AYLESBURY HUNDRED 



WKSTON TURVILLE 



TALBOT. Gulti a 

 Urn and * borjtr en- 

 grailed or. 



She married Thomas, Earl of Nottingham, but died 

 in 1383 "* while still a minor, and her share of the 

 manor of Weston Butlers came to her aunt Ankaretta, 

 her father's sister."* Ankaretta was the wife of Sir 

 Richard Talbot, 1 " and her property came to her descen- 

 dants, the Earls of Shrews- 

 bury.'" The last time this 

 part of the manor can be 

 identified is in the inquisition 

 on the lands of John Talbot, 

 Earl of Shrewsbury, who died 

 seised of it in 1460,"' leav- 

 ing his son John, aged twelve, 

 as his heir. George Talbot, 

 the fourth carl, married Anne 

 daughter of William, Lord 

 Hayings," and sister to Ed- 

 mund Hastings the husband of 

 Mary Hungerford, who held 

 the manor of Weston Molyns, and the fourth part of 

 Weston Butlers probably came into the hands of the 

 Hastings and passed with their manor to Lord 

 Windsor, who obtained both Weston Molyns and 

 Weston Butlers. 



There is considerable obscurity in the descent of 

 the third knight's fee in Weston Turville after its 

 division among the sisters of William de Turville. 

 Roger Croft paid scutage for it in I 234,'" but he does 

 not seem to have held it in demesne, and twenty 

 years later it seems to have passed to Henry Hubald, 1 " 

 who held immediately of the honour of Leicester. 

 He was succeeded by a family of the name of 

 Charnclls ; in 1278 William de Turville in quit- 

 claimed certain messuages and lands in Weston Tur- 

 ville for himself and his heirs to Nicholas de Charnells 

 and his heirs in return for 12} marks. Nicholas held 

 the knight's fee in 1285.'" He was succeeded before 

 1296-7 by George de Charnells."* In Warwick- 

 shire the name is also associated with the Turvillcs 

 and Herdeberghs,"* so that it seemi possible that the 

 Charnells claimed their fee from Isabel, the third 

 sister of William de Turville. In 1316 John de 

 Longville appears as a military tenant in Weston 

 Turville, 1 " but possibly he was holding the land in 

 wardship for one of the Charnells. At the close of 

 the 1 4th century John Charnells and his wife Elizabeth 

 held a manor in Weston Turville, which they sold 

 to William Rede, clerk, and others, in I 396 for 200 

 marks.'" They were apparently the tenants in 

 demesne, but this is the last time that the Charnells 

 are mentioned, and the descent of their land is 

 lost. 



