Sheldon Manors
Documenting the manorial history of the south Hampshire coast,
the Solent, and Chichester Harbour
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Aldingbourne
Aldingbourne, West Sussex · from 683
Aldingbourne is a parish of 3,098 acres held continuously by the bishops of Chichester (formerly Selsey) from before the Conquest. King Caedwalla endowed the see c.683. Assessed at 36 hides in Domesday. During the Commonwealth (1648-1660) the manor was briefly sold to William Kendall, then Denis Bond, but returned to the See at the Restoration. Several bishops were resident, including Lancelot Andrews (1606).
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Westbourne, West Sussex · from 1150
Aldsworth was granted by William, Earl of Arundel, to Ralph de la Roche in the mid-12th century for the render of a huntingspear at Martinmas. It descended through the de la Roche and Dawtrey families before being sold to Philip Jermyn in 1633. Alexander Jermyn reunited it with Westbourne by selling to Lord Lumley in 1661.
View full profileAlmodington
Earnley, West Sussex · from 1086
Almodington was presumably part of the Bishop of Chichester's Sidlesham manor at Domesday. Hugh de Almodington held a knight's fee of the bishop in 1166. In 1337 Robert de Almodington alienated it to Sir John de Arundel, and thereafter it descended with the Arundel earldom. Henry, Earl of Arundel, settled it on his daughter Jane and Lord Lumley in 1566. The demesne lands passed through the Rishton and Taylor families before being sold to Sir Edward Turnour in 1700. The manor descended to Earl Winterton. The earldom became extinct in 1962.
View full profileAlverstoke
Alverstoke, Hampshire · from 1086
Alverstoke was held by the Bishop of Winchester for the support of the monks of St Swithun at Domesday. In 1284 the manor was transferred from the priory to the bishop in exchange for important concessions. It remained with the see until the Ecclesiastical Commissioners took over.
View full profileArundel
Arundel, West Sussex · from 1067
Arundel is the caput of the rape of Arundel, one of the six great divisions of Sussex. The castle was built c.1067-68 by Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury, on a commanding hill above the river Arun. After Roger's son Robert forfeited the rape in 1102, it passed to the Crown and thence (through Queen Adeliza) to the d'Aubigny earls. The FitzAlan family succeeded in 1243 and held the rape until the Howard family inherited through marriage. The Howards, Dukes of Norfolk, have held the castle and honour from the early 17th century to the present day.
View full profileBarnham
Barnham, West Sussex · from 1066
Barnham was held by Alnoth as a free man in 1066, and by William under Earl Roger in 1086. From at least 1230 it descended as a member of Halnaker in Boxgrove through the St John family. After passing through the Poynings, Paulet, and Morley families, it was exchanged to the Crown about 1542. The reversion was granted to Lord Howard of Effingham in 1570. By 1608 it was held by the Browne family of Loseley, who conveyed it to Sir William Morley in 1629. From 1659 it again descended with Halnaker, passing from 1765 to the Lennox family, later Gordon-Lennox, Dukes of Richmond.
View full profileBeaumonds
Farlington, Hampshire · from 1316
Beaumonds was a reputed manor in Farlington parish in the sixteenth century, possibly derived from the lands of John Beaumond recorded in 1316. Elizabeth Pound died seised of part of Beaumonds in 1511. Her son William, aged 37, succeeded. The descent thereafter followed Farlington manor.
View full profileBedenham
Alverstoke, Hampshire · from 1086
Bedenham occupied three farms on a peninsula at the head of Portsmouth Harbour, held of the Bishop of Winchester. John de Drokensford held from 1303 and became Bishop of Bath and Wells in 1308. The manor descended through the Courtenay, Botreux, White, Marriner, Plowden, and Mason families. Montague Foster purchased in 1904. The site is now largely MOD land.
View full profileBedhampton
Bedhampton, Hampshire · from 826
Bedhampton lies in the south-east corner of Portsdown hundred, bounded to the south by Langstone Harbour. King Egbert granted the manor to Winchester Cathedral in the ninth century, from which it passed to Hyde Abbey. The descent ran through the Fitz Herbert family, the Despensers, the earls of Kent, and the Holland and Beaufort families before merging with the Crown on the death of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII, in 1509.
View full profileBelanney
Southwick, Hampshire · from 1086
A sub-manor within Southwick parish, possibly derived from the Domesday holding of William Mauduit. The Belanney family held it in the thirteenth century. It passed through the Sturmy, Holt, and Pound families before merging with the main Southwick manor through the marriage of Mary Pound to Edward White. Courts leet were held as late as 1803.
View full profileBere
Soberton, Hampshire · from 1338
Bere, also known as Wayte Bere, was a reputed manor in the extreme west of Soberton parish, held of the Bishop of Winchester as of his manor of Hambledon. The Wayte family held from at least 1338. William Wayte died in 1561 leaving six daughters as co-heirs, and the estate passed to the Norton family. The VCH states that manorial rights, if ever there were any, had by this time lapsed.
View full profileBerkeleys
Selsey, West Sussex · from 1147
Berkeleys was a prebendal manor in Selsey, forming part of the endowment of the prebend of Waltham in Chichester Cathedral. The estates lay near the old church at Church Norton and in the common fields. The prebend was valued at 10 pounds in 1291. Prebendaries held and leased the property until the Ecclesiastical Commissioners assumed control under the 1840 Act.
View full profileBirdham
Birdham, West Sussex · from 683
Birdham was included in Caedwalla's endowment to the monastery of Selsey in 683. In Domesday Book, the manor was held under Earl Roger by William, with Nigel as his tenant, at three and a half hides with a mill yielding 20 shillings and two fisheries. The principal manor descended with Halnaker to Thomas West, Lord de la Warre, who exchanged it to the Crown in 1540. It was granted to Sir Richard Sackville in 1557, then to the Dean and Chapter of Chichester in 1565. Sir Richard Lewkenor held it by 1616, and it descended with West Dean manor thereafter.
View full profileBirdham Broomer
Birdham, West Sussex · from 1336
Birdham Broomer was a sub-manor representing the 1/12 fee held by Robert de Bromore from 1336. It passed to the Earl of Arundel, whose executors gave it to the hospital of Holy Trinity, Arundel, in 1423. After the Dissolution the Crown granted it to Sir Richard Lee in 1546. It passed through Carpender and Shelley to Sir Richard Sackville, who conveyed it to the Crown in 1565. Queen Elizabeth granted it to the Dean and Chapter of Chichester, who held it except during the Commonwealth. It is now held by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.
View full profileBirdham Court Barns
Birdham, West Sussex · from 1565
Birdham Court Barns was the second sub-manor of Birdham, included in the 1565 grant from Elizabeth I to the Dean and Chapter of Chichester as "the other manor of Birdham." It descended with Birdham Broomer, except that during the Commonwealth it was acquired by John Downes rather than Thomas Butterie. It is now held by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.
View full profileBishop's Waltham
Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire · from 904
Bishop's Waltham was granted by King Edward the Elder to Bishop Denewulf of Winchester in 904, in exchange for Portchester. The bishops held the manor continuously for nearly a thousand years. The episcopal palace, built by Henry de Blois in the twelfth century, was destroyed during the Civil War in 1644. During the Commonwealth, Robert Reynolds purchased the manor for £7,999 14s. It was restored to the see at the Restoration and transferred to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1869.
View full profileBoarhunt
Boarhunt, Hampshire · from 1086
The principal manor of Boarhunt parish, held at Domesday by Tezelin under Hugh de Port. The Boarhunt family held it from the early thirteenth century until 1365, when Bernard de Brocas and his wife Mary conveyed it to William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester. Wykeham granted it to Southwick Priory in 1369. At the Dissolution it passed to Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, then to John White of Southwick. It followed the descent of Southwick manor thereafter.
