HITCHIN HUNDRED 



IPPOLLITTS 



passed to Sir Brockett Spencer.- 10 The manor passed 



In 



eventually through Brockett's eldest daughter Elizabeth, 



616 Ralph Radclifte, lord of the manor of 

 nitctim, had a grant of court leet in Ippollitts and 

 Gosmore. 1H 



The parish church of ST. HlPPOLr- 

 CHVRCH TVS, in the middle of the village, consists 

 of a chancel, nave, north and south aisles, 

 north and south porches and west tower. It is built 

 for the most part of flint with dressings of limestone 

 and clunch. The tower is partly covered with 

 cement, and the south porch is of brick, with a timber 

 south front . l; 



The original church, of the late 11th century, 

 consisted of a chance] and nave, to which north and 

 south aisles were added about i 3 20, when the chancel 

 was rebuilt. The south aisle was built first and then 

 the north, and the west tower was begun immediately 

 after the completion of the aisles. The 15th-century 

 alterations consisted of the widening of the chancel 



Ippollitts Church 



wife of Sir Humphrey Gore" (see Offley), to their 

 only child Elizabeth, who married Sir Henry Penrice." 

 They left an only child, Anna Maria wife of Sir 

 Thomas Salusbury. He died in 1773, 43 leaving the 

 property to his second wife Sarah, who at her death 

 bequeathed the manor to a distant cousin, Sir Robert 

 Salusbury, bart., 44 who entered into possession in 

 1804 on the death of Sarah. 45 The manor has 

 descended from this time with the manor of Offley 

 (q.v.). Mr. H. G. Salusbury Hughes is the present 



Almshoebury, which is now a farm, is built on 

 the site of the old manor-house. 



arch and the erection of the north and south porches. 

 In 1879 practically the whole of the church, with the 

 exception of the tower, was taken down and rebuilt 

 from the foundations, but the old materials were 

 replaced with great care, so that the history of the 

 original building can be followed with ease. In the 

 course of this restoration the north aisle was widened 

 from 6 ft. to o ft. 



The chancel has a modern window in the east wall, 

 one north and two south windows, all of two lights 

 with tracery. They are of the 14th century and 

 have been much repaired. There is a piscina com- 

 bined with a credence of the 14th century, and in the 



40 Recor. R. Trin. 10 Chas. I, rot. 47 ; 

 Com. Pl ea , D. Enr. Trin. 10 Cha 3 . 1, m. ;. 



41 Feet of F. Herts. Trin. 1 Geo. I. 

 43 CLutterfmek, Hut. of Herts, iii, 97. 



« Ibid. "G.E.C. Ba: 



4S Clutterbuck, Htm. iii, 94 \ Cu* 

 Hut, of Hern. Hitchin Hu ' 

 '» Pat. 14 >8. I, pt- x 

 27 



ige. " Dimensions ! chancel, 26 ft. by ¥ 3 ft. ; 



nave, 29 ft. by 20 ft. ; north aisle, 9 ft. 

 wide; south aisle, 6ft. wide; tower, 

 15 ft. 6 in. by 13 ft. 6 in. 



