((Baigent's "The Crondal Records", 1891
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Hampshire Record Society
THE CRONDAL RECORDS
HISTORICAL AND MANORIAL
A COLLECTION OF
RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS
RELATING TO
THE HUNDRED AND MANOR OF CRONDAL
IN THE COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON
PART I.
HISTORICAL AND MANORIAL
BY
FRANCIS JOSEPH BAIGENT
London:
SIMPKIN & CO. LIMITED, STATIONERS' HALL COURT
Winchester:
WARREN & SON, HIGH STREET
1891
WINCHESTER:
PRINTED BY WARREN AND SON, HIGH STREET.
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Map of the Hundred of Crondal to face page 1
Extract from King Alfred's will, A.D. 880-885, containing the bequest of Crondal to Ethelm his nephew 1
The will of Bishop AElfsige - circa A.D. 958 - granting Crondal to AElfheah (Elphege) for life, and after his death to the Old Monastery (Winchester Cathedral) 1
Note, as to the will of Bishop AElfsige, and his death 2
Note, as to the bequest of the lands at Crondal to Elphege, which, after his death, were to go to the Old Monastery at Winchester 2
Extract from the will of Elfheah (Elphege), ealdorman, A.D. 965-975, giving Crondal to Winchester Cathedral 3
Note, as to other bequests contained in Elfheah's will 3
Extract from the list of founders and benefactors of the Cathedral Church of Winchester, that Elphege gave Crondal with its appurtenances 4
King Edgar's gift of Crondal to Winchester Cathedral, A.D. 976, with the boundaries of the land set out 4
King Ethelred's grant of (Long) Sutton to Winchester Cathedral, A.D. 979, with the boundaries set out 7
The boundaries between Crondal and Elvetham 9
Memorandum, that on Palm Sunday, 13th April, 979, Elnoth placed the Charter, which his brother Ulric had granted, of the Manor of Crondal on the Altar of Winchester Cathedral 9
Entries in Domesday Book, A.D. 1086, relating to the hundred of Crondal 10
Charter of King Henry II (circa A.D. I 163) for the restoration of lands in (Long) Sutton to the Prior and Convent of Winchester Cathedral 12
Note, as to Richer, Archdeacon of Winchester 12
The services which the Prior of St. Swithun's, Winchester, and his tenants of Crondal, as well the freemen as the bondmen, owe to the Lord Bishop of Winchester (A.D. 1284) 14
Note, Extract from the Register of John de Pontissara, Bishop of Winchester 14
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The services which the tenants of the Prior of St. Swithun's, Winchester, at Crondal, freemen as well as bondmen, owe to the manor of Farnham (A.D. 1284) 15
A Royal Writ to the Sheriff of the County of Southampton, that he should summon before the King's Justices at Farnham so many loyal men (A.D. 1286) 17
An Inquisition taken upon the Chaces of the Lord John de Pontissara, Bishop of Winchester, at Farnham, and the other Chaces (6 June, 1286) 17
Note, as to boundaries of the great warren, east and south of Winchester 20
Grant and quit-claim in perpetuity from John Curing, with the assent of his wife, to the Prior and Convent of St. Swithun, of the grove called Titley, and certain lands in Long Sutton (circa A.D. 1220) 20
Note, as to Walter, Prior of St. Swithun's, Winchester 21
Note, as to Peter de Hattingley, Steward of St. Swithun's Priory 21
Grant by the Prior and Convent of St. Swithun to their bailiff Henry, called the hunter, and to his heirs, of land at Burghe in Crookham, which Edmund de Burghe formerly held in villeinage (A.D. 1257) 22
Grant by Bishop Henry Wodelok to the Prior and Convent of St. Swithun's of his tenants at Cove, and of certain tenants at Eweshot, granted to him by Sir John Giffard, knight (A.D. 1305) 23
Grant in perpetuity by Nicholas atte Bure (Burghe) to William his brother, of three acres of land in the parish of Crondal (circa A.D. 1307) 25
Grant in perpetuity by Nicholas de la Burghe, of Eweshot, to William de la Stupe, of Dippenhall, and Alice his wife, of an acre of arable land in the common field of Eweshot (circa A.D. 1307) 26
