Lordship Title of Titcomb ID1649

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TITCOMB (Chikecumbe, Titecumbe, xiii cent.; Tidecumbe, Tytecumbe, xiii-xvi cent.) was held with Hartridge by the serjeanty of keeping one of the king's hawks. Philip de Hartridge held it in 1210–12, and he or a descendant of the same name was in possession in 1220–1. Philip died in or before 1226, when Richard, who was probably his son, did homage for this manor. This Richard de Hartridge was holding a hide of land here a few years later. He was married twice; by his first wife he had a son Philip and a daughter Joan, while by Clarice, his second wife, he had two sons Richard and John. Richard was succeeded in this manor in 1260 by his eldest son Philip, who died seised of it in 1279, when, as he had left no issue, it passed to his sister Joan wife of Richard de Copeland. Richard and Joan enfeoffed Robert Malet of this manor in 1279. Robert died seised of it about 1295, leaving a son Robert, but the manor passed eventually to John de Hartridge, son of Richard and Clarice, and he obtained a grant of free warren in 1303. The profits of this manor had been assigned to Clarice in dower, and John died in 1309 during her lifetime, leaving by his wife Nichola a daughter Elizabeth, then aged five years. The manor appears again to have been subinfeudated, for Thomas le Boteler was holding it in 1316 and Ingram Berenger in 1322, but Elizabeth, who had married John son of George de Percy, seems to have resumed possession, for after the death of John in 1340 the king ordered the escheator to hand over the manor to Elizabeth, who shortly afterwards married William de Burton. William and Elizabeth received this manor from their trustees in 1341, and in 1346 they had licence to settle it on Thomas, a younger son of William by a former wife, and Margaret daughter of Elizabeth by her first husband. William died seised of this manor in 1375, when it passed under the settlement to Sir Thomas Burton and Margaret. Sir Thomas was succeeded in 1382 by his son Thomas, who sold the manor in 1397 to William Coventre. William sold it in 1413–14 to John Outylles, who settled it on John Romayn and his issue with remainder in default to John Coudray and Margaret his wife and to Peter Coudray and Maud his wife and their issue, with a final remainder to Philip Popham, father of Margaret and Maud. John Romayn died without issue seised of this manor in 1419. His widow Isabel married Nicholas Banaster, with whom she was holding the manor in 1431. She died seised of it in 1453, when under the terms of the settlement it passed to the heirs of Margaret wife of John Coudray, who were her daughters Maud, then wife of Sir John Chalers, formerly wife of William Vielle, and Margaret wife of John Long. Maud died seised of half this manor in 1471, when her heir was her son James Vielle, and Margaret died seised of the other half in 1483, leaving a son Thomas Long. Thomas seems to have died soon afterwards without issue, for in 1501–2 James Vielle and Joan his wife were holding the whole manor, while in 1516 his son John sold it to Christopher Grantham of London, 'stapler,' and three others. The manor passed before 1541 to Richard Bridges of West Shefford, who settled it in that year on himself and his wife Joan daughter of Sir William Spencer. Richard died seised of the manor in or before 1558, and his son Anthony Bridges, with his son-in-law George Browne, sold it in 1591 to Thomas Brickenden of Cranbrook, Kent, the sale being confirmed by Anthony and his wife later in the same year. Thomas settled this manor in 1614 on his elder son Thomas, on the occasion of the latter's marriage with Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Colwell of Gray's Inn, reserving a life interest to his wife Bridget, and died in 1618. Thomas, who succeeded his father, was called to the Bar in 1622, becoming judge of the Lord Mayor's Court in 1629. He was living, at the age of eighty, in 1664, and seems to have died soon afterwards. His son Richard settled this manor in 1682 on his eldest son Thomas and his intended wife Anne Pennington. Thomas Brickenden died in 1693, during his father's lifetime, and Richard conveyed Titcomb to his next son Colwell in 1693 and died in 1694. Colwell Brickenden seems to have died before 1722, when his son Francis was holding this manor, which he sold in 1746 to the executors of the will of Sarah Duchess of Marlborough. She, who had died in 1744, left her fortune to her grandson the Hon. John Spencer, third son of Charles Spencer, third Earl of Sunderland by Lady Anne, second daughter of the duke and duchess. He died in 1746. His only son John was created Lord Spencer of Althorp and Viscount Spencer on 3 April 1761 and Earl Spencer and Viscount Althorp on 1 November 1765. He died on 31 October 1783 and was succeeded by his only son George John Earl Spencer, who sold this manor on 15 June 1798 to Cuthbert Johnson. The latter sold it in 1803 to John Mackaness, who was holding it in 1806 and 1810. What happened after this is obscure, but Charles Casborn and Jane his wife sold it in 1834 to Colonel William Alexander Mackinnon, who was holding it in 1839. Mrs. A. J. Mackinnon sold it in 1879 to George Nelson Tanner, a solicitor in Newbury, and it was purchased of John Nelson Tanner in 1897 by Mr. William Hew Dunn of Wallingtons. On his death in 1911 the manor passed to his widow, who is the present owner.
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