ALTON HUNDRED 



BINSTED 



In 1441 Miles Windsor died seized of the 

 manor of Millcourt in Bin- 

 sted, leaving a son and heir 

 Thomas, then aged eleven. 62 

 This Thomas died seized 

 of it in 1485, leaving a 

 son and heir Andrew, then 

 aged eighteen, who was 

 subsequently created Lord 

 Windsor. 63 The manor was 

 sold by the fourth Lord 

 Windsor in 1584 to John 

 Danett of Croydon, 64 whose 

 brother Gerard sold it in 

 1608 to Sir William Jeph- 

 son of Froyle, whose brother Sir John Jephson 

 sold it in 1624 to Nicholas and Henry Wheeler, 



WINDSOR. Gules a 

 saltire silver between 

 twelve crosslets gold. 



WYKE or WICK is mentioned in 1228 and 

 1236 when John Cuppying or Kipping, and Ela 

 his wife, dealt with land there. 68 Certain rents 

 in Wyke were payable to the manor of Alton in 

 1 398." In 1462 William 

 Lord Botreaux died seized 

 of the manor of Wyke, leav- 

 ing as his heir his daughter 

 Margaret, widow of Robert, 

 Lord Hungerford, aged 

 forty. 68 In 1 470 John White 

 died seized of the manor, 

 leaving a son and heir 

 Robert. 69 In 1561 Sir 

 Thomas White conveyed the 

 manor presumably in trust 

 to Chidiock Paulet, 70 and 

 in 1567 and 1614 respec- 

 tively Sir Thomas and Sir Richard White died 

 seized of it. 71 



FLOOD or FLOOD PLACE. Henry 

 Heighes died seized of this manor in I 595, leaving 



HEIGHES. Sable a 

 cbeveron silver and three 

 boars' beads gold. 



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BINSTED CHURCH FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. 



sons of Henry Wheeler the elder. In 1672 and 

 in 1782 rent for this manor was paid to the lord 

 of Alton by members of the Wheeler family, 

 with which family the manor and mill have re- 

 mained down to the present day. 65 



Besides the manors already described there are 

 in Binsted parish certain properties which appear to 

 have been occasionally described as manors. 



Nicholas his son and heir aged sixteen ; it was held 

 of Alton by the rent of 3 1/. 4</. 73 This rent was 

 paid by Edmund Heighes in or about the year 

 i6oo. 74 In 1603 Nicholas Heighes acquired a 

 third of the manor of Flood of William Tuttie and 

 Thomasine his wife, 75 and in 1607 and 1610 Sir 

 Nicholas and Martha his wife dealt with the 

 whole manor, at the latter date apparently selling 



02 Inq. p.m. 30 Hen. VI. No. II. 



63 Ibid. Chan. ser. 2, vol. i, No. 14. 



81 Feet of F. Hants, Hil. z6Eliz. 



65 By a fine Mich. 7 Geo. I. Nicholas 

 Miller and Mary his wife sold the manor 

 to Alexander Lee (Feet of F.). Edward 

 Beavor and his wife conveyed it to 

 William Homer in 1749 (Feet of F. 

 Hants, Trin. zz-J Geo. II.), and again 



in 1759 to Henry Wilmot (Feet of F. 71 Inq. p.m. ser. 2, vol. 145, No. 9; 

 Hants, Hil. 32 Geo. II.). There is a and II James I. pt. 2, No. 103. 



73 The present site of Flood cannot be 

 identified. 



73 Inq. p.m. Chan. ser. 2, vol. 250, 

 No. 1 6. 



74 AdJ. Chart. 27,893. 



rental of Millcourt dated 1721 (no 

 owner named), Add. Chart. 27,990. 

 88 Feet of F. Hants, Hen. III. 



87 Add. Chart. 27,820. 



88 Inq. p.m. 2 Edw. IV. No. 15. 



89 Ibid. 9-10 Edw. IV. No. zj. 

 70 Feet of F. Hants, Trin. 3 Eliz. 



75 Feet of F. Hants, Mich. 44 and 

 45 Eliz. 



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