Properties of the de Roucestres:
Enhale Manor or Hall
In 974 King Edgar's thegn Elfhelm (d. c. 990) gave his wife
3 hides at Enhale on their marriage. (fn. 160) By 1066 1 hide comprising ENHALE, later YEN HALL, manor which
belonged to King Edward's thegn Tochi, of whose successor William de Warenne it was held in 1086 by
Lambert de Rosey. (fn. 161) From William's son William, earl of Surrey
(d. 1138), lordship over Enhale passed to his younger son Reynold (fn. 162) (d.
1179), whose heirs were mesne lords under the earls of Surrey. (fn. 163) After
1209 Reynold's granddaughter Beatrice brought the mesne lordship, with the
honor of Wormegay, to the Bardolfs, of whom Enhale was still held c. 1400. (fn.
164) Lambert de Rosey was
succeeded by his son Walkelin, (fn. 165) and Ralph de Rosey (fl. 1158) (fn.
166) by his son Baldwin, (fn. 167) who went on crusade in 1189. By 1195 his
land had come to Walkelin de Rosey (fn. 168) (d. 1221), who left as heir a son,
Baldwin, under age. (fn. 169) Baldwin, in possession in 1242, (fn. 170) died
after 1260, (fn. 171) when his lands may have passed to Walkelin de Rosey,
probably his son, (fn. 172) murdered c. 1270, (fn. 173) or to Saher de Rosey, a
ward of Earl John de Warenne c. 1260. (fn. 174)
By 1279 Enhale manor belonged with other Rosey
estates to Sir Baldwin de Manners, (fn. 175) who was granted free warren there
in 1291, was lord in 1316, (fn. 176) and died without issue in 1320. Baldwin's
widow Joan sought dower in Enhale in 1321, (fn. 177) but Baldwin had in 1311
granted the reversion of other Cambridgeshire manors, and perhaps of Enhale, to
Sir John Botetourt (fn. 178) (d. 1324): by 1331 Joan, widow of Botetourt's son
Thomas (d. 1322), held Enhale. (fn. 179) When Joan died in 1338 Enhale
descended to her son Sir John, later Lord Botetourt, (fn. 180) who held it in
1346 and 1359, (fn. 181) but had alienated it before he died in 1385. (fn. 182)
It was probably acquired by Roger Harleston, a Cambridge
burgess (fl. 1359–88), (fn. 183) whose son Ives was recorded in 1390 as holding
the fee and came of age in 1399. (fn. 184) Ives died in 1403 leaving a son
John, aged 1, (fn. 185) whose mother Eleanor probably occupied the manor until
her death in 1416. (fn. 186) John had livery in 1424. (fn. 187) In 1452–3
Enhale was briefly taken into the king's hands. (fn. 188) John died in 1457 and
his son John in 1458. The latter's son and heir John, then aged 3, (fn. 189)
apparently died after 1464, (fn. 190) for Enhale passed to Robert Harleston,
his uncle, (fn. 191) and was forfeited upon Robert's attainder in 1471. (fn.
192) It was successively granted to Richard, duke of Gloucester, in 1471, and
to Sir William Stanley in 1475. (fn. 193) The attainder was repealed in 1485,
(fn. 194) and the manor presumably restored to Robert's son John (d. by 1500),
who left a son Clement, aged 5. (fn. 195) In 1535 Sir Clement Harleston sold
Enhale to John Wheatley of Fulbourn, whose widow Anne and son George sold it in
1549 to Sir Giles Alington (d. 1586). (fn. 196) From the 17th century the
estate was erroneously referred to as two distinct manors called Eynall and
Yennolds. (fn. 197)
Church:
Tithe portions in West Wickham belonged to Castle Acre
priory (Norf.), Linton priory, and, by the time of inclosure, to the rectors of
Balsham, Horseheath, and Bartlow. Castle Acre was granted, probably c. 1100,
the demesne tithes of Enhale by Lambert de Rosey, under-tenant of the priory's founder William
de Warenne. (fn. 352) By 1290 the rector of West Wickham was collecting the
tithes and paying the priory £1 2s. a year. (fn. 353) In 1535 Colne priory owed
2 marks a year to Castle Acre (fn. 354) for the Enhale tithes, which in 1600
the Crown granted to the bishop of Ely. (fn. 355) Linton priory was said in
1291 to be entitled to a portion of £5, (fn. 356) but in 1346 nothing had been
paid for over 30 years. (fn. 357) At inclosure the rector of Horseheath claimed
tithes from 56 a. of ancient closes adjoining his parish (fn. 358) which had been
leased free of tithes due to West Wickham rectory in 1624. (fn. 359) The rector
of Balsham claimed tithes from 37 a. of Streetly Hall farm and alleged that his
predecessors had received a modus for tithes of venison from 92 a., once in
Horseheath park. (fn. 360) The park itself had been sold free of tithes due to
West Wickham to Stanlake Batson, whose son refused to pay the sum assessed upon
it when the tithes were commuted. (fn. 361) The two rectors and the rector of
Bartlow were allotted 19 a. in 1822 for their tithes. (fn. 362).
An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of
Norfolk: Volume 7. Originally published by W Miller, London, 1807.
HOUGHTON,
So called from its situation, which signifies high town, was
a beruite to the Earl Warren's manor of Rudham, and held of him by Simon,
consisting of a carucate of land, held by 13 socmen, with all their customary
dues; one carucate in demean, and one amongst the men, and 25 socmen in Rudham
belonged to this lordship, with one carucate of land and an half, &c.; and
in Houtone, one socman had 30 acres; there were under them 3 villains, and 3
bordarers, with one carucate, and a church, but not endowed. (fn. 1) This part
was held by Ralph—, ancestor of the family of De Caineto, or Cheyney, lord of
Rudham. From the Cheyneys, it came by marriage to the Belets, and seems to be
held under them first by the De Haveltons or Houghtons, and after by the
Walpoles.
This ancient family of Walpole take their name from the town
of Walpole in Mershland, in Norfolk, where they were enfeoffed of lands
belonging to the see of Ely. Joceline de Walpole was living at Walpole in the
reign of Richard I [3 Sept 1189 – 6 Apr 1199]. and in 1199 the 1st of King John
[R: 1199 -1216] held the sixth part of a fee in Wisbeach, with half a knight's
fee in Walpole, Walton, and Hakebeach, with an 100 acres of marsh land in
Wisbeach (paying 10s. rent per annum) of the Bishop of Ely, and 6s. 2d. rent in
salt; and Adam de Walpole paid the same rent in salt for lands, &c. Ralph, son
of Joceline, and Roger his brother, held a virgate and an half in Walpole,
paying 5s. 4d. and 26 combs of salt rent per ann. to the Bishop; and Adam de
Walpole held half a virgate in Walpole, paying 12s.
Reginaldus de Walpole, who lived in the reign of Henry I [Reign
5 Aug 1100 – 1 Dec 1135]. seems to be lineal ancestor of the present family,
father of Richard de Walpole, who married Emma, daughter of Walter de Havelton,
or Houton [Haughton], son of William de Havelton, (who was lord of this town,)
where this family of Walpole resided after this marriage; and Henry de Houton
had an interest here about the end of Henry the Third's reign, and held one
fee.
From Reginaldus descended Sir John de Walpole, Knt. who in 1230
the 14th of Henry III [R: 28 Oct 1216 – 16 Nov 1272] on the King's sailing into
Brittany, had letters of protection, being in the family or retinue of that
King, was, by Isabel his wife, father of Sir Henry de Walpole, Knt. who held
lands in Houghton, by the service of a quarter of a fee, of the Lord Bardolf,
and that Lord of the Earl Warren, and other lands by the service of one fee (as
said) of Blaminster fee. About the 50th of Henry III. he was a justice of gaol
delivery, and sold lands by deed, sans date, to John de Spalding, (burgess of
Lenn,) in Tyrington, and sealed, as by his deed appears, with a fess, between
two chevrons; the arms of the present Earl of Orford:—the witnesses were Sir
William de Tyrington, and Sir John de Wygenhale, &c. He married Isabel,
daughter of Sir Peter Fitz Osbert of Somerley town, sister and heir to Sir
Roger FitzOsbert, and was living in the
14th of Edward I. when a fine was levied between him and Asceline, daughter of
Hugh Lound, or Lovard of Houghton, by Rudham: (fn. 2) and about the said time
lived Ralph Walpole Bishop of Ely, who also bore the said arms.
In 1303 the 34th of Edward I [R: 1272-1307] Isabella de
Walpole was found to be one of the cousins and heirs of Roger FitzPeter
FitzOsbert, and John son of Alice Negoun, was the other; she was afterwards (as
it seems) the wife of Sir Walter Jernegan. Sir Henry de Walpole was his son: to
him and Alice his wife, Mr. Robert de Saham, and others, trustees, granted two
parts of this lordship, with lands in Walpole and Walton, and all the lands
purchased by Sir Henry his father, of Asceline aforesaid, with the third part
of this manor in reversion, which Isabel Jernegan, formerly the wife of Sir
Henry his father, held in dower:—Witnesses, Sir Geff. de Colvile, Sir Walter de
Calthorp, Sir Thomas de Snitterton, and Sir John de Fretton, Knts. dated
November 30th 1311, 4th Edward II [R: 1307-1327]. Sir Henry died
about 1336 the 9th of Edward III. and Henry was his son and heir.
In 1338 the 11th of Edward III [R: 1327-1377] William le
Gross, parson of the church of Bentley Parva in Essex, as a trustee, settled
this manor on Henry de Walpole, and Joan his wife, who was (as I take it)
daughter of Sir Oliver le Gross of Crostwick, or Sir John.
In 1384 the 7th of Richard II [R: 1377-1400]. Henry de
Walpole, and Edmund his son were witnessess to a deed, and Henry was found to
be cousin and heir of Sir John le Gross, Knt. and as such released all his
right in his manors; and in 1402 the 3rd of Henry IV [R: 1399 to
1413] Henry, son of Sir Henry de Walpole, held one fee of the dutchy of
Lancaster, and one quarter of a fee of the Lord Bardolf. In 1407, Ao. 9, Henry
IV. he was living, and styled Henry de Walpole, senior, Esq. and died about the
20th of Henry VI.
