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acknowledge the source of any information used from these pages. Richard Buckby and Anne Patrick© The son of James Buckby and his wife Sarah (nee Nichols), Richard Buckby was baptized in the Parish Church Maidwell, Northamptonshire on the 22nd August 17411. The next we hear of Richard is when he marries Ann Patrick, after Banns, in the Parish Church, Rothwell, on the 6th December, 17622, the marriage was conducted by Thos Barnett, Vicar. Both Richard and Ann were from the parish, and both made their Mark. The witnesses were John Groocock and William Thomson. A possible record for Ann's baptism has been located in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire. Hannah the daughter of Joseph Patrick, Mason, and Mary his wife was born June 24th, Baptised July 1st, 1744, in the St Mary the Virgin Parish Church1. Burton Latimer is approx, 12km south-south-east of Rothwell.
Rothwell is 10km north-north-east of Maidwell and 5km south of Desborough,
overlooking the gentle Ise Valley, and the ridge on which present day Rothwell
stands has witnessed the comings and goings of countless generations3.
It is here four thousand years ago, that Bronze Age mourners buried their dead
alongside offerings of food in coarse vessels. Some two thousand years later
Romano-British people built a settlement. Dark Age invaders came next and
founded the Danish settlement of ‘Rodewell’ or the ‘place of the red well’,
presumably so called because of the area's many freshwater springs coloured red
by iron minerals. By the early Middle Ages, Rothwell or ‘Rowell’ as it is known
Parts of Holy Trinity Church date back to the early part of the 12th Century during the reign of Henry I, but soon after it came into the possession of the wealthy Augustinian Abbey of Cirencester4. The church benefited greatly from this with most of the present building being completed and greatly extended from the original Norman building in the 13th Century. During the 14th Century a fine eastward extension as built to form a lofty sanctuary, and around 1530 a spire was added to the west tower. With the dissolution of the monasteries came a decline in the fortunes of Holy Trinity, and in 1570 it was described as being 'like a dovecote', that is full of holes! Further damage was done in 1660 when lightning struck the spire, causing it to crash down, ruining the north aisle. By 1673, the large crumbling building could no longer be maintained and a decision was made to demolish the north and south transepts. However, another blow came in 1750 when an earthquake caused more severe damage. Historical records of the church suggest this damage went largely unrepaired for over 50years as, in 1819, it was reported that 'the church had fallen into such a state of dilapidation for the decent celebration of public worship. A hundred years later, in the 1900s, there was a tremendous rescue effort costing £1200. Undertaken by the Parish without any outside help, the building you see today is a fine tribute to their efforts. Deep under the floor of the church, near the south door is the Holy Trinity’s Crypt or Charnel House, one of only two remaining in England. Local legend suggests that little was known about its existence until the day a hapless gravedigger fell into the crypt whilst working in the church many years ago, falling some twelve feet through pitch darkness into a mass of bones. Villagers have long believed the disarticulated skeletons in the Crypt were victims of the plague or soldiers from the nearby battle of Naseby. However, research by experts at the University of Sheffield's Department of Archaeology suggest the crypt, was a medieval monument for pilgrims and villagers who prayed among the bones of their ancestors. Today, the 13th Century Crypt is a major tourist attraction. Only two children of Richard and Ann have so far been identified in the records: John 1763, he married Mary Threadgold 1783; and Mary 1765. Public Family Trees on Ancestry5 suggest Ann died around 1805, but to-date, and a possible burial record has been located for her in Rothwell on the 25th October, 18056. Richard was buried in Rothwell on the 7th April, 18166, he was 77 years old.
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