10 Jul Lordship Title of Erles Court ID1476
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ERLES COURT, in East and West Hanney, took its name from the family which held it in the 16th century. On the occasions on which its tenure is mentioned it is said to be held of the manor of Wantage. Early in the 15th century it belonged to Thomas ap Philip Vaughan, who married Margaret daughter of Sir John Erle or Herle, and died seised of it in 1432, leaving as his heir his son William, known as William Thomas. William settled the manor on his wife Agnes in 1434, and died three years later, leaving an infant son John. It seems possible that this John afterwards took his grandmother's name, for a John Herle died seised of his property in 1511, leaving a son George. In 1512 George was succeeded by his brother Thomas, on whose death in 1521 the estate passed to his son John. John Herle sold it in 1546 to John Clarke of Ardington, who left it by will to his younger son Richard. Richard with his son and heir Ferdinand sold it in 1621 to Andrew Hobbs. In 1655 Bennett Hobbs was in possession. He died in 1666, and his widow Martha married Henry Dewe. Margaret and Bridget, sisters and heirs of Bennett, released their right in the manor to Henry Dewe, as did other members of the family. Henry Dewe had two sons Henry and Bennett, of whom the former died a boy in his father's lifetime. His grandson Henry Dewe, evidently the son of Bennett, was in possession in 1728, when Susanna Warren and Benjamin Wicks, granddaughter and great-grandson of Margaret Hobbs, made an unsuccessful claim. Charles Dewe, who was in possession of the manor in 1790, was presumably Henry's heir. He was still lord of the manor in 1816, when he sold it in various parcels. The manorial rights passed to Thomas Goodlake of Letcombe Regis. They have now lapsed.
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