Courteenhall House Fete 2008-06-08 
Courteenhall Church, St. Peters and St Pauls
27 January 2008
In the Doomsday Survey there is mention of a priest and we may suppose there was a church, certainly there is evidence of a building which appears to have been an aisled structure. Norman architecture survives in one of the north pillars and the arch over the south door, thereby showing that the Church had a north and south aisle in the 12th century. In the 13th century the building was reconstructed. In the 14th century the chancel appears to have been rebuilt on its present plan and the south porch was added. The tower is more modern and was built in the 15th century. Towards the end of the 17th century the building was stated to be ‘rapidly falling into ruin’ but was extensively re-roofed and restored under the terms of Sir Samuel Jones’s will. The existing windows of the aisles were fitted, the walls plastered, ceilings were fixed and the church furnished with box pews and a “two-decker” pulpit, in accordance with puritan custom. These fittings were removed in 1883 when the floor level of the chancel was raised and the chancel nave re-floored with red tiles. Subsequently, in1887, the plaster was removed from the walls, the building re-roofed, choir stalls supplied and the north aisle ceiling was under-pinned with oak supports. Extensive external repairs were also carried out. The cost of all this amounted to £1,500. Electric lighting was installed in 1937 at a cost of £52 and the bells were re-cast. The churchyard was extended in 1916. In 1936 the parapet and roof of the tower were repaired at a cost of £120. Further repairs to the tower were completed in 2001 at a cost of £55,000.
Courteen Hall PlaceSargent Family Tree on Family Tree Maker
1. HUGH 2 SARGENT (JOHN 1) was born 1530 in Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England, and died 23 February 1596 in Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England. He married MARGARET GIFFORD 1554 in St. James, Northampton, daughter of NICHOLAS GIFFORD and AGNES MASTERS. She was born 1532 in St. James, Finedon, Northamptonshire, England, and died 28 Feb 1595 in Finedon, Northampton, England.
Notes for HUGH SARGENT:
Hugh Sargent must have been born about the year 1530. He died February 23,1595/6. (buried 1st of March)."
Hugh Sargent must have been born about the year 1530. He died February 23,1595/6. (buried 1st of March)."
Unverified information suggests that Hugh's father was "John Sargent b. 17 Dec 1504 Oxfordshire m. Ca 1524 Elizabeth in Courteenhall and that their ancester was probably Adam Le Serjaant, a burgess of Bridgenorth, Shropshire, England.
Possibly died 1595
Courteen Hall parish records go no further back than 1538. Probable that info on Hugh's ancestors would be as SARIANT, variation of Sargent. Hugh was haberdasher and drapper. Info may be in Guild records for Northamptonshire that period. Hugh probably born in East Hadden, Northamptonshire, circa 1530.
Very extensive data is published in volumes 71, 74, 75, of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, under their "Genealogical Research in England," "Gifford-Sargent," which provide exceptional complete lineages back to the Middle Ages, and Royal Lines.
From "Sargent Genealogy"
Aaron Sargent 1895: "Hugh Sargent (Sariant), the earliest known ancestor of the family lived in Courtenhall, County of Northhampton. Courtenhall was the inheritence of the Wake family which traces its descent back to Hereward the Wake, to a time anterior to the Norman Conquest... Prefixed to the first volumn of the parish register, which begins in the year 1538, and folded to its size, is a large piece of parchment, on which is transcribed many pedigrees. One of them is the family of Sargent... The rector of the church, Rev. Archibald Wake (1895), says, "The parchment show that the family were in Courtenhall in 1554, and were of gentle blood; and possible the Sargents were in the parish before a Wake entered it."
Margaret, wife of Hugh Sargent, was daughter of Nicholas and Agnes (Masters) Gifford, of the Abbey of St. James, which was a western suburb of the town of Northhampton. This abbey was a religious estate of considerable note, founded before the year 1112, by William Peverel, natural son of William the Conqueror, and to which he (Perverel) gave forty acres of land. It is called St. James end.
