10 Jul Lordship Title of Kimptons ID13315
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The manor of KIMPTONS in Stanbridge, held of the principal manor of Stanbridge by the yearly rent of 6s. 4d., may have originated in land held by the Kimpton family, one of whom was a witness to a settlement in Billington in 1393. It came into the possession of the Billingtons, lords of Billington Manor, with which it was held in 1496 by Joan wife of Edmund Haslewood and daughter and heir of John Billington. Both manors were conveyed to Robert Dormer in 1527 by Joan Haslewood, then a widow, and her son John. Robert Dormer alienated Kimptons in 1539 to William Jackman of Wing (co. Bucks.), who in 1543 settled it on himself for life with reversion to his three sons William, Clement and John and their male issue successively, and it was doubtless the third son John who in 1556 quitclaimed it to Robert Brocas. The latter died in the following year, leaving a son and heir Barnard, but the Stanbridge property was left to a younger son William in the wardship of his brother. In 1571 William Jackman released to Barnard Brocas all claim to the manor, which in 1573 was settled on William for life with the remainder to his wife Elizabeth, and was alienated by them in 1579 to Henry Honnor. During the next 130 years this estate was enjoyed by the Honnor family, but was purchased by Thomas Cowslade in 1712 of Henry Honnor and other representatives of the family. John Cowslade was lord of the manor in 1774, but its history during the next fifty years is obscure, and it appears in 1822 in the possession of Richard Thomas Gilpin.
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Manorial Counsel Limited has created a new legal right to bring the titles of this lordship back into use.
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