A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE 



which branches west from the main road, and passing 

 through West Stratton, goes north towards Parkhill 

 Farm. West Stratton was granted to Hyde Abbey 

 with Micheldever manor, 36 and was among the lands 

 occupied by a freeman before the Conquest, and after- 

 wards held of the abbey by Hugh de Port and his 

 successors. 37 By the thirteenth century they had en- 

 feoffed the Braiboeufs of Candover of this manor,* 8 

 while the actual tenant under the Braiboeufs in 

 1167 was Richard de Stratton. 39 In 1199 Richard 

 son of Robert obtained quitclaim of a virgate of land 

 in Stratton from Lavinia Perchehaie, 40 and four years 

 later a Richard de Stratton was pardoned six marks for 

 scutage which he owed for a fee held of the barony 

 of the abbot of Hyde." In 1226-7 Stephen de 

 Stratton witnessed a charter to the abbot of Hyde, 41 

 and later in the same century Walter de Stratton 

 held of the abbot half a knight's fee in Stratton. 43 

 William de Stratton was holding a whole fee, prob- 

 ably the manor of West Stratton, in 1284." He 

 had a son Richard, 45 who had succeeded his father as 

 lord of the manor before 1315." He was knighted 

 before 1325, and in that year conveyed the manor of 

 West Stratton with a messuage and land there to 

 Stephen de Stratton, parson of Worthy, for life, with 

 remainder to William Wayte for life, and final re- 

 mainder to the latter's son, Thomas Wayte. 47 William 

 Wayte was in possession by l 346, 49 and his grandson 

 John Wayte presented to West Stratton chapel in 

 1398," and was succeeded by his son Thomas before 

 I4O3. 50 In 1428 he was said to hold one fee there." 

 Thomas Wayte was still lord of the manor in 1431." 

 His grandson William was living in 1487," and in 

 February, 1527-8, John Wayte, brother and heir of 

 John Wayte (sic), sold all his Hampshire estates, includ- 

 ing West Stratton, to his kinsman Arthur Plantagenet 

 Viscount Lisle, for 2,000, on condition that he 

 should have food and lodging within the viscount's 

 house whenever he willed; 54 and again in 1530 

 John Wayte conveyed the same lands to Viscount 

 Lisle, Sir Richard Lister, chief baron of the Exchequer, 

 and many others, and the heirs of Sir Richard 

 Lister ; M hence it appears that Viscount Lisle's rights 

 in West Stratton were transferred to Sir Richard 

 Lister, 56 to whom a certain Robert Fawkenor and his 

 wife Joan quitclaimed their rights in the manor eight 

 years later." Sir Richard evidently parted with West 

 Stratton before his death, which occurred in March, 

 I 5 53-4," to his father-in-law, Thomas Wriothesley, 

 earl of Southampton, who died seised of it in I55O. 69 

 Both West and East Stratton were among those of 

 the earl's lands which were seized by the crown for 



payment of a debt; they were regranted to his widow 

 in 1554, in consideration of .400 to be paid to the 

 queen yearly until the debt should be satisfied. 60 The 

 subsequent history of the manor is identical with that 

 of Micheldever. 



Among the holdings under Hyde Abbey was one 

 known later as the manor of MOTTISFONT or 

 Micheldever. It apparently consisted of half a hide. 61 

 William of Micheldever seems to have been the 

 tenant in the thirteenth century, for a charter dated 

 February, 1248-9, recording an exchange of land 

 between him and the abbot makes mention of his 

 demesne lands, while two of the crofts which he 

 acquired of the abbey were adjacent to his ' court ' 

