HATTON
Acreage: 1,303.
Population: 1911, 1,524; 1921, 1,504; 1931, 1,947.
The parish of Hatton consists of the village of that
name with the townships of Shrewley and Beausale to
the north-west and north-east respectively. It is an
undulating district, the height varying from 300 to
410 ft. One or two small rivulets flow through the
parish on their way to the Avon.
The subsoil throughout the district is Keuper Marl,
the surface more or less gravelly. A considerable
portion is pasturage, but some cereals and roots are
grown.
The first-class road from Warwick to Birmingham
runs through the parish in a north-westerly direction and
forms part of its boundary. There is also a branch road
to Rowington and Beausale, and other roads connect
those just mentioned, starting from the 'five ways'.
There is a railway station in the parish on the junction
of the G.W.R. lines to Birmingham, Warwick, and
Stratford. The Warwick and Birmingham Canal also
passes through Hatton. The railway cutting through
Shrewley is a very fine and imposing example of
engineering skill.
Part of Haseley Park is in Hatton and there are
several small patches of woodland, the largest being
Newland Wood. In former times the woods of Hatton
were of some extent and value. In 1086 the woodland
at Shrewley was 1 league long and ½ league broad, (fn. 1) and
there were 2 furlongs at Beausale. (fn. 2) In 1572 a dispute
arose between Robert Burgoyne and the inhabitants of
Hatton and Beausale as to the wood called Shortwood
near Beausale Heath. It had belonged to the nuns of
Wroxall, and Burgoyne claimed it as part of Wroxall
parish. It was, however, really in Hatton parish and
the parishioners had always been accustomed to have
wood for the repair of their tenements and the church
from it. (fn. 3) The controversy about Shortwood broke out
again in 1600 (fn. 4) between Job Throckmorton and Burgoyne, and another wood called Manold and a tenement called Westwood Trees or Westle Trees were
also involved. It was said that 'the tenement seemeth
to be a very ancient tenement, because of the ancient
manner of building of the same'. The general opinion
seemed to be that the wood and tenement were in
Hatton, though since the time of Robert Burgoyne's
coming to dwell at Wroxall they had been encompassed
in the perambulation of Wroxall. Job Throckmorton,
as lord of Hatton, also laid claim to certain closes which
lay in the manor of Honiley. In the course of depositions
made in the suit it was stated that in old time Hatton
men in their perambulation went with their banners
by John Blyke's ground to the Callowe Cross and so
to the Gunney House or Gunnehouse.
There was a large common in Shrewley in 1628 with
'many hundred trees therein, whereof the inhabitants
take great benefit in time of mast'. (fn. 5)
The Vicarage was built at the cost of the parish for
the Rev. Thomas Nelson (1749–57) with local bricks
and stone from Rowington and Hornton. It was enlarged in 1785, when Dr. Parr became vicar. (fn. 6)
About 300 yards south-west of the church is a small
farm-house facing north, evidently once considerably
larger; it was perhaps the original Hatton House. The
ground plan is rectangular. The middle bay of the
front is of ashlar and is the back of a large chimneystack with an 8 ft.-wide fire-place, with an entrance and
lobby east of it. It is gathered in, above, to a broad
chimney-shaft of thin bricks, treated with V-shaped
pilasters on the front and ends. The outer doorway
has an elliptical head: the inner has a four-centred head
and an ancient nail-studded door. The room with the
fire-place has an open-timbered ceiling: probably the
whole dates from about 1540–50. The east and west
bays are brick-faced, except the gable-heads in the front,
which are of 17th-century timber-framing. They have
both been much altered, but some old ceiling beams
remain. There are many excrescences on the ground
to the west and south of the house, where former
buildings existed.
The present Hatton House to the east is modern.
'Little Nunhold' about a mile to the south is a mid-to late-17th-century house showing square framing in
the north end. The front is covered with rough-cast
cement.
Beausale has no village, and of the houses scattered
about the parish none is of great age. The largest,
Beausale House, is an 18th-century building of red
brick with stone angle-dressings and square-headed
windows with key-blocks. On the roadside west of it
are two barns, farther north a cottage, and ¾ mile south-east a farm-house, all preserving some timber-framing
of the 17th century.
