Manor Profile
Boarhunt, Hampshire· Portsdown Hundred· 1248 – 1538
Also known as: Huppeley, Hippeleye, Ipley
Hipley was a tithing lying to the north-west of the parish of Boarhunt. The VCH records it under several spellings: Huppeley, Hippeleye, and Ipley in the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries (VCH Hampshire Vol. 3, pp. 144-147).
The earliest recorded transaction is a grant by Basil de Hipley of half a carucate to Robert le Burgeys in 1248. In 1270 Philip de Benstede and his wife Imania granted a fourth part of half a carucate, 25 acres of meadow, and 6s. 11d. rent to the priory of Southwick (VCH Hampshire Vol. 3, pp. 144-147).
The priory continued to acquire lands in Hipley over the following decades. Geoffrey de Wanstede conveyed lands in 1335. John son of Robert le Porter and William Rushmere made grants in 1336. Hugh Beneyt conveyed further lands in 1343 (VCH Hampshire Vol. 3, pp. 144-147).
At the Dissolution of Southwick Priory in 1538, the lands passed to the Crown and were granted to John White of Southwick. The VCH states that "as there is no further separate record of Hipley, the lands evidently followed the descent of the manor of Southwick" (VCH Hampshire Vol. 3, pp. 144-147).
| # | Name | From | To | Acquired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basil de Hipley | 1248 | Granted half a carucate in Hipley to Robert le Burgeys in 1248. | ||
| 2 | Robert le Burgeys | 1248 | grant (from Basil de Hipley) | Received half a carucate in Hipley from Basil de Hipley in 1248. | |
| 3 | Philip de Benstede and Imania | 1270 | Granted a fourth part of half a carucate, 25 acres of meadow, and 6s. 11d. rent to the priory of Southwick in 1270. | ||
| 4 | Southwick Priory(Augustinian priory) | 1270 | 1538 | grants (accumulated 1270-1343) | The priory accumulated the whole of Hipley through a series of grants over 73 years.Acquired lands progressively: from Philip de Benstede (1270), Geoffrey de Wanstede (1335), John son of Robert le Porter and William Rushmere (1336), and Hugh Beneyt (1343). |
| 5 | The Crown | 1538 | 1538 | Dissolution of the Monasteries | Seized upon the suppression of Southwick Priory. |
| 6 | John White(of Southwick) | 1538 | royal grant (post-Dissolution) | Received the Hipley lands after the Dissolution. No further separate record. The lands evidently followed the descent of Southwick manor thereafter. |
Southwick Priory
priory · held · 1270 – 1538
Accumulated lands through grants from Philip de Benstede (1270), Geoffrey de Wanstede (1335), John son of Robert le Porter and William Rushmere (1336), and Hugh Beneyt (1343).
The Crown
crown · held · 1538 – 1538
Seized at the Dissolution of Southwick Priory.
VCH records Hipley as a tithing lying to the north-west of the parish of Boarhunt. No manor house or physical remains described.
Parish of Boarhunt entry. Covers Hipley tithing. Principal source for the manorial descent.
VCH Closing Statement
“As there is no further separate record of Hipley, the lands evidently followed the descent of the manor of Southwick.”
VCH Hampshire, Vol. 3, pp. 144-147
