PADBURY
Paddebyrig (fn. 1) (x cent.); Pateberie (xi cent.).
The parish of Padbury covers 2,013 acres, of which
1,537 are pasture, 9 woodland and 332 arable. (fn. 2) The
soil is chiefly clay and gravel on a subsoil of Oxford
Clay, which is worked for brick-making. The Lovatt
River, a tributary of the Ouse, forms the parish
boundary on the north and west, and its tributary,
the Claydon Brook, formerly known as the 'Burn,' (fn. 3)
divides Padbury from Steeple Claydon. There is a
station at Padbury on the Banbury branch of the
London and North Western railway.
The village stands at the meeting of the roads from
Buckingham, Thornborough, Winslow and Steeple
Claydon. It has the appearance of having been once
of more importance than it is now. Although there
seems to be no evidence that it was ever a market town,
the lay-out of the east end of the main street points
to the existence here at one time of an open space
suggestive of a market-place or, perhaps, a village
green. The buildings upon it, however, show that
it must have been encroached upon by the 16th
century. The village is principally formed along a
single street, and contains several 17th-century halftimber houses and cottages, many of them with
thatched roofs and original chimney stacks. The
main street is continued as Church Lane north-eastwards beyond the Buckingham Road and terminates
at the church, which stands on a hill overlooking the
valley of the Lovatt. In the southern angle between
the Buckingham Road and Church Lane is the Manor
House, now a farm, which probably occupies the site
of the capital messuage of the manor in 1248. (fn. 4) The
opposite angle contains Padbury Lodge, the residence
of Mr. W. F. Gore-Langton. Beyond the Lodge is
the present vicarage, but the old vicarage lies further
down the main street. It dates from the 16th century, and was described in 1607 as built of timber
and thatch, consisting of three bays chambered over
and boarded. (fn. 5) It is now divided into two tenements,
and contains an old fireplace and an oak staircase.
About the middle of Main Street is the Wesleyan
Methodist chapel, built in 1876. The south-west
part of the village is called Old End, and here in a
by-road are several 17th-century houses and cottages.
The Village, Padeury
Padbury Corn Mill, on the Lovatt, about a mile
from the church, probably occupies the site of the
mill recorded in 1086. It is an early 17th-century
building with later additions. Windmill Furlong may
indicate the site of another mill. (fn. 6)
The inhabitants of Padbury are chiefly engaged in
agriculture, but a few of the women are still employed
in lace-making.
The only episode connecting Padbury with national
history relates to the Civil War, when Sir Charles
Lucas, the Royalist commander, defeated here a force
under Col. Middleton on 1 July 1643. (fn. 7) The church
registers record the burial of eight soldiers on the
following day. (fn. 8)
In 1602 the Warden and Fellows of All Souls
College and the tenants of
their manors in Padbury
came to an agreement concerning common rights in the
parish. (fn. 9) The open fields were
inclosed in 1796 (fn. 10) under an
Act of the preceding year. (fn. 11)
References are found to the
curious place-name Prince
Hades (fn. 12) and to a house called
the Town House, which was
in lease to Thomas Harris in
1602. (fn. 13)
Manors
The manor of
PADBURY or
OVERBURY
was held in 1086 by Manno
the Breton, (fn. 14) lord of Wolverton (q.v.). His holding,
assessed at 20 hides, evidently
included not only the manor
of Overbury, but also the
manor subsequently known as
Millbury, the second manor
of 'Padbury' and the land
afterwards acquired by Bradwell Priory. (fn. 15) Elsewhere in
the Domesday Survey it is noted (fn. 16) that Padbury had
formerly been held by Robert Doyley, probably in
right of his wife, the daughter of Wigod of Wallingford, (fn. 17) and that Robert had exchanged it for Iver
with Clarenbold de Maresc. The manor, subsequently styled Overbury, was held by Manno in
demesne and remained with his direct male descendants, the Fitz Hamons or Wolvertons, (fn. 18) until the
middle of the 14th century, after which date they
exercised overlordship rights. (fn. 19) It was parcel of the
barony of Wolverton (fn. 20) and owed castle ward at
Northampton. (fn. 21) It was held by the service of one
knight's fee, (fn. 22) a moiety of which was assessed on the
manor of Millbury after its separation from this
manor. (fn. 23) The lords of Wolverton evidently kept
the manor of Padbury Overbury in their own hands.
