HUXLOE HUNDRED 



SUDBOROUGH 



Cirencester," but that abbey, which in 1 291 was 

 receiving a pension of 10;. from the church,-" liad 

 parted with the advowson before 1 251 to the Hospital 

 of St. John of Northampton, who made the pre- 

 sentation in that year.-' The hospital retained the 

 advowson until the Dissolution, when it came into 

 the hands of Francis Morgan and Ann his wife, 

 by whom it was conveyed in 1553 to John Lord 

 Mordaunt," lord of the manor, since when it has con- 

 tinued to be held witii the manor. 



In 1614 the next presentation was granted to 

 Twyford Wathe,-' member of a family in Slipton. 

 In 1557 Twyford W'athc, of Slipton, was dealing 

 with land here,''* and in 1640 Twyford Wathe, of 



St. Alb.ins, made a composition with John, Earl of 

 IVterborougli, for afforestation chargeable on lands 

 in Slipton, Lowick, Cranford, and Twywell, within 

 the ancient perambulation of the Forest of Rocking- 

 ham." In 1705 John Laughton was holding the 

 advowson.-" 



Church Lands. By an Inclosure 

 CHARITIES Award in 1771 land was set out for 

 the church. The land was sold and 

 the endowment now consists of ^^500 10;. Sd. India 

 3 per cent. Stock with the Official Trustees of Charit- 

 able Funds producing £1$ os. \d. yearly in dividends, 

 which is applied by tlie rector and churchwardens 

 for church repairs. 



SUDBOROUGH 



Sutburg (xi cent.) ; Suburg, Subburc, Suthburg, 

 Silburk (xiii cent.). 



Sudborough lies in the district formerly a part 

 of Rockingham Forest, and covers an area of 1,819 

 acres. The land, which is of clay, with a subsoil 

 of clay and limestone, rises north-east and south-west 

 from Harper's Brook, which flows in a south-easterly 

 direction through the parish. The principal crops are 

 wheat, barley and beans. There are considerable 

 stretches of woodland on the higher land. In the 

 north-east angle of the parish is Lady Wood Head, 

 to the west of which is .'\ssarts Coppice. In the north- 

 west is Cat's Head Wood, with Cat's Head Lodge 

 to the south of it. Snapes Wood, lower down along 

 its western boundary, is a continuation of Long Lovvn 

 Wood, in Slipton. In the extreme south of the parish 

 is Round Lown Wood, with New Lodge at its southern 

 end. The village lies in the valley of Harper's Brook 

 along a by-road leading from the main road from 

 Thrapston to Market Harborough, to the main 

 road from Thrapston to Kettering. The church is 

 on the south side of the road, with the rectory house, 

 a pleasantly situated stone building erected in 1826 

 by the rector of the day, on the east. Near by is the 

 school built in 1 84 1, by the Duke of Cleveland. 

 The manor house stands at the west end of the 

 village. 



The population in 1921 was 207. At one time a 

 considerable number of women of the village were 

 employed in lace-making, and an extensive brewery 

 was carried on. Stone is procured for buildings and 

 roads, and about half a mile to the north of the village 

 there were formerly brickworks which have been 

 converted into a poultry farm. 



There is a tradition that at a place called Money- 

 holes in the parish, where there are large earthworks 

 and ponds, once stood a monastic establishment, 

 but there is no evidence to support it. Another 

 tradition connects a corner near Lady Wood, now 

 ploughed up and long known as the Soldier's grave, 

 with the attempt of the Black Watch to return to the 



Highlands in 1743. It is said to be the burial place 

 of one of the regiment who died during tiicir sojourn 

 in Lady Wood. 



In the north of the parish is Sudborough Green, 

 with Sudborough Green Lodge. 



Land in SUDBOROUGH was granted 

 MANORS in 1066 by Edward the Confessor to the 

 abbey of Westminster,* which in 1086 

 held 3 hides with a mill and woodland 7 furlongs in 

 length and 6 in breadth.^ By the reign of Henry I 

 this property had diminished 

 to 2j hides.* In 1276 it was 

 stated that the abbey had re- 

 turn of writs in Sudborough 

 and Islip,* and in 1329-30 the 

 abbot claimed to hold in 

 frankalmoin by virtue of a 

 grant of King Henry III, in- 

 spected and confirmed in 1 291 

 by his son King Edward.^ The 

 abbey held the manor until 

 the Dissolution, when the fee 

 farm of £'J was granted to the 

 dean and chapter of Westmin- 

 ster by Henry VIII,* fresh 



grants of these manors being made by Queen Mary 

 in 1556,' and by Queen Elizabeth in 1560.* 



The first recorded tenant of the abbey in Sud- 

 borough was Bartholomew de Sudborough, who in 

 1225-6 levied a fine with Richard, abbot of West- 

 minster, as to his custom and service.* The next 

 was Walter de Denford who, with Sarah his wife, 

 wlio was probably the heir of Bartholomew, levied a 

 fine with Henry de Drayton of common of pasture in 

 Sudborough in 1231-2."' In 1236 Isabel, wife of 

 Ralph de St. Sampson attorned the said Ralph and 

 William de St. Sampson against Walter de Denford 

 for a third part of the pannage of his wood of Sud- 

 borough." A fine was levied of land in Sudborough 

 between William [? Walter] de Denford and his wife 

 Sarah, and Gilbert de Denford in 1 240-1 ;'^ and in 



Wf.STMINSTER AuBEY. 



Gules the crossed keys of 

 Si. Peler toilh the ring of 

 S;. Edward in the cbtej 

 all or. 



'• Curia Reg. R. (Rec. Com.), i, 175. 



'• Pope Nicb. Tax (Rec. Com.), 39 b. 



" Roi. Robl. Grojj««(c (Cant, and Vork 

 Soc), 244. 



" Feet of F. Northantl, East. 7 Edw. 

 VI. 



"Hatl. Chart, iii A.8. 



" Releaic, Harl. Chart. 112 A.7. 



"Ibid. Ill H.32. 



« Initit. Bks. (P.R.O.). 



' Cott. Chart, vi, 2. 



' V.C.H. Norihanti. i, 317. 



' Ibid. p. 365a. 



« Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com), ii, 7. 



' I'lac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com), 

 506. 



' L. and P. Hen. I'lII, xvii, g. 714 (5 

 PP- 394. 396) J P"K 34H"> Vlll.pt. 5, 



245 



' Ibid. 3 and 4 Phil. & Mary, pt. 5. 



Mbid. 2 Eliz. pt. II. 



• Feet of F. Northants, 10 Ilcn. Ill, 

 case 172, file 18, nu. 124. 



'0 Ibid. 16 Hen. Ill, case 172, file 26, 

 no. 304. 



"Cat. Close, 1234-7, p. 33+- 



" Feet of F. Northants. 25 Hen. Ill, 

 case 173, file 32, no. 456. 



