A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE 



and 5 acres of wood in Preshaw and Lomer were 

 settled on Thomas de Mareis 95 and Florence his 

 wife. 90 Thomas died between 1346 and 1359, for 

 in the latter year by fine between Walter de Hay- 

 wode and Joan his wife and Laurence de Mareis a 

 messuage, 2 carucates of land, 200 acres of pasture, 

 5 acres of wood, and f,os. rent in Lomer, Lomer 

 Turville, Preshaw, Exton, and Warnford " were 

 settled on Laurence for life to be held of Walter and 

 Joan and the heirs of Walter for the rent of a rose. 93 

 In 1392 the same lands were held by Joan de 

 Haywode and Margaret de Mareis for life of the 

 inheritance of Thomas le Warenner and John H.imp- 

 ton, who in that year obtained licence from the king 

 to grant the reversion of them after the death of Joan 

 and Margaret to Hyde Abtey." The manor of 

 Lomer remained the property of the abbey until the 

 Dissolution, when it was farmed out at 4. 8s. \od. 

 to John Croppe and Thomasina his wife. 100 In 

 1 542 Henry VIII granted it to Sir William 

 Paulet Lord St. John and Elizabeth his wife, 101 who 

 three years later sold it to John Lorimer and Agnes 

 his wife. 10 ' John died seised of the manor in 1546 

 leaving a son and heir John aged two, 103 who was 

 followed on his death in 1578 by his son and heir 

 Roger aged three, 104 who dealt with the manor by fine 

 in l6o5. los Lomer next became vested in Lady 

 Anne Sandys widow of William Lord Sandys, who in 

 1634 settled it upon her grandson John Stewkley, the 

 younger son of Sir Thomas Stewkley by her only 

 daughter and heir Elizabeth. 106 It remained in his 

 possession until 1677, in which year he joined with 

 his sons William and John in selling it to his nephew 

 Sir Hugh Stewkley, bart., lor who in 1707 sold it to 

 David Bone, timber merchant. 108 David, who died 

 a year later, by will left the manor to his wife Mary 

 to hold as long as she should remain single, with 

 remainder on her death or marriage to his daughter 



Mary. His widow married Lacey as her second 



husband, and consequently Lomer passed to David's 

 daughter Mary, who died unmarried in 1732. By her 

 will (proved 8 April, 1732) she left the manor to her 

 mother Mary Lacey for life, with remainder to 

 William Moore and his issue, with contingent 

 remainder to her half-sisters Mary and Catherine 

 Lacey and their issue, with contingent remainder to 

 her cousins John, William, Robert, and Hawkes- 

 worth Cleverley and her cousins John, Mary, Sarah, 



Joan, and Anne Wilkes. 109 Mary Lacey died in 1735, 

 and the manor then passed to William Moore, who 

 died without issue about 1750. In his lifetime Mary 

 and Catherine Lacey, John, Robert, and Hawkes- 

 worth Cleverley, and Mary, Sarah, Joan, and Anne 

 Wilkes had all died without issue, and consequently 

 the manor was divided between William Cleverley 

 and John Wilkes. 1 ' William Cleverley died intestate, 

 and his moiety of the manor passed to his daughter 

 and heir Sarah the wife of John Clewer before 

 September, 1766, who by will proved 3 May, 1777, 

 left it to her son John. Four years later he sold it 

 to John Griffin younger son of Sarah Griffin, who 

 had inherited the other moiety from his uncle John 

 Wilkes in I766. 1 ' 1 John Griffin sold the whole 

 manor in. 1782 to Admiral Mark Robinson, 118 who 

 sold it ten years later to Henry Penruddock 

 Wyndham, 113 since when its descent has been identical 

 with that of the manor of Corhampton. 