Grant in perpetuity by Margery atte Burghe, daughter of Henry le Venour (alias le Hunter), to William Fyndone, of lands, tenements, etc., at Crondal (5 October, 1331) 28
Release and quit-claim in perpetuity by Robert de Fremeleye, son and heir of William Botermer, of Fremeleye, to Margery atte Burghe, his mother, of lands, etc., at Eweshot in the parish of Crondal (12 April, 1305) n. 28
Grant in perpetuity by Margery de Burghe, daughter and heir of Henry atte Burghe, to Richard atte Oke, of a tenement at Eweshot (A.D. 1307-15) n. 28
Acknowledgement by Margery atte Burghe, daughter and heir of Henry le Venour, that the Prior and Convent of St. Swithun had granted her a corrody for life, in consideration of certain lands and tenements in the parish of Crondal (A.D. 1331) n. 28
Release and quit-claim by John le Moneye, to Nicholas de Hanytone, clerk, of all his right to a meadow called le Preymeade, at Oakshot, in the parish of Crondal (3 August, 1335) 30
Release and quit-claim in perpetuity by Thomas de Warbeltone and Johanna, his wife, to Nicholas de Hanyton, of all their lands and tenements at Long Sutton (22 December, 1336) 31
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Entry on the Memoranda Roll, A.D. 1326, as to payment of a debt by Thomas de Warbelton, of Long Sutton n. 32
Grant in perpetuity by Henry atte Burghe of Crokeham, to Nicholas atte Burghe, his brother, of all the lands and tenements which he had by the gift of Margery atte Burghe, his mother, in the hamlets of Crokeham and Feldmede in the parish of Crondal (22 September, 1341) 32
Manumission by the Prior and Convent of St. Swithun, Winchester, of John Jan, a bondman of their Manor of Crondal (18 April, 1418) 34
The knight's fees of Itchel and Cove, A.D. 1165 34
The knight's fees of Itchel and Cove, la Welle, Long Sutton, and Farnborough, AD. 1243; and in 1284 35
Notes, as to the Surname of Wingham, and the Relief of William de St. Martin 35
Names of the lords of the parishes and hamlets in the hundred of Crondal, A.D. 1316 36
Taxation of the tenth and fifteenth of the parishes and hamlets in the hundred of Crondal, A.D. 1334 37
Note, explanatory of "tenths and fifteenths" 37
Assessment of the knight's fees in the hundred of Crondal, for the aid to knight the Black Prince, A.D. 1346 37
Return of the knight's fees in the hundred of Crondal, 6 Hen. VI, A.D. 1428 38
Extracts relating to the knight's fees in the hundred of Crondal, from the Pipe Rolls of the Bishoprick, A.D. 1335, 1431, 1461, and 1487 39
Entries relating to Crondal, Aldershot, and Long Sutton, occurring on the Patent Rolls, A.D. 1274-1278 40
Documents relating to the ancient freehold estate, now called Clare, in the parish of Crondal ((*blank*))
Concerning the land which belonged to John de Clere, in the Manor of Crondal, A.D. 1204-1238 40
Entries occurring on the Patent Rolls, A.D. 1293 and 1298 41
Letter of Henry Wodelok, Bishop of Winchester, as to the non-payment of a debt by the Executors of Robert de Clere (6 December, 1308) 41
The homage of John de Clere, for his lands in the parish of Crondal, held of the Bishop of Winchester (16 April, 1381) 42
Letter of King Edward III to the Prior of St. Swithun's, Winchester, against the exaction of additional services and customs from the tenants of the Manor of Crondal (20 November, 1364) 43
Note, as to complaints made by the tenants of Crondal, A.D. 1280 43
A writ of the lord King, directed to the Prior of St. Swithun's, Winchester, on behalf of the men of Crondal (15 January, 1364-5) 44
Another writ, directed to the Sheriff of the County of Southampton, on behalf of the men of Crondal (17 January, 1364-5) 45
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Note, respecting the lost Martyrologies of the Cathedral Priory 46
