BRAUGHING HUNDRED stanstead abbots 



Frankland of London, dothworker. 83 He settled it on 

 himself and his intended wife Joyce Saxaye, whom he 

 married in February 1565-6. 84 William died in 

 1 576 66 and Joyce in 1 g8^. se A settlement had been 

 made on William's eldest son William for life with 

 reversion to Hugh Frankiand, his nephew, for life, and 

 then to the issue male of William. In 1606 Hugh 

 Frankland conveyed his interest in the manor to 

 William Frankland his nephew, William Frankland 

 the elder having died without issue." In 1619 

 William Frankland and Lucy his wife sold it to Sir 

 Edward Baesh, together with the capital messuage 

 where William Frankland lived, the farm close by, 

 and fields called the Pond, Sayres Mead, Nunneholm, 

 the Little or Hither Park and the Further Park. 88 

 The manor descended with Stanstead Abbots to the 

 Feildes. Miss Fcilde, who inherited the property, 

 married Captain Upton, and soon afterwards the 

 estate was broken up. Part of it, the Nether/ield 

 estate, was sold to Sir Charles Booth, bart., and 

 descended to his niece, who married Mr. H. L. 

 Prior. 89 The Rye House with 50 acres of land was 

 sold about 1864 to Mr. William Henry Teale, and 

 from him was acquired in 1904 by Messrs. Christie 

 & Co. 90 



The church of ST. ANDREW, 



CHURCHES erected in 1881, superseded St. 



James's as the parish church ; it is 



built of brick faced with dressed flint, and is a 



cruciform building in I 5th-century style. 



The old church of ST. JAMES, which is still 

 used for services, consists of chancel as at present 10ft. 

 long by 17 ft. wide, north chapel 41 ft. 6 in. by 

 15 ft. 6 in., nave as at present 69 ft. by 17 ft. 6 in., 

 west tower and timber south porch, all internal 

 dimensions. The walls are chiefly of flint rubble, 

 but parts are of brick with stone dressings ; the roofs 

 are tiled. 



The earliest detail is of the 13th century, but it is 

 probable that the nave walls are older. The chancel 

 was built during that period and windows inserted in 

 the nave. The west tower is of early 15th-century 

 date, the south porch late in the same century, and 

 the north chapel was built of brick in 1577. 'The 

 original length of the nave was 47 ft., that of the 

 chancel being 32 ft., but at some period, probably 

 when the north chapel was built, they were altered 

 to their present dimensions. There is no chancel 

 arch or structural division between nave and chancel, 

 and externally one unbroken roof covers both, the 

 original chancel being marked internally by the lower 

 part of the rood screen, now forming the back of a 

 pew, and by the mouldings on the roof timbers. 



The east window has three cinquefoiled lights 

 under a four-centred arch, and is of late 15th-cen- 

 tury date. In the north wall is an arcade of four 

 bays opening into the north chapel. The three 

 western arches belong to the arcade erected in 1577. 

 They are pointed arches with double ogee mouldings 

 and with octagonal piers and responds and moulded 

 capitals and bases ; the westernmost arch is narrower 

 than the other two. The easternmost arch has a 

 plain splay and square jambs, and probably was 



opened at a later date. The whole of the arcade is 

 plastered. In the south wall are two windows of 

 two lights ; they are of 15th-century date, but most 

 of the stonework is modern. There are traces of some 

 13th-century lancet windows in the wall. Near the 

 east wall is a double piscina with two splayed lancet 

 arches, and a ledge at the back which supported a 

 credence shelf; they belong to the 13th century. 



On a stone in the east wall of the north chapel, 

 outside, is inscribed the date 1577 ; it was built by 

 Edward Baesh. In the east wall is a window of 

 three cinquefoiled lights under a four-centred arch, 

 and in the north wall are two windows of two lights 

 under square heads ; all the windows have been 



There are no window openings in the north wall 

 of the nave, but there are remains of a blocked north 

 doorw;iy. The wall is not in a straight line from 

 chancel to tower, and appears to have been altered or 

 rebuilt at some period — perhaps when the chancel 

 was erected — in order to suit its width. In the south 

 wall are three windows of two cinquefoiled lights 

 with tracery; they are probably of 15th-century 

 work, but most of the stonework has been renewed. 

 The westernmost window appears to be a 13th- 

 century lancet window enlarged in the 15th century ; 

 parts of the inner splays of the earlier window remain. 

 The south doorway consists of two continuous splayed 

 orders and is of 13th-century date, 



The 15th-century south porch is of plain open 

 timber work, the lower part of the sides is boarded, 

 the upper part open ; the gabled front has a cusped 

 barge-board and the arch over the entrance is three- 



The roofs retain their 15th-century king-post 

 trusses and tie-beams, but the rafters are plastered. 



The west tower is in two stages, with angle but- 

 tresses at the west ; the parapet is embattled and the 

 wood spire is lead-covered. At the south-east angle 

 a projecting octagonal stair-turret rises to above the 

 parapet. The tower arch is of two moulded orders, 

 the outer order continuous, the inner stopping upon 

 shafted jambs with moulded capitals and bases. The 

 west doorway is of two moulded orders, the inner one 

 forming a pointed arch, the outer being carried 



The 



ndow is of thre 





foiled lights with tracery in the head. The belfry 

 windows are of two lights. 



The basin of the font is of 1 3th-cemury date ; it 

 is circular, and on the rim are the original iron 

 staples for securing the cover ; on the south-west side 

 is a small incised cross. The base appears to be of 

 13th-century date, reversed, but the octagonal stem 

 belongs to the 15th century. 



The lower part of a 1 5th-ceutury rood screen now 

 forms the back of a pew in the nave. Under the 

 tower arch is a screen made up from the 16th- 

 century canopy formerly over the pulpit. 91 



The oak pulpit is of 16th-century work and the 

 communion table of the late 1 7th century ; the high 

 plainly-panelled pews belong to the 18th century. 



In the east window of the chapel are some remains 

 of old glass with the royal arms of Elizabeth's time 



>« Recov. R. East. .559,^.44 

 s < Ct. of Rcq. bdle. 6;, no. 34. 

 8s Cha n .Inq.p., 11 .(Ser.*),cL«Y 

 K P.C.C. Will, Spencer, 17. 

 w Feel of F. Herts. Tnn. 4 Jan. 



M Com. Pleas D. Enr. Trin. 17 Jas. I, 

 m. 34 ; Mich. 17 j as . I, m . 47 j Feet of 

 F. Herr... East. 18 Ja,. I. His faiher 

 Ralph Frankland joined in the sale (Com. 

 Pleas D. Enr. Mich. 17 J a8 . I, m . 47). 



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