BUDDLESGATE HUNDRED 



MILLBROOK 



one manor in Nursling parish. From this time Mill- 

 brook and both the manors of Nursling followed the 

 same descent. The descent has been traced under 

 Nursling as being the more important manor (q.v.). 



In the reign of Edward the Confessor Cheping 

 held SHIRLEr (Sirelei, xi cent. ; Schyrlegh and 

 Shirlee, xiii cent.) of the king, and it was assessed at 

 i hide. Ralph de Mortimer held in Cheping's 

 stead at the time of the Domesday Survey, 17 and his 

 descendants held knights' fees in Shirley as late at 

 least as 1362. By the fifteenth century, however, 

 the manor had come to be looked upon as held of 

 the prior and convent of St. Denis," which held much 

 property in the neighbourhood. In the fourteenth 

 century the manor was held by the family of Shirley. 

 Nicholas de Shirley in 1240 granted the advowson 

 of the church of Shirley, which up to this time had 

 no doubt gone with the manor, to the prior of St. 

 Denis, 80 and Isabel de Shirley, widow of Roger de 

 Shirley, and Nicholas, Roger, John, and Simon, sons 

 of Roger de Shirley, were also benefactors to the 

 priory." 



In 1272 Nicholas son of Roger, who was no doubt 

 son of Roger de Shirley, granted two parts of a 

 messuage, a mill, and other appurtenances in Shirley 

 to Nicholas de Barbflete or Barnflete and Alice his 

 wife." Nicholas was a member of a family coming 

 originally from Barfleur which had long been settled 

 at Southampton." In 1286 he was appointed by the 

 king to collect the murage at Southampton and to 

 apply the same towards rebuilding Southampton 

 Castle." Four years later licence was given him to 

 grant a spring in his manor of Shirley to the Friars 

 Minor of Southampton," while in 1327 the friars 

 received licence to make a conduit underground from 

 this spring in Shirley, called Colewell, as far as 

 Houndewellecrouche, and thence by King Street 

 to their dwelling house, to lay the pipes of the conduit 

 in such part of the street as they should find most 

 suitable, and to repair the same as often as required.* 6 

 Nicholas de Barbflete died seised of the manor of 

 Shirley in 1294 leaving a son and heir Nicholas. 17 

 The latter died before 1 3 1 1 * 8 and was succeeded by 

 Richard de Barbflete,* 9 probably his son, who was 

 mayor of Southampton in i^lj. 30 In 1327 Maud 

 widow of Richard released all right in Shirley and 

 Hill to Roger Normand and Joan his wife, 31 to 

 whom free warren within the manor was granted ten 

 years later." Roger was a wealthy merchant" and 

 one of the most prominent burgesses of Southampton at 



this time, being M. P. for the town in 1328, 1332, and 

 1338-9 and mayor in 1330." He stood high in favour 

 with Edward III, who in 1337 appointed him to man a 

 ship called La Coggemhippe to take engines and other 

 weapons to Scotland, si andin 1338 exempted him from 

 further service in consideration of his having for no 

 small time found at his own charges divers ships of 

 war and armed men both on land and sea in defence 

 of the realm against foreign attack. 30 He also assisted 

 so largely in the building of the church of Holy Rood 

 or St. Cross, Southampton, that in 1333 by decision 

 of John bishop of Winchester permission was granted 

 to him to be interred within it." Roger died seised of 

 the manor in 1 349 leaving his grandson Giles, a minor, 

 his heir. 88 The custody of the manor was committed 

 to John Inkpen during the minority of Giles, 39 but 

 the latter died in 1362 leaving as his heir his cousin 

 Margaret, wife of John Chamberlayne. 40 It is difficult 

 to trace the descendants of Margaret and John, but 

 they seem to have had a daughter and heiress Alice 

 who became the wife of Richard Beket. Hence in 

 1391 the charter of Edward III granting free warren 

 in his demesne lands in Shirley to Roger Normand 

 was confirmed to Richard Beket and Alice his wife, 

 kinswoman and heir of Roger Normand." By 1433 

 the manor had descended to a certain Joan wife of 

 Robert Peny, who in that year in conjunction with 

 her husband quitclaimed it to Robert Whitehead." 