In 1167 Hamon (of Wolverton) paid 1 mark
in respect of Padbury. (fn. 24) In 1185 it was among
the lands of Hamon his son, a minor in the king's
custody, (fn. 25) and in 1190 Hamon Fitz Hamon is apparently styled 'Hamon of Padbury.' (fn. 26) William Fitz
Hamon held the manor in demesne, (fn. 27) and Alan his
brother died seised of it. (fn. 28) In 1276, after the death
of Alan's son John, it was assigned in dower to his
widow Isabel, who married Ralph de Arderne. (fn. 29) The
heir, John son of John (Wolverton), was a minor, and
about 1285 James Cock (Coke) was holding this manor
at a rent of 20 marks of Ralph de Bray and John
Foliot of Tackley, tenants under John. (fn. 30) The latter
with his tenants was holding it in 1302–3. (fn. 31) It was
included under the settlements made in 1313 of
Chalfont St. Giles (q.v.), another of the Wolvertons'
manors in this county, and was in like manner
divided into four parts among the daughters of John
de Wolverton after his death in 1349. The moiety
which later came into Sir Hugh Wake's possession
was retained by him, however, and passed at his
death, in April 1360, to his son John, (fn. 32) who alienated
it in 1370 to John Fitz Richard of Olney. (fn. 33) He also
acquired another fourth of the manor in 1378 from
Adam Basings. (fn. 34) The descent of the remaining fourth,
the inheritance of Theobald Grossett, cannot be
traced after 1359, (fn. 35) but it was doubtless conveyed to
John Fitz Richard about the same date that the
corresponding fourth of Chalfont was alienated to Sir
Richard de la Vache. In 1397 Walter Fitz Richard
of Olney, evidently the successor of John, (fn. 36) had licence
for a settlement of 'the manor of Overbury,' so called
for the first time, on himself and his wife Margaret
with remainder to the heirs of Walter, (fn. 37) and Henry
Wake, son of the late Sir Hugh Wake, kt., quitclaimed
all right in Padbury to Walter Fitz Richard about
1409. (fn. 38) In October 1410 a new settlement was made
on Walter and his wife Margery in tail-male. (fn. 39) This
Walter, or another of the same name, with his wife
Margery, alienated the manor to John Basings the
elder and his wife Joan and John Basings the younger
in 1445, reserving to themselves a rent of 10 marks. (fn. 40)
John Basings the elder released his rights in favour
of his son John Basings, (fn. 41) who with his wife Margaret
sold to the Warden of All Souls College, Oxford, in
1458. (fn. 42) The manor is still in the possession of the
college.
The manor of PADBURY or MILLBURY (fn. 43) evidently originated in the subinfeudation of a portion of
the Wolvertons' holding to the family of Etchingham. It consisted of a moiety of the whole vill, (fn. 44)
including after the middle of
the 13th century the whole
mill, from which it took its
distinctive name. It was held
by service of half a knight's
fee of the lords of Overbury
Manor (fn. 45) until 1351, when
the service from this half-fee
was assigned to Margery wife
of John le Hunte, sister of
the whole blood to Ralph
Wolverton. (fn. 46)
All Souls College, Oxford. Or a cheveron between three cinqfoils gules.
