OR BROWSE BY
West-Haddon. John de Brochol, vicar of Westhaddon , grants to D⟨aventry⟩ in free alms the whole of his tenement in W⟨esthaddon⟩ , which he once held of Sir Eustace de Watford for homage and service. Witnesses: Eustace Golafre of Watford , Richard son of Peter of Holm , Ralph son of Walter , Ralph son of Herbert , Robert the clerk , Stephen le freman , Stephen son of Simon . ⟨1220–30.⟩
West-Haddon. Robert Dolyn of Westhaddon grants to William son of Geoffrey the cook the same 2 roods of land in W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ , viz. one over Puttelesculde by the land of John Herberd , and one rood in Colecroft by the land late of Gilbert Mervyn . Witnesses: Robert son of Walter of Westhaddon , John Herberd of the same, Robert Richard of the same, Richard Wauter of the same, Thomas ——of the same, Robert le Warde of the same, John of Stowe . ⟨c. 1290–1310.⟩
West-Haddon. Margery, widow of R⟨obert⟩ D⟨olyn⟩ , quit-claims to the same, her right in a third part of two roods, of her dower in W⟨esthaddon⟩ , viz. one over Colecroft by the land of William de Ravenestrop , and the other over le Lonewronge by the land of John Herbert , for a certain sum of money. Witnesses: John Herbert , Richard Walter , William of cotes , John le Freman , John of Stowe . ⟨c. 1310–20.⟩
West-Haddon. The same quit-claims to Thomas son of Richard Julian of the same, her right in the third part of an enclosed plot of land, with houses, buildings, &c., which Sarah her mother holds in dower in W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ . Given at W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ . Witnesses: John Herberd , William de Cotene , John de Stowe , Richard Wauter , Robert Richard [all of W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ ]. ⟨23 April 1322.⟩
West-Haddon. The same quit-claims to Geoffrey son of John of Stowe of West Haddon her right in a messuage, curtilage, and croft in W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ which would have reverted to her on the death of the said Geoffrey. Given at W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ . ⟨2 June 1325.⟩
West-Haddon. Emma daughter of William Godelef of West Haddon claims to Geoffrey son of John of Stowe , her right in a messuage with a garden and croft which fell to her of the inheritance of her brother William in W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ . Witnesses: John Herbert of W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ , Richard son of Robert , William de Cotes , John le freman , John de Stowe of the same. Given at W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ ⟨8 April 1322.⟩
West-Haddon. William son of Geoffrey […] of West Haddon appoints John of Stowe of the same his attorney to deliver seisin to D⟨aventry⟩ of 3 acres of land in West Haddon. Given at W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ . ⟨17 Aug. 1330.⟩
Mutilated charter concerning West Haddon. Power of attorney from Margery, lately the wife of .... for giving seisin. Temp. Ed. III.
West-Haddon. Thomas Weugh of West Haddon quit-claims to John Hulle of the same, junior, and the heirs of Matilda, widow of the said John, and their assigns his right in ½ the messuage he had of the gift of Richard of Olneye in W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ . Witnesses: Thomas of Byfeld , John South , William of Cotes , John le freman, William of Morcote , John of Stowe of W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ Given at W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ . ⟨3 July 1337.⟩
West-Haddon. Condition of a bond in 20 marks from John son of William Knyth of West Haddon , to his brother Thomas , viz. to save harmless his said brother from all services, &c., for the lands, &c., in W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ late of William Knyth their father. Witnesses: John Andrew , Robert Ormond , Thomas Asscheby , William Warde , Robert Andrew , Thomas Thomas of W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ . ⟨After 11 April 1421.⟩
West-Haddon. William Dycon of Ravenesthorp , William Lolle of Bukton , and John Thomasse, junior of W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ , quit-claims to William Sylcok of W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ their right in those 20 acres of land lying in W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ which they formerly held jointly of the gift of the said W. Sylcok. Given at W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ . Witnesses: Thomas Weilde , John Olney , John Grane , Peter Wyrcet’ Webbe , Richard Moccote . 5 June ⟨1448.⟩
An acknowledgment by John, bishop of Lincoln , of the receipt of 8s. of the prior of Daventry, by the name of an annual pension, ending Michaelmas last, for the appropriation of the churches of Daventry, Staverton, West Haddon, and Norton. Dated 6 October, after 1480 "anno domini millesimo ... et nostre transl[ationis] anno [sexto?]". [The bishop therefore was John Russell, translated from Rochester in Sept. 1480. John Chedworth, the bishop in 1452, had not been translated.] .
