AYLESBURY HUNDRED 



LITTLE MISSENDEN 



Henry I,* at whose death in 1175 they reverted to 

 the Crown.' Holmer perhaps followed this descent, 

 but, if so, unlike the rest of the estates, which were 

 reserved for the use of Prince John,' it appears to 

 have been granted to Gilbert Basset, son of Thoma- 

 Rasset of Compton,' for he and Egelina his wife 

 appear as owners of property in Little Missenden in 

 i i8a." Gilbert's granddaughter Idonea, daughter of 

 Eustachia Basset and Richard de Camvill, married 

 William Longespee, Earl of Salisbury." who was lord 

 of the manor of Holmer in 1236." He was succeeded 

 in 1250" by his son William, whose daughter and 

 heir Margaret married Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lin- 

 coln," lord of Holmer in right of his wife in 1284." 

 Hen y de Lacy died in 1 3 1 1 in possession of the manor, 

 leaving an only daughter Alice, who married first 

 Thomas Earl of Lancaster." holder of the manor in 

 1 3 1 6," and, secondly, Eubold Lcstrange, who settled 

 Holmer upon his wife and himself in 1326." Eubold 

 died without issue in 1335 "(his holding at that 

 time not being called a manor), his wife Alice surviv- 

 ing until 1 348." In 1339, however, Roger Lestrange, 

 kinsman and heir of Eubold, 

 granted the reversion of the 

 manor, after the death of 

 Alice and her tenant Robert 

 le Warde, to the convent of 

 Burnham, to hold in frank- 

 almoign." Holmer continued 

 in the possession of Burnham 

 Abbey until the Dissolution 

 in 1539, when it fell into the 

 king's hands, and was annexed 

 to the honour of Windsor 

 Castle." The tenant at that 

 time was Giles Mower, to 



whom a lease of the manor was confirmed by the 

 king for twenty-one years,* 1 to expire in 1560." 

 In 1557 a second lease of twenty-one years, from 

 1560, was granted to David and Sybil Penn,** 

 holders of the manor of Beamond, and in 1573 a 

 third lease for the same term, from the expiration 

 of Penn's lease in 1581, was granted to Reuben 

 Sherwood." Thus Sherwood's term would not expire 

 until 1 602 ; however, in 15868 further lease of 

 twenty-one years from the end of Sherwood's term 

 was granted to George Lee," and again in 1590 

 for a similar period to Druce Payne at the end of 

 George Lee's term," which would expire in 1623. 

 Druce Payne, however, had hardly gained possession 

 of it when in 1624 the manor with appurtenances 

 was given by James I to Edward and Robert Ramsey ** 



000 



BURNHAM ABBEY. Or 

 * chief argem with thru 

 lonenget gulti therein. 



in fee-farm, at the request of John Ramsey, Earl of 

 Holderness. The actual lite of the manor was at 

 this time in possession of John Honor, who died in 

 163*.** Holmer was, however, acquired by Thomas 

 Style about 1625," probably by purchase from the 

 Ramseys. He died about 1639, and his successor 

 William Style, in 1640, leaving it entailed successively 

 on his brothers Francis and Robert and his sisten." 

 Francis held it until 1646 ; in 1653 and 1661 it was 

 held by William and Elizabeth Standen, guardians of 

 Elizabeth's daughters Mary and Elizabeth Style." 

 Elizabeth Standen was probably the widow of Francis 

 Style (see brass in church). The daughter Elizabeth 

 afterwards married Edward Hoby, and Mary became 

 the wife of Henry Sayer." Robert Style w.is holding 

 it as their guardian in 1664 and 1669," after which 

 he held it himself as late as 1688. Some time before 

 1694 it was acquired by Henry Harris, who was still 

 holding it in 1705, and whose widow Margaret was 

 lady of the manor in 1 709. In that year she sold 

 it to Edmund Lambe,** who 

 seems to have died in 1737. 