View full profileBoarhunt Herbelyn
Boarhunt, Hampshire · from 1216
A serjeanty manor within Boarhunt parish, named after Herbelin who held it in the reign of Henry III. The holder owed castle service at Portchester: habergellum (mail coat service) for twenty to forty days in time of war. It passed from the Boarhunt family to the Danvers family, then to Southwick Priory. At the Dissolution it was granted to Thomas Wriothesley and followed the descent of the principal Boarhunt manor.
View full profileBosham
Bosham, West Sussex · from 1066
Bosham was one of the great pre-Conquest lordships of Sussex, held by Earl Godwin and then his son Harold before 1066. William the Conqueror retained it as the only Sussex estate in royal hands. The manor passed through the Marshal earls of Pembroke, the Bigod earls of Norfolk, the Mowbray dukes of Norfolk, and the Berkeley earls. The Guinness family (Earls of Iveagh) purchased the lordship before 1937 and held it until 2019, when it was sold to Franck Petitgas. The full title is the Hundred and Manor of Bosham and Chidham and Manor of Bosham Buckfold.
View full profileBowley
North Mundham, West Sussex · from 1426
Bowley split from South Mundham at the 1426 partition of the Jardyn estate. The Darrell family held in the 16th century. William Smyth of Binderton purchased in 1603. Through the Morley and May families, Laurence Alcock purchased in 1690. Nathaniel Newnham of Newtimber Place bought in 1774. Emma Newnham owned in 1819. Subsequently acquired by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.
View full profileBoxgrove
Boxgrove, West Sussex · from 1086
Boxgrove is a parish of 3,677 acres. Robert de Haye gave the church with 2.5 hides to the abbey of Lessay in 1105, establishing Boxgrove Priory. The priory held the manor until the Dissolution (1537). Through Thomas West, Lord de la Warre (exchange with Crown), the Earls of Arundel, Lord Lumley, and the Morley family, it was purchased by Charles, Duke of Richmond in 1765 for 48,000 pounds.
View full profileBracklesham
East Wittering, West Sussex · from 945
Bracklesham was a prebendal estate in East Wittering parish, formerly an independent chapelry. In 945 King Edmund granted 4 hides in Bracklesham to Alfred, Bishop of Selsey. By 1291 the rectory was valued at 16 pounds 13 shillings 4 pence. Severe coastal erosion from the Bracklesham beds destroyed much of the settlement, and by 1518 the chapel had few if any parishioners. The chapelry was annexed to East Wittering. The prebendal estate was taken over by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.
View full profileBrimfast and Fisher
North Mundham, West Sussex · from 1162
Brimfast and Fisher was given to the Abbey of La Luzerne (Normandy) c.1162 by William de St John. Seized by the Crown during the Hundred Years War (1340). Granted to Eton College in 1441 by Henry VI. Briefly diverted to St George's Chapel, Windsor (1474) but returned. Eton College still held the manor at the time of VCH publication.
View full profileBroadbridge
Bosham, West Sussex · from 1100
Broadbridge was a serjeanty in Bosham, granted by Henry I to William son of Ernulf. The holder rendered two white capons annually when the king passed through. The estate fragmented after 1283 among the Papillon, Whelton, Scardevyle, Michelgrove, and Bradshawe families. Sir Gregory Norton (a regicide) held part through his wife Martha Drewe. All manorial rights had lapsed by the late 17th century.
View full profileBrockhampton
Havant, Hampshire · from 1066
Brockhampton was a tithing on the western borders of Havant parish, held before the Conquest by Sired under Earl Harold. After 1066 the overlordship passed to Hugh de Port with Herbert the Chamberlain as actual tenant. Its Domesday mill was valued at 15s. The manor was held in dower with Bedhampton by Joan, widow of Reginald FitzPeter, and after 1428 was merged into Bedhampton manor.
View full profileCams
Fareham, Hampshire · from 1086
Cams, also known as Cammes Oysell, developed from a 4-hide Domesday holding formerly of Earl Godwin. It passed through the Oysell, Curteys, Ludlow, Badd, Chandler, Carnac, and Delme families. John Oysell represented Fareham in Parliament in 1306.
View full profileChidham
Chidham, West Sussex · from 1243
Chidham was not separately assessed in Domesday Book but formed part of the Bishop of Exeter's estate of the chapelry of Bosham. A confirmatory grant of 1243 first names the manor of Chidham. The Bishop of Exeter held it until 1548, when it was conveyed to Thomas Fisher. The Bickley family held it from 1549 to 1707. It subsequently passed through the Earls of Scarborough, the Padwick and Cheesman families, and Sophie, Lady Gifford. Before 1937 it was acquired by the Earl of Iveagh.
View full profileChidham Hacket
Chidham, West Sussex · from 1616
Chidham Hacket was a minor subinfeudation created in 1616 when Sir Richard Worseley granted land to Lady Elizabeth White. The Worseley family held the overlordship until Sir Robert Worseley conveyed it to John Wakeford in 1720. The record ends with a 1793 conveyance to Joseph Postlethwaite.
View full profileColworth
Oving, West Sussex · from 988
Colworth was granted by King Aethelred II to Leofstan in 988, with leave to bequeath. It was conveyed to the see of Selsey and became a prebendal manor of Chichester Cathedral. The prebendaries held until 1857, when the endowments passed to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.
View full profileCompton
Compton, West Sussex · from 899
Compton is a village parish approximately eight miles north-west of Chichester, whose manor was bequeathed by King Alfred (c. 899) and recorded in Domesday Book (1086) as 10 hides held by Geoffrey of Earl Roger de Montgomery under the Honour of Arundel. The mesne lordship descended through the St. John family from the twelfth century until 1347, when the estate fragmented among heiresses and passed through the Poynings, Lisle, Bramshott, Dudley, and Ernley families. From the mid-seventeenth century the Peckham family consolidated the principal holding, which passed to the Phipps Hornby naval family.
View full profileCosham
Wymering, Hampshire · from 1086
The king held four hides at Cosham at Domesday as part of the royal manor of Wymering. The Cosham family held by serjeanty, providing one armed man for the defence of Portchester Castle in time of war. The manor merged with Wymering by 1604 through the Bruning holdings and passed to Thomas Thistlethwayte in 1821.
View full profileCrofton
Titchfield, Hampshire · from 1066
Crofton was held at Domesday by Count Alan of Brittany as part of the honour of Richmond. It had previously been held by Wulfward. The Furneaux family held as mesne lords, with the Talbot family as sub-tenants. In 1331 Elias de Cherleton and Benedicta, widow of Lawrence Talbot, alienated the manor in mortmain to Titchfield Abbey on condition that a chaplain celebrate daily in the chapel of St Edmund, Crofton. After the Dissolution in 1537, Crofton followed the descent of Titchfield manor.
View full profileCrookhorn
Farlington, Hampshire · from 1312
Crookhorn, historically known as Creuquer, was a small manor within Farlington parish. Its descent was identical to Farlington until 1312, when it was returned to John de Gimises on the death of John de Berewyk. Forfeited for Gimises's felony, it was granted to Hugh le Despenser for life in 1317 and subsequently followed the descent of Farlington. Crookhorn Farm, near Purbrook, is its probable site.
View full profileDenmead
Hambledon, Hampshire · from 1316
Denmead was a tithing within Hambledon parish held by the Bishop of Winchester. It was first called a manor in 1449 when William Wayte died seised. The Wayte family held from 1449 until 1561, when William Wayte divided the estate among six daughters. The manor passed through the Bruning, Wollascot, and Perkins families before Henry Kennett and wife Fanny held courts leet and baron in 1831. No further mention of the manors occurs after that date.
