Manor Profile
Westbourne, West Sussex· Westbourne and Singleton Hundred· 1086 – 1885
Also known as: Prymsted
Prinsted lies at the southern tip of Westbourne parish, on the shore of Chichester Harbour. It had no separate Domesday entry, forming part of the 36-hide Westbourne estate held by Earl Roger de Montgomery in 1086.
The manor descended as part of the main Westbourne estate through the earls of Arundel, the Lumley family, and the earls of Scarborough. When Lewis Way's executors sold the main Westbourne manor to Charles Dixon in 1829, Prinsted was separated. William Padwick purchased it around 1829. Thomas Britain Vacher subsequently acquired it around 1846, and it passed to Herbert Perkins Vacher. In 1885 Edward Roy Longcroft purchased the manor.
A manor house at Prinsted is dated 1663 with the initials I & S. G. on the building.
| # | Name | From | To | Acquired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Earl Roger de Montgomery(Earl of Shrewsbury) | 1066 | 1094 | grant from William I | Held as part of main Westbourne manor. 36 hides. |
| 2 | Earls of Arundel (FitzAlan)(Earls of Arundel) | 1566 | descent with honour of Arundel | Descended with main Westbourne manor through the d'Aubigny and FitzAlan earls. | |
| 3 | John Lumley(Lord Lumley) | 1566 | marriage settlement | Received Westbourne (including Prinsted) through marriage to Jane FitzAlan. | |
| 4 | Richard Barwell | 1781 | 1805 | purchase | Purchased Westbourne estates from Anna Maria Montague's trustees in 1781. |
| 5 | Rev. Lewis Way | 1809 | 1829 | purchase from Barwell's executors | Of Stansted. Executors sold Westbourne to Dixon. Prinsted separated at this point. |
| 6 | William Padwick | 1829 | purchase (separated from Westbourne) | Acquired Prinsted when it was separated from the main Westbourne manor. | |
| 7 | Thomas Britain Vacher | 1846 | purchase | Acquired c. 1846. | |
| 8 | Herbert Perkins Vacher | 1885 | inheritance | Inherited from Thomas Britain Vacher. | |
| 9 | Edward Roy Longcroft | 1885 | purchase | Purchased 1885. Last recorded lord. |
…thereabouts), situate at Prinsted, in the Parish of Westbourne, in the County of Sussex, held of the Manor of Prinsted , at a quit rent of £}. Os. 9|d. per annum. Tbe time and place of sale will shortly be published, wh…
201m from manor coordinates. Listed Building, Grade II.
Parties as described in the Add Mss 4429, the Lease for a year The Manor of Prinsted in Westbourne [no topographical details] Trustee: Sir Charles Hamilton of Iping, baronet (vice-admiral in H.M. Royal Navy) Recites Lease and Release of 22 & 23 September 1817
VCH Closing Statement
“Edward Roy Longcroft purchased the manor in 1885.”
