MEONSTOKE HUNDRED 



The Wallop family, from very early times, had a 

 manor in this parish, later known as WALLOP'S 

 MANOR, probably in origin the manor which Henry 

 the Treasurer held at the time of the Domesday 

 Survey." In the reign of Henry III it was held de 

 veteri feoffamento of Herbert 

 Fitz Peter, who held it of the 

 abbot of Hyde, 73 but in later 

 times it was held of the bishop 

 of Winchester," and it is most 

 probable that the overlordship 

 changed hands in 1332, when 

 a certain William de Hatting- 

 ley gave up all his right in the 

 manor to John de Stratford, 

 bishop of Winchester." Rich- 

 ard de Wallop, who held 

 the manor in the reign of 

 Henry III, 78 recovered 40^. 

 convent of Beaulieu for the 



WALLOP. Argent a 

 bend wavy table. 



from the abbot and 

 damage done to the 

 manor during the time they held it at farm of 

 him, his father John, and his mother Mabel. 77 He 

 died without issue, and was succeeded by his brother 

 Sir Robert Wallop, who also died childless, when the 

 manor passed to his nephew William Burton alias 

 Wallop. 78 Richard Wallop son of the latter is men- 

 tioned in 1 346 as holding the fourth part of a knight's 

 fee in Soberton formerly belonging to Euphemia de 

 Wallop. 79 Thomas Wallop son of Richard died in 

 1362 seised of a messuage, a carucate of land, zos. 

 rents of assize, and 1 20". pleas and perquisites of court 

 in Soberton held of Edward de St. John as of his 

 manor of Wolverton by the service of the fourth part 

 of one knight's fee, of 25 acres in Soberton held 

 of the king by the rent of 8/. ^d. to the sheriff 

 at Winchester Castle, and of meadow-lands in Sober- 

 ton held of Isabel Wayte by the rent of 2/. 60 His 

 heir was his son John, aged eight, but Soberton for a 

 considerable time seems to have been held in dower 

 by Margaret widow of Thomas, who probably married, 

 as her second husband, William Vachell. 81 How- 

 ever, it ultimately reverted to the Wallop family, John 

 grandson of John Wallop dying seised of it in i486. 61 

 His heir was his son Richard, aged thirty and more, 

 who died seised of Soberton manor, held by the bishop 

 of Winchester, in 1 503, leaving a brother and heir 

 Robert. 83 On the death of the latter without issue 

 in 1535 the manor passed to his brother Stephen. 

 Henry, Stephen's grandson, dealt with Soberton by 

 recovery in I566, 84 but does not seem to have been 

 seised of it at his death in 1599." However, in 



SOBERTON 



1616 his son Sir Henry Wallop obtained a grant of 

 free warren, court-Ieet, and view of frankpledge within 

 his manor of Soberton. 86 On Henry's death, in 

 1 642, Soberton passed to his son Robert, who, as one of 

 the judges at the trial of King Charles I, was excepted 

 by Parliament at the Restoration from receiving 

 any benefit from his estates, and was sentenced to be 

 drawn upon a sledge to and under the gallows of 

 Tyburn with a halter round his neck, and to be im- 

 prisoned for life. 97 This sentence was carried out on 

 30 January, 1662. In 1661 the king had granted 

 Robert Wallop's property in Soberton to Thomas earl 

 of Southampton, Anthony Ashley Lord Ashley, 

 Sir Orlando Bridgeman, and Sir Henry Vernon, and 

 had empowered them to sell the whole or part of 

 the premises for the advantage and preferment of 

 Lady Anne, sister of the earl of Southampton and 

 wife of Robert Wallop, and Henry Wallop their son 

 and heir. 88 The manor of Soberton was sold, and 

 was probably purchased by the lord of the main manor 

 of Soberton, who was adding to his property in the 

 parish at the beginning of the eighteenth century." 

 The site of the manor is marked by Wallopswood 

 Farm in the extreme east of the parish. 