 From Robert it seems to have 

 passed to John Whitehead, 

 who settled it in fee-tail upon 

 his son Maurice and Joan his 

 wife. Maurice died seised in 

 1496-7 leaving a son and heir 

 John, aged nine ; " but it is 

 doubtful whether the latter 

 succeeded to his inheritance, 

 for George Whitehead died 

 seised in 1520 leaving a son 

 and heir, a minor, John, 44 

 whose guardianship was com- 

 mitted to Sir William Sandys. 44 



Evidently John died without issue either during his 

 minority or soon after he had entered into possession 

 since his brother Augustine died seised of the manor 

 in 1557-8 assigning it as part dower of his wife 

 Julian. 46 His son Richard died seised of the reversion 

 in May 1593, and on the death of Julian four 

 months later the manor passed to Henry, son and heir 

 of Richard. 4 ' 



WHITEHEAD. A%urea 

 Jesse between three fleurs- 

 de-lis or. 



'" Y.C.H. Hants, i, 489*. 



18 Inq. p.m. 23 Edw. Ill, pt. I, No. 87 

 and 36 Edw. Ill, pt. 2 (ist Nos.), No. 8. 



13 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), xi, No. 

 104 and x-xv, Nos. 38, 1 06. 



20 Feet of F. Hants, Mil. 25 Hen. III. 



21 Add. MS. 15314, fol. 47. 



22 Feet of F. Div. Cos. Hil. 56 Hen. 

 III. 



23 Pat. 9 Hen. Ill, m. 7 ; 14 Hen. Ill, 

 m. 9 ; 15 Hen. Ill, m. 4 ; Chart. R. II 

 Hen. Ill, pt. I, m. 13. 



* Pat. 14 Edw. I, m. 18. 



25 Ibid. 1 8 Edw. I, m. 24. 



26 Ibid. I Edw. Ill, pt. i, m. 33. 



27 Inq. p.m. 23 Edw. I, No. 26. 



28 In that year Parnel is described as 

 "late the wife of Nicholas de Barbflete' 

 (Close, 5 Edw. II, m. 27 </.). 



29 Feud. Aids, ii, 318. 



80 Davies, Hist, of Southampton, 171. 

 " Close, 21 Edw. Ill, pt. i, m. i8i 



In 1333 the manor wa settled on Roger 

 and Joan with remainder to their son 

 Roger in fee-tail. (Feet of F. Hants, 

 Trin. 7 Edw. III.) Six years later Maud 

 released to Roger and Joan a rent of %J., 

 2 Ib. of cummin, and J Ib. of pepper 

 coming from a tenement which Richard 

 de Sutton and Joan his wife formerly held 

 of her in Hill and Shirley (Feet of F. 

 Hants, East 13 Edw. III). 



8a Chart R. n Edw. Ill, m. 35. 



88 Pat 7 Edw. III,pt. i,m. 14 ; Close, 

 13 Edw. Ill, pt. 2, m. 24</. ; 1 6 Edw. 

 Ill, pt I, m. 43 J. 



"Davies, Hist, of Southampton, 171, 

 200. 



35 Pat. 1 1 Edw. Ill, pt. 3, m. 1 1. 



86 Pat. 12 Edw. Ill, pt I, m. 7. 



8 ? Davies, Hist, of Southampton, 353. 



88 Inq. p.m. 23 Edw. Ill, pt. I, No. 87. 



89 Rot. Orig. (Rec. Com.), ii, 202. 



40 Inq. p.m. 36 Edw. Ill, pt 2 (ist 



429 



Nos.), No. 8. She was the daughter of 

 Agnes elder sister of his father, Roger 

 Normand. The manor, however, does not 

 seem to have passed directly to Margaret, 

 for in 1379 Richard Monk and John Still 

 dealt by fine with the reversion of the 

 manor which John Sonde and Joan his 

 wife were holding for the term of Joan's 

 life (Feet of F. Hants, Mich. 3 Ric. II). 

 It is possible that this Joan was the widow 

 either of Roger or Giles Normand and 

 that she married as her second husband 

 John Sonde. 



41 Pat. 15 Ric. II, pt I, m. 5. 



42 Feet of F. Hants, Mich. 12 Hen. VI. 

 48 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), xi, No. 104. 



44 Ibid, xxxv, Nos. 38, 106. 



45 Pat. 13 Hen. VIII, pt I, m. 17. 



46 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cxiv, No. 

 26. 



*" Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccxxxv, No. 

 97- 



