A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



manor.'" The reversal of the order of presentation 

 by the two Traillys was due to the fact that Richard 

 de Trailly was to make the first presentation and in 

 fact had already done so in 1285.*' This arrangement 

 is recited in a lawsuit of 1 346 and can be traced in 

 the presentations down to the 16th century.** The 

 share of the Bois passed with their manor (q.v.) to 

 Lord Vaux of Harrowden, who sold it in 1592 to 

 Simon Mallory,** and it presumably passed with the 

 other property of the Mallorys in Woodford to Sir 

 Rowland St. John, who first presented to one of the 

 medieties of the church in 1629.'" Richard de 

 Trailly's share passed with his manor (q.v.) to the 

 Thorleys, and William Thorley presented in 1494,''* 

 but it is not mentioned amongst his possessions at 

 his death in 1515,'" nor in subsequent sales of 

 Thorley's Manor.*" Geoffrey de Trailly's share in the 

 mediety of the church also followed the descent of 

 his quarter share in the manor (q.v.). After the sub- 

 division of this holding on the death of Hugh de la 

 Hay, William Rockingham presented in 1400, William 

 Farnham and John Welles in 1437, Roger Lenton and 

 John Welles in 1446, VV'illiam Aldwinkle and Roger 

 Lenton in 1455.** In none of the later conveyances 

 of Lenton's, however, is any share of the advowson 

 mentioned,*- but in 1562 Robert Barley sold a quarter 

 of a quarter of the mediety of the advowson to Simon 

 Mallory,*' who presumably also acquired in some way 

 the remaining shares in this mediety of the advowson. 

 The abbot of Peterborough received, in the 13th 

 century, 5 marks a year from the rectory of Wood- 

 ford.** After the dissolution of the abbey, this portion 

 was granted in 1 541 to the Dean and Chapter of 

 Peterborough.** 



The Woodford Charity Estate, 

 CHARITIES administered by nine trustees in con- 

 formity with the provisions of a 

 scheme of the Charity Commissioners dated 12 July 

 1896, comprises the charity of Peter Gray (deed 

 7 May 1577), endowment 39 a. 3 r. of land and 4 

 cottages and barn in Woodford and a sum of 

 ^35 js. lod. Consols with the Official Trustees of 

 Charitable Funds, produced by the sale in 1916 of a 

 small piece of land known as the Schoolmaster's 

 Garden and the charity of Susannah Louisa Baroness 

 St. John — will proved in Prerogative Court 29 

 Nov. 1805— endowment of ^^129 os. ild. Consols 

 with the Official Trustees. The land is let in allot- 

 ments, and with the cottages produced £qo 8s. \d. 

 in 1924. The dividends on the stock amount to 

 £^ 2s. yearly. The income is applied in subscriptions 

 to hospitals and in the distribution of coal. 



Whaley's Money. A rentcharge or customary 

 payment of I3.r. \d. has long been received by 

 the churchwardens out of land and distributed 

 yearly among five poor widows. This charity is 

 ascribed to donations by persons named Wales and 

 Forscott. 



The Church Land was awarded by the Com- 

 missioners upon inclosures in Woodford and Denford 

 to the churchwardens of Woodford. The Denford 

 inclosure took place in 1766. The property consists of 

 14 a. 3 r. 5 p. of land in Woodford let for ^18 17/. 

 yearly and 3 r. of land in Denford let for £2 yearly. 

 The Official Trustees hold a sum of £1,997 '5^- '°'^- 

 Consols arising from investments of rents and royalties 

 and producing ^^49 18/. ?,d. yearly. The income is 

 applied towards general church expenses. 



" Feet of F. Northants. Trin. 14 

 Edw. I. 



** Bridges, loc. cit. ; Feet of F. North- 

 ant«. Trin. 14 Edw. I. 



*' De Banco R. 395, m. 270 ; Bridges, 

 loc. cit. 



" Feet of F. Northants. Hil. 34 Eliz. 



♦' Instit. Bks. (P.R.O.). 



*' Bridges, loc. cit. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. ii), xxx, 1 17. 



" Feet of F. Northants. Trin. 9 Eliz. ; 

 East. 40 Eliz. ; Mich. 2 Jas. I ; Mich. 1652. 



" Bridges, op. cit. 268 (\Vm. Bukyng- 

 ham is given probably in error for Wm. 

 Rockingham.) 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. ii),xviii,95, 511; 



Feet of F. North.-ints. Hil. 12 Eliz. ; Mich. 

 25 & 26 Eliz. ; Hil. 16 Chas. I ; Hil. 

 1657. 



" Feet of F. Northants. Mich. 4 & 5 

 Eliz. 



" Cott. MS. Vesp. E xxii, fol. 60 d ; 

 Pope Nub. Tax (Rcc. Com.), 40. 



" L. andP. Hen. yill,xv\,g. 1226(10). 



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