The village of Shrewley is on a triangle of roads, and
near the south-east corner of the triangle is a cottage of
17th-century timber-framing with a tiled roof and
plain central chimney-stack.
The Durham Ox Inn, about 3/8 mile to the south-west, is a modernized building containing 17th-century
beams, &c. inside.
'Pinley Hill', ½ mile south of Hatton station, is a
17th-century house that has been considerably enlarged in modern times. The middle part of the north
front has a gabled wing with timber-framing to the
upper story and gable-head, and a framed porch. The
entrance door has ornamental strap hinges fastened on
the face but disused. An old central chimney-stack has
a cross-shaped shaft set diagonally.
Dr. Samuel Parr was presented to the curacy of
Hatton by Lady Trafford. He enlarged the parsonage
house, and, settling there in 1785, remained until his
death in 1825. He had been a master at Harrow and
head of Colchester Grammar School, and for some
years after coming to Hatton took a limited number
of pupils. In 1820 he wrote a solemn protest in the
parish prayer-book at Hatton against the omission of
the name of Queen Caroline from the liturgy, and he
was appointed her chaplain. He lived on very friendly
terms with his parishioners, and gave the villagers a
dinner to celebrate May Day. (fn. 7)
Edward Henry Barker, the classical scholar, lived for
some years (1810–15) with Dr. Parr at Hatton. (fn. 8)
Many of the essays in his Classical Recreations were
written at Hatton and dedicated to Dr. Parr. Edward
Forster (1769–1828), the writer and publisher of
several illustrated editions of standard authors, e.g.
Don Quixote and The Arabian Nights, was a friend of
Dr. Parr, and lived for some time at Hatton. (fn. 9)
Manors
It is possible that 2½ hides in 'Altone'
held in 1086 by Nigel de Albigni represent
the later manor of HATTON. (fn. 10) The land
seems, however, to have passed very soon after to the
Earls of Warwick, and to have been given to Hugh
Fitz Richard, called also Hugh de Hatton, (fn. 11) as it
undoubtedly formed part of the 10 fees which Hugh
held of William, Earl of Warwick, in 1166, by the
old feoffment. (fn. 12)
Hugh gave the church of Hatton to the priory of
St. Mary of Monmouth, a cell of the Benedictine
Monastery of St. Florent, Saumur, founded t. Henry I,
and this gift was made with the approval of his wife
Margaret and his sons William and Richard, for love
of Margaret's son Robert, prior of Monmouth. (fn. 13) Hugh,
soon afterwards (in 1142), founded Wroxall nunnery,
of the same order, upon his manor of Hatton, and his
endowment of Monmouth priory was apparently transferred to Wroxall, for he gave the nuns the church of
Hatton and land there. (fn. 14) William his son succeeded
Hugh, and his son Richard gave the nuns of Wroxall
land in Hatton. (fn. 15) Richard was succeeded by his brother
Hugh son of William, who made a grant of land in
Hatton in 1202 (fn. 16) and died before 1221. (fn. 17) Dugdale
states that his heirs were his two sisters, Margery wife
of Osbert Clinton, and later of John D'Abitot, and
Maud wife of Stephen de Nerbon. (fn. 18) According to a
pedigree given in a suit of 1284 Hugh had three
daughters, Margery de Clinton, Maud, and another
Margery, and the manor was divided between them. (fn. 19)
It was further stated that the shares of Maud and the
second Margery passed respectively to the prioress of
Wroxall and the prioress of Pinley and others; but
Margery de Clinton's descendants claimed the whole
manor. As wife of John D'Abitot she claimed to be
Hugh Fitz William's heir in 1221, when she granted
land called Cuntilowe to Roger de Cherlecote. (fn. 20)
Thomas de Clinton, son of Margery, (fn. 21) held the manor
in 1242. (fn. 22) He was afterwards knighted, and he gave
Hatton to his younger son James. (fn. 23) Sir Thomas and
his sons John and James mortgaged it to Sir Hamo
L'Estrange. The first payment became due in 1268, (fn. 24)
and apparently was not paid, for Sir Hamo took
possession and sold the manor next year to Sir William
de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and his wife Maud. (fn. 25)
John Clinton grandson of Sir Thomas tried in 1284 to
recover the manor from the earl, but failed, as the
earl professed to claim only the third which had been
allotted to Margery de Clinton, while John claimed
from him the whole manor. (fn. 26) In 1288 John gave up
his claim to the whole manor to the earl. (fn. 27) The manor
descended with Warwick Castle until the forfeiture of
John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, and appears
to have passed in 1554 with Haseley manor to Michael
Throckmorton. (fn. 28) Michael's grant of Haseley to
Clement Throckmorton in 1554 included land in
Hatton (fn. 29) , and in 1573 Clement died seised of the manor
of Hatton. (fn. 30) From that time the manor descended
with Haseley. In 1937 Mrs. Lant was owner of the
manor.
