Roade apparently belonged to Gunfrid de Chocques in 1086, and Dodin held
it from him, but Dodin's holding of four parts of half a hide is very small,
and may not have represented all of Roade. No church or priest was recorded. A
church was established around 1100 by the Hartwells of Hartwell and the Lupus
family of Ashton, and by 1167 Simon Hartwell had given his portion to the abbey
of St James, Northampton as a chantry for the souls of his father, Geoffrey,
and his brothers William and Henry. A dispute over the tithes between the abbey
and Sir John Hardreshall, the Lupus heir, is recorded between 1342 and 1346,
which was resolved in favour of the abbey.
Benefice of Roade and Ashton with Hartwell.