A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



Parr in 1 544 and reverted to the Crown on his 

 death in 1546. It was granted in 1550 and again 

 in 1552 to William Parr, Marquis of Northamp- 

 ton,** nephew of Lord Parr, but was forfeited on 

 his attainder in 1554. In 1558 it was granted 

 to Thomas Reve and Christopher Bullyt, who sold it 

 in the same year to Henry Goldeney.** It had passed 

 to Edward Watson in 1561, and has remained in the 

 hands of the family of Watson, Lords Rockingham 

 and Sondes,** then of George Lewis Watson, and 

 has followed the descent of the Watson shares of the 

 manor (q.v.). 



There are the modern churches of St. Andrew in 

 Rockingham Road built in 1 870; St. Mary the Virgin, 

 in Fuller Street (1895); All Saints, in William Street 

 (1899) ; and Mission Churches of St. Luke, Alexandra 

 Street (1876); St. Philip's, in Brook Street (1893) ; 

 and St. Michael's, Garfield Street, built in 1894. 

 The Roman Catholic Church of St. Edward, in the 

 Grove, was built in 1893, and there are many Non- 

 conformist chapels, including those known as Toller 

 Chapel, first built for the Independents in 1723 and 

 called after Thomas Northcote Toller, and Fuller 

 Chapel for Baptists, named after Rev. Andrew Fuller, 

 pastor there 1783 to 1815, both in Gold Street. 



The Church and Town Allotment. 

 CHARITIES In the Parish Book it is stated that 

 ^50 was given by James Cater and 

 j^io by Alderman Pack, which sums were laid out in 

 the purchase of 5 doles of meadow ground lying in 

 Killingholme and Walcots, the rents to be applied to 

 put forth poor children to trades. The old brass 

 tablet of Charities states that John Pettifer gave the 

 rent of Emmerton's Holme (or Lads' Holme), which 

 consisted of about 3V acres, for putting out of poor 

 people's children. By the award of the Inclosure 

 Commissioners dated 23 Nov. 1 805 two allotments in 

 the Middle Field, containing respectively 8 a. i r. 30 p. 

 and 8 a. 16 p., were awarded to the Rector, Church- 

 wardens and Overseers in lieu of lands appropriated 

 for apprenticing, for the church and for the poor. The 

 lind, which is let in allotments, produces a net rent of 

 about ;^43 yearly. The charity is administered by the 

 rector and churchwardens and four trustees ap- 

 pointed by the Urban District Council in place of the 

 overseers. l2/43rds of the income are applied by the 

 churchwardens towards church expenses. 26/43rds, 

 together with the dividends amounting to £() <)s. 

 yearly on £378 is. lod. Consols (representing accumu- 

 lations of income), are applied in the maintenance of 

 Exhibitions in conformity witli a scheme of the Charity 

 Commissioners dated 17 Jan. 1896, and 5/43rds are 

 distributed to the poor by the trustees of Hunt's 

 Charity. 



Poor's Allotment. An allotment of 9 a. I r. 17 p. 

 was set out on the inclosure for tiic poor in lieu of their 

 rights of cutting fuel on certain lands. The land is 

 let in allotments and produces about /^20 10/. yearly, 

 and the Ofiicial Trustees of Charitable Funds hold 

 a sum of j[H^7 15/. loJ. Consols producing ^£21 ■}!. Sd. 

 yearly in dividends. This sum of stock represents 

 the investment of mine rents under lease to the 

 Kettering Coal and Iron Co. The income is applied 



by the rector and two trustees appointed by the 

 Urban District Council in the distribution of coal 

 and in donations to the Kettering and District Nurs- 

 ing Association. 



By his will, proved 23 Feb. 1617-18, William Cave 

 gave £20 to the poor. A rentcharge of £1 2s. on 3 

 doles of meadow land was purchased with this 

 sum. 



By his will dated in 1733 Thomas Dawson, inn- 

 keeper at 'The George' in Kettering, gave £50 to the 

 poor, and Mrs. Ann Dawson, his widow, added ;^io. 

 A rentcharge of £^ was purchased with these sums 

 aided by a donation from tlie parish. These two 

 charges are paid out of land belonging to Mr. James B. 

 Sutton. 



Christopher Eady in 1680 gave ^^4 yearly to the 

 poor out of the White Hart Inn and one yard of 

 land. This charge was redeemed in 1891 by the 

 transfer of ^^160 2J per cent. Annuities to the Official 

 Trustees. 



These charities are distributed in doles to the poor 

 in January by trustees appointed by the Urban Dis- 

 trict Council in place of churchwardens and over- 

 seers. 



The endowment for this parish of the charity of 

 Edward Hunt — -particulars of which are given in the 

 Charities of the parish of Warkton — consists of 

 /I384 6s. T,d. Derby Corporation 6 per cent. Redeem- 

 able Stock and ;^388 2s. ^d. Middlesbrough Corpora- 

 tion 6 per cent. Stock, producing £46 6s. lod. yearly 

 in dividends. The charity is administered by the 

 minister and 6 trustees appointed by the Urban 

 District Council, and the income is distributed to the 

 poor. 



The .Mmshouse Charity of Edmund Sawyer and 

 others is regulated by a scheme of the Charity Com- 

 missioners dated 28 Oct. 1910, and comprises :— 



(i) Sawyer's Hospital, founded by will proved in 

 the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 23 June 1688, 

 consisting of 6 almshouses and a rentcharge of £6 

 paid by the owner of the Boughton Estate. 



(2) Elizabeth Baker's Charity for Bread. Deed poll 

 15 Sept. 1790 and declaration of trust 30 April 1816, 

 originally ;^I50 South Sea Annuities, and— 



(3) Martha Baker's Charity. Will proved at North- 

 ampton 23 July 1782, originally ;^20o South Sea An- 

 nuities. The endowments of these two charities are 

 now represented by £277 13^. 8(/. 5 per cent. War 

 Stock producing j^l3 \js. id. yearly. 



(4) James Gibbon's Charity. Will proved in Preroga- 

 tive Court 18 May 1888; endowment ,^500 Queensland 

 Government 4 per cent. Stock, producing ^^20 yearly. 

 The Duke of Buccleuch, as owner of Boughton House 

 in V\'eekley, is the patron of the charity, which is 

 administered by a body of trustees consisting of the 

 rector and seven others. The income is divided 

 equally among the six almswonien who to qualify 

 must have resided in Kettering for not less than ten 

 years. One almswoman, called Baker's Almswoman, 

 must be a member of the Church of England. The 

 Stock is with the Official Trustees. 



Anne Aldwinklc by codicil to her will, proved in 

 the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 2 Nov. 1 793, 



•' Pat. R. 4 Edw. VI, pt. 7 ; 5 Edw. 

 VI, pt. 5. 

 •• Ibid. 4 & ; Ph. & Mjry, pt. 3. 

 " Chan. Inq. p.m., bdlc. 37^, no. 



93 ; Feet of F. NorthanH, Mich. 18 

 Jai. I ; Eait. 1652 ; llil. i6i;3 ; Trin. 

 29 Chai. II ; Rccov. R. jlil. l6i;3, 

 ro. 65; Trin. 19 Ch.ii. II, ro. 165; 



224 



Hil. 9 Geo. II, ro. 189; Ea»t. 14 Geo. 

 II, ro. 3ii 26 Geo. II, ro. Si $8 Geo. Ill: 

 ro. 260. 



