Metholds and Wimbolds

in the Parish of Glemsford

This Manor is in the same Parish as the manor sold under Lot 17.

About the time of Henry VII it was held by the Methwolds family and we are told by Copinger (Vol. I, p. 106) that amongst the Charters in the Bodleian will be found a note that a Court of the Manor of "Methowlds and Wimbolds hold the Tuesday of the feast of St. Dionysius 7 Henry VIII 1515) by William Medewold Esq., a grant was made to Margery Jakis, widow of one tenement called 'culstone' with a garden etc. by the service of 6/8 annually and one capon."

William Methwold, or Medewold, as he is so often referred to in records, sold the Manor and all his lands called Methwold's and Wimbold's to John Smith. In 1569 it was sold by George Smith with the Manor of Callis to John Allen.

Copinger does not trace the history of the Manor further than to say that "Sir Isaac Appleton in 1598 obtained this Manor from Thomas (Appleton or Allen?) and died seised in 1608 leaving a son, Isaac Appleton, who died without issue."

Although it is in fact one with Methwods and Wimbolds, Copinger treats Callis separately. "Little is known," he said, "regarding this small Manor. It was no doubt called after the Caley's family who for many generations held land in Glemsford." The will of Thomas Caleys, dated 1439, is amongst the Suffolk Charters, etc., and we are told that there is also a note of a grant from the Manor of "Calsis" (1509) in Glemsford to Walter Toppyng of land opposite "Mille Streete." As mentioned above, John Allen bought Callis from George Smith in 1569 and thereafter the history of this Manor is the same as that of the other two Manors and, until the date of the earliest of our Court Records, about as indefinite. There is no doubt, however, that all three Manors were united into one by the time of the first of these entries, and that dated 1726 shows Samuel Warner as the Lord of the Manor of "Callis Metholds and Wimbolds in Glemsford in the County of Suffolk." Subsequent Lords included Sirt Thomas Bunbury, Bart., Job Hanmer (1788) and Joseh Lee (1847). Towards the end of the Century it had been acquired by Durrant Edward Cardinall who sold it in 1888 to Joseph Beaumont of Coggeshall.

The Custom of descent was to the eldest son.

The Manorial documents (insured for £200, premium 10/- per annum) to be handed over are:

Court Books: dated 1725-60; 1764-88; 1791-46; and 1847-1919.

The manor was held by the Methwold family around the time of Henry VII. William Methwold, also recorded as William Medewold, sold the manor and lands called Methwold's and Wimbold's to John Smith. George Smith sold it with the manor of Callis to John Allen in 1569. Sir Isaac Appleton obtained the manor in 1598 from a person identified uncertainly in the record as Thomas Appleton or Thomas Allen, and died seised in 1608; his son Isaac Appleton subsequently died without issue. By 1726 the manors of Callis, Metholds and Wimbolds were united. Later recorded lords included Sir Thomas Bunbury, Job Hanmer in 1788, and Joseph Lee in 1847. Durrant Edward Cardinall acquired the united manor towards the end of the nineteenth century and sold it to Joseph Beaumont of Coggeshall in 1888.