View full profileDenmead Molyns
Hambledon, Hampshire · from 1272
Denmead Molyns was a separate holding within Hambledon parish, taking its name from the Molyns family who held it in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Southwick Priory held the manor at the Dissolution. It was granted to Thomas Wriothesley in 1543 and passed through the Cope family. No further records appear after 1593.
View full profileDensworth
Funtington, West Sussex · from 1289
Densworth was conveyed in 1289 to William de Whitsond and wife Margery. It passed through the Syteler, Westdene, and Bradshawe families before descending with Broadbridge in Bosham to Sir Gregory Norton. After various conveyances in the 17th century, it was assigned to James Creed in 1744 upon the division of the Farington estate. Manorial rights lapsed after John Croucher's daughters held it in the early 19th century.
View full profileDrayton
Oving, West Sussex · from 1100
Drayton was originally part of the city of Chichester, granted by Henry I to William Conan. After a complex medieval descent through the l'Estrange, Picheford, Tregoz, and Badlesmere families, it passed to the Mortimers and then the Crown. Thomas Bisshopp received the manor in 1544 as "Weston Drayton." The Bisshopp family (baronets from 1620) held Drayton until the extinction of the baronetcy in 1870.
View full profileDrayton
Farlington, Hampshire · from 1250
Drayton was a sub-manor within Farlington parish. Henry III gave a moiety to Roger de Merlay in 1250. The Sandford family consolidated the estate by 1303. The Pageham family held Drayton from 1327, owing the service of one man to guard the east gate of Portchester Castle for fifteen days in time of war. The manor passed through the Pound and Wayte families to the earls of Sussex, then to the Garth family, after which it followed the descent of Farlington.
View full profileDroxford
Droxford, Hampshire · from 826
Droxford was granted by King Egbert to the prior and monks of St Swithun, Winchester, in 826. At Domesday it was assessed at 14 hides, held by the bishop for the monks' support. The manor passed wholly to the bishop in 1284 when the monks renounced all claim. It remained with the see of Winchester until 1869, when the Bishops' Resignation Act transferred it to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.
View full profileEarnley
Earnley, West Sussex · from 780
Earnley does not appear in the Domesday Survey, probably being included within Wittering. In 780 Oslac, Duke of the South Saxons, granted land called Earnaleach to the church of St Paul at Selsey. The manor was held by the Ernele family from at least 1284 and passed through several lay hands after the fifteenth century.
View full profileEast Cosham
Wymering, Hampshire · from 1086
East Cosham was held at Domesday by Anschitel son of Osmund. It passed through the Maundeville family to Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester, who assigned it in free alms to Titchfield Abbey. After the Dissolution it was granted to Henry Wriothesley. The property passed through the Joliffe, Wrenford and Meller families before Thomas Gosling sold it to Thomas Thistlethwayte in 1821.
View full profileEast Hampnett
Boxgrove, West Sussex · from 1086
East Hampnett was held in Domesday by Nigel under William of Halnaker. Through the Sartilli, Craucumbe, and Lovel families, it was divided among coheirs in 1290. Richard, Earl of Arundel acquired the principal portion (1340). Through the Arundel/Lumley line, it was sold to Edward Peckham (1584). Sir George Jeffreys (Lord Chancellor) held briefly (1682-1687). The Turnour family held from 1696, with Edward Turnour created Earl Winterton in 1766. West Sussex County Council acquired the manor in 1920.
View full profileEast Hoe
Soberton, Hampshire · from 1066
East Hoe was held by Ulward of King Edward before the Conquest and by Hugh de Port at Domesday. It passed through the Mohun, Hoe, des Roches and Brocas families. Sir Bernard Brocas granted the manor to the prior and convent of Southwick in 1385 for a daily mass. After the Dissolution it passed to the Knight and Browne families before Thomas Lewis, lord of the chief Soberton manor, purchased it in 1712.
View full profileEast Marden
Marden, West Sussex · from 1086
East Marden (Domesday: Meredone) was recorded in 1086 as part of the lands of Earl Roger de Montgomery. In the twelfth century, the land and church were given to Chichester Cathedral to form a prebend, creating a prebendal manor whose revenues supported a canon of the cathedral chapter. The prebend was valued at 8 pounds in 1291 and continued until the Reformation, after which the prebendaries leased the estate to families including Juxon, Brereton, Longcroft, and Woods. The fee simple was eventually purchased from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners by W. Layland Woods around 1870.
View full profileEast Wittering
East Wittering, West Sussex · from 1086
East Wittering was included in the Caedwalla grant to Selsey minster. In 1086, one hide was held of Earl Roger by Robert fitz Tetbald and Ralph. The bishops of Chichester held the overlordship. The local Wystryng family held it from the 12th century until 1507, when Robert Wyghtryng sold to Sir John Ernle. The Ernle family held until 1628, then the Alcock family from 1637 to 1807. George Copis then acquired it, probably as agent for John Helyer, from whom the Duke of Richmond purchased it.
View full profileEastcourt
Oving, West Sussex · from 1332
Eastcourt was originally held by the Prior of Boxgrove, who held half a fee in 1428. After the Dissolution, the reversion of the "manor of Drayton called Estcourt" was granted to Thomas and George Stoughton in 1560. John Caryll acquired the estate around the same period, and it probably formed part of the Caryll family's Merston manorial estate.
View full profileEastergate
Eastergate, West Sussex · from 1086
Eastergate was held by Sees Abbey (Orne, France) from 1086, granted in free alms by Earl Roger. The manor transferred to Syon Abbey (Middlesex) in 1415 with other Sees estates. After the Dissolution it was retained by the Crown until 1560, when it was granted to Richard Baker and Sir Richard Sackville. Sackville exchanged it with the Dean and Chapter of Chichester Cathedral in 1564-5. The demesnes were leased to members of the Rose, Sheldon, and Dolben families. In 1860 it was made over to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. In 1865 it was reallotted as part of the Chichester Cathedral endowment. The Church Commissioners held it through 1993.
View full profileEastney
Portsea, Hampshire · from 1231
Eastney was a member of Warblington manor. Herbert son of Matthew received it with Warblington in 1231, and free warren in Portsea was granted in 1239. Philip of Eastney exercised manorial rights from the late thirteenth century. It descended through the Fitzwilliam family to Sir Anthony Browne. Viscount Montagu sold to George Cotton of Warblington in 1567, reuniting it with the parent manor.
View full profileEgley
Oving, West Sussex · from 1218
Egley was an estate of the city of Chichester bestowed by Henry I with Kingsham. It passed through the Ruffus and Grey families to John Moyne (1326). The reversion was transferred to the Earl of Arundel in 1362. After 1397 Egley was permanently merged with Shopwick.
View full profileElmer
Middleton, West Sussex · from 1086
Elmer was possibly derived from the 4 hides and 5 yardlands held by three Frenchmen of Middleton at Domesday. In 1243 the overlordship passed to Robert Tattershall at the division of the d'Aubigny inheritance. The manor descended through the Montfort, Standbridge, Cowper, Cooke, and Goring families before passing to Nicholas Thompson by purchase in 1620. The Spence family held from 1640 until c.1768. Walter Guinness, Lord Moyne, purchased c.120 acres c.1928.
View full profileErvill's Exton
Hambledon, Hampshire · from 1397
Ervill's Exton was a sub-manor within Hambledon parish in the hundred of the same name. First documented in 1397 when William Haket and Julia held it, the manor passed through the Kyngesmill, Heverfield, Radford and Kirkeby families before the Perrin family held it from 1602 to the early eighteenth century. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are recorded as lords of the manor at the time of the VCH publication in 1908.
