Monument record 600/5 - Canons Ashby House and Gardens

{1} The Dryden family acquired property in Ashby sometime in the mid C16th, and in the 1573 deed Dryden’s House is described as “the late mansion house… commonly called “Wylkyns Farme”. If this does indeed relate to the present house, then it lies on the site of merely one of a number of farms which existed in the village at dissolution, for in 1536 Robert Wilkyns was merely one of a number of tenants in the village holding property from the prior. Hence the present hall would seem to have relatively humble origins. The Drydens leased much of the manor from the Copes during the C16th, and in 1573 held freely a certain property including barns and yard which lay between the priory and Wilkyns’ house, as well as a strip of land 30yds wide taken out of Shrubby Close and lying against the Schego Close, which may perhaps represent the lower part of the terraced garden extending south west from the house.

{3} The manor passed to John Dryden, brother in law to Cope in 1551. Discussion.

{4} The manor passed from John Dryden to his brother in law Cope in 1551.

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<2> Heward J.; Taylor R., 1996, The Country Houses of Northamptonshire, p.115-126 (unchecked) (Book). SNN41757.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.34-7 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77381.

<4> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.223 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77325.

<5> Baker G., 1830, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.4 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77328.

<6> Mowl T.; Hickman C., 2008, The Historic Gardens of England: Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Series). SNN106082.

<7> JACKSON-STOPS G., 1984, Canons Ashby (Northamptonshire), (unchecked) (Guide). SNN70500.

<8> Dryden H.E.L., 1842-1895, Dryden Collection (Northamptonshire Record Office), (unchecked) (Archive). SNN56829.

<9> 1921, Country Life (Vol.49), p.246-52 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN8769.

<10> 1921, Country Life (Vol.49), p.278-84 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN108817.

<11> 1981, Country Life (Vol.169), p.930-33 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN59151.

<12> 1981, Country Life (Vol.169), p.1026-9 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN108818.

<13> Renow-Clarke C., 1989, Canons Ashby: Park and Garden Research, (unchecked) (Typescript Report). SNN108820.

<14> National Trust, 1989, Canons Ashby, (unchecked) (Guide). SNN108819.

<15> Bryant A., 1827, Map of The County of Northampton, (unchecked) (Map). SNN2733.

<16> 1904, Country Life (1904), p.978-87 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN59188.

<17> Holme C., 1908, Gardens of England in Midland and Eastern Counties, p.19-21 (unchecked) (Book). SNN54875.

<18> Murray J., 1870s, Handbook for Travellers in Northamptonshire & Rutland, 1878 (unchecked) (Handbook). SNN47573.

<19> Cecil E., 1910, History of Gardening in England, p.206 (unchecked) (Book). SNN59152.

<20> Gotch J.A., 1936, The Old Halls and Manor Houses of Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Book). SNN44101.

<21> LADY ROCKLEY, 1938, Historic Gardens of England, p.106-7 (unchecked) (Book). SNN56174.

<22> Saintsbury G., 1881, John Dryden, (unchecked) (Book). SNN72262.

<23> Bassir A., 2018, Historic Building Recording at Canons Ashby House, Northamptonshire, October-December 2017 (Report). SNN111249.

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