In 1432 the 10th of Henry VI [R: 1422 to 1461
& 1470-1471] Henry de Walpole, his
son, and Margaret his wife, were possessed of 10 marks rent issuing out of the
manor of Hales-hall in Lodne; she was daughter of Sir John Harsike, Knt, of
Southacre, and by the name of Henry Walpole, Esq. of Houghton, made his will on
the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross in 1442; "Gives to Catherine
his daughter 40l. towards her marriage, and the said sum to Alice his daughter,
out of the profits of the manor of Houghton; to Martin his son, under age, 4
marks per ann. for life, and to have all the lands which Catherine his father's
sister had of the gift of his father Henry, deceased. Appoints Henry his son,
Edmund Percy, William Marchale, Esqrs. his executors, to hold the manor of
Houghton, to perform his will, and after the performance of it, to Henry his
son in tail-male, remainder to John his son; to Henry his son, his manor in
Walpole, with the appertenances, and to John his son the manor of Istede in
Suffolk." (fn. 3) He had three other sons, William Martin, and Thomas, and
was buried according to his will in the church of St. Martin, of Houghton, by
his wife; and his will was proved June 27, 1442. Henry, his eldest son, in the
34th of Henry VI. settled his manor of Walpole on trustees. He married, as I
take it, an Etchingham, who bore, azure, fretty, argent; which arms, impaled by
Walpole, were painted on the screens of this church, next to those of Walpole
and Harsike. It is probable that he died without issue, his brother or son, John
de Walpole, Esq. granting, in the 21st of Edward IV. to William his brother,
the manor of Istede in Weybrede, Suffolk; and in the 9th of Henry VII. an
inquisition was awarded into this county, and that of Suffolk, on the death of
John Walpole, Esq. who was found to have died seized of this manor, held of the
manor of Wirmegey by knight's service; and Thomas was his son and heir, by
Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Robert Shawe, Esq. of Derby.
Thomas Walpole, Gent. son and heir of John Walpole, Esq.
late of Houghton, deceased, gives, in 1497 the 12th of Henry VII [R:
1485–1509] to Thomas Allen of Walpole, a messuage with 15 acres of land, also 7
acres, and a salt-work, with all the grain belonging lately to his father, John
Walpole, Esq. lying between the land of the chantry of St. Mary, which his
father had of the gift of John Walpole, late of London, son of Martin Walpole,
late of Walpole, and the land of Robert Brandon, late of Newton, Esq. Thomas
Hunston, Gent. and Philip Sutton. Esq. He married Joan, daughter of William
Cobb of Sandringham, Esq. by whom he had John, his eldest son, who died before
him without issue; Edward, and Henry.
By the name of Thomas Walpole of Lynne Bishop, Esq. he made
his will, May 24, 1512, wherein he gives, "to his son Henry all his
purchased lands (his manor of Howeton to remain 10 years in his feoffees hands,
to perform his will) and his manor of Weybrede, 5 years after the decease of
his wife; his executors to receive the profits of his lands, tenements, &c.
in Walpole, 4 years and an half, for the making of his tumbe, and for making
the north ylde of the parish church of Howeton, and that done, the said lands,
tenements, &c. in Walpole, to be delivered to the brodirhode of the Holy
Trinity in Lynne-Bishop, to the intent that the alderman and skyvens of the
said gylde shall find and pay yerly 8 marks to the wages of an abil prest to
synge mess perpetually for his soul, and the sowl of Jone his wyfe, in the
chapel of our Lady, in the chapel of St. Nicholas in Lynne. And more, I will
that the said preste shall be at commons and lodging in the college of the Holy
Trinity so that he be ordered by the statutes of the place, and to have 6s. 8d.
of the said college yerly; and if the said alderman and skyvens, or
successours, refuse to perform the same, &c. I will the said lands, &c.
to be sold by my executor Jeff. Cobbe my brother-in-law, and my son Henry
Walpole." (fn. 4) This was proved April 7, 1513. He was found to die
January 24, following, Edward his son being then aged 30.
Edward Walpole, Esq. his eldest son, married Lucy, daughter
of Sir Terry Robsert, sister of Sir John Robsert of Sedestrand, and heir to
Amy, first wife to Sir Robert Dudley, the great Earl of Leicester in Queen
Elizabeth's time, daughter and heir of Sir John Robsart; of whom see in
Sedestern.
Edward was buried January 1, 1558, and Lucy, February 1,
1559, at Houghton.
John Walpole, son and heir of Edward and Lucy, married
Catherine, daughter and heir of William Calybut of Coxford, Gent. and was
buried in Houghton church, March 29, 1588, and Catherine September 25, 1612,
and left Edward Walpole, Esq. his son and heir, who was attainted for
treasonable practices at Rome, and died abroad without issue, being, as some
say, a Romish priest. Calybut Walpole, Esq. was his twin-brother and heir, who,
by Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Edmund Bacon of Hesset in Suffolk, Esq.
had several children.
To this Calybut, John Walpole, Esq. his father, by his will,
dated, February 28th, in 1588 the 30th of Elizabeth [R: 1558-1603],
gives the manor of Sedesterne, with that of Bircham Newton, after the decease
of the Right Honourable Robert Earl of Leicester, with his foldcourse and
lands, which he had of Roger Townsend, Esq. in Bircham Magna, and all the sheep
going on the same; Catherine his wife to have all his lands in Walpole and
Walton, to her and her heirs, towards the preferment of his daughter's
marriage, and to hold the manor of Houghton for life. (fn. 5) Edward, his
eldest son and heir, (as above,) was indicted in the King's Bench for supposed
treason, (in the 30th of Elizabeth, March 10,) done at Rome; and on May 26,
39th of Elizabeth, again indicted. After this, on August 3, in the said year,
the Queen granted to — Hussey and — Goodman, the forfeited lands of Edward, and
they grant them, September 27th following, to Calybut his brother.
Robert Walpole, Esq. son and heir of Calybut, married Susan,
daughter of Sir Edward Barkham of Southacre, Knt. and died in 1663, and Susan
in 1622, and buried at Houghton.
Sir Edward Walpole, Knight of the Bath, succeeded him as son
and heir; and, by Susan his wife, daughter and coheir of Sir Robert Crane,
Bart. of Chilton in Suffolk, left at his death, in 1667, Robert Walpole, Esq.
his son and heir; who took to wife Mary, only daughter and heir of Sir Jeffrey
Burwell, Knt. of Rougham in Suffolk, by whom he had Robert Walpole, Esq. (fn.
6) his 3d son, and heir to his father, the greatest statesmen of the age, prime
minister to King George I. and King George II. Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Knight of the Bath, first commissioner of the Treasury, and created Earl and
Viscount of Orford, February 8th, 1742.
In the year 1722, he began the foundation of a most noble
hall, or palace, of free stone, which he finished and furnished in a most elegant
taste, and sumptuous manner; the foundation stone was thus inscribed:
— HIC ME POSUIT
Fundamen ut essem domûs in agro natali extruendæ, Robertus
Ille Walpole, quem nulla nesciet posteritas, die 24. mensis Maii, A. D. 1722,
faxit Deus, ut postquam maturus ævi Dominus diu lætatus fuerit absoluta,
incolumem tueantur incolumes ad summum omnium diem, et nati natorum, et qui
nascentur ab illis.
By his lady Catherine, daughter of John Shorter, Esq. of
Bybrook in Kent, (son and heir of Sir John Shorter, Knt. Lord Mayor of London)
who died in August 1737, and was buried at Houghton, he had Robert, his son and
heir, created Lord Walpole of Walpole, in 1723, and was Knight of the Bath
1725, and Earl of Orford on his father's death, who married Margaret, daughter,
and heir of Samuel Rolle, Esq. of Heanton in Devonshire, by whom he had Robert,
the present Earl, one of the lords of the King's bed-chamber, lord lieutenant
of the county of Norfolk.
The arms of this Earl is, Or, on a fess, between two
chevrons sable, three cross crosslets of the first;—the crest, on a wreath, the
bust of a man side-faced, couped proper, with a long cap, gules, on it a
Catherine-wheel, or; which was the crest of the Robsarts:—supporters, an
antelope, and a buck argent, attired, proper, gorged, with collars checquer, or
and azure, each with a chain fixed to it, and hoofs, or.
It is to be observed, that this account of the family is
taken chiefly from ancient records, and for a larger account, Mr. Collins, on
the Peerage, may be consulted.
The tenths, 6l.—Deducted 10s.—Lete fee to the lord of the
hundred was 2s.
The Church of Houghton is a regular pile, having a
nave, a north and south isle covered with lead, and a chancel with tile, with a
steeple; dedicated to St. Martin, and was appropriated to the priory of
Coxford, who had a manse and 30 acres, valued at 15 marks, the vicarage, at 5
marks—Peter-pence 16d.
At the west end of the nave is a monument, raised about a
foot from the pavement, in form of a coffin; on the lid or cover, which is an entire
piece of gray marble, is carved a curious antique figure of a prior, or abbot,
in his robes, his hands spread on his breast, above them a cross, his head
shaven, a dæmon couchant at his feet. It appears to have been made in the reign
of Edward I. in memory of a prior of Coxford, from whence, as tradition
reports, it was brought here, after its dissolution.
Near to this, on a marble gravestone, with a plate of brass,
Orate p. aia.----Pyckard de Howeton, qui obt. xvii. Die
Januar. Ao. Dni. m.vc.xo.
On the pannels of the screen, between the nave and chancel,
are the arms of Walpole, impaling Harsike;—or, on a fess, between two che
vronells, three cross crosslets sable, Walpole; and, or, a chief indented
sable, Harsike: also Walpole impaling, azure, fretty argent, Echingham.
At the east end of the south isle lie several marble
gravestones; viz. Walpole, in a lozenge, and,
M. S.—Catherina, filia natu maxima præhonorabilis Roberti
Walpole et Dominæ Cather. uxoris, nata 30, Maii 1703, denata 11, Oct. 1722.
—Edwardus Walpole Armiger, filius natu maximus Roberti et Mariæ, sepultus est,
3°. Febr. 1697 Ætat. 22°. with the arms of Walpole.
Mary Turner born April 28th 1693, buried January
21, 1694; and Mary Turner born July 19, 1696; both daughters of Sir Charles
Turner Knt. and Mary his wife.
Hic jacet Robertus Walpole Armig; juxta Susannam uxorem,
filiam Edv. Barkham de Southacre in com. Norf. Militis, quæ obt. Ao. Dni. 1622;
natus fuit 23 Sept. Ao, Dni. 1593, denatus fuit festo Sancti Philippi et Jacobi
A.D. 1663, with the arms of Walpole, impaling argent three pallets gules, and a
chevron overall, or, Barkham.
