10 Jul Lordship Title of Old Windsor ID1578
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The manor of OLD WINDSOR was granted by Edward the Confessor to the Abbot of Westminster in 1066. William the Conqueror, however, regained possession in exchange for lands in Essex. The manor comprised 20 hides, of which 10 hides were held by various tenants. Old Windsor remained with the Crown, being leased out from time to time. Katherine Countess of Devon and Anne wife of Sir Thomas Hayward, daughters and heirs of Edward IV, quitclaimed the manor to King Henry VIII in 1511. In 1606 the site of the manor was leased to Richard Powney, who was succeeded about 1698 by his son Richard. In 1699 the lease was renewed to Richard's son John, whose son Penyston was dealing with the manor in 1737. After his death in 1757 his son and heir, Penyston Portlock Powney, retained the lease of the site until 1786, in which year he assigned his interest in it to Henry Isherwood. The latter died in 1787, leaving a son a minor, who at some date previous to 1799 conveyed it to Arthur Vansittart. The manor is still held by the Crown. Mote Park is an inclosure in Windsor which dates from the reign of Edward IV. After the Restoration it was acquired by the Duke of Albemarle, from whom it passed to Bernard Granville (see Clewer), who was holding in 1699, and whose nephew George sold it in 1720 to Arthur Vansittart. The son of the latter, of the same name, was dealing with it in 1761, and by his son Arthur it was conveyed to the Crown in 1813 for a sum of £23,000. There were fisheries at Old Windsor at the time of the Great Survey. The King's Weir in Old Windsor is mentioned in 1300, when Hugh le Despenser received an order to repair it. In 1316 it was leased to the chaplains of the Royal Chapel at Windsor, and in 1484 James Whitfield, one of the king's yeomen, received the custody of it.
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