View full profileFairthorne
Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire · from 1296
Fairthorne, also known as Hulle, was a sub-manor of Bishop's Waltham first identifiable in 1296. It passed through the Tanke, Ryman, Serle, and Noel families before being held by the Dukes of Portland in the eighteenth century. William Cobbett purchased approximately 300 acres around 1806. R.A. Burrell purchased it in 1878.
View full profileFareham
Fareham, Hampshire · from 1086
Fareham was held by the Bishop of Winchester from Domesday until the Ecclesiastical Commissioners took over in 1869. It contained 30 hides but was assessed at only 20 on account of its exposed coastal position and liability to Danish raids. Fareham was a free borough and returned two members to Parliament in 1306, the only occasion it was so represented.
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Farlington, Hampshire · from 1187
Farlington was held by the Curci family in the late twelfth century. It passed through the Merlay, Berewyk, and Upton families before Hugh le Despenser acquired it in 1320. Southwick Priory held the manor from 1348 until the Dissolution. The Pound family received it in 1540, and it descended through the Wolfe, Smith, Taylor, Keith, and Walker families to the Deverell family.
View full profileFlexland
Soberton, Hampshire · from 1086
Flexland originated from a portion of Herbert the Chamberlain's Domesday manor granted to his daughter on her marriage to Robert de Venuz. The Venuz family held by serjeanty of marshal in the king's household. It passed through the Cobham, Hoyville and Englefield families. Roger de Englefield obtained licence to celebrate mass in an oratory at Flexland. The manor was conveyed with the chief Soberton manor to the Earl of Southampton in 1549.
View full profileFratton
Portsea, Hampshire · from 1066
Fratton was held before the Conquest by Chetel and passed to William de Warenne after 1066, with Orsmelin as tenant. Hugh de Plaiz, successor of Orsmelin, granted half a knight's fee to the Domus Dei (God's House) of Portsmouth. The hospital obtained free warren in 1306 and surrendered at the Dissolution in 1540. Southsea Common was entirely within Fratton manor land.
View full profileFrendstaple
Farlington, Hampshire · from 1480
Frendstaple, also known as Stakes, was a sub-manor within Farlington parish. Its descent followed Farlington until 1480, when William Gunter acquired it. The Gunter family held it until the mid-seventeenth century. In 1820 Stakes Farm was purchased by William Taylor and the hamlet of Stakes Hill by John Hulbert. The Hulbert family held Stakes Hill Lodge at the date of VCH publication.
View full profileFuntington
Funtington, West Sussex · from 1086
Funtington was a member of the manor of Bosham and was usually termed a hamlet until the fifteenth century. In 1478 and in later records it figures as a manor. It descended with Bosham throughout the medieval period, passing through the Marshal earls of Pembroke, the Bigod earls of Norfolk, the Mowbray dukes, and the Berkeley earls. The rectory formed a prebend attached to the office of sacrist in the college of Bosham, valued in 1291 at 26 pounds 13 shillings 4 pence.
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Boxgrove, West Sussex · from 1086
Halnaker was the caput of the honour of Halnaker, held as 12 knights' fees of the honour of Arundel. The St John family (descended from the Haye lords) held from c.1130 through the 14th century. Through coheirs and the Poynings family, it passed to the Bonville and then West (de la Warre) families. Exchanged with the Crown in 1540, it passed through the Earls of Arundel, Lord Lumley, and Morley family to the Duke of Richmond (1765).
View full profileHamble-le-Rice
Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire · from 1100
Hamble-le-Rice was the site of a Benedictine priory founded in the mid-twelfth century as a cell of Tiron Abbey. The priory was seized by Edward I in 1294 as an alien priory during war with France. In 1391, William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, purchased Hamble for the endowment of St Mary's College, Winchester (Winchester College), which has retained it ever since.
View full profileHambledon
Hambledon, Hampshire · from 1086
Hambledon was a large manor in the hundred of the same name, granted to the Bishop of Winchester by King John in 1199 after it had escheated to the Crown under Henry I. The bishops held it continuously until the Commonwealth sale in 1650, regaining it at the Restoration. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners took over in 1869.
View full profileHavant
Havant, Hampshire · from 935
Havant was granted by King Athelstan to the thegn Witgar in 935 and confirmed to the monks of St Swithun at Winchester by King Ethelred. The monks held it at Domesday for ten hides. In 1284 the priory exchanged the manor with the Bishop of Winchester, who retained it until the nineteenth century.
View full profileHayling
Hayling Island, Hampshire · from 956
Hayling Island was held by the Abbey of Jumieges in Normandy from the time of William I, making it one of the few Hampshire manors held by a French abbey. As an alien priory, it was seized by the Crown during the French wars and in 1414 granted to the Priory of Sheen in Surrey. After the Dissolution it passed through the Earls of Arundel and the Dukes of Norfolk.
View full profileHeadhone
Aldingbourne, West Sussex · from 1272
Headhone (also called Setene) was a small manor within Aldingbourne parish. It passed through the Avenel, Crepyn, and Setene families in the 13th-14th centuries. The Blondel family held from 1398 to the Smith family, who conveyed to Nicholas Mayhew in 1706. By 1780 Burrell described it as simply a freehold manor farm of 100 acres, the manorial rights having lapsed.
View full profileHipley
Boarhunt, Hampshire · from 1248
Hipley was a tithing lying to the north-west of Boarhunt parish. Basil de Hipley granted half a carucate to Robert le Burgeys in 1248. The priory of Southwick acquired lands in Hipley through a series of grants between 1270 and 1343. After the Dissolution in 1538, the lands passed to John White of Southwick. No further separate record of Hipley exists. The VCH concludes the lands evidently followed the descent of Southwick manor.
View full profileHolyngarden
Rumboldswyke, West Sussex · from 1488
Holyngarden is a manor of unknown location within or near Rumboldswyke. The only VCH reference is that Thomas Rogers settled it with Rumboldswyke on his daughter Elizabeth in 1488. After this there are no further references and the site is unknown.
View full profileKeynor
Sidlesham, West Sussex · from 1180
Keynor was a manor in Sidlesham held of the honour of Halnaker. Geoffrey de Colevile held it in the late 12th century. The Colevile family were succeeded by the Paynels and then the Whysh family, who held it from 1338 to 1384 and probably beyond. By 1568 it passed to the Scrope family, then to the Bennetts, and ultimately to Hutchins Williams (1740). In 1791 parts were sold to William Challen of Apuldram. Manorial rights likely lapsed thereafter.
View full profileLangstone
Havant, Hampshire · from 1086
Langstone was one of four tithings of Havant, situated on the harbour of the same name near the causeway connecting Hayling Island with the mainland. It had salterns dating from the eleventh century, a small port for coastal trade, and a mill. The nearby sub-manor of Limborne at Wade Court descended separately as a parcel of Warblington manor.
View full profileLeythorne
North Mundham, West Sussex · from 1524
Leythorne was an estate or reputed manor in North Mundham parish, acquired by Bishop Sherborne and conveyed to the Dean and Chapter of Chichester in 1524. It was the seat of the Bowyer family from the 1540s until 1675. John Newland, mayor of Chichester, held a lease from 1785 and purchased the fee simple in 1807, but the house had already been demolished in 1798.
View full profileLidsey
Aldingbourne, West Sussex · from 1086
Lidsey was not a single unified manor but a collection of sub-holdings within the bishop's manor of Aldingbourne. The principal fee descended through the de Ferring family from Domesday tenant Ansfrid. By the 14th century multiple small tenants held fragmented portions. The overlordship remained with the Bishop of Chichester throughout.
