10 Jul Lordship Title of East Hanney or Long Hannay ID1457
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A part of EAST HANNEY, which in the 18th century had the alternative name of LONG HANNEY, belonged from a very early date to the Abbots of Abingdon. In 956 King Edwy granted 20 hides at Hanney to his kinsman Ælfric. Ælfric is said to have granted them to the abbey, but the only charter granting Hanney to Abingdon contained in the monastic chronicle is a gift of what seems to be the same land made by Edgar in 968. It included the part of the township to the north-east of the village. In 1086 the abbot had 10 hides in East Hannay. There were two free tenants in the manor, Ulwi, who held 3 hides which had formerly been set aside to provide food for the monks, and Nicholas with 1 hide which had been held by Edwin the priest. There was a mill worth 12s. The 6 hides which the abbot held in demesne remained among the possessions of the abbey till the Dissolution. They were granted in 1545 to Robert Browne, Christopher Edmondes and William Wenlowe, who a year later conveyed their estate here to Oliver Wellesbourne. Oliver died in possession in 1555, leaving a son and heir Francis, who held courts baron for his manor of East Hanney in 1594 and 1596. He had two daughters and co heirs Frances and Anne, who succeeded him in 1602, and the manor was held for several generations in two moieties. Frances married Paul Ambrose Croke, who died in possession of her share of the manor in 1631. His daughter and heir Lucy, who married Edward Heath, succeeded, and with Sir George Croke and others conveyed it in 1640 to John and William Ashcombe. William Ashcombe by will in 1656 left his estate here to his nephew John Aldworth, whose family seems to have succeeded in retaining it in spite of claims made by the Ashcombe and Clarke families. It came at the end of the 17th century into the possession of Dr. Richard Aldworth, who died in 1701, leaving it to Margaret Snape for life with remainder to his kinsman Thomas Goodlake. Thomas Goodlake sold his Hanney estate in 1722 to Matthew Wymondsold of East Lockinge. It subsequently followed the descent of East Lockinge (q.v.). Lady Wantage holds the estate at the present day.
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