BERMONDSPIT HUNDRED 



ELLISFIELD 



1361, and of John Sifrewast 6 in 1496. In the reign 

 of James I, however, the manor was held of the heirs 

 of Sir Edward Marvyn.' 



The history of the manor cannot be traced earlier 

 than the reign of Edward II, although the Pipe Rolls 

 and Fines show tenants in the parish 7 at an earlier 

 date. In the reign of Henry III, Nicholas son of 

 Ralph held half a carucate and half a virgate in 

 Ellisfield, and also a capital messuage, which seems to 

 imply a not inconsiderable estate, the third of which, 

 and of a wood called 'Wodehull,' and lands named 

 'Homcroft' and ' Middelcroft ' (the latter forming 

 part of the half-virgate), he leased to Peter de Cheve- 

 legh and his wife Sarah for their lives.' 



Robert Cusyn and Joan his wife seem to have been 

 landowners in Ellisfield in the same reign, since of 

 them John son of Thomas de Beckering held a house 

 and land, paying a yearly rent of two capons.' In 

 the reign of Edward I Henry and William de la 

 Stonhupe are mentioned in connexion with a house 

 and land in Ellisfield and Herriard, 10 but none of 

 these early tenants can be connected with the two 

 joint lords of Ellisfield in the reign of Edward II. In 

 1316 the vill of Ellisfield was the joint possession of 

 the priory of Southwick and Roger de Fyfhide ;" in 

 1 346 the prior was still holding, and Roger had been 

 succeeded by William de Fyfhide." The priory 

 owned two-thirds and William the remaining third, 

 the latter's portion being described as having formerly 

 belonged to Hugh de Spaigne. 13 



In 1361 William de Fyfhide died possessed of land 

 in Ellisfield," and his son William, a minor at his 

 father's death, had seisin of 

 his estates in or about I382. 16 

 He died four years later with- 

 out issue, and the manor of 

 Ellisfield descended to his 

 cousin Joan, wife of Sir John 

 Sandys." Sir Walter Sandys " 

 succeeded as lord of the manor, 

 and died 16 June, 1435. He 

 was followed by his son Sir 

 Thomas, who held the manor 

 until H43, 18 when he was 

 succeeded by his son Sir Wil- 

 liam," whose son, also Sir 

 William, inherited the manor in 1496." This second 

 Sir William enjoyed the favour of Henry VIII, who 



SANDYS. Or a fuse 

 dancetty gules between 

 three crosslets Jitchy gules. 



made him his lord chamberlain and created him 

 Baron Sandys. His son Thomas, Lord Sandys, held 

 the manor at the time of Elizabeth's accession," whose 

 grandson William, the third Lord Sandys, was in 

 possession of Ellisfield until 1624." In 1657 

 William, fifth Lord Sandys, son of Colonel Henry 

 Sandys, who was mortally wounded in the service of 

 Charles I at Cheriton fight, sold the property. The 

 manor house, site of the manor, and land in Ellisfield 

 were sold for 3,300 to Robert Stocker of Basing- 

 stoke." For 736 the Berrydown portion of the 

 demesne lands went to John Oades, yeoman of Pres- 

 ton Candover," and for 150, 550, 65, and 

 266 los. other parts of the estates were bought by 

 Hugh White, Richard Wither, and William Beck, 

 and Nicholas Merriott, husbandman, and Edward 

 Panford, respectively.' 5 



Robert Stocker was still holding the manor in 1668, 

 but no further mention of him occurs, and the manor 

 appears to have been divided, for in 1675 Henry 

 Lincbrey and William Moleyns were parties to a fine 

 concerning half the manor of Ellisfield,' 6 and in 1685 

 another fine between Michael Terry and Robert 

 Searle and Anne his wife deals also with half the 

 manor and half the advowson." The moiety held by 

 William Moleyns under the conveyance of 1675 must 

 have remained in his family, though details of the 

 descent are not known, for in 1 704 Mary and Anne 

 Moleyns, spinsters, each held a fourth of the manor. 88 

 In 1756 one of these fourth parts was held by William 

 Saltmarsh,' 9 who was probably a descendant of one of 

 these sisters, he being the son of Philip Saltmarsh, 

 who had married Anne, daughter of William 

 ' Mullins ' *> of Skervill Court, Hants." As the bulk 

 of the family property lay in Yorkshire William Salt- 

 marsh sold his Hampshire property to Michael Terry 

 ofDummerin 1756." From the Terrys of Dummer 

 the manor passed by purchase to the earls of 

 Portsmouth,* 3 John Wallop, earl of Portsmouth, hold- 

 ing the manor in 1 789." What became of the other 

 scattered portions of the manor is nowhere shown. 

