10 Jul Lordship Title of North Denchworth ID1569
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The under-tenant in 1086 was Gozelin. Maud de Camoys was holding the manor in 1202 and Ralph de Camoys about 1240. Ralph's son Ralph sold it in 1262 or 1263 to Adam Fettiplace of Oxford. Philip Fettiplace, Adam's son and successor, had a release from John de Camoys in 1291. Philip appears to have had two sons, Henry and Aimery. He settled North Denchworth on the heirs of the latter in 1300, and a further settlement was executed by Aimery on himself and his wife Joan in 1316. Aimery had two sons, Richard and Thomas. It is uncertain which was the elder, but Thomas, son of Thomas, seems ultimately to have succeeded. His son Henry died in possession of North Denchworth in 1411, leaving a son and heir John. The heir of John was his nephew (nepos) Peter, who died in 1494. John son of Peter succeeded, and had a son Philip. Philip's son Anthony survived his father, who died in 1546, by only a few weeks, and Edward son of Anthony, a minor, was heir to the manor. He died in 1597, leaving a son Thomas, who died without issue. The manor passed in accordance with a settlement to his sister Margaret widow of Christopher Fettiplace of Letcombe Regis. Her son Edmund sold it in 1629 to John Fettiplace of Swinbrook and Childrey, and it subsequently followed the descent in his family of the manor of Rampayns in Childrey (q.v.). The last of this family, Richard Gorges Fettiplace, left it by will to his brother-in-law Captain Dacre. It was sold by Captain Dacre about 1809 to an old Denchworth family called Frogley. They were still in possession in 1824.
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