PORTSDOWN HUNDRED 



WYMERING 



well) in the Isle of Wight, also held a small por- 

 tion of land at Hilsea, in Wymering, and in Port- 

 sea, which was known later as the manor of LITTLE 

 G4TCOMBE, to distinguish it from the larger manor 

 in the Isle of Wight. The origin of Hilsea manor 

 appears to have been one of the Portchester serjeanties, 

 for under Henry III Fulk ' de Wymeringes ' held his 

 land by service there for eight days in time of war. 78a 

 In 1291 Sir William de Esturs died seised of 20 acres 

 of land in Hilsea, held by the service of suit at the 

 court of Portchester Castle every three weeks, and of 

 providing for eight days in time of war one man armed 

 with a lance, helmet, and shield ; he also held 20 acres 

 of land from the lord of Warblington, and 20 acres of 

 land from Richard de Portsea for the rent of a pound 

 of pepper and one rose. 79 



Sir William was succeeded by his brother Geoffrey 

 Lisle, who died two years later, leaving a son and heir 

 Baldwin, then aged twenty-three. 80 Baldwin died in 

 1307, and was succeeded by his son John, who was 

 only four years old, and a minor in the king's ward- 

 ship. 81 



John de Lisle of Gatcombe, as he was called, died 

 in 1337 seised of the manor of Hilsea, 8 ' which was 

 still held from the king in chief by grand serjeanty, 

 for the service of arming a man in time of war for the 

 defence of Portchester Castle. 88 He left a son John, 

 aged thirteen, the custody of whose lands was granted to 

 his mother Joan during his minority. 84 On his death 

 in 1349 h e was holding 40 acres of land in Portsea at 

 Hilsea, 85 also a messuage, garden, dove-house, 60 acres 

 of arable land, and 2 acres of Wood in Portsea, held 

 of the manor of Warblington for an annual rent, and 

 for doing service at the court of Warblington. His 

 heir was his son John, aged six, 86 who died in I 369, 

 his land passing to his sister Elizabeth, the wife of 

 John Bramshott, of Bramshott, in Hants. 87 



In 1432 William Bramshott, lord of the manor of 

 Gatcombe, granted his lands in Hilsea and Copnor to 

 his son Baldwin, 88 who before his death in 1468 

 granted the so-called manor of Little Gatcombe to his 

 brother John, 89 and at his death in 1479 the lands 

 passed to Elizabeth and Margaret, the daughters and 

 co-heirs of John Bramshott, Elizabeth being the wife 

 of Sir John Dudley, and Margaret of Sir John 

 Pakenham. 90 



Sir John Pakenham and his wife Margaret both 

 died in 1485, and they seem to have left two 

 children, Edmund who inherited their estates in 

 Bramshott, 91 and Constance who inherited their lands 

 in the Isle of Wight, and who married Sir Geoffrey 

 Poole of Lordington in Sussex. 91 The manor of 

 Little Gatcombe is not mentioned in any of the 

 inquisitions on Sir John Pakenham or Sir John 



Dudley, but it seems probable that it was included in 

 the share of Sir John Dudley and his wife Elizabeth 

 Bramshott. Elizabeth died in 1498 and her husband 

 in 1501 ; they left a son and heir Edmund who was 

 thirty-six at the time of his mother's death, 93 and who 

 married Elizabeth daughter of Edward Viscount 

 Lisle. 94 This Edmund was attainted for high treason 

 and beheaded on Tower Hill in 1510 ; the attainder 

 was reversed, however, in the following year and his 

 lands restored to his son John 95 ; but it seems probable 

 that Little Gatcombe was not restored, but was granted 

 to William Erneley, who died seised of it in 1445, 

 though no record of such a grant can be found. 96 



At his death William Erneley was holding two mes- 

 suages, 100 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow, 20 acres 

 of pasture, and I o acres of wood in Little Gatcombe 

