PORTSDOWN HUNDRED 



WYMERING 



licence." Her son, John le Botiller, was seised of 

 Wymering in 1316, and married a certain Joan as his 

 first wife before 1320." In 1330 John le Botiller 

 settled the manor on himself and his wife Joan and 

 their heirs ; 16 but on his death in 1350 Wymering 

 passed under a later settlement " to his second wife, 

 Margery, for life, 18 who married a certain Richard 

 Chike as her second husband." She died in 1387, 

 when Wymering reverted to her stepson John 

 Botiller of Limbourne, son of John le Botiller and 

 his first wife Joan.' 



John of Limbourne" died in the same year, and 

 Wymering passed to his daughter and heir Isabel wife 

 of Geoffrey de Roucle." 



Geoffrey survived his wife and held the manor 

 until his death in 1390, when it passed to Richard 

 Wayte son of Isabel by her first husband Richard 

 Wayte of Denmead." On his death in 1423 

 Wymering passed to his son William, who had 

 married Margaret daughter of Robert Barbot of 

 Ernelles." 



In 1448 William died leaving it to his son 

 Edward, then aged five," from whom it passed to 

 Simon Wayte, who died in 1518, leaving a brother 

 and heir William." The latter died in 1561, leaving 

 Wymering and other lands in Hampshire and the 

 Isle of Wight to be divided among his six daughters 

 and coheirs, Eleanor the wife 

 of Richard Bruning, Mary the 

 wife of William Cresswell, 

 Honor who had married her 

 cousin William Wayte, Mar- 

 garet the wife of Henry 

 Perkins, Elizabeth who had 

 married Richard Norton, and 

 Susan married to William 

 Wollascot. 27 



In 1582 Honor Wayte 

 ceded her portion of the manor 

 of Wymering and of the other 

 lands to William Cresweller 

 senior and her sister Mary his wife," whose son 

 William Cresweller in 1595 granted his reversion of 

 these two shares to Thomas Grene " ; and accord- 

 ingly, thirteen years later, on the death of William 

 Cresweller senior the reversion of these two shares in 

 Wymering passed to Thomas Grene.' 



The Wollascots conveyed their portion of the 



WAYTI. Argent a 

 cheveron gules between 

 three hunting harm table. 



manor of Wymering in 1587 and 1613 to Thomas 

 Farmer and Edmund Plowden together with their 

 other lands and rents in Hampshire, 31 evidently as a 

 settlement, and in 1613 they again conveyed it to 

 Otho Gayer and George Parker, probably trustees." 



Eleanor Bruning died in 1593 leaving one-sixth of 

 the manor to her son and heir Francis, charged with 

 an annuity to her son William and with a jointure 

 settled on Ellen, wife of her son Richard, the daughter 

 and heir of Anthony Uvedale." Christina Brun- 

 ing, most probably the widow of Francis Bruning, 

 conveyed this sixth part of the manor to Humphrey 

 Sandford and Thomas Wollascot in 1604." But in 

 1610 the manor was again in the possession of the 

 Brunings.* 5 Richard Bruning died in 1612, leaving 

 Wymering to his son Anthony with a jointure settled 

 upon Mary, Anthony's wife. 56 Conveyances of the 

 manor were made by Anthony Bruning in 162$,*' in 

 1 636," and in 1646," after which date there is no 

 record of this part of the manor. 



The part of Wymering which passed into the 

 hands of the Perkins family by the marriage of 

 Margaret Wayte and Henry Perkins remained to 

 them nearly 150 years, for in 1703 Anne Perkins, 

 one of the Perkins of Beenham (co. Berks), who had 

 married her cousin Francis Perkins of Ufton, the 

 great-great-grandson of Henry 

 Perkins *" and Margaret, to- 

 gether with Frances and Mar- 

 garet her sisters-in-law, con- 

 veyed her share in the manor 

 to her cousin Thomas Perkins, 

 who belonged to a younger 

 branch of the family." This 

 is the latest date at which 

 there is a record of the divided 

 manor ; and some time before 

 1730 the separate shares must 

 have been acquired by one 

 family, since at that date the 

 whole manor was in the hands of George Kelly in 

 right of his wife Sarah," and we have evidence of their 

 ownership three years later, when they apparently 

 conveyed it to Sir John Huffield, kt. 4S Thomas 

 Gosling was holding the manor in right of his wife 

 Elizabeth" in 1821, and sold it in that year to 

 Thomas Thistlethwayte," in whose family the manor 

 has remained until the present day. 