Hugh Fitz Richard, the founder of the nunnery of
Wroxall, gave to the nuns the land late of Aytrope in
Hatton, and all the lordship of Hugh between the two
brooks there, and other land held by many other
tenants, with the right to hold courts and other
privileges. (fn. 31) This grant was confirmed by Roger,
Earl of Warwick, Hugh's overlord, by Pope Alexander
in 1163, and by King Edward III. (fn. 32) Hugh's descendant Richard son of William de Hatton made a further
grant of land to the nuns. (fn. 33) The prioress in 1284
claimed view of frankpledge and gallows in Hatton. (fn. 34)
At the Dissolution the nuns' manor of Hatton included
land in Beausale, Honiley, and elsewhere. (fn. 35) The
profits of the court held in 1547 amounted to 23s.,
and 10s. was received as the farm of a messuage called
the Great House. (fn. 36) Land in Hatton was granted with
the site of the priory in 1544 to Robert Burgoyne and
John Scudamore. (fn. 37) Courts for this manor were held
with those of Wroxall, and a series of rolls from
Edward III to Henry VIII is preserved at the Public
Record Office. (fn. 38)
The prior and convent of Studley also held some
land in Hatton, by gift of John de Studley, and of
Robert de Freynuse, and this was confirmed to them
by the king in 1328. (fn. 39) John son of Eva and Amice
his wife gave the prior half a virgate of land in 1262
and Henry de Long Ichinton and Juliana his wife
gave a messuage at Hatton in 1271. (fn. 40) At the Dissolution the priory was receiving rents of 40s. from
land at Hatton. (fn. 41)
The Prior of St. Sepulchre of Warwick held some
land at Hatton (fn. 42) for which courts were held with the
prior's manor in Warwick. (fn. 43) At the Dissolution the
prior's estate in Hatton brought in 22s. 6d. yearly. (fn. 44)
The manor of BEAUSALE was held before the
Conquest by Edwin the sheriff. In 1086 it was held
by Wadard of the Bishop of Bayeux as ½ hide, and
Gerold held it under Wadard. (fn. 45)
Dugdale states that it came shortly after the Conquest
to Hugh son of Richard, lord of Hatton, (fn. 46) and passed
to the Clintons. Thomas de Clinton held Beausale with
Hatton in 1242, (fn. 47) and this manor of Beausale passed
with Hatton manor to the Earl of Warwick. (fn. 48)
Thomas de Charlecote, lord of Haseley, bought of
Robert de Houland all his land in Hatton and
Beausale, (fn. 49) and in 1261 Thomas de Clinton, lord of
Beausale, granted to Thomas de Charlecote a bank
between Charlecotes wood and the great assart of
Clinton, in order that Charlecote might make a brushwood fence upon the bank. (fn. 50) Thomas de Charlecote
obtained a further grant, probably at about the same
time, from Sir Roger de Beyvile of the homage and
service of all the men of Beausale in the fee of Beyvile, (fn. 51)
and other grants from John de Odeston and Agnes
widow of Ralph Poce of properties at Beausale. (fn. 52) The
Charlecote estate passed with Haseley manor to Guy,
Earl of Warwick, in 1301. (fn. 53) These estates were joined
to the Clinton's manor of Beausale, and descended with
Hatton. (fn. 54)
SHREWLEY was held before the Conquest by Toli.
