A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



earl.'* He in 1694 conveyed these rights to Thomas 

 and George Watson,'' and in 1696 George Watson 

 conveyed them to Thomas Wentworth, aUas Watson, 

 and his wife Alice.^" This Thomas, the third son of 

 Lewis Watson, first Earl of Rockingham, had in 1695 

 inherited the estates of his mother's brother, the 

 second Earl of Strafford, and had then assumed the 

 additional surname of Wentworth. He was created 

 Baron and Ear! Malton, and inherited the earldom of 

 Rockingham in 1746. In 1738 he presented to the 

 vicarage William Knowler, who a year later published 

 Thi Earl of Strafford's Letters and Despatches from the 

 collection inherited by his patron.-' Lord Malton 

 was created Marquess of Rockingham in 1746 and 

 died in 1 750, leaving a son and heir Charles, who died 

 without issue in 1782, when the rectory and advowson 

 of Irthlingborough passed to his sister's son, William, 

 fourth Earl Fitzwilliam.^- They are now in tlie 

 tenure of George Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 

 grandson of the fifth earl. 



The church of .411 Saints followed the descent of the 

 Bataille fee to 1 2 14, when William de la Bataille 



FiTZWILLIAM. Lozetioy 

 argent and gules. 



Wenttworth. Sable a 

 cbeveron belv)ei;n three 

 leopards' beads or. 



eave the advowson to the abbot and convent of 

 Peterborough in exchange for lands in the tenure of 

 Nicholas, son of Geoffrey.'^'' In 131 3 the pope gave 

 to Robert de Bukyngham, alias de Selford, rector, 

 dispensation to accept another benefice of the value 

 of £.^o.^* John de Thornton was provided to the 

 church in I 328, and on his death in the same year the 

 king successfully claimed the right to present during 

 a vacancy of tlie abbacy.^* After the Dissolution tiic 

 rectory, namely, the great and small tithes, the house 

 and the glebe, was worth lo6s. Sd.'^^ The advowson 

 of the rectory was granted in 1541 to the dean and 

 chapter of Peterborough^' who presented in 1661 

 and 1664.^* Tlie bishop collated in 1675, but in 

 1646, 1651, 1655 and 16832' the advowson of All 

 Saints together with that of St. Peter was settled as 

 parcel of the estates of the earls of Ilarrowden. Tiic 

 church, as already stated, had fallen into ruin and ihe 

 site and parsonage seem to have passed with the 

 manor (q.v.) 



William Trigg built a school and 



CII ,1 RITIES an almshouse in two tenements and 



by his will, dated 25 I'cb. 1728, 



cliargcd his lands with renlcharges amounting to 



^^27 4J. The charity is regulated by a scheme of the 

 Cliarity Commissioners dated 18 May 1897, pursuant 

 to which rentcharges of £\j and ^l issuing out of 

 various properties in Finedon and Irthlingborough, 

 including the house at Irthlingborough in which the 

 founder lived, were made the endowments of a separate 

 charity called the Educational and Ecclesiastical 

 Charity of William Trigg. £1"] is applied to the 

 National School and £\ to the rector, the trustees 

 being the incumbent, churchwarden and two 

 others. 



The remaining rentcharges issuing out of various 

 pieces of land in Irthlingborough, and amounting to 

 £() 4s. yearly, form the endowment of William Trigg's 

 charity for the poor. The trustees are the incumbent 

 and two others appointed by the U.D.C. £1 is paid to 

 each of the two inmates of the almshouse, ^^i 4J. is 

 distributed to poor widows, and the balance in 

 coal. 



Richard Glover, by indenture dated I July 1 801, 

 settled his land in trustees for the benefit of the poor 

 people of the Society of Friends and charged the same 

 with j^io yearly for the benefit of the poor of the 

 parish. The land known as Glover's Charity Farm, 

 and containing about 177 acres with farmhouse and 

 buildings, was sold in 1916 and the proceeds were 

 invested in ;^2,387 lis. id. Metropolitan Water Board 

 Stock, £()i6 'is. 2d. 5 per cent. War Stock, £3,793 

 H)s. lod. 3J per cent. Conversion Stock, and ;^2,530 

 3^. 2d. Liverpool Corporation 5^ per cent. Red. 

 Stock with the Official Trustees of Charitable Funds, 

 producing ^£389 is. yearly in dividends 



There are five trustees each of whom is entitled to 

 £1 Is. yearly for his own use ; £10 is distributed to 

 the poor at Christmas and the residue is applicable 

 for the benefit of poor Quakers. 



The Church Land : — An allotment was awarded 

 on an inclosure to the churchwardens in lieu of 

 lands previously appropriated to the repairs of the 

 Church. The property consists of 19 a. 2 r. 22 p. of 

 land abutting on Marsh Lane and is leased to the 

 U.D.C. at a rent of j^70 per annum. 



The Irthlingborough Nurses' Home Trust was 

 founded by indenture dated 4 June 1921. The 

 indenture recites that during the late War a fund 

 was raised called the Northamptonshire Regimental 

 Prisoners of War Fund, and as the objects for whicii 

 had been completely s.itisfied and a balance of 

 /[l,059 left in the hands of the Prisoners of War 

 Committee, it was determined to apply the balance for 

 the purposes of the Irthlingborough Nurses' Home 

 Tiust to provide accommodation for a nursing staff 

 for the parish and for the stretchers and other appli- 

 ances belonging to the St. John Ambulance Associa- 

 tion. /[615, part of the sum of ^^1,059, was applied in 

 the purchase of three tenements known as Nos. 27, 

 29 and 31 Victoria Street, which premises are used 

 for the purposes of the trust. The trustees con- 

 sist of the rector for the time being and four 

 others. 



'• Fcrt of F. Northanii, Trin. 35 

 Chai. II. 



'• Ibid. nil. (, Win. III. 



'» Ibid. Mich. 8 Wm. Ill ; InMit. Bin. 

 (H.R O). 



" Ibid. 1 D.N.B. 



" JnsM.BVt. (r'.V..O.); G.¥..C. Peerage, 

 vi, 38r.. 



'- Colt. MS. CIcop. Cii,p. 13. 



" Cal. Pup. l.rtirn, ii, 116. 



" Dc Banco R. 347, in. 150. 



" Valor Ectl. (Rcc. Com.), iv, 311. 



" /,. and P. Urn. nil, vol. xvi, g. 1226 

 (10). 



»" Inilit. Bkr (I'.R O.). 



'" Fcpt of F. Northants. Chai. 1, 

 11 March 164^1 ) Hi!. 1651 ; Mich. 16;; ; 

 Trin. 35 Chai. II. 



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