10 Jul Lordship Title of Eastmanton ID1465
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Two carucates in Sparsholt which developed into the manor of EASTMANTON (Estmantone, xiii cent.; Eastmanton, Edmonton or Idsmonton, xviii cent.) were held in 1086 by Hascoit Musard as successor of Brictric, a freeman. Hascoit had a son Richard, whose son was Hasculf. Ralph, son of the latter, held Eastmanton in the early 13th century and was succeeded by his son Robert, who died in 1240, leaving a brother and heir Ralph. This Ralph or his successor enfeoffed in Eastmanton the family of Achard, lords of Sparsholt, who were holding it of his heirs in 1278. The Musards retained the overlordship, which in the 14th century was held by their descendant, Sir Robert de Frescheville. From 1432, however, the manor was said to be held of the lords of Wantage. Eastmanton followed Aldermaston in descent till 1620, when Sir Humphrey Forster sold his reversion to Margaret White, widow. The heir of Margaret White, who died in 1621, was her daughter Margaret, married to Richard Lovelace. He was created Lord Lovelace of Hurley in 1627 and was succeeded by his son John. The estate of the latter in Sparsholt in 1662 was worth £50 yearly. In 1671–2 he sold it to John Hippisley, and from that date it followed the descent of the Hippisley estate in Lambourn (q.v.), being united to the chief manor of Sparsholt in 1807.
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