In the chancel lie several marble gravestones:
Maria uxor Robti. Walpole Armiger; quam filiam habuit unicam
Galfridus Burwell, Miles, de Rougham, in agro Suffolc. Annos nata ad octo et
quinquaginta mortem, obt. 14 Martii 1711. With the arms of Walpole, and in an
escotheon of prentence;—or, a chevron ermin, between three burdock leaves
proper, Burwell.—Robertus Walpole Armig; filius natu maximus. Edw. militis
Balnei et Susannœ, hic sepultus est decimo octavo die Nov. Ao. Dni. 1700, Ætat.
suæ Quinquagesimo. Ex decem quos genuit filiis, superfuerunt Robertus, Horatio,
Galfridus; ex filiabus septem, Maria, Dorothea et Susanna.—With the arms of
Walpole and Burwell.
H. I. Horatio Walpole Armig; filius natu minor Edv. Walpole,
Balnei militis, qui obt. Quinquagenarius, 17 Oct. A. D. 1717, with Walpole
impaling, quarterly, ermine and azure, a cross or, Osborn
Hic situs est Edv. Walpole, Balnei Miles, Robi. Walpole, armig.
filius, qui Susannam, Robti. Crane, Baronetti de Chilton, in agro Suff. filiam
connubio sibi junxit, major quadraginta quinq. annos, 18 die Martii, 1667,
morte piâ illustravit.
Cætera si quæras narrabit fama superstes.
Walpole, and in an escotheon of pretence,—argent, a fess
between three cross croslets fitchée, gules, Crane.
Domina Susanna a latere Edv. Walpole, Balnei Militis, hic
conditur, quœ, obt. 7, Julii Ao. Dom. 1667, Ætat. 35.
The church was a rectory, the ancient valor 15 marks. In
1275 the 3rd of Edward I [R: 1272-1307] the jury find that Harvey
Belet (of whom see in Rudham) gave it to Coxford priory; Hervey lived in the
reign of King John [R: 1199-1216], and gave them also lands, or a manor here,
which belonged to that of Rudham; and in 1428, the prior was taxed for his
temporalities in rent, land, and a mill, at 65s. 3d.
¶The rectory was appropriated to the aforesaid priory, with
30 acres, and a vicarage was settled, the present valor of which is 5l.
The priory of Castleacre had a portion of tithe, valued at
36s per annum, and an agreement was made between the prior and convent of
Castleacre, and that of Coxford, whereby the prior of Castleacre let to farm,
to the prior of Coxford, two parts of the tithes of the demeans of Baldwin de Rosey, and
William de Kailli, here, at the aforesaid rent; (fn. 7) William Rufus of
Northampton, quitclaimed to the monks of Castleacre all his tenement, which he
held of them, late John de Cailli's, which he held of them, on their paying him
18 marks:— witness, Herebert, prior of St. Edmund.
In 1612, the pension of 36s. was paid to the Earl of
Northampton.
William, the third Earl Warren and Surry, before the year 1146,
confirmed to the monks of Castleacre [Norfolk], the tithe of Wachelin de Rosei, granted by him;
and Baldwin de Rosei confirmed the grant of his ancestors, by an agreement made
before Walter Bishop of Norwich; Adam, the prior, and the convent, let for
ever, to the prior and convent of Cokesford, two parts of the tithes of the
demeans, of Baldwin de Rosey, of Hugh, son of Richard, and William de Kaylly,
in this village, for 36s. per annum, who all appear by this to have had
estates in the same. John, the first Bishop of Norwich, confirmed the grant of
Rosey.
Ovington
Bozuns
Manor, Ovington.
¶This town at the survey must be included in Saham, for I
have found no mention of it in Domesday, but that one carucate which belonged
to Saham was given very early to the Bigots, and by them infeoffed in the
family surnamed De Saham, together with the advowson, to be held at one fee. In
1202, Robert de Saham conveyed it to Roger Bozun; and in 1227, the said Robert
granted the advowson which belonged to this carucate, to Peter Bozun, son of
Roger, and his heirs, who now was lord and patron. In 1256, it was returned
that John Bozun was lord, and held a whole Knight's fee, but was not yet
knighted; and in 1263, he had a charter for free-warren in Oviton. There was
another half fee here, which was granted from the Crown to the Marshalls; the
record called Testa de Nevill tells us, that William Talebot held it of Will.
Mariscal, junior, and that it was worth 20l.; this belonged to Baldwin de Rosey, in
Henry the Third's [R: 1216-1272] time and soon after to Peter Bozun, who, in
1306, held one part of the Earl Warren, the other of the Earl Marshall, and was
sole lord and patron. In 1460, Will. Bozun, Gent. gave it, after his mother's
death, to John his son, with the advowson, and the advowson of Wissingset,
after the death of Alice his wife; he divided it again, and kept the great
manor, which was in John Bozun in 1345; in 1432, Rich. Bozun held it of John
Mowbray Duke of Norfolk, at one fee, as of his manor of Forncet; in 1450,
Richard Bozun of Wissingset gave it to Margaret his wife for life, who married
John Pecock of Norwich, and it continued a long time in this family, though
sometimes in trustees hands; in 1558, Thomas Townsend of Testerton, Esq. released
all his right in the manor and advowson, to John Bozun of Studdey, Esq. who, in
1568, conveyed it to Will. Smith, and he, in 1579, to Richard Wightman and Tho.
Lingwood; in 1584, Wightman conveyed his moiety to Ambrose Clench, and Michael
Beberton, in trust for his own and his wife's life, remainder to Rob. Wightman,
his son, and his heirs; Robert conveyed it to his brother, Nicholas Wightman,
who purchased the other moiety of Agatha, daughter and heir of Thomas Lingwood,
who died seized in 1605, when it was held of Forncet manor by one fee, and 2d.
per annum; in 1606, Nicholas Wightman sold it to Robert Wright, who in the year
following conveyed it to Thomas Wright. In 1655, John Wright was lord, and in
1667, Thomas Wright of Downham, Esq. sold it to the Chancellor, Master, and
Scholars of the University of Cambridge, who are now lords and patrons.
A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7, the Rape
of Lewes. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1940.
The manor of HIDE or HYDE appears to have had its
origin in land in Kingston held between 1296 and 1332 by Richard and Simon de
la Hyde successively. (fn. 46) It appears, later, to have formed part of the
knight's fee in Smithwick (fn. 47) and Kingston, held in 1439 by the heirs of
Saer and Geoffrey de Rosey or de Roset, which was assigned in that year to the
Duke of Norfolk's share of the rape. (fn. 48) The subsequent history of the
overlordship, as of everything else connected with the manor, is confused, for
while Thomas Michell towards the end of the 16th century paid his dues for
wardship and marriage to the Earl of Arundel, in 1631 the lord of Portslade
(q.v.) claimed that Michell had held the land of him as 1/5 knight's fee. (fn.
49) Michell's successor, however, was still included among the free suitors of
Lewes. (fn. 50) His lands called Le Hide were held as one knight's fee. (fn.
51)
¶The only members of the Rosey family whose connexion with the manor can be
traced are William Drosey [de
Rosey] and Lucy, apparently his daughter, to whom he conveyed in 1338–9
the reversion of certain land and pasture in Kingston by Lewes, held for life
by Ralph Rademelde. (fn. 52) Subsequent holders of Hide in the late 15th
century are said to have been the Gartons and the Hilders. (fn. 53) In 1567
Hide, here first called a manor, was held by Thomas Michell of the inheritance
of his mother, Mary Michell, (fn. 54) whose father probably married the
daughter of the last Hilder. (fn. 55) He was still holding the manor in 1617
(fn. 56) but was dead by about 1624. (fn. 57) He had married Jane, a daughter
of John de la Chambre of Rodmell and Lewes (fn. 58) and at some date, vaguely
described as 'in the times of James and Charles, kings of England', a John de
la Chambre was said to hold these lands in Kingston as one knight's fee. (fn.
59) In 1630–1, however, Thomas Michell's widow Jane and her second husband,
Stephen Ridge, (fn. 60) together with Jane's widowed sisters, Anne Alchorne and
Elizabeth Scrase, and John Thorpe, probably the son of another sister, Mary,
(fn. 61) conveyed the manor to Anne's son, John Alchorne. (fn. 62) For the next
150 years the history of the manor is difficult to trace, (fn. 63) for although
courts of the manor are said to have been held in 1766, 1775, and 1777 to 1778,
their holders, namely, John Crouch, Elizabeth Maitland, and Robert Maitland and
his wife Elizabeth, (fn. 64) were lords of the manor of Kingston (q.v.).
Moreover, the Alchornes reappear in possession in 1782, at which date William
Alchorne and Elizabeth his wife, and Thomas Alchorne conveyed the manor to
Thomas Rogers. (fn. 65) In 1825 Thomas Rogers and Thomas Attree Rogers and Mary
Elizabeth his wife quitclaimed the manor to Thomas King. (fn. 66) Afterwards
the manor passed to the Goring family, John Goring holding courts there from
March 1864 to June 1879. (fn. 67) The manor-house, for all manorial rights have
since lapsed, subsequently descended in the families of Howell, Rea, and
Scrase-Dickens. It is now in the occupation of Captain Richard Kelly. (fn. 68)
Saer
de Rosey held
land in Lewes and Westout in 1295 and :
ibid. vii, 1098; Subs (ibid. x), 48.
Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry III: Volume 11, 1259-1261.
Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1934.
[m. 23d.]
Rex vicecomiti Cant' salutem. Quia Jordanus de Davintr',
senescallus libertatis episcopi Eliensis, manucepit coram nobis exhibendi
dilecto clerico nostro Johanni Walerand' plenam justiciam secundum legem et
consuetudinem regni nostri citra quindenam Sancti Hillarii de transgressione
eidem Johanni a Gafrido le Hundreder, Simone le Claver de Lindenbyr', Stephano
Marescallo de Ely et Ricardo Lemer de Alderheth' et quibusdam aliis illata ut
dicitur, tibi precipimus quod occasione predicta non ingrediaris libertatem
predictam cum quatuor militibus de comitatu tuo ad videndum et audiendum quam
et qualem justiciam dictus senescallus eidem Johanni fecerit in premissis in
curia predicti episcopi, sicut nuper tibi precipimus, donec a nobis aliud
habueris in preceptis. Teste rege apud Wodestok' xv. die Decembris. Per ipsum
regem. (Cancelled) Vacat quia reddidit breve.
