A HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX 



of ' Goderushton,' to Sir John de Moleyns. 1 On 

 Sir John's imprisonment in that same year 1M it 

 was taken into the king's hand, Edward III pre- 

 senting in 1343."" 



In September 1345 Edward III gave the order 

 to restore the advowson of the church of Littleton 

 to Sir John. 105 At Easter 1346 the latter conveyed 

 it to Sir Guy de Brian."* At midsummer in the 

 same year a settlement of the advowson was made 

 by John Gogh (apparently a trustee) on Edward 

 de Bohun and Philippa his wife, with remainder in 

 default of heirs to Guy de Brian. 107 This may 

 perhaps be explained in connexion with Moleyns' 

 recent forfeiture. The person represented by 

 Gogh may possibly have had a grant of the advow- 

 son between 1 340 and 1 345, so that the rights of 

 both parties may have been compromised in this act. 



In 1355, however, the advowson of Littleton 

 was settled by Edward de Bohun on his wife : m 

 Edward died childless in 1362, so that the last- 

 mentioned settlement would be rendered ineffec- 

 tive by the former remainder in favour of Guy de 

 Brian. The latter evidently came into possession, 

 for he gave it in 1 372 to the priory of Hounslow, 

 for the remembrance of his own and his wife's 

 anniversary. 110 It remained with Hounslow Priory 

 until it was granted by Prior Thomas Hide to 

 Edmund Windsor." 1 Andrew Lord Windsor pre- 

 sented in I537, m the next presentation being made 

 by his son's executor, 113 Roger Roper, in 1554."' 

 The advowson was sold by his grandson, Edward 

 Lord Windsor, in 1563, with the manor, 116 and 

 came with the latter to Edward Seymour, Earl of 

 Hertford, who first presented in I572. 1 ' 6 In 1610 

 the advowson was granted by the king to William 

 Hughes,' 17 who was probably a fishing grantee. 

 Later in the same year he and his father Reginald 

 Hughes conveyed their right to Francis Townley, 118 

 but the Earl of Hertford presented in 1616 and 

 i6i7. 119 Litigation ensued, and Francis Townley 

 recovered the right of presentation from the earl, 1 * 

 and the rector, who had been inducted in 1617, 

 was admitted a second time (in 1619) on Town- 

 ley's presentation. 1 " The Seymours, however, 

 seem to have retained some right in it, for in 1637 

 Frances Countess of Hertford held the patronage 

 for the term of her life, 128 after which it appears to 

 have passed to the Townleys. Nicholas Townley 

 held it in i65O, 183 and conveyed it in 1660 to 

 Thomas Wood. 123a It has remained with his de- 

 scendants to the present day 1M and is now held with 

 the manor by Captain Thomas Wood. In 1341 

 the parish was rated at 9 6s. Bt/., but because the 



land was sandy, and the inhabitants were unable to 

 sow it on account of their poverty, only 6 could be 

 raised." 6 The rectory was valued at 1 4 at the Dis- 

 solution," 6 and the same in I S48. ur In an extent of 

 1 6 10, a mill, house, dovecote, orchard, garden and 

 fishing are mentioned as belonging to the rectory. 118 



A chantry was founded in 1324 by Thomas de 

 Littleton, then rector of Harrow, and formerly 

 rector of Spaxton. 1 * 9 By an agreement with the 

 Abbot and Convent of Chertsey, the latter bound 

 themselves to pay 5 marks yearly to a chaplain to 

 celebrate divine service daily at the altar of St. 

 Mary in the church of Littleton, in honour of the 

 saint, and for the souls of the founder, of his parents, 

 and of Simon de Micham. The chaplain was to 

 be appointed by Thomas de Littleton, and after 

 his death by Sir Geoffrey de Perkelee, the rector 

 of Littleton, and his successors. 130 In 1548 the 

 chantry was served by a French priest, Sir Philip 

 Lyniard, who had a house, an orchard, and a little 

 croft or close. 131 After the dissolution of the chan- 

 tries in 1 548 the land seems to have been held by 

 the Crown until 1610, when it was included in a 

 grant of the advowson of the rectory to William 

 Hughes. 13 * It has probably descended since with 

 the rectory. 



The Bread Charities. In 1724 

 CHARITIES Mrs. Elizabeth Wood, by will, 

 bequeathed to the minister and 

 churchwardens 100 to be put out at interest, and 

 the yearly income thereof to be laid out in bread 

 to be distributed every Sunday among poor attend- 

 ing the church. 



In 1737 Robert Wood, LL.D., by will, be- 

 queathed 100 South Sea Annuity stock, the in- 

 come thereof to be distributed in bread every Sun- 

 day by the minister and churchwardens. 



These legacies are represented by a sum of 

 2 1 7 4_r. 9</. consols, with the official trustees. In 

 1906 the dividends, amounting to 5 8/. \d., were 

 applied in the distribution of bread every Sunday to 

 five families. 



The school, formerly carried on in a room on 

 the estate of the Wood family, was erected in 1872 

 in memory of the late Lieut.-General Wood. 

 It is endowed with a sum of ^382 13;. "]d. consols 

 with the official trustees, producing g \\s. \d. 

 a year, which arose from the accumulations of 

 a legacy of 30 bequeathed by will of the Rev. 

 Thomas Harwood, D.D., rector, dated in 1731, and 

 from subscriptions in 1787 of 50 each by Thomas 

 Wood, Thomas Wood, junr., Edward Elton, and 

 the Rev. Henry Allen, D.D., rector. 



1011 Feet of F. Lend, and Midd. 14 

 Edw. Ill, no. 13;. 



1M Diet. Nat. Biog. xxxvii, 127. 



104 Col. Pat. 1343-5, p. 158. 



> Ibid. p. 543. 



1M Feet of F. Lend, and Midd. 20 

 Edw. Ill, no. 207. 



10 " Ibid, no. 214. 



"Ibid. 29 Edw. Ill, no. 334. 



109 Chan. Inq. p.m. 36 Edw. Ill, pt. 

 i, no. 24. 



" Ibid. 46 Edw. III. 



111 Pat. 7 Jas. I, pt. x, no. 9 ; the grant 

 is taid to have been made in 1536, but 



Dugdale gives the dissolution of the 

 monastery in 1530 (Man. vii, 303). 



lla Newcourt, Rtfert. i, 688. 



118 Collins, Coll. of the Family of 

 Windsor, 57. 



114 Newcourt, Rtfert. i, 688. 



116 Recov. R. Trin. 5 Eliz. rot. 608. 



118 Newcourt, Refcrt. i, 688. 



"7 Pat. 7 Jas. I, pt. xv, no. 9. 



"8 Common Pleas D. Enr. Mich. 8 

 Jas. I. 



"Newcourt, op. cit. i, 688. 



190 Ibid, quoting Load. Epis. Reg. 

 Bancroft, 232. 



406 



ln Newcourt, op. cit. i, 688. 

 "" Ibid. 



"Feet of F. Midd. Hil. 1650-1 

 Recov. R. East. 1651, rot. 21. 

 > Close, 13 Chas. II, pt. xv. 

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

 m /nf. Non. (Rec. Com.), 199. 

 " Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.) i, 433. 

 12 " Chantry R. 34, no. 184. 

 128 Pat. 7 Jas. I. pt. x. 

 >CW. Pat. 1334-8, p. 246. 

 ""Ibid. 



ul Chantry R. 34, no. 184. 

 UI Pat. 7 Jas. I, pt. XT, no. 9. 



