NAVISFORD HUNDRED 



STOKE DOYLE 



and Thomas, son of Roger Lcwkcnor of Sussex, her 

 husband,*' and in 1391 a further settlement of the 

 manor was made on Joan and her second husband, 

 John Cobham, with a life interest to John Knightlfy.-' 

 Roger l.ewkenor apparently granted it to trustees,*" 

 one of whom, Nicholas Nymmes, did homage in 

 l.joi," and the trustees still held it in 141 2.^- By 

 1428 the manor had reverted to Thomas Lewkenor, 

 Joan's grandson,'-" whose son Roger presented to the 

 church in 1453 and died in 1478, leaving a son and 

 heir Thomas,*'' who forfeited his lands, probably as 

 a Yorkist. Stoke Doyle was granted to William 

 Sapcote in 1484,''''' but Lewkenor was probably re- 

 instated in possession, as his son Roger presented to 

 the church in 1 491.** He left four daughters, and 

 his heirs apparently sold the manor to Sir George 

 Puttenham, who in 1 526 levied a fine of it against 

 Roger Corbet.** It seems to have passed, with other 

 property to Andrew, first Lord Windsor, before 

 1536.*' On his death it passed to his son V\'illiam** 

 and grandson Edward. The latter sold it in 1560 to 

 Richard Palmer,** who was already lord of another 

 manor in Stoke Doyle (j.t'.). 

 Richard Palmer died in 1570,"' 

 and the property passed in 

 direct descent to Anthony 

 (d. 1633), Edward, Edward, 

 Geoffrey (living 1677), and 

 Anthony Palmer.'* The last- 

 named sold it in 1697 to Sir 

 Edward Ward, Chief Baron of 

 the Exchequer.*- His sons,''* 

 Edward (d. 1734),'''' and Philip, 

 successively succeeded liim.''* 

 On the death of the latter in 

 1752,'" the manor was divided 



amongst his sisters or their descendants.'" The whole 

 manor, however, was obtained before 1789 by Rowland 

 Hunt, grandson of Jane, the eldest daughter of Sir 

 Edward Ward,''* who married Thomas Hunt (d. 1753) 

 and had a son. Rev. Rowland Hunt, D.D., rector of 

 Stoke Doyle (d. 1785). Rowland Hunt (d. 183 1), his 

 son, apparently conveyed the manor to the Rev. Robert 

 Roberts, D.D., after whose death it was put up for 

 auction in March 1830, when it was stated to be 

 discharged from tithe and to extend over 1,300 

 acres, and there went with it the right of fishing in 



Palmer, .-izttre a che- 

 vcron engraiUd bettvfen 

 ibree craccnts arpent. 



Cahbon. rarly cheve- 

 ronti'isr [quit's anii azure 

 a ihet'eton enaiaiUd 

 argent heiween tzvo Uorts 

 ermino:s fating one 

 another in the ihief and 

 a ( rojj paiy or m the foot 

 uiith three nwiets sable 

 on the theieron. 



the Nene for nearly two miles, and tiic right to cut 



rushes. In .'\pril 1830, however, it was privately 



sold by the trustees of Dr. 



Roberts to George Capron. 



It passed on his death in 



1872 to his son, the Rev. 



George Capron, whose son, 



Mr. G. Herbert Capron, is the 



present lord of the manor.'" 



In 1086, the Abbey of 

 Peterborough had a second 

 holding in Stoke. The under 

 tenants were two knigiits, two 

 Serjeants, with one sokman, 

 who held 2 hides and 3 vir- 

 gates of land." 



One of the knights may be 

 identified withGeofTrey Infans, 

 said to have been nephew of 

 Abbot Thorold (1069-98), and 

 tenant of 8 hides in Gunthorp, 



Southorp, Stoke and Hemington."' Geoffrey Infans 

 or de Gunthorpe seems to have had three sons, Ive, 

 Richard and Ralph. Ive apparently left no issue. 

 Richard, who succeeded him, had a son Geoffrey 

 whose son Geoffrey is mentioned in 1189. In 1198 

 Waleran son of Ralph, who took the name of de 

 Helpston, claimed against Geoffrey, son of Geoffrey, 3 

 knights' fees in Southorpe, Gunthorpe and Stoke.*" 

