A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE 



his lands in Sutton, now termed ' half the manor of 

 Sutton,' were then held by his mother Mabel as be- 

 longing to Crowhurst, to revert to the lord of Crow- 

 hurst after her death." 



The family of Sutton were at this time holding 

 lands in the parish of the manor of Cranborne, 18 and 

 it seems evident that on the death of Mabel de 

 Scotney they gained possession of the whole moiety 

 that had belonged to the Scotneys. Hence in 1316 

 Edmund (sometimes called Peter 19 ) de Sutton was 

 holding the vill of Sutton jointly with Robert 

 Harwedon (who was at that date holding the other 

 manor),* and in 1324 Edmund and Alice his wife 

 settled the reversion on Ralph de Monthermer and 

 Isabel his wife," who was daughter of Hugh le 

 Despenser and widow of John Hastings of Aberga- 

 venny.** On the death of Alice de Sutton in 1330" 

 the escheator took the manor as ' a moiety of the 

 manor of Sutton ' into the hands of the king, but in 

 1331 he was ordered to intermeddle with it no 

 further," and it consequently passed to Isabel de 

 Hastings, who had survived her husband. By an 

 inquisition ad quod damnum taken in 1332 it was 

 adjudged a damage to the king if Isabel should be 

 allowed to grant this moiety of the manor to her son 

 Thomas de Hastings, since if he reconveyed it to 

 Isabel the king would lose possible wardship and 

 marriage of the heir of Thomas if under age." 

 However, later in the same year the required licence 

 was given ; Thomas de Hastings was to be enfeofted 

 as tenant in chief to regrant the same to his mother 

 for life.* 6 Isabel died seised in 1335, and Sutton passed 

 to Hugh de Hastings, brother of Thomas, who had 

 predeceased his mother.' 7 Eight years later, in 1343, 

 Hugh de Hastings was given licence to grant his 

 manor to Nicholas Devenish of Winchester, reserving 

 to himself 2 acres of plough-land called Hentechele.* 8 

 In 1 346 Nicholas was holding the half-fee in Sutton 

 which had belonged to Edmund de Sutton,* 9 and two 

 years later Margery widow of Hugh de Hastings 

 claimed from him the third part of the manor of 

 Sutton Scotney as dower from her late husband, with 

 what result does not appear. 30 Nicholas died seised 

 of the manor in 1350 leaving a son and heir Thomas, 31 

 to whom the escheator was ordered to deliver up the 

 manor in 135 1. 3 * On the death of Thomas in 1373 

 the ' moiety of the manor ' came into the king's hands 

 by reason of the minority of his son and heir John." 

 John evidently died within the next few years and 

 Thomas his younger brother became his father's heir. 



The latter also died while a minor in 1382, leaving 

 a sister and heir Nichola. 34 It seems probable that 

 Nichola was first married to Sir John Englefield of 

 Warwickshire and afterwards to John Golafre of 

 Blakesley (Northants). Certainly Sir John Englefield, 

 who lived about the reigns of Richard II and Henry 

 IV, married a certain Nichola, 35 and John Golafre 

 married as his second wife a ' Lady Inglefield,' M while 

 in 1404 John Golafre and Nichola his wife settled 

 the manor of Sutton Scotney on themselves for their 

 lifetime with reversion to William Englefield, who 

 was the son of John Englefield and would seem to be 

 Nichola's son. On the death of William Englefield 

 the reversion was to go to the right heirs of John and 

 Nichola. 37 John and Nichola do not seem to have 

 had any children, therefore the manor probably went to 

 distant kinsmen of Nichola John Skilling of Lainston 

 and Elizabeth wife of Richard Norton. 38 John Golafre 

 was still holding the manor in I428, 39 but by 

 1464 it had descended to Elizabeth wife of John 

 Wynard, 40 most probably identical with Elizabeth 

 the kinswoman and heir of John Skilling, who as 

 widow of Thomas Wayte conveyed the manor to 

 trustees in 1482." They sold it the same year to 

 the prior and convent of the 

 Blessed Mary of Southwick, in 

 whose possession it remained 

 until the Dissolution." 



