Monument record 1160/247 - St Bartholomew's Church (Re-Dedicated as St Lawrence's Chapel)

{1} Church of St Bartholomew first first recorded in late C12th when it was confirmed to St Andrew's Priory; mentioned in early C15th but does not appear in Feudal Aids of 1423; chapel of St Bartholomew mentioned in 1490 will; by dissolution church seems to have been re-dedicated to St. Lawrence & to have become chapel whose main function was as collection point of tithes of demesne land of St. Andrew's Priory; later history is unknown.

{2} Opposite side of road to Barracks near corner of race-ground formerly stood Church of St Bartholomew; given by Simon de St Liz to St Andrew's Priory; no account of its destruction; churchyard later called "Lawless Churchyard" which was corruption from St Lawrence's.

{3} St Bartholomew's is one of nine churches confirmed to Priory of St Andrew by Earl Simon I.

{5} By dissolution church seems to have been re-dedicated to St. Lawrence & to have become chapel whose main function was as collection point of tithes of demesne land of St. Andrew's Priory.

{6} Church of St Bartholomew given to St Andrew's Priory by Simon de St Liz & "….of which no traces are to be found to this day….".

{7} Only reference to this church occurs in will of John Wedurhurd in 1490 (P.C.C. 25 Milles).

{8} Church of St Bartholomew first first recorded in late C12th when it was confirmed to St Andrew's Priory.

{9} Church of St Bartholomew mentioned in early C15th.

{10} Chapel of St Bartholomew mentioned in 1490 will.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.378 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<2> Wetton, 1849, Guidebook to Northampton and its Vicinity, p.44 (unchecked) (Book). SNN1032.

<3> Page W. (ed), 1930, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.55 (checked) (Series). SNN100370.

<4> Williams J.H.; Shaw M.; Hardy S., 1978-1984, Northampton Development Corporation SMR Secondary Record Sheets, M200 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN108.

<5> PRO E315/339, PRO E315/339 (unchecked) (Document). SNN48703.

<6> Whellan, 1874, History, Topography & Directory of Northamptonshire, p.117; Handwritten notes in NDC SMR File M200; (unchecked) (Book). SNN1002.

<7> Serjeantson R.M.; Longden Isham H., 1913, The Parish Churches & Religious Houses of Northamptonshire: Their Dedications, Altars etc., p.162-63 (checked); Copy in NDC SMR File M200; (Extract). SNN1080.

<8> Dugdale, 1823, Monasticon Anglicanum, p.191 (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN479.

<9> Cox; Serjeantson, 1897, A History of the Church of The Holy Sepulchre, Northampton, 139 (unchecked) (Book). SNN72349.

<10> SERJEANTSON R.M., 1911, HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF ST GILES, NORTHAMPTON, 237 (unchecked) (Book). SNN2856.

Record last edited

Jun 15 2010 9:43AM