View full profileLittle Gatcombe
Wymering, Hampshire · from 1230
Little Gatcombe was carved from the parent manor of Gatcombe as a distinct holding by the mid-fifteenth century. The lords held their land from the King in chief by grand serjeanty, owing armed military service at Portchester Castle in time of war. The manor passed through the de Lisle, Bramshott, Dudley, Erneley, Marshe and Curtis families. In 1794 the manor lands were sold to the Crown for Hilsea Barracks. The lordship, as an incorporeal hereditament separate from the land, continued independently.
View full profileLordington
Racton, West Sussex · from 1086
Lordington (Domesday: Harditone) was held by William under Earl Roger in 1086, assessed at 4 hides with a mill. The manor descended through the Tracy, de l'Isle, and Bramshott families before passing to the Pakenhams. Geoffrey Pole, brother of Cardinal Pole, held it from 1528. It was sold to Hugh Speke in 1609, then to Philip Jermyn in 1630. The Peckham family acquired it in the late 17th century, and it descended to the Phipps Hornby family, who held Lordington House at the date of VCH publication.
View full profileMartinesgrave
Oving, West Sussex · from 1100
Martinesgrave (also called Grove or la Grave) was originally part of the city of Chichester, granted by Henry I to William de Fresne. After a turbulent succession involving forfeiture, recovery, and donation, the major portion was conveyed to Boxgrove Priory by John de Gatesden and confirmed by John FitzAlan in 1244. A smaller fraction was held by the la Grave family as a minor fee.
View full profileMeon
Titchfield, Hampshire · from 1086
Meon belonged to the bishop of Winchester at Domesday. It had previously been held by Toui, who rented one half from the king and held the other by grant from the earl of Hereford. No further mention appears until 1510, when Thomas Uvedale granted lands and rent in Meon to his heir Henry. The property was first called a manor in 1550 when Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, died seised of it. The VCH states there is no further reference to the so-called manor, which probably became merged in Bromwich.
View full profileMerston
Merston (absorbed into Oving), West Sussex · from 1086
Merston was held at Domesday by Oismelin of Earl Roger at 6 hides. The Martel family held from c.1240 through complex descents to the Bonville family. William Bonville was beheaded after the Battle of St Albans (1461). Through the Grey (Marquess of Dorset) family, it was conveyed to Henry VIII in 1544. The Crown granted to John Caryll in 1560. The Caryll family held until 1771, when sold to Thomas Longcroft. Richard Godman purchased in 1778. William Langmead purchased c.1920.
View full profileMiddleton-on-Sea
Middleton, West Sussex · from 1086
Middleton was held of Roger de Montgomery by William at Domesday, when five freemen had held it. The overlordship descended with the Rape of Arundel through the Mohaut family, Queen Isabel, and the Black Prince. The undertenancy passed through the honour of Halnaker via the St John, Poynings, and Kingston families. The Crown acquired the manor in 1544 and granted it to Sir John Spencer, Lord Mayor of London, in 1599. Sir Frederick Dixon-Hartland MP purchased in 1873; George Stay purchased in 1911 and sold 396 acres to West Sussex County Council in 1919 for smallholdings.
View full profileMilton
Portsea, Hampshire · from 1199
Milton was a manor on Portsea Island, granted with Warblington by King John to Matthew son of Herbert. Peter son of Matthew alienated it to William Falconer of Hurstbourne Priory at the service of a pair of gloves yearly at Easter. The Falconer family held Milton for over three hundred years. John Falconer still held Milton and Emsworth in 1635. Richard Cotton of Warblington purchased the manor, and it was thenceforward coincident with Warblington.
View full profileMoralls
Portchester, Hampshire · from 1150
Moralls was a sub-manor within Portchester parish held by Southwick Priory until the Dissolution. The method by which the priory acquired it is unknown. In 1559 it was granted to John White, and thereafter followed the descent of Southwick manor.
View full profileNew Fishbourne
New Fishbourne, West Sussex · from 1066
New Fishbourne was held by Earl Tostig before the Conquest and granted by Earl Roger to the Abbey of Seez in Normandy. It remained with the abbey until the alien priory confiscations, when in 1416 the Crown granted it to the Bridgettine nunnery of Syon in Middlesex. After the Dissolution the manor was annexed to the honour of Petworth in 1540 and first called a manor at that date. Granted to John Fenner in 1560, it passed through the Bowyer family to William Cawley in 1633, then through the Biggs and Comber families to the Miller baronets of Froyle, who held it until the 1870s.
View full profileNewlands
Southwick, Hampshire · from 1200
A sub-manor in Southwick parish held by Southwick Priory. It originated from Peter de Cosham's serjeanty in Cosham. The prior held a virgate and a half at Newland in the thirteenth century. Granted to John White of Southwick in 1546, after which it followed the descent of Southwick manor. Represented by Newlands Farm.
View full profileNorth Fareham
Fareham, Hampshire · from 1086
North Fareham, also known as Roche Court, developed from 7.5 hides held by Ralph in 1086. It descended through the des Roches, Brocas, Pexall, and Gardiner families. Sir Bernard Brocas the younger was beheaded in 1400 for conspiracy favouring Richard II.
View full profileNorth Marden
North Marden, West Sussex · from 1086
North Marden had three separate Domesday holdings totalling 5.5 hides. The lordship descended through the de Falaise, Aguillon, Dawtrey, St. John, and Goring families. The Prior of Maiden Bradley held a share. After the Dissolution the Jenman family acquired the manor and sold it to Henry Peckham in 1668. Sir P. B. Reckitt was lord in 1934.
View full profileNutbourne
Westbourne, West Sussex · from 1086
Nutbourne, possibly Payn's 4 hides from Domesday, was held by the Aguillon family from the 12th century. A complex partition in 1312 led to Nicholas de Perschete acquiring the manor. The earls of Arundel obtained it in 1363 and granted it to the College of Arundel. After the Dissolution the manor passed through multiple hands before Richard Barwell purchased it in 1788.
View full profileNyton
Aldingbourne, West Sussex · from 1535
Nyton was a Boxgrove Priory grange, farmed at 66s. 8d. in 1535. After the Dissolution it was acquired by Robert Thornhill (1546), passing immediately to John More. The Trunnell family held from 1559 to c.1680, when it passed to the Peckham family. Rev. Harry John Peckham sold the estate in 1880.
View full profileOffham
South Stoke, West Sussex · from 1066
Offham is a sub-manor within South Stoke parish, on the Arun valley south of Arundel. Alwine held it as a free man in 1066. The Esturmi family held two-thirds of a fee in the early 13th century. Through the Champvent family (from before 1303) the manor passed in 1345 to Richard FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel, after which it descended with the rape, generally remaining in demesne. After Philip Howard's forfeiture (1589) it was restored to his widow Anne by 1596. The Duke of Norfolk acquired various interests through later deeds.
View full profileOld Fishbourne
Bosham, West Sussex · from 1086
Old Fishbourne lies on the northern shore of Chichester Harbour within the ancient parish of Bosham. First recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, the manor was held by Southwick Priory for approximately four hundred years before passing to the Crown at the Dissolution and then to Anne of Cleves in 1540. The lordship was acquired by Morgan Sheldon in 2023.
View full profileOldbury
Boxgrove, West Sussex · from 1349
Oldbury was held by Thomas atte More in 1349, passing to the Hiberden family. John and Thomas Hiberden sold to Richard Sackville in 1540. Through Lord Clinton and Edward VI, the manor came to the Crown. Sir William Morley held as tenant in 1650 until Parliamentary sale to William Cawley. At the Restoration the manor reverted to the Crown and was leased to the Dukes of Leeds.
