A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



Philip de Wigornia,' but in 1216 John de Harcourt 

 recovered them.^ He was succeeded in 1 220-1 by 

 Richard de Harcourt, a son of Robert.^ Baldwin de 

 Manners was holding i of the viU of Wellingborough 

 in 1285'' and a quarter fee there in 1298. ' He died 

 in 1320,* and his heir is said to have been Robert de 

 Morley, Marshal of Ireland,' but Wellingborough 

 apparently passed first to William de Morley, the 

 father of Robert, probably in right of his wife.* Robert 

 in 1352 sold this property to Adam Fraunceys and 

 John Piel, citizens of London.' John Piel by his will, 

 proved in 1382, made provision for the foundation of 

 a College of Canons at Irthlingborough.'" His widow 

 Joan carried out his intentions" and part of his manor 

 was presumably then given to the College, which at the 

 Dissolution received ^^12 os. \o\ti. from lands in 

 Wellingborough and paid a rent of y. \d. to the 

 'duchy' of Leicester.'^ The College manor of WeUing- 

 borough remained in the king's hands until Edward VI 

 granted it with the manor belonging to Crowland 

 Abbey (q.v.) to Princess Ehzabeth'^ and it was annexed 

 to the honor of Grafton."* It followed the descent of 

 that part of the Crowland Abbey manor' 5 which came 

 into the possession of Fulk, Lord Brooke, in 1620'* and 

 is mentioned as a separate manor at the time of the 

 inclosure of the lands of Francis, Earl Brooke and Earl 

 of Warwick, in 1765," but was apparendy united to 

 Wellingborough-Hatton by 1837.'* 



A manor of WELLINGBOROUGH, which was 

 also held of the honor of Leicester," possibly consisted 

 of the remainder of John Piel's property there. In 1 363 

 he enfeoffed Adam Fraunceys, citizen of London, 

 Henry Piel, rector of Workton, and William Braybrook 

 with aU his lands in Wellingborough.-" In 1376, 

 another settlement was made by them to which Simon 

 Simeon and John Curteys of Wermington were also 

 parties.^' In 1386 a grant by Curteys and Robert 

 Southoo of a water-miU, &c., in Wellingborough to 

 Joan, widow of John Piel, and his son Nicholas for their 

 lives was confirmed by Simon Simeon.^-' Joan Piel was 

 seised of lands there in 1412-^ and in 1426 the manor 

 was in the hands of William Braunspath and Elizabeth 

 his wife.^'' Possibly the latter was Elizabeth Piel,^5 who 

 afterwards married Sir William Huddleston. Their son 

 Henry Huddleston-' died in or shortly before 1488^'' 

 and left the manor of Wellingborough to his daughter 

 Elizabeth, the wife of Sir Thomas Cheyne, in tail, with 

 remainder in default to his executors.^* Sir Thomas 



held the property at his death in 1 5 14, but had setded 

 it on his second wife Anne.^' It was claimed, but 

 unsuccessfully, by Margaret widow of Sir George 

 Vere, as the heir of Elizabeth Piel.^° It later passed to 

 Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Cheyne ;'' she 

 married Thomas Vaux, son and heir of Sir Nicholas 

 Vaux.-*- In 161 5 it was in the handsof Elizabeth Vaux, 

 mother of Edward, Lord Vaux of Harrowden, a 

 minor,^-' but no further trace of it can be found. 



GAGE'S MANOR appears in 1608, when it was 

 held by Robert Gage of Raunds.'* His son John Gage 

 had succeeded to it by 1624^5 and another John Gage 

 and his wife Elizabeth, together with Richard Grace 

 and his wife Mary, probably the daughter and heir of 

 the second John, sold it in 1655 to Francis Gray, the 

 lord of Wellingborough-Hatton manor^* (q-^-)- 



COGENHO FEE or CHETNE'S FEE may be 

 traced back to the holdings of Countess Judith. She 

 held half a virgate in Wellingborough, appertaining 

 to the manor of Doddington, with which it was 

 valued." The tenant in 1086 was named Gilbert.^* 

 She also held half a hide of land in Wellingborough in 

 1086,^' which passed to the honor of Huntingdon,^" 

 of which the fee was still held in 1616.'" Her tenant 

 was named Hugh.*^ In the 1 2th century 3 virgates were 

 held by Nicholas de Cogenho,*^ and an Ilbert de 

 Cogenho granted a virgate there to St. Andrew's Priory, 

 Northampton. This gift was confirmed by Henry II.'''* 

 In the reign of Richard I, Henry de Cogenho alienated 

 the manor to Herlewin de Raunds,'" whose descendant 

 William de Raunds held the manor in 1 329.''* This fee 

 seems to have returned to the Cogenhos, or possibly 

 William de Raunds took the name of Cogenho. In or 

 shortly before 1399, WiDiam, son and heir of William 

 de Cogenho, died leaving his sister Agnes as his heir." 

