10 Jul Lordship Title of West Compton or Ashden ID1669
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In the 13th century William de Bakepuz, a descendant of the Domesday under-tenant, is given as holding half a fee in 'Kingston, Cumpton and Ashden.'Before 1296 the lands in Ashden and Compton had been alienated to Nicholas de Kingston and Philip de la Beche. In 1300 Nicholas de Kingston conveyed his lands in Ashden to William Maunsel, who sold them in 1321 to John son of Philip de la Beche. He was holding Ashden at his death in 1328, and also the lands in Compton which he held of his father Philip. His son Thomas died seised of the same in 1332. His brother and heir John died unmarried in 1338, and Ashden passed to his sister Joan wife of Andrew de Sackville, who conveyed it in 1343 to her uncle Nicholas. From this date the manor of Ashden with Compton followed the descent of the manor of la Beche in Aldworth (q.v.) till it came into the possession of Anne the wife of William Stafford of Bradfield. In 1522 William Stafford conveyed this manor under the name of the manor of West Compton to Richard Nevill, whose son Sir John Nevill left four daughters, who in 1579 joined in vesting it in Katherine the eldest, who married Henry Earl of Northumberland. Richard Nevill, cousin and heir male of Sir John, released his right in the following year. After the death of the earl, his widow, who married Francis Fitton, continued to hold the manor until her death in 1592, when it devolved upon her son. It was purchased by Sir Peter Vanlore of Sir Thomas Crompton and others, probably the trustees of Henry Earl of Northumberland, and thereafter descended with East Compton (see above). John de la Beche had grants of free warren in Compton in 1316 and 1317.
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