VCH Sussex, Vol. 4, pp. 126-132
Release catalogued separately Albert Pell, sergeant-at-law, the Reverend Lewis Way of Hansted House, Patrick Heatley of Hertford Street, Mayfair (co. Midd'x), esquire, James Drummond of Welbeck Street (co. Midd'x), esquire, Lawrence Sullivan of George Street, Hanover Square (co. Midd'x), John Marsh of the Victualling Office, Somerset Place (co. Midd'x), esquire, and William Padwick the younger of Warblington House (co. Southampton), esquire, to Sir Charles Hamilton of Iping, baronet (vice-admira
Admission of Sarah Freeland, dau. of Henry Freeland, decd. to Messuage and one yard land in Prinsted, Westbourne
Release catalogued separately John Cousens of Gosden Green in the parish of Westbourne, esquire, and William Shean of Prinsted, merchant, to William Padwick the younger of Warblington House (Co. Southampton), esquire The Manor of Prinsted in the parish of Westbourne, with all its appurtenances [no topographical details]
Lease for a year missing (a) William Hipkin of Emsworth, co. Hants., merchant, Stephen Rogers of Hayling Island, co. Hants., yeoman, George Arter of Havant, co. Hants., gent. and John Ayling of Leigh in Havant, yeoman; (b) George Bignell of Nutbourne in Westbourne, cordwainer; (c) John Wyatt of Nutbourne, merchant Recites that (a) are seized of the property under the will, 12 June 1833 (pr. P.C.C. 15 Sept. 1834) of William Hoare of Prinsted in Westbourne, upon trust Field called Little Gassons (
Admission of William Boorn devisee in trust of the will of Joseph Boorn Several parcels of land field names given and tenement called Gillmans
To allotment of land (1r.32p.) on Hambrook common, held of the manor of Prinsted, allotment no. 35 on the Woodmancote Nutbourne and Prinsted inclosure award. Also includes several parcels of land (17a.) in the common field called Southerdean field. Recites from 1839
Records of West Sussex Record Office Additional Manuscripts INTRODUCTION This is the thirty third volume of Additional Manuscripts (Add Mss) to have been catalogued in the West Sussex Record Office and it has been compiled, in general, along the lines indicated in the first volume in November 1956 The class of Additional Manuscripts embraces all the smaller gifts and deposits of documents received by the County Record Office, as distinct from the large family and estate collections, such as the
Reproduced by J.H. Mee, Bourne in the Past, and described by him in detail on pp. 80, 118-129
Joseph Maberly of Bedford Row (co. Midx.), esquire (only acting executor of Rev. Joseph Eyre of Reading, who was the exor. of Joseph Eyre of Christ's Hospital in London) to William Bromley of Gray's Inn [and various other parties, named] The Manor of Prinsted [in the parish of Westbourne] Recites several deeds, from 1775, containing much personal but no topographical detail
Parties as described in Add Mss 4431, the Lease for a year The Manor of Prinsted in Westbourne [no topographical details] Recites indentures of Lease and Release of 4 & 5 June 1782, several mesne indentures of Lease and Release, and the Act for enclosing the Manors of Nutbourne and Prinsted in Westbourne, dated 58 Geo. III Schedule of 18 deeds, 1746-1808, the earliest being a conveyance by Lease and Release of the Hon. James Lumley, esq., to Philip Lord Hardwicke, Lord High Chancellor of Great B
Short title: Huet v Overye. Plaintiffs: George Huet, yeoman. Defendants: George Overye gent of Stoughton, William Overye his son, Francis Overye his brother, John Warner his servant, Stephen Rippon, yeoman Richard Slowe of Up Marden, husbandman, and others. Subject: Forgery of an authority to sell corn of plaintiff George Huet growing on a tenement in the manor of Prinsted in Westbourne, and assault on said plaintiff's servants and seizure of the same. Sussex. Barnes category: assault; destructi
Thomas Gamlen of Furnivals Inn (co. Midd'x), esquire, to Edward Thomas Whitaker of Lincolns Inn Fields, in trust for Thomas Brittain Vacher of Parliament Street in the City of Westminster, stationer The Manor of Prinsted in Westbourne [no details] Recites indentures of Lease and Release of 19 & 20 May 1775, several meane acts, events, and assignments, and the Act for enclosing the Manors of Nutbourne and Prinsted in Westbourne, dated 58 George III
Surrender from William Boorn devisee in trust of the will of Joseph Boorn to Thomas P. Hipkin Property as described in Add Mss 32,933
Prinsted covered within the Westbourne parish entry.
former manorial estate in Westbourne, Sussex. Type: manor estate
settlement in West Sussex, England. Type: human settlement
farmhouse in Southbourne, Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK. Heritage: Grade II listed building. Type: thatched farmhouse. NHLE: 1354606
VCH Sussex, Vol. 4
pp. 126-132
