A HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



senden, in 1182 ; 4 ' it is found in the possession of 

 that abbey in 1330-2," and remained so until the 

 dissolution of that house in 1536. 



In 1541 Beamond was granted by Henry VIII to 

 Sybil the wife of David Penn ' in consideration of 

 her services in the nurture and education of Prince 

 Edward,' ** and was confirmed to her and her hus- 

 band in 1553." David Penn died about 1565, and 

 was succeeded by his son John, whose lands passed to 

 his son William in i$<)6. 4e William's son John in- 

 herited the manor in January 1638-9," and died in 

 1641, when he was succeeded by William Penn, 48 

 whose son William died in 1693. Roger Penn 

 became lord of Beamond upon his death, 49 and died 

 unmarried in I73I, 50 when the manor passed to Sarah 

 Penn the wife of Sir Nathaniel Curzon of Kedleston, 51 

 in whose family it descended. Assheton Curzon, 

 second son of the fourth baronet, inherited this manor, 

 was created Baron Curzon of Penn in 1794 and 

 Viscount Curzon in 1802. His grandson was created 

 Earl Howe in 1821. The present Earl Howe is now 

 lord of the manor. 



The lords of the manor have possessed court leet 

 and view of frankpledge from the 1 4th century," 



which still survive. Free fishery is mentioned in 

 1618." 



The reputed manor of M4NTELLS (Mauntel- 

 court, Mauntelesse xv cent., Maundeles xvi cent.) 

 was held in the time of Edward the Confessor 

 by Seric, a man of Sired, and in 1086 by Turstin 

 Mantel, 54 and was assessed at half a hide. It was 

 held of the king in chief by serjeanty of being the 

 king's naperer." In 1486 it is said to have been 

 held by the service of -^ of a knight's fee, 5 * and in 

 the time of Elizabeth and Charles I by grand 

 serjeanty. 67 



The half-hide remained in the family of Mantell, 

 and in the 1 2th century was held by Robert Mantell, 

 whose son and heir was a minor in custody of the 

 king in li85. M This boy, who was ten at that time, 

 was probably the Walter Mantell who held it be- 

 tween 1201 and I2I2, 59 when it was called a hide. 

 He was succeeded by William Mantell, probably his 

 son, who died in 1249 leaving a son Robert, 60 at 

 which time it was described as a messuage, lands, and 

 rent. He was followed by another Robert, who was 

 living in 1284, and seems to have died shortly before 

 1291, when his lands were in the king's custody by 



LITTLE MISSENDEN : 1 HE MANOR HOUSE FROM THE CHURCHYARD 



* Dugdale, Mm. vi, 434. 

 48 Ct. R. ptfo. i 55, no. 2 ; Valor Eccl. 

 (Rcc. Com.), ii, 189. 



44 L. and P. Hen. Vlll, xvi, 718. 



45 Ibid, xiii (2), 1257 n.; Acts of P.O. 

 1552-4, p. 252 ; Pat. 7 Edw. VI, pt. iv ; 

 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cxli, 47. 



<6 Ibid, ccxlviii, 31. 



4 ~ Ibid, ccccxciv, 63 ; Lipscomb, Hist, 

 of Bucks, iii, 291, quoting monumental 

 inscription. 



48 Recev R. Bucks. Mich. 1649, rot. 

 51; ibid. Trin. 2 Jas. II, rot. 72 ; Lip- 



comh, Hist, of Bucks, iii, 290, quoting 

 monumental inscription. 



49 Recov. R. Trin. 10 Will. Ill, rot. 94. 



60 Lipscomb, Hist, of Bucks, iii, 292, 

 quoting monumental inscription. 



61 Ibid. 289 ; Recov. R. Bucks. Trin. 

 27 Geo. Ill, rot. 123 ; ibid. Trin. 45 

 Geo. Ill, rot. 256; ibid. East. I Geo. IV, 

 rot. 304. 



62 Ct. R. ptfo. 155, no. 2 ; Chan. Inq. 

 p.m. (Ser. 2), cxli, 47 ; Pat. 16 Jas. I, 

 pt. vii. " Ibid. 



44 y.C.H. Bucks. \, 267,1. 



45 Red Bk. Exch. (Rolls Ser.), i, 139; 



356 



Testa de Ne-vill (Rec. Com.), 256 ; Chan. 

 Inq. p.m. Hen. Ill, file viii, no. 19 ; ibid. 

 2 Hen. VI, no. 13. 



4 Cal. Inq. Hen. VII, 149. 



4 7 Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cxx, 2 ; 

 ibid, ccccxxxiv, 93. 



68 Rot. de Dominabus, &c. 20, S. 

 Grimaldi. 



"Red Bk. Exch. (Rolls Ser.), i, 139; 

 Testa de Nevill (Rec. Com.), 245 and 

 256. 



60 Chan. Inq. p.m. Hen. VIII, file viii, 

 no. 19 ; Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.), i, 20 ; 

 Feud, Aids, i, 85. 



