1821.] THE Account of Hodnet Church, Salop. Mr. URBAN, Shrewsbury, Nov. 1. HE communication enclosed, in continuation of my Shropshire sketches, contains some account of HODNET, in the hundred of Bradford North, 13 miles North-east of Shrewsbury, on the road to Drayton. gave Llomarchus, or Llowarchus, a Welsh poet, uses the word Hydnydh for the name of a place, which Mr. Llwyd conjectures to be Hodnet: others are of opinion the name is Saxon, from Odo the owner, or some person of note before the Conquest. Earl Roger held Odenett, which name to the hundred in Domesday, that has since gone under the name of Bradford North. That earl held here a presbyter and a prepositus. A presentment was made by a jury at the assizes in the fifty-sixth of Hen. III. touching the forest of Hodnet. George de Cantelupe, baron of Bergeveney in the first of Edward I. was seised of this manor, as one of the fees appendant to the barony of Mont gomery. It appears that this George had two sisters, his coheirs; Johanna, married to John de Hastings; and Millecent, married to Eudo De-laZouch; who had for their property one knight's fee, which Odo de Hodnet held in Hodnet. In the 20th of Edward I. a QuoWarranto was brought against William de Hodnet for holding a market, and claiming the emendations of assize of bread and beer, with the liberty of free warren in the manor of Hodnet. For plea he produced his charters, and so was dismissed with honour. The jury at the same assizes found that the serjeantry of William de Hodnet was to be steward of the castle of Montgomery, and to defend the outworks of the castle with his family and servants, and that the serjeantry had been given to his ancestors by Robert de Belesme Earl of Shrewsbury. The daughter and heir of William de Hodenet was married to William de Ludlow. In the 23d of Edward III. Lawrence de Ludlow, son and heir of Maud wife of William de Ludlow, paid 100s. for the relief of his manor of Hodenyth, holden by the service of oue knight's fee, by Lawrence de Ludlow, chevalier, in Hodnet. In the 19th of Richard II. William la Zouch de Harringworth, knt. was seised of this manor. Escheat in the 22d of GENT. MAG. November, 1821. Q 393 Richard II. Roger de Mortimer Earl of Marsh, was seised of the whole knight's fee of John de Ludlow in Hodnet. In the 19th of Henry VII. Gilbert Talbot did homage for this manor. In the 32d of Henry VIII. Thomas Madlicote, and Henry Townrowe did homage and fealty, "pro silu de Hodnet manerii." In the 14th of Elizabeth, the queen gave permis sion to John de Vernon and Elizabeth bis wife, to alienate this manor of Walter Earl of Essex, and his heirs. In the 2d of James I. Sir Robert Vernon, knt. makes an alienation hereof to Robert Needham, esq. and others. In the 12th of Charles II. Henry Vernon of Hodnet was created a baronet of this kingdom*. Henrietta Vernon, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Vernon of Hodnet, died in 1752, and bequeathed the manor and advowson of Hodnet, with other estates, to her cousin Elizabeth Heber, wife of Thomas Heber, esq. of Marton, in Yorkshire, in whose family they still remain; being now in the possession of Richard Heber, esq. M.P. for the University of Oxford. HODNET CHURCH, (see Plate I.) situated on a gentle eminence, is a handsome structure, of considerable antiquity, but like many of our old Churches, several of the windows are bereft of their tracery and mullions, and fitted up with modern glazing, which detracts much from its venerable aspect. It is a rectory in the deanery of Newport; dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul. The Church consists of a North and South aile, divided by six pillars, five circular and one octangular, which support five circular and two obtusely pointed arches, with plain lined capitals. In the South chancel are three trefoilheaded stone stalls: the North and South chancel, have the old pannelled oak ceilings, with flowered bosses. Betwixt the South aile and chancel the king's arms are placed, with the date 1660. Near the South door is a large octagonal stone font, and opposite, against the wall, a box, inscribed, "Remember the Poore." lo the North chancel is an ancient reading. desk, on which are chained, in very old bindings, "Erasmus's Paraphrase upon the Gospells;" "the Booke of Mr. Dovaston's MSS. Martyres ;" Martyres," "the Defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande," and "Stanhope's Christian Patterne." The tower, which is in the form of an octagon, contains six bells. The following are the principal monumental memorials in HodnetChurch. On a large blue stone in the floor of the North chancel, "Sepulchre of the HILL's of HAWKSTONE, ab Anno 1500," Against the North wall of the chancel is a handsome monument of the pyramidal form, containing the arms of Hill, and on the basement the following inscription: "Subtus inter avos, et proavos, jacet RICHARDUS HILL, de Hawkstone, filius, nepos, abnepos, frater, et avunculus Rolandorum, notus in suos animi paterni. Qui per novem annos Regis Gulielmi Quæstor in Belgio, et ad plures reversus Commissionarius fuit Regis Thesauri usque; ad obitum magni istius Regis; sub initium vero Annæ, unus è quatuor Consiliariis à Serenissimo Principe Georgio Daniæ pro rebus Admiralitatis constitutus, sed alam illis navabat operam, donec ab Augustissima Regina ultra Alpes, cum plena potestate missus ablegatus Extraordinarius ad omnes Italiæ Principes preter Romanum Pontificem, cum Victore Amedo Duce Sabaudiæ postea Rege Siciliæ magni et invicti, Animi Principe fœdus felicissimum fecerit. Hic tandem spe resurgendi requiescit Militiæ fessus et Viarum. Hic sibi monumentum F. A. D. MDCCXXVI. ætat. suæ LXVIII.-Vixi, et quem dederat cursum Deus ipse peregi. "Arms. Ermine, on a fess Sable a castle Argent. Crest, a tower Argent, surmounted with a garland of laurel proper. Motto, AVANCEZ." On a handsome monument of white marble, against the North wall: "Near this place lie the remains of Sir ROWLAND HILL, of HAWKSTONE, Bart. who having represented the city of Lichfield in two Parliaments, chose to retire from the more public scenes of life, and spend his days in his native county. Actuated by motives of humanity and public spirit, he found constant employment for the poor on an extensive demesne: and while be displayed his taste in improving the place, upon which his ancestors had long resided, he promoted industry, and showed the benevolence of his heart. In his intercourse with mankind in general, and with all in particular, who visited his hospitable mansion, there appeared such consistency of deportment as made him an admired pattern of every moral and social virtue, His reputation, unsullied by one ignoble action, justly entitled him to universal respect: his condescension and gentleness of manners, added to his works of kindness and charity, endeared him to neighbours, domestics, and dependents of every description. When his departure from this world was approaching, the Gospel of Peace, on which he had formed his principles, and by which he bad regulated the tenor of his life, yielded him support and comfort; and opened, through the merits of his blessed Redeemer, the prospect of a better country, on which he entered the 7th day of August, 1783, in the 78th year of his age. "By JANE, daughter of Sir BRIAN BROUGHTON, of Broughton, in Stafford shire, Bart. a prudent and affectionate wife and tender mother, he left six sons, and two daughters. After her decease, he married MARY, daughter of Germau Pole, Esq. of Radbourn in Derbyshire, and relict of the late THOMAS Powys, Esq. of Berwick, with whom he lived near seven years in great conjugal felicity. His eldest son, now Sir RICHARD HILL, Bart. one of the Knights of the Shire for the county, hath erected this monument to the memory of his highly honoured and justly beloved parents." Against the South wall of the North chancel, is a monument of white marble: the tablet which contains the inscriptions, supports a vase with loose drapery. "In memory of Sir RICHARD HILL, Bart. of Hawkstone in this county, eldest son of Sir ROWLAND HILL, Bart. and in several successive Parliaments one of the representatives of the same, who, in the lively hope of a blessed resurrection, through the alone righteousness of Christ his Redeemer, resigned his soul into the hands of his heavenly Father on the 28th day of November, in the year 1808, and the 76th of his own age. He desired, that as little as possible might be said of him in newspapers, or on his tombstone. The character he most delighted in, was that of a sinner saved by Sovereign Grace. His religious sentiments were those established in the Church of England at the time of the Reformation, as expressed in the doctrinal articles of that Church, to which he was always steadily attached, though maintaining a truly Catholic spirit towards all good men of different persuasions." Against the North wall, on an elegant monument-on the upper part a weeping female, kneeling at a tomb, with an infant; on the basement, the following inscription: "Sacred to the memory of JOHN HILL, Esq. eldest son of Sir John Hill of Hawkstone, Bart. Lieutenant Colonel of the first Regiment of Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry, and 1821.] Hodnet Church.