A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



there are five bells, all by John Briant, 1794- 

 The communion plate consist) of a cup of 1754, 

 paten of 1840, a modem plated flagon and two 



The registers are in three books : (i) baptisms and 

 burials from 1661 to 1753, marriages 1 66 1 to 1751 ; 

 (ii) baptisms and burials from 1754 to 18 1 z ; (iii) 

 marriages from 1754 to 1812. 



The church was given to the 

 JDrOlTSON monks of St. Albans with the manor 

 of Monks by William de Walling- 

 too. 18 In 1x18 Honorius HI confirmed the assign- 

 ment of Walling ton and Bygrave Churches to the use 

 of the kitchen of the monastery.' 6 Apparently no 

 appropriation took place, but an annuity of £1 was 

 assigned to the abbot. 80 The right of presentation 

 remained with successive abbots until the Dissolution, 

 but the advowson for one turn was often granted by 

 the abbot to private individuals. 81 



The subsequent history of the advowson is coinci- 



dent with that of Monks Mam 

 Thomas Bowles sold the ad vow 

 Neville Butler. 82 Upon the de 

 which took place in 1714, Fran 

 the advowson then reverted, gavi 

 Emanuel College, Cambridge, or 

 incumhent should always be a Fe 



The advowson was subsequi 

 Mr. Owen, who died in 190;. 

 the late Mrs. Clara Risdon. 61 



In 1645 the ejected minister, Jc 

 a relative of Thomas Bowles, 

 living, assaulted William Sherwi 



'■■ Cott. MS. Ncio D Tii, fol. 95 i 

 Duitiile, Man. ji, 119. 



:> Dugdile, op. ciL 2J2. 



» Peft Nick. Tax. (Ret. Com.), %■>. 



sl Chan. Inq. p.m. 30 Edw. I, no. 69 [ 

 Cat. Par. 1301-7, p. l 7i 1348-50, 



for 



1660, 



of some note, who hid been appointed to the living 

 upon its sequestration. 88 Sherwin ceased to preach 

 at Wallington either in 1660 or in l66z. M 



In 1736 the Rev. John Browne 

 CHARITIES by hi) will gave £100 for a school- 

 mistress. The same testator also 

 gave £zo for aged poor, the interest to be distributed 

 every year on Easter Monday. These legacies were 

 invested in £131 171- \J. consols with the official 

 trustees, and in 1868 £106 13/. 4/ stock was sold 

 to provide a cottage and premises for the residence 

 of a schoolmistress. By an order of the Charity 

 Commission, dated 5 August 1904, it was determined 

 that the cottage and premises and a sum of £3 4/. $d. 

 consols should form the endowment of 'Browne's 

 EdutationalFoundation,'and the residue £z\ \<ji. yd. 

 consols should form the endowment of 'Browne's 

 Charity for the Poor.' 



Joseph Edmonds gave, but at what period is un- 

 known, a sum of £5, the interest to be paid to the 

 most constant communicants among the poor. This 

 legacy was invested in _£c Ss. $d. consols in the name 

 of the official trustees, producing is. %d. yearly. 



In the Parliamentary returns of 1786 it is stated 

 that £30 was given many years ago by an unknown 

 donor for the benefit of the poor. This 6um was 

 invested in 1864 in £32 18/. jd. consols in the 

 name of the official trustees, producing 1 6r. $d. 

 yearly. 



The income arising from ' 

 the Poor' and the two last-i 

 distributed among poor 1 

 attending church. 



93 Cuj.i 



iwne's Charity for 

 tioned charities is 

 its and those 



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