HOLDENBY, a parish in the hundred of NOBOTTLEGROVE,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 6 miles (N.W. by N.)
from Northampton, containing 149 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton,
and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's books
at £20. 2.11., and in the patronage of the Crown. The
church is dedicated to All Saints. This is the birthplace
of Sir Christopher Hatton, Lord High Chancellor
in the reign of Elizabeth, who built the once magnificent
mansion of Holdenby House, part of which is
still remaining. Here Charles I. was confined, on being
surrendered by the Scottish army to the parliamentary
commissioners.