A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE 



Richard who was living in 1 248, to John Dummer of 

 Easton, co. Leicester, who died seised of the manor in 

 1304. Robert Dummer, son of John, was succeeded 

 by his daughter Alice, from whom the estate passed 

 to her husband John Astwick of co. Beds.' He appears 

 to have been a ' King's merchant,' and was probably 

 that John Astwick, who, when summoned to appear 

 before the council at Westminster, sought protection 

 on the ground that his person was liable to be seized 

 on account of certain debts. 8 He was succeeded by 

 his son John, whose daughter Agnes married John de 

 Drayton, and in 1368-9 they conveyed all their right 

 in the manor of Dummer to Sir John Popham of the 

 adjoining hamlet of Popham. 9 From Sir John it 

 passed to Philip Popham, possibly a younger son, and 

 Elizabeth his wife, who were succeeded in 1397 by a 

 second Philip and Elizabeth. 10 The latter survived 

 her husband some years, and her son Philip dying a 

 minor in the king's wardship in 1414 left as co- 

 heiresses two sisters, Margaret and Matilda, aged four- 

 teen and thirteen years." Dummer seems to have 

 been allotted to Margaret, who married as her second 

 husband Edward Wayte of Draycot " (Wiltshire), and 

 thirdly Robert Long of Wraxall 13 (Wiltshire), who held 

 one fee in Dummer in 1428," and was succeeded by 

 his son John, who had married Margaret Wayte, 

 heiress of the family of Wayte, who held the manor 

 in I484. 15 For the next century it is impossible to 

 trace any connexion between the owners of the manor. 

 In 1529 Robert Drury and Alice his wife quitclaimed 

 the manor of Dummer to William Barentyne, while 

 fifteen years later it passed by fine from Walter Bon- 

 ham and Alice daughter of John Dale to William 

 Dale. In 1577 Richard Kingsmill and Robert Brin- 

 nagewere each in possession of half the manor, while 

 in 1591 Nicholas Venables conveyed half by fine to 

 John Millingate. Six years later the latter was in 

 possession of the whole estate, and it remained in the 

 Millingate family until the middle of the seventeenth 

 century, when it passed into the family of Terry. It 

 remained in their possession until 1864, when the 

 manor-house and a considerable part of the parish was 

 sold to the Rev. T. J. Torr, and ten years later to the 

 late Sir Nelson Rycroft, bart., whose son, Sir Richard 

 Nelson Rycroft, bart., is the present lord of the 

 manor. 



