Manor Profile
Boarhunt, Hampshire· Portsdown Hundred· 1086 – 1908
Also known as: Borhunte, Boarhunt Herberd
At the time of the Domesday survey in 1086, Tezelin held one hide of Hugh de Port at Boarhunt. Lefsi and Merman had held it as an alod under Edward the Confessor. The manor paid geld for one hide. There was land for one plough on the demesne. The survey records one mill worth five shillings. The total value was twenty shillings.
In the reign of Henry III, Herbert de Boarhunt held the manor of Robert de St John and owed the service of two knights' fees. The family took the name Boarhunt in the early thirteenth century. Thomas de Boarhunt held the manor in 1262.
In 1312 Sir Herbert Boarhunt was murdered. The manor was divided between his two sons. Richard, the elder, retained the manor proper as Boarhunt. Henry, the younger, received the portion later known as Boarhunt Herbelyn.
Sir Richard de Boarhunt settled the manor on his son Thomas in 1305 for his own lifetime. In 1314 it was settled jointly on Thomas and his wife Margaret in fee. Thomas held the manor in 1316. He died seised in 1339. Margaret married William Danvers as her second husband and held the manor until her death before 1359.
In 1358 Richard de Boarhunt received a grant of free warren in his demesne lands. He also received the right to hold a market every Saturday and a fair annually for three days on the eve, day and morrow of St Thomas the Apostle. No trace of the fair survives.
In 1359 the manor passed to John de Boarhunt and his wife Mary des Roches. John died seised in the same year, leaving a son John aged fourteen. The younger John appears to have died soon after.
In 1363 Mary, now wife of Bernard de Brocas, held the reversion. She transferred her interest to Valentine atte Mede of Bramdean. In 1365 Bernard de Brocas and Mary conveyed the estate to William of Wykeham, then archdeacon of Lincoln. In 1367 Valentine atte Mede granted his rights to William of Wykeham, now Bishop of Winchester. The manor was sometimes called Boarhunt Herberd after this date.
In 1369 the king confirmed the manor to William of Wykeham to give to the prior and convent of Southwick, including all lands formerly held by John de Boarhunt. The priory held the manor until the Dissolution.
In 1543 the manor was granted to Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton. In 1544 a licence was granted to alienate it to John White of Southwick. The manor followed the descent of Southwick manor thereafter. At the time of the VCH publication, the lord was Alexander Thistlethwayte.
| # | Name | From | To | Acquired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tezelin | 1086 | Domesday holding | Held one hide of Hugh de Port. Lefsi and Merman had held it as an alod under Edward the Confessor. Value twenty shillings. One mill worth five shillings. | |
| 2 | Herbert de Boarhunt | Held of Robert de St John as Borhunte. Owed the service of two knights' fees. The family took the name Boarhunt in the early thirteenth century. | |||
| 3 | Thomas de Boarhunt | 1262 | inheritance | Holding in 1262. | |
| 4 | Sir Herbert Boarhunt | 1312 | inheritance | His murder led to the division of the Boarhunt estates into two separate manors.Murdered in 1312. The manor was divided between his two sons: Richard retained the principal manor; Henry received Boarhunt Herbelyn. | |
| 5 | Sir Richard de Boarhunt | 1312 | 1339 | inheritance (elder son) | Elder son of Sir Herbert. Settled the manor on his son Thomas in 1305 for his own lifetime. In 1314 settled it jointly on Thomas and wife Margaret in fee. In 1358 received a grant of free warren in his demesne lands and the right to hold a market and fair. |
| 6 | Thomas de Boarhunt | 1316 | 1339 | settlement | Son of Sir Richard. Held from 1316. Settled jointly with his wife Margaret in 1314. Died seised in 1339. |
| 7 | Margaret Danvers (nee Boarhunt) | 1339 | 1359 | dower | Widow of Thomas de Boarhunt. Married William Danvers as her second husband. Held the manor until her death before 1359. |
| 8 | John de Boarhunt | 1359 | 1359 | inheritance | Married Mary des Roches. Died seised in 1359. Left a son John aged fourteen. |
| 9 | John de Boarhunt (the younger) | 1359 | inheritance | Son of John de Boarhunt. Aged fourteen at his father's death. Appears to have died soon after. | |
| 10 | Mary de Brocas (nee des Roches) | 1363 | 1365 | reversion | Widow of John de Boarhunt, remarried to Bernard de Brocas. Held the reversion in 1363. Transferred interest to Valentine atte Mede of Bramdean. In 1365 she and Bernard conveyed to William of Wykeham. |
The Crown
Free warren in the demesne lands of Boarhunt, granted to Richard de Boarhunt in 1358.