View full profileOving
Oving, West Sussex · from 956
Oving was granted by King Eadwy to Bishop Brihthelm of Selsey in 956. It was constituted as a prebend attached to the dignity of precentor of Chichester Cathedral, probably by Bishop Ralph (1091-1123). The manor remained prebendal until 1857, when the precentorship lost its endowments and the manor passed to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.
View full profilePaulsgrove
Wymering, Hampshire · from 1318
Paulsgrove was a hamlet on the northern shore of Portsmouth Harbour within Wymering parish, Portsdown hundred. First documented in a fine of 1318 as "Palegrove", the name survived in Paulsgrove Lake and Paulsgrove Quay. Local tradition held that St Paul landed here on a visit to England. The settlement shared the manorial descent of Wymering.
View full profilePortchester
Portchester, Hampshire · from 285
Portchester stands at the head of Portsmouth Harbour within the walls of a late Roman Saxon Shore fort built c.285 AD, the most complete example in northern Europe. The Norman castle built in the north-west corner was held by the Mauduit family through their office of royal chamberlain. The manor was the central hub of the Portsdown castle service network, with multiple surrounding manors owing armed men for its defence in time of war.
View full profilePosbrook
Titchfield, Hampshire · from 1243
Posbrook is not mentioned in Domesday Book. It appears to have been held by members of the Passebroc family in the early thirteenth century. In 1243-1244 it was acquired by Isaac, abbot of Titchfield, from William de Setteville. The abbey received a grant of free warren in Edward I's reign. The manor remained with the abbey until the Dissolution in 1538, when it was granted to Thomas Wriothesley. From that date the descent follows Titchfield.
View full profilePott
Westhampnett, West Sussex · from 1230
Pott was a sub-manor of Westhampnett held by the St George family from c.1230, passing to the Tauk/Tawke family by 1400. After the death of William Tawke in 1505 without male heirs, it passed through the Ryman and Devenish families, merging with the Paynel manor. Eventually purchased by the Duke of Richmond.
View full profilePrinsted
Westbourne, West Sussex · from 1086
Prinsted is a hamlet at the southern end of Westbourne parish on the shore of Chichester Harbour. It descended as part of the main Westbourne manor until 1829, when it was separated. William Padwick purchased it, and it passed through the Vacher family before Edward Roy Longcroft acquired it in 1885.
View full profilePurbrook
Farlington, Hampshire · from 1248
Purbrook was a hamlet in the northwest of Farlington parish, Portsdown hundred, at the foot of Portsdown Hill on the London to Portsmouth road. It shared the manorial descent of Farlington, passing through the Merlay, Despenser, Southwick Priory, Pound, and Deverell families. The settlement was surrounded by copses formerly part of the Forest of Bere.
View full profileQuob (first estate)
Titchfield, Hampshire · from 1272
In the reign of Edward I, Emma de Roches granted her son Hugh the land of Quabbe in the parish of Titchfield. Sir Richard Pexall, a descendant of Hugh, died seised of lands in Quabbe in 1571. His grandson Sir Pexall Brocas held the same in 1610. Thomas Brocas held it in 1635, when it was first termed a manor. As late as 1762 the lords of North Fareham received one pound yearly as lords' rent from Quabbe Farm. The estate had evidently become merged in the manor of North Fareham.
View full profileQuob (second estate)
Titchfield, Hampshire · from 1311
The second Quob estate was held by the Beauchamp family, who acquired rights in Titchfield by exchanging the manor of Melbourne in Derbyshire with King John. Richard de Beauchamp held one tenement called La Quabbe in 1311. The estate passed through the Masseworth and Overton families to Thomas le Warrener and his wife Isabel. By 1426 Thomas Warrener held only one toft and two virgates called Quabland. The property gradually became merged in Titchfield proper.
View full profileRacton
Stoughton, West Sussex · from 1086
Racton is a hamlet in the parish of Stoughton, situated along the River Ems approximately two miles north-east of Emsworth. At Domesday it was held by Ivo of Earl Roger de Montgomery, assessed at 5 hides, having been held by Fulk under Edward the Confessor. The manor passed through the fitzCane/Bohun family and the Sanzaver sub-tenants before the Gunter family became the dominant holders from at least 1327, retaining possession for over four centuries until Frances Katherine Gunter married William Legge, second Earl of Dartmouth, in 1755.
View full profileRowner
Rowner, Hampshire · from 1066
Rowner was held by William Mauduit at the time of the Domesday survey. The la Falaise family held by a serjeanty of providing one armed man for forty days yearly for the defence of Winchester Castle. After the la Falaise line ended in felony, the Crown granted the manor to Sir William le Brune in 1277. The Brune family, later Prideaux-Brune, held Rowner continuously from 1277 to the time of VCH publication.
View full profileRumboldswyke
Rumboldswyke, West Sussex · from 1086
Rumboldswyke is a small parish of 652 acres on the south-eastern edge of Chichester, included within the city bounds since 1893. The manor was held as one knight's fee of the honour of Arundel, passing through the Foxle family (1317-1420), and then the Uvedale, Rogers, Essex, and Crown (1543-1558). After Crown sale in 1560, it passed through the Pype, Bowyer, and Cawley families before joining the Westbourne estate under the Earl of Scarborough.
View full profileRuncton
North Mundham, West Sussex · from 1086
Runcton was held by the Abbey of Troarn from 1086 (confirmed by Henry I). In 1260 Troarn transferred its English lands to Bruton Priory (Somerset). After the Dissolution, Thomas Bowyer purchased. The Peckham and Covert families held until Benjamin Covert's estate was sold in 1753. By the end of the 18th century the manor had become extinct.
View full profileSayes Court
Westbourne, West Sussex · from 1331
Sayes Court, also known as Tawkes Manor, may derive from property held by John le Say of Chichester in 1331. The holding passed to the Tawke family. In 1587 John Tawke sold it to Richard Lewkenor. It descended through the Lewkenor and Peachey families before losing its manorial quality after Lord Selsey's time.
View full profileSeabeach
Boxgrove, West Sussex · from 1329
Seabeach was held by the Seuebech family in the early 14th century as a fractional fee of the honour of Halnaker. It followed the same descent as Oldbury through the Hiberden family, Richard Sackville (1540), the Crown, William Cawley (Parliamentary sale), and reversion to the Crown at the Restoration.
View full profileSelsey
Selsey, West Sussex · from 681
Selsey was the original seat of the Sussex bishopric, founded by St Wilfrid in 681 on a grant from King Aethelwalh. The Bishop of Chichester held the manor continuously from Domesday until 1561, when Elizabeth I compelled Bishop Barlow to surrender it. The manor then passed through the Morley, Elson, Glanville, and Peachey families. John Peachey was created Baron Selsey in 1794. The title became extinct in 1838.
View full profileShopwick
Oving, West Sussex · from 1100
Shopwick was an estate of the city of Chichester until Henry I granted it to Reynold Hareng. Through the Hareng, Hotot, Hevere, and Brocas families, it passed to the Earls of Arundel and then to the Browne family. After the Browne line ended, it descended through the Brereton and Billingsley families. John Frederick Billingsley arranged sale of the manor in 1838.
View full profileSidlesham
Sidlesham, West Sussex · from 683
Sidlesham was granted to Bishop Wilfrid in 683 by King Caedwalla as endowment for Selsey monastery. At Domesday it was held by the Bishop of Chichester at 12 hides. The manor remained with the bishops until 1560, when Queen Elizabeth acquired it by exchange, and thereafter passed through lay hands.