The manor known in the sixteenth century as 

 WEST DUMMER may probably be identified with 

 the 5 hides of land held at the time of the Domesday 

 Survey by one of the men of Hugh de Port. 16 The 

 overlordship of this manor passed with Hugh's other 

 estates to his descendants the St. Johns. 17 



The first mention of a sub-tenant of the De Ports 



in Dummer after the time of the Domesday Survey 

 occurs early in the thirteenth century, 18 when William 

 Dummer was called upon to do homage for two 

 knights' fees in Dummer. 19 In 1294-5 the abbot of 

 Waverley recovered seisin against John son of William 

 Dummer of common pasture in Dummer, which the 

 abbot alleged belonged to his free tenement, and of 

 which he had been unjustly dispossessed.* Thi& 

 Sir John Dummer appears to have been a man of con- 

 siderable local importance. He represented Somerset 

 in the Parliaments of 1306 and 1 3 13, and in the 

 latter year obtained a writ de cxpensis with John 

 de Beauchamp for 2 1 I zs. at the rate of \s. per day 

 for attendance." He was probably that John Dummer 

 referred to in the order issued to the sheriff of Somer- 

 set in 1289 'to cause a coroner for that county to be 

 elected in the place of John de Dummer lately 

 elected, whom the King has caused to be amoved 

 from office since he cannot conveniently attend to the 

 duties of the office because he is of the household of 

 John de St. John who is now staying continually with 

 the King."* In 1 3 1 6 Thomas son of Sir John Dummer 

 held one half of the vill of Dummer. As his father 

 was then living it is probable that he granted it to 

 his son on his marriage shortly before this date.* 1 

 From Thomas the estate, then said to be worth loot., 

 passed to his son, also Thomas,* 4 who appears to have 

 been the last heir male of the family ; and his 

 daughter Ellen having mar- 

 ried Nicholas atte More, her 

 descendants assumed the name 

 of Dummer, and continued to 

 possess the manor until the 

 death of William Dummer in 

 1593." In 1579, however, 

 William, who had married 

 Kenborough Brydges, granted 

 the reversion to Humphrey 

 Brydges, possibly a cousin, 

 with reversion to John Mil- 

 lingate,* 6 and seven years later 

 the manor was conveyed by 

 fine from Humphrey Brydges 

 to John.* 7 It remained in possession of the Millingate 

 family until the middle of the seventeenth century, 

 and its later history is identical with that of East 

 Dummer (q.v.). 



The GRANGE OF DUMMER was granted to 

 the abbey of Waverley by Stephen, and this grant 

 was afterwards confirmed by John ** and Edward II. 

 In 1291 w its value is given as 2, but by 1535 it 

 had increased to 2 lot. It remained in possession 

 of the abbey 50 until the suppression of the latter in 



DUMMER alias ATMORE. 

 Urgent tvjo ban vert 

 with six martlets gules 

 over all* 



I Feud. Aids, ii, 330. 



8 Cal. of Pat. 1343-5, p. 215 ; ibid. 

 '345-8, p. 248. 



9 Close, 42 Edw. Ill, m. 30. 



10 Chan. Inq. p.m. 21 Ric. II, No. 



44- 



II Ibid. 12 Hen. IV No. 10. 

 "Ibid. 2 Hen. V, No. 15. 



18 Chitty, Family of Long, 14. 



14 Feud. Aids, ii, 344. 



" Chitty, Family of Long, 16. 



15 V.C.H. Hants, i, 482*. 



W Inq. p.m. 3 Edw. Ill, No. 67. Early 

 in the thirteenth century two knights* 

 fees in Dummer were said to be held of 

 Henry Hosato, but Henry probably 

 merely represented Adam de Port, with 

 whose family he was connected by marri- 



age ; Abbre-v. Plac. (Rec. Com.), 736 ; 

 Suss. Arch. Soc. viii, 46, 47. 



18 If, however, it be a fact that the 

 Dummers were really holding of the 

 honour of St. Valery in this parish in the 

 twelfth century, it is also possible that 

 they acquired the de Port 5 hides at an 

 early date, or indeed it may even be the 

 case that the man of Hugh de Port who 

 held of Hugh at the time of the Survey 

 was that Hunger who was the ancestor or 

 predecessor of the St. Valery tenants. In 

 this case the two holdings probably fol- 

 lowed the same descent until the division 

 of the property between the two sons of 

 Ralph about the year 1198. 



19 Abbre-v. fide. (Rec. Com.), 73* ; and 

 see ante note 17. 



358 



*> Abbre-v. Rot. Orig. (Rec. Com.), 



9'- 



al Parl. Writs (Rec. Com.), i, p.xxviii. 



93 Ca/.c/"C/o,i288-96,p.25. Though 

 this does not prove that John Dummer 

 was holding Dummer of John de St. John, 

 yet in the light of later evidence this is 

 extremely probable. 



Plac. de Banco, Mich. 14 Edw. II, 



m. 33 2 - 



24 Inq. p.m. 3 Edw. Ill, No. 67. 



25 Som. Arch. Soc. 1871-3, p. 106. 



26 Pat. 21 Eliz. pt. 6. 



W Feet of F. Hants, East. 28 Eliz. 



28 Chart. R. (Rec. Com.), 7 John, 

 61. 



29 Pope Nich. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 215. 

 80 Cal. of Pat. 1340-3, p. 294. 