 Geoffrey was succeeded after I2I2 by liis son Robert, 

 who was followed by Thomas, his son, and another 

 Geoflrey, son of Thomas. Geoffrey de Southorpe con- 

 veyed the manor of Southorpe, with the homages and 

 services pertaining to it, to Stephen de Cornhill, citizen 

 of London, probably in security for a loan. Stephen 

 de Cornhill sold the manor and services to Elias de 

 Bckyngham, apparently on behalf of the abbot of Peter- 

 borough. Geoffrey de Soutliorpe, however, being im- 

 prisoned for a debt to Queen Eleanor, repudiated ti^e 

 conveyance of Southorpe, saying it was made while he 

 was under duress, and therefore of no effect. But 

 William de Woodford, out of respect for Geoffrey's 

 poverty and to avoid a scandal, gave him 10 marks and 

 two horses, and Geoffrey confirmed the manor to the 

 abbot. The transactions were completed in 1291.'* 



The knight's service held in Stoke was in respect of 

 the manor of STOKE or STOKE DOT LEI'}'* 



>' I'isil. of Sussex (llarl. Soc), 25. 



" Feet of F. Northants. case 17S, file 

 88, no. 136. 



" De Banco R. 572, m. 210. 



" Add. MS. (B..M.), 252SS, i. 9. 



*• Feud. Aids^ vi, 500. Thomas Torp, 

 another of the trustees, lu'ld a rent of ^ifi 

 a year, and Robert Knyvet a rent of J[j 

 as dower of his wife, the widow of Roger 

 Lewkenor. " Feud. Aids, iv, 4S. 



." Chan. Inq. p.m. 18 Edw. IV, no. 37. 



"• Cal. Pal. 147C-85, p. 42S. 



" Bridges, loc. cit. For descent of 

 I.cwkcnor, see Vistt. of Sussex (Harl. Soc), 

 p. 25-30; Cal. Inij. Hen. Vll vol. ii, 

 no. 620, and Wrottesley, Pedigrees from 

 the Plea R. p. 432. 



•• Feet of F. Northants. Trin. 18 

 lien. VIII. 



" Bridges, op. cit. i, 126. 



••G.li.C. Complete Peerage; Ct. of 

 Req. bdle. 14, no. 33 ; Recov. R. Trin. 

 1556, ro. 546; ¥.\K.O. Ct. R. pif. 195, 

 no. 56. 



*• Recov. R. Mich. 1560, ro. 915; 

 Feet of F. Northants. East. 5 Eliz. 



'° Chan. Inq. p.m. (Scr. ii), civiil, 14. 



"Metcalfe, Visit, of Northants. 123; 

 Chan. Inq. p.m. Misc. pt. 22, no. 9b ; 

 Pat. R. 14 Chas I, pt. 18 ; Feet of F. 

 Northants. East. 29 Chas. II. 



«' Recov. R. Trin. 9 Will. Ill, ro. 185 ; 

 Feet of F. Northants. Trin. 9 Will. III. 



*'M.I. in church; Diet. Nat. Biog. ; 

 Bridges, op. cit. ii, 12. 



*' Centos. Mag. 1734, p. 330. 



*' Instit. Bki. (P.R.O.) 1735. 



"• Glut's. Mag. 1752, p. 192. 



''Diet. Nat. Biog.; Recov. R. Ilil. 

 26 Geo. II, ro. 16^ ; ibid. Mich. 29 

 Geo. II, ro. 161 ; ibid. Mich. 3 Geo III, 

 ro. 272; ibid. Mich. 18 Geo. Ill, ro. 

 279; ibid. Mich. 20 Geo. Ill, ro. 339; 

 Feet of F. Northants. Mich. 20 Geo. III. 



"Recov. R. Mich. 30 Geo. Ill, ro. 



lOQ 



*" Inform, supplied by Mr. Cj. 

 Capron. 



II. 



'° y.C.ll. Northants. i, 3iCa. 

 " CAroB. Petrob. (Camden Soc), 168; 

 Cott. MS. Cleop. C i, 137. 



'2 Curia Regis R. i, 38, 61-2, 120, 288, 



444- 



"The descent and other details of the 

 Southorpe Fee are set out in Pytchley, 

 Bk. of Fees (Northants. Rec. Soc), 63-71. 

 The last-named Geoffrey married Rose, 

 daughter and co-heir of Berengar Ic 

 Mijyiie of Barnwell St. Andrew. John 

 de l.ayham, son of Geoffrey de Southorpe, 

 released all his right in Berengar Ic 

 Moync's manors to Ramsey Abbey in 

 1329 (Buccleuch Deeds, 11.62). Robert, 

 son of John, son of Geoffrey de Southorpe, 

 had done the same in 132S. (Ibid. Ii. 75). 



" In thr ]4lh century, the manor wai 

 called Stoke Doyley, though it never 

 apparently had any connection with the 

 Doylevs' manor, and the same confusion 

 continued, presumably because the name 

 Stoke D(jyle caioc to be used for the whole 

 parish. 



