Where is cosgrove village

Both were granted to Piers Gaveston in but reverted to the Crown when Gaveston was murdered five years later. In Edward II's brother John was granted the earldom and in was given the honor and castle of Berkhamsted. He died in and the following year the king created his eldest son Edward the Black Prince duke of Cornwall.

Edward died without issue in , when his honours reverted to the Crown. After the honor of Berkhamsted remained in the hands of the Crown, as parcel of the duchy of Cornwall, and Cosgrove, Furtho and Old Stratford continued to owe suit and service to the honor into the 19th century. In the 15th century the constables attended a court for the duchy at Helmdon; fn.

In and presumably other years the three constableries were paying 10 d. Neot's Hunts. The Mortain fee in Cosgrove, like those elsewhere in the county, fn. Richard claimed that he did not have to answer William's writ in Northamptonshire, since the lands were held of the prior of Luffield. John's Hospital in Northampton held a third part of a knight's fee in Cosgrove, Puxley and Tiffield of the fee of Keynes. In the reign of Henry I the two smaller estates in Cosgrove, containing eight small virgates and six small virgates, were held by Robert Revell and William le Brun respectively.

These presumably represent the Mortain share of Cosgrove, although of which fees they were held is not stated. In the tenants of the honor of Aquila included Walter de Furtho, who had one small fee in Furtho, and the master of the hospital of St. In Edward the Black Prince granted the wardship of William, son and heir of William de Furtho, to Sir Walter de Paveley, who noted that the father had held a quarter of a knight's fee in Cosgrove, and that the wardship and marriage of the heir belonged to the prince by virtue of older enfeoffment.

The Furtho family's estate in Cosgrove appears to have descended with their home manor of Furtho. In addition, he held a capital messuage and farm, lately purchased of Robert Lee, which were held of Sir Arthur Throckmorton as of his manor of Cosgrove. He also owned Brownswood Green, late parcel of the possessions of Snelshall priory; a cottage and land purchased of Thomas Ely and George Merrell; Knotwood Coppice 23 a.

Brownswood had been purchased by the Crown from John Heneage and annexed to the honor of Grafton; it adjoined the former Snelshall priory woodland at Brownswood Green on the borders of Passenham and the detached portion of Cosgrove and was leased to William Clarke for 21 years in The 4 a. Edward Furtho was succeeded by his eldest son of the same name, who died only a year later , leaving two sisters as coheirs, fn.

The Cosgrove portion was assigned to Nightingale, then the wife of Samuel Mansel and afterwards of Francis Longeville, who died c. One of the two capital messuages descended to the Mansels and the other she conveyed in her second widowhood in to her son Henry Longeville, who died in His son, also named Henry, devised his estate in Cosgrove in to John Mansel, younger son of the Revd.

Christopher Mansel. Samuel and Nightingale's heir was their son Edward Mansel of Cosgrove, on whom Nightingale settled part of her estate in and who the following year married Millicent Draper. Christopher Mansel in , leaving two sons, Edward, who died without issue the following year, and John, who became a major-general in the Army and was killed in Flanders in Mansel and his wife predeceased Biggin, on whose death in both the manorial estate, centred on the house known as Cosgrove Priory, and the former Furtho estate, centred on Cosgrove Hall, passed to their son J.

Mansel and were merged into one. The two capital messuages on the Furtho estate in can possibly be identified with the house west of the church known in the late 19th century as The Cottage later the Old Dower House and the building to the south of the church, in the grounds of Cosgrove Hall, which bears the inscription 'Noli Peccare Deus Videt '. An inventory of one of Edward Furtho's houses at Cosgrove, taken in , lists a porch, hall, parlour, study, dining room, kitchen, back kitchen, little hall, buttery, larder, cheese chamber, dairy and brewhouse.

All the main rooms had chambers over, and cocklofts or attics above. There was a second study over the porch, and another room over the entry. In Henry Longeville paid tax on ten hearths in Cosgrove, which must represent or include the capital messuage acquired from his mother Nightingale, fn. The present Cosgrove Hall, which stands a short distance south of the building of , dates from the early 18th century and was presumably built by either Henry Longeville who died in or his son of the same name d.

The architect may have been John Lumley of Northampton. It was originally a half-H plan house, built of coursed local limestone, of seven bays and two storeys with attics; the central portion of the west entrance front was later filled in. The garden side has Doric pilasters, the entrance side Corinthian. The high-pitched roof was originally tiled but by this had been replaced with slate. Inside one room has some late 16th- or early 17th-century panelling, which may presumably have come from the Furthos' house in Cosgrove, but otherwise the interior was much altered soon after As well as the advowson, the Knights Hospitallers also had lands in Cosgrove, described in as six virgates held of Earl Ferrers.