De terra replegianda.—Robertus le Gardiner venit etc. die
Veneris in vigilia Natalis Domini et petiit terram suam in Horton' sibi
replegiari que et (sic) capta etc. propter defaltam etc. versus abbatem de
Messenden' ut dicitur.
De attornato.—Albreda que fuit uxor Henrici de Benefeud
attornavit loco suo Adam de Benefeud' in assisa nove disseisine quam eadem
Albreda arramiavit coram rege in proximo adventu suo usque Windes' tempore
legali versus Simonem de Wautham et alios de tenemento in Bedefeud'.
Isti subscripti habent quitanciam de communibus
summonicionibus coram justiciariis proximo itineraturis in comitatu Oxonie.
Rex justiciariis suis in proximo itineraturis in comitatu
Oxon' salutem. Mandamus vobis quod occasione comunis summonicionis facte coram
vobis de itinere vestro in comitatu predicto non ponatis in defaltam dilectum
et fidelem Willelmum de Monte Acuto, nec in aliquo sit perdens, quia absenciam
suam ei quoad hoc warantizamus. Teste me ipso apud Wodestok' xx. die Decembris.
Galfridus de Langel'
Baldewinus de Akeny
abbas de Westmonasterio
Petrus de Anesy
Johannes de Warenn'
abbas de Eynesham
episcopus Lincolniensis
H. de Ver' comes Oxon'
Imbertus Pogeys, senescallus regis
abbas de Rading'
Henricus filius Roberti
Willelmus Byset
magister Thomas le Barbur
Henricus Wade
Willelmus le Avener
Rogerus de Quency, comes Wintonie
Robertus de Brus
comes Heref' et Essex'
Jacobus de Aldytel'
Quia E. Sarrisburiensis episcopus ad mandatum regis tendit
versus partes London' pro negociis regis, mandatum est G. de Preston' et sociis
suis justiciariis itinerantibus in comitatu Oxon' quod occasione communis
summonicionis facte coram vobis etc. ut supra.
In comitatu Canterbury'.—
Hugo de Dokewrth
Baldewinus de Roseye [de Rosey]
Baldewinus de Akeny
Petrus de Anesy
Aymo Turumberd
abbas de Eynesham
Nicholaus de Crioll'
abbas Sancte Marie Ebor'
Rogerus de Bello Campo
Ebulo de Montibus
Robertus le Botyler
Robertus de Insula
Margareta comitissa Lincoln'
Robertus le Botyler
abbas de Wautham
abbas de Rames'
Johannes de Bruey
Matillis de Sancto Andrea
Rogerus de Quency comes Wintonie
Jacobus de Aldithel'
In comitatu Huntendon'.—
abbas de Rammes'
Johannes de Bayllol'
abbas de Burgo Sancti Petri
episcopus Lincolniensis
In comitatu Wigorn'.—
Baldewinus de Akeny
abbas de Westmonasterio
Robertus de Panedoc
In comitatu Glouc'.—
abbas de Westmonasterio
G. Eboracensis archiepiscopus
Ricardus citaristes regis
abbatissa de Lacok'
Willelmus de Breus'
abbas de Maumisbyr'
prior de Bradenestok'
abbas de Eynesham
prior de Bathonia
Radulfus filius Radulfi filii
Nicholai
Johannes Russel'
Mauricius de Berkel'
Rogerus de Clifton'
Mauricius de Sautmar'
Petrus de Corbet
Robertus Agwylun
Radulfus le Bret
Galfridus Gacelyn
Mauricius de Sautmarays
Galfridus de Langel'
Walterus le Botyler
In comitatu Berkes'.—
Petrus de Anesy
Rogerus de Mortuo Mari
Johannes de Warenn'
abbas de Certeseya
magister Henricus Luvel, cocus
regine
Johannes Pollard'
Ivo de Braye
Willelmus Lovel
Nicholaus de Mol'
prior Wintonie
prior de Merton'
Willelmus de Herdwik'
Brianus de Bermingham
¶Southampton'.—
Johannes de Sancta Maria,
capellanus regine.
Rose's Manor [aka later as: Beaufoe's Manor].
The Earl Warren's lordships in North Creak and Burnham Thorp
extended into this town;
Baldwin de Rosey, or de Roseto, who held considerable lands of the Earl
Warren, confirmed by deed sans date, all the benefactions of his ancestors,
with a mill in Creak, to the priory of Castleacre; and Roger de Rosey, in the reign of Henry III.
possessed the 20th part of a fee, of the Earl Warren; (fn. 4) and in the said
reign John de Cocfeld [Cokefield] and William Athelwald, held a quarter
of a fee of Walter de Calthorp, and he of the aforesaid Earl.
In the 14th of Edward I. it appears by an assise, that
Richard, son of Robert Adelwald, had unjustly disseized Robert, son of Richard
Adelward, of a free tenement, in Suthcrek [South Creke] and Waterden, with 2
messuages, 70 acres of land, a wind-mill, and 15s. per annum rent, &c.; and
in the 29th of that King, Robert seems to convey it to Richard, with lands in
Sidestern and Burnham; James Athelwald held, in the 20th of Edward III. a
quarter of a fee, and paid 10s. scutage, formerly John de Cockfeld's, and
William Athelwald's. Thomas Athelwald of Weston, passed by fine to James, son
of Edmund Athelwald of South Creak, and Joan his wife, two messuages, a toft,
and 80 acres of land, and to the heirs of James; in the 3d of Edward III. and
in the 7th of Henry V. Richard Athelwald of this town was lord, who married
Maud, cousin and heir of Beatrix Molebisse, and Mary de Bassing, foundresses of
Spiney priory in Cambridgeshire.
¶On the 3d of April, in the 26th of Henry VIII. Edward Calthorp
of Kirby-Cane in Norfolk, Esq. and Thomasine his wife, sold the manor of Roses
in this town, Holkham, &c. which Mrs. Elizabeth Calthorp, widow of William
Calthorp, Esq. held for life, with the reversion of all the lands held by her,
to John Pepys of South Creak, merchant; she was daughter of Ralph Berney of
Redham. Thomas Pepys his son, by his will dated October 1, 1569, desires to be
buried in this church; bequeaths to John and Roger his sons, to Susan, Elisabeth,
Anne, and Barbara his daughters 40l. each, to be paid by Farmer Pepys, his son
and heir, and executor. This Thomas sold this manor, July 20th, in the 8th of
Elizabeth; but his son Farmer bought it by deed, dated September 30th, in the
12th of Elizabeth, of Edward Goulding, and Mirabel his wife.
The remains of Rose’s, or later called Beaufoe's, manor
survive well and display a variety of features which illustrate the social
status and domestic economy of the manor house in the context of a nucleated
village. The wall footings and buried foundations of the house and deposits
within it will contain archaeological information concerning the date of its
construction and the manner and duration of its occupation, and beneath them
may be preserved evidence for earlier buildings on the site. Formal gardens
constructed primarily for recreation and enjoyment and associated with the
houses of high status are well documented in the medieval period, but
relatively few are known to survive in recognizable form, and this example,
within the context of a manorial complex, is therefore of particular interest.
The system of fishponds is representative of a type usually
associated with manors, monasteries and similar high-status sites and
constructed during the medieval period for the purpose of breeding and storing
fish to provide a constant and sustainable supply of food. The principal
elements of the system are clearly defined by the surviving earthworks, which
will retain further evidence for the sluices and other water management
features which controlled the flow of water through and between the ponds, and
the lower fills of the ponds are likely to include waterlogged deposits in
which organic materials will be preserved. The area to the south of the gardens
and fishponds, which contains at least one building platform, will retain
additional information relating to the agricultural activities and services
associated with the manor.
Wadeford House [or Hall] Farm & Mill in Chard, Combe
St-Nicholas, Somersetshire England
Owned by: Philip Rossiter[died 1583] and his father Sir
Richard de Roucestre Rosseter Rowcetter Rossiter of Shaftsbury & Wadeford
Hall [died: Sep 3 1529]
An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of
Norfolk: Volume 7. Originally published by W Miller, London, 1807.
Castleacre-Priory Manor.
Ralph de Wivergill gave to this priory his lands here, and
Brygg mill, by deed sans date, and Simon Bishop of Norwich confirmed to them
part of the tithes of Alan, son of Brian, lord in 1265. The prior, in the reign
of Henry III. had the 3d part of a fee.—In the 3d of Henry IV. the prior held
the manor of Sydestern Wyks, of the Earl of Arundel.
Baldwin de Rosey, Robert de Ysseis, and Reginald, son of
William Aveline of Taterset, gave them lands here.—In the 29th of Henry VIII.
the prior conveyed it, by fine, to the King, and the King to the Duke of
Norfolk, as Robert, prior of Lewes, did.
Castleacre-Priory Manor.
In the 3d of Richard I. William, son of Matthew de Candos,
gave 17s. rent in Creic; Philip de Candos gave Ringulf with his tenure,
Uschetill with his tenure, Bond the priest, and Letstane his companion, (fn. 5)
with their tenures, in this town, with several others here.—Witnesses, William
his son, who consented to the grant, and laid the deed on the altar of St.
Mary, in the sight of many, Ralph
de Roseto, Ralph, de Crec, &c.; and by another deed, wherein he
styles himself Philip de Crec, he grants the same things for himself, and Ralph de Roseto, of whose
fee it was, Andrew, son of Walter de Suthcreke, Alice, daughter of Ulf de
Creke, and mother of Robert, son of Andrew de Creke, granted lands here.
Bartholomew de Creke gave the monks a villain; Robert, son
of Hyrdman of Cree, gave several pieces of land here to the convent.—
Witnesses, Sir Hugh Bastard, Hosebert de Cailli, Yvan, son of Athelwold, and
William his son.
William, son of Philip de Bodham, gave a villian, with a
croft, to hold freely, saving the King's service, and paying to the ward of
Dover castle 9d. q.
Baldwin de Rosei a mill and land here; Osmund de Candos 5s.
rent, &c.
