A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



in Woodford and Kingstliorpe and probably Heming- 

 ton, held by the service of two knights' fees and 

 castle guard at Rockingham. ^^ Roger was succeeded 

 by Guy Maufe, who, with his wife Adeliza, gave a 

 portion of his tithes to Peterborough in 1 141. *'* 



Simon IMaufe was holding the two fees in 1 179 and 

 I ! 89.^ Before 1 196 Lucas Maufe had succeeded him*' 

 and in 1211-12 William Maufe appears. l'' William 

 died before 1224, when his heir Oliver was a minor. 

 He was succeeded by Robert Maufe, who held the two 

 fees but granted the abbot of Thorney certain lands 

 in Kingsthorpe.l^ Robert died before 1254, leaving 

 four daughters as his heirs, amongst whom his fees 

 were divided. *' In a lawsuit of 1346, John de Wood- 

 ford is said to have been the last tenant of the un- 

 divided manor and to have left two daughters and 

 heirs. Presumably John is a mistake for Robert, while 

 the other daughters are not mentioned in 1 346, as their 

 families no longer had any interest in the Woodford 

 manor.l' There seems no doubt that the eldest 

 daughter married Thomas Deyville." Alice married 

 John de Bois, and Joan married, but the name of her 

 husband does not appear.*' The fourth daughter 

 married Roger de Kirkton*'" but does not seem to have 

 had any share in Woodford. Another Thomas Deyville 

 did homage for his lands there in 1275,-" but ten years 

 later John de Bois and his wife bought the Deyville's 

 share in Woodford and so came into possession of 

 half the manor,-' which was held as a half and a 

 quarter of a knight's fee.-^ 



Their holding was known as t'ne manor of 

 WOODFORD, PIELL'S or FAUX. John de Bois 

 did homage for it in 1289. Roger de Bois was 

 holding in 1316 and did homage in 1322, and 

 John de Bois was tenant in 1346.-' In 1369 Sir 

 Roger de Bois, knt., sold it to John Pyel of London,^'' 

 who died before 1385, when his executors assigned a 

 rent of 50 marks to his widow, but his lieir is not 

 mentioned."^ The manor, however, came to Nicholas 

 Pyel, who before 1 394 made a settlement of the manor 

 on Roger Lichefeld and others in anticipation of his 

 marriage with Elizabeth Gorge, sister of Roger 

 Lichefeld.2' Whether the marriage took place docs 

 not appear, but the terms of the settlement were not 

 carried out, and Nicholas died seised of it about 



1402.-' lie is said to have been poisoned, but tlie 

 Register of Abbot Genge of Peterborough gives two 

 different accounts of the descent of the manor. 

 In one, Nicholas is said to have died without 

 heir and except for the life interest of an un- 

 named tenant (probably Nicholas's widow) it 

 had escheated to the abbey. In the other, 

 John, son of Nicholas, was said in 1406 to be a minor 

 in the abbot's custody.^ The manor, however, 

 seems to have passed before 1417"' to an Elizabeth 

 Pyel, probably a daughter or sister of John P)cl and 

 the wife of Sir William Huddlestone.'" In 1426 

 it had passed to William Braunspath and his wife 

 Elizabeth, in her right.'* She presumably was the 

 widow of Huddlestone and was living in 1445.'^ 

 Before 145 1, her son Henry Huddlestone had suc- 

 ceeded her'' and died seised before 1488, when his 

 heir was his daughter Elizabeth, the wife of Sir 

 Thomas Cheyney.** In 1514, the manor passed to 

 their daughter Elizabeth, a minor, who afterwards 

 married Thomas Vaux, the first Lord V^aux of Harrow- 

 den.*'' Their son William in 1585 granted a rent of 

 £10 per annum out of the manor to Joan, the wife of 

 William Goddard." He sold the manor, however, 

 in 1592, to Simon Mallory," whose son, Simon, sold 

 it in 162 1 to Sir Rowland St. John,'* the younger son 

 of the third Baron St. John of 

 Bletso. His son Oliver was 

 created a baronet and his 

 descendants owned the manor 

 until the early 19th century," 

 when it was sold, probably by 

 Henry, the 12th Baron St. 

 John, to the Duke of Dorset.^" 

 On the death of the last duke 

 in 1843, it passed to liis niece 

 Mrs. Stopford Sackville,""* and 

 is now the property of Mr. 

 Nigel v. Stopford Sackvillc. 



Joan, presumably the third 

 of the Maufe heiresses, left two daughters between 

 whom her share of Woodford manor was divided on her 

 death about 1275.''^ In that year, Richard Trailly, hus- 

 band of her eldest daughter Alice, did homage to the 

 Abbot of Peterborough.'" Their lands were afterwards 



[^^ 



St. John. 

 chief gutes 



Argent a 

 with two 



motets or ibercin. 



