10 Jul Lordship Title of Moggerhanger South Mills and Chalton or Moggerhanger ID1202
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Another manor in this parish, known as SOUTH MILLS MANOR or HOLWELLS MANOR, was held of the honour of Leicester. It is in Chalton and Moggerhanger, and included, as its name implies, the mill which formed part of Adeliza de Grentmeisnil's 10-hide manor at Domesday, of which mill the foundations of the house are still to be traced. The earliest tenant of whom mention has been found is William Lovel, who held half a fee here in the beginning of the 13th century. He was succeeded by a family called de Harcourt. In 1270 Henry de Harcourt and Celia his wife conveyed land and part share in the mill to Richard de Harcourt, who is returned as holding a quarter of a fee here in 1284–6. In 1315 his son William de Harcourt was summoned for trespass and assault. He owned the manor in 1319, between which date and 1346 an alienation appears to have taken place. It was then held by Robert de Holwell, John Malyns, Nicholas Crowe and John de la Hay. In 1428 three names are given: Thomas Malyns, Gerard Crowe and Joan Hende; but the Holwell family appear to have had the principal interest in the manor, as Richard Holwell is found conveying it to John Fitz in 1432–3. By 1469 South Mill Manor had become the property of George Gascoigne and Elizabeth his wife, who then alienated it to John Maningham. He retained it till 1484, when he transferred it to John Mordaunt and John Vynter. It next appears as the property of John Aleyn, who in 1549 alienated it to Humphrey Brown and others. Its history during the next century has not been ascertainable, but it reappears in 1679 as the property of Thomas Cheyne, who then conveyed it to Thomas Bromsall. According to Lysons, it passed from the Bromsall family to the lords of Moggerhanger Manor (q.v.), whose descent it shares until the latter manor was alienated to Richard Mercer, when South Mills was retained by the Dawkins family, whose representative, Mr. F. Dawkins, is now lord of the manor.
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