Source: VCH Hampshire Vol. 3, pp. 144-147
The Crown
Market every Saturday and fair annually for three days on the eve, day and morrow of St Thomas the Apostle. Granted 1358. No trace of the fair survives.
Source: VCH Hampshire Vol. 3, pp. 144-147
Robert de St John
Herbert de Boarhunt owed the service of two knights' fees to Robert de St John in the reign of Henry III.
Source: VCH Hampshire Vol. 3, pp. 144-147
Southwick Priory
priory · held · 1369 – 1538
Royal confirmation 1369, granting William of Wykeham the right to convey to the priory
The Crown
crown · granted_to · 1538 – 1543
Boarhunt Herbelyn was carved from the principal Boarhunt manor in 1312 when Sir Herbert Boarhunt's estates were divided between his two sons.
Southwick Priory held Boarhunt from 1369 until the Dissolution. William of Wykeham granted the manor to the priory in 1369. After 1544 the manor followed the descent of Southwick.
From 1694 West Boarhunt followed the descent of the principal manor of Boarhunt after Richard Norton purchased it for 660 pounds.
Hipley was a tithing within the parish of Boarhunt. Both lay in Portsdown hundred.
Tezelin held one hide of Hugh de Port. Value twenty shillings. One mill worth five shillings.
489m from manor coordinates. Listed Building, Grade II.
458m from manor coordinates. Listed Building, Grade II.
475m from manor coordinates. Listed Building, Grade II.
347m from manor coordinates. Listed Building, Grade I.
Referenced in VCH for the 1358 grant of free warren and the 1369 confirmation to Southwick Priory.
Referenced in VCH for deaths of Thomas de Boarhunt (1339), John de Boarhunt (1359), and Thomas Henslowe (1617).
Referenced in VCH for property transfers at Boarhunt.
Referenced in VCH for the conveyance of Boarhunt to Southwick Priory via William of Wykeham, 1365-1369.
Whereby:- White receives: Blakmans Barn with parrock (1a.) and 6½a. in East Field of Portchester, being held of the manor of Morralls for rent of 11b. pepper yearly; also, 4½a. in Paulsgrove Fields in Wymering, being held of White as lord of the manor of Belney for a pair of gloves yearly. Henslowe receives: Staple land (16a.) in parish of West Boarhunt being held of the manor of Boarhunt Herberd; also 3a. in W. Boarhunt Fields and common for one cow on Strowd Heath. Signed by White. Lands furth
Closes include Bromeclose, Wyotts, Nether Rushams, Square mead, Cocksdell, Mountenham pasture on Portsdown, Swetemead Osilden, 10 acres in the fields called Est Burhaunte Gastones and Hechyns. All closes stated to be within 2 miles of Portchester Castle and 2 miles of Bere Forest. Signed by William Berners. Endorsed: "Tochyng matters in Wymering betwene Mr. Wayte, John Whyte and others". Used as wrapper?
John de Scures, knight, Peter de Hoo, chaplain, Roger Ingelfeld, Simon Stake, William Daubenee, and Simon atte Mede, to retain the manor of Boarhunt Herblyn acquired from Richard Daunvers. Hampshire. 38 Edw III.
Richard Daunvers to retain two-thirds of the manor of Boarhunt, and to the reversion of the other third, now held by Thomas de Kenyngworth and Joan his wife as her dower, and of land and two-thirds of two mills in the said manor held for life by John le Hunte and Juliana his wife, acquired by him from Thomas son and heir of Gilbert de Borhunte, and to settle them on himself and William his brother and their heirs. Hampshire. 17 Edw III.
Short title: White v White. Plaintiffs: Edward White. Defendants: Isabel White widow. Subject: manor of Boarhunt, Herbert, Herberlyn and Bury and property in Southwick and West Boarhunt, Hampshire. Document type: [pleadings].
Principal source for the parish of Boarhunt, including manorial descents of Boarhunt, Boarhunt Herbelyn, West Boarhunt and East Boarhunt. Covers the advowson and church of St Nicholas.
former manorial estate in Boarhunt, Hampshire. Type: manor estate
building in Boarhunt, Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK. Heritage: Grade II listed building. Type: building. NHLE: 1095591
former manorial estate in Boarhunt, Hampshire. Type: manor estate
former manorial estate in Boarhunt, Hampshire. Type: manor estate
village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, UK. Type: village
