A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



the main manor." A dose or croft called ' Dyngleys' 

 was conveyed by John Snowe, perhaps the son of 

 Richard, to the Blakewells in 1555." 



' Gladwyns lands,' apparently freeholds of the 

 manor, were in the possession of William Gladwyn, 

 husbandman, in the 15th century.'" After the death 

 of his son John there was an action in Chancery in 

 1481-2 between John's widow and executrix Juliana 

 and Joan wife of John Osborne and Agnes Gladwyn, 

 the two daughters of John Gladwyn,'' to whom the 

 lands probably descended. In 1548 the estate was 

 conveyed by William Copwood to William and 

 Margaret Blakewell." 



The parish church of ST. AX DREW, 

 CHURCH which stands on a hill in the middle of 

 the village, consists of a chancel with 

 apsidal termination, north, vestries, south organ 

 chamber, nave, and west porch. The material is red 

 brick. The present church dates wholly from the 

 18th and 19th centuries, but is on the old site, and 

 in the churchyard is a yew tree 27 ft. in circumference. 

 A church is known to have existed here at least from 

 the end of the 1 5th century. 



In 1702 a wooden tower and spire were built to 

 the then existing church, which from an engraving of 

 1730 would appear to have been not older than the 

 preceding century, and to have had wooden casement 

 windows. In 1790 the present nave was built. The 

 west porch was added in 1 845, when the parapets 

 were removed. In 1 869 the east wall was taken down 

 and the present chancel built, and at the same time 

 the spire was removed, the smaller vestry and the 

 organ chamber were built, stone windows were inserted, 

 an open timber roof was erected over the nave, and 

 a west gallery was demolished. The larger north 

 vestry was built in 1897. 



On the north wall of the nave is a monument from 

 the old church to Dorothy Taylor, 1673, and Susanna 

 Turner, 1672, daughters of Richard Turner. 



The pulpit, of early 17th-century workmanship, 

 was brought here from Hatfield parish church. 



There are two bells in the gable which are inacces- 

 sible. One is by John Waylcit, 1727, and the other 

 by Samuel Newton, 1707. 



The plate includes a silver gilt cup of 1 599 ; 

 there is also a cup of 1876 and a flagon of 1867, 

 besides two patens of recent date. 



The registers, beginning in 1 570, are in live books 

 as follows: (i) all entries 1570 to 1720 ; (ii) all 

 entries 1723 to 1746"; (iii) baptisms and burials 

 I 746 to 1 S 1 2 and marriages 1 746 to I 7 5 3 ; (iv) mar- 

 riages 1747 to 1753 ; (v) marriages 1754 to 1789.™ 

 The church of St. Andrew at 

 ADFOH'SOX Toileridge has changed its invocation 

 since the 1 6th century," when it 

 was dedicated in honour of St. Etheldreda or Audrey, 

 an invocation evidently borrowed from Ely. 51 It 

 is suggested that St. Andrew is a corruption of 



St. Audrey. 51 



Tottcridge remained a chapel ry of Hatfield, from 

 which it is about 8 miles distant, until 1892,3 curate 

 being appointed by the rector of Hatfield" (q.v.). 

 In 1892 it was made a vicarage in the gift of the 



In 1650 the commissioners recommended that it 

 should be made a separate parish."* 



In ]638and 1693 the curate's house at Totteridge 

 had pertaining to it 'one orchard garden with a iitelt 

 Backside contayning by estimaeon 2 roods,' and 

 7I acres of pasture land."* 



In 1307 the parson of Hatfield obtained a grant 

 of free warren in the demesne lands of his church in 



In 1471 John Sugden, rector of Hatfield, left a 

 torch to the chapel of Totteridge." 



Various meeting-places for Protestant Dissenters 

 were certified in Tottcridge from 1823. In 1827 

 a chapel was built, which was still in existence in 

 i884, 5S but there is now no Kon conform! it place of 

 worship in Totteridge. 



The following trusts for the direct 

 CHARITIES benefit of the poor are regulated by a 

 scheme of the Charity Commissioners, 

 namely, the charities of— 



William Sheppey, founded by will, 1808, trust 

 fund, £2,105 $*■ 3^- consols. 



Sukey Richardson, will, 1 828, trust fund, £48 3/. -jd. 

 consols. 



Martha Barrett, being an annual sum of £1 I p. 4V. 

 received from the Haberdashers' Company, London. 



William Campion, will, 1720, being an annual 

 sum of £2 payable out of copyhold lauds at Tottenham 



Waste Lands Charity, being £66 13/. \d. consols, 

 set aside in 1799 by William Manning in considera- 

 tion of permission to inclose certain land. 



William Manning, being £100 consols, established 

 in 1810 in commemoration of fiftieth anniversary of 

 King George III. 



Volunteer Corps, £36 31. Cjd. consols, representing 

 balance in hand on dissolution of corps in 1 810. 



Sir Alexander Maitland, consisting of £73 I U. \d. 

 consols, representing a legacy received in 1820. 



Louisa Arrowsmith for poor, trust fund, £89 I y. id. 



The several sums of stock are held by the official 

 trustees, producing £62 191. Ed. in annual dividends, 

 which with the income of Barrett's and Campion's 

 charities are applied in the distribution of fuel. 



In 1789 Mrs. Elizabeth Williams by her will 

 bequeathed £400, the interest to be applied — subject 

 to keeping in repair her husband's tomb — towards 

 the support of her Sunday school. The legacy is 

 now represented by £539 %s. \d. consols with the 

 official trustees, producing £13 9/. Sd. yearly, who 

 also hold a further sum of £234 \s. consols, pro- 

 ducing £5 17/. yearly, known as the Louisa Arrow- 

 smith's Education charity. 



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