A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE 



Until the beginning of the fourteenth century the 

 descent of the manor of CREUQUER (Creukcr xiv 

 cent.) is the same as that of the manor of Farlington 

 (q.v.). Upon the death of John de Berewyk in 

 1312, and the failure of Roger Husee to claim his 

 inheritance," the manor returned to John de Gimises, 

 and being forfeited for his felony " was granted in 

 1217 to Hugh le Despenser for life," and after this 

 date it again followed the descent of the manor of 

 Farlington (q.v.). 



The earliest mention of DR4TTON (Dreton xiv 

 cent.) in Farlington seems to be in the year 1250, 

 when Henry III gave a moiety of the land there to 

 Roger de Merlay 34 ; and between 1250 and 1271 he 

 seems to have given the remaining lands to Richard de 

 Sandford. 34 Roger de Merlay apparently gave his 

 share in the lands which only amounted to four acres 

 to Ralph atte Brigge from whom they passed to 

 Henry Wade by fine.* 6 



Richard de Sandford died seised of twelve acres of 

 land in Drayton in 1289 of the gift of the king, and 

 the lands passed to his son and heir Thomas. 37 Henry 

 Wade 37a granted his share in Drayton also to Thomas 

 de Sandford in 1 303 by fine 3S ; so that Thomas 

 became possessed of the whole estate. Thomas de 

 Sandford still held Drayton in 1316"; and died 

 seised of lands and rent there in 1327.* 



Licence was granted to Richard de Sandford, son 

 of Thomas, in 1327 to enfeoff Laurence de Pageham 

 of two messuages, lands, and rent in Drayton ; and in 

 the same year Richard died in possession of lands in 

 Drayton. 41 Laurence de Pageham held the eighth 

 part of a knight's fee in Drayton in 1346," and died 

 in 1361 seised of Drayton, for the first time described 

 as a manor, which he held by the service of finding a 

 man in time of war to guard the east gate of the 

 castle of Portchester for fifteen days. Drayton passed 

 to his grandson and heir John, then aged only six 

 months. 48 John Pageham died in possession in 1389 

 and was succeeded by his son John who was only two 

 years old. 44 This John died in 1399 a minor in the 

 king's wardship ; his heir was his brother William 

 who was twenty-one in 1411." 



William Pageham held Drayton at the time of his 

 death in 1322, when he left a son Philip aged six, 46 

 who died seised of the manor held of the king in 

 1442. His heir was Geoffrey Borrard his cousin, 

 son of Parnel daughter of Laurence Pageham. 4 ' 



Between 1442 and 1476 Geoffrey Borrard or his 

 heirs must have conveyed the manor of Drayton to 

 the Pounds, for Thomas Pound died seised of it in 

 1476, leaving a son and heir John, aged thirty. 48 

 Drayton was still in the hands of the Pounds in I 542, 

 for in that year Anthony Pound the grandson of John 



POUND or DRAYTON. 

 Argent a fine gules with 

 three molefs argent there- 

 on berween fwo dragon? 

 heads table cut off at the 

 neck in tht chief and a 

 cross formy jitchy sable 

 in the foot. 



Pound 49 conveyed it to William Wayte." Anthony 

 evidently gave the manor to his daughter Honora on 

 her marriage with Henry earl of Sussex " ; and in 

 1593 Henry Radcliffe died seised of the manor, which 

 he held jointly with his wife, 

 leaving a son Robert, aged 

 twenty. 51 Robert earl of 

 Sussex conveyed it to Richard 

 Garth in 1592, in whose 

 family it remained for about 

 forty years.* 3 Robert Garth, 

 Richard's son, died seised of it 

 in 1613, his brother George 

 being his heir. 44 Richard, 

 probably the son of George 

 Garth, was in possession of 

 Drayton in 1629 " ; and died 

 seised of the manor leaving a 

 son George by his wife Doro- 

 thy ; and by his wife Beatrice, 

 who survived him, two sons, 

 Thomas and William.' 6 The 

 later descent of Drayton seems to be the same as 

 that of the manor of Farlington (q.v.). 



