Location and general description
Located on the Windrush valley just upstream from Burford, Oxon.
Buildings
St Peter's Church
Hound Mill (aka Little Barrington Papermill)
This mill was one of
those on the Windrush that was used for
paper production in the 18th C, others being at Upton, Oxon., and Widford, Oxon.
In his Will of 1672, John GODFREY (-abt 1674) left lands in Barrington to his daughter Elizabeth (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office: DR 18/1/1833), who married George GOLDSMITH. In 1674, the year the Will was proved, the Hound Mill belonged to John GODFREY. GODFREY’s grandson, John GOLDSMITH, sold it in 1700 to Isaac HEMING who then conveyed it to William MINCHIN (his son-in-law) in 1710. There were conflicting indications as to what was there, with three corn mills mentioned at about the same time as two corn mills and a fulling-mill. (Elrington, 1965)
The Manor of Little Barrington
In 1557 Mary VAMPAGE sold a third of the manor in to William REED. About which time, the other thirds were held by Stephen MATTHEWS and Humphrey SMITH. [Elrington, 1965, n.p.]In 1570 Stephen MATTHEWS bought the REEDs third from Giles REED. [Elrington, 1965, n.p.]
In 1652 Robert JORDAN (-1658) of Fulbrook, Oxon., purchased a two thirds share of the Manor of Little Barrington from William and Katherine MATTHEWS. [Elrington, 1965, n.p.]
In 1610 Edm. BRAY (-1620) of Taynton, Oxon., granted the manors of Great and Little Barrington to his grandson Sir Giles BRAY (Gloucestershire Record Office: D4247/1)
In 1702, the SMITH's share of the manor was held by Thomas SMITH, who settleed it at that time upon his son Humphrey SMITH. [Elrington, 1965, n.p.]
People
The BRAY family
The nearby Manor or Great Barrington, Oxon., was the seat of an offshoot from the Surrey BRAY family who were based at Shere, Surrey, amidst the paper and gunpowder making centre of the Tillingbourne Valley.The JORDAN Family
The Robert JORDAN who bought little Barrington Manor was one of the sons of the sons of Robert JORDAN of the Middle Temple, from whom sprang influential JORDAN families in Burford, Oxon, and Witney, Oxon. He died on 8 Feb 1657/58 (according to a memorial in Fulbrook), at which time his wife was Abigail (nee SYLVESTER), though this appears to have been a second marriage. Robert and Abigail married on 5 Nov 1640, Burford, Oxon, the same day as Anna SYLVESTER and Humphrey SMITH were also married at that church.
The GODFREY family
In 1674 the Hound Mill belonged to John GODFREY (-abt 1674), one of the GODFREY family of Milton, Oxon. and Holwell, Oxon. His grandson, John GOLDSMITH, sold in 1700 to Isaac HEMING who then conveyed it to William MINCHIN (his son-in-law) in 1710. There were conflicting indications as to what was there with three corn mills mentioned at about the same time as two corn mills and a fulling-mill. [Elrington, 1965, n.p.]
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Bibliography
- ELRINGTON, C. R. (editor), A History of the County
of Gloucester: volume 6 (1965), 'Parishes: Great and Little
Barrington', A History of the County of Gloucester: volume 6 (1965),
pp. 16-27. URL:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66423 Date
accessed: 18 April 2008.