 In 1738 Holmer was held by 

 John Davis in right of his 

 wife Sarah, which implies that 

 she was the daughter and 

 heir of Edmund Lambe. In 

 1757 he sold the manor to 

 Nathaniel Collyer, who must 

 have immediately conveyed it 

 to James Mallors." The lat- 

 ter seems to have died in 

 I 766 leaving his son a minor, 

 for in 1767 and 1768 the 

 manorial courts were held by 

 Benjamin Rosewell and Francis 

 Mallors, James Mallors the 

 younger appearing in 1770. 

 About 1771 Holmer was acquired by Assheton 

 Curzon," in whose family it has since descended." 

 Earl Howe is the present owner. 



The lords of Holmer had view of frankpledge 

 'without the sheriff' from the beginning of the 1 3th 

 century." Courts are mentioned as pertaining to 

 Holmcr in 1557, when they were reserved by the 

 king " until granted to Robert and Edward Ramsey 

 with the manor in 1624. View of frankpledge and 

 court baron still pertain to it. 



BE4MOND Manor was probably part of the 

 Mortain lands in Little Missenden, as it seems to 

 have been given by Gilbert Basset to the monastery 

 of Biccster, together with the church of Little Mis- 



CunzoN-HowK, Earl 

 Howe. Or a fiut te- 

 rwcen three viol-vet* kradi 

 cut off table, for HOWE ; 

 quartered with argent a 

 trend table with three 

 farrott or having collars 

 gules thereon, for CL-RZON. 



G.E.C Comflete Peerage, ii, 361. 



" Ibid. ; Clutterbuck, Hut. of Hern, ii, 



*9J- 



Ibid. 



HarL 1411, fol. 63. 



10 Dugdale, Mom. vi, 434. 

 Harl. 141 1, fol. 63. 



11 Col. Pal. 1131-47, p. 147. 



G.E.C. Comflcte Peerage ; Hot. Hand. 

 (Rec. Com.), i, zo. 



M G.E.C Comflete Peerage. 



' Feud, Aids, i, 85. 



"Chin. Inq. p.m. 4 Edw. II, no. 



S>- 



Feud. Aids, i, ill. 

 u Col. Pat. i 314-7, p. 156. 

 " Chin. Inq. p.m. 9 Edw. Ill (lit not.), 

 no. 41. 



" G.E.C. Comfleti Peerage. 



11 Cat. Close, 1339-41, p. 107; Cal. 

 Pat. 1345-8, p. 151 ; t'eud. Aidt, i, 

 114. 



" L. and P. Hen. fill, XT, 498 (35). 



Ibid. 561. 



M Pat. 1 5 Eliz. pt. T, m. 40. 



"Ibid. 



Ibid. 



*" Ibid. 18 Eliz. pt. vi, m. 12. 



" Ibid. 31 Eliz. pt. i, m. 13. 



M Ibid. 11 Jat. I, pt. viii, no. 1 1 ; Cal. 

 S.P. Dem. 1613-;, p. 316; Chan. Inq. 

 p.m. 8 Chat. I, pt. i, m. 1. 



"> Ibid. Mite, dzxvii, 7 ; >ch. Dtp. II 

 Chat. I, E. 3. 



" CL R. in pot*, of the tteward of the 

 manor. 



" Ibid. ; Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), 

 ccccxcvii, 71. 



355 



* Ct. R. in pott, of the tteward of the 

 manor. 



" Feet of F. Buckt. Hit zo it 21 

 Chai. II. 



" Ibid. 



M Ct. R. in pott, of the tteward of 

 the manor; Feet of F. Buckt. Mich. 

 8 Anne. 



" Feet of F. Bucki. Trin. 30 & 31 

 Geo. II ; Ct. R. in pot*, of the iteward 

 of the manor. 



Ibid. 



" Recov. R. Buckt. Trin. 45 Geo. Ill, 

 rot. 156} ibid. Eatt. I Geo. IV, rot. 

 304. 



Rot. Hand. (Rec. Com.), i, 10. 



41 Pat. 15 Eliz. pt. T, in. 40 ; ibid. 18 

 Eliz.pl. i, m. II ; ibid, 12 Jat. I, pt. viii, 

 no. II. 