 in Micheldever. 68 His son Geoffrey joined with him 

 in witnessing several grants to the abbey. 63 Geoffrey's 

 son Philip was evidently a minor at the time of his 

 father's death, for in 1280 John de Fraxino, called 

 le Hyne, released all claim to the custody of Philip and 

 his father's lands. 61 In 1 304 a Robert de Michel- 

 dever was acquiring lands in the neighbouring parish 

 of Laverstoke. 65 Simon de Micheldever witnessed a 

 grant of land in Micheldever in I328, 66 and in 1331 

 he and his wife Agnes were enfeofted of a messuage, 

 10 virgates of land, 10 acres of meadow, 10 acres of 

 wood, and 13 os. iod. rent in Micheldever, South- 

 brook, Weston, and East and West Stratton, with re- 

 mainder to their son Philip. 67 The latter's son 

 Richard had a sister and heir Thomasine, whose 

 grandson John, son of John Mottisfont, came to 

 Hyde on Wednesday before Easter, 1440, and in the 

 large room of the abbot did homage for half a hide, 

 which he held of the abbot in Micheldever, at the 

 same time paying I4/. f,d. relief for his lands. 68 It 

 must have been from this family of Mottisfont that 

 the tenement gained its later name of Mottisfont. It 

 was evidently identical with the ' manor of Michel- 

 dever ' of the reversion of which William Stanesby 

 died seised on 21 October, 1574. It was then held 

 in dower by his mother Elizabeth, widow of Robert 

 Stanesby. 69 William Stanesby had a brother and heir 

 John aged twenty-two at the time of William's death ; 

 he was possibly the same John Stanesby who was in 

 possession of a manor in Micheldever in 1622.' His 

 son Robert joined with him in 1625 in a settlement 

 of the manor of Micheldever otherwise Mottisfont, 

 together with 1 6 messuages and 912 acres of land 

 in Micheldever, Southbrook, Northbrook, Weston, 

 and East and West Stratton." Robert had succeeded 

 to the estate before 1647, when he conveyed it by 

 fine to William Colnett the elder. 7 * This, however, 

 was not a direct sale, for in 1684 certain lands in 



" Kemble, Codex Dipl. 336. 

 7 V.C.H. Hants, i, 469*. 



88 Testa de Nevill, 232. 



89 Pipe R. (Pipe R. Soc.), xiii, 190. 



40 Feet of F. Hants, I John, 7. 



41 Rat. de Liberate (Rec. Com.), 5 John, 



Harl. MS. 1761, No. 39. 



48 Tata de Ne-vill, 23 2 A. 



44 Cal. Close, 1279-88, p. 278. A 

 William de Stratton, knt. had witnessed a 

 charter to the abbot of Hyde in 1258 

 (Harl. MS. 1761, No. 19), and again in 

 1278 (Cott. MS. Domit. A. xiv, 43). 



46 Harl. MS. 1761, No. 103. 



48 Ibid. 138. He held one and a 

 quarter fees of the abbey. See also Feud. 

 Aids, ii, 306. 



Feet of F. Hants, 18 Edw. II, 10. 



48 Feud, Aids, ii, 329. 



49 Wykcbam's Reg. (Hants Rec. Soc.), i, 

 217. 



60 Ibid. 237. 



41 Feud. Aids, ii, 348. 



"Ibid. 364. 



68 Cal. Inj. p.m. Hen. VII, 187. 



44 Close, 20 Hen. VIII, No. 35. 



"Feet of F. Hants, Trin. 22 Hen. 

 VIII. 



66 Sir Richard Lister paid 351. rent of 

 assize for a capital messuage with its ap- 

 purtenances called ' Waytslands ' in West 

 Stratton, in 1539. Mins. Accts. Hants, 

 30-1 Hen. VIII, R. 135, m. $6d. 



*7Feet of F. Hants, Trin. 30 Hen. 

 VIII. 



58 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), vol. 104, 

 No. 67 (i). 



392 



58 Ibid. vol. 92, No. 78. 



60 Pat. 2 & 3 Phil, and Mary, 

 pt. 4. 



Harl. MS. 1761, fol. 9 A. 



M Ibid. No. 26. The two crofts had 

 been held respectively by Robert Fullo 

 and Edmund le Conde. 



Ibid. Nos. 27, 28, 48. 



4 Ibid. fol. 100. 



65 Inq. a.q.d. file 45, No. 9. 



" Harl. MS. 1761, No. 141. 



Feet of F. Hants, Hil. 5 Edw. Ill, 

 64. 



8 Harl. MS. 1761, fol. 9 A. 



69 Chan. Inq. p.m. 17 Eliz. (Ser. 2), 

 116. 



< Chan. Proc. Jas. I, S. x, 28. 



n Feet of F. Hants, Trin. I Chas. I. 



7 a Ibid. Hil. 22 Chas. I. 



