A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE 



him until 1703, but as they had no issue the manor 

 of East Tisted seems to have passed before this to 

 Elizabeth, the daughter of the late Sir Richard, as 

 heiress of her uncle. Elizabeth had married Francis 

 Paulet of Amport in August, 1 674," and on his death in 

 1695 or 1696" their son Norton Paulet succeeded to 

 the estate. The will of the latter is dated 1 729, and by 

 it Norton Paulet, his eldest son, was made sole heir 

 and executor, and charged to pay his father's debts of 

 ^^.ooo.* 7 Thus in 1756 he mortgaged the manors 

 of East Tisted and Rotherfield to John Taylor, fellow 

 of Winchester College,* 8 but recovered the same before 

 his death in I758. 39 By his will Thomas Norton 

 Paulet was made his sole heir after the death of his 

 wife, Mrs. Anne Paulet, and was to have an annuity 

 of 200 during the life of Anne." Anne died about 

 1765, but before Thomas could enter into possession 

 he had to prove his title against William Paulet, his 

 father's eldest surviving brother, who denied the 

 legitimacy of Thomas 41 and disputed the will. The 

 depositions of the witnesses for the defendant were 

 taken in 1766 at the 'White Swan,' New Alresford, 

 and among the witnesses was the rector of East Tisted, 

 who stated nothing more definitely than that the late 

 Norton Paulet was the reputed father of the defendant. 41 

 The case evidently was decided in favour of Thomas, 

 who was in possession in 1767," but who sold the 

 manor of East Tisted in 1787 to George Powlett or 

 Paulet, the youngest but only surviving brother of 

 Norton Paulet. 44 George Paulet as heir of Harry 

 Paulet, his third cousin once removed, became twelfth 

 marquis of Winchester in 1 794, and on his death in 

 1 800 the manor passed to his son Charles Ingoldsby 

 Paulet, 44 who sold it with Rotherfield and Noar in 

 October, 1 808, to James Scott. 46 

 On the death of the latter in 

 1835 the estate passed to his 

 son James Winter Scott, who 

 died in 1 873. Archibald Ed- 

 ward Scott, fourth but only 

 surviving son of James Winter 

 Scott, holds the estate at the 

 present day. 



It is thought that Old Place 

 Farm may have been the old 

 manor house of East Tisted, 

 where the Norton family lived 

 until Richard Norton wedded 

 the heiress of Rotherfield in 



the end of the fifteenth century and went up to 

 Rotherfield. 



In the basement on the north side of the house is a 

 row of stone-mullioned windows, circa 1600, the 



SCOTT OF ROT HI R- 

 ritLD. Party falnvise 

 indented argent and sable 

 a saltire countercoloured. 



masonry and detail being very good, and evidently 

 belonging to a house of some importance. At the 

 west end of the north wall are traces of a wall running 

 northwards, part of the old house, and near it is a 

 shed covering a well with a large wooden wheel for 

 drawing water. 4 ' 



The house has been patched and altered at many 

 dates, and contains nothing of interest beyond the 

 windows described. On a chimney stack on the south 

 side is the date 1742. 



ROTHERFIELD (Rutherfield, Retheresfeld, xiii 

 cent.). The history of the manor begins in the 

 twelfth century when it was held by Adam de Rother- 

 field, who rendered account for the same on the Pipe 

 Roll for 1 1 66. 48 In the thirteenth century Adam de 

 Rotherfield, son or grandson of the above, leased the 

 manor for five years to E., archdeacon of Lewes, and 

 the king confirmed the grant in I2z6. 49 In 1234 

 Isabel de Rotherfield, widow of Adam, was given 

 seisin of her dower in the lands of her late husband in 

 Rotherfield, if they had been seized by the king with 

 the lands of Adam her son, who had forfeited the 

 manor of Rotherfield among his other possessions for 

 felony. 50 



The king granted the manor to Roger de Wyavill 

 for life ' for his support in the king's service,' but in 

 1257 the said Roger in the king's presence restored all 

 the land for the use of Robert Walerond, to whom the 

 king had formerly granted the reversion of the same. 51 

 In 1266 Robert Walerond leased the same to his 

 nephew Alan Plugenet," and before his death alienated 

 it to William de Lyndhurst, 

 who died seised of the same, 

 leaving a son and heir William, 

 a minor, called William de 

 Rotherfield, because he was 

 born there. 63 In 12 74 Maud, 

 late wife of Robert Walerond, 

 demanded a third in dower 

 from Rotherfield, against Wil- 

 liam de Rotherfield," but a 

 memorandum was made to the 

 effect that she was not dowered 

 from Rotherfield." William 

 de Rotherfield's son and heir 



John entered without homage done and died seised, 

 leaving a son and heir John, a minor, who died in 

 1 369 leaving a son and heir John who was sixteen in 

 1371.** The king granted out the manor to William 

 de Lyndhurst during the minority of the latter John, 

 and in 1 373 in an i iquisition made concerning Rother- 

 field it was stated that a rent of $6s. had always been 

 paid from it to the lord of East Tisted." In 1379 





ROTHIRFIILD. Atutrc 

 a fetse ivaiy between 

 three crescents or. 



K Document fenes A. E. Scott, esq. 



88 G.E.C. Complete Peerage. 



V Deed penes A. E. Scott, esq. 



Ibid. 



88 Document penes A. E. Scott, esq. 



Ibid. 



41 This seems probable, since otherwise 

 a special clause in the will that Thomas 

 hould ' take and bear the same coat of 

 arms ' as Norton Paulet would seem un- 

 necessary. 



w Documents penes A. E. Scott, esq. 



* Ct. R. penes A. E. Scott, esq. 



44 The will of Norton Paulet the elder 

 gives his sons as follows : (i) Norton, 

 (l) Henry, (3) John, (4) Charles, 



(5) William, (6) Herbert, (7) Francis, (8) 

 George. The second, third, fourth, sixth, 

 and seventh sons died unmarried before 

 1766 and William died unmarried in 1772, 

 so that George was the rightful heir to 

 his brother if Thomas was illegitimate. 

 (From documents penes A. E. Scott, esq.} 



Ibid. 



44 The tale goes that the marquis had 

 intended to bring his bride to live at 

 Rotherfield, but the coach stuck in the 

 mud, and the lady being of a hasty temper 

 was much irritated and declared that he 

 might sell 'dirty Rothertield,' for she 

 would never live there ! Hence the 

 marquis sold the estate. 



47 This was worked until the last few 



32 



years by two dogs, but is now falling into 

 decay. 



48 Pipe R. 1 2 Hen. II (Pipe Rec. Soc.), 

 ix, 104. 



49 Cal. Pat. 1225-32, p. 46. 



M Inq. p.m. 45 Edw. Ill ( 2 nd Nos.), 

 No. 84. 



Cal. of Chart. R. 1226-57, P- 47- 



" Feet of F. Div. Cos. 50 Hen III, 

 No. 3. 



" Inq. p.m. 45 Edw. Ill (2nd Nos.),No. 

 84. " Ibid. Edw. I, File 7, No. 89. 



55 Cal. Close, 1272-9, p. 70. 



M Inq. p.m. 45 Edw. Ill (2nd Nos.), 

 No. 84. 



"Ibid. 47 Edw. Ill ( 2 nd Nos.), 

 No. 37. 



