ODSEY HUNDRED 



doorway has a moulded four-centred arch under a 

 square head. 



The tower arch, c. 1350, is of two splayed orders, 

 with semi-octagonal jambs and moulded capitals and 

 bases ; the west window is an insertion of the latter 

 part of the century, and is of two cusped lights with 

 a large cusped opening in the head ; it has been 

 repaired with cement. Underneath the window a 

 rough doorway has been cut in comparatively recent 

 times. The tower, which has no stairway, is of two 

 stages, with embattled top, with moulded string- 

 course under, at the angles of which are carvings, 

 that at the south-west representing a soldier's head 

 armed with basinet and camail of the 14th century. 

 In the north, south and west faces of the belfry stage 

 are two-light cusped openings, similar in character to 

 the west window and of late 14th-century work. 

 On the east face is a small trefoil- headed opening, 

 above the apex of the old steep roof, which is pro- 

 bably original. 



The font is modern, but the remains of the old one, 

 consisting of a circular basin with a plain square top, 

 lie in the garden of the Glebe Farm. It appears to 

 be of the late 12th century. The communion table 

 is of Italian workmanship, with claw feet on balls 

 and a marble top. The pulpit is of plain panelled 

 oak of the 1 8th century. 



In the porch is a portion of a stone coffin lid, with 

 the lower part of a cross, and the ends of scrolls, 

 probably of late 13th or early 14th-century work. 



On the north wall of the chancel is a brass of a 

 man and his wife ; the inscription has gone, but is 

 given by Chauncy as being the figures of Simon 

 Ward, 145 3, and his wife, 1481 ; the slab from which 

 this brass was taken lies at the north doorway. On 

 the chancel floor is a brass of a man with his wife 

 and children, one of whom is a priest. According 

 to Chauncy this brass represents John Lambert, 

 citizen and mercer of London, who died in 1487. 

 There are some shields ; one bears the arms of the 

 Mercers' Company, another a merchant's mark ; 

 these are of brass, but there are three of lead, one of 

 which bears a saltire ; the other two bear a fesse 

 between three defaced animals, probably lambs, as a 

 punning coat of Lambert. There is a brass inscrip- 

 tion to 'Andrewe Grey,' who died in 1614. 



There are six bells : the treble by Meats & 

 Stainbank, 1908 ; second by J. Briant, 1S20 ; third 

 and fourth by Miles Graye, 165 1 ; fifth and tenor 

 by J. Briant, 1825 and 1820 respectively. 



The communion plate consists of cup and paten, 

 1762, and two pewter plates. 



The registers are in two books : (1) baptisms and 

 burials 1739 to '812; (ii) marriages 1754 to 



HINXWORTH 



The advowson of the church was 

 ADyOJVSON held in the 13th century by the 

 Cantlowes. William dc Cantlowe 

 presented in izi8 and 1236 30 ; he died in 1238-9 31 

 and was succeeded by his son William, who died in 

 1250-I. 32 He was succeeded by his son, also named 

 Wdliam, who died in 1 253— 4- 83 During the 

 minority of the latter's heir George ** the right of 

 presentation was exercised by the king in iz73- 3B 

 George was still living in May I273, 3S but died 

 some time before February 12 74," and his lands were 

 divided between his two sisters, Millicent, who 

 married first John de Montalt and secondly Eudo la 

 Zouch of Harringworth, and Joan, who married 

 John de Hastings. 36 The advowson of Hinxworth 

 was inherited by the elder sister Millicent, who as 

 Millicent de Montalt presented in 1293 and 129s. 39 

 It descended to her son by her second marriage, 

 William la Zouch, 40 who presented in 1303. 41 He 

 in 1344 alienated the advowson to the Abbot and 

 convent of Pipewell, co. Northants, 42 perhaps on 

 account of their poverty, for in 1322 the monks had 

 been so poor that they had been obliged to leave 

 their abbey for a time. 43 The advowson was held 

 by the Abbot and convent of Pipewell (who do not 

 seem to have appropriated the church) until their 

 dissolution in 1538-9, 44 after which in 1545 the 

 advowson of the rectory was granted to Anthony 

 Forster. 45 From Forster it passed to John Brockett, 

 who in February 1561— 2 granted the next presenta- 

 tion to John Adams, but on his presenting refused to 

 admit his nominee. 48 Brockett probably conveyed to 

 Andrew Bayning * 7 of Mark Lane, London, who died 

 seised in 1610 and left it to his brother Paul 

 Bayning for life with remainder to his son Paul 

 Bayning the younger. 48 Paul Bayning died in 

 1616, 40 and the advowson passed to his son Paul, 50 

 who married Anne daughter of Sir Henry Glenham 

 (afterwards Viscountess Dorchester), 51 and who in 

 March 1627-8 was created Viscount Bayning of 

 Sudbury. 52 He died in 1629 and his son Paul being 

 a minor 53 the king presented in 1636. 61 The 

 Viscountess Dorchester, however, opposed the king's 

 right to present, 55 and in consequence the Bishop 

 of Lincoln refused to admit the king's nominee, 

 Dr. Andrew Clare. 56 A three years' lawsuit followed, 57 

 during the course of which Paul Viscount Bayning 

 died in 1638, 5S and the king as guardian of his two 

 daughters and co-heirs Anne and Penelope, who were 

 minors, appointed Robert Cheslen on the resignation 

 of Dr. Clare. 59 The Viscountess Dorchester died in 

 February 1638-9 m before the close of the suit, but in 

 1639 judgement was given in her favour, 01 and the 

 Bishop of Lincoln being suspended at that date, a 

 writ was addressed to Archbishop Laud to admit her 



1. 517. 



of F. Herts. Eait. 2 



:, Mon. Angl. v, 4 „. 



Hi ; 



Ck;.;- 



36 Cussans, loc. c 

 , p. 5 (styled son 

 son of William). 

 "= Cal Pat. 1272- 



37 Ibid. p. 43. 



w Dllgdale, Barom 



10 G.E.C. Complete 

 Haryogworth, 

 !I Cussann, loc. cil 



a Dugdi 



41 Ibid. 



45 Pat. 37 Hen. VIII, pt. iv, m. 9. 



tB Cf. of Rcq. bdle. 30, no. 14. 



« Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cccdxx*, 



« Ibid. 



"Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cccclviii, 



Bayning , 

 (Ser. 2), cccclviii, i;¥. 



^ Ibid. 



s1 Cal. S. P. Dom. 1635-6, r. 



6S Hiit. MSS. Com. Rip. xi 

 120 ; C£. S. P. Dom. 1640-1, 



is Hiit. MSS. Com. Ref. x. 



67 Cal. S. P. Dom. 1 640- 1, J 

 ss G.E.C.Comphte Peerage,^ 

 Hart. MS. 760, fol. i6zb. 

 59 Cal. S. P. Dom. 1638-9, , 

 ^G.E.C. Complete Parage, 



Inq. p.n 



i, App. ii 

 P- 459- 

 i, App. ii 



ins. 



■' Cal. S. P. Dam. 164.0-1, p. 4.511. 



