A HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



below the tie-beams only, so that the upper members 

 of the roof are rather empty, all the ornament being 

 concentrated on the lower parts. The plates, as in 

 the chancel, have open tracery with shields above 

 them, but in this case the shields are blank. In the 

 west bay on the north pairs of small shields take the 

 place of the single shields elsewhere. Both aisles 

 have lean-to roofs, that of the south aisle being 

 modern, while the other retains some of its 15th- 

 century timbers. 



The wooden fittings of the church are all modern, 

 except for the traceried head of a screen at the west 

 end of the first bay of the south aisle ; it is of ijth- 

 century date, with a row of quatrefoiled circles over 

 cinquefoiled heads. The pulpit also is old, of lyth- 

 century date, with pretty low-relief bands of carving 

 on the styles and rails, and there are two old chairs 

 within the altar rails. 



Just to the west of the screen head in the south 

 aisle is a panel of oak with an inscription in incised 

 letters filled in with black composition : ' Faith not 

 exercised so one waxeth sicke. Ano domini 1578.' 



The font stands in the third bay of the south 

 arcade, and is a good example of the local late 12th- 

 century type, with a large cup-shaped bowl, fluted 

 below, and having a band of foliate ornament above, 

 with a base like an inverted scalloped capital. In 

 this instance there is only a single scallop on each 

 face, filled in with foliate ornament. In the east 

 window of the chancel is a half figure of our Lady 

 and Child in white and gold 15th-century glass, and 

 in the south-west window a shield of England with a 

 label of France ; the field is uncoloured. In the 

 south aisle the tracery of the east and south-east 

 windows is filled for the most part with original 

 glazing, in conventional patterns of green, brown, 

 and yellow. In the south-east window also is a 

 quarry in one of the main lights, on which is the 

 inscription, cut on the outer face : 



Altiss mo gloriosiss 1 " Opt mo Max" 10 Laus et honor et 

 prostracio H.W. 1655. 



On the north wall of the chancel is the brass figure 

 of a man, c. 1 600, with a shield having a cheveron 

 between three crescents. 



There are five bells, the treble by Chandler, 1700, 

 the second blank, the third a London bell by John 

 Danyell, c. 1460, inscribed ' Sit Nomen Domini Bene- 

 dictum,' the fourth by Joseph Carter, 1590, and the 

 tenor by the same founder, 1608. 



The plate consists of a cup and cover paten of 

 1638, a flagon of 1694, given in 1697 by John 

 Tipping, and two standing patens of 1608, given in 

 that year by another man of the same name. 



The first book of the registers contains the baptisms 

 from 1538, the marriages from 1573, and the burials 



from 1676 to 1720; the second contains baptisms and 

 burials from 1721 to 1781, and marriages 1721-54; 

 the third is the printed marriage register 1754-1812, 

 and the fourth the baptirms and burials 1781-1812. 



The advowson of the church of 

 JDrOWSON Weston Turville was held by William 

 de Turville at the close of the nth 

 century. In 1 206 '" he granted it to Geoffrey Fitz 

 Piers, Earl of Essex, with the manor for thirteen years. 

 On the subdivision of the lands and property of the 

 younger William de Turville the advowson does not 

 seem to have been divided, but probably was assigned 

 to Cecilia and her husband Roger Croft. It came in 

 consequence to the heiresses of Roger de Heder- 

 bergh, 171 and passed to his daughter Ella and fron. 

 her to the Botillers. After the death of Edward 

 Botiller the advowson was held by his four sisters or 

 their heirs, 173 each co-parcenor presenting every fourth 

 time. 17 * The whole advowson passed to the Windsors 

 and the Hills in the i6th and I7th centuries. 174 In 

 1660 the Crown presented, 176 and in 1678 John 

 Tipping.'" The year before, however, William Hill 

 and his wife Mary owned the advowson, 178 and the 

 Hills probably had recently recovered it. It was 

 settled by William Hill in that year on his son 

 William, who, however, sold it in 1691 to All Souls 

 College, Oxford. 179 The warden and fellows pre- 

 sented in I722, 180 and are still the patrons of the liv- 

 ing, which is a rectory. 



The lords of Weston Molyns Manor also claimed 

 the advowson of the church of Weston Turville, 161 

 but it does not seem probable that they ever presented 

 to the benefice. 



There is a Baptist chapel at Weston Turville, which 

 waj built in 1855. 



In 1604 William Findall, as ap- 

 CH4R1T1ES peared from a tablet in the parish 

 church of Aylesbury, gave 6 I p. \d. 

 to be paid on Mid-Lent Sunday out of Summer Leys 

 in Weston Turville, out of which 6/. %d. was to be 

 given to the poor of Weston, the remainder being 

 applicable in Aylesbury. 



Widow Turpin's Charity is endowed with loa. 

 I r. 34 p. in this parish, now let at ^22 a year, which 

 is distributed in bread. 



The Pennant Trust. In 1837 the Rev. Thomas 

 Pennant, a former rector, by deed dated 20 January 

 (enrolled), conveyed unto the then rector two cottages 

 near the rectory upon trust that the net rents and 

 profits should be applied in November and December 

 in the distribution of articles of useful clothing to 

 any number not exceeding six in any one year of the 

 poorest inhabitants of the parish, constant attendants 

 at divine service in the parish church. 



The cottages are let at 8 a year, the net income 

 is usually divided equally among six poor people. 



171 Cart. Anti v P.R.O., Z. 38. 



i~ 8 Cf. manor of Weston Butlers ; Feet 

 of F. Bucks. Trin. 33 Edw. I. 



17* Chan. Inq. p.m. 49 Edw. HI (ist 

 no.), no. 17 ; Abbrtv. Rot. Orig. (Rec. 

 Com.), ii, 350. 



*>* Coram Rege R. 582, m. 106 ; De 

 Banco R. 461, m. 59 ; Hitt. MSS. Com. 



Rep. Various, ii, 298 ; Chan. Inq. p.m. 

 4 Edw. IV, no. 43 ; ibid. 38 & 39 Hen. 

 VI, no. 58. 



>'' Feet of F. Bucks. Mich. 21 Hen. 

 VIII ; Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccccxxxiii, 

 no. 46. 



P.R.O. Inst. Bk3. 



W7 Ibid. 



178 Feet O f p. Buck*. Mich. 28 Chas. 

 II. 



179 C. T. Martin, Cat. of tht Archives 

 of All Soul, Coll. 



J8I) P.R.O. Inst. Bks. 



181 Feet of F. Bucks. Mich. 14 Edw. 

 Ill ; Chan. Inq. p.m. 43 Edw. Ill, ]>t. 

 2 (ist nos.), no. 15. 



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