ALTON HUNDRED 



FROYLE 



Coldrey House lies on the south-east of Froyle 

 parish. The manor of COLDRET (Colreth, xiv. 

 cent.), now a parish of itself and containing about 

 195 acres, was formerly an extra-parochial portion 

 of Froyle ; it was erected a parish about 1 860. The 

 manor was, in 1253, the subject of an agreement 

 between William and Philip de Sparsholt. 19 In 

 1343 William de Castle Ralph was lord of the 

 manor, 20 and in 1351 mention is made of land in 

 Coldrey held of Roger de Colrithe. 21 Thomas 

 Colrithe possessed the manor and left a daughter 

 and heir Christine, who married Richard Holt, by 

 whom she left a son, Richard Holt, who in 1458, 

 died seized of the property, described as held of 

 the Bishop of Winchester. 22 He left a daughter and 

 co-heir Christine, who, in 1462, was wife of 

 Edward Berkeley. 23 Their daughter and heir 



heir.' 8 Richard, the grandson, in 1557, conveyed 

 the manor to Sir John Leigh. 27 



In 1567 Edward Fitzgarret, Agnes his wife, 

 daughter and heir of Sir John 

 Leigh, and John Leigh con- 

 veyed the manor to John 

 More and others, obviously 

 in trust, 28 as in 1575 John 

 Leigh, nephew and heir male 

 of the same Sir John, died 

 seized of it. He left, as his 

 heir, an infant son, 2! 

 died seized of it in 

 leaving a son and heir, 

 Thomas Leigh, aged six. 30 



29 who 

 1613, 



LEIGH. Gules a cross 

 en y railed and a border en- 



ACWM ?IA. -I J ! 



. , M i ! ~ f . , Traded silver. 



1 his Ihomas, in 1629, sold 



the manor to Sir Humphrey May, 31 who, during 



COLDREY HOUSE. 



Laura, married William, Lord Mountjoy, whose 

 son and heir William was aged twenty-six in 

 1 5o6. 24 He, in 1533, conveyed the manor to 

 William Thorpe. 86 Richard Lyster died seized of 

 the manor in 1553, then held as before of the 

 Bishop of Winchester, when his grandson Richard, 

 three months under age, was found to be his 



the following year, died seized of it, leaving a son 

 and heir, James May, aged about fifteen. 32 



Hussey's farm lies to the east of the parish. 

 The manor of HUSSETS is mentioned as early as 

 1262-3 ; a tenement, consisting of a messuage, 

 mill, and carucate of land, was then acquired by 

 Walter Hussey (Heuse) of his brother William 



W Feet of F. Hants, Hen. III. No. 

 401. 



20 Add. Chart. 10,662. 



21 Ibid. 17,413. 



22 Inq. p.m. 36 Hen. VI. No. ja. 



23 Add. Chart. 17,600. 



24 Inq. p.m. ser. 2, Chan. vol. 19, 

 No. 89. 



2 Feet of F. Hants, Mich. 24 Hen. 

 VIII. 



26 Inq. p.m. ser. 2, vol. 124, No. 

 222, almost illegible. 



y Ibid. Hil. 3 & 4 Phil. & Mary. 

 Sir John Leigh is said to have erected 

 Coldrey House in 1558 (Woodward's 

 Hants, iii. 236). 



503 



28 Notes of Fines, Div. Cos. Easter 

 9 Eliz. 



29 Inq. p.m. ser. 2, Chan. vol. 175, 

 No. 82. 



30 Ibid.WardsandLiveries,i4,No.97. 



31 Feet of F. Hants, Mich. 5 Chas. I. 



32 Inq. p.m. ser. 2, Chan. vol. 457, 

 No. 107. 



