HUXLOE HUNDRED 



SLIPTON 



son of Alniaric, granted tlic wood and advovv- 

 son in 1313 to John de Chctyngdon and liis 

 wife Elizabeth, lessees of the manor.-* In 13^7-8 

 Thomas Daundelyn of Brigstock and Margaret his 

 wife conveyed it with a messuage, land, rent, and a 

 mill to Margaret, widow of William de Ros of 

 Hamelak,*' from whom it had passed before 1 349 to 

 Grace Nowers, Lady of Saldcne, who then presented.* 

 With the said messuage, etc., it was held in 1357 by 

 Gilbert de Bristowe and Margaret his wife, who in 

 that year conveyed the advowson, etc., by fine to 

 John Baskervyle.*' It was held by Sir Thomas 

 Bridges, Kt., in 1692.*^ 



A chapel in Drayton was attached to the mother 

 church of I slip (q.v.), and was referred to by Halstead 

 apparently as still in existence.^ It was probably the 

 cliurcii in Drayton which was granted by Stephen dc 

 Ecton to the priory of St. Mary of Northampton, to 

 which church Stephen, son of Stephen de Ecton, 

 Beatrice de Blokeville, and Peter Pocr made grants 

 of land in Drayton. 



A chantry chapel, called the chapel of St. Mary, in 

 the parish church, was in existence in 1 317, when 

 Simon Drayton received licence at the request of 

 Queen Isabella to alienate in mortmain 100 /. of land 

 and rents in his manor of Drayton to a chaplain to 

 celebrate divine service there daily .^ At the petition 

 of Henry, Lord Wentworth, son and heir of Thomas, 

 Lord Wentv\'orth, this chantry was granted in 1584-5 

 to Theophilus Adams and Thomas Butler of London.^ 



Another chantry, for two chaplains, was founded 

 under the will of Edward, Earl of Wiltshire,** licence 

 being obtained in 1498 for its endowment with lands 

 to the yearly value of £fi 61. 8</.*' The manor of 

 Culworth was acquired for the purpose by Robert 



Wliittk-l)ury,William Marbury, and Thomas Montagu, 

 gent, in the same year, with a messuage and 8 acres of 

 wood in Lowick held of the abbot of Peterborough.** 

 A commission was issued for this to be taken into the 

 king's possession in 1 546, when the chantry, with 

 the mansion in Lowick called the Chantrey House, 

 was granted to Sir Edward Montagu, chief justice.^" 

 The sum of j^l 10, being the amount 

 CIIARITIES of benefactions formerly given to the 

 poor, was laid out in 1729 in the 

 purchase of land in the parish of Oundle. Upon the 

 inclosure of that parish 7 acres of land at Oundle were 

 given in lieu of original land. This land is let for £\i 

 yearly which is distributed by two trustees appointed 

 by the Parish Council in money to about 14 poor. 



An allotment of 20 acres was set out on the Lowick 

 inclosure to the churchwardens in lieu of land 

 aiuicntly appropriated to the repairs of tiie church. 

 Tlie land was let to S. G. Stopford-Sackville, Esq., at a 

 yearly rent of £\%. The OfHcial Trustees of Charit- 

 able Funds hold a sum of ;{;2,50l 12/. 5^., Consols 

 representing the investment of royalties received from 

 the Islip Iron Co., Ltd., and producing £i>2 \os. Sd. 

 yearly in dividends. The income is applied to 

 church expenses. 



Mrs. Nlary Wheat in 1 77 1 gave /30 to the poor. 

 This legacy is now represented by £43 15J. lod. 

 Consols with the Official Trustees, producing^^l is. id. 

 yearly in dividends, which is distributed by the 

 churchwardens in money to three poor persons. 



The recreation ground was conveyed by deed 

 dated 25 October, 1921, which is enrolled in the 

 books of the Charity Commissioners, pursuant to 

 the provisions of the Mortmain Charitable Uses 

 Act 1888 and Amendment Act 1892. 



SLIPTON 



Sliptone (xii cent.) ; Sclipton (xiv cent.) ; Slypton 

 (xvi cent.). 



The small parish of Slipton formerly comprised 

 only 768 acres, but in 1885 a detached part of Twywell, 

 called Curtley, was added to it, bringing up the area 

 to 825 acres.' The ground rises east and west from 

 a stream flowing through the parish to the Nene. 

 The soil is clay and the subsoil ironstone and lias. 

 The crops are chiefly corn and roots. There is a 

 considerable amount of scattered woodland in the 

 northern part of the parish. Between Long Lown 

 Wood and Ekins Copse is a moat, probably repre- 

 senting the site of a manor house. The Islip Iron 

 Company have extensive mines of ironstone, and 

 tramways connect the quarries with the London 

 Midland and Scottish Railway. 



The village stands on rising ground along the branch 

 road to Sudborough, the church being on the east 



side. An Inclosure Act was passed for the parish in 

 1770, when 560 acres were inclosed.'' 

 The population was 85 in 1921. 



In 1086 the abbey of Peterborough 

 MANORS held one hide and one virgate in Slipton.* 

 In the survey of the time of Henry I 

 a hide and a virgate in Slipton was of the fee of William 

 de Curcy, Richard Fitz Hugh had two-thirds of a hide 

 of the abbot of Peterborough, and Roger, nephew 

 of the abbot, held one-third of a hide.'' The Curcy 

 honour extended into many counties, and was held 

 by four successive tenants of the name of William 

 de Curcy, the last of whom died in 1 194. His sistei 

 Alice married firstly Hugh de Nevill, the forester, 

 and secondly Warin Fitz Ceroid. John, son of Hugh 

 Nevill, died in 1235, leaving a son Hugh. The honour 

 passed later to the Lisles.' The Curcy manor in Slipton, 

 a member of Brixworth, the head of the honour in 



•• Ftet of F. Northant*. 6 Edw. II, 

 caic 17;, file 64, no. 13;. 



"Ibid. 21 Edw. Ill, case 177, file 78, 

 no. 342. 



•"' Bridges, Hisi. Nortbanii. ii, 247. 



•'Feet of F. NorthanH. 31 Edw. Ill, 

 caie 177, file 80, no. 449. 



•■ Initit. Bks. (P.R.O.). 



■' tlalstead, op. cit. 160. 



•' Cal. Pat. I 3 17-21, p. 27. 



•» Pat. R. 27 Eliz. pt. 4. 



'" For the souls of Henry VII and Queen 

 Elizabeth, Edward Stafford; late Earl of 

 Wiltshire, his parents, John Stafford, 

 Earl of Wiltshire, and his wife Constance, 

 John Whittlebury, Esq., Humfrcy Stafford, 

 Duke of Buckingham, Humphrey Stafford, 

 Earl of Stafford, Sir Henry Green, kt., 

 and Mabel his wife. Sir Henry Greene, 

 kt., and Maud his wife, and other relatives 

 (spcciBed), friends, and benefactors. 



•' Cal. Pal. 1494-1509, pp. 162, 173. 



" Ibid ; Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. ii), zziii, 



39- 



»" Pat. R. 3S Hen. VIII, pt. 7 ; L. and 

 P. Hen. Vlll, xxi (ii), g. 648, nos. 39, 52. 



' Local Gov. Bd. Order, 25 Mar. 1885. 



' Priv. Stat. 1 1 Ceo. Ill, cap. 4. 



> y.C.U. Northanu. i, 314 b. 



* Ibid. 365. 



' The descent of the Curcy honour will 

 be found in TiiTCT, Honours and Knigbti* 

 Feti, i, 103 ct leq. 