An acknowledgment by John, bishop of Lincoln , of the receipt of 8s. of the prior of Daventry, by the name of an annual pension, ending Michaelmas last, for the appropriation of the churches of Daventry, Staverton, West Haddon, and Norton [as MS. Ch. Northants. Daventry 101] for 43s. 4d., in fall payment of a year's rent of £4 6s. 8d. dated October, 16 Ed. IV.
An acknowledgment by John, bishop of Lincoln , of the receipt of 8s. of the prior of Daventry, by the name of an annual pension, ending Michaelmas last, for the appropriation of the churches of Daventry, Staverton, West Haddon, and Norton [as MS. Ch. Northants. Daventry 101] for 21s. 8d., dated 27 Jan., .. Hen. VII(?). [Almost entirely illegible.] .
Fragment of a receipt given by Thomas Murd ... to the prior of Daventry. Dated ... May, .. Hen. VII. (probably for West Haddon) .
West-Haddon. Sir Eustace, lord of Watford, kt., grants to D⟨aventry⟩ in free alms the whole of a tenement in West Haddon, which John, vicar of W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ , sometime held of him. Witnesses: Eustace Golafre of Watford , Richard son of Peter of Holm , Ralph son of William , Ralph son of Herbert , Robert the clerk , Stephen le freman , Stephen son of Simon . ⟨c. 1220–30.⟩
King Henry VIII, by letters sealed, confirms the union and incorporation of the churches or chapels of Hedyngton, Merston, Byndesey, Churchill, Frytewell, Ellsfylde, Wornall, Oclee, Bryll, Borstall, Overwinchindon, Fallewysley, Great [Preston] and Little Preston, Welton, West Haddon, Stratton, Norton, Coldeassheby, Daventre, Throppe, Throppe-Mondewell, Foxston, Stalforde, Byssebroke, Chycheley, Newporte Paynell, Ascewodde, Wyllyn, Sandeforde, Wodde pery, Douton basset, Ragdale, Aston, Bromyngham, Rudeby and Wettwange, in Lincoln, Lichfield, and York dioceses; also annual portions from the churches or parishes of St. Giles without the walls of Oxford, Fulthorn, Beckeley, Lovyngham, Uppelamborn, and Sonyngwell, in the dioceses of Lincoln and Salisbury, formerly belonging to the suppressed monasteries of St. Frideswide, Tyckford, Littlemore, and Canwall; made by Thomas Crumwell, K.G., to King Henry VIII's college in Oxford. Dated 31 July, 1537, and 29 year of his reign. [Wigram no. 96]
Pope Nicholas adds the vicarages of Daventry, North Staverton, and West Haddon to D⟨aventry⟩ . Given at S. Peter’s, Rome. ⟨20 Aug.⟩ 1451.
A parchment book (bound in 1929), folios 1–11d., about 10½″ × 13″. f. 1. ‘Missus Gabriel de coelis’= Chevalier, Repertorium Hymnologicum no. 11636, which see for references to printed editions. This prose or sequence in honour of the Virgin Mary was in common use from the end of the twelfth century. f. 1. d. A rental of the lands assigned to the Chapel of S. Mary, between 1250–1288. It is here given in full because it provides a terminus ante quem for dating grants of land to the Chapel. ‘Memorandum quod anno domini 1250 in vigilia s. Thome apostoli voli⟨intate⟩ et assensu dompni Nicholi tunc prioris ac tocius conventus, Willelmus de Norton tunc sac⟨rista⟩ assignavit lampadi in capella beate virginis ardenti, 18d. a Galfrido portario et eiusdem heredibus in perpetuum percipiendos. Item uni cereo ad missam beate Marie ardenti 3/- de Simone de Bredone et eius heredibus inperpetuum percipiendos. Item custos capelle capiet inperpetuum ex assignacione dompni Simonis Gemme de heredibus Simonis Ruffi 2/- ad sustentacionem unius cerei. Item custos capelle percipiet in perpetuum 12d. ad assumptionem beate V. de Thoma le escrivein et heredibus suis videlicet de domo […]us in Draitone 6d. et de Othulcroft 6d. [Down to here was written at the same time.] Item supprior Anselmus assignavit inperpetuum ad sustentacionem unius cerei toto die ardentis in celebracione misse in capella eiusdem v. de ½ virgate terre de Waldegrave 3/- sacrista recip. De Broutone 3/6 custos capelle percipiet sed solvit inde in cena † domini 13d. ad mandat.’ ⟨1250–78.