View full profileSlindon
Slindon, West Sussex · from 1086
Slindon was held by Azor before the Conquest and by Hugh under Earl Roger of Shrewsbury in 1086. By 1106 Henry I granted it to the Archbishop of Canterbury, who held it as two knights' fees until Archbishop Cranmer exchanged it to Henry VIII in 1542. The Kempe family held the manor from 1555 to 1753, after which it passed through the Earls of Newburgh and the Leslie family. Frederick Wootton Isaacson purchased the estate and bequeathed it to the National Trust in 1949.
View full profileSoberton
Soberton, Hampshire · from 1086
Soberton contained multiple manors at Domesday: holdings of the Crown (formerly Godwin), Herbert the Chamberlain, and Henry the Treasurer. The chief manor passed from Beaulieu Abbey to the Newport family, then to the Wriothesleys, Earls of Southampton. Bishop Walter Curll retired here after Cromwell took Winchester. The Lewis and Minchin families held from the early eighteenth century. The parish also contained the sub-manors of Flexland, Wallop's, East Hoe, Longspiers, Fawconer's, and Bere.
View full profileSomerley
East Wittering, West Sussex · from 1086
Somerley was a prebendal estate in East Wittering parish forming the endowment of a prebend in Chichester Cathedral. At Domesday it was 1 hide held by Rainald of Earl Roger, previously held by Helghi. The means of transfer to the cathedral is unknown. The prebend was valued at 8 pounds in 1291. The estate was held continuously by prebendaries, usually leased for three lives, until taken over by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.
View full profileSouth Mundham
North Mundham, West Sussex · from 680
South Mundham was part of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Pagham holding from Bishop Wilfrid's grant of 680. The Jardyn family held from the 13th to 15th centuries. After partition in 1426, it passed through the Banaster, Brunyng, Aylwin, and Stamper families. Divided among eight coheiresses in 1756. The Duke of Norfolk is said to have acquired the manor.
View full profileSouthwick
Southwick, Hampshire · from 1133
Southwick was granted to Southwick Priory in 1133 and remained with the Augustinian canons until the Dissolution in 1538. The site passed to John White, then to the Norton family, and from 1733 to the Thistlethwayte family. Southwick House served as the advance headquarters of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) in 1944, where General Eisenhower took the decision to launch D-Day.
View full profileSt Clares
Westbourne, West Sussex · from 1277
St Clares originated from a 1277 grant of the eastern half of Nutbourne to Robert de St. Clare. It descended through the St. Clare, Lovell, and Windsor families before passing to the Stoughtons and then the Moorey and Langrish families. The VCH doubts the manor survived past the early 17th century.
View full profileSt John of Jerusalem
Rumboldswyke, West Sussex · from 1338
St John of Jerusalem (also known as Weeke) was a Hospitaller estate in Rumboldswyke parish, administered under the preceptory of Poling. After the Dissolution it passed through the Crown, the Cawley family, and eventually to the Padwick family of Chichester.
View full profileStamshaw
Portsea, Hampshire · from 1300
Nicholas Malmains held Stamshaw of the king, rendering a sparrowhawk yearly and 35s. 4d. to the bailiffs of Portsmouth. His son Nicholas died in May 1349, during the Black Death. The manor descended through the Kesewyke, Chamberlayn, Derrell, White, and Playfote families. Henry Bickley held it in 1659.
View full profileStoughton
Stoughton, West Sussex · from 1086
Stoughton is a large parish of 5,373 acres on the southern slopes of the Downs, approximately six miles northwest of Chichester. In 1086 it was assessed at 36 hides (gelding for 15) under Earl Roger de Montgomery, having been held before the Conquest by Earl Godwin. The FitzAlan earls of Arundel held the overlordship, attached to their manor of Westbourne. The manor passed through the Bigod earls of Norfolk, the Mowbray dukes of Norfolk, and the Howard family before being purchased by the Earl of Arundel in 1557 and eventually descending with West Dean until manorial rights lapsed around 1870.
View full profileStrettington
Boxgrove, West Sussex · from 1086
Strettington comprised three Domesday estates totalling 15 hides. William's 10-hide estate merged with Halnaker. The remaining fees were held by the Falaise and Gundevill families, passing to the Turpin and Limesy lines. By 1347 the manor had fragmented beyond recognition and cannot be traced further.
View full profileStubbington
Titchfield, Hampshire · from 1066
Stubbington was held by Earl Godwin before the Conquest and passed to Hugh of Port at the Domesday survey. The overlordship descended through the de Port and St John families until 1309, when John de St John granted it to Titchfield Abbey. The Mohun and Rayny families held as sub-tenants before granting their lands to the abbey c.1293. After the Dissolution in 1537, the manor passed to Thomas Wriothesley. In the 1540s it was granted to Winchester College as compensation for the College's Middlesex estates taken by Henry VIII. Manorial records held at Winchester College Archives span from 1189 to 1925.
View full profileTangmere
Tangmere, West Sussex · from 680
Tangmere was granted by King Caedwalla to Bishop Wilfrid c. 680 and subsequently passed to Archbishop Theodore. It appears in Domesday as a 6-hide manor of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The archbishops held it until 1542 when Cranmer surrendered it to Henry VIII. After passing through the Crown and briefly reverting to Cardinal Pole, the manor was granted to Richard Baker and Sir Richard Sackville in 1560. From 1579 it descended with Halnaker. The present lord is the Duke of Richmond.
View full profileTitchfield
Titchfield, Hampshire · from 1066
Titchfield was a Crown manor at the time of the Domesday survey, described as a berewick of Meonstoke held by King Edward before the Conquest. Henry III granted the manor to Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester, in 1232 to endow a Premonstratensian abbey. After the Dissolution in 1537 the estate passed to Thomas Wriothesley, created Earl of Southampton, and descended through the Noel, Portland and Beaufort families before Peter Delme purchased it in 1741.
View full profileTortington
Tortington, West Sussex · from 1066
Tortington is a small parish on the west bank of the Arun south of Arundel. Leofwine held it as a free man in 1066. The Tracy family were lords from the early 13th century until 1279. Through the Cheyney family (giving the name Tortington Cheyneys) it passed to the FitzAlans, Earls of Arundel by 1373. Earl Thomas gave it to the Holy Trinity Hospital at Arundel in 1415, but after the Dissolution the Crown granted it to Sir Richard Lee (1546) and thence to the Apsley, Gratwicke, and Weekes families. In 1790 the heirs of the Leeves family conveyed it to the Duke of Norfolk, after which it descended with the rape.
View full profileUp Marden
Up Marden, West Sussex · from 900
Up Marden (Domesday: Meredone) is a downland parish of 2,942 acres in the hundred of Westbourne and Singleton. The manor was granted to the Bishop of Selsey around 935 and recorded in Domesday Book (1086) as 3 hides held by Engeler de Bohun of Earl Roger de Montgomery. The estate descended through the Aguillon family before division among four co-heiresses in 1240, with one quarter passing to the Knights Hospitallers. The Earls of Arundel acquired the principal portion in 1357, and the Peckham family consolidated the manor from the 1660s, holding it until passing to the Phipps Hornby family in the nineteenth century.
View full profileWallop's
Soberton, Hampshire · from 1216
Wallop's was held de veteri feoffamento of Herbert Fitz Peter in the thirteenth century. The Wallop family held from the reign of Henry III. Thomas Wallop died seised in 1362. Robert Wallop, who sat as a judge at the trial of Charles I, was excepted from benefit at the Restoration and sentenced to imprisonment for life. The manor was then sold for the benefit of his family.
