Benchmark - Holy Trinity - Teigh, Rutland - European Historic Survey Stones, Monuments and Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

A cut benchmark on the north west corner of the Holy Trinity Church, Teigh. Cut into the ashlar buttress of the newer part of the church.

"The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as ‘Tie’ and the first reference to a church at Tie was around 1100. Teigh has had a notorious Rector. In 1321 Teigh had a Richard de Folville as Rector (visit link) , a ruffian priest who often joined his lawless and at that time out-lawed relations the Folvilles of Ashby Folville in Leicestershire and Newbold Folville in Hungtingdon, in exploits of robbery and even murder. He ended his career in 1341, defending himself in Teigh church against the under-sheriff and his men, who overpowered him, dragged him out and cut off his head in the village street.

In 1478 the Sherards first appear as rectors and patrons of the church. In 1604 a Zacharias Jenkinson became rector. A Puritan who was frequently in trouble for refusing to bow at the name of Jesus and not standing when reading from the gospels."

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The tower of Holy Trinity church, Tiegh, is all that remains of the medieval church, following a disastrous fire in the 18th-century.

The church of the Holy Trinity was rebuilt in 1782 in the Gothic style of the day by the fourth Earl of Harborough (rector 1743–73), the west tower, which is of 14th-century date, being alone retained. The entrance is at the west end through the tower.

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