The descent of FRENDSTAPLE or STAKES 

 follows that of Farlington manor down to the year 

 1480, but after that date it passed into the hands of 

 the Gunters. William Gunter, brother and heir of 

 John Gunter of Rakton, Sussex, released his rights in 

 Frendstaple to Thomas Lovell and others in 1480, 

 probably for a settlement," for we find Arthur 

 Gunter holding Frendstaple in 1575." George 

 Gunter and Mary Lady Gunter his wife were in 

 possession of it in l624* 9 ; and from them it passed to 

 their son Arthur who died seised in i6$j. m Arthur 

 was succeeded by his sister Mary Drewry his heir, who 

 died two years later ; her heirs were her cousins 

 Thomas Bickley, Constance Brigham, and Elizabeth 

 Lewes." 



After this date no further mention of Frendstaple 

 or Stakes has been found until 1820, when Stakes 

 Farm was purchased by Mr. William Taylor for 

 5,020 ; and the hamlet of Stakes Hill by Mr. John 

 Hulbert for 1,200." Stakes Hill is now a hamlet 

 in the parish of Farlington about a mile south-east of 

 Waterloo, and is still owned by the Hulbert family, 

 Mr. J. H. Hulbert of Stakes Hill Lodge being the 

 present owner. 



The church of ST. ANDREW, 

 CHURCHES FARLINGTON, consists of chancel 

 with north vestry, and nave with 

 north aisle and west bell-cot. It is almost entirely 

 modern, the chancel having been rebuilt by Street in 

 1872, and the nave in 1875. The lower part of the 



81 Inq. p.m. 6 Edw. II, No. 43. 



M Feet of F. Hants, 19 Edw. I, No. 

 181. 



88 Cal. of Pat. 1317-21, p. 45. 



84 Inq. p.m. 35 Hen. Ill, No. 53. 



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

 614. 



Ibid. 5 Edw. I, No. 37. 



'1 Inq. p.m. 18 Edw. I, No. 8. 



*" a Henry Wade was of Drayton in 

 1269. 



w Feet of F. Hnt, 32 Edw. I, No. 

 259. 



88 Feud. Aids, ii, 320. 



40 Inq. p.m. I Edw. Ill, No. 25. 



41 Ibid. I Edw. Ill (2nd Nos.), No. 41. 

 41 Feud. Aids, ii, 336. 



48 Inq. p.m. 35 Edw. Ill, No. Ji. 

 44 Ibid. 13 Ric. II, No. 88. 



Ibid. 13 Hen. IV, No. 22. 

 Ibid. 10 Hen. V, No. 260. 

 Ibid. 21 Hen. VI, No. 35. 

 4 " Inq. p.m. 16 Edw. IV, No. 37 & 

 1 7 Edw. IV, No. 72. 



49 Berry, Hants Genealogies, 194. 



64 Feet of F. Hants, Trin. 34 Hen. 

 VIII. 



"In 1560 Henry Radcliffe and Honora 

 conveyed Drayton to Humphrey and John 

 Radcliffe evidently as a settlement ; Feet 

 of F. Div. Cos. Hil. 3 Eliz. 



M Chan. Inq. p.m. 36 Eliz. No. 241. In 

 1592 Robert, earl of Sussex, mortgaged the 

 manor to Alice and Benedict Barneham 



ISO 



for the sum of ,1,054, but tnr months 

 later the enrolment was cancelled and the 

 earl redeemed the manor for ^1,024 j 

 Close, 36 Eliz. pt. 18, m. n. 



58 Feet of F. Hants, Mich. 36-37 Eliz. 



M Chan. Inq. p.m. ii Jas. I, vol. 333, 

 No. 40. 



Feet of F. Hants, Hil. 5 Chas. I. 



M Chan. Inq. p.m. Chas. I, vol. 492, 

 No. 137. 



W Anct. D. (P.R.O.), A. 2420. 



48 Chan. Inq. p.m. 17-18 Eliz. vol. 

 175, No. 79. 



49 Ibid. 21-22 Jas. I, vol. 404, No. 1 1 2. 

 Ibid. 12-13 Chas. I (Ser. 2), vol. 28, 



No. 44. i Ibid. 



"Add. MS. 33282, fol. 201. 



