POLEBROOK HUNDRED 



POLEBROOK 



sisters." From these sisters it passed to William de 

 Carlton,^'^ possibly a husband or son of one of them, 

 who was holding in 1346.^' William Carlyll was 

 described as of Polebrook in I36l*'' and 1367,^* and 

 he and his wife Margaret were dealing with land there 

 in 1397.^" Possibly it was his son, William Carlyll, 

 who did homage to the abbot for lands in Polebrook 

 in 1401,-'' and was in possession of lands there, held 

 by knight service, in 1428.''' William Carlyll of Pole- 

 brook son of William Carlyll conveyed lands in Pole- 

 brook to William son of William Armston.'* 



The descent of ihis holding after this date is uncer- 

 tain, it seems to have been acquired by the overlords 

 the abbots of Peterborough, and came to the Crown 

 at the Dissolution of that monastery in 1539. It was 

 granted together with the holdings of Robert le 

 Fleming, Thomas Smert, the Porthors and the 

 Grendons as the manor of Polebrook late of Peter- 

 borough monastery in 1542 to the Dean and Chapter 

 of Peterborough,'" but was afterwards resumed and 

 leased to Sir Edward Montagu.*' Another grant 

 was made in 1548 to Sir William Sharington,'- who 

 within a few days obtained licence to alienate the 

 property to Sir Edward Montagu.*' From that time 

 until 1910 Polebrook manor has followed the descent 

 of Barnwell St. Andrew {q.v.), but was not sold with 

 that manor in 191 3 and still belongs to the Duke of 

 Buccleuch. 



In 1086 Eustace the Sheriff was tenant in chief 

 in Polebrook of a hide and a virgate which had for- 

 merly been held freely by Ormar.** This fee, which 

 had come into the possession of Robert de Cauz in 

 the 1 2th century,*^ seems to be the manor of Pole- 

 brook which in 1455 was declared to be held of 

 Walter Norton in socage.** It was parcel of the 

 Duchy of Lancaster in 1610,*' and parts of it were 

 held of the King in 1615 and 1623.** 



In 1236, three parts of a knight's fee in Polebrook, 

 Thurning and Clapton, were held by Robert le 

 Fleming of William Patrick, tenant of part of the 

 Lovetot fee.** This part of the King's fee in Pole- 

 brook may have come into the possession of Peter- 

 borough Abbey with the rest of the Fleming manor. 



In 1207 Ralph son of Reginald de Polebrook 

 acquired a virgate in Polebrook from Walter son of 

 Agnes, widow of Robert.'" In 1229 Ralph petitioned 

 for leave to divert a way in Polebrook." Three 

 years later the Bishop of Lincoln granted him per- 

 mission to have a chapel with a chantry in his court of 

 Polebrook.'^ William son of Ralph de Polebrook 



witnessed the deeds relating to Hemington of the 

 middle of the 13th century,'^ but no later record of 

 his tenement seems to be extant. 



