A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



Elizabeth for life,' and James I in 1613 granted it to 

 Charles Prince of Wales and his heirs. ^ After Charles's 

 accession to the throne the manor was sold in 1628 to 

 Edward Ditchfield, John Highlord, and others, trustees 

 for the City of London, for a fee-farm rent of 

 ;^52 lyx. 81/.,^ and some question as to the validity 

 of the letters patent arising, the sale was confirmed in 

 the following year.'' 



The manor seems to have been sold by the trustees in 

 various small lots, one of which, acquired by the 

 Saunderson family, was sold in 1 740, under the name of 

 Moulton Manor, by Mary widow of John Saunderson 

 to Timothy Rogers for ^^1,500.5 By his will dated 

 15 June 1765, Timothy left his property to his sister 

 Ann Rogers, to whom various yardlands were assigned 

 at the inclosure of the parish in 1772.* The latter, by 

 her will 12 July 1787, bequeathed the manor for life 

 to her faithful servant Elizabeth Lyon with reversion to 

 her cousin Osborn Standest of the Navy Office, London, 

 who by his will in 18 14 left the property' to his wife 

 Elizabeth with remainder to his children in equal por- 

 tions, of whom it was purchased in 1850 by Mr. Lewis 

 Loyd.' This property descended to Lady Wantage, the 

 grand-daughter of Mr. Lewis Loyd, but there are no 

 manorial rights exercised at the present day. 



Another portion of the estate was purchased by 

 Richard Worley in 1630* and passed to his descendants, 

 being known as a manor when in the possession of John 

 Worley in 1805.' It was bought with the Saunderson 

 property by Mr. Lewis Loyd in 1850. 



The rent of ^5 2 i js. St/, was sold to William Deacon 

 in 1650 by the trustees for the sale of fee-farm rents,'" 

 but was afterwards granted to Queen Katharine in 

 1665" and the reversion sold in 1672 to Sir Richard 

 Rainsford,'^ since which date its descent is similar to 

 that of the fee-farm rent of Kingsthorpe (q.v.), pur- 

 chased about the same time. 



A second holder of land in Moulton at Domesday 

 was Robert de Buci,'^ whose fief passed to the Bassets of 

 Weldon, of whom Moulton continued to be held. This 

 constituted the ENGAINE FEE. 



In the Northampton Geld Roll, dated before 1075, 

 a William Engaine is mentioned where land at Moulton 

 was in default,''' and in the Survey of 1086 this William 

 was under-tenant of Robert de Buci, of whom he held 

 2 hides, i| virgates.'s His descendants continued to hold 

 this estate, Richard Engaine being in possession in the 

 middle of the 12th century;'* he was succeeded by his 

 son Vital," who died £-.1248,'^ leaving two sons, Henry 

 who died without issue in 1 271 and John." The 

 Engaines subinfeudated the Fitz Johns, who already 

 held the other manor in Moulton; for in 1296 John 

 Fitz John died holding his manor of Moulton partly, as 

 ^ fee, of John Engaine.^" This estate thus became 



amalgamated with Moulton Manor, whose descent has 



been traced, the last mention of 



the Engaine overlordship being in 



1323, when John Engaine died 



seised of part of a knight's fee in 



Moulton, held as of his manor of 



BlatherwTke (q.v.).^' 



Other lands in Moulton were 

 held of the BaUiol family, as of the 

 honor of Castle Bernard; these, 

 which in the 12th-century survey 

 were assessed at li hides and I p ^ ; ■> 



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small virgate, were held by Guy andajcue dancetiy or. 

 de BaUiol as of the fee of Faxton,^^ 

 and were granted with Faxton to the BaUiol family, pro- 

 bably by WilUam Rufus.^^ The BaUiols subinfeudated 

 Adam de Periton,^* and the estate descended with the 

 manor of Faxton (q.v.). 



In the Survey of 1086 and in that of the 12th cen- 

 tury, li hides and I bovate of land in Moulton are 

 recorded as of the socage of Torp (Kingsthorpe) which 

 was ancient demesne of the Crown, -' and part of this 

 holding may be identical with the 5 virgates bestowed 

 by John in 1 199 on the church of St. Frideswide, 

 Oxford.^* In 1227 the priory was concerned in a dis- 

 pute with Adam de Periton of Faxton touching the 

 customs which he demanded from them,^' and in the 

 reign of Henry IIP* and in 1 291 their land in Moulton 

 was said to be worth 12/. a year,^' but there is no 

 further mention of this estate. 



