A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



to Thomas, Earl of Rutland, and his wife Elizabeth.' 

 In 1555, his son Henry, Earl of Rutland, sold it to 

 Richard Lambert, citizen and grocer of London,^ who 

 immediately re-sold it to Edward Jackman, a fellow 

 grocer.' In 1561, it was sold by Jackman to John 

 Isham* and in 1564 it passed to Richard Peacock.* 

 Peacock died in 1616, and the manor passed under a 

 settlement of 1604, to his cousin William Peacock, 

 who was succeeded in 1625 by his son Richard.^" The 

 latter sold it in 1659 to William Downhall,*' who with 

 his wife sold it in 1671'^ to Thomas Goodinge. It 



mentioned in 1301'* and it seems, like the other privi- 

 leges, to have been divided amongst the holders of 

 the different parts of the manor. It is mentioned in 

 the various transfers of the manor and appears in 

 1720.-" 



Three mills are mentioned in Domesday Book, but 

 presumably they were not all at Fincdon itself.-"- In 

 the 14th century there was apparently only one water- 

 mill, divided up similarly as the manor,^^ but in 

 1650 and 1661 3 water-mills and a windmill are men- 

 tioned.-' 



^^..^.•^■> 



1142! Century early 

 3MiD H-I!1Ci;ntury(cI350) 

 3 182! Century c Modern 



Scale of Feet 



Plan of Finedon Church 



passed about 1673 to Tanfield Mulsho,*' the lord of 

 the main manor of Finedon (q.v.). 



A market was held at Finedon at the end of the 

 13th century"'* and in 1 330, the holders of the various 

 pourparties of the manor claimed to have a view of 

 frank-pledge, a market every Thursday, thourtol, waif, 

 infangthief, together with gallows, tumbril and 

 pillory, for their tenants. The right of thourtol, 

 however, was recovered at this time by the Crown."* 

 In the early 1 8th century part of the gallows was 

 still standing." A grant of the right of free warren 

 in his demesne lands was made to Simon Simeon in 

 1386" and is mentioned in 1720.'* A free fishery is 



The church of ST. MARV-THE- 

 CnURCn VIRGIN consists of chancel 51 ft. by 

 21 ft., north and south transeptal 

 chapels 31 ft. by 16 ft., clearstoried nave of four bays 

 80 ft. by 20 ft. 6 in., north and south aisles about 

 14 ft. 6 in. wide,^'' south porch, and west tower 

 14 ft. 10 in. by 13 ft. 6 in., all tlicse measurements 

 being internal. The tower is surmounted by a lofty 

 spire and the porch has an upper story. There is a 

 modern vestry on the north side of the chancel. 



Of the original 12th-century building nothing re- 

 mains except the font, the church having been entirely 

 rebuilt at the beginning of the 14th century. With 



» L. and P. lien. 



g*5'(43)- 



yjll, xiv, 

 Mil. ) 



pt. 1 

 and 



• Veet of F. Northanli. 

 Ph. and Mary. 



' Ibid. Trin. 1 and 2 Ph. and Mar;. 



• Ibid. Eait. 3 F.Iir.. 



• Ibid. .Mich. 6 and 7 Elii. 



'• Chan. Inf|. p.m. (Scr. ii), ccccv, 



•57- 



" Fe<rt of F. Northanti. Mil. 1659. 

 "Ibid. Mil. 21 .ind 22 Chai. II. 



" Exch. Dcp. by Com. Northants, 

 Mich. 27 Chaj. II, no. 18. 



"Cat. Jnj. iv, no. 81; Cal. Pat. 

 1317-21, p. 255. 



" Pliu. de Quo Il'arr. (Rcc. Com.) 545. 



" Ilriilj;c», /Int. of NoTlhanti, ii, 256; 

 cf. Feet of F. North.iiits. Mich. 35 Chai. II. 



" Cal. Chart, v, 304. 



'" Rfcov. R. Trin. 6 Geo. I, ro. 217. 



" Cal. Inij. iv, no. 81. 



•» Recov. R. Trin. 6 Geo. I, ro. 217. 



200 



«' V.C.U. Noribants. i, p. 308a. 



"Cal. Pat. 1317-21, p. 285; Chan. 

 Inq. p.m. (Scr. ii), lii, 64 ; Cal. Inq. 

 iv. no. 81 ; Feet of F. Northanti. 

 Trin. 1 1 Eliz. 



" Recov. R. Eait. 1650, ro. 91 ; ibid. 

 Eadt. 13 Cbas II, ro. 196. 



'* The aislci arc of «nci|ual wi(Uh 

 throughout, the north aisle beini? wider at 

 the west end, and the south aiale at the 

 eait. 