At the Dissolution, Thomas, prior of Castleacre, and the
convent, in Michaelmas term in the 29th of Henry VIII. convey it to Thomas Duke
of Norfolk, with the appropriated rectory, and the patronage of the vicarage,
of this church; Ao. 15th of Elizabeth, license was granted to Francis Pepys to
alien it to Richard Percy and Edmund Russel; and September 1, in 22d of James
I. Robert Drury aliened it to Edward Fotherby.
By an inquisition taken October 23, in the 14th of Charles
I. Henry Beke, Gent. was found to die August 21, 1638, possessed of this manor
and impropriation, held of the lordship of Beaufoes in soccage.
The church was a rectory, valued in 1428 at 85 marks; Ralph,
son of Ralph de Beaufo, gave it with all its tithes, lands, and homages, to
Castleacre priory, for the soul's health of King Henry I. who brought him up,
and that of his lord, King Henry II. his grandson, with the meadow at Barsham,
and his wood at Stibberd. Witnesses, John, prior of Sporle, Henry, the dean of
Fakenham, &c. Thomas de Beaufo confirmed, 29th Henry II. all his right
therein for the souls of the said Kings, and his father Ralf:—witnesses,
William de Bodham, Robert de Cherevill, &c. and Ralph de Beaufo, son of
Thomas, confirmed the grant of Ralf his grandfather and Thomas his father, with
all obventions:—witnesses, Simon de Pateshill, Henry, archdeacon of Sleaford,
James de Poterna, Richard de Muchegross, Ralf de Stokes, Richard be Gosefeld,
&c. they were itinerant justices in the reign of King Henry III. in
Norfolk. Gilbert de Beaufo (reciting, that whereas there had been a controversy
between him and the monks of Castleacre, about the said church) resigned all
his right by the Bishop's advice, and sealed them a deed thereof:—witnesses,
Roger, the archdeacon, Reginald de Warren, Ralph de Roseto: and, by another
deed, he gave them two parts of the tithes of the demean of his brother. It
seems that Alexander, prior of Scheldford (in Nottinghamshire, as I take it)
had some grant formerly from this family of the patronage of this church, and
had the Pope's bull directed to the abbots of Leicester, of Geronden, with the
official of the archdeacon of Leicester, as delegates or judges, who finding
the invalidity of their title, released by deed, sans date, to the convent of
Castleacre, all their right therein.—The abbot and convent of Creke
quit-claimed all their right in the advowson, Ao. 17th Edward II.
The Church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and was valued
with the vicarage at 85 marks.
The vicarage is valued at 22l. formerly at 28 marks.
In the chancel is a mural monument:
In memory of Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Gawsell, Kt. wife
of John Shene, clerk, who died 1653.
On a gravestone, with a brass plate, in the nave:
Hic jacet Johs. Felbrigg, Clericus, nuper pyebendarius de
Wherwell, et persona ecclie. de Colteshale, q. obt. 1417.—
On another,
Orat. p. aiab; Johs. Norton et Christiane consortis sue,
obiit 1509.
In the church formerly; p. pale, azure and gules, a lion
rampant ermin; Norwich.
Thomas Denys wills, March 28th, 1457, to be buried in the
church.
The temporalities of Coxford priory in 1428, valued at 12d.
per anuum.
¶The priory of Hempton had 7 acres, which in the 43d of
Elizabeth, Thomas Fermor, Esq. of East-Barsham, &c. demised to Richard
Norton, Gent. of South Creke.
An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of
Norfolk: Volume 1. Originally published by W Miller, London, 1805.
Carbonel's Manor,
¶With the advowson of St. Andrew's, belonged to Brode, in
the Confessor's time, and to William Earl Warren in the Conqueror's, of whom
Simon held it, the whole town being then above two miles long, and one broad,
paid 11d. geld. (fn. 9) In 1194, Walkelin de Rosey gave 20s. to King Richard I. to have seizin of
12s. 7d. rent, of the service of Hervy Gorge, in such manner as Baldwin de
Rosey had, when he began his journey to Jerusalem, where he died: this Baldwin
was lord here, and cotemporary, if not brother, to Roger de Rossei, or de
Rosseto, lord of Rose's manor in South-Creke In 1218, another Baldwin de
Rosseto held it of the Earl Warren at one fee; in 1234, Robert Carbonel was
lord; from about 1310 to about 1340 Henry Carbonel and Catherine his wife, had
it, who held it after her husband's death to her own, which was before 1399,
for then Maud, their daughter presented; it soon after divided, and one part,
with the advowson, came to the Holdiches, who presented till 1571, and
afterwards sold it to Sir Ralph Chaumberleyn, Knt. reserving two or three turns
to the family; the other part went to William de Narburgh, whose daughter Ela
married Tho. Shuldham, and had a son by him of his father's name, but he did
not inherit, the manor being given by his mother to Henry Spelman, her second
husband, and his heirs, and William Spelman, their son, inherited; in 1488,
Henry Spelman died seized, and left it to Edmund Paston, Esq. to perform his
will, at which time it was held of the Earl Warren, at the fourth part of a
fee, in 1606, Francis Spelman, Esq. was lord of Carbonell's in Rockland, in
which family it hath continued to this time, it being now owned by Mrs.
Elizabeth Spelman of London. The leet (fee 3s. 4d.) belongs to the hundred; the
fine is at the lord's will, and the eldest son is heir.
Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 24
340 Roger de
Sancto Andrea, nephew and heir of Maud de Sancto Andrea.
Writ (missing).
Cambridge: Proof of age (undated and defective).
Ralph son of Fulk, knight, says that the said Roger is 22,
which he knows by the relation of the said Maud, who died six years ago, and
then told him the said Ralph was 16. He was born at Hengeston in co. Cambridge
about the feast of All Saints.
John de Akeny, knight, says the same, and knows it because
his brother Roger is of the same age.
Sayer
de Rosey says the said Roger will be 22 the second or third day after
All Saints, which he knows because he was in the wardship of the earl of
Warenne, and received his land on the feast of St. Michael before, twenty-two
years ago, and the said Maud who was his neighbour, gave him the report of the
birth of the said Roger within eight days after.
Ralph de Dokeworth agrees, and knows it by the age of
William his brother who was born the same week; and also through Walter, then
vicar of Hensington, who has held the vicarage for twenty-two years.
Roger Barbedor agrees, for he was born in the same town on
the feast of St. Martin in the same year, and they were always comrades; and he
will be 23 on the feast of St. Martin next.
Robert Tristram agrees, and knows it because his sister
Uriana had a son Robert who was 22 a little before St. Michael last.
William Erkebaud agrees, and knows it because ... he has a
son Robert who was born on Sunday before the said feast of All Souls.
William de Exon', Robert Atteburi, Philip de Berkhamme,
William Brun and Richard de Lammesse also agree.
Endorsed:—It is testified by the sheriff that James de
Sancto Andrea as attorney for Alice de Sancto Andrea, sister and executor of
Ralph de Sancto Andrea, to whom the king committed the wardship of the heir of
the said Maud, said that the executors knew nothing why the king should not
render the lands &c. to the said Roger.
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 17, Richard
II.
Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office,
London, 1988.
868 Writ de feodis, 8 June 1397, 20th Richard II
[R: 1377-1400]
DORSET AND SOMERSET. Extent made at Blaneford, 23
July, 21 Richard II.
He held the under-mentioned fees pertaining to the manors of
Cory Ryvell and Mertok for life, the reversion belonging to John Beauford, now
earl of Somerset, and the heirs of his body.
He held the other under-mentioned knights’ fees in his
demesne as of fee.
Hynton and Esseton by Wynbourne. Half a knight’s fee, held
by Ralph de Hynton.
Crauford. Half a fee, held by the abbess of Tarente.
Selton by Gylyngham. A fee, occupied by William Storton.
Poureston by Gilyngham. Half a fee, held by John Wykyngge.
Milton by Gilyngham. Half a fee, formerly held by William
Scammel.
Childockeford. Half a fee, held by Thomas Broke, knight, and
half a fee, held by Robert Latymer, knight.
Chikerell and Westchikerell. A fourth part of a fee, held by
Robert le Walsch and John Jew.
Langeton by Abbotesberi and Wynterbourne Heryng. A fourth
part of a fee, held by John Jew.
Shipton Maureward by Brudport. Half a fee, held by Thomas Gorges.
Bardolveston by Puddelton. Half a fee, held by the prior of
Cristchurch Twynham.
Langeton in Purbyk. Half a fee, held by Roger le Walsch and
Agnes Mautravers.
Pymore. Half a fee, held by Ralph Gouys.
Kyngeston by Dorcester. A fee, held by the prior of
Cristchurch Twynham.
Wynterbourne Maureward by Bere. Half a fee, held by John
Maureward.
Mourbathe. Half a fee, held by John Cary, knight, the abbot
of Abbotesberi and Roland Rake.
Flete. Half a fee, held by the prior of Cristchurch Twynham.
Puddelton and Billeshey. A sixth part of a fee, held by the
said prior of Cristchurch and the abbot of Cerne.
The above fees pertain to the honor of the castle of
Cristchurch Twynham, Hants.
Kynstanston. Half a fee, held by John Hamelyn, knight.
Plumbere. A fee, held by John de Plumbere.
Melberybubbe.
A fee, held by John Rosey.
Wroxhale and Maperton. A fee, held by John de Lovel, knight.
Kyngton Ploket. A fee, held by John Sandell.
Wynterbourne Series and Hoghton. Two fees, held by Ives Fitz
Warein, knight.
Melbourne Ossemond and Wodyate. A fee, held by John Brounyng
and Elizabeth Cloyne.
Tollard. Half a fee, held by John Savage.
Great Crauford. A fee, held by Richard Melbourne.
The above fees pertain to the manor of Caneford.
Tore and Loueford by Pudelton. A knight’s fee, formerly held
by John de Whitfeld.
Swanwyk. A knight’s fee, held by the heirs of Robert de
Punsud.
Nutford. A knight’s fee, formerly held by the heirs of Ives
de Storton.
Wodecote. A knight’s fee, formerly held by the heirs of
Henry de Wodecote.
Corfton. A knight’s fee, formerly held by the heirs of
William de Sarisbury.
The under-mentioned fees pertain to the manor of Cory
Ryvell, Somerset.
Littelton by Blaneford St Mary. Half a knight’s fee, held by
Stephen Derby, knight.
Gryndenham by Wolyngton. A knight’s fee, held by Walter
Bluet.
Asshebrutel. A knight’s fee, held by William Seyntcler.
Andresey. A fourth part of a knight’s fee, held by Simon
Forneaux, Robert Seyntcler and Thomas Contevyle.