The sub-manor of HIDE in Weston Turville was 



held as half a knight's fee of the manor of Weston 

 Molyns. 1 " There is, however, some confusion as to 

 the overlordship, since in the ijth century the half 

 fee seems to have been held directly of the honour of 

 Leicester, 13 * and again in the reign of Henry VIII 

 the manor of Hide was said to be parcel of the Duchy 

 of Lancaster, and held of the king as of the manor of 

 Weston Turville.'" Except in these two instances, 

 however, the overlordship seems to have belonged to 

 the manor of Weston Molyns and the half-fee is 

 specially mentioned in the grant of that manor by 

 Nicholas de Turville to Hugh de Turpleton. 1J * In 

 the early years of the 1 3th century Fulk de la Hide 

 had several lawsuits with Robert de Turville about 

 land in Weston Turville."* In one instance the land 

 in question was said to contain two hides. John 

 son of Fulk is also mentioned, 1 * 4 and in the time of 

 Roger de Croft and Simon de Turville, Roger de la 

 Hide held this half-fee."* He also paid scutage for it 

 in 1234.'** The manor of Hide afterwards passed to 

 Robert Fitz Nigel, who was killed at the battle of 

 Evcsham. 1 * 7 Probably his widow Grace held it after 

 his death, and she may have been the heiress of Roger 

 de la Hide. In 1265-6 she obtained lands 1 *" from 

 Alan son of Gervase of Aldermanbury by exchange, 

 and in 1287 "* Robert Fitz Neel also bought land in 

 Weston Turville from Roger le Sometur and his 

 wife Alice. In 13023'** Hide is mentioned, but 

 the tenant's name is not given ; in 1329, however, 

 Robert Fitz Neel held the half fee, 1 " and died seised 

 of messuages, lands, and of rents of free and customary 

 tenants in Weston Turville, leaving his daughter 

 Grace as his heir.'" These lands had been settled 

 in 1317-18 on Grace, with remainder to her son, 

 Robert de Nowers. 14 ' In 1346 the holding of Grace 

 de Nowers in Weston Turville is described as one 

 hide of land held as a knight's fee of John de 

 Molyns.' 44 Grace died about i 349,'" and her lands 

 passed to John son of John dc Nowers.' 4 * Her 

 capital messuage at Weston Turville was then of no 

 value, 147 but her holding was released by the new 

 tenant with other possessions as the manor of Weston 

 Turville to King Edward III, 14 * Sir Ingelram Coucy, 

 Earl of Bedford, and his wife Isabel, the daughter of 

 the king. 14 ' At this time it seems to have followed 

 the same history as the manor of Fenels Grove in 

 Great rumble," and came into the possession of Sir 

 Robert Whitingham. He, however, gave Hide to his 

 brother, John Whitingham, 1 " who obtained a pardon 

 from Edward IV in 1472 and retained the manor 

 during the struggles of the Verneys to recover Sir 

 Robert's lands. John died in 1485,'* Margaret 

 Vcrney being his heiress, 1 " and in the same year Sir 



u* Chan. Inq. p.m. 7 Ric. II, no. 60. 



Ibid. 



" Ibid, i Hen. V, no. 51 (file z;6). 



" Ibid. 7 Hen. IV, no. 68 ; ibid. 8 

 Hen. V, no. 127 (add. not.) ; ibid. 9 

 Hen. V, no. 44 (file 289) ; ibid. 32 

 Hen. VI, no. 29. 



>' Ibid. 38-9 Hen. VI, no. 58. 



110 G.E.C. Comflett Peerage. 



10 Teita de tt'rvill (Rec. Com.), 262. 



*" IlunJ. K. (Rec. Com.), i, 20. 



' Feet of F. Bucks. M.'ch, 6 Edw. I. 



144 Feud. Aidi, i, 86. 



m Chan. Inq. p.m. 15 Edw. I, no. 



l- Cal. Clou, 1313-18, p. 27. 



W Feud. Aidi, i, 112. 



l " Feet of V. Bucks. East. 19 Ric. II. 



'" Feud. Aidi, i, 98, 1 24 ; Chan. Inq. 

 p.m. (Ser. 2), xii, no. 36. 



Teiu lie Nevill (Rec. Com.), 145*. 



ul Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), uv, no. 

 1 60. 



" CrJ. Clue, 1327-301 P- $*+ 



Fine! (Rec. Com.), i, 245. 



Roe. de Oklat. et Fin. (Rec. Com.), 

 389 ; Finn (Rec. Com.), i, 245-6. 



W* Teiu de Nevill (Rec. Com.), 245*- 



" Ibid. 2524. 



"7 Cal. Cental. (Rnllt Ser.), i, 117. 



1M Feet of F. Div. Co. Hit. 50 Hen. 

 III. 



'" Ibid. Buck*. Trio. 15 Edw. I. 



' Feud. Aidi, i, 9 . 



141 Cal. Clou, 1327-30, p. 524. 



111 Chan. Inq. p.m. 5 Edw. Ill (lit 



369 



noi. ), no. 75. Hit OTerlord wat said to 

 be William Botiller of Wrm, but tliit 

 may have been a mistake in the inquisi- 

 tion, since his daughter held lands of John 

 de Molyns, and not of the Botillers. 



> Feet of F. Bucks. Mil. 1 1 Edw. II ; 

 Cal. Pat. I 348-50, p. 413. 



> Feud. Aid,, i, 124. 



" Chan. Inq. p.m. 23 Edw. Ill (pt. i), 

 no. 81 ; Cal. Pat. I 348 50, p. 41 }. 



'* Chan. Inq. p.m. 23 Edw. Ill (pt. i) 

 no. 85. 



Ibid. 



" Cal. And. D., A. 387. ' Ibid. 



>* Cf. Great Kimble. 



"' Cal. Pat. 1461-7, p. 121. 



" Cal. Ina. Hen. AY/ I, 45. 



"Ibid. 



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