# Withcote

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|shire_county=            [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire)
|region=                  East Midlands      
|constituency_westminster= [Harborough](/source/Harborough_(UK_Parliament_constituency))  
|post_town=                [Oakham](/source/Oakham) 
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'''Withcote''' is a small [parish](/source/civil_parish) currently comprising a number of scattered dwellings in [Harborough](/source/Harborough_District), a [local government district](/source/Non-metropolitan_district) of [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire). The population is included in the [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) of [Braunston-in-Rutland](/source/Braunston-in-Rutland).

==Buildings==
left|thumb|Withcote Hall
left|thumb|Withcote chapel
Withcote Hall is a [Grade II* listed building](/source/Grade_II*_listed_building)<ref name="britishlistedbuildings">{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-190653-withcote-hall-withcote-leicestershire|title=Withcote Hall - Withcote - Leicestershire - England &#124; British Listed Buildings|author=Good Stuff|publisher=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk|accessdate=29 July 2016}}</ref> that is on [Historic England](/source/Historic_England)'s [Heritage at Risk Register](/source/Heritage_at_Risk_Register) as being unoccupied and in a very bad state<ref>{{cite report|title=Heritage at Risk 2018 - East Midlands |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/har-2018-registers/em-har-register2018/ |page=37|publisher=Historic England |accessdate=2 February 2019}}</ref> It is an early C18 country house, incorporating an earlier building. In the sixteenth century the house built by [Roger Ratcliffe](/source/Roger_Ratcliffe) was described by [John Leland](/source/John_Leland_(antiquary)) as "one of the fairest houses in Leicestershire".<ref>[Thomas Hearne](/source/Thomas_Hearne_(antiquarian)), ''Itinerary of John Leland'', vol. 1 (Oxford, 1768), p. 28.</ref>

The Tudor [Withcote Chapel](/source/Withcote_Chapel) adjoins the Hall and is protected by the [Churches Conservation Trust](/source/Churches_Conservation_Trust). It contains some stained glass attributed to [Galyon Hone](/source/Galyon_Hone); a glazier to [Henry VIII](/source/Henry_VIII_of_England).<ref name=vc>[http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/content.php?nID=11&churchID=330 Withcote Chapel], VisitChurches.org, accessed March 2009</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Withcote Chapel, Withcote, Leicestershire |url=https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/withcote-chapel.html |website=visitchurches.org.uk |publisher=The Churches Conservation Trust |accessdate=2 February 2019}}</ref> [Mary, Queen of Scots](/source/Mary%2C_Queen_of_Scots), stayed at Withcote on 24 September 1586 on her way to [Fotheringhay Castle](/source/Fotheringhay_Castle).<ref>David Templeman, ''Mary, Queen of Scots: The Captive Queen in England'' (Exeter: 2016), p. 229.</ref> 

[Sauvey Castle](/source/Sauvey_Castle),<ref>http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/1782.html The Gatehouse gazetteer of medieval fortifications in England and Wales</ref> an early [medieval](/source/medieval) [ringwork](/source/ringwork) and [bailey](/source/motte-and-bailey) castle and is a [Scheduled Ancient Monument](/source/Scheduled_Ancient_Monument), is also in this parish.<ref name="Pastscape">{{PastScape|mnumber=321118 |mname=Sauvey Castle|accessdate=26 March 2009}}</ref>

Close by is [Launde Abbey](/source/Launde_Abbey) which contains the Tudor monument to [Gregory Cromwell](/source/Gregory_Cromwell), son of [Thomas](/source/Thomas_Cromwell), who dissolved the monastery and built himself a mansion there.

==Notable residents==
*[Henry Smith](/source/Henry_Smith_(regicide)) (1620–1668) was born here, an [English](/source/England) [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) and one of the [regicide](/source/regicide)s of King [Charles I](/source/Charles_I_of_England).<ref>[http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/smith.htm Biography of Henry Smith, regicide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930015201/http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/smith.htm |date=30 September 2007 }} British Civil Wars website</ref>
*[Henry Poole (died 1559)](/source/Henry_Poole_(died_1559)), [High Sheriff of Leicestershire](/source/High_Sheriff_of_Leicestershire): originally from [Derbyshire](/source/Derbyshire), he acquired Withcote Hall by marriage  into  the Smith family and made it his principal residence.

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Villages in Leicestershire
Category:Civil parishes in Harborough District

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