CLIFTON HUNDRED 



HOLWELL 



of William Spigurnel, and probably grandson of 

 Henry, held a toft, a carucate of land and 6s. Sd. 

 rent in Holwell, which passed at his death to his 

 aunt Lucy, wife of William Alberd.'' She, at her 



Radcliffi. Urgent Dklme. Or an anchor 



a croulet gules between "*'' befween two Horn 



three hendi engrailed passant gules, 



sable 'with a label and a 

 quarter sable and a cross- 

 let or upon the quarter, 



death in 1390, left a daughter Amicia wife of John 

 de Kyrkham,*" Jaut it has not been found possible to 

 trace the descent of this property further. 



The church of ST. PETER was en- 

 CHURCH tirely rebuilt in 1877 in fourteenth- 

 century style, and consists of a chancel 

 19 ft. by 16 ft. 6in. ; nave 38 ft. by 18 ft. 6 in., 

 south aisle z6 ft. 6 in. by I oft. 6 in., and south 

 porch with a small tower over. 



A few pieces of old work have been re-used, the 

 most interesting being the string across the inner face 

 of the east wall of the chancel. This is of fourteenth- 

 century date and has a hollow chamfer on the under 

 side. At the north end is a grotesque beast with a 

 long snout, and closed wings ; out of its mouth issues 

 a wavy stem on which at irregular intervals are set 

 ball flowers, human heads, and leaves. 



In the north wall of the nave a fifteenth-century 

 piscina head has been reset with modern jambs, &c. ; 

 it was probably cinquefoiled, but only a piece of the 

 middle foil remains. 



The doorway on the north side of the nave is also 

 of fifteenth-century date with a four-centred arch. 



The details of the modern work call for little de- 

 scription. The chancel has an east window of three 

 lights, two single-light windows on the south, and 

 one on the north. The chancel arch is of two 

 chamfered orders springing from short corbelled 

 shafts, and the nave has a south arcade of two bays, 

 and a west window of three trefoiled lights with 

 tracery over. The east window of the aisle is a 

 single trefoiled light and in the south wall are two 



square-headed windows, one of two and the other of 

 three trefoiled lights. There is a doorway at the west 

 end of the aisle, in addition to those north and 

 south of the nave. 



The only monument of interest is a slab at the 

 east end of the nave, with an inscription on a brass 

 plate to a priest, Robert Wodehouse, who died in 

 15 1 5. Above the inscription is a chalice and Host, 

 instead of the figure of the person commemorated, 

 and on either side two wilJ men or Woodhouses, 

 armed with clubs and targets. 



In the tower are two bells by T. Mears, 1841. 



The plate is modern, consisting of a silver cup, 

 large and small patens and a plated flagon. 



The registers begin in 1560, and the first book 

 contains baptisms, marriages, and burials to 1765. 



The advowson of Great Holwell 

 ADVOWSON church appears to have been attached 

 to the manor (q.v.)" until 1673, 

 when it was purchased from George Nodes by Sir 

 Ralph Radcliffe," whose great-grandson John Rad- 

 cliffe acquired in 1765 the manor of Holwell (q.v.), 

 with which the advowson has since gone.'* 



Rand's Educational Foundation, 

 CHARITIES derived under the will of John Rand, 

 1706. See above, 'Schools.' 



Rand's Elementary Charity. — By an order of the 

 Charity Commissioners of 5 August, 1904, made 

 under Board of Education Act, 1899, the following 

 items were exempted from purposes of education and 

 continue to be applicable under the provisions of a 

 scheme of the High Court of Chancery of z I April, 

 1866 :— 



{a) The Rectory House at Holwell. 



{b) The land and building, appropriated for the 

 purposes of almshouses belonging to the 

 foundation. 



(f) A yearly sum of j^iSo out of income in the 



maintenance of almspeople and pensioners. 



(1^ A yearly sum of £\o for relief of sick and 

 infirm poor. 



{e) A yearly sum of ;£loo to the rector of Hol- 

 well for the performance of divine service with 

 sermon in the church twice on every Sunday 

 throughout the year. 



(/) A yearly sum of £160 for apprenticeship 

 premiums and rewards. 



(g) A yearly sum of j^io for the benefit of the 



village lending library. 

 By the Chancery scheme above referred to the 

 benefits of the charity were extended to Pirton, 

 Ickleford and Lower Stondon. 



29 Chan. Inq. p.m. lo Ric. II, No. 39. 

 These lands were held of Robert Belk- 

 nap in socage by service of 55. per 

 annum. 



so Ibid. 14 Ric. II, No. 45. The land 



was at this time held of Gerard de Bray- 

 broke. 



81 Harl. Chart. 54, H. 24; Feet of F. Div. 

 Cos. Hil. 4 Eliz. ; Recov. R. Mich. 42 

 Eliz. rot. 105. 



*2 Lysons, Afa^-. Brit, i, 95 ; Inst. Bks. 

 P.R.O. 



83 Recov. R. Hil. 5 & 6 Geo. IV, 

 rot. 27. 



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