BROADWATER HUNDRED 



his father's estates in 1828. He acquired from 

 William Hale in 1832 the other moiety of the 

 manor," known as Ayot St. Peter or Ayot Montfitchet, 

 and thus the whole of the original manor was once 

 e hands. Upon his death 



1848 his est 

 and from hi 



tes passed to his brother Frederick J , 



n through his sister Amelia, who married 

 >old fifth Earl 



Cowper, to their son George 

 Augustus in 1853. In 1856 

 Ayot St. Peter came to 

 Francis Thomas de Grey 

 Cowper, the last earl, who 





1905." The manor 



■nihiplu 



then passed to the younger of 

 his two sisters, Lady Amabel 

 Kerr, who died in 1906, 

 when it came to her husband, 

 Admiral Lord Walter Kerr.™ 



In 1 277-8 NicholasCorbett 

 owed suit at the county court 

 and aid to the sheriff of $;. a 

 year. 61 In 134.9 this suit was 

 said 10 be owed every month with the same aid, and 

 suit at the hundred court every three weeks. 61 

 George Perient obtained a grant of court leet and 

 view of frankpledge twice a year in Ayot Montfitchet 

 in i6i4. M Nicholas Throckmorton apparently re- 

 ceived the same rights in Westington when he 

 obtained that manor in 154.6." Free warren was 

 granted to Sir Thomas Reade in Westington in 

 161 5« 



Ayot Montfitchet was fined in 1653 for having 

 lacked stocks for a twelvemonth past. 66 



The church of ST. PETER has been 

 CHURCH rebuilt more than once. At the latter 

 _ part of the 17th century considerable 



alterations were made in the church then existing and 

 in the middle of the 1 8th century the church was re 

 built. The church then erected was an octagonal 

 brick building with a detached belfry forming the 

 entrance to the churchyard. This church was rebuilt 

 in a little more appropriate style in 1862 On 

 10 July 1874 this building was struck by lightning 

 and burnt to the ground. As the church was some 

 distance from the village the new building was 

 erected on its present site. The new church was 

 built from contributions principally from Earl Cowper 

 and Mr. George Robinson of Ayot Bury, from designs 



BALDOCK 



by J. P, Seddon, It is a red brick building with 

 Bath stone dressings and a tiled roof, and consists of 

 an apsidal chancel with organ chamber on the south 

 side, nave, north porch and tower. 



There are six bells by Warner of London, 1875, 

 the gift of Dr. Jephson of Leamington. The plate 

 includes a silver chalice and paten of the time of 

 Charles I. 



The registers are in three books : (i) baptisms 

 and burials 1668 to 1773, marriages 1668 to 1753 ; 

 (ii) baptisms and burials 1773 to 18 1 2 ; (iii) 

 marriages 1754 to 1812, 



The advowson of Ayot St. Peter 

 ADVOWSON Church seems to have belonged to the 

 lords of the manor from the earliest 

 times, for it is mentioned as belonging to the lord as 

 early as 1282." When the manor was divided 

 between the daughters of Amice de Lacy the advowson 

 went to the elder branch, 68 but by 14.88 it was 

 apparently held alternately, for Thomas Rogers 6 ' and 

 later Sir William Say : " were only possessed of half. 



A short time previous to 1728 the advowson was 

 sold to Ralph Freeman and his heirs," in whose 

 family it descended until Katherine, the daughter of 

 William Freeman, conveyed it in marriage to the 

 Hon. Charles Yorke, whose son Philip became Earl 

 of Hardwicke in 1790" and presented to the rectory 

 in 1 8o4.' J From him it passed to his eldest daughter 

 Anne, the wife of John Earl of Mexborough." 

 Lord Mexborough held the advowson until 1843, 

 after which his widow presented until 1852, when it 

 was sold to the Rev. Edwin Prodgers. On the death 

 of the latter in 1861 the advowson came to his son 

 Edwiu Prodgers, who nominated himself to the rectory, 

 but later relinquished Holy Orders.' 5 The presenta- 

 tion remained in his hands until 1906, when it was 

 acquired by Miss Wilshere, who is the present 

 patron. 



John Henry Peacock, by will 

 CHARITIES proved in the P.C.C. in December" 

 1849, bequeathed so much stock as 

 would produce £10 a year for education and /10 a 

 year for the poor in clothing, blankets and fuel on 

 Christmas Day. The legacies are represented by 

 ^333 6a %d. consols and ^333 6s. M. consols, now 

 producing :£ g 6s. M. for each purpose. The sums of 

 stock are held by the official trustees ; the charity for 

 eduction a regulated by a scheme of the Board of 

 Education, 4 May 1905. 



»iS'| W ir t,, -L W " (™ =«<.); Bsldoke 



™ cent.). I he parish of Baldock has an area of 



6| acres, „f W h ich ,j a „„ m 



H acre, permanent grass, and 4 acres mo4 > V „ d ^ 



»ons of »=, g hbo„„ e pa,^ ha,e been added a 



BALDOCK 



sr See above. 



** G.E.C. Comply P eetap . 

 I Burke, flwpl,^ 

 inrormation from (he Rev. Canon r- 

 "• e] Assise R 



\ Chsn - In 1- P-m. 23 E<tw. Ill fan 



0, no. > 4 j. I 



fp ^ " J«- 1, pt. xrii no ,g 



'W-tfHa.vm.pt.Tl'ii, m. qq 



Baldock for civil purposes at various times 

 small portions of the parish on the west and a 

 trie ecclesiastical parish of Will Jan (now inch 

 the civil district of Baldock) were acquired 

 First Garden City Pioneer Co., Ltd., in 

 Baldock is about 200 ft. above the ordnance 



ss Ibid. 



part of 



ided in 



by the 



1903. 



datum. 



- "3 Jw.1, Pt. 



66 Add. R. 3 5] 8 . 



67 Feet of F. Div.Co 

 65 Feet of F. Herts. 6 



7 Hen. V, no 



4 Edw. IV, no. 2 



ra !? hal1 - In <i- P- m - (S«r. z), iv, 20 

 F«t of F. Herts. East. z 3 Hen VII 

 Salmon, op. cit. (,728), 207. 



i Chan. Inq. p .„ 



w G.E.C. Cempltt, 

 n Inst. Bk». (P.R. 

 u G.E.C. Compltu 



llund. 250™' ° P ' Clt 

 1 Statistics from B 

 sPottionaofBygr, 



('877),. 



t. Bd. Order 1 



.(.905). 



I, Nnrtr.n, 

 i by Loc. 