In 1086 it formed part of the estate of Hugh de
Grentemaisnil (fn. 55) and it passed with the rest of his lands (fn. 56)
to Robert, Earl of Leicester. Shortly after the Conquest
the earl appears to have granted Shrewley to Ernald
de Bosco, who gave land there to the nuns of Pinley,
and the grant was confirmed by the earl. (fn. 57)
Apparently the manor of Shrewley afterwards came
by some means into the hands of the king and it appears
to have been part of the fee of which Henry I enfeoffed
Wigan, his marshal. Wigan seems to have forfeited it,
but it was restored to his son Ralph, who held it by
the service of Marshalsey. (fn. 58) Ralph paid relief for his
estates during the years 1163–5. (fn. 59) The nuns of Wroxall
held part of the serjeanty in 1198, (fn. 60) and in 1206 Ralph
lost a suit against the Abbot of Reading for common
rights in Shrewley. (fn. 61) He died about 1215 when his
widow Aubrey received dower in his land. (fn. 62) His
successor was William son of Wigan, who was dead
in 1221, when the land in Shrewley was delivered to
his nephew Master Henry de Waltham. (fn. 63) It appears
that Henry was acting as warden of Ivo son of William
Wigan, (fn. 64) though he made gifts of land at Shrewley both
to the nuns at Pinley and at Wroxall, (fn. 65) and he held
Shrewley until his death in 1235. (fn. 66) In July of the same
year Ivo apparently came of age and the king took his
homage for William Wigan's land in Warwickshire. (fn. 67)
Ivo, who took the name 'de Shrewley', was dead by
1242, when his cousin Peter, son of Thurstan brother
of William Wigan, obtained seisin of all Ivo's lands
in Warwickshire, on payment of 40 marks. (fn. 68) There
was, however, considerable doubt as to whether Peter
was the true heir, for by an inquisition it was found
that Peter was 25 years old before Thurstan married
his mother, and that Thurstan and William had a
sister Lucy who had a son named Ralph. Ralph's son
Godfrey claimed Ivo's estates and the jurors left it to
the king's discernment to decide who was the true
heir. (fn. 69) In the event Ivo's land was divided between
them in 1242, two carucates in Shrewley and Wileby
falling to Peter's share and other land in Wileby
to Godfrey's. (fn. 70) Peter had already in 1237 given to
William de Lucy a carucate in Shrewley, (fn. 71) which
became a separate manor. (fn. 72) There is no further
reference to Peter in connexion with Shrewley, and
by 1251–2 the serjeanty had passed to John de
Shrewley. It had become much subdivided, and the
part held by John in demesne was only 1 virgate of
land, the rest being held under him by the Lucys and
the nuns of Pinley and Wroxall. (fn. 73) Fulk de Lucy tried
to set up a view of frankpledge and to put up gallows
at Shrewley, infringing John's prerogatives as lord of
the manor. In 1284 Fulk was forbidden to exercise
these rights. (fn. 74) John died before 1302, when his
daughter Maud was lady of Shrewley. (fn. 75) Helisence
widow of John had dower in the manor, but was dead
before 1309 (fn. 76) when Maud, then widow of Walter de
Culy or Curly, sold the manor to Sir John de Dufford. (fn. 77)
Sir John sold it in 1312 to Philip son of Philip de
Gayton, but this was done without the King's licence
and Philip had to pay a fine of 10 marks for pardon. (fn. 78)
Philip died at his manor of La Grave in January 1316, (fn. 79)
and his brother Theobald, who was his heir, died a few
days after. Philip's heirs were his sisters Juliana wife
of Thomas Murdac, and Scholastica then widow of
Godfrey de Meaux. (fn. 80) Though Theobald had never
had seisin of the land, a third of the manor was assigned
to his widow Margery, who was in October 1316 wife
of Henry de Valence. (fn. 81) Half the manor was assigned
to Scholastica, and the remainder to Juliana. (fn. 82)
Scholastica's moiety (fn. 83) passed on her death in 1353 to
her son Sir John de Meaux, (fn. 84) by whom it was sold in
1356 to Nicholas and William, sons of Roger Fililode. (fn. 85)
This was done without the king's licence and in 1364,
William then being dead, Nicholas paid 40s. for pardon,
and for licence to hold the manor for his life with