The subinfeudation had
probably taken place before
1201, when Alan de Etchingham quitclaimed to the
Prior of Bradwell a moiety of the advowson of Padbury Church. (fn. 47) A moiety of the mill was held of
Simon de Etchingham, afterwards Sheriff of Sussex, (fn. 48)
in 1227, when it fell to the king for a year and a day
on account of the conviction and execution of Hugh
de Kingsbridge, son and heir of Walter the Miller,
for robbery. (fn. 49) William Fitz
Hamon granted to Simon de
Etchingham the whole mill
with its meadow and pond. (fn. 50)
William son of Simon de
Etchingham had free warren
in Padbury in 1253. (fn. 51) He
died shortly afterwards, and
was succeeded by his brother
Simon, (fn. 52) whose lands passed
to his son (fn. 53) William de Etchingham. (fn. 54) At his death, about
1294, his holding was extended
as a messuage, 200 acres of
demesne land, the water-mill, rents of free tenants
and pleas of court. (fn. 55) His heir was his son William,
who had married Eva daughter of Ralph de Stopham. (fn. 56) He had livery of his father's lands in 1294, (fn. 57)
obtained a grant of free warren in certain other
lands in the following year, (fn. 58) and granted a life
interest in Padbury to his brother Robert. (fn. 59) Early
in 1316 Robert was distrained for failing to appear
and prove his claim to Padbury against Gilbert de
St. Owen and his wife Joan, to whom William
de Etchingham had granted it by fine, (fn. 60) and later in the
year a similar action was taken as regards 20 marks
rent payable to Nicholas de la Beche and his wife
Joan. (fn. 61) To them and their heirs William Etchingham
granted his reversionary rights in this manor in the
following year. (fn. 62) Robert died about 1329, (fn. 63) and in
1334 Nicholas and Joan de la Beche made good
their rights against Joan widow of Robert Etchingham,
who had married Roger Husee and claimed dower in
the manor of Padbury. (fn. 64) Nevertheless, the manor
did revert before 1346 to James Etchingham, (fn. 65)
nephew and heir of Simon, who was brother and
heir of Robert Etchingham. (fn. 66) Possibly the conveyance to Nicholas de la Beche was in the nature of a
pledge, since Robert Etchingham, and evidently
his brother William also, was indebted to him in
considerable sums. (fn. 67) James Etchingham died in
1349, leaving a son and heir William (fn. 68) (afterwards
knighted), who in 1377 conveyed the manor to
Robert Lindsey, citizen and cutler of London, and
other trustees. (fn. 69) To these Robert Etchingham and
others also released their rights in the same year. (fn. 70)
They were evidently agents in a sale to Sir John
Hawkwood, kt., the famous leader of the 'White
Company,' to whom the manor was conveyed in
1379, (fn. 71) when he was in the service of Visconti
and the Anti-Papal League. (fn. 72) The dower of Lady
(Elizabeth) Etchingham, widow of Sir William, (fn. 73) was
evidently reserved, and she was still holding one-third
of the manor in 1408, (fn. 74) when John son of Sir John
Hawkwood by Donnina, illegitimate daughter of
Bernabo Visconti, (fn. 75) conveyed the remaining twothirds, and the reversion of this third, to John
Barton the younger. (fn. 76) Barton subsequently acquired
a lease of the remaining third, (fn. 77) settled the whole
manor upon himself and his wife Isabel, (fn. 78) and died
in January 1433–4. (fn. 79) In 1437 Isabel alienated to
Richard and John Forster and to Geoffrey Griffith
of Bristol, who subsequently released his rights to
Richard Forster. Forster conveyed to John Birkhede,
Robert Danvers and John Bold, who agreed to pay
a rent of 28 marks to Isabel Barton, (fn. 80) and subsequently, in 1442, surrendered the manor to the
Crown for the endowment of All Souls College,
Oxford. (fn. 81) It was thus reunited with the manor of
Overbury.
Etchingham. Azure fretty argent.
'Millbery Farm,' let on lease 10 March 1493–4, (fn. 82)
was probably the capital messuage of this manor.
Sir John Hawkwood added to his estate in Padbury lands called Kembell's in Padbury, (fn. 83) which
evidently included a messuage and lands acquired by
William 'de Kenebelle' from Henry Breton in 1320,
and sold by his heirs to Roger and Lettice Skyret,
from whom Hawkwood purchased them. (fn. 84)
In 1564 it was stated that there had long been
two manors called Padbury, one (evidently including
both Overbury and Millbury) the property of All
Souls College, the other recently purchased from
Ferdinand Pulton of Bourton by Thomas Harris and
his wife Katherine, and held of Buckingham Castle
by fealty and rent of 4d. (fn. 85) This second manor of
PADBURY had been the property of the Cock
family, and may therefore have had its origin in the
carucate of land and certain rents and rights of
pasture which William Fitz Hamon recognized to be
the right of Gilbert Cock in 1247. (fn. 86) It has been
seen that James Cock held half the vill during the
minority of John son of John Wolverton. (fn. 87) John
