A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE 



been acquired." From her and Richard More her son 

 Horwoods alias 'Stoniburie' manor passed by sale to 

 Thomas Dabridgecourt of Stratfield Saye 4 * in Eliza- 

 beth's reign, and was held by this well-known family 

 until 1634 when Thomas 

 Dabridgecourt and Barbara 

 his wife seem to have sold it 

 to Sir Richard Harrison. 44 

 John Harrison 4S appears as 

 owner of Horwoods manor in 

 1669, and about a year later 

 it seems to have been trans- 

 ferred to Anthony Guidott 

 by Anne Harrison, widow of 



Richard Harrison. 46 With the 



_ . . r -i t. t i DABRIDGECOURT. Er- 



Guidott family, who already mine thrce bars gule , cut 



owned the manor of Preston off at the ends. 

 House in this parish, Hor- 

 woods remained, forming part of William Woodroffe 

 Guidott's property in 1772 ; 47 thence onwards it 

 has followed the descent of 

 Preston House manor with 

 which it is now incorporated. 48 



The overlordship of the 

 property afterwards known as 

 the manor of BOTILLERS 

 C4KDOVER belonged dur- 

 ing the fifteenth century to 

 the family of Camoys, Botillers 

 Candover being held of Lady 

 Joan de Camoys and her 

 heirs. 49 



Early in the thirteenth 

 century Robert the Butler or 

 Pincerna was settled 60 in Candover, and later in the 

 same century and the next there is evidence of owner- 



ooo 



CAMOYS. 



chief gules 

 roundels art 



Urgent t 

 with three 



gent. 



ship by the family now known as Botteleye " and 

 Botiller." In 1310 William le Botiller and Alice his 

 wife held eleven messuages, 2 carucates of land, 

 20 acres of wood, and 3O/. rent in Preston Candover, 68 

 their heirs being their children, John, William, Robert, 

 and Elizabeth," from one of whom probably the land 

 passed to John de Kacchefrensh and Alice his wife, 

 since they, in 1 345, held eleven messuages, 2 caru- 

 cates of land, 40 acres of wood, and 30*. rent in 

 Preston Candover." John de Kacchefrensh settled 

 the reversion of his property upon Oliver de 

 Bohun and Margaret his wife during their lives, 

 with final remainder to John de Warbelton and 

 Alice his wife. 66 Accordingly in 1368 John de 

 Warbelton held lands called ' terra de Boteller 

 in Candeveresden,' in reversion, he being the son 

 of Alice then widow of John de Warbelton. 67 

 Katherine wifeof the younger John de Warbelton died, 

 in 1404, seised of a house and carucate of land in 

 Preston Candover," and her son William, 59 in 1405, 

 held a manor ' called Botillers in Preston in Candever- 

 esden.' 60 William Warbelton, who died 1 1 October, 

 1 469, held the manor of ' Botelers Candevere,' and 

 having no issue left this land to William Skulle the 

 ion of his cousin Agnes. 61 



In 1485 William Skulle apparently held the 

 manor. 61 Here the history of Botillers Candover 

 ceases, unless it can be identified with the manor 

 called Purefoys. 



In the June of 1495 Richard More died in posses- 

 sion of Preston Candover manor known later as 

 PUREFOTS. It is difficult to determine his title to 

 this property unless it was conveyed to him by William 

 Skulle, or unless some land in Preston Candover 

 passed to the Mores from the Horwoods. 64 



The manor of Richard More, however, was not 



n Feet of F. Hants, Mich. 3 & 4 Eliz. 

 Thomas Tovye and Margery his wife, and 

 James Payse and Joan his wife also appear 

 to have held portions of Horwoods manor 

 {vide Feet of F. Hants, Mich. 3*4 Eliz.). 



Ibid. Hil. 1 8 Eliz. ; Close, 6 Jas. I, 

 pt. 5, No. 8. In 1 602 Thomas Dabridge- 

 court settled Horwoods upon his second 

 son Thomas, upon whose first wife 

 Catherine Legatt the manor was settled 

 as her jointure in 1603. Thomas Da- 

 bridgecourt was twice married, his second 

 wife being Barbara daughter of William 

 Fisher of Chilton Candover (ex inform. Rev. 

 Sumner Wilson and Close, 6 Jas. I, pt. 

 5, No. 8 ; ibid. I Jas. I, pt. 2 ; Add. MSS. 

 33278, No. 183). 



44 Feet of F. Hants, Mich. 10 Chas. I. 



45 Recov. R. Hil. 20 & 21 Chas. II, 

 rot. 159. 



