A HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



below it a band of quatrefoiled circles, the lower part 

 of the bowl being fluted, with trefoiled ogee heads to 

 the flutes. 



The roofs, except that of the porch, are modern, those 

 of the nave and aisle being of low pitch and covered 

 with lead, while that of the chancel is of steep pitch and 

 tiled. The seating is also modern, but there is a fairly 

 good i yth-century pulpit, and in the vestry, at the west 

 end of the aisle, is a table with large carved baluster 

 legs dated 1606, and an inscription cut on the top, 



FRANCIS HUNTTS GEVEN BY THE YOUTH OF UPTON 



the initials, presumably, of the donors being cut on the 

 front of the frame. There is also a chest with linen 

 panels and styles carved with detail of c. 1540, but 

 a lid of I yth-century date, and under the tower a 

 cupboard made up of similar materials. At the north- 

 east of the nave is a tablet to Simon Mayne of Dinton, 

 1617, who married Collubery, the daughter of Richard 

 Lovelace of Hurley, Berkshire, and had one son and one 

 daughter. In the tower is a small wall monument to 

 Richard Ingoldsby, 1703, his wife Mary (Colmore), 

 seven sons and seven daughters. In the same place is 

 a large monument of black and white marble with Ionic 

 columns carrying an arched pediment, commemorating 

 Richard Serjeant, 1661, and his two wives Anne (In- 

 goldsby) and Jane (Harrington) ; on the plinth is an 

 inscription to the last with blanks left for the age and 

 date of death. Above are the arms : Gules a bend 

 wavy argent between two dolphins or impaling Sable 

 fretty argent, which are the arms of his second wife. 

 In the floor at the west end of the south aisle are the 

 following brasses : John Compton, 1424, and his wife 

 Margery (Hurley), with four sons and five daughters ; 

 William Lee of Moreton in the parish of Dinton, 1486, 

 and Alice his wife ; John Lee of Moreton, 1500 (in- 

 scription plate only) ; Francis Lee, 1558, and Elizabeth 

 his wife ; Elinor, wife of Sir Thomas Lee of More- 

 ton, who had twenty- four children and died 1633 ; 

 Simon Mayne, 1617, and Collubery his wife, 1628 

 (see above) ; Thomas Grenewey, 1538, and his wife 

 Elizabeth, 1538 ; and their son and heir Richard 

 Grenewey, 1551, and his wife Joan (Bulney). On 

 the last named are the arms of Grenewey : Gules a 

 fesse and a chief or with three martlets vert in the 

 chief. In the chancel are some 18th-century monu- 

 ments to the Vanhattem family. Under the tower 

 hangs a funeral helm of 16th-century type. In the 

 south-east window of the south aisle is a shield of 

 old glass bearing Barry .... in chief three griffins' 

 heads. 



There are six bells ; the treble, second and third of 

 1656, the fourth by Richard Chandler, 1682, the fifth 

 of 1658, and the tenor of 1892. The bells of 

 1656-8 are from the Knights' foundry at Reading. 



The church plate is very handsome, and consists of 

 a large covered cup of Elizabethan design bearing the 

 date letter for 1569 ; a salver inscribed as the gift of 

 Thomas Ingoldsby in 1721 and hall-marked for that 



year ; and two large flagons, the gift of Sir John Van- 

 hattem in 1772, hall-marked for 1771. 



The first book of the registers contains all entries 

 between 1562 and 1648; the second all between 

 1653 and 1742, and a third book contains burials in 

 woollen from 1689 to 1737. After 1742 there is a 

 gap, baptisms and burials being continued in one book 

 from 1773 to 1812, while two books contain the 

 marriage entries between 1754 an( ^ '7^8, and 1768 

 and 1812. 



The church of Dinton wa 

 ADVOWSON granted by Agnes de Munchesney 

 to the convent of Godstow, Oxford- 

 shire, in the reign of Henry II. m 



The rectory was impropriated and the vicarage 

 ordained by the time of Bishop Hugh of Wells.'" 

 After the dissolution of the convent, Henry VIII 

 in 1545 granted the rectory and church with the 

 advowson of the vicarage to Robert Brown, Christo- 

 pher Edmesdes, and William Windlow." 30 They 

 enfeofFed Robert and John Doyley,' 31 the former of 

 whom sold the rectory and advowson in 1 5 5 6 to 

 Richard Shrimpton.* J> From Shrimpton they passed 

 to John Duncombe,* 33 who together with his son 

 Edward granted the rectory,*" and apparently the 

 advowson also, to Elizabeth, the wife of Richard 

 Saunders, for life, with remainder to Richard and 

 to his son John. 135 



After the death of her first husband Elizabeth 

 married Sir Hoddesdon,* 36 and John Saunders- 

 seems to have entered into possession of the rectory 

 and advowson.* 37 The latter he granted separately in 

 1623, with the consent of his mother, to William 

 Carter of OfHey, Hertfordshire. 238 John died in the 

 same year, leaving an only daughter Elizabeth, aged 

 seven at the time of her father's death.* 39 She 

 probably married Sir Walter Pye," and they were 

 in possession of the advowson of the church of 

 Dinton in 1639."' Elizabeth died seised of the 

 rectory and advowson, which were inherited by her 

 son Walter. 10 



He sold the advowson of the vicarage about 

 1650 to Simon Mayne the regicide,* 43 so that after 

 the Restoration it was forfeited to the Crown. It 

 was not alienated," 1 and the patronage of the vicarage 

 of Dinton is in the hands of the Lord Chancellor at 

 the present day. 



The rectory was not sold by Sir Walter Pye with 

 the advowson, but he conveyed it to John Harrington 

 and Richard Serjeant (jun.) in 1655.*" 



The warrant for a grant of the rectory and tithes 

 of Dinton was made out in 1662 to the Bishops of 

 London and Winchester and others, to be held in 

 trust for the maintenance of a minister.* 10 The 

 rectory was then said to have come to the Crown by 

 the forfeiture of the lands of Simon Mayne ; * 4 ' but 

 this presumably was a mistake, since he does not 

 seem ever to have bought the rectory. In 1705 

 Winwood Serjeant and his wife Martha held the 



228 Cart. Antiq. G.G. 6. 



* V.C.H. Bucks, i, 284, n. i. 



o Pat. 37 Hen. VIII, pt. 13. 



281 Com. Pleas D. Enr. East. 20 Eliz. 



m. 29. 



282 Ibid. ; Feet of F. 

 3 & 4 Phil, and Maty. 



288 Ibid. East 13 Eliz. 



294 Ibid. 42 Eliz. 



Bucks. Mich. 



385 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cclxx, no. 

 129. 



885 Ibid, cccxliii, no. 142. 



ffl 7 Ibid. ass Ibid. 



289 Ibid, cccci, no. 100. 



240 There is considerable confusion as 

 to the identity of the wife of Sir Walter 

 Pye ; cf. Lipscomb, /ft/, of Bucks, i, 382 ; 

 ii, 151. 



411 Feet of F. Bucks. Trin. 15 Chas. I. 



280 



242 Chan. Inq. p.m. Misc. dxxxvi, 

 16 (ha-. I, pt. 31, no. 12. 



248 Treas. Bks. cccxlviii, no. 41. 



244 P.R.O. lost. Bks. 1660, 1662, 1684, 

 1692. In 1717 Hatch Moody, gent., 

 presented, but in 1773 the Crown again 

 presented. 



245 Feet of F. Bucks. East. 1655. 



246 Cal. S.P. Dam. 1662-3, P- 489- 

 7 Ibid. 



