HAMBLEDON HUNDRED 



HAMBLEDON 



Besides the manor of Denmead there seems to 

 have been a holding in the parish known by the name 

 of DENME4D MOLTNS, from the family who 

 held it in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. 

 In 1272 Richard de Lys and Florence his wife 

 granted a third part of a messuage and a carucate of 

 land in Denmead to Philip de Molyns and Joan his 

 wife. 69 Again in 1299 William de Raunville granted 

 a messuage and carucate of land in Hambledon to 

 Simon de Fareham ; ** which may possibly have been 

 Denmead Molyns, as in 1 346 John de Molyns of Fare- 

 ham was holding 5 messuages and 50 acres of land in 

 demesne at Denmead from the bishop of Winchester. 70 

 At the time of the dissolution of the monasteries 

 Denmead Molyns was held by the prior and convent 

 of Southwick," though how and when it came into 

 their possession is unknown. In 1543 the so-called 

 manor was granted with all its appurtenances to 

 Thomas Wriothesley." Lord Chancellor Wriothes- 

 ley granted this manor to Anthony Cope and his heirs 

 in June, 1544, and in 1593 licence was granted to 

 John Cope and Jane his wife, Anne Cope, widow, 

 and others to alienate the manor of Denmead Molyns, 

 held of the queen in chief, to John Knight and his 

 heirs. 73 * There seem to be no later records con- 

 cerning Denmead Molyns. 



The earliest mention of the manor of ERPILL'S 

 EXTON (Ernelles, xiv cent. ; Ervelys, Ervills Ex- 

 ton, xv cent.) seems to be in the year 1 397, when 

 William Audeley and his wife Julia conveyed the 

 reversion to Sir William Lescrope, Henry Maupas, 

 and others, evidently for a settlement. 7 ' From this 

 fine it appears that the manor was held by William 

 Haket and Julia in right of Julia, who was apparently 

 the daughter of William and Julia Audeley." In 

 1417 the manor was in the hands of John Kynges- 

 mill in right of his wife Cecily, who may possibly have 

 been the daughter of Julia Haket. 76 Eight years 

 later William Heverfield and his wife Cecily, probably 

 the above Cecily or her daughter, were holding lands 

 in Exton near Hambledon and conveyed them to 

 Henry Merston and others as trustees. 77 Thomas 

 Radford and his wife Matilda in 1448 conveyed the 

 manor of Ervill's Exton in Matilda's right to William 

 Warburton and Robert Dynelly and the heirs of 

 Robert. 78 Robert Dynelly married a daughter of 

 William Ludlow of co. Wilts. ; " who, together with 

 John Ludlow, was seised in 1473 of the manor of 

 Ervill's Exton held of the bishop of Winchester. 

 They conveyed it to Thomas Jurdew and William 

 Coltyng, who settled it on 20 October, 1473, on 

 William Kirkeby and his wife Margery. The former 

 died in 1476, his heir being his son John. 80 Ervill's 

 Exton remained in the possession of the Kirkeby 

 family until 1597, when Thomas Kirkeby and his 

 wife Sarah sold it to William Stockman for ^500.'' 

 Five years later William Stockman in his turn sold it 

 for the same amount to Christopher Perrin, 81 who 



died seised of the manor in i6i2. ra He was followed 

 by his son Henry who in 1662, conveyed the capital 

 messuage, farm, and demesnes of Ervill's Exton, called 

 Ervill's Farm, to Bartholomew Smith of the Soak, near 

 Winchester. 84 



The Perrins were still holding the manor in 1705, 

 for in that year Christopher Perrin and his wife Sarah 

 conveyed it to Elizabeth Perrin. 84 Thomas Futcher 

 and William Pistell were holding the manor in 1767 

 in right of their wives Mary and Sarah, possibly the 

 granddaughters of Sarah Perrin, and conveyed it in 

 that year to Henry Whitear. 86 Nine years later 

 William Pistell and Sarah and others quitclaimed the 

 manor to Edward Bradley. 87 After this date there 

 seems to be no further mention of Ervill's Exton. 

