A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



manor devolved on his wife Dorothy for life, and 

 afterwards on his son Henry and Henrj''s wife 

 Dorothy for their lives, with remainder to Henry's 

 heirs male."* Henry with his son and heir. Sir 

 Robert Huddleston, kt., made settlements of the manor 

 in 1 6 1 3 and 1 6z I , probably for the purpose of barring 

 the entail." In 1627 Henry Huddleston conveyed 

 the manor to Thomas Nightingale, who was created 

 a baronet in 1628 and died m 1645."' In accord- 

 ance with his will the manor was sold in 1649 '° 

 William Webb of Gray's Inn, who was succeeded by 

 his son Richard. The latter in 1 68 1 bequeathed it 

 in tail-male to his brother Jonathan." Further 

 settlements were made and the entail barred by 

 Jonathan Webb and Elizabeth his wife and their son 

 Christopher in 1704," 1707" and 1708." Chris- 

 topher with his sister Jane Webb, their father being 

 dead, conveyed the manor in 1 709 to William Calvert 

 of Furneux Pelham Hall," and for the succeeding 

 century and a half it was held with Furneux Pelham 

 Hall" (q.v.). In 1859 '^^ executors of General Felix 

 Calvert of Furneux Pelham Hall sold Stocking Pelham 

 to John Mott Richardson of Much Hadham, who was 

 lord of the manor in 1859" and whose rights have 

 descended to Mr. Charles Board Richardson. 



The church of ST. MART THE 



CHURCH VIRGIN consists of chancel 26 ft. by 



I 5 ft. 6 in., nave 34ft. 6 in. by 23 ft. 6 in., 



with bellcote on the west end of the roof and modern 



174™ Century 

 eumo dern 



10 20 30 



sCi-.-EiJa Scale of Feett 



Plan of Stocking Pelham Church 



south porch, all the dimensions being internal. The 

 walls are of flint with stone dressings, except the east 

 wall of the chancel, which is of brick. Parts of the 

 walls are cemented ; the nave roof is slated and the 

 chancel roof tiled. 



The north walls of chancel and nave are in the 

 same plane, the extra width of the nave being all on 

 the south side. The earliest details belong to the 

 middle of the 14th century, and as work of that 

 period exists on the north and south walls of both 

 chancel and nave it is not easy to determine the 

 steps by which the church arrived at its present 

 somewhat unusual plan. It is probable, however. 



that a small earlier building existed, the walk of 

 which were partly made use of in the 14th century. 

 That the additional width on the south side of the 

 nave was never an aisle seems evident, as the west 

 window is central and the north and south walls arc 

 of equal height. In 1 864 the east and part of the 

 south walls were rebuilt in brick. 



In the east wall of the chancel is a modem three- 

 light traceried window. In the north wall is a 

 single-light window with cinquefoiled head and 

 with wave-moulded inner jambs and arch ; it is of 

 mid- 14th-century date. In the same wall is a door- 

 way of clunch, which appears to have been the entrance 

 to a former vestry, as the rear arch is on the outside. 

 In the south wall is a window of two lights under a 

 square head, with tracery of 1 4th-century date ; it 

 has been repaired with cement. Adjoining it is a 

 south doorway, now blocked. The chancel arch is a 

 modern one of wood. 



The nave has a mid- 14th-century north window 

 of two lights with flowing tracery, partly restored ; 

 the blocked north doorway is of the same date, 

 but much of the stonework is modern. In the 

 south wall are two windows of modern stonework, 

 each of two lights with tracery of 14th-century 

 character. The south doorway is of modern stone- 

 work, except the inner jambs, which are original. 

 In the south wall, near the east end, is a 1 4th-century 

 piscina with cusped arch. At the west end of the 

 nave is a timber framework which partly supports 

 the wooden bellcote on the roof. The west window 

 has three traceried lights, all of modern stonework ; the 

 inner jambs and rear arch are original. The ceilings of 

 chancel and nave are plastered. 

 The porch is modern. 



In the nave is a slab with 

 a brass shield bearing a 15th- 

 century merchant's mark " 

 and the indent of an inscrip- 

 tion ; on the south side, under 

 the seats, is a slab with indent 

 of the half-figure of a priest. 

 In the south window of the 

 chancel are a few fragments 

 of old glass. 



There is one bell inscribed 

 ' V^incencius Reboat ut Cuncta 

 1 5 th century. 



The communion plate is modern. 



The registers previous to 1812 are 

 (i) baptisms and burials 1695 to li 

 1695 to 1753 ; (ii) marriages 1754 to 1812. 



The advowson of Stocking Pelham 

 ADVOWSON rectory passed with the manor from 

 the earliest times on record until the 

 19th century." In 1556 and 1557 John Growte, 

 who was lessee of the manor,*" presented, and pre- 

 sentments by Robert Marshal in 1 370 and by Thomas 



15th-century 

 Mirchant'i Mark 



Noxia Tollat,' early 



as follows : 

 [ 2, marriages 



^^ Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccczzix, 

 174. 



23 Feet of F. Div. Co. Hil. 10 Ja». I ; 

 Div. Co. Mich. 19 Jas. I ; Recoy. R. 

 Mich. 19 Jas. I, rot. 11. 



M Recov. R. HiL 2 Chas. I, rot. 75 ; 

 G.E.C. Baronetage, ii, 53. 



'1 ClutterbucI^ Hiit. of Herd, iii, 459. 



'2 Recov. R. Trin. 3 Anne, rot. 264. 



»3 Com. Pleas D. Enr. Mich. 6 Anne, 

 m. 6d. ; Recov. R. Mich. 6 Anne, rot. 147. 



" Com. Pleas D. Enr. East. 7 Anne, 

 m, II, 



'* Clutterbuck, loc. ci^ 



"* See account of Furneux Pelham ; 

 Recov. R. Hil. 33 Geo. II, rot. 183. 



^ Custans, Hill, of Hern. EJ-wimtree 

 Hund. 156. 



^ This was probably the mark of 

 Henry Hert (Heart). See above under 

 manor and under advowson. The flag 

 is suggestive of a clothmaker. 



no 



3' Feet of F. Herts. 5 Edw. Ill, no. 77 ; 

 Trin. 3 3 Hen. VIII ; Trin. 34 Hen. VIII ; 

 East 3 & 4 Phil, and Marjr ; East. 12 

 Eliz. ; Trin. 35 Eliz. ; Div. Co. HiL 10 

 Jas. I; Mich. 19 Jas. 1; Qose, 12 

 Hen. IV, m. 8 ; Early Chan. Proc bdle. 

 65, no. 54 ; Recov. R. Mich. 19 Jas. I, 

 rot. II ; HiL 2 Chai. I, rot. 75 j Inst- 

 Bks. (P.R.O.). 



'" See above. 



