10 Jul Lordship Title of Hawkridge ID1508
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HAWKRIDGE lies in the north of Bucklebury parish close to the border of Frilsham. Part of Hawkridge belonged to the manor of Sutton Courtney, which in 1086 was in the king's hands. In the reign of Edward I Hugh Courtenay was holding the manor of Sutton Courtney in demesne and amongst the tenants were several cottars at Hawkridge. His descendant Thomas Courtenay Earl of Devon was attainted by Edward IV and forfeited his lands. Sutton Courtney, with lands and rents in Hawkridge, was granted by the king to Sir Walter Devereux in 1466 in reward for his services. On the accession of Henry VII the Courtenays were restored to favour and appear to have recovered Hawkridge, which they held until the attainder and execution of Henry Courtenay Marquess of Exeter in 1538–9. Henry VIII granted the manor to Sir Henry Norreys in 1544, whose grandson Francis Earl of Berkshire sold it in 1622 to Sir Peter Vanlore. It passed with the Vanlore property to the second Sir Peter Vanlore and his four sisters, and, finally, with Beenham Manor (q.v.), seems to have been assigned to the Vanden Bempde family. In 1697 Richard Lyford owned a manor of Hawkridge, which may probably be identified with the property in Hawkridge held by another Richard Lyford in the reign of Charles I. In 1741 it had passed to four co-heirs, Sarah, Margaret and Betty Lyford and Mary wife of Robert Chase, who appear to have sold it to William Hercy and Richard Matthews. The manor seems to have been lost, but at the present day Sir William Cameron Gull, bart., of Frilsham House, is the chief landowner in Hawkridge.
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