The manor of LOMER TU WILLS (Lammer 

 Turvill, Launver Turvill, and Lamere Turvyle, 

 xiv cent. ; Lomers Turvill, xvi cent.) was held 

 partly of the abbot and convent of Hyde as 

 of their manor of Lomer, and partly of the 

 St. John family as of their manor of Warnford. The 

 part which was held of the St. Johns was valued 

 sometimes at 2C. 1U and sometimes at icw., 115 and 

 comprised 12 acres of land in 

 1392, when it was held of 

 Isabel de St. John as of her 

 manor of Warnford for id. 

 rent, and by her of the abbot 

 and convent. 116 



The manor was in the 

 possession of the Turville family 

 in the thirteenth century, and 

 perhaps earlier. At about this 

 time David Turville was lord, 117 

 and at the beginning of the 

 thirteenth century the manor 



belonged to William Turville, passing on his death to 

 Maurice Turville, who in 1222 granted to Thomas 

 de Chancumbe and Amice his wife a reasonable 

 dowry for Amice from the free tenement which 

 belonged to William her former husband in Lomer. 118 

 Maurice seems to have been succeeded by Peter 

 Turville, whose tenants in 1274 withdrew the suit 

 which they owed at the hundred court of Meonstoke. 119 



TURVILLE. Gules three 

 cheverons vair. 



94 He was also a holder in Lomer Tur- 

 ville (q.v. infra). 



Feet of F. Hants, Mil. 10 Edw. II. 



W Comprising the three manors of 

 Lomer, Preahaw, and Lomer Turville 



(q.V.). 



*> Feet of F. Hants, Mil. 33 Edw. III. 



99 Chan. Inq. p.m. 16 Ric. II, pt. i, 

 No. 143. 



100 Mins. Accts. Hants, 30*31 Hen. 

 VIII, m. 37. 



l" 1 Pat. 33 Hen. VIII, pt. 4, m. 48. In 

 an inquisition taken in 1546 it is 

 stated that Lord St. John and Elizabeth 

 his wife were seised of the manor of 

 Lomer in right of Elizabeth (Exch. Inq. 

 p.m. (Ser. 2), file 993, No. 9). As the 

 king most certainly did not grant it to Lady 

 Elizabeth alone, it is possible that her 

 husband subsequently settled the manor 

 upon her. 



1M Exch. Inq. p.m.(Ser. 2), file 993, No. 

 9 ; Memo. R. L.T.R. Hil.4 Eliz. rot. 80. 

 They do not seem to have paid for it in 

 full, for in 1554 John Lorimer (son and 



heir of John) and Lawrence Kydwelly 

 and Agnes his wife (widow of John) paid 

 William marquis of Winchester and 

 Elizabeth his wife ,240 for the manors 

 of Preshaw and Lomer (Feet of F. 

 Hants, Trin. I Mary). 



The manors were subject to a quit- 

 rent of 251. (Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), 

 vol. 262, No. 125), which seems to have 

 been paid to the marquis and his heirs 

 until the nineteenth century (vide Recov. 

 R. Mich. 28 Gco. II, rot. 383, and Mich. 

 44 Geo. Ill, rot. 47). 



108 Exch. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), file 993, 

 No. 9. 



104 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), vol. 1 87, 

 No. 94. By his will dated 2 August, 

 1 578, he granted an annuity of ^6 135.4^. 

 to his younger son John to be paid out 

 of the rents and issues of the manors of 

 Preshaw and Lomer. 



105 Feet of F. Hants, Hil. 3 Jas. I. 

 In that year he conveyed it to John 

 Catcher and Philip Morgan. 



25O 



" Deeds penes Mr. A. R. Maiden, 

 The Close, Salisbury. 

 W Ibid. 

 " Ibid. 



109 Ibid. By her will she burdened the 

 manor with an annuity of 20 to the master 

 of the Free School at Bishop's Waltham 

 for teaching reading, writing, Latin, arith- 

 metic, and the Church Catechism to ten 

 poor boys of the parish of Bishop's 

 Waltham between the ages of eight and 

 fifteen. 



110 Ibid. " Ibid. 



lla Feet of F. Hants, Mich. 23 Geo. 

 III. 



"8 Ex inform. Mr. A. R. Maiden. 



114 Inq. p.m. 3 Edw. Ill, No. 67 j and 

 II Edw. Ill, No. 49. 



115 Ibid. 21 Edw. Ill, No. 57. 



116 Ibid. 1 6 Ric. II, pt. i, No. 143. 

 "7 Feud. Aids, ii, 336. 



118 Feet of F. Hants, East. 6 Hen. III. 



119 Assize R.Mich. 8 Edw. I ; in 1280 

 they were forced to resume their suit, and 

 were in addition amerced zs. 



