Everything about Ashby St Ledgers totally explained
Ashby St Ledgers is a
village in the
Daventry district of the county of
Northamptonshire in
England.
In
2005 the
Queen bought the Ashby St Ledgers estate so it became part of the
Crown estate. The
manor house is said to be where, in
1605, the
Gunpowder Plot was plotted. The estate will continue to be run as an agricultural business, but run by the Rural directorate of the Crown estate.
The
village pub is called the Olde Coach House Inn. The village
church is dedicated to
Saint Mary.
History
Ashby St Ledgers was first mentioned in the
Domesday Book, which gave the place name as Ascebi ("ash tree settlement"). In
Norman times, a
church was erected on the site, dedicated to
Saint Leodegarius, from whom the modern-day name is derived. The
manor was given as a gift to
Hugh de Grentemaisnil by
William the Conqueror and passed to various other occupants until
1375 when it passed into the
Catesby family, and became their principal residence.
The manor was briefly confiscated after the attainder and execution of
William Catesby, one of
Richard III's counsellors, after losing the
Battle of Bosworth in
1485, but was later returned to his son, George. It passed down the male line to Robert Catesby's father,
Sir William Catesby, who managed to hold on to the property in spite of massive debts caused by recusancy fines and years of imprisonment for his stubborn adherence to the
Roman Catholic faith.
The manor's central location was also more convenient to the houses of the Catesby's many friends and relations. It is this central location that made Ashby St Ledgers a type of 'Command Centre' during the planning of the
Gunpowder Plot. It was here, in the room above the Gatehouse, with its privacy from the main house and clear view of the surrounding area, that Robert Catesby and the other conspirators planned a great deal of the Gunpowder Plot. After the plot failed the property passed to
Sir William Irving.
Today the manor house is suffering from decay and neglect, and is in need of
restoration. The former owner,
Lord Wimborne, estimates it'll take about £10 million to save it for future generations.
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