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Wadenhoe is a village and civil parish now in the unitary authority of North Northamptonshire. From 1974 until April 2021 it was part of the East Northamptonshire District of Northamptonshire, England. The population of the parish plus the populations of the very thinly populated neighbouring parishes of Pilton and Stoke Doyle at the 2011 UK census was 244. At the time of the 2001 census, Wadenhoe civil parish had 124 inhabitants. It is on the River Nene, approximately 4 miles from Thrapston and 10 miles from Corby. [edit] HistoryThe manor and lands have changed ownership many times over the centuries, but the position of the current village is near to its position in the Saxon period. The manor of Wadenhoe was held either by a half a knight's fee or through the Honour of Winchester, whilst other holdings were direct from the King. At the time of the Norman Conquest of 1066 Wadenhoe became part of Rockingham Forest. The village was named 'Wadenho' in the Domesday Book in 1086, and was within the Hundred of Navisford, one of eight Hundreds held by the Abbey of Peterborough granted by King Richard I consisting of Titchmarsh, Catworth, Clopton, Achurch, Thrapston Pilton and Stoke Doyle. The Tenant in Chief was Bishop Geoffrey of Coutances and the Lord at that time Aubrey De Vere. The population was recorded as 31 households. The manor remained the property of and in full possession of the de Vere family until 1229. By 1236 the manor was subinfeudated to John de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln. He was succeeded in 1241 by his son Edmund, who obtained livery of his father's lands by 1249 and in 1254 granted the manor to Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln (c. 1251 – February 1311), for life. On Roger's death in 1264, it reverted to the Lacy's and was held in dower by Edmund's widow, Alice. The son and heir of Alice Lacy was Henry, 3rd Earl of Lincoln. After his death in 1311, and by 1312, the manor passed to his daughter and heir, Alice de Lacy, 3rd Countess of Lincoln, then the wife of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster. After Lancaster's execution in 1321, Alice Lacy married Sir Ebulo Lestrange and they obtained a grant of the manors for life from King Edward II, with remainder to Hugh le Despencer, the younger. A 1249 grant of free warren obtained by Edmund de Lacy was claimed in 1330 by Baron Strange and Alice Lacy, they obtained a grant from King Edward III of the manor for themselves and their heirs. On the death of both Ebulo and Alice, the manor should have passed to Ebulo's nephew Roger Lestrange of Knokyn, on whom it had been settled in 1336, but in 1337 he had granted the reversion to Nicholas de Cantilupe for life; he died in 1356. After 1356 the manor again passed the heir of the Lestrange estates. His descendants held it till the death of John Lestrange in 1477 the manor next passed to a daughter and heiress Joan, the wife of George Stanley, the manor was then sold. By 1532 the manor was property of William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy. His son and successor, Charles Blount, 5th Baron Mountjoy, sold it to Henry VIII in 1543, and in 1550 Edward VI granted it to Princess Elizabeth, who later became Queen Elizabeth I. In 1551, however, an exchange was made with Sir Walter Mildmay and in 1617 the manor passed by exchange to the Earls of Westmoreland. By 1668,Charles, Earl of Westmoreland, sold it to John Stanyan, who sold it sixteen years later to Brooke Bridges. On his death in 1702 the manor then passed to his great-nephew John Bridges, the historian, who in turn sold the manor in 1714 to Sir Edward Ward, Chief Baron of the Exchequer. The descendant Edward Hunt of Oundle, a merchant, had a son Thomas, who inherited to the manor of Wadenhoe, he left no surviving issue. The manor passed to his brother Rowland, who married Frances Welch, and from him to his son Thomas Welch Hunt. Thomas Welch Hunt left Wadenhoe to his aunt, Mary Hunt (d. unm. 1835), with remainder to his cousin, Mary Caroline Hunt (d. unm. 1847), daughter of Rev. Edward Hunt, younger son of Thomas Hunt of Boreatton, and with ultimate remainder to Rev. George Hunt (d. 1853), son of Rowland, son of the last-named Thomas. George Hunt was succeeded by his son the Right Hon. George Ward Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer and First Lord of the Admiralty. His son George Eden Hunt succeeded him in 1877 and died in 1892 leaving a son George Ward Hunt, captain in the Northamptonshire regiment, who was killed in action in 1915. His son George Edgar Ward Hunt, born 1911 became owner. A water-mill and free fishery are mentioned in 1356 and two mills are referred to in 1656 and again in 1818. The Victoria County History for Northamptonshire has an article for Wadenhoe in Volume 3, pp 149-152. [edit] Research Tips[edit] A Vision of Britain through TimeA Vision of Britain through Time describes parishes and former parishes from a gazetteer of 1871; provides an outline of the historic administration links for parishes. The OS map of 1900, the OS map of 1935, and the OS map of 1965 all show parish boundaries and settlements within parishes. These maps are all expandable to show individual parishes and are useful for inspecting changes occuring over the 20th century. [edit] Archive Centres
[edit] Northamptonshire Family History SocietyThe NFHS website describes the activities of the society. The Society is presently transcribing the deposited Marriage Registers for the period 1754 through 1837. These transcriptions may provide more details than can be found on other databases where subscriptions are charged. [edit] GENUKIThe main GENUKI page for Northamptonshire lists a number of topics for research. [edit] Victoria County History
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Categories: Northamptonshire, England | Wadenhoe, Northamptonshire, England | Navisford Hundred, Northamptonshire, England | Oundle Rural, Northamptonshire, England | Oundle and Thrapston Rural, Northamptonshire, England | East Northamptonshire District, Northamptonshire, England | North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England |
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