10 Jul Lordship Title of Culham ID1438
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The manor of CULHAM is not mentioned until the 13th century, when it was parcel of the manor of Wargrave. Presumably it had followed the history of the larger manor from before the Conquest, since it was said to be ancient demesne of the Crown and was held by the Bishops of Winchester. It is mentioned specifically in the quitclaim obtained by John of Pontoise, Bishop of Winchester, from Edward I in 1284 and passed with Wargrave until the 17th century. Sir Henry Neville, who succeeded to this property on his father's death in 1615, sold Culham Manor and a house called Culham Court to Margaret White, widow, of the parish of St. Bartholomew the Less, London, in the following year. The premises were at the time in the occupation of Lady Elizabeth Periam for life. Culham was settled by Margaret White on her daughter Margaret, the wife of Sir Richard Lovelace, kt., who came into possession of it on the death of her mother in 1621. In that year the manor was mortgaged for the life of Sir Richard Lovelace, and his descendants held it for the greater part of the 17th century. John, the second Lord Lovelace, ruinted himself by his extravagance. He mortgaged the manor, and in 1679 sold it to Richard Stevens of the Inner Temple. In 1695 Henry Stevens, also of the Inner Temple and afterwards a serjeant-at-law, had succeeded his father and was still lord of the manor in 1738. In 1760 his successor was John Stevens. Culham passed before 1770 to Robert Michell of Windsor, one of whose daughters, Caroline, married the Hon. Frederick West. She died in 1795, but in 1801 her husband was lord of Culham Manor. It passed to their only daughter, on whose death part of the property was sold to Messrs. Micklem & Vidler, who conveyed a portion to John Noble of Park Place, but the house and the greater part of the estate were purchased by his son-in-law Mr. Diggle, from whom they passed to the Viscount Hambleden.
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