-The Dymoke Family. and one of the Magistrates of this county. He was called from the bosom of an affectionate family to meet his God, after a few days illness, in the 44th year of his age; and to lament his early removal from this life, has left a widow, seven children, an tive in the discharge of his duty; tender "In a vault near this place, rest the remains of HENRIETTA VERNON, daughter of Sir Thomas Vernon, of Hodnet, Bart. by whose death that ancient family became extinct. An uncommon strength and clearness of understanding, a steady course of the sincerest piety, and a most benevolent disposition, made her worthy of universal love and esteem. "That some honour, though unequal to their merit, may be paid to the memory of these her good qualities and virtues, one who was favoured with frequent and eminent instances of her affectionate friendship and liberality, inspired by the warmest sense of gratitude, has caused this humble record to be made. Yet whilst we are paying this just tribute to our natural friends, let us remember that thankfulness ought not to stop with them, but through these dear and honoured instruments of good, raise itself up to its proper object, the Author of them, and every good gift. To him who both forms our hearts, and puts into our hands the power to be His ministers of kindness and beneficence to one another, to whom there fore at all times be supremely and ultimately attributed all praise and glory. "The above named HENRIETTA VERNON, died the 25th of June 1752, aged 69. The manor and advowson of HODNET, with other estates in the same parish, she bequeathed to her cousin ELIZABETH HEBER, niece to the abovesaid Sir THOMAS VERNON, and wife of THOMAS HEBER, Esq. of Marton in Yorkshire, by whose son this monument is erected. "Arms. On a lozenge Argent a fret Sable." Mr. URBAN, 395 Nov. 2. HE family of the Dymokes hav TH ing lately excited much public attention, owing to the office enjoyed by them at the Coronations of the Kings of England, the following particulars, chiefly gleaned from Weir's "History of Horncastle," may prove interesting. Their connexion also with the family of the Marmyons, alluded to in your former pages, being stated in this account, may afford some satisfactory information to many of your Readers. The village of Scrivelsby is situate in the Hundred of Gartree, co. Lincoln, about two miles from Horncastle. At the time of compiling the Domesday Survey, it appears that part of this parish, then called Scrivelesbi, was annexed to the Soke of Horncastle, which was then retained by the Conqueror. By the same record, the manor appears to have been then holden by Robert de Spenser, but by what service is not said. How it passed from De Spenser to the family of Marmyon; whether by inheritance, or escheat of the crown, and subsequent grant, cannot now be ascertained. It was however shortly after in the tenure of Robert Marmyon, whose male descendants enjoyed the same until the twentieth year of Edward the First, 1292, when Philip the last Lord Marmyon died seised of this manor, holden by barony and the service of champion to the kings of England on their coronation day; and seised also of the castle of Tamworth in Warwickshire, held therewith as parcel of his barony, but by the service of knight's fees, to attend the king in his wars in Wales. This Philip had only female issue, and between them his great estates here, in Warwickshire, Leicestershire, and elsewhere, were divided. By this partition, the manor and barony of Scrivelsby were allotted to Joan, the youngest daughter, by whose grand-daughter and heir the same passed in marriage to Sir John Dymoke, who, with Margaret his wife, had livery thereof in the twentythird year of Edward the Third. At the Coronation of Richard the Second, Sir John Dymoke claimed, in right of his wife, to perform the office of Champion; but this right was counterclaimed by Baldwin Freville, who, as Lord of Tamworth, also claimed to perform that ser |