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30-595: Burdrop is a village in Sibford Gower civil parish , about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) west of Banbury in Oxfordshire , England. Burdrop is contiguous with Sibford Gower and sometimes considered part of the village. Burdrop's toponym means the "hamlet near the burh ", which implies it was near a fortified settlement. Burdrop was part of the parish of Swalcliffe until 1841, when a new ecclesiastical parish of Sibford Gower, with Sibford Ferris and Burdrop

60-406: A Quaker meeting-house was built on land bought for the purpose by Bray D'Oyley, Thomas Fardon and Thomas Gilkes. By 1682 it had a burial ground. In 1736 a gallery was added inside the meeting-house to accommodate its growing congregation. The 1851 Census recorded that 112 people attended its Sunday meeting. In 1865 the old meeting-house was replaced with the present one southwest of the village, on

90-506: A letter from the king urging him to keep his office despite any baronial interlopers. He remained sheriff until 1264, and sometimes ignored the provisions of Magna Carta by acting as justice itinerant in his own shire and also in Buckinghamshire and Hampshire . In 1261 he was also made justice of the forests south of Trent , and in 1263 king's seneschal . In April 1262 he held forest pleas at Worcester . On 12 December 1263, he

120-526: A mandate from the king, now under the control of the barons , not to admit any justice or other officer appointed by Edward to Ireland unless the appointment had the consent of the king and the barons. However, he ceased to hold office soon after this, Stephen Longespee being found acting as justiciar in October 1258. During the barons' wars la Zouche adhered to the king. He was on 9 July 1261 appointed High Sheriff of Northamptonshire , receiving in October

150-485: A school by 1612 and its first schoolroom was built in 1623. A new cottage for the schoolmaster was built in 1818. In 1825 the school had 59 pupils, but this declined to 40 in 1833. The vicar of Swalcliffe complained in 1837 that the charity was mismanaged, its buildings were ruinous and the master and his wife were not competent. In 1866 the buildings were replaced with a new school and master's house. Pupil numbers recovered to 56 in 1871 and 68 in 1890. Quakers and Wesleyans in

180-615: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sibford Gower Sibford Gower is a village and civil parish about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) west of Banbury in Oxfordshire , on the north side of the Sib valley, opposite Sibford Ferris . Sibford Gower parish includes the village of Burdrop . The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 508. Much of the village is a conservation area. The Domesday Book of 1086 records two Norman -held manors at Sibford Gower. In 1086 William, son of Corbicion held 10 hides there, which

210-776: Is no known record of where he learnt his trade, but as he was a Quaker he would have been apprenticed to a fellow Quaker; possibly Richard Gilkes of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in London. Thomas Gilkes died in 1743. Thomas Gilkes trained two of his sons as clockmakers: a third Thomas (1704–57), who then worked in Charlbury as both a clockmaker and a Quaker minister, and Richard (1715–87) who established his business in West Adderbury . John Fardon (1700–43) of Deddington also served his apprenticeship with

240-737: The Wars of the Roses and fought at the Battle of Bosworth Field . Lovell survived Richard's defeat but Henry VII ordered the forfeiture of all his titles. In about 1225 William of Wheatfield, feoffee of the de Quincy manor, granted land in Sibford Gower to the Knights Templar , who had held land in neighbouring Sibford Ferris since the middle of the 12th century. Slightly later the elder Alan la Zouche also granted land to them. In 1314, when

270-428: The inclosure award for Sibford Gower divided 1,666 acres (674 ha) between 48 landholders. The largest award was 257 acres (104 ha) to New College, Oxford , which had held the rectory of Swalcliffe since 1389 and over the years had extended its estates into Sibford Gower. A Quaker congregation was established in the village by 1669, when it met in the home of the clockmaker Thomas Gilkes. In 1678 or 1681

300-611: The Bishop Blaize Inn dates from 1816. Its namesake is Saint Blaise , an early 4th-century Armenian bishop who is the patron saint of wool-combers. By the 21st century the Bishop Blaize Inn was the only pub in Burdrop still trading now as Blaze Inn Saddles, a venue for motorcyclists who travel from all over the country to enjoy splendid views and fabulous hospitality. [REDACTED] Media related to Burdrop at Wikimedia Commons This Oxfordshire location article

