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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

C HE .VI ES .

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Ashby John, farm er
M ontague G eorge Thos. w heelw right
B eilby H erbert, butcher
National Deposit F rien d ly Society
Cook John R eginald, T he Horse
(W illiam A. Rowe, divisional sec)
Perry Alfred, shoeing smith
Shoe P.H
Foxon Thom as, b rick m aker
S ayell Charles, farm er, Town farm
Gower Jam es, baker
S ayell H arry, fru it grower
G regory C harlotte Leah (M iss),sh pkpr ,S tevens Rhoda Laureta(M rs.),sh op kp r
COMMERCIAL.
Harrowell A lfd. farm er, Seabrook frm Tom pkins E rn est John, wheelwright
Alcock Phoebe (M rs.), shopkeeper, Hedges A rth u r, beer retailer
T u rn ey & Co. coal m erchants
Honour G eorge, boot m aker
Turney M ary Jane (M rs.) (exors. of).
Post office
Rosebery A rm s P.H
Archer Edwin, insurance agent, & H owlett A rth u r, oil m erchant
assistant overseer
Hows W m . Rd. farm r. W est End frm Wickens Jam es, Old Swan P.H
Archer Percy C. poultry dealer
Labrum J. R. & Son, coal m erchants W illiam s Frank, corn dealer
C H E N I E S (som etim es styled Isenham pstead Cheynes Duchess Anne (C arr), ob. 1680; i t has a circular base­
as distinguishing it from the neighbouring village of ment, supporting a pavilion of g rey m arble, upon which
IsenhampS'tead Latim ers) is a village and parish, and are the sittin g figures of the Duke and Duchess in an
stands on a chalk hill near the Chess stream which attitude of violen t grief, their bodies flung back and their
separates the parish from H ertfordshire, i£ m iles north­ heads buried in their hands, in th e an gu ish of petrified
west from Chorley Wood station on the M etropolitan d e sp a ir; m edallions of th eir children are ranged on
and G reat Central jo in t railw ay, 5 south-south-east either side in perpendicular rows and in the centre is
from Chesham , 3J north-north-w est from Rickm ans- that of the eldest, W illiam , Lord Russell, beheaded in
worth, in the Mid division of the county, hundred of Lincoln’s Inn fields, J u ly 21, 1683; the execution of this
Burnham, Chesham p etty sessional division, union of medallion is exceedingly good and the likeness to extant
Amersham, county court d istrict of Chesham , rural portraits rem arkable ; on the north w all is a monument
with reclining effigy, to Frances, wife of G yles, Lord
deanery of Am ersham , archdeaconry of Buckingham
and diocese of Oxford.
The houses are b u ilt of red Chandos, 1623; the m em orial to W riothesley, second
brick, solid and substantial, w ith high chim neys and Duke of Bedford K .G . d. M ay, 1711, and E lizabeth
pointed gables and well-trim m ed gardens before the (Howland) his wife, d. 1724, is an allegorical work by
doors, and the entire aspect of the village is old- S ir W. Cham bon R .A . and stands on the south s id e: in
fashioned.
The church of St. M ichael, thoroughh
the chapel there is also a large black m arble slab rest­
restored in 1861 a t a cost of about £1,600, by the late ing on four colum ns of white m arble com m em orates Lady
Dnke of Bedford, is chiefly of th e P erpendicular period, Frances B ourchier, daughter of W illiam , th ird E arl of
and consists of chancel w ith north aisle or chapel, nave, Bath, d. 1612, and sim ilar to this is the m onum ent to
south aisle, N orm an south porch, and an em battled John, E arl Russell K .G .. P.O. d. 28 May, 1878 ; above
western tower w ith tu rre t, b ut destitu te of parapet, is a m em orial to Odo, 1st Baron A m p th ill G .C .B . d. 25
containing 6 bells, recast in 1826, d u rin g the in cum ­ Aug. 1884; there are also various other m em orials,
bency of the Rev. John W ing, by M ears, of L o n d on ; besides inscriptions to various m em bers of the house of
there is a clock facing the e a s t ; the nave is separated Russell on the tom bs above m en tion ed; in the chancel is
from its aisle by three pointed arches of Decorated a m u ral tablet to the Rev. W illiam Morris M .A. 29 years
work on octagonal columns, and there are good two- rector of Chenies, d. 1824; in th e north aisle is an in ­
light windows of the sam e period in the chancel, the scribed tablet to M ary, widow of Sam u el A ttom i, of
rest of the church being P e rp e n d ic u la r; the font is Islington, esq. d. 1721, and there are brasses to John
Norman and cup-shaped, w ith foliaged scrolls round the Walliston Sm ith , ob. 1469, w ith his wives Isabella and
border and stands on a square b a s e ; opening from the Joh an n a; E dm und M olyneux esq. ob. 1484 and his wife
chancel on the north side is the R ussell chapel and below
Agnes, w ith effigies under a canopy; Anne, widow of Sir
.t is the vau lt where lie the rem ains of m ost of the David Philip, ob. 1510, w ith figure holding a heart, from
family who have borne the name for three centuries and which issue two scrolls, and on either side are pinnacles
a half, including E arl Russell, the distinguished states­ with shields of arm s, supporting a crocheted ogee canopy;
