STONE HUNDRED 



The first mention of Upton after the entry in 

 Domesday Book occurs in 1207, when one knight's 

 fee in Upton was in the king's hands, but three years 

 earlier William Hussey held one fee in the county." 1 

 About 1210 Henry Hussey held Upton, 1 " and in 

 1 21 1 or 12 1 2 William Hussey is mentioned as the 

 tenant. 1 " 



Not long after this, however, another Henry Hussey 

 held it. 1 * 4 In i 302-3 it was held by a sub-tenant of 

 his heir, 1 ** but after this the name of Hussey does not 

 appear in connexion with land in Upton. 



Henry Hussey granted his fee in Upton to the 

 abbey of Oseney. 11 * This grant was confirmed in 



HDHIY. Barry ermine 

 and guJti. 



OiiNir ABBEY. 

 Ature fun htndi or. 



I238," 7 and in 1276 the abbot was said to hold the 

 manor of Upton of Henry Hussey, doing suit at the 

 court of the honour of Peverel. 1 ** In 1346, how- 

 ever, he held a knight's fee in Upton cum Stone ' of 

 the king in chief, 1 " and it belonged to the abbey till 

 its dissolution. '* The manor of Upton was granted 

 in 1541 to Sir John Baldwin, Chief Justice of Com- 



BALDWIN. Argent 

 three peurs of oaklcnvei 

 vert viith itotki uble. 



BORLAII. Ermine a 

 bend table and thereon two 

 arms coming out of clouiit, 

 the handi grasfing a 

 konethoe or. 



mon Pleas. 1 * In his will it was left to the king ' for 

 the wardship and primer seisin ' of his heirs, Thomas 

 Pakington and John Borlase. 1 * 1 The latter was the 

 son of the younger daughter of Sir John, and Upton 

 formed part of his share of the inheritance. 1 ** The 



WALLOP, Earl of 

 Portsmouth. Argent a 

 bend wavjr table. 



DINTON 



Borlases held the manor 1 * 1 until the death of Sir John 

 Borlase, bart., without heirs male in 1688-9,"* when 

 the four daughters of his uncle, William Borlase, 

 inherited Upton."* 



John Wallop, who had married Alice, the eldest 

 sister, apparently bought the other three shares of the 

 manor. His second son John, who afterwards became 

 Earl of Portsmouth, inherited it in 1762.'" The 

 second earl held it in 1789-90,"* and his son and 

 successor was said to hold it in the first part of the 

 century."* 



Upton is at the present day a sub-manor appendant 

 to the manor of Dinton, the 

 land being owned by Mrs. 

 Parker. 1 



The manor of Upton was 

 held by the military service 

 due from one knight's fee." 1 

 The Abbot of Oseney held 

 it in fnnkalmoign of Henry 

 Hussey and his heirs, paying 

 5/. a year 1 " at Michaelmas. 

 This rent was afterwards paid 

 to the bailiffs of the honour 

 of Pcverel. 1 " The abbot, 

 however, was answerable for 

 the service due to the honour, and paid the feudal 

 dues from his fee." 4 In 1254. the bailiff held the 

 view of frankpledge, pleas of namio vetifo, and the 

 return of writs within the manor."* The abbot 

 claimed the view of frankpledge and waifs in the 

 reign of Edward I. He presented a charter of 

 Henry III, which confirmed rights granted by 

 Henry II as warranty, but he renounced his claim 

 to waifs. 17 * The Borlase family and their successors 

 also claimed to hold the view of frankpledge and a 

 court-leet in their manor of Upton. 177 



In the time of Edward the Confessor two socmen 

 held WALDRIDGE. They were respectively the 

 men of Avelin and of Alveva, sister of Earl Harold, 

 and they could sell their land at will. 178 After the 

 Conquest this land, containing I hide and 2 virgates, 

 was granted to the Bishop of Bayeux."' It passed 

 with the manor of Dinton in succession to the Mun- 

 chesneys 18 and the Earl of Pembroke ; 1M the last 

 mention of the overlordship of Waldridge occurs in 

 1316, and was then held by Aymer de Valence, Earl 

 of Pembroke. 1 " 



Helto, the steward of the Bishop of Bayeux, held 

 Waldridge as an under-tenant in io86. lss In 

 1254, 9 virgates of land were held by John de 

 Stoke and Richard de Middleton. 1 " Geoffrey de 

 Upton also held 3 virgates of land, but his overlord 

 was said to be Adam Rumbald. 14 * No further men- 

 tion of this mesne tenancy appears. Geoffrey, how- 



"i Rid Bk. of Excb. (Rolli Ser.), 181, 



37- 



" Ibid. $36. 



" Ibid. 58?. 



1" Tata de Ntvttt (Rec. Corn.), 145* ; 

 Hmd. R. (Rec. Com.), i, 31. 



lu Feud. Aidt, i, 97. 



Teia dt Nevill (Rec. Com.), 45*, 

 158-9, z6ii. 



"7 Feet of F. Buck.. Eatt. zz Hen. III. 



" Hund. R. (Rec. Com.), i, 31, 44. 



*fW. Aidi, i, 11*. 



> L. and P. Hen. Fill, ivi, 703 (8). 



1" Ibid. } Pat. 32 Hen. VIII, pi. 8. 



1(1 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Scr. l), Izxiii, 

 00.7. 



"* Feet of F. Div. Cot. Eait. 5 Edw. 

 VI. 



"' Chan. Inq. p.m. (Scr. l), ccclix, no. 

 48 ; Feet of F. Bucki. Mich. 33 Chat. II. 



*** G.E.C. Co* flea Baronetage. 



" Feet of F. Bucki. Mich. 33 Chti. 

 II ; and Mich, l Will, and Mary. 



W G.E.C. Complete Peerage. 



ln Recor. R. Ilil. 30 Ceo. III. 



"* Lipicomh, Iliit. of Bucks, ii, 1 59. 



I '~ From inf. giren by LicuU-Col. 

 GooJaU. 



'"' Rid Bk. of Excb. (Rolli Ser.), 581;. 



Feet of F. Buck*. Bail zz Hen. III. 



WPlac. dt Quo ffar. (Rec. Com.), 

 93- 



277 



W Hund. R. (Rec. Com.), i, 31 j Foul. 

 Aidi, i, 97. 



W Hund. R. (Rec. Com.), i, ji. 



Plae. deQuo War. (R. Com.). 93. 



W Feet of F. Buck*. Mich. 33 Chat. 

 II ; Mich. 1 Will, and Mary ; Recov. R. 

 Hil. 30 Geo. III. 



Y.CJi. Buckt. i, 136*. 



ir Ibid. 



180 See manor of Dinton ; Hund. R. 

 (Rec. Com.), i, zc. 



" F,ud. Aidi, i, 1 14. 



181 Ibid. 



" y.C.H. Bucki. i, Z36*. 



Hund. R. (Rec, Com.), i, 15. 



