Whiteparish

This lordship is in the Hundred of Frustfield in the County of Wiltshire.

The family of Grimsted were lords of the manor in the late thirteenth century. In 1338, Andrew de Grimsted died, lord of the manor. By 1470, Reginald Perrott, whose mother was a sister of Adam de Grimsted was Lord of the Manor of Whiteparish.

The Grimsted family had died out by 1404; and, in that year, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Bettesthorne and wife of Sir John Berkeley, was lord of the manor. Their son, Sir Maurice Berkeley, succeeded to the lordship in 1460. His son, also Maurice, left an only daughter, Catherine, who married Sir John Brereton. Their daughter married Sir William Compton.

The lordship then descended in the Compton family. Sir Henry Compton, great grandson of Sir John Brereton, left the manor to his son, also Sir Henry.

Sir Richard Compton died, lord of the manor, in 1684. He sold the lordship to William Hitchcock. The Lordship then came to a cousin of William Hitchcock, Richard Luther of Kelvedon in Essex. His son, John, was Lord of the Manor in 1767, and sold the lordship to Henry Dawkins of Standlynch.

Henry Dawkins, who also owned Denison Park in Berkshire, was an M.P. and a member of the Dilettante Society. He died, Lord of the Manor of Whiteparish in 1813, when the lordship was purchased by trustees on behalf of an ancestor of the present lord of the manor.

Associated manorial documents / archive references

• 1 A coloured map of Whiteparish, 22" x 27"
• 2 Assignment of Leasehold Estate 1761
• 3 Terrier of property 1779
• 4 Counterpart of leases 1803, 1809, 1816
• 5 Valuation of Parson's farm 1820
• 6 Letter regarding East Coppice 1815
• 7 Letter regarding tithe of Whelpley Farm 1840
• 8 Document regarding purchase of two pieces of land
• 9 A particular of such Fee-Farm rents in the County of Wiltshire 1814
• 10 Abstract of title to the Manor Farm of Whelpley 1814
• 11 Abstract of lease for Brack-Mead, part of Tichbourne Farm 1781
• 12 Counterpart of lease of Moore Farm 1814
• 13 Title to Moor Farm

Historical holder / succession information

1. By 1470, Reginald Perrott [source claim requiring identity review]
   1470 · lord_of_manor · historical_holder_or_transferee
   Source wording: By 1470, Reginald Perrott, whose mother was a sister of Adam de Grimsted was Lord of the Manor of Whiteparish.
2. and, in that year, Elizabeth [source claim requiring identity review]
   1404 · lord_of_manor · historical_holder_or_transferee
   Source wording: The Grimsted family had died out by 1404; and, in that year, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Bettesthorne and wife of Sir John Berkeley, was lord of the manor.
3. a cousin of William Hitchcock, Richard Luther of Kelvedon in Essex [source claim requiring identity review]
   passed_to · historical_holder_or_transferee
   Source wording: The Lordship then came to a cousin of William Hitchcock, Richard Luther of Kelvedon in Essex.
4. His son, John [source claim requiring identity review]
   1767 · lord_of_manor · historical_holder_or_transferee
   Source wording: His son, John, was Lord of the Manor in 1767, and sold the lordship to Henry Dawkins of Standlynch.
5. trustees on behalf of an ancestor of the present lord of the manor [source claim requiring identity review]
   1813 · purchased_by · historical_holder_or_transferee
   Source wording: He died, Lord of the Manor of Whiteparish in 1813, when the lordship was purchased by trustees on behalf of an ancestor of the present lord of the manor.