A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



land to the abbey, confirming the gift in the presence 

 of his elder brother, Guy.* In 1227-8 Maud, widow 

 of Ralf de Lowick,'' was dealing with a messuage 

 which apparently Richard, son of Ralf de Lowick, 

 granted to U'alter de Denford of the fee of Earl 

 John^ Ump. Hen. III. It was returned in 1275-6 

 that Hugh, son of Alan of Lowick, had for 18 years 

 withdrawn 21. yearly from 2 assarts in Lowick,* and 

 in 1284 that Hugh son of Alan held half-a-hide of 

 land in Lowick of the honour of Huntingdon of the 

 heirs of Denford, and these heirs of Robert de Brus, 

 who was holding it of the king.' In the nest year 



The church of ST. PETER consists 

 CHURCH of chancel 30 ft. by 17 ft., north chapel 

 29 ft. by 14 ft., clearstoricd nave of 

 four b>.ys 53 ft. by 16 ft., north and south aisles, 

 south transeptal chapel 19 ft. by 13 ft., south porch, 

 and west tower 14 ft. square, all these measurements 

 being internal. The south aisle is 8 ft. 3 in. wide 

 and the north aisle 11 ft. 4 in., the width across nave 

 and aisles being 40 ft. 5 in. 



The building stands on high ground at the north 

 end of the village and, with the exception of the tower, 

 is faced with rubble. It has plain parapets and flat- 



!:^131!iCENT 



□ 14 S! Century 



c. 1375-1400 



EZD 1 5 in Century A 



C3 Modern blocking of N. Doorway 



JO 5 ^) 10 20 



Tombs 

 I Rplpb Greece (I4l51t Wife 

 2JHenr^ Greeoe (WbgjtWife 

 iElorl of Wiltsl)ire(l500) 

 ♦ DucJjess of NorfblKOTOJ? 

 .SSir Jobn Germon(l7l^ 

 fe DuKe of Dorset (1543) 



50 



Scale of Feet 



Plan of Lowick Church 



Robert, son of Hugh Aleyn of Lowick, was dealing 

 with land in Lowick,* and in the same year Robert 

 son of Robert de Lowick, possibly the grandson of 

 Hugh, with Robert, son of William, settled a 

 messuage and land in Lowick.' 



Robert, son of Robert de Lowick, and William, 

 son of Robert de Lowick, were dealing with lands in 

 Lowick in 1 295-1 303, and Robert, son of John, 

 and Letticc his wife from 1 330-1 343 with lands 

 which Robert Aleyn senior gave them and which 

 Thomas, son of Robert the clerk of Lowick, 

 held in 1370, John, son of John de Lowick being 



a witness 



10 



In 1443 Ralf Lowick of Lowick appeared in a 

 plea of debt of ^11 61. 8J. to Sir Simon Felbriggc, 

 kt.'> 



The name of Anthony Lowick appears as respon- 

 sible for a return of musters in 1539.^^ It seems 

 possible that the property of the Lowicks is repre- 

 sented by a manor of Lowick with which Thomas 

 Pyckeringe, Gent., and Margaret )iis wife were dealing 

 in 1585." 



pitched leaded roofs. Internally all the walls are 

 plastered. There were restorations in 1869 and 1887. 



The church was almost entirely rebuilt at the end 

 of the 14th century, but on the north side of the 

 chancel are an aumbry and a small blocked doorway 

 of the 13th century, while the two-stepped sedilia 

 and the piscina on the south side arc 14th century 

 work earlier than the general rebuilding. Of the plan 

 of the church before this rebuilding nothing definite 

 can be said, but the trefoiled piscina in the south 

 chapel appears to be of the 13th century, and altliough 

 the chapel itself was rebuilt there was probably 

 little alteration in the fabric of the adjacent south 

 aisle. 



The rebuilding is clearly due to Sir Henry Green, 

 who succeeded his father as lord of Drayton in 1369. 

 The shields of himself and his wife, a member of 

 the Wiltshire family of Mauduit, occur on the roof 

 of t!ic north aisle and in the windows of the chancel. 

 The first work taken in hand was the reconstruction 

 of the nave and aisles. The nave arcades have plain 

 octagonal piers with moulded capitals and bases, and 



• Red Bk. o( Thorncy Abbey, I.anid. 

 MS. 1029, (ol. 7jb. 



• Feet of F. Norlhanti, 12 Hen. Ill, 

 CJle 172, file 23, no. 236. 



Ml.irl. Chart. 53B, 51 J, b. 



• Roi. Ilund. (Rcc. Com.), 4 Edw. I, 

 p. 7. 



' Feud. Aids, iv, 13. 

 ' Cal. Close, 1307-13, p. 433- 

 •Feet of F. Northantn. 13 F.dw. I 

 caic 174, file 54, no. 158. llrnry dr 

 Drayton held a toft in Dr.iyton of Rolnrl, 

 •on of William de Lowick in 1252-3. 

 Cal. Iftij. lien. lll,i, 284. 



240 



'" Drayliin Chart. 35, 49, 61 ; Buc- 

 clcuch Coll. J II, 13, 16, 22. 



" Cal. Pal. I44i-'i, p. 120. 



"/.. an,/ /'. Urn. Ill I, xlv (I), p. 

 2S3. 



" Rccov. R. Mich. 27 Eliz. ro. 3; 

 Feet of F. Northani», Ea«t. 27 Elir,. 



