A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE 



have bequeathed them to his only surviving son 

 William," who died in 1736. Under his will the 

 manor passed to Thomas Panton, 46 who sold his life 

 interest to Richard Barwell 

 of Stansted. The latter also 

 bought the reversion from 

 Baroness Willoughby de Eres- 

 by," and bequeathed the 

 manor to trustees for sale. 46 

 It was purchased in 1825 by 

 Messrs. Brown & Fenwick, and 

 in 1875 was held by the 

 trustees of John Fenwick. 49 

 In 1885 the manor was ac- 

 quired by Messrs. H. G. 

 Paine and Richard Brettell 

 of Chertsey. 



The lords of Warblington had both a court baron 

 and a court leet, but have ceased to hold either. 50 



It was probably at George Cotton's manor-house, 

 i.e. at Warblington Castle, that Queen Elizabeth 



COTTON. Azure a 

 cbeveron between three 

 hanks of cotton argent. 



THE 'CASTLE,' WARBLINGTON 



stayed for two days during her progress through the 

 southern counties in 1586." 



The ' strong house of Warblington ' of Civil War 

 days exists no longer, though whether by reason of 



damages then sustained does not appear. The only 

 relic of its former importance is a tall octagonal turret 

 of red brick and stone, once forming the angle of an 

 entrance gateway, which must have been a fine build- 

 ing, dating from the early part of the sixteenth cen- 

 tury. It was of four stories, and enough remains to 

 show that it had square-headed mullioned windows, 

 with arched heads to the lights. The present house, 

 standing to the east of the gateway, is of no archi- 

 tectural interest. 



The tithing of NEUTIBRIGE or NEWTIMBER 

 is mentioned in the Domesday Survey. Land was 

 held there before the Conquest by Earl Harold, 

 and his tenant Sired continued to hold it of Earl 

 Roger of Shrewsbury after lo66. 5J John Dake, 

 parson of Warblington, made an unsuccessful attempt 

 to claim land and rent in Newtimber and Hayling 

 in 1249, when William of Newtimber was said to 

 be holding the premises in villeinage of Adam de 

 la More. 53 Subsequently William Falconer of Wade 

 released land and rents there to John, parson of 

 Warblington. 54 The successive lords of Wade were 

 possessed of a moiety of Newtimber, 5 ' while in 1316 

 another moiety was held by Henry Romyn, 56 prob- 

 ably a descendant and successor of John son of John 

 Romyn, who in 1272 conveyed a messuage, a mill, 

 2 virgates of land and 2 acres of wood to Adam de 

 la More for life." 



EMSWORTH (Emeleworth and Emelesworth, 

 xiii cent. ; Empnesworth and Emmesworth, xivcent.), 

 situated at the head of the harbour to the east of 

 Warblington, where the River Ems flows into the sea, 

 is a small town of some importance, and has lately 

 become a popular yachting station. It is a member 

 of the port of Portsmouth, and as such, exports timber 

 ind flour and import coal. In the fourteenth century 

 the trade in foreign wines was considerable, and 

 smuggling was rife. 58 The fisheries are prosperous, 

 chiefly owing to the success of the oyster-beds in the 

 harbour. In 1340 the fishing and profits of the shore 

 at Emsworth formed a valuable item in the revenues of 

 Warblington Manor. 59 The lord of Warblington also 

 had a weekly market and an annual fair in Emsworth, 

 under a grant of Henry III in I239. 60 The fair was 

 held on the morrow of the Translation of St. Thomas 

 (4 July). The town is a growing one, its prosperity 

 being chiefly due to its situation at the head of the 

 harbour and on the road from Portsmouth to 

 Chichester. It has a station on the Portsmouth line 

 of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway. 

 The High Street is a wide open space from which 

 the smaller streets run irregularly down to the various 

 quays or to the ' Foreshore,' where men are always 

 busy lading and unlading ships. 



Emsworth was originally a tithing and hamlet of 

 Warblington, and is not mentioned in the Domesday 



Add. MSS. 33284 ; Recov. R. Trin. 

 I Anne, No. 42. 



46 Longcroft, Bosmere Hund. 98. 



*' Sister and heiress of Robert, duke of 

 Ancaster and Kesteven. The reversion 

 had been settled on Mary duchess of 

 Ancaster, nee Panton, in 1767. 



48 P.C.C. Will proved 12 Oct. 1804; 

 quoted by Longcroft, 99. 



4 > Kelly, County Topographies, Hants, 

 1875. 



" Court R. (P.R.O.), bdle. 201, No. 68. 



61 Cat. MSS. of Marquis of Salisbury 

 (Hist. MSS. Com.), iii, 178. 



M V.C.H. Hants, i, 478. 



68 Assize R. 777, m. 23 d. 



5 < Feet of F. Hants, 35 Hen. Ill, 



12. 



65 Ibid. 40 Edw. Ill, 84 ; Chan. Inq. 

 p.m. 9-10 Edw. IV, No. 84. 



56 Feud. Aids, ii, 319. 



V Feet of F. Hants. 56 Hen. Ill, No. 

 42. It is difficult to locate these lands. 

 Possibly they were near Wade Court, in 

 Havant ; from the fact that a fishery 

 was attached to them in 1086, it may 

 be concluded that they were near the 

 sea. 



136 



68 Cal. rat. 1345-8, pp. 163, 167. 



Chan. Inq. p.m. 14 Edw. Ill 

 ( I st Nos.), No. 34. The lords of Emsworth 

 claimed fishing rights in 1314, when the 

 lords of Warblington had dispossessed 

 them, but ihey do not seem to have made 

 good their right to this privilege, nor it it 

 mentioned in the restoration of Emsworth 

 to Thomas Bardolf. 



60 Cal. Chart. R. i, 242. The grant was 

 confirmed to Thomas, earl of Salisbury, 

 < H3 i Chart. R. 4 Hen. IV, pt. 2, No. 

 26. 