FIRKINS. Or a fesse 

 dancetty between tix bil- 

 lett lablt trmined argent. 



14 Cal. of Pat. 1317-13, p. 195. 



" Abbrev. Plae. (Rec. Com.), 325. The 

 men of Hayling asserted that they were 

 tenants of land which was ancient demesne 

 of the crown ; and that John and Joan 

 exacted other services than those due and 

 accustomed. 



18 Cal. of Pat. 1330-4, p. 22. 



'' In 1348 he apparently wished to 

 settle the manor of Wymering upon hii 

 children by Margery ; but it was con- 

 sidered prejudicial to the royal right of 

 wardship, and the reversion remained 

 therefore to the son of his first wife 

 (Inq. p.m. 22 Edw. Ill (2nd Nos.), 

 No. 54). 



18 Inq. p.m. 23 Edw. Ill (ist Nos.), 

 No. 61. 



Ibid. 50 Edw. Ill (2nd Nos.), No. 45. 



Ibid. 10 Ric. II, No. 8. 



M John had previously made a settle- 

 ment of the reversion of the manor of 

 Wymering on himself and his wife 

 Katherine in tail. Katherine survived 



until 1439 (Inq. p.m. 18 Hen. VI, 

 No. 48). 



m lnq. p.m. 10 Ric. II, No. 8. In 

 1387 Geoffrey and Isabel received pardon 

 on payment of 20 marks for having en- 

 tered the manor without licence (Cal. of 

 Pat. 1385-9, p. 353). 



88 Inq. p.m. 1 3 Ric. II, No. 42. In 

 this year an inquiry was made into the 

 alleged forcible entry of this Richard 

 into the manor after it had been taken 

 into the king's hands on the death of 

 Geoffrey Roncle. Richard's title, how- 

 ever, was allowed (Cal. of Pat. 1388-92, 

 p. 270). 



84 Inq. p.m. 2 Hen. VI, No. 17 ; Cal. 

 of Pat. 1422-9, p. 1 68 ; Feud. Aids, ii, 

 361. 



86 Inq. p.m. 26 Hen. VI, No. 9. 



* Ibid. 10 Hen. VIII (Ser. 2), vol. 33, 

 No. 83. 



Ibid. 3 Eliz. (Ser. 2), No. 181. 



28 Feet of F. Hants, Trin. 24 Eliz. 



M Ibid. Hil. 37 ELz. 



I6 7 



M Chan. Inq. p.m. 6 Jas. I (Ser. 2),pt.i, 

 No. 70. 



81 Feet of F. Div. Cos. Hil. 29 Eliz. ; 

 Pat. 30 Eliz. pt. II, m. 26. 



88 Feet of F. Div. Cos. Trin. II Jas. I. 



88 Chan. Inq. p.m. 35 Eliz. pt. I, 

 No. 25. 



84 Feet of F. Hants, Trin. 2 Jas. I. 



84 Ibid. East. 8 Jas. I. 



88 Chan, Inq. p.m. 10 Jas. I, vol. 332, 

 No. 169. 



W Feet of F. Div. Cos. East. I Chas. I. 



88 Ibid. Div. Cos. Trin. 12 Chas. I. 



89 Ibid. Hants, East. 22 Chas. I. 



40 A. M. Sharp, Hist, of Ufton Court. 



Feet of F. Hants, Hil. I Anne. 



48 Ibid. Div. Cos. Mich. 4 Geo. II. 



48 Ibid. Hants, Mich. 7 Geo. II. 



44 Elizabeth may possibly have been 

 either the daughter or granddaughter of 

 George Kelly and Sarah, though no record 

 of such a relationship can be found (Feet 

 of F. Hants, Trin. 2 Geo. IV). 



Ibid. 



