Grately

This lordship is in the Andover Hundred of Hampshire. In 1130 the King's Sheriff had the receipts from the manor.

By 1167 William Mauduit, Chamberlain to King Henry II was lord of the manor. Apart from a few years when the lordship was held by Sir Alan de Plugenet the Mauduit family held the lordship until it passed to Sir Henry Greene.

In 1318 it is recorded in the Charter Rolls that King Edward II gave Thomas Mauduit a grant of free warren in the Manor of Grately. This Thomas Mauduit was however on the wrong side at the Battle of Boroughbridge in 1322 where he was taken prisoner. The manor was confiscated by the King and he was executed. King Edward III restored the manor to his son, John Mauduit who was lord of the manor in 1332.

Sir Henry Greene married Maud, the daughter of John Mauduit, who died in 1364. Sir Henry was a privy councillor to King Richard II. Sadly however for his loyalty to King Richard, he was executed on the orders of Henry Bolingbroke and the manor again came to the Crown.

When Henry assumed the throne he must have had a twinge of conscience because he returned the manor to Sir Henry's son Ralph in 1327. He was knighted and died, lord of the manor in 1417.

Sir Ralph was succeeded by his brother John, who is mentioned in the Feudal Aid of 1428 and 1431. He died, lord of the manor of Grately, in 1433, when his son Henry succeeded to the lordship. He was twice married, but he left only a daughter, Constance. She carried the manor in marriage to Lord John Stafford, third surviving son of the First Duke of Buckingham.

Lord John Stafford was created Earl of Wiltshire in 1470. His son, Edward the Second Earl of Wiltshire, died, Lord of the Manor, but without any children, in 1499. The Earldom of Wiltshire thus became extinct. The Lordship of the Manor of Grately reverted to the heirs of Sir Henry Greene's two sisters, Lady de Vere and Lady Huddlestone.

For this reason, the manor was divided between the different families until 1577 when Lord Audley and his father-in-law, Sir James Mervyn, purchased the whole lordship from the different owners. Lord Audley died in 1617, after which the manor came to the Carey family of Carey Street in London. From whom the lordship was purchased by Leonard Pickering, who left it in his will to his niece, Miss Pickering. She was also Lord of the Manor of Wilcote in Oxfordshire. From her the ancient Lordship of Grately came to the present lord of the manor.

Rights, customs and incidents

In 1318 it is recorded in the Charter Rolls that King Edward II gave Thomas Mauduit a grant of free warren in the Manor of Grately.

Associated manorial documents / archive references

• 1 Royal Charter King Edward II 1318
• 2 Account roll with other manors 1536 – 37
• 3 Account roll with other manors 1566 – 67

Historical holder / succession information

1. By 1167 William Mauduit, Chamberlain to King Henry II [source claim requiring identity review]
   1167 · lord_of_manor · historical_holder_or_transferee
   Source wording: By 1167 William Mauduit, Chamberlain to King Henry II was lord of the manor.
2. Sir Henry Greene
   passed_to · historical_holder_or_transferee
   Source wording: Apart from a few years when the lordship was held by Sir Alan de Plugenet the Mauduit family held the lordship until it passed to Sir Henry Greene.
3. Apart from a few years
   held_manor · historical_holder_or_transferee
   Source wording: Apart from a few years when the lordship was held by Sir Alan de Plugenet the Mauduit family held the lordship until it passed to Sir Henry Greene.
4. King Edward III restored the manor to his son, John Mauduit [source claim requiring identity review]
   1332 · lord_of_manor · historical_holder_or_transferee
   Source wording: King Edward III restored the manor to his son, John Mauduit who was lord of the manor in 1332.
5. Crown [source claim requiring identity review]
   passed_to · historical_holder_or_transferee
   Source wording: Sadly however for his loyalty to King Richard, he was executed on the orders of Henry Bolingbroke and the manor again came to the Crown.
6. Carey family of Carey Street in London
   1617 · passed_to · historical_holder_or_transferee
   Source wording: Lord Audley died in 1617, after which the manor came to the Carey family of Carey Street in London.
7. Leonard Pickering
   purchased_by · historical_holder_or_transferee
   Source wording: From whom the lordship was purchased by Leonard Pickering, who left it in his will to his niece, Miss Pickering.
8. present lord of the manor [source claim requiring identity review]
   passed_to · historical_holder_or_transferee
   Source wording: From her the ancient Lordship of Grately came to the present lord of the manor.