ODSEY HUNDRED 



John Paston died the same year and was succeeded 

 by his son Sir John Paston. 8a In spite of his grand- 

 mother's will, Sir John endeavoured on the death of 

 Agnes to take possession of Horwellbury, 83 and on 

 his death in 1479 his brother and heir John Paston 

 renewed the attempt to enter on the manor. 84 But 

 his uncle William Paston had leased the manor to 

 John King, who refused to recognize the right of the 

 elder branch of the family. ss John Paston never 

 acknowledged his uncle's claim to the manor and 

 drew up long lists of complaints against him.** 6 But 

 he had no supporters among the tenants of Horwell- 

 bury, 87 and finally William Paston sold the manor to 

 Thomas Bradbury, Mayor of London in 1507. 88 



Before his death in January 1509-10 Thomas 

 Bradbury left it to his widow Joan Bradbury with 

 remainder to his nephew and heir William Bradbury. B9 

 Joan at once bought the reversion of the manor from 

 her nephew, 90 but must soon after have sold it, for in 



KELSHALL 



The house called Orwellbury lies north of the 

 church and to the north-east of the road from 

 Kelshall to Sandom In 1797, when the Kelshall 

 allotment award was made, there were three fields 

 in this district which were called Great Horwell, 

 Mead Horwell and Horwell Pig h tie, which adjoined 

 a piece of common land called Horwell Green. 98 



The church of ST. FAITH consists 



CHURCH of a chancel 29 ft. by 1 8 ft., nave 42 ft. 



by 18 ft., north and south aisles 43 ft. 



by 9 ft., south porch 12 ft. by 10 ft., and west 



tower izft. square ; all dimensions taken internally. 



The walls are of flint with stone dressings. The 

 whole of the church belongs to the 15th century, 

 but was thoroughly repaired, all but the tower, in 

 1 870, most of the external stonework being replaced 

 and the church re-roofed. The tower was restored 

 in iqii and a lych-gate was added in the previous 



1536 it was held by John Bowles, 01 who died in 

 1 543 93 and left it to his grandson and heir Thomas 

 Bowles, then aged thirteen. 93 The manor again 

 changed hands within a short time and in 1577 was 

 held by Edward Hammond, who died in February 

 1579-80. He settled Horwellbury on his son 

 Alexander Hammond, Si who held the manor 93 till 

 his death in i6o4, 9s when it passed to his son 

 John Hammond. No further trace is found of the 

 Hammonds in Horwellbury, and in 1695 the manor 

 was held by James Willymot, 97 owner of the manor 

 of Kelshall (q.v.), and from this date the two manors 

 descend together. 



In the chancel is an east window of three lights, 

 and in each side wall are two windows, and a door- 

 way in the south wall, all modern. There is a carved 

 bracket for an image on either side of the cast window, 

 a good deal damaged. The chancel arch is of two 

 moulded orders, with moulded responds, of the 15th 

 century. The nave has north and south arcades of 

 four bays with moulded arches and piers with engaged 

 shafts, which have moulded capitals and bases. The 

 two-light windows in the clearstory are modern, as is 

 also the roof. In the north-east angle is the stair to 

 the rood-loft ; the lower doorway is blocked, but the 



82 Paston Lelters (ed. Gairdner), ii, 290. 



83 Ibid, iii, 267, 275. 



« Ibid. 263. Ei Ibid. 27;. 



*« Ibid. 267, 311. "Ibid. 315. 



atpeetofF. Herts. Mich. 22 Hen. VII; 

 Add. Chart. 27442. 



B9 Add. Chart. 2744.2 ; Chan. Inq. p.m. 

 ;Scr. ,),«», 96. 

 eil Add. Chart, 27442. 

 01 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), lxviii, 14. 



" Ibid, clxxxix, 88. 



a See Rccov. R. Eaat. 1583, rot. 61. 



16 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), eclxxxiv, •)(,. 



17 Com. Pleas D. Enr. Mich. 7 Wiii. Ill, 



