A HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



the manor and rectory of Princes Risborough, valued 

 at 40 a year. Henry VIII granted this manor, 

 known as the ABBOT'S M4NOR, to the dean and 

 chapter of Oxford, 60 but they forfeited it not long 

 afterwards. Edward VI on his accession to the 

 throne gave it to Robert King, Bishop of Oxford," 

 but Elizabeth recovered the manor from the bishop in 

 1589."* In the same year she had already granted it 

 to Thomas Crompton, Robert Wrighte, and Gilley 

 Merick. Crompton sold it to John Jackman, 84 who 

 held it at his death in 1622,^ when it passed to his 

 son. The latter sold it in 1 6 24 to Joan Chibnall 

 and Vincent Barry, 86 who was the steward of the 

 King's Manor. 87 During the Civil War this manor 

 presumably came into the hands of Ralph Adeane, 

 who certainly had the rectory. 88 In a suit as to 

 the customs of the manor in l6y5, 89 the King's 

 Manor and the Abbot's Manor are both mentioned ; 

 the former is said to belong to the ancient demense 

 of the Crown, and not the latter, but both seem to 

 be held by Thomas Adeane, and from this time con- 

 tinued to be held together. 



In Elizabeth's grant to Thomas Crompton, 90 a 

 mansion-house called ' Broke House ' is specially men- 

 tioned, and appears in the majority of the deeds relat- 

 ing to the manor. The latter indeed is sometimes 

 called Brooke, the description in 1813" being the 

 ' manor of Risborough or Princes Risborough or 

 Brooke or Abbot's Risborough commonly called the 

 Abbots' hold.' By Walter GifFard's grant the wood 

 was held by the abbey in frankalmoign, 9 ' and the 

 Bishop of Oxford held the manor in the reign of 

 Edward VI on the same tenure, but also paid rent 

 for h. a 



CULPERTON is first mentioned in 1247." 