Cock of Padbury and Ralph his brother were charged
as incendiaries in 1316. (fn. 88) John acquired additional
lands here in 1319, (fn. 89) and may be identical with the
John, son of Ralph Cock, who disputed the wardship
of John grandson of Henry atte Townsend in 1323. (fn. 90)
He was apparently succeeded after 1329 (fn. 91) by his
brother Peter, who conveyed his messuage and lands
with the services of certain villeins to John de Walton,
and to Rose wife of Thomas de Leicester and Elizabeth
her sister, the daughters of Ralph Cock. (fn. 92) The rights
of Rose and Elizabeth were acquired by John and
Elizabeth de Walton, and subsequently by Richard
and Alice Durrant. (fn. 93) Alice outlived her husband
and conveyed her rights in 'the manor of Padbury'
to William Walton in 1375. (fn. 94) It evidently reverted
to the heirs of Richard Durrant, and was acquired by
Thomas More and Alice his wife, to whom William
Savage, heir of Thomas Durrant, made assurance in
March 1437–8. (fn. 95) Apparently it descended from
Thomas and Alice More to Thomas More of Bourton
in Buckingham, who suffered recovery of the 'manor
of Padbury' in 1536. (fn. 96) He was also lord of a manor
in Little Woolstone (q.v.), with which Padbury
descended, and with which it was conveyed in 1562
to Ferdinand Pulton. (fn. 97) In 1564 he sold the manor
of Padbury to Thomas Harris and his wife Katherine
for £150, (fn. 98) and Thomas Harris sold it in 1591 to
All Souls College, Oxford. (fn. 99) This Thomas Harris
was probably the son of another Thomas, who had
been bailiff of All Souls College at Padbury. Joan
widow of Thomas the elder, with her son Thomas,
had a lease of the estate of the college in Padbury
14 June 1560, (fn. 100) and the family can be traced in
Padbury during the 16th and 17th centuries. (fn. 101)
Church
The church of the NATIVITY OF
THE BLESSED VIRGIN consists of a
chancel measuring internally 25 ft. by
14 ft., nave 48 ft. by 20 ft., north aisle 8 ft. 10 in.
wide, north-west vestry, south aisle 8 ft. 9 in. wide,
south porch, and west tower 12 ft. 2 in. by 11 ft. 4 in.
It is built of rubble with stone dressings; the chancel
and porch roofs are covered with tiles and the other
roofs with lead.
The chancel and nave date from about 1210, and
the south aisle and the tower were added about the
middle of the 13th century. About 1340 the north
aisle was built, a clearstory added to the nave, and the
south arcade rebuilt above the capitals of the pillars,
while the south doorway was renewed and windows
were inserted at the east end of the chancel. Some
windows were inserted during the 15th and 16th
centuries, and in the 17th century the tower was
rebuilt from about 1 ft. 6 in. above the ground level.
The whole fabric was restored in 1830 and the
chancel was again restored and refitted in 1882.
The south porch was built in 1882 and the vestry in
1908, but the former evidently
replaced a mediaeval structure,
some moulded roof timbers of
which remain in the present
structure.
In the east wall of the
chancel is a three-light traceried window of the 15th
century inserted in a 14thcentury opening. At the
west end of each side wall is
a narrow low-side window;
that on the south, which has
a round rear arch, is of the
original date of the chancel,
though its trefoiled head, the
cusps of which have been cut
away, was inserted later, while
that on the north, which is
rebated for a shutter, was
probably inserted in the late
13th century. The northeast window, dating from this
latter period, is of two lights with plain tracery in a
pointed head, and the window opposite, which was
inserted about 1340, is of three trefoiled lights with
reticulated tracery in a pointed head. Near this last
window, and contemporary with it, is a cinquefoiled
piscina with a credence shelf at the back and an
octofoil bowl, the projecting part of which has been
renewed, and to the east of the piscina are two plain
lockers. Between the windows on the south is a
narrow doorway with a pointed head, probably of
the late 13th century. Circles have been scratched
on the stones at the south-east corner of the chancel.
The chancel arch is original, dating from about 1210;
it is pointed and of two plain orders, now considerably distorted through the deflection of the large
segmental responds, which it has thrust out of the
perpendicular. The arch springs from heavy plain
imposts, and the label on the nave side has been cut
flush with the wall. The imposts, originally returned
on both sides of the wall, have been cut and repaired.
The chancel has an open-timber king-post roof of
about 1500 with moulded beams and curved braces;
an inscription, 'T.M. AN. DOM. T. C.' below a carved figure
on the western beam, probably refers to a 17thcentury restoration, and the roof has been again
restored at a modern period. There is a carved head
below the central beam.
