Manor Profile
Oving, West Sussex· Box and Stockbridge Hundred· 1100 – 1838
Also known as: Shopwick Eagle, Shopwyke
Shopwick was an estate belonging to the city of Chichester until Henry I gave it as 5 pounds of land to Reynold Hareng. Ralph Hareng gave tithes to Lewes Priory (confirmed by King Stephen). Another Reynold held the fee of the Earl of Arundel in 1166.
After William Hareng's death c.1230, the fee was divided between Peter de Hotot and Nicholas de Wauncy. Robert de Hotot died in 1293. Through coheirs, the manor was settled on Ralph and Hawise de Hevere (1306) and their son Sir Thomas de Hevere, who received a grant of free warren in 1330.
The manor passed to John Brocas (1377), then to Sir Edward St John, and shortly to Richard, Earl of Arundel (d. 1396). Given to Sir Thomas Arundel of Betchworth, then to Eleanor (daughter of Sir Thomas Browne, attainted) who married Thomas Vaughan. In 1475 granted to Sir George Browne.
Through the Browne family to Sir Ambrose Browne (d. 1661), granddaughter Margaret (married William Fenwick), then to Thomas Brereton. The manor descended through the Billingsley family. John Frederick Billingsley arranged sale in 1838; no purchaser is named.
Not separately in Domesday. An estate belonging to the city of Chichester until Henry I gave it, as 5 pounds of land, to Reynold Hareng.
| # | Name | From | To | Acquired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of Chichester | 1100 | |||
| 2 | Reynold Hareng | 1100 | grant from Henry I | 5 pounds of land. | |
| 3 | William Hareng | 1230 | Fee divided between Hotot and Wauncy. | ||
| 4 | Robert de Hotot | 1293 | Received grant from Isabel de Mortimer, widow of Earl of Arundel (1284). | ||
| 5 | Sir Thomas de Hevere | 1320 | settlement from father Ralph | Granted free warren 1330. | |
| 6 | John Brocas | 1377 | Son of Oliver Brocas by Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas de Hevere. | ||
| 7 | Richard, Earl of Arundel(Earl of Arundel) | 1396 | |||
| 8 | Sir George Browne | 1475 | grant | Attainted under Richard III but lands restored. | |
| 9 | Sir Ambrose Browne | 1661 | |||
| 10 | Thomas Brereton | 1699 | purchase from Fenwick |
See of Chichester
diocese · held
Part of episcopal holdings from Saxon period.
Shopwyke House: red brick with a pediment in the north front inscribed SS 1720. Shopwyke Manor Farmhouse: Grade II listed building.
VCH Closing Statement
“John Frederick Billingsley made arrangements for the sale of the manor in 1838.”
VCH Sussex, Vol. 4, pp. 165-170