 Ervill's Exton is now a tithing in the parish of 

 Hambledon, the whole of which is in the hands of 

 the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who are apparently 

 lords of the manor. 



The tithing of BURWELL in Hambledon, part of 

 which seems to have developed later into the manor of 

 BUTHLLENS (Botevyleyns, xv cent. ; Butvillens, 

 xvi cent. ; Bittles, xix cent.), is first mentioned in 

 1316, when it was held by Ralph de Camoys. 88 But 

 before this date it must have been held by William 

 Butvillens, who gave his name to the manor, for in 

 1 346 Ralph de Camoys and Robert de Popham were 

 holding one fee in Burwell which had formerly been 

 held by William Butvillens or his assignees. 89 



In 1428 New College, Winchester, was holding half 

 the fee in Burwell, which had been granted to it by 

 the crown, and the college still holds lands in the 

 parish. 80 The other half-fee which formerly belonged to 

 William Butvillens was in the possession of Elizabeth 

 Wayte in 1428," and evidently continued as the 

 so-called manor of Butvillens, which followed the 

 descent of the manor of Wymering (q.v.) until 1561. 

 At William Wayte's death in 1561 his lands were 

 divided among his six daughters and co-heiresses. 98 

 Butvillens evidently fell to the share of Mary Wayte 

 who had married William Cresweller, for in 1597 

 William Cresweller conveyed it to John Kent. 93 

 After this there seems to be no record of Butvillens 

 until the year 1733, when Thomas Lintott and his 

 wife Mary and John Angell conveyed it to Benjamin 

 Martin.** The manor was then evidently divided 

 among four co-heiresses, for in 1771 William Slader 

 and his wife Frances conveyed a fourth part of the 

 manor of Butvillens which was held in right of Frances 

 to Thomas Cooke. 94 In 1 790 John Richards and his 

 wife Maria and William Haverkam and his wife Anna 

 Catherine sold the whole manor to Hugh Seymour 

 Conway for 400 ; ** but whether they held it by 

 right of inheritance or by purchase has not been 

 ascertained. Hugh Seymour Conway was the fifth 

 son of Francis second Lord Conway and earl of Hert- 

 ford and the Lady Isabella Fitzroy, daughter of the 

 duke of Grafton ; 97 and in 1 80 1 Hugh Seymour and 



w Feet of F. Hants, Hil. 56 Hen. HI. 

 69 Ibid. 28 Edw. I, No. 232. 

 7 Inq. p. m. 20 Edw. Ill (ut Nos.), 

 No. 14. 



71 Dugdale, Monaiticon, vi, 245. 



78 Pat. 35 Hen. VIII, pt. 10, m. 21. 



78 L. and P. Hen. VIII, xix, 1 14. 



78a Pat. 36 Eliz. pt. 7, m. 12. 



7< Feet, of F. Hants, Mich. 21 Ric. II. 



< Ibid. 



f Ibid. Hil. 5 Hen. V. 



71 Ibid. Mich. 4 Hen. VI. 



78 Ibid. Hil. 27 Hen. VI. 



79 Harl. Soc. xix, 548. 



80 Inq. p.m. 1 6 Edw. IV, No. 31. 



81 Feet of F. Hants, Mich. 39 & 40 

 Eliz. 



82 Ibid. Mich. 44 & 45 Eliz. 



88 Chan. Inq. p.m. 10 Jas. I (Ser. 2), 

 pt. n, No. 8. 



84 Close, 14 Chas. II, pt. 13, No. 24. 



85 Feet of F. Hants, East. 4 Anne. 



241 



* Ibid. Mich. 8 Geo. III. 



87 Ibid. East. 16 Geo. III. 



88 Feud. Aids, ii, 308. 8 Ibid, ii, 336. 

 90 Ibid, ii, 358. n,i d- 



M Inq. p.m. 3 Eliz. (Ser. 2), No 181. 



96 Feet of F. Div. Cos. Mich. 39 & 40 

 Eliz. 



94 Ibid. Hants, East. 7 Geo. II. 

 M Ibid. Mich. 12 Geo. III. 

 Ibid. 31 Geo. III. 



97 Archdall, Lodge't Peerage, vii, 36-7. 



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