STONE HUNDRED 



CUDDINGTON 



seised of a toft, cottages, and land in Cuddington, 

 held in right of his wife." On the death of their son 

 Lord Dinham, his lands, including these tenements, 

 were divided amongst his four sisters and heiresses." 

 About this time, however, their possessions in Cud- 

 dington were called the manor of Cuddington." In 

 1502 Elizabeth, the widow of Lord Dinham, re- 

 covered seisin of one-third of this manor" to hold in 

 dower. The manor was divided into four parts after 

 her death, and it is impossible to trace their later his- 

 tory.** Two of these parts were however bought by 

 Ralph Redman, William Hawtrey, and Richard Holy- 

 man in 1576 and 1576-7," and probably came into 

 the possession of Richard Holyman. He and another 

 Richard Holyman were defendants some years later" 

 in a lawsuit as to the customs of the manor of Had- 

 denham. 



Their family had, however, been settled in Cud- 

 dington many years before this, for John Holyman, 

 Bishop of Bristol from 1554 to 1558, was born there, 

 and must have belonged to the tame family." In 

 1620-1 Robert Holyman, sen., held a messuage, 

 land, and various rights in Cuddington." At the 

 present day there is a 

 farm called Holyman'sFarm 

 in the parish. 



The Dinhams held this 

 land of the Prior of Ro- 

 chester, as of the manor 

 of Haddenham." The 

 service due from it is not 

 given, but as a third part 

 was assigned in dower, it 

 was probably held by mili- 

 tary service." 



A water-mill in Had- 

 denham is mentioned in 

 the grant of the manor of 

 Cuddington to John Dud- 

 ley." At this time Cud- 

 dington seems to have 

 been included in Had- 

 denham parish, so that the mill may have been 

 at Cuddington. In 1588 a water-mill called Cud- 

 dington Mill was held by Richard Holyman the 

 younger." He had let it on lease for twenty-one 

 years to Thomas Tyringham in 1582 ; Tyringham, 

 however, bought the freehold, with its appurtenances, 

 for 650 in 1588." His son, Thomas Tyringham, 

 together with Sir John Dormer, sold this water-mill 

 to Richard Mills in 1617." 



Ellen, the only daughter and heiress of Richard 

 Mills, married Sir Francis Knollys, let." After her 

 death Cuddington Mill came to her son Richard 

 Knollys," who sold it again to Thomas Tyringham 

 of Lower Winchcndon and his wife Ellen. They 

 paid 1,100 for two water-mills under one roof, 

 with their appurtenances, called Cuddington Mills. 41 



Attached to these mills were rights of free fishing 

 in the water of Cuddington. The Holymans how- 

 ever retained their right to a free fishery in Cudding- 

 ton after the sale of the mill. 44 



A free fishery in the water of Evershipp in Cud- 

 dington is also frequently mentioned. In 1577 it 

 was in the possession of the Human Js," but in 1 6 1 1 

 John Burnand, sen., and John Burnand, jun., sold 

 it to Simon Mayne. 4 * His descendants held this 

 fishery till 1679, when it was sold to William Lam- 

 bourne, 47 who had already acquired other fishing 

 rights in Cuddington. 49 



A century later, in 1771-3, Richard Lambourne 

 held a free fishery here." 



The church of Sr. NICHOLAS 

 CHURCH consists of a chancel 24 ft. 7 in. by 1 5 ft. 

 5 in., with a small vestry ; a nave 49 ft. 

 4 in. by 15ft. 2 in., with north aisle 36ft. 2 in. by 

 1 1 ft. 6 in., a south aisle 5 ft. 4$ in. wide, south-east 

 chapel I 3 ft. 3 in. by 1 9 ft. 5 in., and south porch; 

 and a western tower lift. 6 in. by loft. 7 in., all 

 measurements being internal. The development of the 

 building appears to have been as follows : In the 1 2th 



PLAN OF ST. NICHOLAS' CHURCH, CUDDINCTON 



century there existed an aisleless nave of the same 

 width as now, but perhaps a little shorter from east 

 to west, with a chancel smaller in both dimensions than 

 that now in existence. A series of enlargements began 

 in the early years of the 1 3th century, the first being 

 probably the building of a transept chapel at the north- 

 east of the nave, and the rebuilding of the chancel. 

 North and south aisles were soon afterwards added, the 

 south aisle having an arcade of four evenly spaced bays, 

 while the north arcade seems to have been set out with 

 the idea of not disturbing the arch of the north 

 transept, and there was in consequence a break between 

 the first and second b.iys of the arcade. At a later 

 date the arcade was made continuous, the west respond 

 of the east bay (the former transept) being made into 

 an octagonal column by adding a half-octagon to it on 



Chan. Inq. p.m. 36 Hen. VI, no. 



39- 



V Ibid, voL 1$, no. 58. 



De Banco R. Mich. 18 Hen. VII, 



.tic 



Ibid. Mich. 19 Hen. VII, m. 116. 



*> Feet of f. Div. Cos. Mich, i Hen. 

 VIII ; Chan. Inq. p.m. voL 31, no. 21 ; 

 Feet of F. Buck.. Trin. zi Hen. VIII. 



i Ibid. Trin. 1 8 Elii. ; ibid. HiL 19 

 Eli*. 



> Exch. Dep. by Com. Mich. 25 * 

 16 Eliz. no. 19. 



" Diet. Nat. Biog. xnrii, 114-1$. 



M Feet of F. Bucki. HiL 1 8 Ja. I. 



* Chan. Inq. p.m. 36 Hen. VI, no. 

 39 ; ibid. vol. 15, no. 58 ; ibid. vol. 31, 

 no. 21. 



* De Banco R. Mich. 18 Hen. VII, 

 m. i if. 



* Pat. 27 Elir. pt. 5, m. 15. 



* Cloie, 31 Eliz. pt. 15, no. I. 



"Ibid. 



40 Feet of F. Buck. Trin. 14 Jai. I j 

 LIpicomb, Hiit. of Butkt, i, 519. 



"Ibid, i, 528. 



41 Cloe, 1649, pt. 26, m. 12. Ibid. 

 Feet of F. Buck*. HiU 18 Jai. L 



Ibid. Ea.t. 19 Eliz. 



Ibid, g Jai. I. 



7 Ibid. 31 Chaa.II. 



Ibid. Mich. 24 Chat. IL 



Ibid. HiL 13 Geo. III. 



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