10 Jul Lordship Title of Stanford or Stanford Dingley ID1629
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Gilbert held the manor of William at the time of the Domesday Survey and in 1224–5 William de Stanford was holding land here. His son Peter de Stanford held a fee here, and died without issue in 1252, when the manor passed to his brother Oliver, who died also without issue in 1260, when his heirs were his sisters Isabel and Amicia, both of full age. It seems possible that these two sisters married Reginald son of Peter and Oliver de Punchardon, whom we find in possession of the fee in 1273, and the same year Reginald disposed of some land here to Isabel de Stanford. Reginald is returned in 1275–6 as having free warren here, and in 1281–2 he purchased the advowson of Oliver de Punchardon. Reginald died in 1286 seised of the fee, his heir being his son John, then aged thirty. Two-thirds of the manor was allotted in dower to his widow Joan, who retained it until her death. In 1290 and 1291–2 the fee was held by Sir John son of Reginald and Oliver Punchardon, and in 1314, on the death of Joan de Vivonia, the widow of Reginald, it is stated that her son John was dead and had before his death granted the manor to his son Herbert, who was more than thirty years of age at the time of his grandmother's death. In 1315–16 this Herbert held the manor with Oliver Punchardon, and in 1316 Herbert settled two-thirds of the manor on himself and his wife Eleanor. In 1322 both Herbert and Oliver were dead, for the manor was then held, two thirds by Reginald son of Herbert and one third by Robert Punchardon, and the same arrangement is found the following year. Robert settled his share of the manor on himself and his wife Agnes, and died in 1324–5 seised of it. His heir was his brother Oliver, but Reginald son of Herbert died in 1348 seised of the whole manor, two thirds of which he had received from his father and the remaining third, which formerly belonged to Robert Punchardon, he held jointly with his wife Julian, who may possibly have been eventually Robert Punchardon's heir. The manor passed to Reginald's daughters Margaret and Elizabeth, who were then both under age, but a few years later an inquiry was held owing to the abstraction of some deeds relating to the manor. From this it appeared that Herbert son of John had granted the manor to his younger son Reginald, and that later Matthew, the elder brother, quitclaimed to him all his right as eldest son and heir. After Reginald's death Julia his widow was induced to give up this conveyance, and John de Tidmarsh, who afterwards married Julia, gave all the remaining charters and deeds, eighty-five in number, to Sir William de Burton, who was acting as guardian to Reginald's heirs. Edmund de la Beche, the overlord, was ordered to produce the deed of quitclaim under a penalty of £100, and the deed was soon after sent by Edmund, who was then too infirm to bring it, and was duly enrolled in Chancery and then handed over to Sir William de Burton. For a time the history of the manor is obscure, but by 1405 it had come into the hands of Thomas Foxcote, who that year conveyed it to William Stokes, Robert Taillour and John Erle, apparently as trustees for a settlement, for in 1407 they reconveyed the manor again to Thomas Foxcote and Christina his wife, with remainder to John son of William Stokes; William Stokes died seised of it in 1427. The following year Robert Dingley is mentioned as holding a fee here. This Robert Dingley seems to have been a son of William Dingley, whose widow Margaret lies buried in Stanford Church; he conveyed the manor in 1458–9 to Edward Hampden and others, apparently trustees, and was succeeded by his son Edward. Edward's widow, Sanchea, married as her second husband Peter Carvanell, and died in 1493–4, when the manor passed to her son Thomas, then aged fifteen or more. Thomas died in 1502, leaving the manor to his widow Philippa to hold for life, with remainder to any issue there might be of their marriage. A daughter Elizabeth was born some months later, who in due course was married to George Barrett, and in 1524 they conveyed the manor in trust to Sir Andrew Windsor and others. Their son Edward Barrett was holding the manor in 1572, and died in 1586 seised of the manor and advowson. He had married in 1570 his second wife Elizabeth, and had apparently soon after settled the manor on his two daughters by her, Elizabeth and Ann, with remainder to Edward and Walter, sons of Charles, his son by his first wife. Charles had married Christian daughter of Sir Walter Mildmay and had died in 1584. It would seem that Elizabeth and Ann died without issue, for in 1610 Sir Edward Barrett was holding the manor, and in 1625 he conveyed it to Christine Leveson, widow, Richard Leveson, esq., and two others, apparently in trust, for he was still holding it in 1641, when he had been raised to the peerage under the title of Lord Barrett of Newburgh, co. Fife. He died without issue at the end of 1643, and in 1653 Catherine his widow with her two trustees sold the manor to George Browne and Thomas Foley, apparently in trust for the latter. In 1668 Thomas Foley and Anne his wife, who was a daughter of John Browne, and Paul Foley their son, conveyed the manor to John Lane, senior, and John Lane, junior, in trust, on the occasion of Paul's marriage with Mary daughter of John Lane. Paul was holding the manor in 1683, and in 1694 he and Mary his wife and Thomas their son conveyed it to Sir Thomas Lane and Humphrey Hethrington, apparently again in trust. Thomas Foley married Ann daughter and heir of Essex Knightley of Fawsley, and died in 1737, leaving a son Thomas, who died in 1749. It would appear that Thomas Foley the younger or his father must have sold the manor to John Hilsdon, though no record of this sale has been found, and John again sold it to a Mr. Barker, whose daughter held it in 1759. In 1773 the manor was held by Thomas Cornish, who may perhaps have married Mr. Barker's daughter, and in 1806 we find it in the hands of Mrs. Cornish. Mrs. Sarah Cornish died before 1820, in which year the devisees under her will sold the manor to the Rev. Winchcombe Henry Howard Hartley, who died in 1881, leaving no issue. The manor then passed to his four nieces, daughters of his only sister Elizabeth Ann Hartley. She had married Count Demetrius de Palatiano of Corfu, a member of the Greek diplomatic service, and had by him five children. Of these the only son, Count H. L. H. de Palatiano, died in 1880, just before his uncle, and so the manor passed to his four sisters. In 1907 this manor and the other estates which had belonged to Mr. Hartley were divided among the co-heirs, the manor of Stanford Dingley falling to the share of Olivia, Mrs. White, who is the present possessor.
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