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Rothley in Leicester County England History and GeographyROTHLEY, a parish comprising the chapelries of Keyham, Wartnaby, and Wycomb with Chadwell, in the eastern, and the chapelry of Mountsorrel, and the extra-parochial liberty of Rothley-Temple, in the western, division of the hundred of GOSCOTE, county of LEICESTER, 1½ mile (S. by E.) from Mountsorrel, and containing 1349 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, rated in the king's books at £11. 0. 5., and in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of Thomas Babington, Esq., as lord of the manor and soke of Rothley. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is large and ancient, and contains some curious old monuments: it was given, with the manor, by Henry III. to the Knights Templars, who settled a commandery at Rothley Temple, which mansion is remarkable as being one of the few founded by that order, now remaining in the kingdom: it subsequently came to the Knights Huspitallers, and at the dissolution, was valued at £87. 13. 4. per annum. In the churchyard is the shaft of an ancient stone cross; and, in 1722, a Roman pavement, with foundations of walls, was discovered in the village. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The official of the lord of the manor holds visitations and a spiritual court twice a year, both for ecclesiastical and civil matters; its jurisdiction not only extending over the parish, but to several other parts of the county, in which it is the most extensive manor, enjoying the privileges of court leet, court baron, &c., oyer, terminer, and gaol delivery, independent of the rest of the county. The custom of gavelkind is still observed throughout the soke. The river Soar forms a boundary of the parish. Bartholomew Hickling, in 1691, founded and endowed a school for fourteen boys; and, in 1736, Elizabeth Daniel bequeathed a small sum, to be applied for teaching six girls. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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