ODSEY HUNDRED 



or Lambard was holding lands in Hinxworth of the 

 manor of Hinxworth at the end of the 15th century," 

 but there is nothing to show that the/ represent the 

 manor of Pulters. In the 16th century this holding 

 had descended to Thomas Lambert, and included a 

 capital messuage.' Chauncy says Thomas Lambert 

 was charged in Exchequer for this manor by the 

 name of Pulters with a yearly rent of I ox. 8^. 8 



According to some proceedings in the court of 

 Chancery Thomas Lambert fell into financial diffi- 

 culties. It appears that Andrew Gray of the Inner 

 Temple promised to give him introductions which 

 would lead to an advantageous marriage, 9 and in 

 return Thomas Lambert granted him a lease of his 

 lands in Hinxworth on very favourable terms. 10 He 

 eventually mortgaged his property to Gray." As a 

 natural consequence he brought a suit against Gray " 

 in which he said he had never received the introduc- 



HINXWORTH 



latter was divided between the daughters of the first 

 Viscount Bayning. Pulters was then sold to Edw.ird 

 Pecke, 11 from whom it descended to his son William 

 Pecke, 18 whose son Edward Pecke was holding the 

 manor in 1700." It passed finally with the 

 advowson to Richard Holden. 10 On his death it 

 descended to his son Robert Holden," and in 1782 

 was held by the latter's two daughters, Elizabeth wife 

 of Richard Webb and Charlotte wife of Sir Adam 

 Gordon." It finally became the exclusive property 

 of Elizabeth,'* and she with her husband Richard 

 Webb, her son Richard Holden Webb, and his 

 wife Frances " sold it in iBoj to Henricus Octavus 

 Roe," apparently in trust for Robert CI utter buck," 

 who held the manor of Hinxworth. In 1828 

 Robert Clutterbuck suffered a recovery of Pulters," 

 after which date it became merged in the manor of 

 Hinxworth. 



Hinxworth Place : Part of South- 



tions nor been enabled to make a good marriage." 

 The lands, however, were probably retained by Gray, 14 

 who died in 1614 and whose monument is in the 

 parish church. From him they appear to have passed 

 to Andrew Bayning, 15 who held, besides the advowson 

 of Hinxworth, four messuages, two dove-houses, four 

 gardens and four orchards, 489 acres of land and 

 10s. rent in Hinxworth, Caldecote and Ash well.'* 

 These descended with the advowson (q.v.) until the 



The church of ST. NICHOLAS con- 

 CHURCH sists of chancel 20 ft. by 16 ft., nave 

 4.2 ft. 6 in. by 20 ft., west tower 

 10ft. 6 in. square, and south porch 12 ft. by 10ft., 

 all dimensions taken internally. The walls are of 

 flint with stone dressings and the low-pitched roofs 

 are covered with lead. 



The general walling of nave and west tower, the 

 north and south doorways and the windows adjoining 



6 Early Chan. Proc. bdle. 233, no. S 



'Chan. Proc. (Ser. 2), bdle. I: 

 no. 54. 



6 Chauncy, loc. cit. He gives as rel 

 enc! Cur. Augment., but it is insuflicii 

 for the document to be traced. 



9 Chan. Proc. (Ser. 1), bdle. I 



