SPELHOE HUNDRED 



WESTON FAVELL 



son Sir Edmund' who in 1573 alienated it to Richard 

 Burbanke.* By i 580 it was in the possession of Robert 

 Gage and Anne his wife, who in that year conveyed it to 

 William Gage and Margaret his wife. ^ In 1583 they 

 sold it to Edward Travell and Clara his wife ;•• the latter 

 in 1 593 alienated it to Henry Travell, a brother of 

 Edward, and Elizabeth his wife,' of whom it was pur- 

 chased three years later by their nephew Robert 

 Travell,* atterwards rector of Weston, who was de- 

 prived for non-conformity but restored, on submission, 

 in 1605,' and retained his office until 1640.* The right 

 of presentation then passed, probably by purchase, to 

 Francis Hcrvcy, nephew of the Stephen who acquired 

 Tyringham's Manor in 1620,' and he was succeeded by 

 his son William, patron and rector of Weston, who died 

 in 1736.'° His son, another William, also patron and 

 rector of the church, died in 1752," when the right of 

 presentation devolved on his son James, rector there, 

 and the author of Meditations among the Tombs}' 

 On his death in 1758, without issue, the advowson 

 ought to have been sold according to the terms of the 

 will of his father,'^ but an arrangement was arrived at in 

 1777 by which it passed to his sister Mary and her hus- 

 band Robert Knight, the rector of Weston,''' and after 

 their deaths it was inherited by their son Robert Hervcy 

 Knight, also rector.'' It is now in the gift of the 

 Church Association Trust. 



The Charities of Hervey and Elizabeth Ekins for 

 education, apprenticing for the poor, and for a sermon, 

 were founded by indentures of lease and release dated 



27 February 1 704 and augmented by land conveyed by 

 deeds in 1707, 1717, and 1755. The charities are 

 administered by a body of trustees, of 

 CHARITIES whom the rector is one, appointed by 

 a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners 

 of 22 December 1874. 



By a Determination Order of the Charity Com- 

 missioners dated 2 November 1906, ;^8o Consols out of 

 Stock representing accumulations of income was set 

 aside to provide the endowment of the Poor Charity of 

 Hervey and Elizabeth Ekins and ^^32 Consols for the 

 endowment of the Ecclesiastical Charity of Hervey and 

 Elizabeth Ekins. The income of the Poor Charity 

 amounting to [^z yearly is distributed in bread on St. 

 Andrew's Day and 16/., being the income of the Ec- 

 clesiastical Charity, is paid to the rector for a sermon 

 on that day. 



Lady Jane Holman by her will dated in or about the 

 year 171 1 gave to the minister and churchwardens a 

 close of land of about 8 acres called Greenway Furze, 

 to pay out of the rents zos. a year to the minister for 

 a sermon on Good Friday and to distribute the residue 

 to the poor. The land was sold in 1919 and the pro- 

 ceeds invested, producing ^^37 5/. zd. yearly in divi- 

 dends. The charity is administered by the rector and 

 two trustees appointed by the Parish Council in place 

 of the churchwardens. Varying cash payments are 

 made to about fifty poor. 



The several sums of Stock are with the Official 

 Trustees of Charitable Funds. 



■ Chan. In<). p.m. (Ser. z), Ixxxix, 106. 



» Feet of F. Northants. East. i8 Eliz. 



J Ibid. Mich, zz i 23 Elii. 



« Ibid. Mich. 25 k 26 Eliz. 



5 Add. Chart. 25 181. 



» Feet of F. Northants. Hil. 38 Elii. 



' Cal. S.P. Dom. 1603-10, p. 217. 



' Bridges, Norihatiti. i, 469. 

 ' FcetofF. Northants. Hil. 1659; Inst. 

 Bks. (P.R.O.) ; Recov. R. Trin. 28 Chas. II. 

 "> Inst. Bks. (P.R.O.) ; Baker, Northants. 



i. 75- 



" From mural monuments in church; 

 P.C.C. 127 Bcttesworth. 



'2 Diet. Nat. Bi'og. 



" Ibid. 



'•• Baker, Northants. i, 75; Feet of F. 

 Northants. East. 17 Geo. III. 



■5 Inst. Bks. (P.R.O.); Whellan, 

 Northants. 



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