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The History of Toddington
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The History of Toddington by the Rev. F.A. Adams, M.A. of Toddington Rectory, 1894
Page 1
- Cover
Page 2 - Frontispiece
Page 3 - Dedication
Page 4 - Introduction
Page 5 - This page discusses the origin of Toddington's place name and the mansion of Sir Paulinus Peyvre, steward of Henry III.
Page 6 - This page includes information about the Peyre family including their places of burial.
Page 7 - Information about Lady Johanna Pevre and her marriage.
Page 8 - Information about memorials in the Church of St. George to members of illustrious families including the Peyvres, the Broughtons, the Cheynes, the Wentworths and the Straffords, including the funeral of Baroness Wentworth of Nettleside.
Page 9 - Information about royal patronage from Lord Cheyney and Lord Thomas Wentworth and the royal visits of Queen Elizabeth, Charles I and James I.
Page 10 - Conjectures as to Toddington being the scene of a love affair between Elizabeth I and Robert Earl of Leicester; the building of a hospital by Sir John Broughton in 1443 dedicated to St. John the Baptist; the Sow and Pigs Inn; the Griffin Inn; Tattler's Cottages and Tanner's End.
Page 11- The old Manor House, The 'Red House' and Conger Hill.
Page 12 - Roman pottery at Fancote, the granting of Toddington Manor by William the Conqueror to Ernulfus de Hesdin, notes on the Manor's subsequent owners including Sir Paulinus Peyvre and the Broughton family, the visit of Queen Elizabeth I.
Page 13 - More on the visit of Queen Elizabeth and descriptions of the pageantry.
Page 14 - A description of the Manor House from a survey conducted in 1719 and it's demolition in 1745.
Page 15 - History of Toddington Manor 1686 - 1806
Page 16 - History of the Manor of Toddington including William Dodge Cooper who built the current Manor House
Page 17 - History of the Manor of Toddington and the Wentworth family
Page 18 - History of the Manor of Toddington and the Wentworth family and Lady Philadelphia Wentworth
Page 19 - History of the Manor of Toddington and the Wentworth family and Lady Philadelphia Wentworth
Page 20 - The Russell family and its connections to Toddington. Includes information about the Cheney (Cheyne) family.
Page 21 - Epitaph of Lady Maria Wentworth. Details of a slab in the chancel floor of Toddington Church dedicated to Barbara Lambe, wife of Thomas Lambe.
Page 22 - More details of memorials in the church (Thomas Pennington, Issac Bringhurst, Thomas Claver). Information about markets and fairs in Toddington.
Page 23 - General snippets about markets and fairs. History of Toddington church
Page 24 - History of the church including details of refurbishment under the Rev. John Clegg, Rev. Charles Haslam, Rev and the F.A. Adams.
Page 25 - Information about parish registers held by the church beginning in 1540.
Page 26 - More information about the parish registers and short extracts of entries.
Page 27 - Continuation of information about parish registers. The names most commonly found are Potts, Fensome and Shaw. The names of the first recorded church wardens listed as George Shaw and Edward Cook.
Page 28 - Translation of an old deed, dated 1454, relating to lands in the parish of Toddington, probably belonging to Thomas Wykelwode.
Page 29 - Continuation of the translation of the deed with the names of many local landowners including John Chamberlain, William Pedder, John Reve, Ralph Wellys and John Chamberleyne.
Page 30 - Continuation of the translation of the deed with the names of local landowners including Thomas Baylly and William Mychell.
Page 31 - Continuation of the translation of the deed with the names of local landowners including William Marchall, Thomas Smythe and Thomas Wayte.
Page 32 - Continuation of the translation of the deed with names of local landowners. Brief information about the hospital of St. John the Baptist. Information about the site of the gallows on Harlington Road, known locally as Gallows Knock.
Page 33 - The old Market House, the village bake houses on the village green, the Manor of Wadloes.
Page 34 - Customs in Toddington including the old curfew bell, the pancake bell, the oak apple day peal of bells and the tradition of tolling a bell to declare the age and sex of a deceased person. Notes of two distinguished rectors the Rev. Sir John Rowland and Abraham Hartwell.
Page 35 - Information on the tradition that Charles I stayed in the vicinity of Toddington during the Civil War and may have been given refuge and supplies from Toddington Manor.
Page 36 - Letter between Sir Thomas Wentworth and his daughter Barbara Lambe.
Page 37 - The story of Cecilia Gorham, widow of William Gorham.
Page 38 - Page missing
Page 39 - Notes about the Peyre family
Page 40 - Information about Toddington from old records including a list of rectors.
Page 41 - Continuation of the list of rectors.
Page 42 - Collections for the poor, the sick and plague victims in Toddington.
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