A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



of fifteen manuscript sermons preached at Cogenhoe 

 church by Francis Smyth, rector 1637-56.' 



The first mention of the church 

 ADVOWSON found is in 1238, when it was des- 

 cending with the manor (q.v.), three 

 Cogenhoes being rectors in the 14th century, William, 

 Nicholas, and William son of Sir Giles. ^ It descended 

 with the manor until about 1678 when the Bonds con- 

 veyed it to Samuel Freeman, ' probably trustee for the 

 Whalley family, as, according to Bridges, Peter Whalley, 

 who was rector in 1656 and died 1701, purchased it 

 from the Bonds.* Jane Whalley, widow, presented in 

 1701.' Bradley Whalley,* patron in 1720, dying in 

 1743, left the advowson in trust for his kinsman Eyre 

 Whalley to William Freeman, who presented that 

 year.'' Palmer Whalley presented 1762,^ and then the 



incumbency and patronage are again often found in 

 the same person. John Watkin clerk presented in 

 1786, George Watkin, clerk, in 1796, and Edward 

 Watkin in i8i2;' the last-named received a convey- 

 ance of the rectory from Henry Locock in 1813.'° 

 R. Rogers, rector till 1863, had acquired the patron- 

 age by 1 86 1 and George Burnham of Wollaston by 

 1863. George Burnham presented in 1864 C. H. 

 Burnham, who had succeeded hirn by 1883 as patron." 

 His widow presented 1903-20; and from 192 1 to the 

 present time it has been in the gift of Mr. W. Lane- 

 Claypon.'^ 



William de Cogenhoe founded a chantry for one 

 priest to sing at Our Lady's altar. '^ Its property was 

 estimated at 67/. \d. in I535,''' and sold to William 

 Cecil and Laurence Eiresbie in 1549.'^ 



COLLINGTREE 



Colentreu (xi cent.) ; Colintre (xiii-.xiv cent.) ; Colyn- 

 trough (xiv-xv cent.). 



CoUingtree is a small parish of only 688 acres, about 

 a third of which is devoted to pasture. It has a soil of 



FORMER. 



Sc.\LE OF Feet 



Plan of Collingtree Church 



clay and light loam, the subsoil being clay and sand, 

 which produces good crops of wheat and barley. 



A large two-story house at the south end of the 

 village, faced with alternate courses of ironstone and 

 limestone, has a panel in its dormer gable inscribed 

 'a.m. 1684'. 



The manorial history of Collingtree is inseparable 

 from that of Milton Malzor, and has been included 

 under that parish. 



The church of .ST. COL UMBA consists of chancel, 

 28 ft. 6 in. by 14 ft. 6 in. with vestry and organ-cham- 

 ber on its north side; clerestoried nave, 39 ft. by 16 



ft.; south aisle, 12 ft. 8 in. wide; south porch, and 

 west tower, 8 ft. 4 in. by 9 ft. 2 in., all these measure- 

 ments being internal. The width across nave and aisle 

 is 3 1 ft. A former north aisle was taken down in 1 808,'* 



but its arcade, 

 CHURCH walled up, was 

 left standing. 

 The building was exten- 

 sively restored in 1871—3, 

 when the chancel roof was 

 renewed, and again in 1891 

 when the organ-chamber was 

 erected, and in 1929 the roofs 

 of the nave and aisle were 

 restored, as much as possible 

 of the old timber being re- 

 used. The walling generally 

 is of coursed limestone, but 

 the tower is of rubble. The 

 chancel roof is slated, and 

 that of the nave (which is 

 of very low pitch) leaded. 

 There are straight parapets 

 to the chancel and nave, 

 but the lead of the aisle 

 overhangs. Internally the 

 walls have been stripped of 

 plaster, except in the chancel. 



The pillars of the nave arcades are of Iate-I2th- 

 century date, and the doorway in the south wall of the 

 chancel is of the same period. The 12th-century 

 church, therefore, consisted of a chancel and aisled 

 nave, but it was largely rebuilt in the latter part of the 

 14th century, when the chancel was lengthened and 

 the aisles rebuilt and widened. The tower and clere- 

 story, the east window of the chancel, and one on the 

 north side all belong to the early 15 th century. A 

 blocked doorway in the north wall of the chancel indi- 

 cates a former chapel or sacristy. 



O I2ffl Century late 



□ I4iy Century 

 S I5ffi Century 



□ Modern 



' It came into the possession of the 

 Rev. C. H. Hartshorne about 1842 when 

 he was in charge of the parish (1839—54). 

 On his death in 1865 it was presented to 

 Cogenhoe by his widow. The binding was 

 repaired in 1902 and a case made for the 

 boolc: A. Hartshorne, MS. notes. 



* Bridges, op. cit. i, 349. 

 3 See above. 



* Loc. cit. 



5 Inst. Bks. (P.R.O.). 



^ Bridges, loc. cit. 



' Ibid.; Northanls. N. & Q. v, 173-4. 



8 Bacon, Lib. Reg. 832. 



« Inst. Blcs. (P.R.O.)i Gilbert, Clerical 

 Guide {li -id). 



■" Feet of F. Northants. Mich. 54 

 Geo. III. 

 " Clergy Lists. 

 " Crockford, Ckr. Dir. 



^3 Bridges, loc. cit. Roger de Cogenhoe 

 was chaplain in 1342 : Cal. Pat. 1340—3, 

 p. 478. 



'■* Valor Eccles. (Rec. Com.), iv, 330. 



'5 Cal. Pat. Ediu. VI, ii, 355. Bridges, 

 loc. cit., suggested that it was in a chapel 

 entered by the blocked arch north of the 

 chancel. 



*^ The faculty for taking down the aisle 

 is dated 23 March 1808. 



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