" Chron. Petrol. (Camden Soc), p. 173 ; 

 Pytchliy, loc. cit. ; S. Guntnn, Hiit. 

 Peterborough^ 131 ; Sparke, Hut. Angl. 

 Script Var. 59;Egcrion MS. (B.M.), 2733. 



"• Pytchlcy, loc. cit. 



" Ibid ; Cat. Chart. 1226-57, 20. 



"Cat. Curta Reg. i, 27; Cott. MS. 

 Vcsp. E xxii, fol. 100. 



■' Red Bk. ofExcheq. (Roll. Scr.), 6iq. 



'* Pytchley, loc. cit. quoting the I.ibcr 

 Niger of Peterborough .ind Hugh C.Tn- 

 didui. 



" Rot. Robt. Groiieleile (Cant, and York 

 Soc), 225 ; Cott. MS. (U.M.) Clcop. C i, 

 (ol. 146 ; Soc. Antiq. MS. 60, fol. 248 d. 



" De Banco R. no. 395, m. 270. 



" Soc. Antiq. MS. 60, fol. 24S d ; F.gcr- 

 tonMS. (B.M.) 2733, fol 148. 



'• De Banco R. no. 395, m. 270 ; Feet 

 of F. Norlhanti. Mil. 36 Hen. III. 



"• I'ylchley Dk. of Feet, p. 1 57. Here 

 the fourth daughter of Robert de Maufe 

 (by mistake cillcd Vcre) is laid to have 

 married Roger de Kirkton ; Rot. Ilunj. 

 (Rcc. Com.), ii, 7. 



" Chron. Pttrob. 23. 



" Feel til F. Norlhanti. 12 Edw. I, cue 



174, file 53, no. 113; ibid. Mich. 13 

 Edw. I i Cott. MS. Clcop. C. i, fol. 146. 



" Cott. MS. Vcjp. E xxi, fol. 78. 



*' Pytchley lik. of fees, 60 n ; Feud. 

 Aids,\t, 12, 29 ; Chron. Petrol. 144 ; Cott. 

 MS. Vcsp. E xxii, fols. 47 d, 88 d. The 

 lands of Nicholas dc Bois of Woodford, 

 deed, were taken into the King's hands in 

 1307 [Cal. Fine, ii, 3) ; Cott. MS. Clcop. 

 C i, fol. 146. 



" Cal. Close. 1 369-74, p. 68. 



"Ibid. i38i;-89, p. 143. 



" Add. MS. (B.M.) 252S8 fols. 8 b, 44d •, 

 Bridges, Hist. Northants. ii, p. 267, cit. 

 Episc. Reg. 



" Add. MS. (B.M.) 252S8, fol.. 10, 

 44d. 



•" Ibid. ; fols. 10, 44 d. 



" Bridget, op. cit. 268 ; cf. Irthling- 

 borough. 



'° Bridges, loc. cil ; Early Chan. Proc. 

 bdle. 587, no. 40. 



" Feet of F. Northant.. Trin. 4 Men. VI; 

 Feud, .lids, iv, p. 49. 



" Bridget, loc. cit. 



•• Ibid. ; Early Chan. Proc. bdle 587, 

 no. 40. 



" Cal. Inq. Hen. VII, i, no. 297. 



■'^ Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. ii), xxix, 3 ; 

 G.E.C. Complete Peerage. 



" Feet of F. Div. Cos. Hil. 2 Elii. j 

 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. ii), ccxiiv, 115; 

 Feet of I". Northants. East. 27 Eliz. 



" Ibid. Hil. 34 Elir.. ; lUst. MRS. Com. 

 Rep. (Var. Coll.) iii, 66-71 ; Chan. Inq. 

 p.m. (Ser. ii), cclxxxviii, 119. In this 

 inquisition on the death of Simon Mallory, 

 no mcntinn is made of any manor in Wood- 

 ford, only of very considerable holdings of 

 lands, etc. 



'" Feet of F. Northant.. Mich. 19 Jas. I ; 

 Recov. R. Hil. 19 Jai. I, ro. 17. 



"' O.E.C. Complete Peerage ; Feet of 

 F. Northant!. Hil. 22 Chas. I j Recov. 

 R. Trin. 4 Geo I, ro. 128 ; ibid. Mich. 

 21 Geo. Ill, ro. 427. 



*" Whcllan, op. cit. 



*' G.E.C. Complete Peerage (New Ed.); 

 Whcllan, op. cit. p. 77, cf. Dr.iyton in 

 I.owick parish. 



*' Dc Banco R. no. 395, m. 270. 



" Ibid. ; Chron. Petrol. 22 ; Feui. Aids, 

 iv, 12. 



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