HAMFORDSHOE HUNDRED earls barton 



same descent as Yardley Hastings (q.v.). The over- 

 lordship is last mentioned in connexion with Earls 

 Barton in 151 1.' 



Hastings. Or 

 gutei. 



sltrvc 



PvNKENV. Or a fesse 



indented of five pointi 



gules. 



At the beginning of the 14th century three manors 

 existed in Earls Barton. One of these, called P7'N- 

 KENVoT BERNARD'S MJNOR, from the names of 

 the families which held it, seems to have been in the 

 hands of David de Lindesey, whose widow Margery^ 

 held half a fee in Barton in 1241, at which time 

 Thomas de Lindesey was said to hold a quarter fee 

 there. ■• But Thomas was actually dead in I239,'' and 

 his heir held the quarter fee in 1242.' This heir was 

 apparently Gerard de Lindese}', son of Margery,* and 

 his sister Alice married Henry de Pynkeny. Henry, 

 before his death in 1253, gave 10 marks of land which 

 he held in Earls Barton in right of his wife to his 

 daughter Alice,' who married Ralph de Thorp, and his 

 son Henry confirmed the gift.* Alice, who died in 

 1289, had held the manor of Earls Barton of Robert 

 de Pynkeny, her nephew, but had surrendered it to 

 him, reserving the use of the hall, chambers, kitchen, 

 &c., during her life.' Her son Simon dc Thorp in 1 292 

 gave up to Robert de Pynkeny his claim in lands here,'" 

 though between 1329 and 1332 Simon's three daugh- 

 ters laid claim to the manor." During his minority 

 Simon de Thorp had been in ward to Seman de 

 Stokes,'* who appears in 1285 as holding part of a fee 

 in Barton.'^ Robert de Pynkeny died in 1295, and in 

 1 3 16 Robert his son held Barton Manor.''' Robert de 

 Pynkeny was still in possession in 1349," and had a 

 daughter Margaret'* who married William de Cham- 

 payne, whose grand-daughter Margaret was the wife 

 of John Sulney. The manor then followed the same 

 descent as Barnard's in Great Doddington (q.v.) until 

 1633, when John Barnard and his wife f^lizabeth were 

 in possession of the manor." From John Barnard the 

 Whitworth family evidently acquired Barnard's Manor, 

 but the exact date of the transfer is not known. In 1636 

 Myles Whitworth petitioned as a resident in Earls Bar- 

 ton'* and in 1655 Robert Whitworth had land there." 

 In 171 1 William and Robert Whitworth conveyed 



certain tithes in Barton to William Manning.-" By 18 12 

 the Whitworths held Barnard's Manor and had also 

 acquired Holdcnby's Manor (q.v.) from the Earl of 

 Northampton.-' Subsequently the manor of Earls 

 Barton descended to T. W. Whitworth, whose trustees 

 held it in 1877. At the present day no manorial rights 

 are exercised in Earls Barton, but William Chetwode 

 Whitworth is principal landowner. 



A second manor in Earls Barton called HOLDEN- 

 Sr'S and later SPENCER'S MJNOR was held in the 

 latter half of the 13th century by the Charnelcs, or 

 Carnail,-- family. In 1 247 .Agnes de Carnail conveyed 

 her lands in Barton to William de Carnail. -^ In 1275 

 William de Carnail was presented for having en- 

 croached on the high road in Barton, *< and in 1285 he, 

 with Seman de Stokes (guardian of Simon de Thorpe),-^ 

 held a knight's fee there.** Another William, presum- 

 ably his son, in 1325 held J fee in Barton.*' In 1343 

 William and his wife Isabel transferred the manor to 

 their son William and his wife Joan.** In 1 346 William 

 held fees in Earls Barton.*' William de Carnail died 

 on 24 June 1 349, when the Black Death was raging 

 in this district, leaving as heir his daughter Maud, then 

 I year oldj^" in ward to John and Thomas de Carnail, 



Charneles. Gulei ttvo 

 cheverons in a border or. 



HoLDENBY. Aaure five 

 cinqfoili argent set saltirt' 



brothers of William.^' In 1362 an inquisition was made 

 concerning the age of Maud, who had married Robert 

 de Holdenby.^* Robert and Maud in 1392 granted 

 certain lands out ot their manor to the nunnery of 

 Delaprc.^5 Robert de Holdcnby was succeeded by John; 

 after whom the manor descended to his son John 

 Holdenby and his wife Joan. Their son William^'' in 

 1456 granted to his mother certain lands in Barton for 

 her life. William's son William, who in 1490 granted 

 to his mother Agnes Nevill for life certain rents out of 

 hismanor,^' was the last of his family to hold the manor; 

 from him it appears to have passed to the Muscote 

 family. John Muscote died seised of land held of John 

 Barnard in Earls Barton in I 5 1 2 ; his heir was his son 

 Richard,-'* who in 1539 held 'Holdenbys Manor'. ^' 

 Richard Muscote died in 1558, having settled the 

 manor-"* on his wife Mary, who survived him, and was 



■ Chan. Inq. p.m. (Scr. 2), ixvii, 133, 

 ' Farrcr, Honors and Knights* Fees, ii, 

 344. ' Cat. Close, 1237-42, p. 369. 



* Farrcr, loc. cit. 



» 5*.o/f«», 938. 



* Farrcr, op. cit. 345. 



^ CaJ. Jnq. p.m. i, 304. 

 ' Assize R. 632, m. 60. 

 ' Cat. ln<f. p.m. ii, 752. 

 "■ Feet of ¥. Northani!. 21 Edw. I, 

 no. 303. 



" Assiie R. 632, m. 6oj De Banco R. 

 292, m. 400. 

 '* Cal. Inff. p.m. ii, 316. 

 " Feud, /lids, iv, 17. 



'* Feet of F. Northants. 10 Edw. II; 

 cf. Plac. de Quo IVarr. (Rec. Com.), 540. 



" Cal. Close, 1346-9, p. 582. 



'* Ped. fr. Plea /?. 373. 



" Feetof F. Northants. Hil. 8 Chas. I. 



'• Cal. S.P. Dom. 1636-7, i. 286. 



'• Northants. A'. (^ Q. i, 39. 



"• Feet of F. Northants. East. 10 Anne. 



" Recov. R. East. 52 Geo. Ill, ro. 423. 



^* Frequently printed as 'Carvail*. 



" Feet of F. Northants. 31 Hen. III. 



" llund. R. (Rec. Com.), ii, 12. 



^* See above, n. 12. 



'** Feud, .itds, iv, 17. In the return of 

 (he fees of John de Hastings in 1313 what 



is apparently this quarter fee is laid to be 

 held by Michael dc Halughton, possibly 

 during a minority: Cal. Incj. p.m. v, 234, 



" Cal. Close, 1323-7, p. 433. 



'* Add. Chart. 21522. 



" Feud. Aids, iv, 447. 



J° Cal. In(j. p.m. \x, 321. 



1' Exch. Accts. bdlc. 10, no. 25. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. 36 Edw. Ill, i, 144. 



" Add. Chart. 21525. 



" Ibid. 21528. " Ibid. 21529. 



^'' Chan. Ifiq. p.m. (Ser. 2), \x\\\, 133. 



" Rrcov. R. East. 31 Hen. VIII. 



" Said to be held of Francis Barnard as 

 of bis manor of Earls Barton. 



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