A HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



George Paulet," who obtained various confirmations 

 of the grant from the members of the Hampden 

 family. 15 



In 1585 Hampden Paulet 16 sold this manor to 

 Roger Corham, and in 1624 it was held by William 

 Corham and his wife Jane.* 7 They sold it in the 



HAMPDEN. Argent 

 a saltire gules between 



four eaglet azure. 



PAULT. Sable three 

 swords set pilfuihe 'with 

 their hilts or. 



same year to Alban Pigott and Ralph Pigott of Col- 

 wich,* 8 in the parish of Waddesdon. Alban Pigott 

 apparently left three daughters,* 9 but which of them 

 inherited Corham's manor does not appear. Daniel 

 Cox, jun., held the manor in 1703,* but some years 

 later he sold it to Richard Badcock. 31 The last men- 

 tion of the Badcocks is in 1823, when John Lovell 

 Badcock, with Anne and Susannah, probably his 

 sisters, made a settlement of the manor." The family 

 of Spiers also seems to have had some interest at this 

 time in Corham's manor. William Spiers, lessee of 

 the manor, 33 subscribed to the building fund of the 

 chapel at Bledlow Ridge. In 1823 Thomas Spiers 

 was a party to the settlement made by the Badcocks.* 4 

 It seems probable, however, that he was only a lessee 

 under the Badcocks, though he may have owned other 

 land in the parish. About 1826 the manor was sold, 

 possibly by the Badcocks, to Captain Wood, who 

 seems to have held it for more than thirty years.* 5 

 The present owner of the manor is Mr. Robert 

 White, of Chinnor, Oxon, but the land is for the 

 most part enfranchised. 36 



Hugh de Gurnay appears to have kept certain 

 tenements in Bledlow after the exchange made with 

 the Abbot of Bee, since Juliana, the heiress of the 

 Gurnays, was summoned, when still a minor, to give 

 warranty for certain lands in the parish. 37 She married 

 William Bardolf, and in 1285-6 she and her husband 

 attempted to recover the manor from the Abbot of 

 Bee, 38 She claimed all the manor with its appurten- 

 ances except 5 messuages, I mill, and 2 carucates of 

 land, which presumably she already held. Finally the 

 abbot obtained a quit-claim from Juliana and William 

 Bardolf for 200 marks sterling. Her descendants held 



rents in Bledlow without interruption till the begin- 

 ning of the 1 5th century, when Sir Thomas Bardolf 

 held the tenements above alluded to. 39 The lands 

 retained by Hugh de Gurnay were the fees of Odo 

 of Bramoster and of John de Turri, who presumably 

 were military tenants.' In 1 1 80, before the grant 

 to Bee, John de Turri paid 10 marks for confirma- 

 tion of his land in Bledlow. 41 In 1228 Richard de 

 Turri, together with the Prior of Ogbourne, brought 

 an action with regard to common rights over their 

 lands in Bledlow. 4 * 



The whole manor of Bledlow, which was granted 

 to the Count of Mortain by the Conqueror, does not 

 seem to have been included in the grant to Hugh de 

 Gurnay. 43 The family of de Rual or Druel held 

 certain land, afterwards known as MESLES or 

 DRUELS, in Bledlow, of the honour of Mortain in 

 the 1 3th century. Simon de Rual paid scutage for 

 land in Bledlow in 1236." This tenement seems to 

 have been the hamlet of Mosleye or Mesle, which 

 John Druel held in 12846" and in I3O2-3- 46 His 

