A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



of Cottered, who died seised of it in 1461." It 

 remained attached to the manor until the end of 

 the 18th century,* 1 when Richard French Forrester 

 appears to have granted it for life to the Misses 

 Harriet and Anna Jones, who presented in 1806," 

 and held the patronage as late as 1822." By 

 1835 it had reverted to Richard French Forrester," 

 but in 1841 H. Brown presented, 51 from whom it 

 passed to the Rev. W. Brown, 5 * who presented him- 

 self to the church of Cottered in 1854. 97 In 1861 

 the advowson was in the hands of the Rev. John 

 J. Manby, who presented himself. 88 T^ie Rev. 

 Aaron Manby presented himself in 1870," and he 

 held the advowson until 1885, when it was held by 

 the trustees of the rector, the Rev. T. Izod,"™ who 

 left the advowson by will to his nephew, the 

 Rev. Henry Izod Rogers, Lm who had been appointed 

 rector of Cottered in I 895."" He held it until 1908, 

 when it was acquired by Mrs. A. B. Hobart-Harnpden, 

 the wife of the present rector, who continues to hold 

 it. 103 



In 1+91 Robert Page by his will 

 CHARITIES gave £20 to be invested in land, the 

 rents to be received by the church 

 greaves, part thereof to be applied to superstitious 

 uses, other part thereof in payment of two whole 

 t.isks of the town of Cottered, and the residue 5/. to 

 be spent in charitable uses and meritorious deeds. 

 Since the inclosure of the common fields in 1805 

 the property has consisted of about 34 acres of land 

 and several coupes, producing about £;o yearly; 

 5/. yearly is distributed in cash to widows and the 

 residue is applied in upkeep of the church. A tene- 

 ment called the Town House, belonging to this 

 charity, contiguous to the churchyard, was pulled 

 down by Dr. Chauncy, rector 1723-62, who erected 

 a new building at a short distance from the original 

 site. In 1819 this was used by the parish as a 

 poor-house, and still retains the name of the Town 

 House. 10 ' 



In 1714 Joseph Edmonds by his will gave £5, the 

 interest to be applied to poor who usually receive 

 the sacrament and resort to the parish church. A 



sum of 4J. yearly is distributed to poor widows in 

 respect of this bequest. 



In 1577 Philip Antwissell by his will gave zoi. 

 yearly to the poor out of his lands called Osbourne's, 

 at Michaelmas and Lady Day. 



In 1629 Edmund Swallow by his will gave 20/. 

 yearly, out of a farm called the Warren Farm, to the 



In the Parliamentary Returns of 1786 it is stated 

 that George Roberts gave a rent-charge of £1 to the 

 poor. This sum is paid out of Coles Green Farm. 



The income from these three last-mentioned chari- 

 ties is distributed as follows: £2 ioj. in bread to 

 about fifty or sixty persons and 10/. in cash to 

 widows and widowers. 



In 1689 Arthur Pulter by his will gave £40 for 

 apprenticing children. The endowment now consists 

 of a sum of £43 is. consols, producing £1 is. \d. 

 yearly. The income is accumulated and applied as 

 required in apprenticing. 



In 1768 Anne Chauncy by her will gave £200, 

 the interest to be expended in firing for the poor at 

 Christmas, and £\oo, the interest to be spent in 

 material for gowns for six poor 1 



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years. These sums were invested in £337 is. 6d. 

 consols, producing £8 Sj. $d. yearly. 



In 1888 John Riggs Miller by deed gave £100, 

 the interest to be applied in coals to the poor. Thil 

 sum was invested in £103 4/. 6d. consols, producing 

 £2 lis. i,d. yearly. 



The several sums of stock arc held by the official 

 trustees, and the dividends are duly applied. 



The school.— Henry Aldwin Soames by deed dated 

 24 June 1825 (enrolled in Chancery 17 October 

 following) conveyed to himself and others a clear 

 yearly rent-charge of £40 issuing out of a messuage 

 at the corner of Bow Lane, Cheapsidc, to be applied 

 in the education of children of poor cottagers. The 

 annuity was applied towards the salaries of the 

 schoolmaster and schoolmistress of the school, which 

 was erected by the donor in 1829 on the village 



HINXWORTH 



Haingesteworde, Hainstewordc, Haimtewordc (xi 

 cent.); Hingslewurd (xii cent.); Hengsteworth, 

 Hyngstrigge, Heynceworth (xiii cent.) ; Hangte- 

 worth, Hynxworth (xiv cent.) ; Hyggc-xtworth, 

 Hvngxtworth (xv cent.) ; Henxworth (xvi cent.). 



The parish of Hinxworth is in the extreme north 

 of the county on the borders of Cambridgeshire and 

 Bedfordshire. It lies low, the ground nowhere rising 

 more than 172 ft. above the ordnance datum. An 

 ancient track called the Kidgeway crossei the low land 

 on the east of the parish, running parallel with the 

 River Rhee, which forms the north-east boundary. 

 The area is 1,463 acre;, of which nearly three- 

 quarters are arable land, and the rema nder, except 



<" Chan. Inq. p.m. I Edw. IV, no. 2S. » Itui 



51 Clutterbuck, Bin. and Ansiq. of Him. w Ibid. 



in, 519; see Inst. Bits. (P.R.O.), 1662, * Cubans, H„t. , 



16S1, i-n, 1762. 182. 

 » Inst. Bk<. (P.R.O.), 1806. * Ibid. 



for some 8 acres of woodland, pasture. 1 The soil is 

 loam and blue clay, the subsoil varies. The chief 

 crops are wheat, barley and turnips. Coprolites have 

 been dug in the parish and are still to be found. 

 An Act authorizing the inclosure of the common 

 fields was passed in 1802 and the award was made 

 in i8o6> 



The nearest railway station is Baldock, 5 miles 

 to the south, on the Hitchin and Cambridge branch 

 of the Great Northern railway. 



The Roman road through Hertfordshire, known 

 further east as Stane Street, skirts the parish on the 

 west and forms its south-west boundary. Not Far 

 from thU road, on the borders of Hinxworth and 



"" Inform, tupplied by Mrs. A. Hobart- 

 Hampden. iw Clergy Li 1. 



Hint. OAiry Hund. "« Inform, tupplied by Mr«. A. Hobart- 



imtitti'ca from Bd. of A-rlc. (toot). 

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