What was described as 'St. John's friary' in Northampton owned an estate in Cosgrove, let in five holdings in the 15th and early 16th centuries, one of which was called the 'Hall Place'. John's hospital. A freehold farm at Isworth, in the north of the parish, was acquired by Richard Franklin in and remained in the hands of the family, who were also blacksmiths and maltsters in the 18th century, for several generations.

In a freehold farmhouse at the southeastern corner of the Green was offered for sale with 55 a. Robert Penson was farming at The Elms in fn. In John Biggin purchased a farm of a. In there was land for one and a half ploughs on Winemar's manor, with one plough in demesne and three bordars.

There were also 5 acres of meadow and woodland three furlongs in length and two in breadth. At the death of Henry Spigurnel in , the manor of Cosgrove had eight virgates of land in demesne, together with 4 a.

As the relatively large quantity of surviving conveyances indicates, throughout the Middle Ages there were a number of free tenements in Cosgrove, some of which included land in Furtho, Potterspury or Passenham. Allotments were made to three larger freeholders, John Rye 52 a.

There was a good deal of consolidation after inclosure, converting what had been a relatively open parish into one dominated by a single resident landowner. John Rye and the Franklins both sold to the Mansels, whose own estate was merged with that belonging to the manor following the death of George Biggin in Mansel of Cosgrove Hall, and most of the rest was divided between the two incumbents and the Grafton estate's land west of Watling Street, near Wakefield Lodge.

Other than this, almost the whole of Cosgrove east of Watling Street, apart from some freeholds on the Green including Green Farm and what later became the Cosgrove Lodge estate and at Old Stratford, belonged to the Mansels.

The largest farm a. Signs of more serious difficulties became evident three years later, when Mansel consulted his agent about selling the estate, or at least the outlying farm at Isworth. He was also preoccupied with the need to ensure that the Priory remained let; in he was approached by the owner of a preparatory school who was looking for a place for about 50 boys.

In one of the other farmers pressed for a substantial reduction in rent if he was not to quit. The agent told him that he the tenant knew the circumstances of the estate presumably referring to the mortgage and that Mansel's charges were fixed: 'between the two he is squeezed nearly as flat as possible'. By the end of he and his nephew George Christopher Mansel the heir to Cosgrove under the will of R.

The younger Grant-Thorold sold the entire Cosgrove estate, then reckoned as 1, a. The smaller parcels of land and the cottages sold for between 14 and 25 years' purchase.

The break-up of the former Mansel estate, completed by the sale of the Hall a few years later, fn. Not only did the farms pass into separate ownership, but in contrast to the outcome of the Grafton sales of the same period fn. There was a mill worth 13 s. Hutt was followed c.

He was succeeded by Thomas Amos, who carried out some improvements, although his landlord complained that he was costing more in repairs than his rent was worth. It then stood empty until when it was burnt down. Quarrying appears to have taken place in the south of the parish over a long period, given the occurrence of the names Quarry Field and Quarry Bridge in the 16th century.

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Donate Local to you 5 miles of 10 miles of 15 miles of 20 miles of 25 miles of 30 miles of 35 miles of 40 miles of 45 miles of 50 miles of. Use My Location. Local to you. Places to visit. Planning your visit. Litter and Dog poo Sadly our village is suffering from litter and a small minority of dog owners not picking up after their dog. Dog owners must also pick up when walking our Rights of Way and in fields or meadows. Other users don't want to tread in it and grazing animals can be seriously harmed if consumed.

More information is available on our Village walks page. Please help keep our parish tidy and use the bins provided throughout the village to dispose of all litter. If not near a bin, please keep it until you find one, or take it home and place in your own bin. Together we can keep our village looking its best. Allotments The legal process for the land to be transferred to the Parish Council has taken far longer than expected.

Our Parish clerk and Councillor Jeff Proctor have worked tirelessly to get this over the line and recent communications from our legal consultant indicates that it's almost there. The delay has meant that the site is overgrown again, but with legalities now advancing, it's expected that the transfer of the land to Cosgrove Parish Council will be concluded soon.

No more work will be done on the plot until after the land is registered, but it's hoped that plots will be allocated ready for winter digging. It has taken a number of years for the Parish Council to identify and organise, with many previous requesters disappointed by the unavailability of suitable land. The efforts and hard work by project leader and Parish Councillor, Jeff Proctor, have taken this from a wish to reality. If you wish to register your interest for an allotment plot or find out more, please speak to, or email Jeff Proctor.

Neighbourly support is encouraged to assist people who are advised to self isolate. The Parish Council has organised a community support group to help members of the community who need help with shopping or collecting medication from local chemists. For details visit our Covid page.

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