SOURCE NOTES:
Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, 6th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing County 1988.
Hugh Sargent, of Haddon and later of Courteenhall county Northampton, Gent., born probably about 1530, died 28 February 1595/6, and was buried at Courteenhall 1 March 1595/6. He married about 1554 ( the exact date of this Marriage is not known, as the parish registers of Duston, county Northampton, where the marriage undoubtedly took place, do not begin until the latter part of the seventeenth century.) Margaret Gifford, born about 1535, daughter of Nickolas, Gent, and Agnes (Maister) of St. James near Northampton
Children
i. Elizabeth, baptized 30 June 1555/6; married June 25 1576 Thomas Flynte
ii. Anne
iii. Nicholas, baptized 1 August 1559, married June 25, 1593 Elizabeth(-)Clark,Widow of John
iv. Roger born about 1560
v. Mary baptized 30 May 1565; married 5 May 1602 W. Osborn of Hanslope, county Bucks
vi. John baptized 25 April 1566, buried at Courteenhall 10 December 1614; married 20 November 1602 Joyce Church, baptized at Courteenhall 21 December 1574, buried there "a poor woman," 14 May 1643, daughter of Henry and Marie. Six Children, for whom Vide supra,p.58,footnote
vii. Jane, baptized at East Haddon 16 June 1567 married 28 October 1606 Arthur Clarke, alias Boterell, of Stony Stratford, county Bucks
viii. Alice, baptized at East Haddon 8 May 1659; married at Norhtampton, 6 October 1597 George Coles of Northampton
ix. Richard
x. Thomas
xi. George, baptized at Courteenhall 2 April 1573
xii. Magdalen, baptized at Courteenhall 9 July 1574
xiii. Robert, baptized at Courteenhall 30 October 1575
xiv. Michael, baptized at Courteenhall 27 December 1576
xv. Dorothy, baptized at Courteenhall 8 February 1758/9; died October 4, 1602 "being delivered of bd nine daies before"
Children
i. Elizabeth, baptized 30 June 1555/6; married June 25 1576 Thomas Flynte
ii. Anne
iii. Nicholas, baptized 1 August 1559, married June 25, 1593 Elizabeth(-)Clark,Widow of John
iv. Roger born about 1560
v. Mary baptized 30 May 1565; married 5 May 1602 W. Osborn of Hanslope, county Bucks
vi. John baptized 25 April 1566, buried at Courteenhall 10 December 1614; married 20 November 1602 Joyce Church, baptized at Courteenhall 21 December 1574, buried there "a poor woman," 14 May 1643, daughter of Henry and Marie. Six Children, for whom Vide supra,p.58,footnote
vii. Jane, baptized at East Haddon 16 June 1567 married 28 October 1606 Arthur Clarke, alias Boterell, of Stony Stratford, county Bucks
viii. Alice, baptized at East Haddon 8 May 1659; married at Norhtampton, 6 October 1597 George Coles of Northampton
ix. Richard
x. Thomas
xi. George, baptized at Courteenhall 2 April 1573
xii. Magdalen, baptized at Courteenhall 9 July 1574
xiii. Robert, baptized at Courteenhall 30 October 1575
xiv. Michael, baptized at Courteenhall 27 December 1576
xv. Dorothy, baptized at Courteenhall 8 February 1758/9; died October 4, 1602 "being delivered of bd nine daies before"
More About HUGH SARGENT: Burial: 01 March 1596, Courteenhall, Northampton, England. Christening: 1530, Courteenhall, Northampton, England, Great Britain. Education: Courteenhall, Northamptonshire. Record Change: 17 April 2005
Notes for MARGARET GIFFORD: Also spelled Giffard
Margaret, wife of Hugh Sargent, was daughter of Nicholas and Agnes (Masters) Gifford, of the Abbey of St. James, which was a western suburb of the town of Northhampton. This abbey was a religious estate of considerable note, founded before the year 1112, by William Peverel, natural son of William the Conqueror, and to which he (Perverel) gave forty acres of land. It is called St. James end.
