A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



In the nave are some 1 6th-cen tury seats with 

 buttressed bench ends. 



On the east wall of the south aisle are bra'sej of a 

 civilian and his wife, without inscription, but of about 

 148$ ; on the floor IS a brass inscription to Richard 

 Grene, died I 561 ; another, with arm;, to Richard 

 Grene, died 1610; an inscription to Barbara 

 Hanchett, died 1561, and the lower part of a lady's 

 figure, probably of the late 1 5th century. On the north 

 side of the chancel is a large monument to John 

 Brograve, who died in 1 62 5, and his younger brother 

 Charles, who died in 1602. The monument is of 

 marble and alabaster ; on the panelled tomb, under 

 a canopy supported by Corinthian columns, lie the 

 two eifigies in armour ; on the cornice above is a 

 cartouche bearing their arms, and behind ihe figures 

 is an inscription. On the same side of the chance is 

 a mural monument to Simeon Brograve, who died in 

 1639, and his wife Dorothy, who died in 1645. On 

 the south side of the chancel are mural monuments 

 to Augustin Steward, with his bust in armour, with 

 his arms above, who died in 1597, and to Sir John 

 Brograve, who died in 1 59}, with arms above. 



In the north aisle is a large painting of the 

 Resurrection, probably of 17th-century work ; it has 

 only been recently discovered, and may have formed 

 part of an altar-piece. 



There arc eight bells : the first three by Robert 

 Callin, i 7+ ;, presented by William Frcman ; the 

 fourth by William Herbert, 1628; the fifth inscribed 

 ' Deus in adiulorium meum intende I C,' I 561 ; the 

 sixth, seventh and tenor by Miles Grayc, 1615, 1653 

 and 1631 respectively. 



The communion plate consists or cup, large paten, 

 and flagon, 1718, and modern paten. 



1 he registers of baptisms, marriages and burials 

 begin in 1563. 



The church was granted to the 

 JDrOHSON priory of Holy Trinity by Queen 

 Maud about the same time as the 

 manor." In 1217 the legate Gualo signified the 

 approval of the Holy See for the papal sympathies 

 shown by the priory during the Barons' War by 

 confirming the church of Braughing,™ and this was 

 followed by a confirmation of William Bishop of 

 London, whose charier reserved a vicarial portion 

 for a priest, who was to be presented by the canons 

 and to serve the parish with the help of a chaplain.' 

 After the Dissolution the rectory and advowson 

 descended with the manor of Br.iughing. On the 

 division of the manor between Humphrey and 

 Francis Steward, one-half descended with the manor 

 of Braughing. The other half was sold by Francis 

 Steward, grandson probably of Humphrey, to 

 William Delawood," who presented in 1680." He 

 bequeathed his property to Isaac and Abraham 

 Houblon of London, merchants. 71 The families of 

 these two brothers died out before I 758, when this 

 moiety of the rectory and advowson had come to 



Jacob Houblon, grandson of their brother Jacob, 

 who in that year made a settlement on his son 

 Jacob.'* The presentations were made by the 

 Harveys and Houblons alternately until 1831, when 

 the Rev. William Tower (see Braughing) bought the 

 second moiety of the advowson." 



The chapel of ST. JAMES, GATESBUJtr, wa» 

 probably founded by one of the Gatcsbury family. 

 It was granted by Richard de Gatcsbury to the 

 canons of Holy Trinity with its tithes and appur- 

 tenances, except the tithes of land called 'Little 

 Reding' held by the nuns of Haliwell," on condition 

 that the canons celebrated four masses weekly in the 

 chapel." In 1+87 Henry Elveden, successor of 

 Richard de Gatesbury, commuted the masses to two, 

 to be celebrated weekly in the chapel of Holy 

 Trinity within the nave of the conventual church." 

 Probably the chapel fell into decay after this. The 



Henry Elveden in 1515.™ 



The charity of Thomas Jenyns, 

 CHARITIES founded by will, 1579, is regulated 

 by scheme of the Charity Com- 

 missioners 2 April 1867. The endowment con- 

 sists of a yearly payment of ^8 131. \d. by the 

 Fishmongers' Company, a rent-charge of £1 issuing 

 out of Ford Street Farm, and a piece of land called 

 ' The Orchard ' with the school thereon. By an 

 order of the Charity Commissioners 30 September 

 1904 it was determined that the Orchard and 

 school together with a yearly sum of £3 15;. should 

 form the endowment of ' Jenyns School Foundation." 

 The residue of the income is applied as follows : 

 £2 12j. in bread to twche poor widows, £1 to 

 the parish council towards the repair of bridges, 

 £\ to poor girls getting married, and the remainder 

 in small sums to the poor on Old Christmas Day. 



Thomas Blossom, as stated in the Parliamentary 

 returns of 1786, gave a rent-charge of 101. to the 

 poor. This sum is paid out of land called Austen 

 Wells and distributed in small sums to the poor on 

 Old Christmas Day. 



In 159; Matthew Wall by his will gave a rent- 

 charge of 20f. out of a house and about 12 acres of 

 land at Green End in Braughing. This ^um is 

 applied as follows : 3;. bd. to poor, 6j. %d, to 

 twenty school children, \i, iOd. to sexton and 

 clerk, and 5*. to the vicar and churchwardens for 

 their trouble. 



In 1612 William Bonest by will devised his tene- 

 ment in Overbury to the churchwardens upon trust 

 that they should place not more than four widows 

 to dwell there rent free ; and he also gave £i yearly 

 out of a field called Dassel Field to be distributed 

 equally among the four poor widows. 



In 1 663 Edward Younge, D.D., by his will gave a 

 yearly sum of 401. to the poor. The annuity was 

 redeemed in 1869 by the trariffer to the official 

 trustees of stock, now £6f consols, producing 



« Cott. R. xiii, 18 (1). » r n5t . Bkf. P.R.O. 



ffl Ibid. (2) ; Cal. Papal Ltnin, i, 52. =* Sec his will quoted by Cluttcrbuck, 



•" CotL R. i-\\ (3) ; Lond. Epis. Keg. op. cit. tii, 60. 

 F:tzjames, fol. ;;. In 1431 the church- " Com. Pleas D. Enr. East. 21 Geo. II, 



wardens and parceners brought a suit m.324. The Henry Houblon mentioned 

 against the near in the London consistory in the deed mult have been ion of Iiaac. 

 court lor not maintaining achapiain (Lond. Abraham had a ;on Richard and a daughti r 

 - «-a Jimcs, t'oL n6, 127). Anne, who married Henry first Vi.ccnt 



ifmerston (Berry, Eisix Cta. 164; 

 sit. Eutx [Harl. Soc, *iv], 633; 



316 



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I Ceo. II, 