Cory Ryvell and Capelond. A tenth part of a knight’s fee,
held by Peter Courtenay, knight.
Hambrig. A fourth part of a knight’s fee, held by John
Sylveyn.
Est Swell and West Swell. A knight’s fee, held by John de
Urtiaco.
Northperret. A knight’s fee, held by the same John.
Langeport Westovere, Bradewey, Burton and Cory Ryvell. Half
a knight’s fee, held by William Pylond.
Langeport Westovere. A thirty-second part of a knight’s fee,
held by John Eustace.
Cory Ryvell. A thirty-second part of a knight’s fee, held by
John Rondolf.
Langeport Westovere. A sixty-fourth part of a knight’s fee,
held by John Uppehull.
Cory Ryvell. A fourth part of a knight’s fee, held by Ralph
Middelneye.
Burton. A fourth part of a knight’s fee, held by John de
Burton.
Cleyangre by Cokelyng. An eighth part of a knight’s fee, formerly
held by William Swan.
The under-mentioned fees pertain to the manor of Mertok.
Assheboloyne. A knight’s fee, held by Hugh Pyk.
Milton Facomberge. A knight’s fee, held by Matthew Gournay,
knight.
Henton. A sixteenth part of a knight’s fee, held by the
heirs of Nicholas Ambesaas.
Hurst and Henton. A sixteenth part of a knight’s fee, held
by Robert Coke and Lawrence Geffrey.
Mertok, Hulle and Cote. A fourth part of a knight’s fee,
held by William Gonevyle and Humphrey Stafford, knights.
La Lode. A sixteenth part of a knight’s fee, held by the
same William and Humphrey.
La Fenne. An eighth part of a knight’s fee held by Roland
Rake.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry III: Volume 4, 1247-1258.
Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1908.
1254, membranes 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Sept. 3. Bordeaux.
Charter reciting that whereas the king granted to John son
of Geoffrey, for his homage and service, the whole cantred of the Isles in
Thomond in Ireland with advowsons of churches, return of writs and plea of
withernam, saving to the king pleas of writs which ought to be pleaded before
the justiciaries and all pleas of the crown ; at a rent of 43 marks a year at
the exchequer of Dublin, and the service of two knights. And the said John and
his heirs may build castles and set up markets, fairs and warren where they
please in the said cantred, as is more fully contained in the said charter ;
and in the said charter mention is made of a covenant expressed in letters
patent of the said John, to wit, to make the king an exchange of the said
cantred for other lands of like value, which letters are enrolled in the rolls
of the Chancery;—the king has granted to the said John, for his immense and
laudable service, that the said covenant and all its conditions be null and the
enrolment thereof quashed and the said letters, sealed with the seal of the
said John, restored to him, and grant that he and his heirs hold the said
cantred with its appurtenances quit of any covenant and condition. Witnesses :—
P. bishop of Hereford, Peter de Sabaudia, Roger de Monte Alto, Robert Walerand,
Nicholas de Sancto Mauro, Imbert Pugeys, William Gernun and others. It is
duplicated.
Afterwards this charter was renewed by order of the king and
sealed with the great seal.
MEMBRANE 5.
Grant to Arnald de Colon, merchant of Montauban (de Monte
Albano), that in his wines coming to England he may have 300 tuns of the
present vintage quit of prise, save the ancient prise of 2 tuns in every ship,
with mandate in pursuance to all bailiffs, chamberlains and takers of wines in
England.
Sept. 15. Bordeaux.
Safe-conduct, at the instance of John Maunsell, for Bertram
del Farre and Master John Lumbard, their horses, goods and men; for two years,
unless war break out between the king and the king of Navarre.
Exemption, at the instance of Robert de Ibetot, of Baldwin de Rosey from
being put on assizes, juries or recognitions and from being made sheriff,
coroner, escheator, forester, agister or other bailiff of the king, against his
will.
¶Pardon to William Columb for mortally wounding Rostand
Ruffac, of his flight for the same, and of any consequent outlawry.
Sept. 18. Bordeaux.
Exemption, at the instance of Simon de Bello Campo, of John
Bek from being put on assizes, juries or recognitions and from being made sheriff,
coroner or other bailiff of the king, against his will.
The like of [Wakhelin]Wakelin de Rosey, at the instance of Stephen
Lungespe [Longespee?] [grand-son of King Henry "Curtmantle"
Plantagenet FitzEmpress of England II].
Pardon, at the instance of the queen, to William Langhals
for the death of Michael le Suur and of his consequent flight and outlawry.
The like to Madoc de Winestonesleg for the robbery and
wounding of Adam de Raynesford
A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds: Volume 4.
Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1902.
Norfolk: A. 7907. Letter of attorney by Henry
Inglose, knight, to Thomas Selers, Christopher Norwich and John Wilton to
deliver seisin to Walter Lyard, bishop of Norwich, John Fastolff, John Colville
and Robert Conyers, knights, William Lanstrothir, preceptor of Kerbrok, knight,
Edmund Wichyngham, Robert Inglose and Thomas Beaupre, esquires, William Jenney,
John Parham, clerk, and Henry Wilton of the manors of Lodne and Bokenham ferye,
with the advowsons of the churches of Bokenhamferye and Hasyngham with their
appurtenances, Stalham called Stalham Halle, Skewriston, North Walsham,
Felmyngham called Brians, Rakhith, Howgate, Salhous, South Creyk called Roseys, Kellyng,
Hednham, Sislond called Walsyngford and Munddam called Mauclerkes, co. Norfolk,
with their appurtenances, and of lands &c. bought by him or others to his
use in the towns of Lodne, Sislond, Munddam, Sethyng, Langle, Shedgrave,
Thurton, Bokenhamferye, Hasyngham, Strumpsaw, Breyston, Stalham, Skowriston,
Cowetishale, Skothowe, Sloleye, North Walsham, Felmyngham, Abbot Swanton,
Rakhith, Salhous, Bastewyk, Northcreyk, Southcreyk, Brunham, Berwyk, Bermers,
Stanhow, and elsewhere, co. Norfolk, all of which the said bishop and others
had of his gift by his charter of feoffment of even date. Lodne, 26 May, 29
Henry VI. Fragments of seal.
MEMBRANE 24.
March 3. Abingdon.
Commission to Master Henry de Bray and John Wogan to inquire
touching all the trespasses committed against the king, the bailiff of
Bergeveny and his men, after the feast of St. Martin last past, and to make
speedy and sufficient amends therefor according to law and the custom of those
parts; and mandate to the said bailiff, the sheriff of Hereford, the bailiffs
of Geoffrey de Genevill, of Theobald de Verdun, of Ewyas, and of Edmund, the
king's brother, of Monmouth and the Three Castles, to summon a jury to make the
inquisition.
Commission of oyer and terminer to R[alph] de Hengham and
R[oger] de Northwode touching the persons who broke the houses of Thomas de
Normanvill at Wideford, co. Essex.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward I: Volume 1, 1272-1281.
Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1901.
March 8. Down Ampney.
¶Commission to Thomas de Meteham and Robert de Baylol to
inquire touching deodands in the county of York, as to whose hands they have
come, and how and when and in what manner, and whose they were and by what
reason and by what accident (casum), and of what value they are, and touching
all the circumstances concerning the matter, taking with them the coroners of
that county for making the inquisition, which is to be sent to the king in his
next parliament after Easter instant.
Commission of oyer and terminer to Walter de Helyun and
Roger de Burnhuil touching the persons who broke the park of Walter de Balum at
Much Marcle (Magna Markeleye) co. Hereford, hunted therein, and carried away
deer and other goods of the said Walter and ill treated his men.
Commission to William de Brayboef and Elias Cotele to
deliver the gaol of Ivelcestre of Robert le Aguiller [Aguilar] of Wilton who
after the last eyre in the county of Somerset was put in exigent for the death of Walkelin de
Rosey and hearing a rumour thereof gave himself up to the said
gaol.
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely:
Volume 6. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1978.
WEST WICKHAM:
Manors and Other Estates.
The site of the manor-house, recorded in 1260, (fn. 153) and
called by c. 1280 Streetly Hall, (fn. 154) was presumably at Streetly Hall
Farm, ½ mile west of Streetly hamlet. Its park was mentioned in 1393. (fn. 155)
It had a timber-framed farm-house, enlarged eastwards in the 18th century with
a three-bay brickfronted range, which survived in 1975. The house and farm were
sold c. 1911 to S. O. Webb, (fn. 156) whose family had been tenants there since
c. 1800. (fn. 157) About 1912 Webb built a larger house; (fn. 158) the old farm
buildings were burnt down in 1930. (fn. 159)
In 974 King Edgar's theign Elfhelm (d. c. 990) gave his wife
3 hides at Enhale on their marriage. (fn. 160) By 1066 1 hide there comprising
ENHALE, later YEN HALL, manor belonged to King Edward's thegn Tochi, of whose
successor William de Warenne it was held in 1086 by Lambert de Rosey. (fn. 161)
From William's son William, earl of Surrey (d. 1138), lordship over Enhale
passed to his younger son Reynold (fn. 162) (d. 1179), whose heirs were mesne
lords under the earls of Surrey. (fn. 163) After 1209 Reynold's granddaughter
Beatrice brought the mesne lordship, with the honor of Wormegay, to the
Bardolfs, of whom Enhale was still held c. 1400. (fn. 164) Lambert de Rosey was succeeded
by his son Walkelin, (fn. 165) and Ralph de Rosey (fl. 1158) (fn. 166) by his son
Baldwin, (fn. 167) who went on crusade in 1189. By 1195 his land had
come to Walkelin de Rosey (fn. 168) (d. 1221), who left as heir a son, Baldwin,
under age. (fn. 169) Baldwin, in possession in 1242, (fn. 170) died after 1260,
(fn. 171) when his lands may have passed to Walkelin de Rosey, probably his
son, (fn. 172) murdered c. 1270, (fn. 173) or to Saher de Rosey, a ward of Earl
John de Warenne c. 1260. (fn. 174)
¶By 1279 Enhale manor belonged with other Rosey estates to
Sir Baldwin de Manners, (fn. 175) who was granted free warren there in 1291,
was lord in 1316, (fn. 176) and died without issue in 1320. Baldwin's widow
Joan sought dower in Enhale in 1321, (fn. 177) but Baldwin had in 1311 granted
the reversion of other Cambridgeshire manors, and perhaps of Enhale, to Sir
John Botetourt (fn. 178) (d. 1324): by 1331 Joan, widow of Botetourt's son
Thomas (d. 1322), held Enhale. (fn. 179) When Joan died in 1338 Enhale
descended to her son Sir John, later Lord Botetourt, (fn. 180) who held it in
1346 and 1359, (fn. 181) but had alienated it before he died in 1385. (fn. 182)
In King William's time (of Domesday Book), Baldwin holds
a
farm of William — two hides in Lamva Hundrech' "There
is land
* Its general prevalence very likely dates from the
Crusades, and the then popular Baldwins. The name may first have been applied
to such fortunate boldness as has given Mr. E. S. Baldwin, the present well
known millionaire of San Frantisco,'the Hohriquet of " Baldwin, the
Lucky."
