of being held of 

 the King.' 



It seems clear, however, that the manor of CRAN- 

 FORD ST. ANDREW, alias DAUNDELTNS or 

 DORLANDS MANOR, may be traced to the manor 



' Whclbn, lliit. of Norlitnli. 1874, p. 

 749. 



• 15 Geo. Ill, c. 35. 



• y.C.U. Northanli. i 



186 



VT>- 



• Ibid. 311a. 

 ' Ibid- 343- 



• Ibid. 389a. 

 f Ibid. 



