CHURCH OF GILLINGHAM, NORFOLK. 143 The first mention of Gillingham All Saints is in the reign of Stephen, when that king granted the same to Hugh de -—'"--"- j^ descended to Bigot on his beino; created Earl of Norfolk CrEinRAL GPO(/WD SMCVJIHO THE CHUfiCHfS S CHUffCWrA RDJ cf (f: MARY fiND ALL SAINTS QlLLlUGHAm PLAN. £.0 Ground Plan of St. Mary's and All Saints'. Edward I. by gift, then to the Mowbrays, Dukes of Norfolk. (In this reign the Rector had 34 acres, but no manse, and the living was valued at 9 marks, Peter-pence 12d. carvage 3c?.) It then passed to the Howards. The churches of St. Andrew at Windeston, and St. Andrew at Wyndell, were consohdated with Gillingham All Saints ; the former on the 9th day of February, 1440, and the latter the 20th day of July, 1449 : after this consolidation, All Saints was valued at 61. 8s. 9cl. in Henry VIII. 's reign. It was forfeited to the Crown in Queen EHzabeth's reign, and granted by James I. to Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton ; then it passed to the Earl of Surrey, and from him to Sir Nicholas Bacon, Bart. The value before the demolition of the church, in 1^748, was 51. 6s. Sd. The church consisted of two aisles and a chancel covered with thatch, and a square tower with three bells. The tower is the only part standing ; the other parts were pulled down in 1748, and the flint used to mend the roads. VOL. VII. U