man, who died 28th May. 1878, and his son John. V is­ Agnes Johnson, widow, m other of Robert Leyff, rector,
count A m berley M .P. for N ottingham , who died 9th Jan. ob. 1551, w ith veiled effigy; E lizabeth, dau gh ter of John
1876; the ashes of Francis. 9th duke, who was cremated, Broughton esq. ob 1524. w ith effigy, shields and m arginal
were deposited here, Jan. 18 91; and here also was buried inscription; Richard Newland. rector, ob. 1484, w ith effigy
George W illiam , 10th duke, d. 23 M arch, 1893 ; on a stone and an in scrip tio n ; S ir Nicholas Sm ythe, parson, of
tablet in the chapel are the w o r d s “ Th ys Chapel Latim er, ob. 15 17 ; in th e chapel is the upper half of
ys built by Anne, Countesse of Bedford, wyfe to John an ancient stone statue of a man in arm our, boldly
Erie of Bedforde, according to ye la st w ill of the sayde sculptured in hard, cross-grained s to n e ; the pointed
Erie, A.D. 15 5 6 ;” the earliest m onum ent in th e chapel, bascinet, m ail g orget and em blazoned surcoat indicate
is the tomb of L a d y Anne, 1558, and of her husband, the date of the effigy to be of the la te r 14th or b e­
J5 5 4 , one of the finest of its kind in E u ro p e ; it is of ginning of the 15th century ; two m artlets only, of the
beautiful pink-veined alabaster and bears the recum bent heraldic bearings, rem ain, but the figure is supposed
figure of the earl, in plate arm our, w ith coronet, collar to represent S ir John Cheyne, lord of this m anor, who
of SS. and sword and of the countess in ermined died about 1440;lyin g beside th is is the figure of a
robes; on the sides of the tomb are the arm s of both, lady, som ewhat m utilated, dressed in a long robe, over
with the Russell m otto, “ Che Sara S a r a ” and inscrip­ which is the peculiar ja ck e t worn at th e beginning of
tions ; the faces are evidently careful likenesses, for the 15th cen tu ry ; th e head is attired in a caul and
the earl had lo st an eye in action and here the eye­ rests on a lozenge-shaped pillow ; the date is probably
lid droops over the socket as in life ; the m onum ent of about 14 13: in 1887 the church was restored, and a
the second earl, F rancis Iv.G. “ w ith the b ig h ead,'' ob. new screen erected at a cost of £2,672, and now affords
28th June, 1585, and M argaret (S t. John) his w ife, 150 sittings : the Bedford chapel was restored in 1906 :
adjoins, but is altogether inferior to that of his father and in the ch urchyard is an altar tom b, w ith arm s and
«mother; it has also recum bent effigies of alabaster, but inscription, to John Vernon gent, ob 1622. Th e re ­
coloured according to the taste of the 17th century, in gister of baptism s dates from the year 1592 ; m arriages
white, red and gold, while at the head of the figures is and burials 1593 and contains m any entries relatin g to
a raised frame with the arm s, coronet and supporters;
the fam ily of Russell. The livin g is a rectory, net
here also is another altar tomb, consisting of a slab of yearly value £335, w ith 6 acres of glebe, and residence,
black marble, supported on four columns and b earing the in th e g ift of the Duke of Bedford K .G . and held since
emgy of a lady in scarlet and ermine robes, w ith a 1886 by the Rev. Reginald Shann M .A . of T rin ity C ol­
•■oronet and a profusion of ornam ents and inscribed to lege, C am bridge.
H ere is a B aptist chapel, erected in
Anne, wife of Am brose (D udley) E arl of W arw ick and 1789, and seating 200 persons.
Ten alm shouses,
daughter of the above-named F ran cis, E arl of Bedford, founded and endowed here in 1603 by Anne Countess
and to her brothers and s iste r ; th e panels around the of W arw ick, dau gh ter of the second E arl of Bedford,
tomb inclose various shields of a r m s ; in the were sold in 1886 to the 9th Duke of Bedford K .G . and
middle of the south aisle is a gorgeous tomb with
dem olished in 1888 ; th e pensioners now receive m oney
* ™ a r recum bent figures, to Francis,second Lord Russell, instead of house-room. Under an order of H .M . C h arity
° i l 5 u \ laUgh and afterwards fourth E arl of Bedford, Com m issioners, the tru st has been dealt w ith as
9 ^“ May, 1641, and his Countess, Catherine (B rydges),
follow s:— a portion has been settled on the parish of
1 5 3 » behind the principal figures, within two niches in W otton-under-Edge, in G loucestershire and another
e v ail, are 0ther figures and inscriptions to their portion on the parish of Northaw, in H ertfordshire, both
daughters Frances, 1612. and E lizabeth, 1616; and of which parishes claim ed a rig h t to present to the alm s­
around the m onum ent the arm s of Russell, Chandos and houses ; the rem aining portion, including a sum realized
Jtners; at the w est end is the tomb of W illiam , first by th e sale of the alm shouses, is settled on the parish of
d e of Bedford K .G . ob. 7th Septem ber, 1700, and his Chenies, and th e interest, am ounting to about £62, is
Broad Rev. John Ashley (rector &
surrogate), R ectory
Harrowell Joseph, Gordon villa
Kitcat H erbert David P aul, The
Manor house
Mortimer John, The Lodge
Perkins Am os, Rose cottage