The north and south arcades of the nave have each
four pointed arches, supported by octagonal pillars,
with moulded capitals and bases, and respond-corbels.
The pillars and corbels on the south date from about
1250, and have mouldings similar to those found
elsewhere in the neighbourhood of this period, though
they are more roughly executed. The bases have
been considerably repaired, but some of the original
moulding remains. On the east and west the arches
spring from head corbels upon the responds, now
somewhat defaced, which originally formed the capitals
of filleted wall-shafts, but the shafts are now cut flush
with the faces of the responds, though a part immediately below the head remains on the east corbel.
The arches above were rebuilt about 1340 and are of
two chamfered orders, with labels on both sides of
the wall having head-stops at their junctions. The
north arcade is of this latter period and the arches
are precisely similar to those on the south; the pillars,
which are repaired in places, have richly moulded
capitals and bases and the respond-corbels are moulded,
that on the west being carved with a finely-formed
head. Above the north arcade, and contemporary
with it, are three circular clearstory windows, that in
the centre being quatrefoiled and the others sexfoiled;
the original lights on the south have been replaced
by four 16th-century square-headed windows, which
have been considerably restored and the western
one entirely renewed at a recent date. The pointed
tower arch on the west dates from about 1250; its
outer orders die into the responds and the inner
springs from head corbels, that on the north having
been renewed, probably when the tower was rebuilt.
Plan of Padbury Church
There are two 14th-century windows in the north
wall of the north aisle, the eastern of three trefoiled
lights with tracery under a segmental head, and
the other of two lights with tracery under a pointed
head; in the east wall are a 15th-century square-headed
window of three trefoiled lights and a 14th-century
trefoiled piscina, and in the west wall is a modern
doorway to the vestry. The pointed north doorway
is original; it is moulded and has a label with large
head-stops, now slightly defaced, and retains an old
studded oak door. At the east end of the north
wall is a 14th-century tomb recess with a low pointed
arch, and above it are some interesting contemporary
wall paintings, which were uncovered in 1883 and
are now indistinct. These include two scenes from
the life of St. Catherine, the upper depicting the saint
bound between the wheels which were the instruments
of her martyrdom, and the lower the saint with arms
extended towards three indistinct figures. Both these
scenes are inclosed in a scroll border, and to the west
of them is a large circle depicting the expurgation of
the seven deadly sins, represented above monsters'
heads which terminate in scrolls issuing from various
parts of the body of a crowned female figure in the
centre of the circle. There are also traces of colouring
further west on this wall.
The south aisle has in the west wall an original
mid-13th-century window of two pointed lights,
which has become somewhat distorted externally
through the sinking of the wall at the south, perhaps
occasioned by the thrust of the tower; the south
doorway retains its original label with nail-head
ornament, but the jambs and pointed head, which
are continuously moulded, are of the 14th century.
There is an early 15th-century window of three
trefoiled lights in the east wall, and in the south wall
are two windows, both with modern tracery, but old
internal jambs, the eastern probably dating from the
15th and the other from the 14th century. Close
together at the south-east are a piscina, roughly trefoiled and enriched on the edge with dog-tooth
ornament, and a trefoiled locker with rebated edge;
these date from the early 13th century, and were
probably removed here from the chancel. Both
aisles have lean-to roofs of about 1500, that on the
south having been extensively repaired, probably in
1764, the date on the easternmost tie-beam.
The tower is of three receding stages, and is surmounted by a plain parapet with corner merlons. A
stone seat running round the north, west, and south
walls internally probably marks the level from which
the tower was rebuilt in the 17th century on all sides
except that adjoining the nave. Both the west doorway and the wide single-light window above are plain
and have round heads; the second stage has small
triangular-headed lights, and the bell-chamber is lighted
by larger windows of a similar character.
The present font is modern; it replaced some years
since a small round bowl, of doubtful date and origin,
which was set on a long shaft, probably that of a
churchyard cross; both now lie in the tower. In the
chancel are a mural monument with arms to Harris
Smith (d. 1690) and Francisca his wife (d. 1705);
a mural monument to Anne wife of Thomas Thied,
and Mrs. Penelope Smith (d. 1762); and a floor slab
to Richard Smith, son of Harris Smith (d. 1742).