View full profileWanstead
Southwick, Hampshire · from 1250
A sub-manor in Southwick parish held by the family of Wanstead from the mid-thirteenth century. The holders owed castle service at Portchester: one man armed for eight days in time of war. The manor passed through the Dawtry and Bennett families before being absorbed into the Southwick estate under the Thistlethwayte family.
View full profileWarblington
Warblington, Hampshire · from 1066
Warblington was held by Earl Godwin before the Conquest and passed to Earl Roger of Shrewsbury after 1066. The manor descended through a series of Crown grants, the Monthermer and Montagu families, the Nevills and earls of Warwick, and the ill-fated Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, before being settled on the Cotton family from 1551 to 1736.
View full profileWest Boarhunt
Boarhunt, Hampshire · from 1086
West Boarhunt was held by Earl Roger at the time of Domesday. The overlordship passed to the Earls of Arundel. By the reign of Henry III, Southwick Priory held the manor as half a fee of the old feoffment. The priory retained West Boarhunt until the Dissolution in 1538. The manor was granted to Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, in 1543, who alienated it to John White of Southwick in 1544.
View full profileWest Marden
Up Marden, West Sussex · from 1304
West Marden is a small settlement in the valley south-west of Up Marden church in the parish of Up Marden, Sussex, not distinguished by that name until the early fourteenth century. The manor was held of the honour of Arundel by the de Chartres family and descended through the Romyn, Browne, Hewson, Green, and Peckham families. A chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary stood in the village until its secularisation before 1585. By the nineteenth century the manor had passed to Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby.
View full profileWest Stoke
West Stoke, West Sussex · from 1066
West Stoke was granted to one Edgar soon after the Conquest and passed through the Barentyn and de la Faleyse families. Roger Bigod conveyed it with Bosham to Edward I in 1279, and it descended with Bosham through the Brotherton earls, Mowbray dukes, and Howard dukes of Norfolk. Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, exchanged it to the Crown in 1540. It was granted to the Stoughton family in 1559 and divided among coheirs in the seventeenth century. The Duke of Richmond purchased the whole manor in 1764, and it has since remained with the Dukes of Richmond.
View full profileWest Thorney
West Thorney, West Sussex · from 1086
West Thorney occupies Thorney Island in Chichester Harbour, assessed at 12 hides in Domesday Book with geld liability of 8 hides. The overlordship belonged to the Bishops of Exeter as two knight's fees. The manor was divided into thirds in the thirteenth century among the heirs of the de Thorney family. One third was acquired by Hugh Bigod and descended with Bosham. Another descended through the Bickley family with Chidham. The parish church rectory was valued at 20 pounds in 1291.
View full profileWest Wittering
West Wittering, West Sussex · from 683
West Wittering was granted by King Caedwalla to endow the See of Selsey in 683. The Bishop of Chichester held the manor continuously from Domesday, with the episcopal manor house at Cakeham serving as the bishops' favoured country residence. Bishop Robert Sherburne rebuilt the house in the early sixteenth century, adding a distinctive five-sided Tudor brick tower that still stands. The estate passed to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners after the Reformation.
View full profileWestbourne
Westbourne, West Sussex · from 1066
Westbourne was held by Earl Godwin before the Conquest and by Earl Roger of Montgomery in 1086, assessed at 36 hides. The manor descended with the Honour of Arundel through the FitzAlan earls for over three centuries. Lord Lumley acquired it in 1566 and the Earls of Scarborough held it until 1771. Richard Barwell purchased it in 1781. The parish straddles the Hampshire-Sussex border and includes the sub-manors of Prinsted, Woodmancote, Aldsworth, Nutbourne, and Westbrook.
View full profileWestbrook
Westbourne, West Sussex · from 1140
Westbrook originated from land granted by Queen Adeliza to the Priory de Calceto outside Arundel. After the priory's suppression in 1525 the estate passed through Cardinal Wolsey's college, the Crown, and the Browne family. It passed to the Westbrook family by 1607 and was eventually purchased by Richard Barwell of Stansted, after which it merged with the main Westbourne descent.
View full profileWestergate
Aldingbourne, West Sussex · from 692
Westergate (also known as Gates) was a prebendal estate of Chichester Cathedral, established by 1247 and attached to the prebend of Gates. The prebend held lands in Aldingbourne, Eastergate, Birdham, and Sidlesham. During the Commonwealth William Cawley held it, but it returned to the prebendary at the Restoration. The estate eventually came to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.
View full profileWesthampnett
Westhampnett, West Sussex · from 1086
Westhampnett (Paynel Manor) is a parish of 1,908 acres east of Chichester. The Paynel family held from the 13th century until 1338, when Maud Paynel sold the reversion to the Earl of Arundel. It descended with the Arundel estates through the FitzAlans and Lumleys. In 1567 purchased by William Devenish, and eventually bought from Sir William Peare Williams by the Duke of Richmond.
View full profileWickham
Wickham, Hampshire · from 1066
Wickham was held by Hugh de Port at the time of the Domesday survey, having previously been held as two manors by four brothers under King Edward. The Scures family held the manor under the de Port overlordship from at least 1268. Through the marriage of Sybil Scures to John Uvedale, the Uvedale family held Wickham for some 350 years from 1381. The Garnier family, later Carpenter-Garnier, purchased in 1764 and held at the time of VCH publication.
View full profileWidley
Widley, Hampshire · from 1086
Widley developed from the two hides held by Geoffrey under Hugh de Port at Domesday, assessed at Cosham. It passed through the earls of Albemarle, the Scures family, and the Uvedale family. The Uvedales were deprived of two-thirds of their lands for recusancy in 1605. The Thistlethwayte family acquired the manor in the early nineteenth century.
View full profileWoodcote
Westhampnett, West Sussex · from 1225
Woodcote was a member manor of Halnaker, held as fractional fees within the honour of Arundel. William de St John granted it to Geoffrey Peverel c.1225. In 1401 William Neel of Chichester was said to be seised of it. It subsequently descended with the Halnaker estate to the Duke of Richmond.
View full profileWoodhorne
Oving, West Sussex · from 1091
Woodhorne was one of two prebendal manors in Oving parish (alongside Colworth). It was held by the prebendaries of Chichester Cathedral until 1857, when the endowments passed to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. Thomas Stapleton held the prebend from 1558 but lost it in 1563 when he refused to deny papal authority.
View full profileWoodmancote
Westbourne, West Sussex · from 1466
Woodmancote, a sub-manor of Westbourne with court rolls from 1466, was sold to Arthur Gunter of Racton in 1571. It subsequently descended with Racton through the Gunter family and their heirs to the Earls of Dartmouth, who held it at the date of VCH publication.
View full profileWyker
Portchester, Hampshire · from 1230
Wyker, also known as Wiccor or Wykes, was a sub-manor within Portchester parish held by Titchfield Abbey from c.1230 until the Dissolution. It was granted to Thomas, Earl of Southampton, for life in 1550, then to John White of Southwick in 1556, after which it followed the descent of Southwick manor.
View full profileWymering
Wymering, Hampshire · from 1086
Ancient demesne of the Crown at Domesday. Wymering passed through the Earls of Albemarle, the Botiller family, and the Wayte family before division among six co-heiresses in 1561. The manor was reunited under George Kelly c.1730 and sold to Thomas Thistlethwayte in 1821. The manor house, H-shaped in plan and standing north of the road between Cosham and Fareham, is the oldest domestic building in Portsmouth.
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Our research programme works systematically through the Victoria County History volumes for Hampshire and Sussex, cross-referenced against the Manorial Documents Register, Inquisitions Post Mortem, and primary records held at county record offices. Every statement on this platform is tied to a documented source.
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