Manor Profile
North Mundham, West Sussex· Box and Stockbridge Hundred· 1426 – 1857
Bowley was held with South Mundham as a half-fee by the Jardyn family, splitting at the 1426 partition. Marmaduke Darrell held in 1546; Edward Darrell died at Bowley in 1573. Thomas Darrell and wife Bridget sold to William Smyth of Binderton in 1603.
William Smyth died in 1623 leaving infant granddaughter Mary. Mary and Sir John Morley dealt with the manor in 1641. Their daughter Mary married Sir John May; she owned in 1672 but died without issue in 1681.
Laurence Alcock purchased in 1690. Through his daughters Jane (wife of John Radcliffe) and Anne (wife of George Bramston), the manor passed to Nathaniel Newnham of Newtimber Place (1774). Emma Newnham owned in 1819. The manor was subsequently acquired by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.
| # | Name | From | To | Acquired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marmaduke Darrell | 1546 | |||
| 2 | William Smyth of Binderton | 1603 | 1623 | purchase | |
| 3 | Sir John Morley | 1641 | |||
| 4 | Laurence Alcock | 1690 | purchase | ||
| 5 | Nathaniel Newnham | 1774 | purchase | Of Newtimber Place. | |
| 6 | Emma Newnham | 1819 | |||
| 7 | Ecclesiastical Commissioners | purchase | Acquired after 1819. |
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VCH Closing Statement
“Subsequently acquired by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.”
VCH Sussex, Vol. 4, pp. 160-165
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By ANNE CROMPE of St Martins in the Fields, co. Middlesex, widow, the relict of Thomas Crompe late of St Martins in the Fields aforesaid, gent. deceased, and JOHN CROMPE of Rochester, co Kent, esq., to STEPHEN FULLER of Waldron, co. Sussex, gent., of the manor of Downeash, co. Sussex, and the following lands Curriers marsh alias Great Currey, Stunts marsh, the Seabrands, Broadwish, Reyland marsh, lying in Manxey Level in Haylesham, Pevensey and Herstmonceux containing in the whole 124 a. 1 r. 1
Abraham Esterfeilde of Hailsham, husbandman, aged 40: The rent for Peplesham Place and 2a was paid by Anthony Sommer, tenant of the messuage and before by John Tutt Tanners Place and ¾a held of the manor of Horslunges formerly Herbert Pelham's in socage AE held the Uplands and had paid the rent to Lord Buckhurst John Gardyner had done suit and service for the lands at the court of the manor of Berwick and had been reeve in respect of them Marshes called Pellsepe and Somer Lease in AE's occupatio
The manor of Bowley, and the properties at South Mundham in Pagham, Terwick, Eartham, Midhurst, and in Norton Folgate (co. Midd.), allotted to him under the above partition, to make a tenant to the precipe to suffer a recovery
By SIR GEORGE STRODE, knt., to JOHN ASHBURNHAM, esq., of the marshlands described in Lease of 4 July, 1649 (ASH/4501/670) and also Middlemarsh als Fowlemarsh in Sackvile Level (20 ac. 1 r., 7 dayworks and 1 perch); Swansneast, the Nyne acres, Lucyes mersh containing together 45 ac. 5 dayworks and 1 perch, part of the manor of Bowley and late in the occupation of Elias Ellis. Also Pondmersh in 2 parts (20 ac.); the Six acres and the Eight acres; all in Sackvile Level in Herstmonceux late in the o
By William Strode of Newhouse in Coventry, esq., and Elizabeth his wife and Sir George Strode of Clarkonwell, Middlesex, to Samuell Barton of Hollington, Sussex, gent., - for £600 - of marsh grounds called Priors Marsh containing 24 acres at Chelley (sic) in Pevenesy, then or late in the occupation of William Carver, clerk, and George Pynnell of Pevensey, yeoman, theretofore parcel or reputed parcel of the Manor of Downeash And all that piece of marsh ground containing 8a.3r.2p. in Hailsham at a
