BERMONDSPIT HUNDRED 



held either of the Camoys family, or of the lords of 

 Bradfield, as was Horwoods manor, but of Lord St. 

 John." Katherine, Richard More's widow, held the 

 manor for life under her late husband's will, with 

 remainder to her son John More, then aged twenty," 

 or in default of male heirs, the property, accord- 

 ing to the settlement, was to remain to Isabel 

 Williams, wife of John Williams, among several other 

 heirs." 



There is no mention of John More being in 

 possession of Preston Candover, but the property 

 seems to have descended or been conveyed to Isabel 

 Williams." 



Her son, Reginald Williams, next held the 

 property, whose son John, dying without issue, was 

 succeeded by his brother Nicholas." 



The title of Nicholas to the estate was disputed in 

 Elizabeth's reign by Walter Mayhew, a husbandman 

 of Rotherwick, who claimed the manor in right of 

 his wife Elizabeth, who, according to Walter May- 

 hew's statement, was a daughter of John More, son 

 of that Richard More who had died in 1495 seised 

 of the manor of Preston Candover. 



The defendant traced his title to his grandmother, 

 Dame Isabel Williams. 70 The matter was, about 

 1566, referred to the arbitration of the bishop of 

 Winchester and Henry Wallop," and evidently 

 Nicholas Williams won his case, as Walter Mayhew 

 in 1579 relinquished his claim to Francis Perkins," 

 who by marriage with a daughter of Nicholas 

 Williams" had become lord of the manor." He 

 died in 1617," and his son, a Roman Catholic 

 Royalist, in his old age suffered sequestration of his 

 estate for recusancy under the Commonwealth. 78 The 

 family held the manor until 1733, when the fourth 

 Francis Perkins, of Preston Candover, 77 who had 

 married the famous Arabella Fermor, 78 sold it to 

 Thomas Hall for 1,7 oo. 79 Elizabeth granddaughter 

 of Thomas Hall, heiress of her brother, brought the 

 manor to George Purefoy Jervoise, 84 who bequeathed 

 it to his niece, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, from whose 

 grandson, Captain Richard Purefoy Purefoy, it was 

 purchased in 1905 by Mr. J. C. A. Hall and Mr. 

 C. Wade, 81 the present owners. 



PumroY. Sable thru 

 fairs of clasped hands in 

 armour argent. 



PRESTON 

 CANDOVER 



Of William de Pont de 1'Arche, in 1381, the 

 priory of Southwick held the manor later known as 

 MOUNDSMERE." 



In the year 1290 the prior of Southwick's 

 manor of Candover was valued at 3 i it. -]d!* 

 In the thirteenth century Robert de Pont de PArche 

 confirmed the grant of his 

 father of the church with the 

 manor of Candover (which 

 comprised five hides of land 

 with wood and meadow) to 

 the canons of Portchester, 84 

 and this grant was again con- 

 firmed by Henry III, Ed- 

 ward II, and Richard II. 85 



The land held by the priory 

 in this parish was increased by 

 grants from other early bene- 

 factors Jordan and William 

 Eschotland who gave to the 

 prior and canons the chapel, with the tithes, belong- 

 ing to their manor of Candover, together with some 

 tenements for the support of the chapel. 88 Another 

 donor appears in Walter de 

 Passeflamberd, who gave a 

 virgate in Candover ' of the fee 

 of la Stavenburie.' " Thomas 

 Dounton also granted land in 

 the thirteenth century to the 

 priory. 88 In 1316 and 1322 

 the prior of Southwick was 

 described as lord of Preston 

 Candover," and the ninths 

 due to the priory in the parish 

 were, in 1339, of the value of 

 26/. M In the reign of Henry 

 IV the prior recovered loos. 

 as damages from a neighbouring lord of the manor, 

 William Horwood, who had impounded 300 sheep 

 belonging to the priory, of which forty had since 

 died of hunger.* 1 



At the time of the Dissolution the property of the 

 priory was known as the manor of Moundsmere. 91 It 

 afterwards formed part of the dower of Anne of 



SOUTHWICK PRIOY. 