An Indenture, made between the Bishop of Winchester and the Prior and Convent of the Cathedral Church of Winchester, as to the services which the Prior and his tenants of Crondal, as well the freemen as the bondmen, owed to the Manor of Farnham (18 December, 1398) 48
Note, as to election and succession of certain Priors of Winchester Cathedral 49
Note, respecting the Farnham View of Frank-pledge, with list of places rendering suit thereat 50
COMPOTUS DE CRUNDAL. - An account of the Manor of Crondal rendered to the Prior and Convent of St. Swithun, for the year ending on 29th September, 1248. It contains particulars as to the amount of rent received, and the deficiencies of rent; the profits of the Manor; the quantity of corn sold; the perquisites of the manorial courts; the necessary and supplemental expenses; disbursements to the officials; and an account of the dead and live stock 51
Facsimile of commencement of the Crondal compotus of 1248 to face page 52
Notes, critical and explanatory of the foregoing accounts 72
COMPOTUS DE SUTTONA. - Similar accounts for the same year, relating to the Manor of Long Sutton 75
Custumal and Rental Rolls 83
The rental, services, and customs of the manor of Crondal, A.D. 1287, and the tithings of Swanthrop, Yateley, Bramshot and Hawley, Southwood, Aldershot, Dippenhall, and Crokeham 84
Facsimile of the commencement of the Crondal rental of 1287 to face page 84
Rental of Sutton, A.D. 1351 135
COURT ROLL.-A record of the courts of the hundred of Crondal, held for the term of St. Martin, on 20th October, 1281; and for the term of Hock, on 4th April, 1282 142
Note, as to the officials attending the courts 148
THE CRONDAL CUSTOMARY OF 1565.-
Introduction and descriptive account 156
Note, respecting the keeping of the Cathedral copy of the Customary 157
THE CRONDAL CUSTOMARY. - An Indenture, made between the Dean and Chapter of Winchester Cathedral and the tenants of the manor of Crondal; setting forth the various customs and usages of the manor, etc., dated 10th October, 1567 159
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The hundred and manor of Crondal, with its members. Translation of the entries given upon the schedules attached to the above-mentioned Indenture, containing the names of all the tenants, a descriptive account of their holdings, and the amount of their respective rents, fines, and heriots :-
The tithing of Crondal 178
Note, as to words printed in italics 178
Note, as to the form and variation of entries 178
Note, as to abbreviations and omissions 188
Note, respecting etc. and &c. 188
The tithing of Dippenhall 203
The tithing of Swanthrop 211
The tithing of Crokeham 222
The tithing of Yateley 258
The tithing of Hawley 311
The tithing of Aldershot 330
The tithing of Long Sutton 359
The manor of Sutton Warblington 369
A summary of the schedules:-
The tithing of Crondal 375
The tithing of Dippenhall 376
The tithing of Swanthrop 377
The tithing of Crokeham 377
The tithing of Yateley 378
The tithing of Hawley 380
The tithing of Aldershot 381
The tithing of Long Sutton 382
The manor of Sutton Warblington 383
An agreement as to fees payable to the Steward and Clerk of the lands, with respect to surrenders and enrolments (A.D. 1672) 383
THE YATELEY TITHE CASE, A.D. 1605; the record of the proceedings in an action brought by Martin Shonk against Richard Heath, lessee of the great tithes of Yateley, with respect to the tithes payable, the customs and usages, and the manner of collecting 386
THE MANOR OF ITCHEL AND COVE 407
Note, as to William de Coleville 407
Note, containing particulars respecting the Gifford family 408
Note, as to loan of MS. Bible 408
A fine, or agreement, made in the King's court, between William de Coleville and Reginald de Cunde, concerning lands and rent in Itchel and Ewehurst (January, 1236-7) 409
Grant of free warren to Walter Giffard, Archbishop of York, in all the demesne lands of Itchel (26th March, 1267) 410
