A HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



lord of the manor twenty-four loads of malt. 106 It 

 was presumably the same mill that Hugh de Gurnay 

 excepted from the grant of the manor to the abbey 

 of Bee, and which at that date, 1198, was held by 



WHITHREAD. Argent CARRINGTON. Or a 



a chevcron benueen three che-veron couflcchstd sa- 



hinds' heads raxed gules, ble between three demi- 



griffins sable, the rwo in 



the chief face to face t 



with a molet gules for 



difference. 



Simon Hochede. 107 In 1240-1 Alice, widow of 

 Simon, sued William Neirnuit for the third part of 

 certain tenements, a mill with its appurtenances being 

 specified. 108 A second Simon, the heir, was in ward- 

 ship and Juliana de Gurnay, also a minor, was the 

 overlord of the tenements in question. 109 Some years 

 later Nicholas Hochedee appears in a suit ao to land 

 in Bledlow, but the mill is not mentioned ; 110 in 

 1304, at the death of Hugh Bardolf, the rent of a 

 water-mill was held by Christiana, daughter of Regi- 

 nald de Hampden. 111 



In the 1 3th century the Abbot of Bee claimed to 

 hold view of frankpledge, gallows, waifs, and other 

 regalia in the manor of Bledlow, basing his right on 

 the grant of Hugh de Gurnay, his feoffbr, and its 

 confirmation by Henry II." 1 



The church of THE HOLT TRI- 



CHURCHES NITr consists of a chancel 31 ft. by 

 1 6 ft. 6 in., a nave 44 ft. 1 1 in. by 



1 5 ft. 1 1 in., north and south aisles respectively 



8ft. 9^ in. and loft. loin, wide, a western tower 



I 3 ft. 6 in. by I 3 ft. 4 in., and a south porch. 



There is evidence of the existence at the east end 



of the present north 



aisle of a late 1 2th- 



century transept, parts 



of its north and east 



walls remaining ; to the 



east of it there seems 



to have been a chapel, 



entered through an 



archway, the south re- 

 spond of which is still 



in position. At this 



time the church was 



probably cruciform in 



plan, consisting of a 



chancel, central tower, 



transepts, and a nave 



about thirty feet by 



f o u r t e e n feet, the 



western wall of which 



coincided with the 



position of the east wall of the present tower. 

 During the course of the 1 3th century almost the 

 whole structure was rebuilt, the first work undertaken 

 being the north arcade and aisle of the nave. The 

 south arcade and aisle were probably added immedi- 

 ately afterwards, the central tower being destroyed 

 and a new tower begun at the west. Towards the 

 end of the 1 3th century the chancel was rebuilt and 

 enlarged to its present size, and the present tower was 

 completed, the aisles being extended to its western wall. 

 After this there were no further additions to the plan 

 except that of a south porch in the 1 4th century, but 

 windows were inserted at various points. The old 

 high-pitched roof was removed, probably at a late 

 date, and the existing roof substituted for it. The 

 present clearstory windows appear to be completely 

 modern, but the walls in which they are inserted 

 belong to the I3th century, and the windows them- 

 selves may have had prototypes of that date. 



The east window of the chancel is of 13th- 

 century date, and consists of three shafted lancets 

 with an internal reveal, the shafts having moulded 

 circular capitals and bases. The lancets are of two 

 chamfered orders, and stilted. In the north and 

 south walls are small niches, with trefoiled heads, of 

 1 5th-century date, though much restored. That to 

 the south is a piscina, and the other now contains the 

 brass of William Herne, priest, 1525. Of the three 

 windows in this wall, the eastern is a single trefoiled 

 light and the second of two trefoiled lights with a 

 sixfoil over, both probably of the date of the wall. 

 That to the west is continued as a recess below its sill, 

 and pierced for a low side window. A scroll-moulded 

 string runs along the wall, and is broken downwards 

 just west of the middle window, at which point is in- 

 serted a crocketed and finialled pinnacle of later date. 

 The westernmost window of the south wall is of the 

 same general design and date as the middle window 

 of the north, but differs in having a moulded rear arch 

 and shafted jambs to its inner reveal, with circular 

 moulded capitals and bases. Further to the east is a 

 window of two trefoiled lights with a quatrefoil over, 

 of somewhat earlier type than the others, and between 

 the windows is a blocked priest's door, which is hid- 

 den by the organ, but externally is of 18th-century 



Scale of feet- 

 PLAN OF HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, BLEDLOW 



6 V.C.H. Bucks. \, 243*. 



7 Assize R. 63, m. i6d. 



"8 Ibid. 55, m. 12. ""Ibid. 



10 Feet of F. Bucks. Hil. 47 Hen. III. 



250 



111 Chan. Inq. p.m. 32 Edw. I, no. 643. 

 113 Plac. de Quo War. (Rec. Com.), 88. 