Feet of F. Hants, Hil. 22 & 23 

 Chas. II. 



Recov. R. East. 12 Geo. Ill, rot. 38. 

 Horwoods appears as Stonebury and Stoners, 

 probably a corruption of Stevenbury. 



48 The possessions of John Blackburn in 

 Preston Candover before 1799 included, 

 with Preston Candover (Preston House) 

 manor, ' the manor or reputed manor, 

 farm and farm place" named Horwoods. 

 alias Stonebury or Stoners. Two cen- 

 turies earlier there occurs a mention of a 

 * Horwooddes farm,' the site of which was 

 leased by one John Phetyplace of Stand- 

 lake, Oxfordshire, to Thomas Froste of 

 Wield in Hampshire in the reign of Edward 

 VI for twelve years. 



49 Chan. Inq. p.m. 5 Hen. IV, No. 15 ; 

 ibid. 8 Edw. IV, No. 44. 



60 Rat. Lit. Claus. (Rec. Com.), i, 126, 

 when an inquiry was ordered to ascertain 

 whether Robert Pincerna had justly ac- 

 cused his wife of infidelity. Herbert Pin- 

 cerna held in this century land ' in Can- 

 devere,' of the abbey of Hyde ; Testa 

 de Nevill (Rec. Com.), 239. 



61 In 1262 John de Botteleye granted to 

 John de Langerude two parts of two vir- 

 gates of land in Preston Candover which 

 later were granted to Martin de Roches 

 by John dc Langerude (Feet of F. Hants, 

 East. 47 Hen. Ill ; Assize R. No. 1220, 

 m. 10). Martin dc Roches, dying in the 

 first year of the reign of Edward I, was 

 seised of two yirgates of land held of John 

 de Botteleye. He left a brother and heir, 

 Hugh de Roches, aged forty. 



Feet of F. Hants, Mich. nd Hil. 4 

 Edw. II. 



M Ibid. Mich. 4 Edw. II. 



M Ibid. 



65 Ibid. Trin. 19 Edw. III. 



M Ibid. In 1 346 John de Chacche- 

 frensh and Oliver de Bohun each held a 

 fourth part of a knight's fee in Candover, 

 but the fourth part of John de Chacche- 

 frensh was described as that 'quod fuit 

 Alicie Wys de Preston,' and that of Oliver 

 de Bohun as ' quod fuit Philippi de Hoy- 

 vill. 1 Oliver de Bohun therefore seems to 

 have also held land either inherited by, or 

 granted to him by Philip de Hoyville. 

 This was earlier than the grant made by 



iohn de Hoyville to Thomas Warenner of 

 is manor of Preston Candover ; Feud. 

 Aids, ii, 330. In 1431 John Roger of 

 Soberton appears to have held lands and 

 tenements called 'Botillers in Preston 



374 



Candevere.* Possibly he was one of the 

 Hoyville family, who held land in Soberton ; 

 ibid. 364. 



"Chart. R. 42 Edw. Ill, No. 159. 

 Grant of free warren was made to John 

 de Warbelton in his demesne lands by 

 Edward III. 



Esch. Inq. 5 & 6 Hen. IV, file 1719, 

 No. 5. 



" Ibid. 



Feet of F. Div. Cos. 7 Hen. IV. 



" Chan. Inq. 8 Edw. IV, No. 44. The 

 manor appears to have been settled upon 

 William Warbelton and Margery hi 

 wife and male issue, with remainder in 

 default to Elizabeth Sifrewast aunt of 

 William Warbelton, for her lifetime, 

 thence to descend to her daughter Agnes 

 wife of Miles Skulle, and her issue. Both 

 Elizabeth Sifrewast and Agnes Skulle pre- 

 deceased William Warbelton, but the 

 latter left a son and heir, William Skulle, 

 aged thirty, to whom Botillers Candover 

 descended. 



De Banco, Mich, z Ric. Ill, m. 328. 



Chan. Inq. 1 1 Hen. VII, vol. 1 1, No. 



55- 



** William atte More, son of John 

 atte More, of Wytheford, and Henry atte 

 More, were trustees of John de Hore- 

 wood for the settlement of the manor 

 of Polhampton upon John de Horwood 

 and his wife Katherine and their issue 

 (Chan. Inq. p.m. 1 1 Hen. VII, vol. I i t 

 No. 60). A further connexion with the 

 Horwoods is shown in an inquisition taken 

 upon the death of Nicholas More in 1497. 

 The document is nearly indecipherable and 

 all that can be read from it is that Nicholas 