330-655: The Friends' Meeting House in 1785. He moved his business to Shipston-on-Stour in Warwickshire , and he died in 1809. Ezra Enock or Enoch (1799–1860) was born in Sibford Gower. From 1827 he traded in Whitechapel in East London, but in 1832 he returned to Sibford Gower where he remained for the rest of his life. His son John Enock (1834–83) traded as a clock repairer in adjoining villages. Sibford Gower had

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360-617: The King's Arms. The Wykham Arms was licensed as an ale-house by 1793. It was built in the 17th century, possibly as a farmhouse. The King's Arms is no longer trading, and the Wykham Arms is now a gastropub . Alan la Zouche (1205%E2%80%931270) The surname "la Zouche" may have derived from souch or zuche in Norman French indicating someone of stocky build. He was the elder son of Roger de la Zouche and Margaret Biset and

390-513: The elder Thomas Gilkes in Sibford. Gilkes pioneered a clockmaking industry in north Oxfordshire villages with such success that his fellow-Quakers, including several further members of the Gilkes and Fardon families, dominated the trade in parts of the district for the next 150 years. Later clockmakers in Sibford Gower were also Quakers. John Wells' date of birth is unknown but he was married in

420-963: The estate. The "Gower" part of the village's toponym is derived from a variant of "Goher". The other manor was of 11 hides and was held by Hugh de Grandmesnil . His son Ivo de Grandmesnil mortgaged the family estates to Robert de Beaumont , Count of Meulan in 1102. Ivo died that same year, and the Crown allowed de Beaumont to keep the Grandmesnil estates. In 1204 Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester died childless, leaving Sibford Gower to his younger sister Margaret, wife of Saer de Quincy . When their son Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester died in 1264 Sibford Gower passed to his eldest daughter Ellen or Helen, wife of Alan la Zouche . She left it to their grandson Alan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche of Ashby , who left it to his daughter Maud, wife of Robert de Holland, 1st Baron Holand . In 1328 Holland

450-593: The four cantreds in North Wales . Matthew Paris says that he got this office by outbidding his predecessor, John de Grey . He offered to pay twelve hundred marks for the post instead of five hundred. La Zouche boasted that Wales was nearly all reduced to obedience to the English laws , but his high-handed acts provoked royal interference and censure. He continued in office as the Lord Edward 's deputy after

480-653: The grandson of Alain de Porhoet who took the name Alan la Zouche when he arrived in England. This elder Alan, the first of the family to be established in England , was a younger son of Geoffrey, viscount of Porhoet in Brittany (d. 1141); Geoffrey's older brother, Odo II, Viscount of Porhoët , was for a few years Count of Brittany , by marriage. Under Henry II Alain de Porhoet, or Alan la Zouche, established himself in England, and married Adeline de Belmais, sole heiress of

510-762: The house of Belmais, her inheritance including Tong Castle in Shropshire , Ashby (afterwards called Ashby-de-la-Zouch ) in Leicestershire , North Molton in Devonshire , and other lands in Cambridgeshire and elsewhere. Alain and Adeline's son Roger la Zouche (1182-1238), succeeded in turn to these estates. Roger's support for Arthur of Brittany was almost fatal to him in 1203, but he managed to regain King John 's favour. On 10 November 1228 he

540-674: The injured Zouches. He died on 10 August, and on 20 October his son Roger inherited his estate. Alan's brother Eudo established the branch of the la Zouche family at Harringworth in Northamptonshire . Alan la Zouche was a benefactor of the Knights Templars , to whom he gave lands at Sibford , and to the Belmeis family foundation of Buildwas Abbey , after having carried on protracted lawsuits with that house. Alan la Zouche married Helen (d. 20 August 1296), one of

570-683: The king's grant of Chester and Wales to his eldest son. Ireland had been among the lands which Edward had received from Henry III in 1254. In the spring of 1256, la Zouche was sent there in service to Lord Edward, and soon afterwards he was appointed justiciar of Ireland under Edward, his first official mandate being dated 27 June 1256. In 1257 he was still in Ireland. In April 1258 he was ordered to repay 60 shillings which he had borrowed from Edward to supply food for 300 members of Edward's household while they were in Ulster . On 28 June 1258 he received

