10 Jul Lordship Title of Hyde or Hyde Hall or Purley Hall ID1523
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The manor of LA HYDE, later known as HYDE HALL or PURLEY HALL, appears to have been partly situated in Pangbourne parish and partly in the parishes of Sulham, Purley and Whitchurch. In 1086 1 hide in Pangbourne was held by a certain knight under William, who was the tenant of Miles Crispin, and the same William held 1 hide in Sulham of Miles Crispin. Later, Hugh de St. Philibert, lord of Sulham held lands of Richard de la Hide in Pangbourne, Purley and elsewhere, which seem to have included the manor of La Hyde. This passed with Sulham till the close of the 15th century. On the death of Nicholas Carew before 1485 Hyde Hall passed to one of his three sisters, Elizabeth the wife of Walter Twynho. Her son and grandson Edward and Anthony Twynho held Hyde Hall successively; the latter died in 1529, and his possessions passed to his sisters and heirs—Ann the wife of Henry Heydon, son of Sir Henry Heydon, and Katherine the wife of John Dauntesay. In 1543–4 a moiety of the manor was held by Ann and Henry Heydon. They had a son named Francis, but the whole of Hyde Hall finally came to Bridget Dauntesay, the daughter and heir of Katherine. Bridget married Hugh Hyde of Letcombe, and her son and heir Francis Hyde of Pangbourne was lord of the manor in 1605. The Hydes were Roman Catholics and two-thirds of a capital messuage and land in the parishes of Whitchurch, Purley, Pangbourne and Sulham were seized by the Crown through the recusancy of Francis Hyde. Charles I gave a lease of this two-thirds to William Smith in 1627–8. Two years later Francis Hyde died seised of the manor and was succeeded by his son and heir Richard, who died before 1665, when his son Francis was summoned to appear at Ashmole's visitation of the county. Francis Hyde died about 1688 and was succeeded by his son and grandson, both named Francis. The last Francis Hyde and his younger brother John sold the Hyde Hall estate in 1720 to Francis Hawes of Purley. The latter was implicated in the affairs of the South Sea Company, his cousin Francis Hawes having been one of its promoters, and in 1722 the manor was put up for sale by the creditors of the company. It was bought by Charles Hall, but this appears to have been a creditors' settlement, as the Hawes remained in possession till 1753, when the property was in Chancery. It was heavily mortgaged and was finally bought from the creditors of the Hawes family by the Rev. Henry Wilder in 1773. His descendant the Rev. H. C. Wilder is the present owner.
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