 She was the wife of John Cheyne,"*' who in 1412 held 

 lands in Wellingborough and Cogenho*' worth over 

 12 /. per annum. In 1439, William Seymour and his 

 wife Isabel quitclaimed to feoffees for themselves and 

 the heirs of Isabel their right in the manor of Cogenho 

 and lands there and in Wellingborough and Horton, 

 but no explanation appears as to their claims. 5° The fee 

 returned to the Cheynes and followed the descent of 

 Cogenho (q.v.) until the death of John Cheyne in 1 596, 

 when the manor passed to his brother Francis,^' who 

 sold, or possibly mortgaged, it in 1607 to Robert 

 Sparrow. ^^ As there were Cheynes connected with 

 Wellingborough until 1662, it may have passed to a 



' Rot. Liu. Claus. (Rec. Com.), i, 45A. 

 ^ Ibid. 250A. 

 3 Ibid. 4.45. 

 •> Feud. Aids, iv, 1 6. 

 5 Cal. Inij. p.m. iii, 423. 

 ^ G.E.C. Complete Peerage. 

 ' Blomcfield, Hist, of Norfolk, ii, 444. 

 * Cal. Close, 1349-54, p. 493. 

 •> Ibid. 



■» Sharpe, Cal. of (rills, ii, 228. 

 " r.C.H. Northants. ii, 179. 

 " ^a/oriscir/fj. (Rec. Com.), iv, 309,310. 

 The honor of Leicester had been absorbed 

 into the Duchy of Lancaster. 

 " Cal. Pal. 1549-51, p. 239. 

 '■» Pat. 16 Eliz. pt. i, m. 13. 

 '5 Ibid. 37 Eliz. pt. xviii, m. 19; 14 Jas. 

 I, pt. xxii. Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cccxxix, 

 193. 



"' Feet of F. Northants. Trin. 17 Jas. I ; 

 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cccclxix, 90. 



" Priv. Act of Pari. 5 Geo. Ill, c. 

 28. 

 '* Cole, Hist, of Wellingborough, 33. 



■» Cal. hq. p.m. Hen. VII, \, 297. 



2" Cal. Close, 1360-4, p. 523. 



2' Feet of F. Northants. 50 Edw. Ill, 

 no. 696. 



2^ Cal. Close, 1385-9, p. 144. 



23 Feud. Aids, vi, 495. 



" Feet of F. Northants. 4 Hen. VI, 

 no. 35. 



25 She is said to have been daughter of 

 John son of Nicholas Piel: V.C.H. 

 Northants. iii, 208. 



2^ Early Chan. Proc, bdle. 587, no. 40. 



2' Cal.' Inq. p.m. Hen. FII, i, 297. 



28 Ibid. 



29 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), xxix, 3. 



3" Early Chan. Proc, bdle. 587, no. 40. 



3' It is not clear whether she was his 

 daughter by his first or second wife: 

 G.E.C. Complete Peerage, viii, 19. Mar- 

 garet Vere claimed that Dame Elizabeth 

 died childless, but the pedigree and claims 

 which she put forward are not convincing. 



32 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), xxix, 3. 



33 Exch. Dep. by Com. Mich. 13 Jas. I, 



no. 6, Northants. ; G.E.C. Complete Peer- 

 age. 



34 Feet of F. Northants. Trin. 6 Jas. I. 



35 Ibid. East. 19 Jas. I. 



3* Ibid. Mich. 1655; cf. Bridges, op. cit. 

 ii, 150. 



37 f^.C.H. Northants. i, 354. 



38 Ibid. 



39 Ibid. 352. 



■•» Ibid. 382; Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. 

 Com.), 514. 

 ■" Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccclvii, 74. 

 *2 V.C.H. Northants. \, 352. 

 43 Bridges, Hist, of Northants. ii, 150. 

 ■"> Ibid. 



•ts Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 5 14. 

 "6 Ibid. 

 ■*' Cal. Close, 1396-99, p. 465. 



■•8 Ibid. 



49 Feud. Aids, vi, 495. 

 5° Feet of F. Northants. 17 Hen. VI, 

 no. 91. 

 5' Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccclvii, 74. 

 S2 Feet of F. Northants. East. 5 Jas. I. 



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