600-410: The last of the Knights Templar in England were suppressed, their estate at Sibford Gower was 10 yardlands and was assessed as 1 ⁄ 4 of a knight's fee. Sibford Gower Manor House was built in the 17th century. Frank Lascelles , who grew up in the village, had it substantially remodelled between 1907 and 1915. Until 1773 Sibford Gower had a single open field of 80 yardlands. In 1774

630-529: The parish held a public meeting in 1891 at which they objected to the school being classified as Church of England. The Charity Commissioners agreed that there was no specific requirement for its pupils to be taught in accordance with the Church of England. The school was enlarged and in 1903 could accommodate 139 pupils, but actual attendance averaged 81. It was enlarged again in 1960 and is now an Endowed Primary School . In 1782 Sibford Gower had only one pub ,

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660-619: The road to Hook Norton . Sibford Gower had a Wesleyan congregation by the first decade of the 19th century, for which a chapel was built in 1827. The 1851 Census recorded that it held two Sunday services, with congregations of 95 and 112. It became part of the Methodist Union in 1932 and was a member of the Chipping Norton and Stow-on-the-Wold Circuit . It was refurbished in 1962–63 and closed in June 2014. Sibford Gower

690-464: The terms of the surrender of Kenilworth Castle . On 23 June 1267, after the peace between Henry III and Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Gloucester , he was appointed warden of London and constable of the Tower . He continued in office until Michaelmas , whereupon his tenure was prolonged until Easter 1268. In 1270 la Zouche had a suit against Earl Warenne with regard to a certain estate. On 19 June

720-414: The trial was proceeding before the justices at Westminster Hall , and la Zouche seemed likely to win the case. He was murderously attacked by Earl Warenne and his followers. Roger , his son, was wounded and driven from the hall; Alan himself was seriously injured and left on the spot. He was still surviving when, on 4 August, Warenne made his peace with the crown and agreed to pay substantial compensation to

750-565: Was appointed Sheriff of Devonshire . On 28 January 1237 he witnessed the signature of Henry III confirming Magna Carta . On 15 June 1242 Alan was summoned to attend the king, Henry III, with horses and arms in Gascony . He was at La Sauve in October, at Bordeaux in March and April 1243, and at La Réole in November. Before 6 August 1250 la Zouche was appointed justice of Chester and of

780-480: Was assessed as one knight's fee . By 1122 Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick held this manor. The last known reference to its feudal overlordship was under Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick in 1458. By 1190 the feoffee of the Beaumont manor was a Norman, William Goher. In the 1220s the family seem to have rebelled against the Crown and forfeited their lands, but by 1242–43 Thomas Goher had recovered

810-617: Was created. The Church of England parish church of the Holy Trinity was built in 1840 to plans by the architect H.J. Underwood . It is a cruciform Gothic Revival building that emulates an Early English Gothic style. The porch was designed by W.E. Mills and added in 1897. In 1782 Burdrop was recorded as having two pubs : the Old Inn and the Wykeham Arms. (In fact the latter is in Sibford Gower.) The earliest known record of

840-433: Was executed for treason, but his family kept the manor and it passed to his son Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent . He left it to his niece Maud, wife of John Lovel, 5th Baron Lovel, who held the manor in 1374. It descended with his heirs until John Lovel, 8th Baron Lovel, who died in 1465. No subsequent records of the overlordship of this manor are known. His son Francis Lovell, 1st Viscount Lovell supported Richard III in

870-499: Was one of the royalist barons who agreed to submit all points of dispute to the arbitration of Louis IX . According to some accounts he was taken prisoner early in the battle of Lewes by John Giffard . He escaped almost immediately and took refuge in Lewes Priory , where he is said to have been found after the fight disguised as a monk. In the summer of 1266 he was one of the committee of twelve arbitrators appointed to arrange

900-517: Was part of the Church of England parish of Swalcliffe until 1841, when a new ecclesiastical parish of Sibford Gower, with Sibford Ferris and Burdrop was created. The Church of England parish church of the Holy Trinity in Burdrop was built in 1840 to serve the new parish. Sibford Gower became associated with clockmaking in the 17th century. Thomas Gilkes was born in Sibford Gower in about 1665 and pioneered clockmaking in north Oxfordshire. There

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