The communion table, which is elaborately carved,
was given in 1634 by nine persons, whose names are
inscribed on the top rail; the panels of a 17th-century
pulpit with incised foliated ornament are now incorporated in a large chest, which was constructed in
1908 and stands in the south aisle.
The tower contains a ring of six bells, all by John
Briant of Hertford, 1806.
The communion plate consists of a small cup and
cover paten of 1574, a paten on stand of 1711, and
a large plated flagon.
The registers previous to 1812 are as follows:
(i) all entries 1538 to 1671; (ii) all entries 1671 to
1754 (one leaf has been extracted from this book);
(iii) baptisms and burials 1764 to 1812; (iv)
marriages 1754 to 1810.
Advowson
The Priors of Bradwell, a house
founded by Meinfelin, son of Manno
the Breton, about 1155, (fn. 102) were
patrons of the church in the 13th century, (fn. 103) and probably earlier. Alan de Etchingham released all claim
in a moiety of the church to the priory in 1201. (fn. 104)
In 1524 the endowment of the priory, including the
advowson of Padbury, was granted to Wolsey for
Cardinal College, Oxford. (fn. 105) When the college was
deprived of its endowment, the advowson of Padbury
was granted to the Carthusian Priory at Sheen. (fn. 106) This
house surrendered in 1539, (fn. 107) and the living has thenceforward been in the gift of the Crown, (fn. 108) with the
exception of a short period from 1558–9, when under
a grant of Queen Mary it was vested in the Bishop
of Lincoln. (fn. 109)
It is noteworthy that vicars were generally recommended in the late 18th century by the corporation
of Buckingham through the Marquess of Buckingham
and his family. (fn. 110)
A vicarage was ordained shortly before 1274, (fn. 111) but
in 1455 it was temporarily reunited with the parish
church owing to constant disputes between the vicars
and the Priors of Bradwell. (fn. 112) The rectorial tithes
descended with the advowson until February 1577–8,
when they were exchanged by the Crown with Edward
Earl of Lincoln. (fn. 113) Before 1610 they had reverted to
the Crown, and were purchased in that year by Sir
Anthony Aucher and Sir Thomas Hardres, kts. (fn. 114)
They subsequently passed to the Temple family, (fn. 115) and
the rectory-house, together with certain of the tithes,
was purchased by the tenant, William Chaplin, from
Sir Thomas Temple of Stowe. (fn. 116) In 1700 Thomas
Gibboard and his wife Elizabeth, William Wheeler
and his wife Mary, and Thomas Henshawe and his
wife Hannah, conveyed the 'rectory' to Thomas
Browne and Robert Robbins. (fn. 117) William Baldwin the
elder, William Baldwin the younger, John Stanley
and his wife Elizabeth, and William Core and his
wife Rebecca, made conveyance to William Giles and
John Chawke in 1713. (fn. 118) The rectory passed by pur
chase into the Eyre family in 1768. (fn. 119) Other portions
of tithes changed hands very frequently during the
17th and 18th centuries. (fn. 120) They evidently included
the tithe from some 50 acres of land which had been
in the possession of Missenden Abbey (fn. 121) and were in
the occupation of — Andesloe in 1586, when they
were the subject of a grant to John Watson and
John Cresset, who appear to have been 'fishing
grantees.' (fn. 122)
The parsonage of Padbury was wrongfully let on
a ninety-nine years' lease rent free by John Wells, (fn. 123)
Prior of Bradwell 1492–1503. (fn. 124) The lessee, Thomas
Darell, is said to have promised Wells to make him
Prior of St. Andrew's, Northampton. (fn. 125) Prior Boston
obtained from the Crown a reversal of his predecessor's
act, which deprived the monastery of the chief part
of its livelihood. Darell refused to be ousted, and
forcible entry appears to have been made into the
parsonage both by his men and by the servants of
the prior, who came in person to the church to bring
the king's command to Darell. (fn. 126)
Charities
Church Land.—There are about
2 a. 3 r. of land, so called, let at
£6 15s. a year, which is carried to
the churchwardens' account.
The National school is endowed with a sum of
£109 17s. 9d. consols by the will of Mrs. Penelope
Hunt, proved in the P.C.C. 9 June 1849, also with
a sum of £100 consols by a deed of gift by the Rev.
William Thomas Eyre, dated 16 June 1862.
The sums of stock are held by the official trustees,
producing £5 4s. 8d. yearly.