⟩ De Radulfo Lovel de Weletone 12d. ad f. S.J.B. De Thoma fabro de Stavertone 6d. ad f. S. Michaelis et ad Pascham. Item sacrista debet invenire cotidie 2 cereos ardentes ad missam S. M. pro primis fundatoribus domus. Item debet invenire unum cereum pro priore Nicholas unde percipit 3/- de Waltero Peirecourt de Everdone et eius heredibus. Item prior Johannes assignavit 12/- de una virgata terre in Coldessebi ad sustinendos 4 cereos cotidie in eadem missa. Custos capelle percipit ad 4 terminos. De Waltero de Walwardintone et eius heredibus ½d. ad assumpcionem be. v. pro dim. acre terre quam tenet de Johanne fabro . [A different hand.] De Galfrido Capel de Watford et heredibus eius inperpetuum ad pentecosten 6d. et ad Natale domini 6d. [See D. 6, no. lxii.] ⟨1273-88.⟩ [Another hand.] De Alicia et Margeria filiabus Willelmi Keth de Preston , 1d. infra Octabis Pentecost’ pro tribus acris terre quas tenent in eadem de perquisicione patris earum cum Wardis, releviis, eschaetis et omnibus aliis suis pertin. qualitercunque de eadem terra provenientibus in futurum. Item De Hugone de Baddeby in Preston . 1d. infra Octabis Pent’ pro iii ac. terre de eodem feodo & de perquisitione supradicti Willelmi Keth de Preston cum Wardis [as above].’ ff. 2–10d. A cartulary of the Chapel of S. Mary, of the late fourteenth century. Modern numbers in Roman numerals are assigned to the charters. [D. 6, no. i–lxv.] f. 10d. A rental of lands in Broughton (5 Sept. 1484). f. 11. Two sequences in honour of St. Augustine—Augustine par angelis and Summe presul Augustine—appear to be otherwise unknown. Daventry priory was dedicated to St. Augustine. f. 11d. A rental of the Chapel lands in 1288. Daventry: William de Campedene 4/- William Smart 2/- Simon Newbold 6d. Robert Day 1d. Elyas de la Launde 4d. Drayton: Geoffrey the porter 1/6 [see D. 6, no. xxxviii]. Robert le Werrur 12d. Ralph apparitor 6d. The heirs of Walter de Wolwardyngtone ½d. Norton: John le Ferrur 2/- [see D. 6, no. lii]. Robert the skinner 6d. Broughton: Richard ad fontem 3/6 [see D. 6, no. lix]. Staverton: Thomas the smith 6d. West Haddon: Thomas Doute 6d. Watford: Geoffrey Capel 12d. [see D. 6, no. lxii]. Robert ad fontem 12d.
Drayton. John Warde grants to J⟨ohn⟩ le D⟨eye⟩ and R⟨ichard⟩ R⟨olf⟩ the said rent from a messuage in Westhaddon, lying by the abbot of Sulby’s land. Given at D⟨aventry⟩ . Witnesses: Simon of D⟨aventry⟩ , Robert Simond of the same, John Werrour of Drayton , Geoffrey Porter of the same, John Braunfeld of Throp , William Sylo(?) of Mortone , Thomas Byfeld of Westhaddon . ⟨26 Jan. 1349.⟩
West-Haddon. John le Warde of Westhaddone grants to D⟨aventry⟩ in free alms, 6d. rent in Westhaddon from a messuage by that of the lord of Weynewyk, to keep a lamp burning at the door of the refectory, at night, from All Saints to the Purification. Given at D⟨aventry⟩ . Witnesses: Thomas of Byfelde , John of Braufelde , Walter de Cotone , John of Stowe , Adam le Mortor’ (?) of D⟨aventry⟩ ⟨14 Feb. 1341.⟩
West-Haddon. Henry son of Gilbert of Norton grants to D⟨aventry⟩ and the chapel of S. Mary in free alms 6d. rent in W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ , from a messuage lying between the prior of D⟨aventry⟩’s place on the north and that held by Geoffrey son of Susan from the prior on the south. Witnesses: Robert Waut ’, William South of Haddon , Thomas South of the same, Richard the clerk of the same, Richard of Holm of the same, John Herberd of the same. ⟨c. 1290–1310.⟩
West-Haddon. R. S. of W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ grants to D⟨aventry⟩ and the chapel of S. Mary 6d. rent from a toft and two strips of land in W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ which Robert Hulle once held from him. Given at W⟨est⟩ H⟨addon⟩ . Witnesses: William de Extone , Walter Wyllam , John Knyth , William Warde , Richard of Olneya , Simon of D⟨aventry⟩ , clerk. ⟨6 Feb. 1355.⟩
West-Haddon. Robert son of Simon, clerk of Haddon gives to D⟨aventry⟩ a rood of land in H⟨addon⟩ , viz. at Cerllewelle between the land of the monks and that of Herbert son of Gamel . Witnesses: Simon de Trop , Simon Campion , Geoffrey Caterich , Robert de Trop , Stephen of Ravenstorp , Richard de Trop , Walter son of Geoffrey . ⟨c. 1210–20.⟩