10 Jul Lordship Title of Hartley Pellitot ID1712
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Early in the reign of Henry III there were 2 hides in Hartley, of which one was held by Amys de Pellitot and the other by Matthew de Burghfield, who seem to have been kinsmen. Their lands, which are described in a late inquisition as being held of the lord of Stratfield Mortimer, are not entered separately in Domesday Book, unless they may be identified with the 2 hides in 'Hurlei,' entered under Reading Hundred in the Domesday Survey, which had been held of Edward the Confessor by Rachenild and formed part of the fee of Ralph de Mortimer in 1086. The descent of these holdings, distinguished in the 14th century as HARTLEY AMYS and HARTLEY PELLITOT, is extremely difficult to trace, but it seems probable that they early came into the same hands. About 1255 an Amys de Pellitot, probably the above-mentioned Amys or his heir, was holding in Hartley; he was then in great difficulties and granted several rents out of his lands to Reading Abbey in return for money to meet his debts. The second hide came to Richard son of Matthew de Burghfield, who was probably the same as the Richard son of Matthew de Pellitot mentioned in the Vaux chartulary. Richard de Burghfield granted land in Hartley to Nicholas de Diddenham. Both holdings seem to have come to John son and heir of John de Burghfield, who possibly bought them from a descendant of Matthew de Burghfield mentioned above. John in 1361 released all right in his lands of Burghfield, Hartley Amys and Hartley Pellitot to Hugh de Segrave, John de la Huse and John atte Beche. In 1441 the lordship of 'Hartley Abys' was still held with the manor of Burghfield. Hartley Pellitot afterwards came to the Woodcocks, and is generally treated as an appurtenance of Moor Place, though it is distinguished as a separate manor in 1540 and again in 1630.
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Manorial Counsel Limited has created a new legal right to bring the titles of this lordship back into use.
Listed in the Domesday Book:
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