 Stephen son of Hugh of Culverton then held I hide 

 of land of Philip son of Oliver. He had formerly 

 paid the yearly rent of I mark, but it was changed by 

 agreement to the payment of a clove gilly-flower 

 yearly. In 1317 Hugh of Culverton made an ex- 

 change of land in Princes Risborough with John de 

 Foxle and his wife Constance. Hugh by this settle- 

 ment was to hold his land and tenements for life, with 

 remainder to John and Constance and the heirs of 

 John. 95 The other piece of land which changed 

 hands was to be held by John and Constance and the 

 heirs of John. 96 These arrangements suggest that 

 Constance was possibly the heiress of Hugh de Culver- 

 ton. John de Foxle died, in 1324-5, seised jointly 

 with his wife of land at Culverton. 97 Constance 

 then held them alone and presumably was succeeded 

 by Thomas de Foxle. 98 



In the next century Richard de la Hay held the 

 manor of Culverton, which in 1443 was settled intact 



on Matthew de la Hay and his wife Anne. 99 It wa 

 sold in 1516-17 by Thomas a Botre and his wife 

 Joan to Robert Bonner. 100 It had apparently been 

 the inheritance of Joan. 101 In 1633-4 tne manor of 

 Culverton alias Frogmore House passed from Charles 

 Alden and his wife Alice to Ralph Baldwin ; 108 five 

 years later the latter conveyed it to Francis Steevens. 103 

 John de Foxle held his land in Culverton of the king 

 in chief, of the manor of Princes Risborough. 104 He 

 did suit of court at Risborough every three weeks, and 

 paid a yearly rent of 3 3/. gJ. wi 



In 1316-17 the king granted him and his heirs the 

 right of free warren in all his demesne lands in Princes 

 Risborough and Saunderton. 106 



The manor of Princes Risborough 

 THE PARK in 1086 was assessed at 30 hides, and 

 of these 20 were then contained 

 in the demesne of the king. 107 This suggests that 

 even in the I ith century the nucleus of a park 

 already existed, and a few years later the wood of 

 Earl Walter GifFard is mentioned in the foundation 

 charter of Notley Abbey. 108 The park is mentioned 

 in the inquisition taken at the death of Richard Earl 

 of Cornwall, 109 and the Abbot of Notley had various, 

 rights in it, 110 to maintain which he was continually 

 making complaints to the king. 111 Edward II and 

 probably his predecessors used the park of Risborough 

 as a stud-farm. The buildings in the manor were 

 repaired in 1 3 1 8, 1 ' 2 so that the horses of the king's 

 stud could be properly kept there, and a special in- 

 closure was made in which the horses might be 

 exercised. Orders were given that the keeper of the 

 stud should have whatever was required for the 

 horses. 1 " The colts are particularly specified in some 

 of the orders, and in the appointment of William de 

 Framesworth as keeper of the stud it is specially men- 

 tioned that he was to have the custody of the colts as 

 well as of the horses already broken in. 114 The deer 

 in the park are also mentioned in 1337,"* when 

 orders were given that thirty-two should be taken 

 from the parks of Risborough and Cippenham, and 

 sent to Westminster for the funeral expenses of John 

 Earl of Cornwall, the king's brother. The park was 

 however, always granted with the manor until 

 Henry VIII granted an inclosure, called Risborough 

 Park, to Sir Edward Don. 1 ' 6 The Dons had already 

 held the parkership of Risborough ; Edward IV had 

 granted it to Sir John Don, who retained his office 

 after the accession of Henry VII. 117 In 1520 the 

 office of parker was granted to Sir Edward himself, and 

 to Sir John Daunce in survivorship. 118 Sir Edward's 

 daughter and heiress Anne married George Cotton 

 of Whittington, 119 Gloucestershire, and she held 

 the park for her life. 120 The reversion, to fall in 



7 Dugdale, Mon. vi, 278. 



8 Pat. 34 Hen. VIII. pt. 6, m. 12. 



81 Ibid. 1 Edw. VI, pt. 5, m. 31-6. 



82 Feet of F. Div. Cos. Hil. 32 Eliz. 

 88 Pat. 32 Eliz. pt. 9, m. 9. 



84 Feet of F. Bucks. East 36 Eliz. 



85 Chan. Inq. (Ser. 2), ccclxxxvi, no. 



95- 



86 Feet of F. Bucks. Hil. 22 Jas. I. 



87 Exch. Dep. by Com. Mich. 29 Chas. 

 II, no. 1 8. 



88 Feet of F. Bucks. Mich. 1658. 



88 Exch. Dep. by Com. Mich. 26 Chas. 

 II, no. 46. 



80 Pat. 32 Eliz. pt. 9, m. 9. 



91 Feet of F. Bucks. Trin. 53 Geo. III. 



n Dugdale, Mon. vi, 278. 



"Pat. I Edw. VI.pt. 5, m. 31-6. 



Feet of F. Bucks. Mich. 32 Hen. III. 



84 Ibid. Trin. 10 Edw. II, no. 20. 



86 Ibid. no. 24. 



87 Chan. Inq. p.m. 18 Edw. II, no. 32. 

 98 Cal. Close, 1323-7, p. 388. 



88 Feet of F. Bucks. East. 21 Hen. VI. 



100 Close, 8 Hen. VIII, m. 43. 



101 Feet of F. Bucks. Mich. 9 Hen. 

 VIII. 



l Ibid. Hil. 9 Chas. I. 



108 Feet of F. Bucks. East. 14 Chas. I. 



104 Chan. Inq. p.m. 18 Edw. II, no. 



3 2 - 



Cat. Close, 1323-7, p. 388. 

 106 Chart. R. 10 Edw. II, m. 12, no. 

 26. 



264 



W V.C.H. Bucks. \, 2323. 



108 Cal. Rot. Chart. (Rcc. Com.), i, 46. 



109 Cat. of Inq. p.m. Hen. Ill, no. 808. 



110 Chan. Inq. p.m. 32 Edw. I, no. 

 241. 



111 Cal. Close, 1323-7, p. 232 ; ibid. 



lla Cal. Close, 1318-23, p. 147. 



113 Ibid. p. 60 ; ibid. 1330-7, p. 448. 



u < Cal. Pat. 1343-5, p. 368. 



115 Cal. Close, 1333-7, p. 640. 



U6 L. and P. Hen. VIII, xv, 733 (12). 



117 Rolls ofParl. (Rec. Com.), vi, 341*. 



8 L. and P. Hen. VIII, iii, 967 (8). 



119 See Horsenden. 



120 Com. Pleas Deeds Enr. East. 4 Eliz. 

 m. II. 