TITL Sargent genealogy notes
AUTH M. Hamilton
PUBL private letter sent to Mrs. Lynn Nichols in November 1962 documents Sargents from Hattie and siblings to their grandfather John Bartlett very good
REPO
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CALN
MaineDI Letter
PennsylvaniaGE 2
ANCI St. James, England
More About MARGARET GIFFORD:
Burial: 28 February 1595, Finedon, Northampton, England
Christened: 1532, St. James, Finedon, Northampton
Record Change: 29 August 2004
found on ancestry.comHugh Sargent, Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England
BIRTH Hugh was born circa 1530 in England[1]
DEATH and BURIAL He died on 28 February 1596; he was 65[1]. He was buried on 1 March 1596 in Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England[1].
RESIDENCE Hugh was of East Haddon and later Courteenhall in Northamptonshire, England[2].
MARRIAGE Circa 1554 when Hugh was 24, he married Margaret GIFFORD, daughter of Nicholas GIFFORD and Agnes MAISTER, in Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England[1].
CHILDREN 2.
i. Elizabeth SARGENT Elizabeth was born in 1555/6 in Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England and was baptized there on 30 January 1555/6[4]. On 25 June 1576 when Elizabeth was 21, she married Thomas FLYNTE, in Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England[4]. 3.
ii. Anne SARGENT Anne was born circa 1557. 4.
iii. Nicholas SARGENT Nicholas was born in 1559 in Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England and was baptized there on 1 August 1555[5]. On 27 November 1593 when Nicholas was 34, he married Elizabeth [surname not known], in Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England[5]. 5.
iv. Roger SARGENT Please see his own page. 6.
v. Mary SARGENT Mary was born in 1565 in Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England and was baptized there on 30 May 1565[5]. On 5 May 1602 when Mary was 37, she married W. OSBORNE[5], who was of Hanslope, Buckinghamshire, England[5]. 7.
vi. John SARGENT John was born in 1566 in Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England and was baptized there on 25 April 1566[5]. John died in 1614; he was 48. He was buried on 10 December 1614 in Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England[5]. On 20 November 1602 when John was 36, he married Joyce CHURCH, in Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England[5]. 8.
vii. Jane SARGENT Jane was born in 1567 in East Haddon, Northamptonshire, England and was baptized there on 16 June 1567[5]. Jane married Arthur CLARKE alias BOTERELL, who was of Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England[5]. 9.
viii. Alice SARGENT Alice was born in 1569 in East Haddon, Northamptonshire, England and was baptized there on 8 May 1569[5]. On 6 October 1597 when Alice was 28, she married George COLES, in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England[5]. 10.
ix. Richard SARGENT We know nothing more of Richard. 11.
x. Thomas SARGENT We know nothing more of Thomas. 12.
xi. George SARGENT George was born in 1573 in Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England and was baptized there on 2 April 1573[5]. 13.
xii. Magdalen SARGENT Magdalen was born in 1574 in Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England and was baptized there on 9 July 1574[5]. 14.
xiii. Robert SARGENT Robert was born in 1575 in Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England and was baptized there on 30 October 1575[5]. 15.
xiv. Michael SARGENT Michael was born in 1576 in Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England and was baptized there on 27 December 1576[5]. 16.
xv. Dorothy SARGENT Dorothy was born in 1578 in Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England and was baptized there on 8 February 1578/9[5]. Dorothy died in Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England on 4 October 1602; she was 24[5].
GENERATION FAMILY NUMBER SOURCES 1. Edward Carroll Death Record, 19 October 1899, Lynn, Essex county, Massachusetts, 1866, 192, p. 186, #337.
found on ancestry.com
Hugh Sargent, Earliest Known Ancestor 1530
From Sargent Geneaology book (no date, author or publisher known)
Chapter entitled "English Ancestry"
Hugh Sargent (Sarient), the earliest known ancestor of the family, lived in Courteenhall, County of Northhampton. Courteenhall was the inheritance of the Wake family, which traces its descent back to Hereward the Wake, to a time anterior to the Norman conquest. It is five and a quarter miles southerly from the town of Northampton, and in 1831 contained 144 inhabitants.