 and Little Bramshott, called the manor of Little 

 Gatcombe, with lands in Bramshott, which he left by 

 will to his eldest son Francis, with reversion to his 

 second son Richard. 97 Francis died a few years later 

 and the lands passed to Richard, who held them until 

 his death in 1607, when they passed to his son 

 Richard, 98 who sold Little Gatcombe and 1 20 acres of 

 land in Portsea and Wymering to William Marshe in 

 1613"; the latter died seised of the estate in 1622, 

 leaving the manor by will to his eldest daughter 

 Lucy. 100 



In 1691 Little Gatcombe was in the hands of Wil- 

 liam Chafin and his wife Mary in right of the latter, 

 who was possibly a granddaughter of Lucy Marshe, 

 and was sold by them to Thomas Broun ker, 101 who 

 kept it until 1714, and then sold it to Captain 

 Matthew Teate. 101 



Captain Teate apparently had a daughter, who 

 married Matthew Brady, the possessor of Little 

 Gatcombe in 1744."" They had two daughters, one 

 of whom, Sarah, 104 married Admiral Sir Roger Curtis, 104 

 who was obliged to sell his lands to the government, 

 as the estate was required for military purposes. 

 Barracks were commenced in 1780, and' in 1794 

 a camp was formed for several thousand men. 106 



The church of ST. PETER 4ND ST. 

 CHURCH PAUL is a small building with chancel, 

 north vestry, nave and aisles, and south 

 porch. At the west end of the nave is a wooden 

 bell-turret replacing a small embattled west tower 

 pulled down in 1860. Most of the modern work in 

 this church dates from this time. 



The north arcade of the nave belongs to the last 

 quarter of the twelfth century, and is the earliest part 

 of the church to which a date can be assigned. The 

 south arcade was added about 1220, and the chancel 

 was probably rebuilt about the same time. There 

 are no traces of later enlargements of the plan, but 



78a Teita de Nevill (Rec. Com.), 232. 

 ? 9 Inq.p.m. 20 Edw. I, No. 16. 

 *> Ibid. 22 Edw. I, No. 32. 

 "i Ibid. I Edw. II, No. 60. 



82 This is the only time that this land 

 is called the manor of Hilsea. 



83 Inq. p.m. II Edw. Ill (ist Nos.), 

 No. 55. 



84 Abbrev. Rot. Orig, (Rec. Com.), ii, 



237- 



85 This land was still held by serjeanty, 

 one armed man being provided for defence 

 of Portchester Castle for forty days in 

 time of war. 



85 Inq. p.m. 23 Edw. Ill (2nd Nos.), 

 No. 155. 

 W Ibid. 43 Edw. Ill (ist Nos.), No. 68. 



88 Cal. of Ana. D. 1 1 Hen. VI, C. 

 2658. 



89 Ibid. 8 Edw. IV, C. 307. 



90 Inq. p.m. 19 Edw. IV, No. 24. 



91 Ibid. (Ser. 2), vol. 22, No. 12. 



n Betham, Baronetage, i, App. 22 ; and 

 Lodge, Peerage, iii, 368. 



98 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), vol. 22, 

 No. 12. 



91 Esch. Inq. p.m. file 962, No. 13. 



95 Dugdale, Baronage, ii, 217. 



98 Esch. Inq. p.m. Ser. 2, file 993, 

 No. 7. 



17 Ibid. 



98 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), vol. 300, 

 No. 184. 



99 Feet of F. Hants, Mich. II, Ja. I. 



169 



100 W. and L. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), bdle. 

 66, No. 101. 



l Feet of F. Hants, Hil. 3 & 4 

 Will, and Mary. 



1M Ibid. Trin. 13 Anne. 



108 Rccov. R. Trin. 179. 18 Geo. II, 

 m. 222. 



104 According to Betham Sarah was a 

 daughter of Captain Matthew Teate, but 

 as Captain Teate was holding the manor 

 in 1714, and Sir Roger's marriage did not 

 take place until about 1780, it seems far 

 more likely that the was a granddaughter, 

 and this would explain the fact that the 

 Bradyi were holding the manor in 1744. 



l* Betham, Baronetage, iv, 259. 



108 Local information. 



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