remainder to William's heirs. (fn. 86) Nicholas died in 1381,
when the moiety passed to William's grandson John
son of John Fililode. (fn. 87) Custody of the manor during
John's minority was granted in 1387 to Giles de
Fililode (fn. 88) his uncle. John died while still a minor in
1400, and the manor passed to Giles. (fn. 89) On Giles's
death in 1420 the keeping of this part of the manor
was granted to Geoffrey Borell, Giles's heir being his
sister Katherine widow of John Blyke, said to be a
minor aged 16. (fn. 90) This was clearly a mistake; she was
certified as of full age in 1424, (fn. 91) and died in the
following year, when Shrewley passed to her son
Richard Blyke, then aged 28. (fn. 92) Richard was succeeded
in 1465 by a son of the same name, (fn. 93) who held also as
lessee the land belonging to the nuns of Pinley, and
died in 1491, when his son Humphrey succeeded. (fn. 94)
Peter Blyke died in 1524 leaving
a son John then aged 8, whose
marriage had been bought of
Peter by John Whorwode of
Compton, co. Salop, for one of
his daughters. (fn. 95) John Blyke
apparently acquired the Lucys'
moiety of the manor (see below),
for in 1561 he sold the whole
manor to Clement Throckmorton of Haseley. (fn. 96) From that
time the manor descended with
that of Haseley (q.v.) until at
least 1757. (fn. 97) In 1850 the manor was said to belong
to Mrs. Ann Chattaway. (fn. 98)
Blyke. Sable a cheveron between three leopards' heads argent.
The second coheiress of John de Shrewley, Juliana
wife of Thomas Murdac, was executed for the murder
of her husband in 1321. (fn. 99) Her land in Shrewley,
which included a pasture called Birymore, was forfeited
to the king, (fn. 100) and was granted to Edmund de Bretaigne. His grant was probably annulled, as it was
reported in 1340 that he had wasted the land, (fn. 101) and in
1349 it was granted to Henry, Earl of Lancaster, and
became part of the Duchy of Lancaster. (fn. 102) Under the
duchy the land was held by the Lucys. (fn. 103) Their interest
in Shrewley began in 1237 when Peter son of Thurstan
subinfeudated to William de Lucy part of his serjeanty,
consisting of a carucate of land and a fishpond there. (fn. 104)
William's widow Maud held this carucate and 3½
virgates in Shrewley in 1251, (fn. 105) and it had passed to her
grandson Fulk de Lucy of Charlecote by 1265, when
the tenement included a mill. (fn. 106) Fulk died about 1302
and Shrewley manor passed to his son William. (fn. 107)
William paid a subsidy in Shrewley in 1332, (fn. 108) and ten
years later his widow Elizabeth had a grant of this
manor for her life from her son Sir William Lucy. (fn. 109)
In 1402 it was settled upon Thomas Lucy, (fn. 110) who
died seised of it in 1415. (fn. 111) It descended with Charlecote (q.v.) until 1525, (fn. 112) and may perhaps have been
sold by the Lucys soon after to the Blykes, as John Blyke
sold the whole manor in 1561 to Clement Throckmorton. (fn. 113)
Duchy of Lancaster. England with a label of France.
Lucy. Gules crusily and three lucies upright argent.
It has been seen above that Ernald de Bosco gave to
the nuns of Pinley a carucate of land at Shrewley.
Henry de Waltham gave the nuns half a virgate there
in 1226. (fn. 114) Ivo son of William de Shrewley gave them
common pasture in his land in Shrewley in 1235. (fn. 115)
Fulk de Lucy disputed this right in 1271, and Sir
William de Lucy in 1335, but in each case the prioress
made good her claim. (fn. 116) Robert de Thayndon gave the
nuns a tenement in Shrewley which Ralph son of Wigan
had given him, (fn. 117) and in 1349 Thomas son of Richard
de Tyttesnor gave a plot of land called Peshammesnewlond which he had by gift of John Tony of
Rowington. (fn. 118) At the Dissolution the nuns were receiving rents of 7s. from tenants in Shrewley. (fn. 119) The estate
at Shrewley was granted with the site of Pinley Priory
to William Wigston in 1544. (fn. 120)
Church
The parish church of HOLYTRINITY
was rebuilt in 1880, except the west tower,
which dates probably from the early 16th
century. The modern part consists of a chancel, clearstoried nave, north and south aisles, north vestry and
north porch, in the style of the late 13th century.