Early Baldwins of County Bucks, England.
to one plough and a half, and they are three with one
villane, an. one bordar meadow ior one plough. In the whole it is and was worth
twenty shillings. He, himself, held it in King Edward's time, and might sell
it."
In Mosleie Hundred, "Baldwin holds of William, in
Cicelai (Chichley), three hides for one manor. I'here is land to three ploughs.
There is one in the desmesne ; * and five villaues,t with four bordars, t have
two ploughs. Meadow for one plough.
Pannage || for one hundred hogs. It is and always was worth
forty shillings. He, himself, held it in King Edward's time, and might sell
it."'
THE TOPOGRAPHY OF MEDIAEVAL ERISWELL - By THE REVD. J. T.
MUNDAY,MA
[Pg 209] The proportion of freemen was high in Suffolk, but
not one was listed in Eriswell. In the cartulary of Colchester Abbey, a
document (p. 150) of about 1190 gives the names of five men who owned
extra-manorial land in Eriswell.
One of these, Baldwin the Steward, [Latin: Baldwini dapiferi] de Rochester [de Rosei de Roffa de Roucestre, aka: Baldewinus de Rossay] at about
the same date [1190] requested a decision from the Knights of the Shire (Rot.
Cur. Regis) about his ownership of thirty acres of ware-land in Eriswell.
Another, Everard, appeared before the Knights in a similar dispute about sixty
acres (not specifically named ware-land). The possibility that some at least of
the five men's holdings had been ware land at the time of Domesday is
strengthened by the fact that our duplex manor only paid 17d. in geld in contrast
with the 20d. of neighbouring communities (leaving, one supposes,3d. to be paid
direct by someone to the Hundred).
Before 1066 Manor at Eriswell held by Godwin [Godwin
was made 1st Earl of Wessex I], thane of King Edward the Confessor.
1086 Domesday Book - manor held by Eudo Odo Dapifer
the King's Steward;
c.1200 Manor of Eriswell held by Baldwin dapiferi
‘The Steward of the King’ de Rochester [de Rosei de Roffa de Roucestre, aka: Baldewinus
de Rossay] (main residence Newsells, Hertfordshire);
1235 Passes to Baldwin’s son William de Rochester [de
Roucestre];
1248 passes to William’s brother Peter de Rochester;
aka Peter de Rossa, parson of Rivenhall and lord of the manor of Cressing, who
assumed the dress of the Templars a little before his death in 1255, (fn. 2)
granted to them over a hundred acres of land in Rivenhall; and in return they
maintained a chaplain to pray for his soul in their free chapel at Witham. They
also maintained three chaplains to pray for the souls of other benefactors in their
chapel at Cressing; the first celebrating on three days of the week for John de
Staundone and on four days for the founders, the counts of Boulogne, the second
for Peter de Toppesfeld, and the third for Peter the clerk.
The manor of Cressing with the advowson of the church was
granted to the Knights Templars by Maud, queen of Stephen and heiress of the
counts of Boulogne, by a charter dated at Evreux in 1136, and confirmed to them
by a charter of Stephen near the close of his reign. The same king and queen
and their son, count Eustace of Boulogne, also granted to them the manor and
half-hundred of Witham by charters which are witnessed by Gilbert, earl of
Pembroke, and can therefore be assigned to the years 1138-1148. The church of
Witham was, however, excepted, having been previously granted to the church of
St. Martin-le-Grand, London. This preceptory, which is generally spoken of as
Cressing, but sometimes as Cressing and Witham, was therefore among the very
earliest of the possessions of the military orders in England. It is placed
first in the detailed list (fn. 1) of the lands of the Templars, with the names
of donors and of tenants, which was drawn up in 1185.
1255 Passes to son Henry de Rochester then to his son
Sir Ralph de Rochester who dies without issue, leaving Eriswell to his wife
Eva de Pecche [?], the daughter and heir of Gilbert de Pecche and niece of Hamon de Pecche
[???]; by 1269 Eva de Pecche [?] marries Sir Robert de Tuddenham.
"The manor of Rivenhall [Ravenhill, for Ravenel,
from Ravenel, near Beauvais and Clermont, in the Beauvoisin] formed part of
the possessions of Editha, the queen of Edward the confessor; and at the time
of the general survey, belonged to the earl of Boulogne; and an heiress of that
family, by marriage to king Stephen, conveyed it to the crown. In the time of
King John, in 1210, these lands were in the possession of Ralph de Roffa, or
Roucester: William, Peter, and Alice
were his children. The two brothers, on the death of the father, came
successively to his possessions; but, both dying childless, Alice the sister
became the heir, and by marriage conveyed them to Robert de Scalariis, or
scales, descended from Scalier, one of William the conqueror's warriors.
..."
In the 25th of Edward I., Robert de Scales held half a
Knight's fee here, in capite. He was son of Robert de Scales, by Alice his
wife, daughter of Sir Ralph de Rochester; and died in the 33rd of that reign
[1272]. Eva, the other daughter of Sir Ralph, by Maud his wife, daughter of Sir
Hamon Peche, married Sir Robert Tudenham; who deceased in the 4th of Edward II
[1288].; and between these daughters Sir Ralph's large possessions became
divided. ..."
Eriswell Hall is located behind Eriswell Hall barns. It has
a ... c.1200, Manor of Eriswell held by Baldwin de Rochester (main residence
Newsells, Hertfordshire).
Sir Robert de Scales's [-D:1369] main residence was at Rivenhall in Essex but
also held Newsells and Berkway in Hertfordshire, Magna Leigh in Essex,
Haslingfield in Cambridgeshire, Wrethlington and Tremeleye in Suffolk, Wilton,
Barton Bendish, Hickling, Ilsington, Howe, Middleton, Pudding Norton, Gateley,
Tylney, Herewych and Reinham in Norfolk and Berton [Berton Binnedich Manor,
Norfolk?] in Gloucestershire.
Baldewini de Rovecestria also held estates in Rivenhall [aka
Ruenhala, Rewenhale] in Essex
Another possible channel: Sir [Chevalier] Guillain de Rossay
25 July 1288
GREAT BEALINGS MANOR.
In more recent times there were two
manors in Great Bealings, the principal lordship and that of Seckford Hall
Manor. The former held by Hervey de Bourges passed to Gilbert de Peche, and was
held by Sir Hugh de Pecche in the time of Edward I. ; for in 1285 Sir Hugh had
a grant of free warren here/ and dying in 1292* was succeeded by another Hugh
de Peche, who died about 1310,* and was succeeded by Eva his sister, wife of Sir
Robert de Tuddenham, son of Sir John de Tuddenham by Lady Joan Charles, his
wife. Sir Robert died about 1308, and his widow Eva in 1311, 7 when the manor
passed to his son and heir, Sir Robert de Tuddenham, who married Catherine,
daughter of John de Patshull, and sister and coheir of William de Patteshall or
Patshull, of Northamptonshire, and died about 1352, a leaving his widow, who
survived till 1383, for this is the date of her will, which was proved i6th
June the same year. Their eldest son, Robert, died a minor in 1337," and
the manor passed to his cousin, Sir Robert de Tuddenham, son of Thomas de
Tuddenham. Sir Robert de Tuddenham died in 1362, when he was succeeded by his
son, Sir John de Tuddenham, who was a minor at the time of his father's death,
and consequently the King twice presented to the living of the church by reason
of his having the custody of the lands during minority. 10 Sir John was Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk
in 1383. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert (and sister and coheir of
Sir John) Wey- land, and widow of Sir Thomas de Graunison.
GRUNDISBURGH HALL MANOR.
This was vested in Sir Hugh du Pecche,
Knt., in 1270. He claimed a market and
fair, and fret warren here in 1285. 5 On his death in 1292* the manor passed to his son and
heir, Sir Hugh du Pecche, who died about
13107 when it went to his sister and heir, Eva du Pecche, who married Sir Robert de Tuddenham, and from this time to
the time of Sir Edmund Bedingfield in
1528 the devolution of the manor is the same as thai of Great Bealings, in this Hundred. The last-mentioned Sir Edmund Bedingfield
evidently disposed of the manor, for amongst the Chancery Proceedings of the
time of Queen Elizabeth we find an action by Thomas Pells and Francis Pells to
complete a sale of this manor made by
Edmund Bedingfield, deceased, to the plaintiffs and others. 8 The manor is specifically mentioned in the
inquisition post mortum of Eva de Tuddenham, who died in 1311,' also of Sir
Robert Tuddenham, who died in 1337,' Sir
Robert Tuddenham," Sir John Tuddenham,
12 Margery Tuddenham,
13 Sir Thomas Tuddenham,
14 Margaret Bedingfield,
15 and Sir Thomas Bedingfield.
16 In 1591 a fine was levied of the manor by
John Pells against Anthony Gosnold and
others,
17 and in 1609 the lordship was held
by Robert Gosnold. In 1688 it had passed
to Sir William Blois, Knt., the son of William Blois, by Frances, daughter of John Tye, of Ipswich,
which William Blois died loth Jan. 1621,
and was the son of William Blois and Alice his wife, daughter of William Nottingham, which last-mentioned
William Blois died in 1607, and was the
son of Richard Blois, who died in 1559, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Roger Hill, of Needham.
Manorial Estate: Newsells Manor, Barkway, Royston,
Hertfordshire, SG8, GB. 1 Members of the Merk family were the
immediate tenants of the manor in the 12th century. A Eustace de Merk was
witness to the charter of Count Eustace [of Boulogne] confirming Barkway Church
to Colchester Abbey, and as others of the same family were elsewhere tenants of
the Counts of Boulogne it appears possible that he was already tenant of
Newsells under the count. A Sir Eustace de Merk, kt., who was living in the
reign of Richard I, was styled 'lord of Newsells' and founded a chapel at
Royston within this lordship. He is probably identical with the 'Eustace de
Oye, son of Henry de Merk,' living in April 1190. Sir Eustace de Merk, kt., was
also styled 'de Rochester' and was succeeded as tenant (apparently within his
own lifetime) by his nephew Ralph de Rochester.
