A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE 



At the time of the Domesday Survey the king held 

 four hides in COSH4M, K which were part of the 

 royal manor of Wymering. 



William de Cosham held land worth 6o/. in 

 Cosham by serjeanty, providing one armed man for the 

 defence of Portchester Castle in time of war." He was 

 succeeded by his son Peter de Cosham, who held his 

 lands in Cosham by the same tenure. 43 This Peter 

 de Cosham seems to have had several daughters, the 

 two eldest of whom divided the land in Cosham.* 9 

 Peter, son of Agnes the eldest daughter, conveyed his 

 land in Cosham to Henry Wade in 126^.^ From 

 Henry Wade it passed to his son John, who in 1288 

 came before the king and tried to replevy his lands in 

 Bray and Cosham, which were taken into the king's 

 hands for his default against Margery, his father's 

 widow." In 1303 John son of Henry Wade 

 obtained licence to enfeoff Thomas de Sandford with 

 his land in Cosham which was held in chief, 51 and 

 on his death in the same year the property passed to 

 Thomas de Sandford. 5 * William de Erie died seised 

 of Cosham Manor in 1 307," which he held of the 

 castle of Portchester, part of which he had acquired 

 by inheritance, being a descendant of the second 

 daughter of Peter Cosham, and part probably in 

 right of his wife Maud who was the daughter of 

 John Wade." 



Two years later the grange opposite the wall at 

 Cosham was assigned in dower to Maud widow of 

 William de Erlee.* 



In 1 3 2 1 " John son of William de Erlee granted 

 his land in Cosham to Thomas de Sandford and Joan 

 his wife, 48 who thus became seised of the whole estate. 



Thomas died seised of lands in Cosham held of 

 Portchester Castle in 1327;" part of his lands were 

 held by his widow Joan in dower, the rest descended 

 to his son Richard, who shortly before his death in 

 the same year sold his own share and the reversion 

 of his mother's dowry to Laurence de Pageham. 60 

 Laurence .de Pageham still held land in Cosham in 

 1 375." It would seem possible that Laurence's name 

 was Darrell, for in 1486 John Wallop held lands and 

 tenements in Cosham of his successor in title, Con- 

 stantine Darrell of Pageham. 62 



In 1604 this part of Cosham was in the hands of 

 the Brunings, who were also holding the manor of 

 Wymering ; and from this time onwards Cosham 

 evidently became merged in the manor of Wymer- 

 ing and followed its descent (q. v.). 6S 



At the time of the Domesday Survey Anschitel son 

 of Osmund held Cosham of the king, Bricsmar had 

 held it of King Edward as an alod ; the same Anschitel 

 also held half a hide of the king which Norman had 

 held of King Edward as an alod. 64 This entry in Domes- 



day probably refers to EAST COSHAM, which was 

 held by Maud de Bokland in the twelfth century. 65 

 It is never called a manor, but merely land in East 

 Cosham. From Maud it passed to Roger de Maunde- 

 ville, then to his son Geoffrey and his grandson 

 Geoffrey, who held East Cosham in 124.1."* This 

 Geoffrey had two sons, Geoffrey and William ; 

 William held East Cosham after his brother Geoffrey 

 and gave it to Geoffrey de Lucy, 67 who sold it to 

 Peter des Roches, bishop of Winchester. The bishop 

 assigned it in free alms towards the foundation of the 

 abbey of Titchfield. 68 



An order was issued in 1281 to cause the lands of 

 East Cosham which were held of the king in chief to 

 be replevied to the abbot of Titchfield, since the abbot 

 had entered on them without licence. 69 Licence was 

 granted to the abbot of Titchfield and Thomas de 

 Sandford to exchange their lands in East Cosham in 

 1310.' 



A confirmation of the grant by Peter bishop of 

 Winchester to the abbey of Titchfield of land in East 

 Cosham and Cosham, of the release by Peter de 

 Cosham of all service due to him from the abbot and 

 convent from their land in East Cosham, was made in 

 1318." After the dissolution of the monasteries the 

 land in East Cosham which had belonged to the abbey 

 of Titchfield was granted to Henry Wriothesley in 

 1607, together with toll and theam, infangtheof and 

 utfangtheof." 