 Argent a chief sable v/ith 

 nvo rotes argent. 



More hat! land in Preston Candover and 

 possibly Polhampton. A very consider- 

 able mention teems to be made of the 

 Norwoods and settlements made by 

 them, it may be inferred that the More 

 family may have obtained land through 

 ome of these settlements. Also, as hai 

 been noted, the inquisition upon the death 

 of Hugh Horwood makes no mention of 

 the manor, but of land only, which may 

 be indicative of certain alienation, 

 although the manor of Norwoods still 

 continued in the female line (Chan. Inq. 

 p.m. 13 Hen. VII, No. 168). 



M Chan. Inq. p.m. 1 1 Hen. VII, vol. 1 1, 

 No. 55. Later in the seventeenth century 

 this manor, then owned by Francis Per- 

 kins, was held of Arthur Wilmot of Wield, 

 as of the manor of Godsfield. 



Chan. Inq. p.m. 1 1 Hen. VII, vol. 1 1, 

 No. 55. 



67 Ibid. The other heirs were Eliza- 

 beth Doyle, Maud Lethingham, Christine 

 wife of Henry Wilkins, Alice wife of 

 John Raff, and Anne More. A fine 

 occurs in the reign of Hen. VII by which 

 Catherine and John More granted the 

 reversion, after the death of Katherine, 

 of certain land in Preston Candover to 



Isabel Williams, then styled widow (Feet 

 of F. Hants, Hil. 24 Hen. VII). 



"Chan. Proc. I (Ser. 2), 1558-79, 

 bdle. 119, No. 12. Mayhew virtus 

 Williams. 



' Ibid. M Ibid. 



7 1 Chan. Decrees and Orders, 1566-7, 

 A. 167. 



7" Feet of F. Hants, Trin. 22 Eliz. 



"* Ex inform. Rev. Sumner Wilson. 



' 4 Feet of F. Hants, East. 17 Eliz. 

 This was the well-known family of 

 Perkins of Ufton Court, Berks, who 

 suffered under the monarchy for their 

 religious views, and under the Common- 

 wealth for their loyalty to the king ; 

 Sharp, Hitr. of Perkins of Ufton Court. 



74 Chan. Inq. 15 Jas.I, vol.366,No. 181. 



7 S.P. Dom. Interreg. G. 253. 



77 Ex inform. Rev. Sumner Wilson. 



7 She was the beautiful Belinda of 

 Pope's Raft of the Lock, who ' to the 

 destruction of mankind, nourished two 

 locks, which graceful hung behind.' 



7 9 Ex inform. Rev. Sumner Wilson and 

 Recov. R. Trin. 7 Geo. II, rot. 53. 



80 Ex inform. Rev. Sumner Wilson ; 

 Feet of F. Hants and Sussex, Trin. 52 

 Geo. III. 



375 



81 Ex inform. Capt. R. P. Purefoy, 

 R.N. 



w Add. MS. 33280. 



88 Ibid. 33278. 



84 Ibid. 33280. 



84 Ibid, and De Banco, 154, m. 118 d. 

 In the reign of the last-named king the 

 manor was said to contain 60 acres of 

 arable land and 80 acres of pasture, and a 

 dove-cot. 



M Add. MS. 33280. As often as these 

 benefactors were residing at Candover the 

 priory was responsible for the celebration 

 of divine service thrice a week, and once 

 a year when they were absent. 



07 Ibid. 



88 Ibid. This gift comprised land near 

 Suwede," and 5 acres 'by the way of 

 Odiham,' and land upon ' Denemendona,' 

 and 6 acres near ' the Cross of Bradley ' 

 with a pasture for animals. 



89 * Nomina Villarum.' 



90 Inj. Non. (Rec. Com.), 109. 



91 Add. MS. 33280. 



n Dugdale, Man. vi, 244. The name 

 occurs in a charter roll of Edward II, when 

 the prior and convent were granted free 

 warren in their manor of Moundsmerc ; 

 Chart. R. 14 Edw. II, m. 8, No. 32. 



