A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



and the date 1573 ; in the north window arc frag- 

 ment! .:!.■.■:.■■.- arms with his motto 'Boulde in God' 

 and other lettering. On the north and east wall* are 

 remains of painted inscriptions only partly legible. 



In the chapel is the monument of Sir Edward 

 Baesh, died 1587 ■ he is represented in armour, his 

 wife being opposite to him, both kneeling. Above 

 them is a round-arched canopy flanked by classical 

 columns supporting a cornice on which are his arms ; 

 below are the kneeling figures of his children. 



On a slab against the south chancel wall is the 

 brass of a knight in armour of late 1 5th-century date. 

 On the chancel floor is the brass of William Saxaye, 

 who died in 1 581 ; he is represented in robes and 



with a ruff. On the nave floor i 

 small brass of a man and woman 

 joined together ; there is no insci 

 the middle of the 16th century, 

 a shield with the arms of Boteler, 



the pulpit is a 

 with their hands 

 ption, but it is of 

 On a large slab is 

 tnd on another a 



co. Surrey.** The priory also held i canicate of 

 land in right of the church, '* which in 1 291 was 

 assessed at £zo. u The church was appropriated 

 and a vicarage ordained before the end of the 1 ith 

 century." The tithes were leased out by the priory, 

 and after the Dissolution were granted for twenty-one 

 years to John Carye.** In 1553 the rectory and 

 advowson were granted to Thomas Sidney and 

 Nicholas Halswell, 87 probably trustees for Edward 

 Baesh. The advowson subsequently descended with 

 the manor 88 (q.v.) until 1 847, when it was purchased 

 by W. K. Thomas, from whom it passed into the 

 hands of trustees.* 9 



The charity of Sir Edward Baesh, 

 CHARITIES founded by deed 10 November i6je, 

 and by his will proved in P.C.C. 

 z8 May 1653, consists of the vicarage-house and 

 grounds containing la. 33 p ; land in Chapel Lane 

 containing lip. 3yds., producing £z yearly; alms- 



shield of arm! not identified. In the churchyard 

 near the porch is a mutilated coffin slab with remains 

 of a cross. 



There are three bells : the treble by John Briant, 

 1790; the second inscribed 'God save the King, 

 1617' ; the tenor of 1605, both by Robert Oldfeild. 



The communion plate consists of one cup and 

 three patens, all of 17 14. 



The registers are in four books as follows : (i) 

 baptisms 1695 to 1774, burials 1678 to 1774 ; (ii) 

 marriages 1754 to 1772 ; (iii) baptisms and burials 

 1 774 to ] 8 1 1 ; (iv) marriages 1 774 to 1 8 1 z. 



The advowson of the church of 



JDfOJrSON St. James was given by Roger de 



Wancy to the priory of Merwn, 



M Abbrrv. Plat. (Rec. Com.), 

 *> Pope Kick. Tax. (Rec. Coi 

 w JW. Aids, ii, 439. 



houses with 30 p. of land ; also the Railway Hotel, 

 let at £70 yearly ; also property formerly described 

 as •* piece of meadow ground called the Pitansey 

 Meadow alias Parentase,' now consisting of (0) gas 

 works, cottages and land containing 1 a. 3 r. 13 p, ; 

 (&) makings, private dwelling-house and pounds con- 

 taining 2 a. 1 r. 3 1 p. ; and (r) a meadow containing 

 3 a. 1 r. 7 p., the whole producing £43 yearly. Also 

 a rent-charge of £2 5 issuing out of the manor of 

 Stanstead Baesh ; the block-house and yard contain- 

 ing 3 p. 5 yds., producing £y 16/. yearly, and land in 

 Netherfield Lane containing 2 a. 1 r. 15 p., producing 

 £3 yearly. The official trustees also hold the sum of 

 £219 is. ;</. consols, producing £$ 9/. 4V. yearly, 

 arising from sale of land and accumulations. 



K See Me 

 Cleop. cvii, fc_ ... 



» L. and P. Hen. Fill, 

 >: Pat. ; Edw. VI, pt. 



Cartulary, Cott. MS. 



p. s;6. 



18 Inn. Bki. P.R.O. 

 ia, , 7 6 7 , i 7 8r. 

 "Em Her,,. A r .h. 



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