Of interest…

(1) Pinus Bernardi of Florence, who's a citizen of London, receives a grant of free warren (right to hunt the King's beats) in Levehurst. (2) Pinus dies, without male issue (no male heirs) leaving Levehurst to his daughter Emmeline (wife of Roger de Privelsdon). (3) By 1332 Levehurst has come into the King's hands. Isabela de Castleacre recovered the manor and conveyed it to Master John de Aylston (clerk). (4) Levehurst passed to Sir Thomas de Mortymer and his wife Isabel. They conveyed it to Ralph Nunthey de Halstead, a wool monger of London. (5) Ralph died in 1378 leaving a son and heir John. It passed to John Langeston by the right of his wife Elizabeth. They conveyed it to John Waddysle, a goldsmith of London. (6) By 1493 Levehurst had passed to Sr John Leigh, High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex. Upon his death Levehurst passed to his nephew, also John. (7) John exchanged it with King Henry for land in Dorset. It remained with the Crown until 1565 when Queen Elizabeth granted it to the trustees of Sir Richard Sackville (Lord Lieutenant of Sussex and Chancellor of the Exchequer.