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An order to deliver to Godfrey Giffard, Bishop of Worcester, deer from the forest of Aliceholt, to stock the park at Itchel (4 February, 1271-2) 41 ((sic))
The Inquisition taken in the County of Southampton, on -- May, 1279, after the death of Walter Giffard, Archbishop of York 411
1. Note, respecting the date of the Archbishop's death
2. Note, as to the other Inquisitions held after the death of Archbishop Giffard 412
Entry on the Fine Roll concerning the homage and relief of Godfrey Giffard, Bishop of Worcester, brother and heir of Walter Giffard, late Archbishop of York (21 June1 1279) 413
Seizure of the manor of Itchel on account of a trespass committed by Godfrey Giffard, Bishop of Worcester, in the Forest of Colingridge 414
The mandate to the Sheriff to distrain all the lands and chattels belonging to Godfrey Giffard, Bishop of Worcester, in the County of Southampton, etc. (5 July, 1293) 414
A Royal writ directing that the manor of Itchel should be replevied to the Bishop on his own bail (30 September, 1293) 414
The Royal writ, "ad diem suum clausit extremum," issued on the death of Godfrey Giffard, Bishop of Worcester (28 January, 1301-2) 416
The Inquisition thereupon, taken at Itchel before Walter de Gloucester, the King's Escheator, on the 23rd of March, 1301-2 416
Note, as to Bishop Giffard's death and burial in Worcester Cathedral 418
Note, as to the entry of the homage of John Giffard, nephew and heir of Bishop Godfrey Giffard (21 April, 1302) 419
Extract from Compotus Roll of the Bishoprick of Winchester of the payment made by John Giffard for the relief of the two knight's fees which he had inherited from his uncle, Bishop Godfrey Giffard 420
John Giffard summoned to perform military service in person against the Scots (30 June, 1314) 420
Fine levied in the King's court, between John Giffard and Margery his wife, and Thomas, Rector of the Church of Weston-under-Edge, concerning the manor of Itchel (November, 1314) 420
The Inquisition taken before the King's Escheator, at Crondal, on 4 February, 1319-20, on the death of John Giffard, of Weston-under-Edge 421
Precept to the Sheriff of Gloucester, to take into the King's hand all the lands and chattels of John Giffard of Weston-under-Edge, who had joined the Earl of Hereford and the other Barons in their league against the Despensers (7 February, 1321-2) 422
The King commits to Robert Lewer the custody of the manor of Itchel, with appurtenances, forfeited by John Giffard, the King's enemy and rebel (26 March, 1322) 423
The custody of the manor of Itchel committed to John de Aulton, Bailiff of the King's manor of Odiham (2 May, 1325) 423
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The Inquisition taken at Odiham, after the death of Sir John Giffard, knight, of Weston-under-Edge, containing full particulars as to the extent, value, etc., of the Manor of Itchel (13 February, 1327-8) 424
Note, as to the other Inquisitions taken after the death of Sir John Giffard, and a summary of the value of lands and tenements in the counties of Gloucester, Cambridge, and Southampton 425
The Inquisition taken at Winchester before the King's Escheator, with respect to the lands in Dippenhall held by John de Wescote (28 August, 1335) 427
Particulars contained in the Inquisition taken at Alton, after the death of John, son of John de Westcote, as to the lands he held, and the names of his sisters and co-heirs (23 January, 1336-7) 429
Note, as to the Inquisition held after the death of Laurence de Pageham, in right of Alice his wife, one of the heirs of John, son of John de Westcote, taken at Alton on 26 May, 1375; and the King's grant of the wardships of the lands and heir, to Sir William Tauk, knight, chief Baron of the Exchequer (3 June, 1375) 429
Directions to the Escheator to retain in the King's hands a certain messuage and lands belonging to the manor of Itchel (17 February, 1336-7) 430
