10 Jul Lordship Title of Clewer or Cleworth ID1426
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Before the Norman Conquest the manor of CLEWER was held by Earl Harold. The Conqueror appropriated half a hide for the site of his castle of Windsor, and the remainder of the manor was held in 1086 by Ralph son of Seifrid. The manor was said in 1330 to be held by the service of half a knight's fee, payment of 20s. to the castle of Windsor and service at the king's court of the Seven Hundreds every three weeks. Richard de Sifrewast was dealing with land in Clewer in 1197, and appears as lord of the manor a few years later. He or his successor of the same name died about 1240 and his widow Maud about 1245; their grandson Richard held the manor in 1247. The death of this Richard occurred before 1274, when his two sons Richard and John were minors. Thomas de Pampesworth, who had married Elizabeth de Sifrewast, widow of Richard, before 1284, was returned as holding the 'vill of Clewar' in 1316, but he evidently died soon afterwards, as Richard de Sifrewast in 1321 obtained a licence to enfeoff his son Richard, who did homage for Clewer in 1323. He died in 1330, leaving a son Roger, then aged eighteen, who died in 1361, leaving a son and heir John. On his death in 1394 he was succeeded by a son of the same name, who died in 1441, leaving three daughters, Margaret wife of David Brekenocke, Agnes wife of Miles Scull, and Sibyl wife of John Thorley. Margaret's share was settled in 1486 on her son John with remainder to his brother Richard. Both John and Richard seem to have died without issue before 1490. Sibyl Thorley appears to have married Thomas Rekys as her second husband, Sir William Laken as her third, Sir Thomas Berkeley as her fourth, and possibly Thomas Danvers as her fifth. William Rekys, her son, died in 1491 seised of a moiety of the manor. In 1498 his son John Rekys and Joan his wife, Elizabeth, John's mother, and Charles Rippon, then her husband, granted the manor to Sir Reynold Bray. Sir Reynold Bray also acquired the Sculls' share a year later. His niece Margery wife of Sir William Sandys succeeded, and their son Thomas Lord Sandys sold the manor to the Crown in 1546. The manor was granted to George Duke of Albemarle in 1661. The duke upon his death in 1669–70 was followed by his son and heir Christopher, who, dying without issue, was succeeded in 1688 by his cousin the Hon. Bernard Granville. The latter held the manor until his death in 1701. He left a son Bevil, who died in 1706, and was succeeded by his younger brother George, created Lord Lansdowne in 1712. In 1719 Lord Lans- downe suffered a recovery, and in the following year conveyed the manor to Arthur Vansittart. The latter died in 1760, and was succeeded by his son of the same name, who held the estate until his death in 1805. He was succeeded by his son Arthur, who died in 1859, leaving this property to Mr. Arthur Stovell, the present lord of the manor. The manor-house was sold in 1812 to Richard Foster, whose grandson Mr. Edmund Foster now holds it.
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