EDGCOTT, a parish in the hundred of CHIPPING-WARDEN,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 6 miles (N. E. by
N.). from. Banbury, containing 62 inhabitants. The
living is .a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton,
and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's books
at £12. Thomas Carter, Esq. was patron in 1827.
The church is dedicated to St. James. In a vale called
Danes-moor, south of the village, a battle was fought
between the Saxons and the Danes; and. in the time of
Edward iy. a- conflict took place between the houses of
York and Lancaster, when the former having been defeated,
the Earl of Pembroke and his two brothers were
made prisoners and beheaded; there are three small
mounds in a triangular position upon the spot. In
1642, Charles I., with his two sons and a part of his
army, encamped here previously to the battle of Edge-
Hill, and returned the following day.