LOWICK, a parish in the hundred of HUXLOE,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 2 miles (N. W. by N.) from
Thrapstone, containing 419 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and
diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's books at
£ 16. 8. 11., and in the patronage of the Duke of Dorset.
The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a handsome
edifice in the later style of English architecture, with a
remarkably elegant tower crowned with pinnacles and
a large octagonal lantern: the windows exhibit some
brilliant specimens of ancient stained glass; and near
the chancel is a mutilated monument of alabaster, to
a knight and his lady, of which there are sufficient
remains to give an idea of its original splendour. Here
was a chantry, or college, of Secular priests, in honour
of the Blessed Virgin, founded by an ancestor of Stafford,
Earl of Wiltshire, about the time of Edward II.,
and granted, at the dissolution, to Sir Edward Montague.
Drayton-house, built by Henry Green, Esq., is
a noble specimen of the prevailing style of architecture
in the time of Henry VI. There is a charity school,
founded and endowed by Sir John Germain, for teaching
and clothing twelve boys and eight girls.