The tower (10¼ ft. north to south by 8½ ft. east to
west) is built of ashlar in one unbroken stage with a
chamfered plinth and diagonal buttresses right up to
the string-course of the embattled parapet. The archway from the nave has responds of two orders, the inner
rounded, with a very wide fillet, the outer hollowed,
continued in the two-centred head and having moulded
capitals at the springing. Above it are the lines of
a high-pitched gabled roof of the nave and of a later
roof of low pitch that only just cleared the arch. In
the south-west angle is a stair-vice with four-centred
doorways. The west window is of three cinquefoiled
lights and vertical tracery in a two-centred head with
an external hood-mould: this is enriched with crockets
and has grotesque stops, the southern horned like a ram.
The window also has an embattled transom, below
which the lights have cinquefoiled heads. Below the
sill is a plain string-course outside. The north and
south sides have rectangular loop-lights to the second
story and square buttresses flush with the east wall.
An 18th-century gallery doorway in the south wall
has been filled in. The bell-chamber is of different
stone, a yellower kind, and is probably later than the
lower part. The windows are of two trefoiled lights
and a plain spandrel in a two-centred head.
The font has an ancient bowl that was originally
round but has been cut in the lower half to an octagon
to fit a modern stem and base; it is probably of the 13th
century.
There are six bells, recast in 1885, and a sanctus
bell of 1809. (fn. 121)
The communion plate includes a cup and cover
paten and tankard of 1739, a salver of 1669, and
two large candlesticks of 1696, all given by Mrs. Jane
Norcliffe in 1745.
The register of burials begins in 1538, that of
baptisms and marriages in 1589.
Advowson
The church of Hatton was given by
Hugh Fitz William to the priory of
St. Mary of Monmouth, (fn. 122) and afterwards to the nuns of Wroxall. (fn. 123) The rectory was
appropriated to the priory and was farmed for £12 at
the Dissolution. (fn. 124) The nuns found a priest to say
prayers at Hatton, and to take burial services, &c.,
as required. (fn. 125) After the Dissolution the church was
served by a curate. (fn. 126) It was stated about 1550 that the
church had been robbed of everything worth taking
away. (fn. 127)
The advowson was not included in the grant to
Michael Throckmorton, but the rectory was leased in
1574 to Katherine Throckmorton (fn. 128) widow of Clement,
and from that time the Throckmortons, and later the
Bromleys, presented to the church and claimed the
advowson until 1757. (fn. 129) Bacon in 1745 states that
trustees nominated the clerk that the owner of Pinley
farm mansion house appointed. (fn. 130) In 1831 Mrs. Baker
was patron; (fn. 131) she died about 1849 and the advowson
seems to have passed to her niece Margaret Trafford,
who assumed the name of Southwell and in 1879
was succeeded by her nephew Edward Southwell
Trafford. (fn. 132) After his death it was held by trustees, but
was acquired, in about 1909, by Alfred Hewlett, (fn. 133) and
passed with Haseley (q.v.), with which it is now united.
