01 Oct Lordship Title of Kintbury Amesbury ID14285
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The whole of the southern portion of the parish, the original township of Kintbury, and perhaps also the townships of Elcot with Wormstall and Clapton, seem to have belonged to the king, but some time between 980 and the Norman Conquest the two northern townships and certain lands in Kintbury, near the church, were granted to the nuns of Amesbury, who were holding them at the time of the Domesday Survey. The abbey held this manor, afterwards known as KINTBURY-AMESBURY, till its dissolution in 1177, when, like the monastery, it was granted to the abbey of Fontevrault in 1179 and confirmed to that house by King John in 1199. The Prioress of Amesbury was holding this manor in the 13th century, and the former grants were confirmed to the monastery in 1270. In 1275–6 the prioress had gallows and amendment of the assize of bread and ale, and received a grant in 1286 of free warren over demesne lands in Clapton, Elcot and Walcot. In 1377 the inhabitants of Kintbury claimed that the manor was ancient demesne of the Crown, and this claim was renewed in 1402. Successive prioresses held this manor until the dissolution of the monastery, when its annual value was £64 4s. 3d. The manor then passed into the hands of the king, who exchanged it for the manor of West Enborne with John Cheney of West Woodhay in 1542. From that time the manor was known as Barton Court and it followed the same descent as West Woodhay (q.v.) until 1634, when the latter was sold by Sir John Darell. He retained Kintbury Manor and died in 1657 without male issue. This manor passed to one of his daughters and co-heirs, Constance, who married John Elwes. Constance died before 1671, when her husband, who had been knighted in 1665, sold this manor to Philip Jemmett, a brewer of London, Master of the Brewers' Guild. Philip Jemmett had bought the manor of Henwick in Thatcham at about this time and the two manors followed the same descent until the death of Sir Jemmett Raymond in 1754. Kintbury-Amesbury then passed to his daughter Elizabeth, who was holding it in 1756. She married the Rev. John Craven and died childless before 1779, when her husband appears to have been holding this manor. It then seems to have passed to Ralph Whitley, grandson of Elizabeth daughter of Sir Jonathan Raymond. Ralph had two daughters, Anne and Elizabeth. Elizabeth died unmarried and the manor passed to Anne, who married Charles Dundas, second son of Thomas Dundas of Fingask (co. Stirling). Charles Dundas, who was living at Barton Court in 1790, was M.P. for Berkshire for many years and was created Lord Amesbury in 1832; he died 7 July in the same year, when the manor passed to his only daughter Janet wife of James Deans. James took the name of James Whitley Deans Dundas and was holding this manor in 1839. He was knighted in 1855 and died 30 October 1862. His eldest son Charles Whitley Deans Dundas died during his father's lifetime and the manor passed to the next brother, the Rev. James Whitley Deans Dundas, M.A. He died in 1872 and was succeeded by Charles Amesbury Whitley Deans Dundas, but in consequence of a lawsuit the manor was sold in 1875 to Sir Richard Sutton, the fourth baronet. Sir Richard died on 2 October 1878 and was succeeded by Richard Francis his only son. Sir Richard Francis Sutton, fifth baronet, was Sheriff of Berkshire in 1887. His only son Sir Richard Vincent Sutton, the sixth baronet, was born after his father's death in 1891 and is the present lord of the manor.
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