10 Jul Lordship Title of Speenhamland ID1624
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With regard to the shares of the other heirs of William Marshal Earl of Pembroke, that of Isabel the wife of Gilbert de Clare Earl of Hertford and Gloucester seems to have passed after the death of Anselm Earl of Pembroke, in 1245, to their son Richard, and after his death, on 15 July 1262, to his son Gilbert de Clare, surnamed the Red. It was at this time known as the manor of SPEENHAMLAND and followed the descent of the earldom of Hertford till 1312, when Gilbert Earl of Hertford made a grant for life of a yearly rent of £8, issuing from this manor, to his half-sister Isabel, which was confirmed in 1314, and, after his death in the same year, by the king in 1315. In 1315–16 Isabel de Clare was returned as lady of the manor. Later on she married Maurice de Berkeley. At her death on 7 July 1333 it reverted to the heirs of her brother Gilbert, whose only child John died young during his father's lifetime, and his heir was his sister Eleanor the wife of Hugh le Despenser. The manor descended with the barony of Despenser till 1400, when Thomas le Despenser Earl of Gloucester was beheaded and all his lands forfeited. The manor of Speenhamland, however, passed to his daughter Isabel, who married firstly Richard Beauchamp Lord Bergavenny, created Earl of Worcester, and after his death in 1422 Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick. She died on 26 December 1439 seised of this manor, when her heir was her son Henry Earl of Warwick, then aged fifteen. Henry was created Duke of Warwick and died on 11 June 1446 seised of land here, when his heir was his daughter Anne Countess of Warwick, aged two years. She died on 3 January 1448–9. At the death of Anne one of her co-heirs was the heir of her grandmother Isabel, who was George Nevill Lord Bergavenny, son of Edward Nevill Lord Bergavenny and Elizabeth only daughter of Isabel by her first husband Richard Beauchamp Lord Bergavenny and Earl of Worcester. George died on 20 September 1492, when the manor seems to have passed to his son George Lord Bergavenny, who with Margaret his second wife sold it in 1513 to Thomas Lathom, clerk, and others, apparently in trust for Sir Thomas Englefield. Sir Thomas Englefield died on 3 April 1514 seised of the manor of Speenhamland, bought of George Lord Bergavenny, when his heir was his son Thomas, then aged twenty-six. Thomas was knighted in 1501, and died before 29 March 1538, when his heir was his son Francis, who was afterwards knighted, but attainted in 1586, when the manor came to the Crown. It was granted in 1588–9 to Thomas Crompton and others, after which for a time the history of this manor is obscure, but it seems probable that this was the manor described as 'messuages and lands in Speen,' which were sold in 1622–3 by Thomas Earl of Kelly to Sir Peter Vanlore and Sir William Rolfe, apparently in trust for the former. Sir Peter Vanlore was born at Utrecht and married Jacoba daughter of Henry Teighbott, who bore him a son and nine daughters. He became a London merchant, was naturalized in 1607, knighted by James I and acquired large estates in Gloucestershire. He died on 6 December 1627 at the age of eighty seised of the manor of Speen or Speenhamland, when under a settlement of 28 July in that year the manor was divided into five shares among his son Peter, then aged thirty, his second daughter Elizabeth wife of John Vanderbende, his third daughter Mary wife of Sir Edward Powell, his fourth daughter Anne wife of Sir Charles Adelmare alias Caesar, and his fifth daughter Catherine wife of Sir Thomas Glemham. His son Peter was created a baronet on 3 October 1628 and married Susanna daughter of Lawrence Becke of Antwerp. He died without male issue in 1644–5, leaving his share divided equally among his three daughters, Jacoba wife of Henry Zinzan alias Alexander, Susan wife of Sir Robert Croke, kt., and Mary wife of Henry Alexander third Earl of Stirling. In 1650 Sir Robert Croke and Susan sold their share to William Burnett and William Satterthwaite; in 1651 Mary widow of the Earl of Stirling sold hers to James Alexander and James Davenport; and in 1653 Henry Zinzan and Jacoba sold theirs to George Butterwick and John Libb. Mary the third daughter of the first Sir Peter, with her husband Sir Edward Powell, conveyed property described as the manor of Speenhamland in 1651 to Anthony Bassett, who soon afterwards conveyed it to Thomas and Anne Levingstone, but this appears to have been a life interest in one-fifth part only, for after her death without issue her share was divided into four parts among the heirs of her brother and three surviving sisters. In 1662 the three heirs of the second Sir Peter conveyed their shares of Lady Powell's portion to William Burnett and William Satterthwaite. Henry Zinzan and his wife, however, afterwards conveyed their share of their aunt's portion in 1665 to William Yorke and Henry Kempe. Anne, the wife of Sir Charles Adelmare alias Caesar, who inherited another fifth share, had two daughters, Jacomina wife of Sir Henry Anderson of Penley, Herts., and Anne wife of Thomas Levingstone of Micheldever, Hants, besides a son Henry. She died on 13 June 1625, and at the death of her husband on 6 October 1643 her share was divided between the two daughters. In 1644 and again in 1646 Anne and Thomas Levingstone conveyed their share to Nevill Cradock, apparently in trust, for they sold it in 1656 and 1660 to Constantine Skinner, merchant. After the death of Jacomina her share passed to Sir Richard Anderson, and about 1662 the share of Mary Lady Powell passed to Sir Richard, Sir Henry Caesar and the Levingstones, who jointly sold it in 1663 to Alexander Lockhart. Thomas and Anne Levingstone seem to have inherited Sir Richard's share a few years later, for they sold another tenth part of the manor in 1667 to John Curteis. Catherine Glemham's share seems to have passed to her two sons Sackville and Peter. Sackville conveyed his share in 1656 to Robert Maryott and others, who sold it in 1657 to Joseph Stevens and Alexander Blagrave. Peter was holding his share in 1656, but at his death it seems to have gone to his two co-heirs, one of whom was Elizabeth the daughter of his brother Henry, who married Sir Thomas Cressy of Frilsby, Lincolnshire. In 1658 she sold this share to John Seddon, and on inheriting Lady Powell's share Sir Thomas, with his daughter Anne and her husband Thomas Parkyns, sold it in 1662 to Richard Sydenham and David Slater. The share of Elizabeth and John Vanderbende seems to have passed to their son Abraham, who placed his share of the manor in settlement in 1656, in favour of himself and his son John. He seems to have bought up some, if not all, of the other shares, for in 1685, with Mary his wife and his son John, he placed the manor of Speenhamland in settlement. He died before 1695, when John, with Mary his mother, sold the manor to Thomas Dolman, who held the adjoining manor of Shaw (q.v.). It continued to pass with that manor and is now the property of the hon. Mrs. Farquhar.
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