After this no record of the descent of East Cosham 

 has been found until 1779, when it was in the hands 

 of Thomas Joliffe and his wife Elizabeth, who con- 

 veyed it to Thomas Wrenford. 73 Sixteen years later 

 Thomas Wrenford and his wife Mary Shapleigh con- 

 veyed the manor to Young Meller. 74 From Young 

 Meller it seems to have passed to Thomas Gosling 

 and his wife Elizabeth. They in their turn sold it to 

 Thomas Thistlethwayte, lord of the manor of Wy- 

 mering, in 1821, in whose family it still remains." 



The hamlet of HILSEA or HULSEA (Hulseye, 

 xiv cent. ; Hulsea, rvii cent.) seems to have no 

 separate recorded history until the fourteenth century, 

 when in 1316 John le Botiller was holding Wymering 

 and Hilsea ; 7e it is therefore probable that up to this 

 time Hilsea was included in Wymering manor, and 

 followed the descent of the manor till 1730 (q.v.). 

 In 1813 it was in the possession of Richard Cater, and 

 was sold by him to William Padwicke. 77 A court 

 baron was held at Hilsea until about this date, 78 but 

 after 1813 the manorial rights seem to have lapsed, 

 and Hilsea was once more included in Wymering, 

 Mr. Thomas Thistlethwayte being lord of the manor. 



In the thirteenth century the family of Esturs, lords 

 of the manors of Gatcombe (Calborne and Whit- 



*1 Testa dc Nevill (Rec. Com.), 237. 



8 Ibid. 232. 



Add. MS. 33282, fol. 285. 



" Feet of F. Hants, Trin. 53 Hen. III. 



61 Cal. of Close, 1279-88, p. 540. 



M Cal. of Pat. 1301-7, p. 157. 



68 Inq. p.m. 31 Edw. I, No. 151. 

 John Wade'i holding in Cosham con- 

 silted of one messuage, half a carucate of 

 land and rent of 81. ^d. and ijlb. of 

 pepper. 



M This seems to be the only time that 

 the land held by the Coshams is called a 

 manor. 



Add. MSS. 33282, fol. 285-6. 



Close, 2 Ed*. II, m. </. 



" About this time the king made a 

 grant of the royal manor to Piers Gave- 

 ston and his wife Margaret and their 

 heirs (Chart. R. 5 Edw. II, m. 10 . 17). 



58 Inq. a.q.d. 15 Edw. II, 49. 



59 Inq. p.m. 1 Edw. Ill (ist Nos.), 

 No. 75. 



60 Cal of Pat. 1327-30, p. 42 ; Inq. p.m. 

 I Edw. Ill (2nd Nos.), No. 41. In 1328 

 the king granted the royal manor to his 

 sister Mary, a nun at Fontcvrault, for life ; 

 Cal. of Close, 1327-30, p. 347. 



61 Inq. p.m. 49 Edw. Ill (2nd Nos.), 

 No. 24. For the next century no records 

 of the manor have been found. 



M Ibid. 2 Hen. VII (Ser. z), vol. 2, 

 No. 31. 



168 



" Feet of F. Hants, Trin. 2 Jas. I ; 

 ibid. Trin. 2 Geo. IV. 

 V.C.H. Hants, i, 5033. 

 * Add. MSS. 33282, fol. 113. 

 Ibid. 

 W Ibid. 



68 Cart. Antiq. II. 

 Cal. of Clou, 1 279-88, p. 78. 

 " Inq. a.q.d. 4 Edw. II, No. 102. 

 7 1 Cal. of Pat. 1317-21, p. 143. 

 7a Pat. 5 Jas. I. pt. 15, m. I. 

 Feet of F. Hants, Trin. 20 Geo. III. 

 ? 4 Ibid. Mich. 36 Geo. III. 

 Ibid. Trin. 2 Geo. IV. 

 " Feud. Aids, ii, 320. 

 " Feet of F. Hants, Hil. 53 Geo. III. 

 7" Add. MSS. 33282, fol. 114. 