Includes: letter from Treherne, Higgins and Co, Bloomsbury Square, London [solicitors], requesting payment of quit rents to the Manor of Bowley, Jul 1907; Inland Revenue provisional valuation, 1912; school reports of visits and inspections of the property, 1916 and 1931; letter from Charles Reginald Sutton, Withyham Rectory, to Mr Russell requesting the inclusion of [Herbrand Edward Dundonald Brassey Sackville] Earl De La Warr as a trustee, 1916; cutting from the '[Sussex Express and Coun]ty Her
Indenture: Marriage Settlement - Declaration of uses of a fine. (1) Sir John May of Rawmere, Sussex, Kt., & Dame Mary (nee Morley) his wife. (2) Hugh May of City of Westminster, esq., Edwd. Woodward of Stoke, Surrey, esq., Hen. Bulstrode of Petworth, Sussex, esq. (1) to (2) Manor of Sompting Peverell, Sussex, with appurts. & manorhouse, lands & hereditaments belonging in parishes of Sompting, Broadwater, Kingstowne, Lancing, Rusper & Horsham & Manor of Bowley with appurts., messuages, lands here
I. Property as in no. 370, and 3a. croft, in Henfield. II. Capital messuage and land called Ashurst; 90a. lands called Westerhayes, Borne and Blowers, Pearshams alias Plewmardens, North and South Knowles, and common of pasture for 50 sheep; nine parcels (52a.) of the lower lands of Ashurst, let to Richard Farncomb at an annual rent of £105, all in Plumpton. III. Four pieces of land (60½a.), part of the manor of Kings Barnes - Greenfield (22a. and 19¼a.), Swans Brook (12¼a.) and Greenfield Brook
Concerning a tenement called Perrycroft in the manor of Bowley
By EDWARD, EARL OF DORSET, SIR GEORGE RIVERS of Chafford, co. Kent, knt., RICHARD AMHERST, esq., Serjeant-at-law, and EDWARD LYNDSEY of London, esq., to WILLIAM STRODE of London, merchant, NICHOLAS CRISP junr. of London, salter, ABRAHAM REYNARDSON of London, merchant, and THOMAS CULLHAM of London, draper, of the manor of DOWNEASH, co Sussex, and certain Marshlands, also a messuage &c. called Cheesehouse and other premises - Also the manor of BOWLEY alias BOWLEYS alias BOUGHLEIGH and a messuage c
Of the demesne land of the manor of Bowley, Pagham, Sussex the property of Lawrence Alcock; by Nicholas Ayling
The property is described as follows: 1. Freehold tenement in 3 dwellings near Pevensey Castle, adjoining the highway to Westham, held of the Manor of Bowley at an annual quit-rent of ?1s 2. Leasehold cottage and garden (1r. 13p.) held of the Corporation at an annual quit-rent of 30s. for 21 yrs. from Mar. 1829 3. Leasehold tenement in 2 dwellings at the E. of Pevensey Bridge, adjoining the highway to Bexhill on the N. (1r. 20p.), leased by the Corporation at an annual quit-rent of 5s. for 40 yr
He held the following messuages and lands in Hailsham: A messuage and 2a called Pepleshame Place, held of the Earl of Dorset's manor of Michelham, quitrent 16d A messuage and ¾a called Tanners Place, held of Sir Gideon Annshame's manor of Horslunges (Herstlinger), quitrent 6d Two marshes called Peddlesrepe and Somerlees (18a) held of the Earl of Dorset's manor of Bowley, quitrent 3s 4d Closes called Betts, Carpenters, Nerst, Machons and Haltone being upland (14a) held of Lord Buckhurst's manor o
