10 Jul Lordship Title of Shalbourne or Eastcourt or Tateshale ID1603
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The manor of SHALBOURNE was held by King Edward the Confessor. King William held it in 1086, when 2½ hides had been added to the holding of Henry de Ferrers at Bagshot and one was reeve land. Part of this seems afterwards to have been the serjeanty held in 1210–12 by Roger de Caus for the custody of a falcon. In 1217–18 Roger granted the advowson of the church here to the abbey of Bec, and he was dead before 1235, when this manor, afterwards known as EASTCOURT, passed to John de Grey. John gave it with his daughter in marriage to Robert de Tatteshall, who was in possession of it in 1241. Robert de Tatteshall was succeeded in 1249 by a son Sir Robert, who demised this manor for seven years in 1253 to Oliver son of Alan, and died in 1273, leaving a son Robert, who succeeded him. By his marriage with Joan, one of the daughters and co-heirs of Sir Thomas Fitz Ranulf or Nevill, Robert seems to have acquired in 1270 another estate at Shalbourne, held in the middle of the 13th century by Ranulf Frethoxe, Sir Thomas Nevill's father, of the fee of Herbert Fitz Peter. Robert de Tatteshall of Bokenham and Tatteshall was summoned to Parliament from 1295 as Lord Tatteshall; he died in 1298, leaving by his wife Joan, who survived him, a son Robert. Robert second Lord Tatteshall married Eva daughter of Robert de Tiptoft, and died in 1302–3 seised of this manor, which was assigned in dower to Eva until their son Robert should come of age. He died while still a minor in 1305–6, and Eva, who took as her second husband John de Cove, held the manor until her death in 1350. It then reverted to the descendants of the three sisters of the first baron, Emma, Joan and Isabel. Emma married Adam Cailley and left a son Thomas Cailley, who was succeeded in 1316 by a grandson (nepos) Adam son of Roger de Clifton, one of the co-heirs in 1350. Joan had married Sir Robert Driby, and her daughter and eventual heir Alice married Sir William Bernak. They had two sons, John and Robert, but John sold the reversion of his share of this manor in 1323 to his brother Robert, who was another co-heir at the time of Eva's death. Isabel married Sir John Orreby, and their son Philip had a son John who was the third heir of Robert. In 1350 a division was made among these three coheirs, and this manor fell to the share of Robert Bernak, who demised it as the manor of Shalbourne called 'Tateshale' for life to John Malewyn; John died in 1361, when it reverted to Robert's niece Maud wife of Ralph de Cromwell, Robert having died without issue. Sir Ralph and Maud placed it in settlement in 1392 and Ralph died in 1398 and Maud in 1419. Maud had granted the manor to Sir William Cromwell and his heirs male, and he died seised of it in 1427–8, leaving a son Robert. It had reverted before 1454 to Maud's grandson Ralph Lord Cromwell, Treasurer of England in the time of King Henry VI, for he then granted it to trustees; he died soon afterwards, and it passed to his niece Maud wife of Robert Lord Willoughby de Eresby. She sold it in 1473–4 to Thomas Frowyk of London and Joan his wife. Sir Thomas Frowyk died seised of the manor in 1485, when his heir was his son Henry. It is uncertain whether Henry inherited this manor or whether it passed to his brother Sir Thomas Frowyk, serjeant-at-law and chief justice of the Common Pleas. The latter died seised of it in 1506, leaving it to his wife Elizabeth for life, with remainder to his daughter Frideswide. Elizabeth took as her second husband Thomas Jakys, who died in 1514, and she died about a year later. Frideswide married Sir Thomas Cheney, K.G. Sir Thomas, who was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, sold the manor of Eastcourt in 1548 to Edward Duke of Somerset, subject to the life interest of Nicholas Cripps and his wife Frances, one of Sir Thomas's daughters. Frances died in 1561 and Nicholas in 1564. The Duke of Somerset was attained and executed in 1552, but this manor was granted in 1581–2 to his son Edward Seymour Earl of Hertford. Edward received fresh grants of the manor in 1612–13 and 1619–20 and died in 1621. He was succeeded by his grandson Sir William Seymour, who was created Marquess of Hertford in 1640 and Duke of Somerset in 1660. He was engaged in litigation respecting this manor with his sister-inlaw Anne Lady Beauchamp, then wife of Sir Edward Lewis, and died in 1660. His grandson and heir William died unmarried in 1671, and the titles and estates passed to his uncle John fourth Duke of Somerset. On his death without issue in 1675 this manor passed to his niece Elizabeth, who married Thomas Bruce, second Earl of Ailesbury. Elizabeth died in 1697, leaving a son Charles, who succeeded to the earldoms of Elgin and Ailesbury in 1741 and died in 1747, leaving no surviving issue. The estates and the barony of Bruce then passed to his nephew Thomas Brudenell, who took the additional surname of Bruce. He was created Earl of Ailesbury in 1776 and died in 1814, when he was succeeded by his son Charles, who appears to have had some interest in the manor in 1796. He was created Marquess of Ailesbury in 1821, and the manor has since descended with the title.
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