The manor remained in the 

 hands of the king until 1540, 

 in which year he granted it as 

 part of her jointure to Anne of 

 Cleves on his marriage with 

 her. 43 A year later he granted 

 it for life to Catherine Howard, 

 in whose hands it remained 

 until her execution. 44 The 

 king next granted it to his 

 servant John Leigh, 45 who sold it in I 544 to John Fisher 

 of Overton 46 (co. Hants). From the latter it passed by 

 purchase in I 545 to John Twyne of Norton, being 

 settled on him and his heirs by his first wife Christine. 47 

 John by will dated 23 April, 1554, left the manor of 

 Sutton Scotney to his son Richard, who was under age 

 at the time of his father's death a month later. 48 The 

 manor was accordingly in the wardship of the crown 

 for some time, but Richard had succeeded to his inheri- 

 tance by 1 5 66, in which year he engaged in a dispute 

 with Thomas Kewen and Joan his wife concerning 

 their right to a messuage and lands called Hawkins, 



SOUTHWICK PRIORY. 

 Argent a chief sable with 

 fwo roses argent therein. 



*' Inq. p.m. 44 Hen. Ill, No. 6. 



18 q.v. infra, 



19 Feet of F. Hants, East. 5 Edw. III. 

 90 Feud. Aids, ii, 311. 



n Cal. of Pat. 1321-4, p. 413 ; Inq. 

 a.q.d. 17 Edw. II, No. 220 i Feet of F. 

 Hants, Trin. 18 Edw. II. 



M G.E.C. Complete Peerage, iv, 179. 



88 Inq. p.m. 5 Edw. Ill, No. 19. 



44 Close, 5 Edw. Ill, pt. i, m. 20. 



85 Inq. p.m. 6 Edw. Ill (2nd Nos.), 

 No. 28. 



96 Pat. 6 Edw. Ill, pt. 2, m. 25. 



7 Inq. p.m. 9 Edw. Ill (ist Nos.), 

 No. 44. 



49 Inq. p.m. 17 Edw. Ill (2nd Nos.), 

 No. 56 ; Feet of F. Hants, Mich. 17 

 Edw. III. These 2 acres remained the 

 property of the Hastings family until 

 1403-4 (Inq. p.m. 21 Edw. Ill, No. 52, 

 and 2 Hen. IV, No. 60), in which year 

 Sir Edward Hastings, brother of Hugh 



Hastings, released all his right in them to 

 Henry IV (Anct. D. P.R.O. A. 3243). 

 Feud. Aids, ii, 326. 



80 De Bane. R. East. 22 Edw. Ill, m. 

 238 d. 



81 Inq. p.m. 24 Edw. Ill (ist Nos.), 

 No. 61. 



88 Close, 25 Edw. Ill, m. 22. 

 ** Inq. p.m. 47 Edw. Ill (ist Nos.), 

 No. 10. 



84 Ibid. 5 Ric. II, No. 19. 



85 Harl. Sac. xii, 123. 



86 Baker, Northants, ii, 22. 



W Pat. 6 Hen. IV, pt. i, m. 28 ; De 

 Bane. R. Mich. 6 Hen. IV, m. 400 d. ; 

 Feet of F. Div. Cos. Mich. 6 Hen. IV. 



88 V.C.H. Hants, ii, 506. 



89 Feud. Aids, ii, 348. 



40 Feet of F. Div. Cos. Hil. 4 Edw. IV. 

 It is probable that John Wynard was the 

 son of William Wynard, third recorder of 

 Exeter in 1404, and founder of the 



almshouses in Magdalen Street, Exeter 

 (Ellacombe, Hist, of the Parish of Clyst St. 

 George, Devon, 67). 



41 Close, 22 Edw. IV, m. 14. 



48 In 1500 a writ was issued to 

 inquire into the prior's right of title, and 

 it was found that the late prior had been 

 pardon edentry without licence by letter* 

 patent of 1484 (Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), 

 xv, No. 13). At the Dissolution the an- 

 nual net value of the manor was 4 61. fsd. 

 (Mins. Accts. Hants, 29 & 30 Hen. VIII, 

 No. 113, m. 25) 



48 L. and P. Hen. VIII, xiv (2), 432. 



44 Ibid, xvi, p. 716. 



45 Ibid, xix (i), 80 (20) ; Pat. 35 Hen. 

 VIII, pt. 10, m. 33. 



L. and P. Hen. fill, xix (i), p. 385 ; 

 Pat 36 Hen. VIII, pt. 25, rn. 16. 



4 ?Pat. 37 Hen. VIII, pt. 8, m. 30. 



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

 107. 



