Manor Profile
Westhampnett, West Sussex· Box and Stockbridge Hundred· 1225 – 1401
Woodcote was described as a member of Halnaker in Boxgrove. William de St John granted it to Geoffrey Peverel for life c.1225. John de St John mortgaged it to the Bonsignori of Siena in 1299.
Various fractional fees were held: in 1329 half a fee was held by Henry de Hamptonette and half by heirs of Walter de Hamptonette. In 1355 Geoffrey de Ledes held for life when Sir Luke de Poynings and Isabel received the St John estates share. In 1401 William Neel of Chichester was said to be seised of it.
The VCH states it descended with Halnaker, which was purchased by the Duke of Richmond in 1765.
| # | Name | From | To | Acquired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William de St John | 1225 | Granted to Geoffrey Peverel for life. | ||
| 2 | Henry de Hamptonette | 1329 | Held 1/2 fee. | ||
| 3 | Geoffrey de Ledes | 1355 | Held for life. | ||
| 4 | William Neel of Chichester | 1401 | Said to be seised in 1401. | ||
| 5 | Duke of Richmond(Duke of Richmond) | 1765 | purchase (with Halnaker) | Descended with Halnaker. |
286m from manor coordinates. Listed Building, Grade II.
William Bennett (as in no. GOODWOOD/E692), to his brother, Thomas Bennett (as in no. GOODWOOD/E687). Property as in no. GOODWOOD/E682.
8 deeds relating to the Manor of Woodcote in Bromsgrove, Shrewsbury, Baker, Foley and other families.
VCH Closing Statement
“In 1401 William Neel of Chichester was said to be seised of it. It descended with Halnaker in Boxgrove, of which manor it was a member.”
VCH Sussex, Vol. 4, pp. 175-180
Seal.
(a) Henry Morley of Droxford, co. Hants., esq. (only son and heir of Charles Morley, late of Droxford, esq., dec'd.); (b) Robert Pardoe of Lincolns Inn, co. Middx., gent.; (c) George Hannay of Soberton, co. Hants., esq. Woodcut Farm and lands. With exemplification of a Common Recovery, Hilary Term, 1760.
Consideration £560 Sir Thomas Palmer, sen., of Goodwood, kt., to Thomas Lewkenor of Selsey, esq. and John Stepkyn of East Smithfield, co. Middx., esq. All the interest of Sir Thomas Palmer in nos. E677 and 678 above and in a lease for 60 years of Goodwood Park granted to him by Henry, Earl of Arundel, 10 Nov. 1563. Consideration paid by the Earl of Arundel to Sir Thomas Palmer by the hands of John Stepkyn. Palmer to have the right to occupy the premises until Mich. 1575 and to have ingress and e
John May of Raughmeare in Mid Lavant, gent., to William Aylmer of Woodcott in Westhampnett, yeoman. Woodcot Farmhouse and lands (no details); Old Park and Hasell Coppice alias Coldens Copse (in all 60a.); dovehouse with a flight of pigeons therein belonging to the farm. Reserving the Picked Field (15a.) and that part of the pond adjoining to the corner or end of the field as the pond is now divided.
Robert, Lord Ponyngges, William Cheyne, kt., Richard Wakehurst, Richard Fust and Richard Pikot, to Matilda, widow of Thomas Ponyngges, kt., Lord of St. John, John Bonevyle, Thomas Kyngeston, kt. and Alesia his wife, John Paulet and Constance his wife. Manor of Woodcote, with appurtenances (no details). To Matilda Ponyngges for life, then to the other grantees and their heirs, with remainder to the right heirs of Thomas Ponyngges. Witnesses: William Seynt John, William Ryman, Robert Tawke, Thomas
Consideration £200 George Westebrooke of Westhampnett, yeoman, to Thomas Webbe of Beckington, co. Soms. and Damyan Pecke of Gray's Inn, co. Middx., gents. Woodcott Farmhouse, Longe Crofte, Eastfurlonges, East Feilde, Gosse Crofte and close of land behind the barn, and pasture in the highways (all as in no. GOODWOOD/E680).
Consideration £1200 Sir Edward Frances of Petworth, kt., to John May of Rumeare, esq. Property as no. GOODWOOD/E680, with lands, tenements, etc. called Old Parke alias the Lower Park, and Gouldings Coppice alias Hassell Coppice (65a.) as now severed from Goodwood Park with a ditch, posts and rails. All in Hampnett, Westhampnett and Boxgrove and not heretofore sold to the Earl of Northumberland. With Final Concord, Hilary Term 1616/17; and counterpart.
Richard de Cardevill to grant the manor of Woodcote, with the advowson of the church there and the hamlet of Lydeshelf, to the prior and Knights Hospitallers in England. Hampshire. 31 Edw I.
Charles, 5th Duke of Richmond, to Thomas Halsted of Westhampnett, yeoman. Woodcutt Farm and lands. With draft agreement.
Thomas May of Mid Lavant, esq. (son and heir of John May, dec'd), to Sir John Denham and John Denham, esq. All his right in Woodcot and lands belonging devised by John May, dec'd, to John May (as in no. GOODWOOD/E703) younger brother of the said Thomas.
To Cicilia Grigg alias Bocher, widow of John Grigg of 'Hamptenet'. Site of the manor or farm of Woodcot, with all rights and appurtenances in 'Hamptenet', late part of the possessions of Thomas West, kt., Lord La Ware, dec'd, and now in the hands of the Crown by virtue of an exchange effected by him with King Henry VIII; house, garden and 4a. land and pasture and another garden and 4½a. land in Westerton; coppice called 'le Weste Copyes'; and pasture and pannage in 'Hamptenet'. All which propert
In accordance with no. GOODWOOD/E710 of property as in no. GOODWOOD/E694, but Long Croft (16a.) is not mentioned.
Consideration £200 George Westebrooke of Woodcott in Westhampnett, yeoman, to Richard Holden of Sidlesham, yeoman. Bromefeilde (except the timber thereon recently sold to William Cooke, merchant, and George Sergeant, jun., tailor, both of St. Pancras, Chichester), Little Hale, Great Hale and Stonnyfeilde (all as in no. GOODWOOD/E680.) George Westebrooke to pay £40 yearly for ten years.
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