WYMERSLEY HUNDRED 



the I4th-centur>' reconstruction, new capitals intro- 

 duced and pointed arches like those opposite built 

 upon them.' 



The pointed south doonvay is of two continuous 

 chamfered orders with hood-mould, and the north 

 doorway is also of two continuous orders, the outer 

 moulded and the inner with a hollow chamfer. In the 

 south aisle there is a pointed 14th-century window of 

 two trefoiled lights and quatrefoil in the head on each 

 side of the doorway, and the north aisle is lighted by 

 three square-headed windows of two trefoiled lights in 

 the north wall.^ The west windows of the aisles have 

 already been noted. In the north wall of the north 

 aisle, short of the chapel, is a pointed window of two 

 trefoiled lights, the sill of which is carried down, pos- 

 sibly to serve as a low-side window.' 



The four clerestory windows date from 1877. They 

 occur only on the south side and are small trefoil open- 

 ings in triangular frames.* 



The tower is of three stages marked externally by 

 strings, the two lower stages having a slight batter. The 

 west doorway has already been described. In the middle 

 stage there is a single-light pointed window on each 

 side, and the tall pointed bell<hamber windows are 

 of two trefoiled lights with quatrefoil in the head. The 

 tower terminates in a battlemented parapet with angle 

 pinnacles. There is no vice. The pointed tower arch 

 is of three chamfered orders, the two outer dying into 

 the wall, the inner on half-round responds with capitals 

 and bases like those of the responds of the nave arcades. 

 The octagon has a window in each of its cardinal faces; 

 on the east side a single trefoiled opening, on the south 

 and west a pointed window of two trefoiled lights with 

 quatrefoil in the head, and on the north a four-centred 

 single-light moulded window. The short spire has 

 crocketed angles and openings on four sides. 



The font is apparently of late- 12th-century date and 

 consists of a plain circular curved bowl, slighdy cham- 

 fered round the top, on a short modern stem and base.' 



The pulpit dates from 1874,* and all the fittings are 

 modern. An organ was first introduced in 1852.^ 



In the chancel and south chapel are marble wall 

 monuments to Jane, wife of Sir Sapcotes Harrington 

 and daughter of Sir William Samwell, who died in 

 16 19, and to Richard Dodwell (d. 1726). In the north 

 chapel is a tablet to William Dry, yeoman (d. 1637). 

 There is a memorial in the north aisle to thirteen men 

 of the parish killed or missing in the war of 1914-19. 



There is a ring of five bells by Henry Bagley II 

 of Chacombe 1686.' 



The silver plate consists of a cup of i 570, a paten of 

 1700, and a flagon of 1772; there is also a plated alms 

 dish.' 



The registers before 181 2 are as follows: (i) all 



' The two easternmost pillars are of 

 white stone to a height of 6 ft. (seven 

 courses), above which arc four courses of 

 brown stone. The westernmost pillar is 

 all brown stone, except perhaps the bottom 

 course, which is a light colour, but its base 

 is original. The diameter of the pillars of 

 the north arcade is 2Z^ in., that of the 

 south arcade pillars 2 1 in. 



' The jambs of all these windows have a 

 plain inner chamfer, and an outer hollow 

 chamfer. Relieving arches were turned 

 over the north aisle windows when the 

 wall was heightened. 



' ^tfjc. ArcA. Soc. Rpts, xxix, 432. 

 The sill is 4 ft. 6 in. above the ground and 

 1 6 in. below the sills of the other windows. 



Internally the opening splays towards the 

 east only. 



* Before the restoration there were 

 three 'vile and badly constructed wooden 

 windows' : Evans, op. cit. 1 10. 



* The font was restored in 1850. It 

 has a modern flat cover. 



* There had been 'a new pulpit' in 

 1809: Evans, op. cit. loj. 



' The present organ was given in 1891. 



' North, CJi. Belli of Sorihanis. 337, 

 where the inscriptions arc given. A clock 

 with one dial was placed in the tower in 

 1863. Several bet^uests to the bells in 

 16th-century wills (1526-70) are given 

 in Evans, op. cit. 1 32. 



* Markham.C^./'/j/fo/A'orMjii/j.igz. 



MILTON 

 M.^LZOR 



entries 15 58-1742; (ii) 1742-85; (iii) baptisms and 

 burials 1786-18 13 on parchment; (iv) baptisms Sep- 

 tember 1785-December 1795 on paper; (v) marriages 

 i754-i8i2.'<' 



The churchyard was extended to the north-east in 

 191 2 by the inclusion of a square piece of land known 

 as the 'Hempland'." 



From an early date the churches of 

 ADVOfVSON Milton and CoUingtree were united, 

 presentations being made to the moie- 

 ties of the two churches. Simon de Pateshull obtained 

 the advowson of one moiety by the gift of William de le 

 Fremont in 1201,'^ and his grandson held both moieties 

 by the middle of the century.' ' At the death of Sir 

 William de Pateshull in 1359, one moiet)' went to his 

 sister Alice Wake,'* and the other to Thomas F'aucon- 

 berg, son of his sister Maud, then deceased. In 1386 

 he forfeited his property as an adherent of the King of 

 France." Sir Roger Parwick claimed the advowson 

 but was defeated.'* 



During the year 1441 the last presentation to a moiety 

 of the two churches appears to have been made." They 

 were subsequently separated and Thomas Wake died 

 in 1459 st^'sed of the advowson of CoUingtree.'* It 

 seems probable that the Parwick family did eventually 

 regain the advowson of Milton Malzor church, for in 

 1552 William Digby sold it with the manor to Henry 

 Brook. The advowson followed the same descent as 

 the manor until sold by Francis Harvey in 1659 to 

 Sir John Potts and others." It subsequently changed 

 hands several times, and in 1925 the legatees of .Mr. 

 Pickering Phipps of CoUingtree gave it to the Bishop 

 of Peterborough. 



The Baptists and Methodists have chapels in the 

 viUage. 



Mark Bailey by will proved 1 1 May 

 CHARITIES 1888 gave to the vicar and church- 

 wardens £^\o to be invested and the 

 proceeds to be given away in bread to the needy and 

 necessitous poor. The endowment is now represented 

 ^y £9 5^- II'''- Consols producing 4/. 8</. yearly in 

 dividend which is distributed in kind to the poor. 



Richard Dodwell by will proved i July 1726 charged 

 certain premises in Milton with a yearly rent-charge of 

 £2 12/. to be distributed in loaves among the poor. The 

 rent-charge has been redeemed and the endowment is 

 represented by ^^104 Consols. Under a Scheme of the 

 Charity Commissioners dated 4 February 1898 a body 

 of 4 trustees was appointed. The Scheme provides for 

 the income to be distributed in kind to the deserving 

 and necessitous poor of the parish. 



Poor Estate. The endowment of this charity of 

 which the origin is unknown consists of 2 cottages and 

 I acre of land. The land and cottages are let and the 



'° In vol. i the entries for the first forty 

 years (1558-98) are transcriptions by 

 Thomas Mayo, curate. The first six leaves 

 have been damaged by fire: Evans, op. cit. 

 96. 



" Ibid. 205. 



" Kot. Chart. (Rec. Com.), i, 95. 



" Rot. Rokerti Grottettut (Cant, and 

 York Soc.), 203. 



'♦ Cal. Chie, 1396-.9, p. 347. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. 1 1 Ric. II, no. 59. 



■» Cal. Pal. 1385-9, p. 381. 



" Cal. Pal. 1441-6, p. 5. 



'* Chan. Inq. p.m. 37 Hen. VI, no. 

 19. 



" Feet of F. Northants. Hil. 1659. 



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