Monument record 1681/34 - Rectory/Sike Manor

{1} The rectory fee was that held in the medieval period by the Abbot of Cirencester and there is specific reference to the villeins of the Lord Abbot. The rectory fee comprised the site of the rectory itself, leased out at the time of the dissolution, 3 tenements, 3 messuages and 3 cottages. At least 2 if not all of these tenements lay in the Abbots Row. In the 17th century the Earl of Salisbury held property in Brigstock. This appears to have been the rectory manor, which was purchased from him by Lord Torrington, Lady Torrington holding the manor in 1720 and 1725. The property held in 1725 by Lady Torrington is described as the Sike Manor and lay in a single row on the eastern edge of the settlement on the east side of the street known as The Syke. In 1597-8 there is reference to both a cottage and a messuage in 'Abbotes Rowe' and in 1599 to other property in 'abbots roe'. It would appear that the Abbot's Row and the tenement row fronting onto the Sike are one and the same. In 1720 the manor court was held in the Rectory House, and although the location of this capital messuage has not been established it is perhaps most likely to have lain in the Abbot's Row.

<1> Foard G, 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Brigstock (Medieval + Post Medieval), (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN100441.

<2> 1725, Brigstock Survey, (unchecked) (Map). SNN100446.

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Sep 23 2011 10:58AM