Prefixed to the first volume of the parish register, which begins in the ear 1538, and folded to its size, is a large piece of parchment on which is very neatly transcribed many pedigrees. One of them is of the family of Sargent. There can be no doubt that this piece of work, which is both most useful and rare, was written by a former rector, who had a first hand the facts which he record.
The rector of the church, Rev. Archibald Wake (1895), says “The parchment shows that the family were in Courteenhall in 1554, and were of gentle blood; and possibly the Sargents were in the parish before a Wake entered it.”
Margaret, wife of Hugh Sargent, was daughter of Nicholas and Agnes (Masters) Gifford, of the Abbey of St. James, which was a western suburb of the town of Northhampton. This abbey was a religious estate of considerable note, founded before the year 1112, by William Peverel, natural son of William the Conquerer, and to which he (Peverel) gave 40 acres of land. It is called St. James End.
found on ancestry.com
Hugh Sargeant Information for this family is from: New England Historical and Genealogical Record, Vol. 74, pg. 281 and Vol. LXXX, pg. 58 (Genealogical Research in England).
(Extensive data is published in volumes 71, 74, 75, of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, under their "Genealogical Research in England," "Gifford-Sargent," which provide exceptional complete lineages back to the Middle Ages, and Royal Lines.)
Parish Registers for Ease Hadden, Northamptonshire, England (see Masters Family Information)Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists.........Weis
Sargeant Family Histories...Aaron Sargent and Elbert Thomas (owned by Annette (Strange) Carroll). Elbert Thomas cites few sources in his Sargeant History.
Sargent Genealogy by John S. Sargent
In 1530, when Hugh Sargeant was born, Henry VIII was King of England. Henry VIII was married to Catherine of Aragon and had a daughter, Mary but had no male heirs. While still married, he wanted to marry Anne Boleyn, hoping for a male heir, but the Catholic Church would not allow it. Therefore he planned to desolve the Catholic Church and make himself head of the new Church of England. In 1533 he married Anne Boleyn, and in 1534 England broke away from the Roman church.In 1554 when Hugh and Margaret (Gifford) were married, Mary, daughter of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, who was a Catholic, was the Catholic Queen of England. She married Philip of Spain and Catholicism was restored. Lady Jane Grey whom Lord Northumberland had tried to put on the throne and also Lord Dudley were executed. The bloody presecution of Protestants began in 1555.
Information from Sargent Genealogy, Hugh Sargent, of Courteenhall, Northamptonshire And His Descendants in England, by John S. Sargent, Chicago, Illinois:
Hugh Sargent (Sariant), the earliest known ancestor of the family, lived in Courteenhall, County of Northampton. Courteenhall was the inheritance of the Wake family, which traces its descent back to Hereward the Wake, to a time prior to the Norman Conquest. It is five and a quarter miles southerly from the town of Northampton, and in 1831 contained one hundred and forty-four inhabitants. The church is dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
Prefixed to the first volume of the parish register, which begins in the year 1538, and folded to its size, is a large piece of parchment, on which is very neatly transcribed many pedigrees. One of them is of the family of Sargent.
There can be no doubt that this piece of work, which is both useful and rare, was written by a former rector, who had at first hand the facts which he recorded.The rector of the church, Rev. Archibald Wake (1895), says, "The parchment shows that the family were in Courteenhall in 1554 and were of gentle blood. Possibly the Sargents were in the parish before a Wake entered it." Hugh Sargent must have been born about the year 1530. He died 23 February 1595/1596, (buried 1 Mar). That he heeded the Scripture injunction, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth," is evidenced by the fact that he was the father of fifteen children, the eldest having been born in 1556, and the youngest in 1579.
Hugh Sargeant was also said to be "of East Hadden", Northamptonshire, England.
He was possibly married in Duston, Northamptonshire, England.
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