Proof of the age of John Giffard, son and heir of John Giffard, deceased, taken in obedience to a Royal writ, dated at Westminster, 17 June, 1348; at Wenlock, Shropshire, 8 October, 1348 431
Extracts from the Inquisitions taken after the death of Alianora, widow of John Giffard, of Weston-under-Edge (December, 1360) 436
Grant by King Edward III to William de Edyndon, Bishop of Winchester, of the lands and tenements belonging to Elizabeth Giffard, daughter and heir of John and Alianora Giffard, deceased, during her minority (10 December, 1360) 437
On the Inquisitions taken after the death of Elizabeth Giffard, daughter and heir of John Giffard, who died, under age, on 3 November, 1361 438
Licence granted by William de Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, to Sir John Giffard, knight, to enlarge his park at Itchel (17 April, 1376); and the confirmation of it by the Prior and Chapter of Winchester Cathedral (8 November, 1379, 3 Ric. II) 439
William de Wykeham brings an action against Sir John Gifford for having entered the chace and warren belonging to the Bishop at Crondal (A.D. 1380) 422
Extracts from the Inquisition taken at Odiham, after the death of John Berewe (Burghe), of Stapeley, in the parish of Odiham (9 February, 1418-9) 443
Note, as to the Inquisition taken after the death of his ancestor, John atte Berwe, at Stapeley (24 July, 1351) 444
Notice of the death of John Giffard on the 10th of June, and of the Inquisition taken at Gloucester (24 July, 1444) 444
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Notice of the death of Robert Giffard on 3 August, 1446; and of the Inquisition held at Gloucester (2 November. 1446) 445
The Inquisition taken at Winchester after the death of Johanna, late wife of Sir John Marney, knight, and widow of Robert Giffard, and of Barantyne (8 October, 1478) 445
Grant by Thomas Langton, Bishop of Winchester, to John Giffard the elder, and to his son, John Giffard the younger, of the office of the keepership of the park and chace of Farnham (21 July, 1500) 448
Note, as to a grant by Bishop Richard Fox of the chace of Crondal to Giles, Lord Daubeny, who died on 27 May, 1507, and of a charter by the same Bishop, to George Paulet, esquire, of the office of keeper of the chace and warren of Crondal for life, dated 6 October, 1511; and that these charters were considered an infringement upon the right of the Prior and Convent, because the said chace belonged to the Prior and Convent, and not to the Bishop 449
Grant by the Prior and Convent of Winchester Cathedral to Sir William Giffard, knight, of Itchel, and to John Giffard, his eldest son, of the two ponds called Fleet ponds, with the fishery of the same, and the pasture called le Fleet, for the term of fifty years (18 January, 1505-6) 449
Note, as to the said John Giffard dying in his father's lifetime, and that a new lease was thereupon granted to Richard Giffard, the second son of Sir William Giffard, for thirty years from the 29 September, 1528 453
Grant by the Prior and Convent of Winchester Cathedral to Sir William Giffard, knight, of a piece of land and wood called Carlewood, for the term of eighty-nine years, for the enlargement of Itchel Park (29 October, 1529) 453
An Inquisition taken at Fordingbridge, after the death of John Giffard, esquire (a junior member of the Giffard family), and Pernella, his wife, daughter and heiress of Richard Wely (2 December, 1528) 458
Note, as to another Inquisition, taken at Winchester, with respect as to the lands and tenements belonging to William Giffard, son and heir of the aforesaid John Giffard, esquire (21 April, 1528) 458
Note, as to amount due by the said William Giffard, for his relief on account of certain lands held of the Bishop of Winchester 458
Particulars contained in the Inquisition taken at Winchester, after the death of William Giffard (9 June, 1563) 458
On the Inquisition held after the death of Sir William Giffard knight, in 1549 459