Certain messuages and lands in Polebrook of which 

 the reversion was granted to the Abbot of Peter- 

 borough by Richard de Outheby in 1339,''' must be 

 assumed to have been part of the King's fee. The 

 rest, as the manor of Polebrook, had come into the 

 possession of the Lovels of Tichmnrsh before 1455, 

 when William Lovel ' chivalcr,' Lord Lovel of Tich- 

 marsh, died seised of the reversion of the manor, John 

 Greyby being life tenant.''' Lord Lovel settled 

 Polebrook on his younger son, Robert,'* whose widow, 

 Eleanor, was accused of illegal treatment of his former 

 tenants here." In 1466, Eleanor, with her second 

 husband, Thomas Prount, claimed Polebrook and 

 other manors as jointure.'" John, Lord Lovel, her 

 first husband's elder brother, had died in 1465, 

 leaving a son, Francis, who was attainted, and died 

 without issue in 1487." His manor of Polebrook 

 was granted in 1491 to John Moton,'" after whose 

 death in 1492 it was acquired by George Kirkham, 

 who left it by will, dated March, 1527-28, to his son 

 Sir Robert Kirkham, and his wife Sibill.*' Messuages 

 and lands in Polebrook were in the possession of 

 Sir Robert and his wife, Richard and Katherine 

 Pallady, and Thomas Henson in 1547,'- but at the 

 beginning of the ne.\t century the manor belonged to 

 the Crown as parcel of the possessions of the Duchy 

 of Lancaster.®' Messuages and lands which seem 

 to have formed part of it were held of the King in 

 chief in 1615, 1623 and 1634,"^ but about the middle 

 of the I7fh century it was conveyed by William Raby 

 and his wife, Katherine, Thomas Roborne, and Richard 

 Goodman and his wife, Joan, to Thomas Andrew,®^ 

 possibly the Thomas Andrew, senior, who held it 

 with Thomas Andrew, junior, in 168 1."* Later 

 owners were John Buxton and his wife, Ehzabeth, 

 and Lawford Watts and his wife, Sara, from whom a 

 moiety of the manor passed to Thomas Goodfellow 

 in 1694."' Both moieties were in 1774 the property 

 of Mary Goodfellow, widow, and Catherine Good- 

 fellow,"® the latter of whom was presumably the 

 spinster of that name who owned land in Polebrook 

 in 1790."' 



Domesday Book accounts for 5 hides of land in 

 JRMSTON (Mermeston xi cent., Armeston xii cent., 

 Ermeston, Armston xiii cent., Armenston, Armis- 

 torem, Armyston xiv cent.) and Kingsthorpe belong- 

 ing to the Abbey of Peterborough.*' In the reign of 



" Pytchley, op. citu 52. 



" Ibid. 



" Bridges, op. cit. ii, 415. 



" Buccleuch Deeds, K. 6. 



" Col. Close, 1364-8, p. 374. 



»• Buccleuch Deeds, I. 8a, K.8. 



•' .\dd. MS. 25288. 



" Feud. Aids, iv. 48 ; Buccleuch 

 Deeds, K. 9. 



" Ibid. I. 8a. 



"Pat. R. 33 lien. V1!I, pt. 3, 



*' Gunton, op. cit. 66. 



•• Pat. R. 2 Edw. VI, pt. 4, m. 14. 



" Ibid. 2 Edw. VI, pt. 3, 

 Buccleuch Coll. Ser. Chron. p. 259. 

 Sir Edward bought out the interests 

 of the Crown lessees, Ibid. p. 259-74. 



'• V.C.H. Nortbants. i, 349 *. 



" Ibid. i. 366 b. 



•• Chan. Inq. p.m. Hen. VI, file 158, 

 no. 28. 



'4- 



35; 



" Pat. R. 7 Jas. I, pt. 35, m. 6. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. ii) cccxlviii, 

 122 ; ccccxv, III. 



" Book of Fees, i, 580. 



'" Feet of F. Northants. case 171, 

 file 12, no. 202. 



" Close R. 39, m. 16. 



" Roi. Hug. de yVelles (Cant, and York 

 Soc.) ii, 255-56. 



" Buccleuch Deeds, A. 12, 30, R. 43, 

 G. 4. 



"Inq. a. q. d. file 251, no. 5; Cal. 

 Pal. 133S-40, pp. 249-50. 



" Exch. Inq. p.m. (Ser. i) file 199, 

 no. 2. 



" Early Chan. Proc. bdlc. 31, no. 254. 



" Chan. Proc. Eliz. (Rec. Com.) ii, 

 p. Ixix. 



" Early Chan. Proc. bdlc. 31, no. 

 254. 



'• Complete Peerage v, 164-65. 



"> Pat. R. 6 Hen. \'II, m. 13 ; Cal Pat. 

 i.|S5-94, p. 406. 



" Coll. Top. ct Gen. vol. v, cli. 24, 

 p. 307. 



»' I'eet of F. N'ortliants. E;ist. 37 Hen. 

 VIII. 



'" Duchy of L.'inc. Spec. Com. 633. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. ii) cccxlviii, 

 122; cccctviii; Dcxxxi, 8. 



" Feet of F. Northants. Hil. 22 

 Chas. I. In 1651, however, the site of 

 the manor was owned by Nicholas Hunt. 

 (Feet of F. Northants. East. 1651 ; Recov. 

 R. East. 1651, ro. 15.) 



•* Feet of F. Northants. Trin. 22 Chas. 

 II. 



" Feet of F. Northants. Trin. 4 and 

 I!il. 6 Will, and Mary. 



" Ibid. Trin. 14 Geo. III. 



" Private Act 30 Geo. Ill, cap. 26. 



" y.C.H. Xonhanis. i, 315*. 