 Possibly the Terrys had acquired more than the 

 fourth part of William Saltmarsh, at any rate the lands 

 of the earl of Portsmouth in 1789 are described, not 

 as a portion of, but as the manor of Ellisfield. The 

 lordship of the manor is still held by the earl of Ports- 

 mouth. 



Earlier mention, however, of the Wallop family in 



6 Chan. Inq. p.m. 1 2 Hen. VII, No.i 10. 



W. & L. Inq. p.m. 21 Jas. I, bdle. 

 59, No. 200. 



7 In the Pipe R. of 1166 there occurs 

 a note of a payment in Ellisfield. * Else- 

 feld Henricus reddidit compotum de xx 

 solidis.' 



8 Feet of F. Hants, Hil. 33 Hen. III. 



Ibid. 41 Hen. III. 



10 Ibid. East. 14 Edw. I. 



11 Feud. Aids, ii, 313. 



Ibid, ii, 330. "Ibid. 



Inq. p.m. 35 Edw. Ill, pt. I, No. 88 ; 

 Pat. 6 Ric. II, pt. I, m. 4, 5. 



16 Ibid. In the same year, 1361, also 

 died Roger dc Syfrewast, overlord (Chan. 

 Inq. p.m. 35 Edw. Ill, vol. 164, No. 36). 

 The extent of the manor at this date com- 

 prised a capital messuage, a dove-cot, 2 

 carucates of land containing 300 acres, a 

 pasture for 200 sheep, and another pas- 

 ture called ' Cockcsmede,' together with 

 woodland, rent, and profits of court. 



16 Sir T. Phillips, ' Hants Visitations ' ; 

 Feet of F. Hants, East. 15 Ric. II ; Chan. 



Inq. p.m. 10 Ric. II, No. 17. Sir William, 

 last of the male line of the Fyfhides 

 held, it appears, half his manor of Lord 

 St. John, it representing half a knight's 

 fee ; the other half was held of Bernard 

 Brocas (as of his manor of Boadley), and 

 of John Bremshott. 



Chan. Inq. p.m. 13 Hen. VI, 33. 

 In 1428 he was described at holding a 

 third part of a knight's fee (Feud. Aids, 



'V, 45)- 



18 Chan. Inq. p.m. 20 Hen. VI, 35. 



Ibid. 



20 Chan. Inq. p.m. 12 Hen. VII, No. 

 no. 



111 Ibid. 2 & 3 Eliz. (Ser. 2), pt. I, 

 143. 



M Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), vol. 402, 

 131. 



58 Close, 1657, pt. 27, No. 35 ; ibid. 

 1659, pt. 4, No. 39. 



84 Ibid. 1657, pt. 27, No. 34 ; ibid. 

 1659, pt. 4, No. 35. 



S6 Ibid. 1659, pt. 4, Nos. 26-33, 2 9i 

 and 30. 



* Feet of F. Hants, Hil. 27-8 Chas. 

 II. 



V Feet of F. Hants, Mich. I Jas. II. 

 Michael Terry described as Cursitor of 

 Court of Chancery, and Robert Searle as 

 merchant. There appears to be no other 

 document to reveal the purport of this 

 fine. 



58 Feet of F. Hants, Mich. 3 Anne ; 

 Recov. R. 3 Anne, 98 ; ibid. Trin. 5 

 Anne, 19; Close, 5 Anne, pt. 2. Mary 

 Moleyns appears to have held the manor- 

 house or capital messuage then occupied 

 by Cornelius Pyle. 



M Com. Pleas Recov. R. Hil. 30 Geo. 

 II, 77. In 1756 William Saltmarsh had 

 married Lady Anne Plunkett, daughter of 

 the earl of Fingall, when settlement was 

 made of his property. 



80 Variant of Moleyns probably. 



81 Foster, Couny Families of Turks. 



88 Com. Pleas Recov. R. Trin. 30 & 

 31 Geo. II, m. 1 8. 



88 Ex inform. Rev. Botry Pigott. 



84 Recov. R. Hil. Geo. Ill, rot. 223. 



