10 Jul Lordship Title of Baldwins with Weeks ID1360
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The land of William son of Corbucion belonged in 1241 to Thomas Earl of Warwick, and was held of him by Geoffrey de Bono Fossato, of whom nothing more is heard. It may be conjectured that this holding became the manor of BALDWINS, which coalesced in the 15th century with that of WEEKS to form a second manor of Charlton. Both were held in 1442 of the lord of Wantage. The name Baldwins suggests that this was the freehold of a family named Baldwin, but the first of that name who has been found in connexion with the place is Richard Baldwin, who was of Wantage in 1461. Weeks apparently derived its name from the family of de la Wyk, tenants of the Ferrers fee in the 13th century. Half a knight's fee, which was probably in Charlton, was held of the Barony of Ferrers in the middle of the 12th century by William de St. Quintin. Nicholas de St. Quintin had lands in Berkshire in 1173, and was probably succeeded by William de St. Quintin, whose heir was Hawise. Two and a half hides in Charlton was claimed against Hawise de St. Quintin in 1201 by Mabel widow of Ralph de la Grave and her sisters Anastasia and Christiana, who claimed through their father. The dispute ended in a release to Hawise, who granted 2 virgates to Mabel and her sisters. It seems probable that the land of Hawise came by marriage or by grant to Simon de la Wyk, to whom in 1210 Leoline, widow of William de St. Quintin, granted the 5 virgates in Charlton which formed her dower, reserving a rent-charge of 40s. for her life. Simon was said to hold of Ralph son of Nicholas, who was a seneschal of the Earl of Ferrers and must have had a mesne lordship. John de la Wyk held a quarter of a knight's fee in Charlton of the Earl of Ferrers about 1230. In 1284 Simon de la Wyk claimed a messuage in Wantage that had belonged to his grandfather Simon de la Wyk, and Richard atte Wyk was returned among the lords of Charlton with Tullwick in 1316. In 1362 the fee held of the honour of Tutbury was said to be in the hands of John de Sparsholt and Robert de St. Martin; it may perhaps be identified with the 'manor of Charlton' held in 1395 by Christopher Fleming. When next mentioned the 'manors of Bawdewynscourt and Wykes' were held by John Golafre, who granted them to feoffees some time before his death in 1443. In 1444 these feoffees had licence to assign them to the chaplain of the chantry of Fyfield. On the dissolution of chantries Edward VI granted these manors to George Owen, who held them as the manor of Charlton on his death in 1558. His son Richard Owen conveyed the estate in 1561 to William Wirdnam, who sold the manors of Weeks and Baldwins separately to Robert Hyde in 1609 and 1612. Robert Hyde conveyed them by indenture in 1615 to Edmund Dunch. In 1630 they were sold by Walter and Samuel Dunch, sons of Edmund, to Sir George Wilmot, kt. Sir George Wilmot had a son William, whose sons predeceased him; his widow died in 1728. The Charlton estates of the Wilmots probably came with Uplambourn (q.v.) to Thomas Garrard. According to tradition these manors were purchased in the early 18th century by Matthew Wymondsold and subsequently followed the descent of East Lockinge. No manorial rights are exercised at the present day.
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