The abbot and convent of Titchfield also had a 

 manor in FLEXLAND and SOBERTON consisting 

 of lands granted to them at various times. Thus 

 John de Windsor in the reign of Henry III gave 

 them los. rents in Soberton. 90 Again, Peter des Roches 

 bishop of Winchester granted them various lands in 

 Flexland in free alms, 31 and they also acquired the 

 fourth part of a knight's fee which William de Cob- 

 ham was holding in the reign of Henry III ' of the 

 old enfeoffment ' of Robert de Pont de 1'Arche, who 

 held it of John Venuz. M The abbot and convent 

 entered on some of these lands without licence, and 

 in the reign of Edward I their property in Flexland 

 escheated to the crown, 93 but was ultimately restored. 

 In 1381 it consisted of a messuage, 12 acres of 

 pasture in severally, 70 acres of pasture in common, 

 i acre of wood in severally, and 100 acres of 

 wood in common, and was worth los. d\d. by the 

 year. 94 John Wayte of Titchfield seems to have pur- 

 chased the manor in the reign of Henry VIII or even 

 earlier, for the abbot and convent were certainly not 

 seised of any properly in ihe parish at the time of the 

 Dissolution. 95 He granted a lease of it by the name 

 of the manor of Soberton to Arthur Planlagenet, 

 Viscount Lisle, in I528, 96 and there are many refer- 

 ences to it in Lisle's correspondence. 97 It was finally 

 bought by Walter Bonham, 98 and passed from him to 



7* Both Soberton and Eastleigh in South 

 Stoneham were held by Henry the Trea- 

 surer at the time of the Domesday Survey, 

 and of Herbert Fitz Peter in the reign of 

 Hen. Ill, seemingly following the same 

 descent. The Henry de Soberton son of 

 Henry mentioned in 1166 as holding one 

 knight's fee, whereas his father had held 

 five, may have been a descendant of Henry 

 the Treasurer (Red Bk. of Excb. \, zo6.) 



7* Testa de Nevill (Rec. Com.), 232. 



^ t Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), vol. 2, No. 

 31 ; and vol. 17, No. 31. 



1* Feet of F. Hants, Hil. 5 Edw. III. 

 In 1363 the manor is described as held 

 of Edward de St. John as of his manor of 

 Wolverton by the service of a fourth part 

 of a knight's fee (Inq. p.m. 36 Edw. Ill, 

 pt. 2 [ist Nos.j, No. 76), but this may be 

 an error. 



f Tetta de Ne-vi/1, 232. 



11 Harl. MSS. 6603, fol. 292. 



78 Berry, Hants Gen. 41. The sister and 

 heir of Sir Robert Wallop married Peter 

 Burton of West Burton (co. Hants). 



7" Feud. Aids, ii, 336. 



80 Inq. p.m. 36 Edw. Ill, pt. 2 (ist 

 Nos.), No. 76. 



91 In 1428 William Vachell and Mar- 

 garet his wife were holding in Soberton 

 the fourth part of a knight's fee which 

 Richard Wallop formerly held (Feud. Aids, 

 ii, 358). The name of Thomas Wallop's 

 wife was Margaret (Edmondson, Barona- 

 gium Genealogicunt, iii, 247). 



82 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), vol. 2, 

 No. 31. 88 Ibid. vol. 17, No. 31. 



84 Com. Pleas, Hil. 9 Eliz. m. 113. 



85 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), vol. 256, 

 No. 6. 



26l 



86 Pat. 14 Jas. I, pt. 25, m. 24. 

 W Statutes of the Realm, v, 3 1 7, 3 1 8. 



88 Pat. 13 Chas. II, pt. 20, No. 10. 



89 Feet of F. Hants, Hil. Anne ; and 

 Mich, i Geo. I. 



90 Assize R. Mich. 8 Edw. I. 



91 Harl. MS. 6602, fol. 3. 

 M Ibid. fol. 59. 



98 Close, 9 Edw. I, m. 8 and 9. 



94 Add. MS. 3 3 284, fol. 196. 



95 Mins. Accts. Hants, 30 & 3 1 Hen. 

 VIII, m.! 3 5. 



98 Close, 20 Hen. VIII, m. 20 and 35 j 

 Feet of F. Hants, Mich. 20 Hen. VIII ; 

 Trin. 22 Hen. VIII. 



9 ? L. and P. Hen. fill passim. 



98 He demurred much over the price. 

 L.andP. Hen. VIII, xiii (i), 158, 299, 

 33 2 > 33 8 > and 343 (*), 165, 188,256 and 

 37; xiv (i), 453 and 456. 