By SIR GEORGE STRODE of Westerham, co. Kent, knt., and WILLIAM STRODE, esq. his son and heir apparent to DAME ELIZABETH RICHARDSON, widow, Baroness of Cramond in the kingdom of Scotland, of 16 ac. of marshland called Devenish Wish; Beddinghams (6 ac.); Weltmarsh (2 ac.); Northles, upland (16 ac.); Killchornes (1 ac.); 2 ac. in Pevensey; Pickfield marsh (6 ac.); Fourteen acres marsh (14 ac.); the croft at Sackvill Gutt (3 ac.); in the whole 66 ac. 2 r. 18 p. being parcel of the manor of Bowley in
By SIR GEORGE STROUD of Westerham, co. Kent, knt., to JOHN ASHBURNHAM of Ashburnham, esq., of marshlands as follows:- Bulksbridge (10 ac.); Manxie mars (21 ac.) in Pevensey; 1 ac. near Perry croft; Budgehope (1½ac.) near the highway from Hailsham to Herstmonceux, N. part of Grovelands (24 ac.) lying to Megham Gutt, W.; 5 ac. in the marsh called Fourteen acres, 9 ac. thereof being formerly in occupation of John Huggatt; 1ac. part of the said 14 ac., which by agreement between Christopher Hills an
By John Fuller senr. of Waldron, esq., and Elizabeth his wife, John Fuller junr. gent. (eldest son and heir of the said John Fuller senr.) to Oliver Marton and Benjamin Whiten both of the M-iddle Temple, gents. with Henry Willis and Charles Robins, both of the Middle Temple, gents, as parties of the 3rd. part - to make the said Oliver Marton and Benjamin Whiten perfect tenants for the purpose of a Recovery for cutting and barring all entails of and in the premises - of the Manor of Tanners, wher
By Samuell Barton of Hellingly, gent., to John Fuller of Waldron, esq., - for £590 - of All those marshgrounds called Pryors Marsh containing 24 acres at Chilly in Pevensey theretofore parcel of the Manor of Downe Ash bounding to lands of John Meare, gent., E. and N., to lands of the King called the Salts, W. and to lands of John Callour(?), clerk and John Putland, W. and S And also a piece of marshland containing 9 acres in Haylsham at White Dyke, parcel of the Manor of Bowley, bounding to land
167-170 Thomas Walker of Beddingham yeoman to John Homan of Heathfield yeoman As W/D/109/1,2,33 Warranty includes TW's wife Ann W: Thomas Carew, Robert Carew, Herbert Carew; John Crashfield, Roger Elliard, Thomas Payne, Edward Baker. Endorsed: Dirties, Steerwish Ley or the Fine and Reed Brook held of the manor of Bowley by 3s 4d Lord's rent.
By GEORGE STRODE of Westerham, co. Kent, esq., to SYMON HILL of Retherfeild, co. Sussex, yeoman, of 63 ac. 2 r. 1 p. of marshland as follows:- Bulksbridge, 10 ac. and Manxi marsh, 21 ac. in Pevensey, sometime of one Mills; 1 ac. near Perry Crofte, Budgehope, 1½ ac. near the highway from Hailsham to Herstmonceux, N.; 24 ac., parcel of Grovelands lying together to Magham Cutt, W., with a way thereto; 5 ac. in Fourteen Acre Marsh and 1 ac. by division adjoining the 5 ac. All being parcel of the man
Between RICHARD, EARL OF DORSET, GODDARD GRAVYNER of London, gent., usher to the said Earl, and THOMAS GRAY of London, gent., servant to the said Earl, and SIR PAULE BAYNINGE of Little Bentley, co. Essex, kt. and bart., to lead the uses of a Fine of the manors of Fogington alias Fokington, Blackham, Sheffeild and Sharnfold and the manors or farms of Chartnes and Bassets, the manor or farm of Peelinge and the rectory of Westham alias Peeling, the capital messuage called Fiskaredge farm in occupat
former manorial estate in Cadbury, Devon. Type: manor estate
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former manorial estate in Bodenham, Herefordshire. Type: manor estate
former manorial estate in Hailsham, Sussex. Type: manor estate