Extracts from the Inquisition held after the death of John Giffard, esquire, in 1563 460
Fine levied in the Queen's Court, between Thomas Vaughan and Nicholas Porter, gentleman, and George Giffard, esquire, concerning the manor of Itchel (4 May, 1575) 462
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Fine levied in the Queen's Court, between Thomas Dymmocke, gentleman, and George Giffard, esquire, and William Hodges, gentleman, concerning the manor of Itchel (20 June, 1579) 463
Fine levied in the Queen's Court between Henry (Wriothesley), Earl of Southampton, and William Hodges, gentleman, and Elizabeth his wife, concerning the manor of Itchel (4 June, 1580) 465
Fine levied in the Queen's Court, between Robert White, esquire, and Mary his wife, and Thomas Brabon and Ann his wife, concerning the manor of Cove (4 May, 1580) 467
Note, respecting the Inquisition taken after the death of the Earl of Southampton in 1582 467
Descent of the Itchel estate after the death of the Earl of Southampton 468
Note, as to Dr. Robert Mason and his official appointments 468
Petition of the Dean and Chapter of Winchester Cathedral to King Charles, asking for a grant of the timber cut down in the manor of Crondal, towards the rebuilding and reparations of the deanery and prebendal houses 468
A Lease of Crondal manor, granted in 1707, by the Dean and Chapter, to Mary Stanley and John Stanley, for the term of twenty-one years 469
A perambulation of the boundaries of Minley in the parish of Yateley, made in 1516, with the names and ages of the witnesses thereto who were still living in 1541, and the attestation of the finding of this record in the Cathedral Audit house on 8 June, 1648 473-4
Particulars as to Leases of the Fleet ponds, fishery, and pasture, and the breaking down of the pond head in 1567, and Licence to enclose and convert the site of the said pond into meadows or pasture 475
Lease of a messuage and three yard-lands in Dippenhall, granted in 1537, by the Prior and Convent of Winchester Cathedral, to John Fauntleroy, son of Tristram Fauntleroy, of Michelmersh, in the county of Southampton, esquire 476
A similar Lease of the same property granted to his grandson, John Fauntleroy, in 1621, with a memorandum annexed as to the particular fields and closes which were considered to be the said three yard-lands 476-8
A grant of the office of keeper of the chace and warren of Crondal, made by the Dean and Chapter of Winchester Cathedral, to Sir Walter Tichborne, of Aldershot, knight, for the term of his natural life (25 November, 1613) 477
Note, as to a similar grant of the same office in 1690 478
An assessment of the entire payment of the first subsidy, 18 James I (A.D. 1620-1), made in the 19th year (A.D. 1621) on the inhabitants of Crondal hundred 478-90
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APPENDIX
I. Catalogue of Documents, relating to the Manor of Crondal, in the possession of the Dean and Chapter of Winchester 481
1. Compotus Rolls, or Rolls of Accounts 481
2. Court Rolls of the Manor of Crondal 486
3. Rentals of the Manor of Crondal 496
4. Custom Roll of the Manor of Crondal 497
II. Extract from the Stock-book of the Manors belonging to the Monastery of St. Swithun, Winchester, for the year of our Lord, 1390 497
III. Return relating to the Manor of Crondal, A.D. 1541 501
IV. Abstracts of a bundle of Rolls relating to the Manor of Crondal, formerly preserved among the records relating to the temporalities of the Bishoprick of Winchester 502
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V. Notes on the Compotus Roll, A.D. 1248 505
VI. Glossary to the Crondal Compotus, A.D. 1248; Rental, etc., A.D. 1287 ((*blank*))
VII. Entries from an old Account Roll, as to payments made in an action-at-law against the tenants at Crondal, in 1675 512
INDEX - General 513-522
INDEX to the Crondal Customary of 1567 523-530
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