Manor & Lordship
- Manor / site
- Unknown
- Associated lordship
- Lordship of Link Hill Associated
- Lordship status
- Unknown
The supplied historical description expressly calls Link Hill a lordship and refers to its lords; survival or extinction of the title is not established.
Location: Kent
Places / associated places: Kent
About the Manor
THIS LORDSHIP used to belong to the ancient family of Hever which name they took from the Parish in which the manor lies. It was held of the King in capite according to inquisitions taken in the reign of King John 1211 and 1212, when it was held by Hugo de Tokington by the service of one Knight’s Fee, held of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The manor was the first residence of the Hevers in this country, although they eventually moved to Hever Castle near Tonbridge. William de Hever accompanied Richard I, the Lion Heart (1189-99) on the Third Crusade to the Holy Land and was present at the seige of Asshelon in 1192. In 1206 Walter de Hever was one of the justices of the Great Assize. Richard de Hever, in 1291, accompanied Edward I (1272-1307) to Newcastle when that King summoned the claimants to the Scottish throne to appear before them to state their cases. In the reign of Edward III (1327-77), the manor passed to Richard de Hever’s two daughters, Joan and Margaret who, respectively, married Reginald Cobham and Sir Oliver Brocas, one of whose descendants sold his share to Reginald, Lord Cobham, in about 1486.
In the 16th century, the Lordship was purchased and sold on numerous occasions and the lords of the manor included John Rickell, Edward Lymsey, Sir John Rainsford, John Bartow, and Richard Child. Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second Queen, lived nearby at Hever Castle and owned this Manor.
In the 17th century, the Childs sold the lordship to Dame Frances Burton, widow of Sir Thomas Burton of Leicestershire. It passed through the hands of the Cripps and Tokes families until it became the property of the Hart Dykes in the last century.
Associated manorial documents / archive references
- Court Books 1423, 1444-52 Canterbury Cathedral Library
- Court Books 1533-38
Ownership / Holder Account
Historical holder / succession information
- Richard de Hever’s two daughters, Joan and Margaret
1327|1486 · passed_to · historical_holder_or_transferee
Source wording: In the reign of Edward III (1327-77), the manor passed to Richard de Hever’s two daughters, Joan and Margaret who, respectively, married Reginald Cobham and Sir Oliver Brocas, one of whose descendants sold his share to Reginald, Lord Cobham, in about 1486.
Manorial Rights & Privileges
Historic manorial rights / privileges (3)
Held of the King in capite
Provisional
The supplied record states that Link Hill was held directly of the Crown according to inquisitions of 1211 and 1212.
Held by the service of one knight's fee
Provisional
The supplied record states that Hugo de Tokington held the manor by the service of one knight's fee.
Held of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Provisional
The supplied record states that the knight's fee was held of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Conveyance & Descent
First holder to present holder: blood proximity & distance travelled
First recorded holder: Richard de Hever’s two daughters, Joan and Margaret
Present holder:
Recorded title journey: 13 holder entries in this manor's saved Conveyance & Descent history.
No recorded holder currently has a usable saved direct-blood or collateral-blood relationship path from which to calculate proximity percentages.
First recorded holder → present holder
A usable saved blood relationship path between the first recorded holder and the present holder has not yet been recorded, so that first-to-present genealogical distance cannot be calculated.
Richard de Hever’s two daughters, Joan and Margaret
Transfer: passed_to
Source role: historical_holder_or_transferee. In the reign of Edward III (1327-77), the manor passed to Richard de Hever’s two daughters, Joan and Margaret who, respectively, married Reginald Cobham and Sir Oliver Brocas, one of whose descendants sold his share to Reginald, Lord Cobham, in about 1486.
Source: Lot #3 of Manorial Holdings Auction - December 1989
Hugo de Tokington
Transfer: held_by
Held Link Hill of the King in capite by the service of one knight's fee, held of the Archbishop of Canterbury, according to inquisitions taken in 1211 and 1212.
Source: Lot #3 of Manorial Holdings Auction - December 1989
Reginald, Lord Cobham
Transfer: purchased_share
Holding arrangement: Share — One share
Previous holder: A descendant of Sir Oliver Brocas
Purchased one of the shares descended through Joan and Margaret de Hever from a descendant of Sir Oliver Brocas, about 1486.
Source: Lot #3 of Manorial Holdings Auction - December 1989
John Rickell
Transfer: held_by
Named in the registry description among the sixteenth-century lords of Link Hill.
Source: Lot #3 of Manorial Holdings Auction - December 1989
Edward Lymsey
Transfer: held_by
Named in the registry description among the sixteenth-century lords of Link Hill.
Source: Lot #3 of Manorial Holdings Auction - December 1989
Sir John Rainsford
Transfer: held_by
Named in the registry description among the sixteenth-century lords of Link Hill.
Source: Lot #3 of Manorial Holdings Auction - December 1989
John Bartow
Transfer: held_by
Named in the registry description among the sixteenth-century lords of Link Hill.
Source: Lot #3 of Manorial Holdings Auction - December 1989
Richard Child
Transfer: held_by
Named in the registry description among the sixteenth-century lords of Link Hill.
Source: Lot #3 of Manorial Holdings Auction - December 1989
Anne Boleyn, Queen consort of England, 1533-1536, Marchioness of Pembroke, Marquess of Pembroke, 1532–1536
Transfer: owned_by
The registry description states that Anne Boleyn owned Link Hill Manor.
Source: Lot #3 of Manorial Holdings Auction - December 1989
Dame Frances Burton
Transfer: sold_to
Previous holder: The Child family
The Childs sold the lordship to Dame Frances Burton, widow of Sir Thomas Burton of Leicestershire.
Source: Lot #3 of Manorial Holdings Auction - December 1989
The Cripps family
Transfer: passed_to
Holding arrangement: Other
Previous holder: Dame Frances Burton
The lordship passed through the Cripps family after Dame Frances Burton.
Source: Lot #3 of Manorial Holdings Auction - December 1989
The Tokes family
Transfer: passed_to
Holding arrangement: Other
Previous holder: The Cripps family
The lordship subsequently passed through the Tokes family.
Source: Lot #3 of Manorial Holdings Auction - December 1989
The Hart Dyke family
Transfer: passed_to
Holding arrangement: Other
Previous holder: The Tokes family
The lordship became the property of the Hart Dykes in the nineteenth century.
Source: Lot #3 of Manorial Holdings Auction - December 1989
Lordship / Title Associations
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Associated · Provisional
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The supplied historical description expressly calls Link Hill a lordship and refers to its lords; survival or extinction of the title is not established.
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