10 Jul Lordship Title of Upton or Priors Barn ID1655
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A freeman named Brictric held UPTON in the time of Edward the Confessor, but after the Conquest he was succeeded by Turstin son of Rolf. Shortly after 1086 it passed to Winebald of Baalun, who in 1092 granted a moiety of Upton to the Cluniac priory of Bermondsey, which held this manor of UPTON or PRIOR'S BARNE in free alms until its dissolution. This manor was then held by the Crown until 1600, when Elizabeth granted it to Michael and Edward Stanhope. They alienated it to Robert Boswell and his wife Frances, who in turn sold it in 1636–7 to Sir Thomas Vachell of Coley. He settled it on his cousin Thomas Vachell, who succeeded to it on the death of Sir Thomas in 1638. This family held it till 1693, when Tanfield Vachell and his mother sold it to Charles Ambrose of Wantage. The descent of Upton is uncertain at this time, since it has been confused with the manor of Upton Russels (q.v.). Most probably, however, Ambrose sold it in or soon after 1719. In 1755 it belonged to Henry Tompkins, and was sold by him in 1769 to John Phillips, who had already bought the Great Manor in Blewbury, and shortly afterwards acquired Upton Russels. The separate manorial rights of Upton Manor disappeared, having been merged, presumably, in those of Upton Russels.
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