The rectory remained in the possession of the
Throckmortons until 1703, (fn. 134) when Lady Frances
Throckmorton conveyed it to Hugh Jones and Charles
Saule. (fn. 135) In 1719 William Norcliffe conveyed it to
Franklin Miller and Arnold Warren. (fn. 136)
There was a chapel at Beausale in the 13th century,
in honour of St. John the Evangelist. It was endowed
by John D'Abitot, with the consent of Margery de
Clinton his wife, with all his land in the field called
Rykenylesbury, and the land held by Martin the miller
of Beausale, and the moor between the fishpond and
the mill, and other land, including 6 acres which
Margery had bought from Maud her sister. (fn. 137) It passed
with the manor of Beausale to the Earls of Warwick,
and in 1328 the king presented to the chantry in the
chapel as guardian of the heir of the earl. (fn. 138) Thomas,
Earl of Warwick, apparently granted it to the college
of St. Mary of Warwick, (fn. 139) but in 1398 the king
granted the wardenship of the chapel, then known as
Cocouchirche or Cokeuchirche, to Thomas Knight,
who had been expelled from a prebend in the College
of Warwick. (fn. 140) The Earl of Warwick presented John
Verney after Knight's death. (fn. 141) Before 1501 the socalled parish church of Cokkowe Church was in ruins,
and the site and cemetery had been applied to profane
uses. There were no inhabitants who could rebuild it,
and the king gave the site, with 40s. payable to the
rector and warden of the church, to the College of
Warwick, in exchange for certain glebe belonging to
the church and an undertaking by the Dean and
Chapter to keep a mass every Friday in the collegiate
church for the king's soul. (fn. 142) The college was receiving
£4 in rent from Cuckow Church at the Dissolution, (fn. 143)
and in 1545 John Coppe had a lease of a messuage
and a close called Ruytons Bury, or Rounde Table,
lying in Beausale, being Cockowe Church Land. (fn. 144) The
earthwork at Camp Hill, Beausale, (fn. 145) is still known as
the Round Table and may be the site of Rykmersbury,
mentioned by Rous (fn. 146) as a depopulated village.
Charities
Edwards Coat and Gown Charity.
William Edwards by will dated 29 Jan.
1722 gave certain premises in Stonely,
Ashoe, and Warwick to provide six poor widows of the
hamlets of Hatton, Shrewley, and Bewsall with coats and
gowns every other year, any residue to be laid out in
Bibles to be given to the poor. Owing to an increase
of rents it was directed by an Order of the Court dated
28 July 1818 that the number of coats and gowns
should be increased as required and after the distribution of the Bibles any surplus should be applied for the
benefit of the poor of the parish of Hatton including
the hamlets of Shrewley and Bewsall. The income of
the charity now amounts to about £80 per annum,
derived from the rent of property in Kenilworth and
Leek Wootton and from stock held by the Official
Trustee of Charitable Funds in trust for the charity.
Jane Baker by will proved 19 March 1849 gave to
the churchwardens and overseers £500 3 per cent.
annuities upon trust to apply the income in the purchase of coals to be distributed among the poor of
the parish. The legacy is now represented by £500
Consols.
Jane Norcliffe by will dated 20 Feb. 1748 bequeathed £100, the interest to be laid out in bread and
distributed among the poor of Hatton. Owing to
various reasons the legacy eventually amounted to £400
and is now represented by £411 9s. 2d. Consols.
Throckmorton's Charity. By an indenture dated
27 May 1652 certain lands and hereditaments at
Hatton and Shrewley, the gift and feoffment of Catherine Throckmorton, were conveyed to trustees upon
trust that the rents and profits should be employed in
and upon the repair of the church at Hatton and the
relief of the poor and impotent persons of the parish.
The endowment now consists of property at Hatton
let at an annual rent of £31 10s. together with stock,
the whole producing an annual income of about £33.
The above-mentioned charities are regulated by a
Scheme of the Charity Commissioners dated 15 June
1909. The Scheme appoints a body of six trustees to
administer the charities and provides for the application
of the income of the charities, viz. One moiety of the
net income of Throckmorton's Charity to be paid to
the vicar and churchwardens for the repair of the parish
church. The remaining moiety, together with the net
income of the charities of Edwards, Baker, and Norcliffe, to be consolidated under the title of Hatton
Consolidated Fund and after payment of a yearly sum
of £6 to the vicar for the purchase of Bibles, &c., for
poor persons, to be applied for the general benefit of
the poor in accordance with the provisions contained
in the Scheme. The total income of the charities
amounts to about £140 per annum.
The Rev. Thomas Jackson by will proved 4 April
1870 gave to the minister and churchwardens £100,
the interest to be distributed in coal to the poor of the
three hamlets of Hatton. The dividends, amounting
to £2 14s. 4d. per annum, are so distributed.