 son John Druel made a settlement in 1333 of the 

 messuage and rents in Bledlow,' 7 by which there were 

 remainders to Giles son of John Druel, and his wife 

 Amabel daughter of Thomas de Reynes and their 

 issue, and in default to William brother of Giles and his 

 wife, another daughter of Thomas de Reynes. It is 

 not clear whether Giles and William were the sons or 

 brothers of John son of John Druel. In 1346 this 

 John and Roger Puttenham held the fee formerly 

 held by John Druel, 48 but after this date the name of 

 Druel disappears. Like the manor of Horsenden, 49 

 this land has a complicated history during the Wan of 

 the Roses. The manor of Mesles or Druels, as it was 

 called in the 1 5th century, appears to have come into 

 the possession of Edmund Hampden and John 

 Brekenoke. 60 They demised it in 1458-9 to Sir 

 John Fray and William Brown, 41 who in turn granted 

 it to John Leynham or Plomer and his wife Mar- 

 garet. 5 ' Various releases and sales were afterwards 

 made, 53 and in 1528 the manor had passed into the 

 possession of Sir Edward Don. 54 He left an only 

 daughter and heiress who married Sir Thomas Jones, 54 

 and his lands descended to his two granddaughters 

 Frances and Anne. In the division of their shares of 

 their property the manor of Druels came to Frances, 

 the wife of Ralph Lee. 56 Together with their son 

 and heir Edward Donne Lee they settled the manor 

 on Thomas Lee, 57 who died seised in I572. 56 It 

 then reverted to Edward Donne Lee, who sold it 

 to William Quarendon. 59 In 1583 Quarendon and 

 his wife Margaret held the manor. 60 Afterwards 

 it was divided, presumably between two heiresses, 

 since John Franldyn in 1640 died seised of half the 



84 Feet of F. Bucks. Mich. 4 Edw. V ; 

 L. and P. Hen. Vlll, xiii (i), 1000. 



** Feet of F. Bucks. Mich. 4 Edw. V ; 

 Mich. 3 Edw. VI ; Mich. I & 2 Phil, 

 and Mary. 



36 Recov. R. Mich. 27 Eliz. ; Feet of 

 F. Bucks. Mich. 27 Eliz. 



"? Ibid. Trin. 21 Jas. I. 



98 Ibid. ; Close, 17 Jas. I, pt. II ; pt. 7, 

 no. 30. 



89 Lipscomb, Hist, of Bucks, i, 486. 



80 Feet of F. Bucks. Trin. i Anne. 



" Ibid. Mich, and Hil. 7 Geo. I. 



82 Ibid. Mich. 4 Geo. IV. 



88 Lipscomb, hist, of Bucks, ii. 



84 Feet of F. Bucks. Mich. 4 Geo. IV. 



85 From information obtained at Bled- 

 low by Mr. C. O. Shilbeck. 86 Ibid. 



8 ? Assize R. 55, m. 12. 



88 Ibid. 63, m. 19 d. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. 23 Edw. I, no. 9 j 

 32 Edw. I, nos. 64-9 ; 3 Edw. Ill (ist 

 nos.), no. 66 ; 13 Ric. II, no. 6 ; 4 Hen. 

 IV, no. 39. 



40 Assize R. 63, m. 19 d. 



41 Pipe R. Bucks, and Beds. 26 Hen. II, 

 m. 9 d. 



4a Maitland, Bracton's Note Bk. case 

 274. 



48 V.C.H. Bucks, i, 243*. 



44 Testa de Nevill (Rec. Com.), 258*; 

 Assize R. 56, m. 23. 



248 



44 Feud. Aid;, i, 85. 



46 Ibid, i, 97. 



4 ? Feet of F. Bucks. Mich. 6 Edw. III. 



48 Feud. Aids, i, 123. 



49 Cf. Horsenden. 



60 Cal. Pat. 1467-77, p. 471. 

 "Ibid- "Ibid. 



63 Close, 14 Edw. IV, m. 7 ; Feet of F. 

 Bucks. Mich. 14 Edw. IV. 



54 Recov. R. Mich. 20 Hen. VIII. 

 Cf. Horsenden. 

 M Feet of F. Bucks. East. 2 Eliz. 

 s ? Ibid. East. 1 3 Eliz. 



58 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), clx, no. 15. 



59 Feet of F. Bucks. East. 22 Eliz. 



60 Ibid. East. 25 Eliz. 



