Nutbourne

Nutbourne lies east of Westbourne village on the road towards Chichester. It possibly represents the 4 hides held by Payn at Domesday as a sub-tenant of Earl Roger within the Westbourne manor, as that estate included a water-mill.

In the twelfth century Manser Aguillon received 2 knight's fees in the honour of Arundel from Henry I. In 1180 Robert Aguillon paid 15 marks to obtain seisin of Nutbourne. In 1242 William son of Richard Aguillon held 3 fees in Nutbourne, Up Marden, and Burpham. In 1312, upon the death of Eleanor's granddaughter Julian as a child, a court ordered division of "the manor of Nutbourne, held of the heirs of Robert de Tateshale as 1 knight's fee." The true heirs were the descendants of William Aguillon's brother John: his daughter Sarra and her husband William Whateman. In 1313 Whateman and Sarra sold the manor to Nicholas de Perschete, including a water-mill moiety. Nicholas's son Peter died in 1361 having settled the manor on his son Nicholas and wife Joan. In 1363 Nicholas de Perschute and Joan sold Nutbourne to Richard, Earl of Arundel.

Earl Thomas (d. 1415) granted the manor to William Okehurst for life, with reversion to the College of Arundel. At the dissolution of the College in 1544, the manor transferred to the Crown and was subsequently granted to the Earl of Arundel. In 1580 Philip, Earl of Arundel, sold it to Robert Brett. After passing through several families including the Berwicks, Wavells, and Reynolds, the manor was purchased by Richard Barwell in 1788. It then followed Prinsted's descent through Way, Padwick, Vacher, and finally Edward Roy Longcroft in 1885.