Hampton Poyle

Hampton Poyle is a village beside the River Cherwell, about northeast of Kidlington in Oxfordshire, England. HistoryIn the 13th century Hampton Poyle was granted to Walter de la Poyle. Its toponym combines his surname with the Old English for a village or farm. The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin dates from the 13th century. The building was restored in 1844 and again in 1870, on the latter occasion under the direction of the Gothic Revival architect G. E. Street. St. Mary's is now part of the Church of England parish of Kidlington with Hampton Poyle. In 1596 Bartholomew Steer of Hampton Poyle led inhabitants of both his own village and Hampton Gay to plot an agrarian revolt against landowners enclosing arable land and turning it into sheep pasture. The rebels planned to murder landowners including the lord of the manor of Hampton Gay and then to march on London. A carpenter at Hampton Gay warned the lord of that manor, five ringleaders were arrested and taken to London for trial. Steer was tortured and in 1597 two of his co-conspirators were sentenced to be hanged and quartered. However, the Government also recognised the cause of the rebels' grievance and determined that "order should be taken about inclosures. . . that the poor may be able to live". Parliament duly passed an Act (39 Eliz. 1 c. 2) to restore to arable use all lands that had been converted to pasture since the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558.

Hampton Poyle is a village beside the River Cherwell, about northeast of Kidlington in Oxfordshire, England. HistoryIn the 13th century Hampton Poyle was granted to Walter de la Poyle. Its toponym combines his surname with the Old English for a village or farm. The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin dates from the 13th century. The building was restored in 1844 and again in 1870, on the latter occasion under the direction of the Gothic Revival architect G. E. Street. St. Mary's is now part of the Church of England parish of Kidlington with Hampton Poyle. In 1596 Bartholomew Steer of Hampton Poyle led inhabitants of both his own village and Hampton Gay to plot an agrarian revolt against landowners enclosing arable land and turning it into sheep pasture. The rebels planned to murder landowners including the lord of the manor of Hampton Gay and then to march on London. A carpenter at Hampton Gay warned the lord of that manor, five ringleaders were arrested and taken to London for trial. Steer was tortured and in 1597 two of his co-conspirators were sentenced to be hanged and quartered. However, the Government also recognised the cause of the rebels' grievance and determined that "order should be taken about inclosures. . . that the poor may be able to live". Parliament duly passed an Act (39 Eliz. 1 c. 2) to restore to arable use all lands that had been converted to pasture since the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558.