A HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



right in the manor after his death. 41 His sisters were 

 his heiresses, but Dinton was settled on his wife 

 Isabella." A certain Andrew Sparlyng was seised of 

 the manor to the use of Isabella and sold it to Sir 

 Robert Whitingham ** and other feoffees, Isabella 

 holding it for her life by a grant from the new 

 tenants. Sir Robert was a strong Lancastrian par- 

 tisan, and on the success of the Yorkist cause he for- 

 feited all his lands, which were granted by Edward IV 

 to Sir Thomas Montgomery, first for life and finally 

 in fee-tail." Margery Whitingham, Sir Robert's 

 heiress, had however married John Verney, the son of 

 Sir Ralph Verney, a Yorkist, who had rendered great 

 service to his party. Consequently many attempts 

 were made to recover the Whitingham lands. Sir 

 Ralph first obtained a grant of the reversion of the 

 manor of Dinton, a prudent measure since Mont- 

 gomery was elderly and childless. 46 Long law suits 

 ensued and 46 the Verneys, on the accession of 

 Henry VII, changed the ground of their claim from 

 the Yorkist services of Sir Ralph to the faithfulness of 

 Sir Robert Whitingham to the Lancastrian cause. 

 John Verney finally obtained his wife's lands, 47 and 

 his son, Sir Ralph Verney, jun., held them in peace. 48 

 The Whitingham and Verney monument in Aldbury 



WHITINGHAM. Ar~ 

 gent a fesse vert "with a 

 lion gules otter all. 



VERNEY. Atsure a 

 cross argent with jive 

 pierced motets gules there- 

 on. 



Church, Hertfordshire, is a complete record of this 

 phase of the family history. 49 



Early in the 1 7th century the Verneys sold the 

 manor of Dinton to Simon Mayne. Between 15856 

 and 1 604, Thomas Saunders appears to have had some 

 right in the manor, but presumably only as trustee or 

 mortgagee, 50 since there is no record at Dinton of his 

 ever being lord of the manor. 



Simon Mayne bought the manor in 1604," but he 

 does not seem to have settled there till two years 

 later. 51 He was succeeded by his son, Simon Mayne, 

 the regicide, who died in the Tower in 1 66 1. By a 

 special provision he was excepted from enjoying the 

 benefits of the Act of Indemnity and Oblivion passed 

 by the Restoration Parliament, 53 and his estates were 

 forfeited to the Crown. It seems probable, however, 

 that his son and heir recovered possession of the manor 

 of Dinton. In a dispute as to tithes in 1 794 it was 



MAYNE. Argent a 

 bend sable 'with three 

 right hands argent there- 

 on. 



stated that Charles II granted the Mayne estates to 

 James Duke of York, but there is no other record of 

 the grant. 54 Simon Mayne the younger certainly 

 obtained office after the Re- 

 storation. He was sub-com- 

 missioner of Prizes at Ports- 

 mouth till 1689," and Com- 

 missioner of Victualling until 

 the Accession of Queen Anne. 56 

 He also sat in Parliament in 

 the reigns both of William III 

 and Anne." In a petition 

 for a renewal of his Crown 

 lease of the tithes issuing out 

 of ' the demesne lands of the 

 manor of Dinton,' Mayne was 

 stated to be the owner of 

 the lands in question. 59 This 



certainly suggests that he had recovered possession 

 of the manor. 



It is possible that this occurred after the flight of 

 James II, since Mayne represents himself as having 

 been devoted to the Protestant interest. 69 He died 

 in 1725, and his son, another Simon, inherited the 

 manor, 60 which he, together with the Hon. Edward 

 Harley, of Iwood, Herefordshire, Auditor of the Im- 

 prest, sold to Sir John Vanhattem in 1727." Sir 

 John Vanhattem died in 1787, and left an only 

 daughter and heiress, who married the Rev. William 

 Goodall. Her descendant, Lieut.-Colonel Goodall, 

 is the present owner of the manor of Dinton. 61 



The homage of the manors of FORD and ffEST- 

 LINGTON is said to be included in the manor of 

 Dinton, while a small manor called BLOMERS be- 

 longed at one time to the Hampdens, lying intermixed 

 with Ford. 6 * It is said to have passed from the 

 Hampdens to the Claytons and in 1813 was .the 

 property of the Earl of Chesterfield. 63 " It now be- 

 longs to the lord of the manor of Dinton. 



The manor of Dinton was held by military service 

 as one knight's fee. 64 At one time one mark was paid 

 on St. Nicholas' Day for hidage and suit to the shire 

 court, but this payment was remitted by a charter 

 granted by Henry III either to Warine de Munches- 

 ney or William de Valence before I254- 65 The latter 

 held the view of frankpledge for his tenants at that 

 date, 66 and Dyonisia de Munchesney also held the 

 Assizes of Bread and Ale. 67 In 1253 Warine de 

 Munchesney obtained a grant of free warren for him- 

 self and his heirs in the demesne lands of Dinton. 68 



ASTON MULLINS, otherwise known as ASTON 

 BERNARD, was probably included in the Domesday 

 Survey either in Ilmer or in Aston Sandford. Both 

 these townships were in the hands of the Bishop of 

 Bayeux, and the same under-tenant Robert held both 

 in demesne. 68 It lay in the hundred of Ashendon. 

 Afterwards Aston Mullins was held with Ilmer, and 

 like Ilmer did not pass to the Munchesney family. 



41 Chan. Inq. p.m. II Hen. VI, no. 35. 



43 Early Chan. Proc. bdlc. 9, no. 207. 



48 Ibid. ; Cat. Pat. 1436-41, pp. 31, 51. 



44 Col. Pat. 1461-7, pp. ill, 367. 

 44 Ibid. 1467-77, p. 309. 



* ferncy Memoirs, i, 41, 42. 

 4 ? Feet of F. Div. Cos. Mich. 12 

 Edw. IV ; ibid. Hil. 2 Ric. III. 



49 Chan. Inq. p.m. 44, no. 91. 

 4 y.C.H. Herts, ii, 146. 



60 Feet of F. Bucks. Hil. 28 Eliz. 

 *' Ibid. Trin. I Jas. I. 



6 * From information supplied by Lieut.- 

 Colonel Goodall of Dinton Hall. 



63 Treas. Bks. Early Entry Bks. vi, fol. 

 64-8. 



M Lipscomb, Hist, of Bucks, ii, 143, 

 quoting Dec. of Tithe Causes, iv, 443. 

 " Col. S.P. Dam. 1689-90, p. 295. 



64 Treas. Papers, Ixxxix, no. 51. 

 " Ibid, ccxlviii, no. 41. 



Ibid. Ibid. 



10 Lipscomb, Hist, of Bucks, ii, 153 ; 

 Dinton Par. Registers. 



274 



From information given by Lieut.- 

 Colonel Goodall of Dinton Hall. 



M Burke, Landed Gentry, 1 906. 



83 From information given by Lieut.- 

 Colonel Goodall. 



68* Lysons, Mag. Brit, i, 551. 



64 Feud. Aids, i, 97. 



65 Hand. R. (Rec. Com.), i, 20. 

 Ibid. 1 Ibid. 44. 

 Cal. of Chart. 1226-57, p. 428. 

 V.C.H. Bucks, i, 236/. 