This Ralph had been preceded by a 'Baldwin de
Rochester,' presumably the Baldwin de Rochester who witnessed a charter of
Henry father of Eustace 'de Oye' and perhaps a son of the same Henry. In
this case Ralph would be son of Baldwin de Rochester.
Newsells was the 'caput' of the barony which Ralph de
Rochester held of the honour of Boulogne. Ralph's son and heir William de
Rochester died shortly before 24 October 1249 and was succeeded by his brother
Peter de Rochester, parson of Rivenhall, co. Essex. Shortly before his death
Peter took the habit of a Knight Templar. On the Saturday before Ascension Day,
1255, as he lay on his death-bed he granted Newsells Manor to his sister Alice
widow of Robert de Scales, making her swear to provide a chaplain to celebrate
for his soul, or in case of his recovery to compensate him from her own lands
in Cambridgeshire. He died on the Ascension Day following. At the outbreak of
the Barons' War Alice Scales was residing at Newsells and was there robbed of
goods and chattels worth £50 by the bailiff of Gilbert Earl of Gloucester. In
1264, she subenfeoffed her youngest son Roger Scales of Wetherden of the manor;
but in 1270 it was agreed between Roger and Alice that the former's tenure
should be for life only. In the same year Robert son of Roger's elder brother
Robert, heir to the manor under the new settlement, obtained a grant of a
weekly market on Tuesdays and an eight days' fair beginning on the vigil of the
feast of St. Mary Magdalene. This Robert was the first Lord Scales and married
Isabel Burnell, possibly a relative of Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath and
Wells, the chancellor and adviser of Edward I. Roger Scales transferred to the
bishop his life interest in Newsells Manor before the end of the year 1271.
Also refer: EVA LATE THE WIFE OF ROBERT DE TODENHAM [de
Tuddenham]. Writ, 24 Jan. [5] Edw. II. Inq. made at Ereswell SUFFOLK ….. 5 Edw.
II.
[Ereswell.] The manor (extent given) with the advowson of
the church, was held by service of 2 knights’ fees of the king in chief as of
the honour of Boulogne by Ralph de Rouecestre, who thereof enfeoffed Hamo son
……, who reenfeoffed the said Ralph (and Eva his wife?), and if it should happen
that the said Ralph should die without heirs ………. the manor &c. should
remain to the said Eva and …….; and (the said Ralph) died without heirs of the
body of the said Eva, who survived and married the said Robert; and by agreement
between them, Robert de Weston and Hawis his wife, sister and heir of the said
Ralph, granted the said manor and advowson to the said Robert de Todenham and
Eva to hold to them and [the heirs of their bodies, of the said] Robert and Hawis
and the heirs of the said Hawis, paying …… and doing to the chief lords (the
services due). By reason of which fine the said Robert de Todenham [de
Tuddenham] did fealty to ….. Descales, kinsman and heir of the said Hawis; and
after the decease of the said Robert the said Eva continued seised of the said
manor until her death.
[Robert, son of the said Robert] de Todenham [de
Tuddenham] and Eva, aged 32 and more, is her next heir.
From: A General Introduction to Domesday Book:
Accompanied by Indexes of the...
“Baldvinus quidam serviens regis, Herf[ordshire?]t 142” [Baldwin, a
servant of the king]-mention a reference to this person in a manuscript
relating to Waltham Abby, in a chronological succession of events, says, “AD
1084. Rex Angulorum Willielmus fratrem suum, Odoem Baiocensem Episcopum,
custodia posuit.”
Balduinus, Glou.170. Northampt.219 [1] Linc. 370 [2]
Waltham
Abby & Baldvinus quidam serviens regis, Hertf 142.
Balduinus Vicomes, [3] Dors. 81. Dev. 105b. v. Execestre.
Balistarius,
Heppo, Linc. 369.
Balistarius,
Nicolaus, Dev. 117. [4]. Warw. 238. [5]
Balistarius,
Odardus, Surr. 36b.
Balistarius,
Odo, Yorksh. 298. [6]
[1] This entry is in the town of
Northampton, ‘Balduinus (haet] dimid. mansionem vastam.”
[2] Of the lands put down to Balduinus,
it is said, ‘Haec terra omnis pertinet ad Donintune [illeg symbol] S. Peri
Westmon. hanc tenet Balduinus de Rege. Abbas vero clamat ad opus S. Petri,
testimonio hominum totius comitatus.’
[3] He is one of the sons of
Gilbert Earl of Brion [who was murdered in Normandy]. This Baldwin, who was one
of the King’s Generals in the Battle of Hastings, was called Baldwin the Molis,
Baldwin de Brion and Baldwin de Sap, and sometimes, at a later period, Baldwin
de Exeter. He had a Barony of Okehampton [Ochementome], which was his chief
seat, and the Castle of Exeter, which he had built at the King’s command. His
father, Earl Gilbert, was the son of Godfrey Earl of Ewe, a natural son of
Richard Duke of Normandy, the Conqueror’s grandfather. Lysons, Mag. Brit. Dev.
p.1.note.
[4] Eight out of eleven estates
here entered had belonged to one Ordric.
Identify who: Balduinus de
Roseio is.
SERVIENS DOMINI REGIS = In old English law. King’s Serjeant;
a public officer, who acted sometimes as the sheriff’s deputy, and had also
judicial powers.
"BARTON"
William de Roucester [de Roucestre] died possessed of it in the 33d of
Henry III. son of Ralph de Roucestre, and it came to Sir Robert Tudenham, by the marriage of
Eva de Pecche[?], relict of Ralph de Roucester, son of Henry, brother and heir of William de Roucestre,
who died s. p. This was also held of the earls of Clare; and, in the 54th of
Henry III. Sir Robert Tudenham, and Eva his wife, granted it, by sine, to
Robert de Weston, and Hawilia de Roucestre his wife, sister of Ralph de Roucestre, son of Sir Henry de Roucestre de Merc,
(which they held in dower of the inheritance of Hawisia) in exchange for the
manor of Ereswell in Suffolk; but, in the 1st of Edward I. the said Sir Robert,
&c. conveyed it to Gilbert de Well, and Maud his wife."
Bekesbourne [Bekesborne] Manor, Canterbury in Kent, England
6 EDWARD II [1313] - Richard de Roucestre to settle Bekesbourne Manor on himself for life, with remainder to John de Cobeham and his heirs. Kent. Document in The National Archives, Kew ref: C 143/91/12
The MANOR OF BEKESBORNE, antiently called Livingsborne, from one Levine, a Saxon, who held it in the time of king Edward the Confessor, and from the small bourn or stream which runs through it, came, after the Norman conquest, into the possession of Odo, bishop of Baieux, under the general title of of whose lands it is thus entered in the survey of Domesday:
The same bishop of Baieux holds in demesne Burnes. It was taxed at two sulings. The arable land is six carucates. In demesne there are two, and twenty-five villeins, with four borderers having seven carucates. There is a church and six servants, and one mill of thirty-eight pence, and one saltpit of thirty pence, and half a fishery, of four pence. Of pasture forty pence. Wood for the pannage of six hogs and an half. Levine held it of king Edward.
In the time of king Edward the Confessor it was worth twelve pounds, and afterwards seven pounds, now twelve pounds, and yet it pays eighteen pounds. What Hugo de Montfort holds is worth five shillings. These three manors (viz. this manor, and Hardres and Stelling, both immediately before described) Rannulf (de Columbels) holds to ferme of the bishop of Baieux.
Four years after this, the bishop being disgraced, this manor, among the rest of his possessions, became confiscated to the crown, of which it was afterwards held by a family of the name of Beke, whence it acquired the name of Bekesborne likewise, and in king Henry III.'s reign William de Beke appears by the Testa de Nevil to have held this place, called in it, Bernes, then valued at ten pounds, in grand sergeantry, by the service of finding one ship for the king, when he passed the seas, and a present to him of three marcs. From this name it passed into that of Bourne; for I find that Walter de Bourne was possessed of it in the 37th year of king Edward III. and he sold it to Walter Doget, whose son John passed it away to John Cornwallis, John Weston, and Thomas Thornbury, and they anno 5 Henry IV. joined in the sale of this manor, and the advowson of the chantry adjoining to the lands of it, called Bourne's chantry, to John Browne, plumber, of Canterbury, who in the 1st year of king Henry VI. alienated it to William Bennet and Thomas Cadbury, and they again joined in the sale of this manor to archbishop Chicheley, and his trustees, and they in the 22d year of that reign conveyed it to the priory of Christ-church, in Canterbury, and prior Goldston, in king Henry VII.'s reign, rebuilt the prior's apartment here, and the chapel adjoining, dedicating it to the Annunciation and the patron of this church. He likewise built the hall adjoining to the prior's dormitory, and all the other buildings there, except the lodge and the two barns. And in this state it continued till the suppression of the priory in the 31st year of king Henry VIII. when it came into the king's hands, who, in his 32d year, granted it, with the prior's house, called Christchurch-house, and all other his estates in this parish, (except advowsons) in exchange, to Thomas Colepeper, senior, esq. of Bedgbury, to hold in capite by knight's service, (fn. 5) and he, by an act passed in the 35th year of that reign, specially for the purpose, exchanged it for the manor of Bishopsborne, and other premises, with archbishop Cranmer, to hold in free, pure, and perpetual alms. After which the archbishop made this house one of his palaces for his retirement, for which purpose he made considerable buildings at it, and probably would have done more, had he continued in the prelacy; (fn. 6) and archbishop Parker, who took great delight in the situation, intended further to enlarge it, but he died before he began his purpose of it. After which, in the time of the civil wars, in Charles I.'s reign, this palace was not only pillaged, but almost the whole of it pulled down by the fanatics of that time, so that the gatehouse and a few of the offices on each side of it, were all that were left remaining, which after the restoration were converted into a dwelling, and demised by the archbishop, with the demesnes of the manor, on a beneficial lease, Robert Peckham, esq being the present lessee, and residing in it. The house has lately been much modernized. But the manor of Bekesborne itself, his grace the archbishop retains in his own hands.
