Manor & Lordship
- Manor / site
- Unknown
- Associated lordship
- Lordship of Ecchinswell Associated
- Lordship status
- Unknown
The supplied record expressly refers to the lordship of Ecchinswell, including its sale in 1648 and restoration in 1660; survival or extinction of the distinct title is not established.
Location: Hampshire
Places / associated places: Hampshire
Listed in Domesday Book: Yes
About the Manor
From time immemorial this ancient Saxon lordship in the Kingsclere Hundred of Hampshire, belonged to the Bishop of Winchester.
In the time of the Domesday Survey of 1086 it was assessed at 7½ hides. There were two mills referred to in the Domesday Survey. In the extent of the manor taken in 1086, it is noted that there were two mills worth 100 pence annually.
As was customary in Church Manors, most of the land and assets were let on leases. In Ecchinswell the Bishop had the most prestigious tenant of all, namely the Queen. He let the site of the old manor house to Queen Elizabeth I for eighty years. After six months she made over the remainder of that lease to Sir Henry Wallop. This deal was done under Letters Patent issued by the Queen in 1570.
By the provisions of the Root and Branch Act of 1648 the Bishop of Winchester had to sell the lordship of Ecchinswell to Nicholas Lore and George Wither. On the restoration to the throne of King Charles II in 1660, the lordship was returned to the Bishop, who continued to enjoy it until the end of the eighteenth century when it was purchased by an ancestor of the present owner the Earl of Carnarvon.
Associated manorial documents / archive references
- 1 Court rolls and books, account rolls, admissions and surrenders 1688-1871
- 2 Court roll (copies) with other manors 1573-1741
- 3 Court rolls 1505/6, 1518-1712 (not consec.)
- 4 Books of fines with Hillclere Bailiwick 1540-1767
- 5 Books of surrenders 1598-1728
- 6 Misc. court papers 17th and 18th cents.
- 7 Copy court roll 1713
- 8 List of quit rents 1789-1801
- 9 Court costs 1811
- 10 Copies of court roll 1789-1830 (not consec.)
Ownership / Holder Account
Ecchinswell was held from time immemorial by the Bishop of Winchester. In 1570, the site of the old manor house was leased by Queen Elizabeth I for eighty years, and after six months the remainder of the lease was assigned to Sir Henry Wallop. Under the Root and Branch Act of 1648, the lordship was sold to Nicholas Lore and George Wither. Following the Restoration in 1660, it was returned to the Bishop of Winchester. It remained with the bishop until the late eighteenth century, when it was purchased by an ancestor of the Earl of Carnarvon.
Conveyance & Descent
First holder to present holder: blood proximity & distance travelled
First recorded holder: Queen Elizabeth I
Present holder:
Recorded title journey: 5 holder entries in this manor's saved Conveyance & Descent history.
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First recorded holder → present holder
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Transfer: Lease of the site of the old manor house for eighty years
Previous holder: Bishop of Winchester
The bishop leased the site of the old manor house to Queen Elizabeth I; after six months she assigned the remainder of the lease to Sir Henry Wallop under Letters Patent issued in 1570.
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Sir Henry Wallop, English courtier, administrator and landowner, Treasurer of Ireland, 1579–1599
Transfer: Assignment of the remainder of Queen Elizabeth I's lease
Sir Henry Wallop received the remainder of the eighty-year lease of the site of the old manor house from Queen Elizabeth I after six months.
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Nicholas Lore and George Wither
Transfer: Sale of the lordship under the Root and Branch Act
Holding arrangement: Joint
Previous holder: Bishop of Winchester
The lordship of Ecchinswell was sold to Nicholas Lore and George Wither under the provisions of the Root and Branch Act of 1648, and was returned to the Bishop of Winchester on the Restoration in 1660.
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Bishop of Winchester
Transfer: Restoration of the lordship following the return of King Charles II
Previous holder: Nicholas Lore and George Wither
The lordship was returned to the Bishop of Winchester in 1660, who retained it until its late-eighteenth-century purchase by an ancestor of the Earl of Carnarvon.
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Ancestor of the Earl of Carnarvon
Transfer: Purchase of the lordship
Previous holder: Bishop of Winchester
The manor and lordship were purchased from the Bishop of Winchester in the late eighteenth century by an ancestor of the present owner identified in the supplied record as the Earl of Carnarvon.
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Lordship / Title Associations
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Associated · 1648 · Provisional
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The supplied record expressly refers to the lordship of Ecchinswell, including its sale in 1648 and restoration in 1660; survival or extinction of the distinct title is not established.
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