AYLESBURY HUNDRED 



WESTON TURVILLE 



manor was held by Margery his widow till her 

 death." It then passed to her grandson Sir William 

 de Molyns," who granted it to Margaret Bedford for 

 life." She held the manor at the death of a second 

 Sir William dc Molyns in 1429," but his daughter 

 and heiress Eleanor presumably entered on the manor 

 on Margaret's death." Eleanor married Robert 

 Hungerford, Lord Hungerford and de Molyns, * and 

 they held the manor of Weston Molyns jointly, but 

 it was mortgaged in 1460*' with other lands to 

 raise Lord Hungerford's ransom when taken 

 prisoner in Aquitaine. Lord Hungerford was at- 

 tainted" after the battle of Towton and died in 

 1465 ; afterwards his wife married Sir Oliver 

 Maningham, and brought a lawsuit to recover the 



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mortgaged manors," alleging . that the debts had 

 been paid." Apparently she recovered Weston Mo- 

 lyns, since in 1491 ** Maningham granted the manor 

 to certain feoffees during his life, and afterwards 

 quitclaimed to them his right in it for ever." 

 Eleanor's son and heir, Thomas Hungerford, was also 

 attainted and beheaded in 1469.''' On the accession 

 of Henry VII the attainder was reversed, and Mary 

 his daughter and heiress was restored in blood." She 

 was in the wardship of William, Lord Hastings, and 

 was mirried to his son Edward. 60 The latter was 

 created Lord Hungerford," and he and his wife re- 

 covered many of the manors belonging to her inheri- 

 tance, Weston Molyns being among them." After 

 the death of Edward Hastings his widow married Sir 

 Richard Sacheverell, and they were in seisin of the 

 manor in 151 2." It was apparently sold to Sir 

 Andrew Windsor, first Lord Windsor, who also 

 acquired the other moiety of Weston Turville about 

 the same time. His grandson Edward, Lord Windsor, 

 held the whole manor of Weston Turville in 1568,** 

 and died seised of it." Before 1617-18, however, 

 his successor must have sold it to the family of Hill." 

 In that year William Hill settled the manor, after his 



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 twelve cmiilen or. 



death and that of his wife Dorothy, on his son 

 Bartholomew and Katherine his daughter-in-law and 

 on their sons in tail male, with further remainders. 57 

 Bartholomew in the same year, however, was found to 

 have been a lunatic for many 

 years, but the 'lordship or 

 manor of Weston Turville 

 formerly known by the names 

 of the manors of Weston 

 Molyns and Weston Butlers ' 

 w.is still held by his mother 

 according to the settlement. 1 ^ 



Bartholomew's heir was his 

 infant son William," who may 

 presumably be identified with 

 the William Hill who held the 

 manor in 1677.* Another 

 William Hill had succeeded 



him in 1 703," and, together with his wife Jane, 

 was in seisin of Weston Turville Manor. He 

 had died before 1717-18," when it was in the 

 hands of Jane Hill, widow, Mary, Elizabeth, and 

 Katherine Hill, and Martha Potter, widow, the last 

 four being probably his daughters and heiresses. 

 From them it seems to have passed to Henry Tom- 

 kins, who held the manor in 1754." He died in 

 1784," and Weston Turville presumably passed to 

 his son Henry. The latter only survived his father a 

 few years, and about 1789 his brother, Lieut.-Colonel 

 Tomkins, succeeded him.* 4 Lieut.-Colonel Tomkins 

 died in 1 800, and his widow held the manor during 

 her life." She presumably died about 1835, when it 

 was advertised for sale " at the Auction Mart in 

 London. It was then or shortly afterwards sold by 

 H(enry) Tomkins to the Duke of Buckingham, who 

 bought large estates in Buckinghamshire at this time. 

 Many of them were mortgaged, and in a few yean 

 were seized by the mortgagees. Weston Turville was 

 sold to Sir Anthony de Rothschild, bart.,** a few year* 

 before 1862, and Lord Rothschild is now lord of the 

 manor. 



The other moiety of the manor of Weston Tur- 

 ville was held by Roger Croft and his wife Cecilia, 

 one of the heiresses of William de Turville." Roger 

 Croft held one fee in demesne, 70 and his moiety of the 

 manor afterwards became known as the manor of 

 WESTON BUTLERS. He and his wife obtained 

 a quitclaim similar to that given to Simon de Tur- 

 ville and Pctronilla from Gilbert de Bolebec in 

 1236." A Roger de Croft died in 1 25 5," but he 

 held no land in Buckinghamshire, and apparently 

 his land, held in demesne, had passed to Hugh de 

 Herdebcrgh in 1254." Hugh wa succeeded by 

 his son Roger de Herdebergh, 74 who, however, died 



u Chan. Inq. p.m. 21 Ric. II, no. 31 j 

 QOM, 23 Ric. II, m. 4. 



M Chan. Inq. p.m. 22 Ric. II, no. 31. 



* Ibid, g Hen. VI, no. 38. 



Ibid. " Ibid. 



Feet of F. Div. Co. Eait. 38 Hen. VI. 

 Ibid. ; Clow, 38 Hen. VI, m. 9 | 

 Chan. Inq. p.m. 4 Edw. IV, no. 56. 

 O.E.C. Comflete Peerage. 



Chan. Inq. p.m. 4 Edw. IV, no. (6. 

 Feet of F. Div. Co. Mich. 1 2 Edw. IV. 

 u Early Chan. Proc. bdle. 18, no. ill. 

 " L)e Banco R. Chart. Enr. Hil. 



7 Hen. VII, m. I. 

 Ibid. 



* G.E.C. Comflete Peerage. 



Ibid. 



De Banco R. Hil. 20 Hen. VII, 

 m. 147. 



" G.E.C. Comflete Peerage. 



" De Banco R. Hil. 20 Hen. VII, 

 m. 147. 



* Feet of F. Diy. Co. Trin. 4 Hen.VIII. 



M Ibid. Eait. 10 Eliz. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), cUxviii, 

 00.47. 



M Ibid, duui ; Miic. 3 Chat. I, pt. 16, 

 no. ii. Ibid. 



M Ibid, cccouuiii, no. 46. " Ibid. 



M Feet of F. Bucks. Mich. 28 Chat. II. 



' Ibid. Trin. and East. I Anne. 



Ibid. Hil. and Trin. 4 Geo. I. 



367 



" Recov. R. Mich. 28 Geo. II. 



" Liptcomb, Hut. of Bucki. ii, 497. 



Ibid. 



** Lrioni, Mafna Brit, i, 66 1. 



17 Liptcomb, Hut. of Bucks, ii, 497. 



" Sheahan, Ilia, and Tofog. of Bach, 

 215. 



" Maitland, Bracan't Note Bk. no. 203 | 

 Testa de Nevill (Rec. Com.), 262. 



" Tat* de Nevill (Rec. Com.), 245*. 



71 Feet uf F. Bucka. Trin. 20 Hen. III. 



? Col. Ina. Hen. Ill, 87. 



7 HnnJ. R. (Ree. Com.), i, 20. 



7* De Banco R. IO Edw. Ill, m. 348 ; 

 Excerfta e Rat. Fin. (Rec. Com.), ii, 386 j 

 f'tud. Aidi, i, 86. 



