A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE 



apparently not so, for, towards the close of the 

 eighteenth century, other persons than those 

 presumably in possession of the manor dealt with 

 them.* 7 



The question of the vicarial tithes within the 

 parish was dealt with by the Court of Exchequer in 

 I7I4-* 8 



The parish register commences in 1 690. 



There is a temporary iron church at Lower 



Froyle dedicated to the honour of St. Joseph, and 

 served by the clergy of the parish church. 



A Wesleyan meeting-house was built at Lower 

 Froyle in 1841." 



The National Schools were built in 1867 at the 

 cost of Sir C. H. Miller. 



Three children from Froyle parish are entitled 

 to be educated at the Endowed Free School at 

 Holybourne. 70 



GREATHAM 



Greteham (xi. cent.), Gratham (xiii. cent.). 



Greatham is an agricultural parish, containing 

 z,O3o acres, situated on the western side of Woolmer 

 Forest, part of which forest is within the parish, 1 

 near the Sussex border. The soil is extremely 

 varied ; hops are cultivated in some parts. The 

 river Rother forms the boundary on the west, the 

 parish of Selborne on the north, and that of Liss 

 on the south and east. To the north the land is 

 high and wooded. A considerable part of the 

 parish is occupied by Greatham Moor or Long 

 Moor, across which runs Little Dean Bottom ; 

 there is a rifle range on the moor. The road from 

 Petersfield to Farnham runs through the parish, 

 and near the church throws off a branch to the 

 north in the direction of Alton. The War Office 

 has recently established a military camp in the 

 parish. Greatham Bridge is situated in the south- 

 west corner, and carries the Petersfield and Farn- 

 ham road over the river Rother. Greatham Mill 

 stands on this river. 



Amongst the ancient place-names may be men- 

 tioned Thele 2 and Le Court or Lee Court. 3 



GREATHAM was a royal manor 

 MANORS in the time of the Confessor, having 

 been held by Qiieen Edith. 4 At the 

 time of the Domesday Survey it was in the hands 

 of the Conqueror himself, being then in the hun- 

 dred of Neatham. 



In 1167 'Roger' held 

 Greatham. 6 In 1223 the 

 manor was possessed by 

 William Aguillun. 6 In 1286 

 Robert Aguillun died seized 

 of it, held apparently of 

 Alton. He left a daugh- 

 ter and heir, Isabel, wife 

 of Hugh Bardolf. 7 Robert's 

 widow Margaret died six 

 years later, holding the f fur j e fy, s n ver . 

 manor in dower. 8 The re- 

 version belonged to the abovesaid Hugh and Isabel. 



AGUILLON. Gu/ei 



Hugh died seized of the manor in 1 304 leaving 

 a son and heir Thomas, aged twenty-two. 8 His 

 mother Isabel survived till 1324 and held the 

 manor in dower. 10 



Thomas and Isabel's eldest son Thomas seems 

 to have predeceased his mother, and at her death 

 she was succeeded by William, another son, who 

 was succeeded by his son Thomas. In 1329, 

 Thomas died seized of this manor, leaving John 

 Bardolf his son and heir. 11 John died in 1371, 

 but he appears to have parted with a considerable 

 portion of his property during his lifetime, and 

 amongst others with the manor of Greatham, as 

 Nicholas de Devenish of Winchester died in 1351 

 seized of the manor, jointly with his wife Edith, 

 who is also apparently called Maud. 12 He left a son 

 and heir Thomas, aged seventeen, who died seized 

 of the manor in 1 374, leaving a son and heir John, 

 aged ten. 13 Thomas's widow Elizabeth held the 

 manor in dower and married William Marshal 

 between I 376 and I386, 14 at which latter date the 

 manor was dealt with by a fine to which John 

 Englefield and Nichole his wife were parties. 16 

 Nichole was a daughter and eventually heir of 

 Thomas Devenish mentioned above. 16 In 1403 

 she, then being John Englefield's widow, was in 

 possession of the manor as tenant for life. 17 

 Before 1417 she had become the wife of John 

 Golafre. The manor was 

 then settled upon Philip 

 Englefield and Ismania his 

 wife and their issue, with a 

 remainder to Philip's brother 

 Robert, and an ultimate re- 

 mainder to the right heirs 

 of Nichole. 18 



The manor descended to 

 John Skylling and Elizabeth 

 wife of Richard Norton, who, 

 about the year 1508, appears 



OOP 



SKVI.LYNO. Silver Nao 

 beveronf gulfs and Q chief 



._,*.. }"" "^Vrr ' rules -with three bexants. 

 to have conveyed it to Wil- * 

 liam Faukener. 19 Some seventy years later (in 



87 Feet of F. Hants, Trin. 12 Geo. 

 III.; and Hil. 12 Geo. III. and 23 

 Geo. III. 



88 Eich. Decree Book, Trin. 12 to 

 Easter 13 Anne, fols. $6d. 99, 138. 



** Information given by the Wesleyan 

 minister. 70 gee p. 515. 



> In 1295 Hugh Bardolf had the 

 king's licence to sell a portion of his 

 wood of Greatham, within Wolmer 

 Forett, notwithstanding the frequent 

 repair of the royal deer there (Inq. 

 i.q.d. 2] Edw. I. No. 121, and Pat. 

 23 Edw. I. 01.7). 



a See p. 507. 3 ibia. 



V.C.H. Hants, i. 450. * Pipe R. 



6 Feet of F. Hants, Hen. III. No. 79. 



7 Inq. p.m. 14 Edw. I. No. 16. 



8 Ibid. 20 Edw. I. No. 20. 

 8 Ibid. 32 Edw. I. No. 64.. 



10 Feet of F. Div. Cos. Edw. II. No. 

 67 ; and Feud. Aids, ii. 315. 



11 Inq. p.m. 3 Edw. III. ist nos., 

 No. 66. See also Inq. p.m. 9 Hen. IV. 

 No. 31 ; and 19 Hen. VI. No. 20. 



ia Feet of F. Martinmas, 16 Edw. 

 III. and Inq. p.m. 24 Edw. III. ist 

 not. No. 61. 



506 



13 Inq. p.m. 47 Edw. III. ist nos. 

 No. 10. 



14 Bp. Wjrkeham's Reg. Hants Rec. 

 Soc. pp. 63, I So. 



15 Feet of F. Hants, file 28, No. 40. 

 De Banco R. Hil. 23 Hen. VII. 



roll 357, and Mich, roll, 15.9. 



17 Bp. Wykeham's Reg. Hants Rec. 

 Soc. p. 240, and Feet of F. Hants, file 

 31, No. 9. 



18 Feet of F. Hants, file 31, No. 9. 



19 De Banco R. Hil. 23 Hen. VII. 

 roll 357. 



