10 Jul Lordship Title of Southbury ID1619
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The lordship over the 3 hides in Hanney which had been held by Ulwi came in the reign of Henry I into the hands of Hugh de Buckland. He was induced to restore it to the abbey, however, and Osbern, who held of him, became the abbot's man. These 3 hides, which were apparently held in succession by Roger son of Hemming and Thomas son of Roger, must have constituted the knight's fee held under the abbot by Robert Hemming about 1240. In 1296 a Robert Hemming granted a messuage and two-thirds of a carucate here to Agnes de la Wike. His estate afterwards seems to have come into the possession of Richard Fettiplace, whose son and heir John took his name from the estate, which was known as the manor of SOUTHBURY. In 1382 John Southbury granted to feoffees his manor here, (fn. 68) evidently for the purpose of conveying it to Alice (Perrers) widow of William Wyndsor, who held it of his gift six years later. For the next hundred years nothing is known of its history, but it reappears at the end of that time in the possession of the Yonge family. Thomas Yonge died seised of Southbury in 1486, leaving a son and heir William. William died only a year later, leaving four daughters and co-heirs. The eldest, Elizabeth, married Thomas Unton and inherited the manor. It followed the descent of the Untons' manor of Wadley in Faringdon (q.v.) till 1582 at least, but there is no record of it after that date.
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