The ancient inclosure known as THORPELANDS, 

 which lies on the outskirts of the parish and is bounded 

 by Weston FaveU parish, may have developed from the 

 remainder of this Kingsthorpe socage. The name 

 Thorpelands first occurs in 1450, when WiUiam 

 Tresham, Speaker of the House of Commons, setting 

 out from Rushton to meet Richard Duke of York, who 

 was crossing from Ireland, was waylaid by some re- 

 tainers of the Lancastrian, Lord Grey of Ruthin, and 

 there kiUed bythem.^° Thorpelands was acquired by the 

 lords of Moulton Manor and passed with it into the 

 possession of the Crown, by whom it was leased in 1 5 16 

 and again in 1 5 38 to Edmund Haslewood for2iyears.3' 

 It was afterwards leased to John Freeman, who was in 

 occupation in 1 577,^' but it was sold with the manor in 

 1628 to the trustees of the City of London^^ and was 

 shortly afterwards acquired in 163 1 by Sir William 

 Wilmer of SyweU.^* The Wilmers apparently retained 

 it for some years, but it passed through many hands in 

 the 1 8th century^5 to WiUiam Drage of Stanwick, of 

 whom it was bought in 1 8 16 by Mr. Clarke HiUyard,^* 

 afterwards passing to Lord Overstone and then to Lady 

 Wantage. 



St. Andrew's Priory acquired a considerable estate in 



' Pat. R. + Edw. VI, pt. iii; ibid. 5 

 Edw. VI, pt. iii, m. 1 1. 



^ Ibid. 1 1 Jas. I, pt. xvi. 



3 Cal. S.P. Dom. 1628-9, PP- 4-^' 5^9* 

 Pat. 4 Chas. I, pt. xxxiv. 



■* Ibid. 4 Chas. I, pt. viii, m. 5; Feet of 

 F. Northants. East. 5 Chas. I. 



5 From title-deeds of Lady Wantage. 



^ Ibid.; Priv. Act. 12 Geo. Ill, cap. 139. 



' P.C.C. 466, Major. From title-deeds 

 of Lady Wantage. 



' Burke, Landed Gentry {2nd ed.), ill. 



' Priv. Act. 1 2 Geo. Ill, cap. 139; Feet 

 of F. Northants. Trin. 45 Geo. Ill ; Recov. 

 R. Trin. 45 Geo. Ill, m. 254. 

 "> Aug. Off. Deeds of Sale of Common- 



wealth, bdle. D. I. 



" Pat. 17 Chas. II, pt. ix, no. i. 



'^ Close, 24 Chas. II, pt. x, no. 7. 



" r.C.H. Northants. i, 335. 



^* Round, Feudal England., 154-5. 



'5 V.C.H. Northants. i, 335. 



■* Ibid. 381. 



" Bk. of Fees., 934, 946. 



'^ Chan. Inq. p.m. 33 Hen. Ill, no. 70. 



'^ Nicolas, Peerage, 218. 



^° Chan. Inq. p.m. 4 Edw. I, no. 42. 



" Ibid. 16 Edw. II, no. 71; Cal. Close, 

 1318-23, p. 640. 



" F.C.H. Northants. \, 381. 



" Ibid. 361. 



" £jt. o/F«j, 502, 941. 



" V.C.H. Northants. i, 306, 381. 



^<> Rot. Chart. (Rec. Com.), 23. 



2' Close R. 13 Hen. Ill, m. 7 d., 9 d. 



28 Cott. MS. Nero D. x, fol. 185. 



=» Tope Nich. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 55. 



3" Diet. Nat. Biog. 



3" L. and P. Hen. Fill, xiii (i), g. 1519 



(43)- 



'^ Aug. Off. Partic. for Leases in 

 Reversion 1577, bdle. 12. 



3' Pat. 4 Chas. I, pt. viii, n. 5. 



3* Com. Pleas. Recov. R. Hil. 7 Chas. I, 

 m. 12 d. 



35 Excheq. Dep. Northants. Mich, 25 

 Geo. Ill, no. i. 



3^ Baker, Northants. i, 48. 



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