22 Feb Lordship Title of Pincents ID14157
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The farm or manor of PINCENTS takes its name from a family which lived in Tilehurst in the 14th century. They came from Sulhamstead and obtained their land in Tilehurst by an exchange between the Abbot of Reading and Edmund son of Gilbert Pincent in 1316, the latter obtaining three messuages, 3 virgates and 3½ acres of land, 10 acres of meadow and 12 acres of moor in Tilehurst in place of the land hitherto held by him in Sulhamstead. Edmund Pincent is mentioned as a parishioner of Tilehurst in 1341–2, but from that date until the close of the 15th century it seems impossible to trace the history of the estate. In 1494–5 Margaret Sambourne, a widow, died seised of the manor, which she seems to have held by inheritance, and not in right of her husband, Walter Sambourne. Her father's name was Thomas Drew, who presumably had been seised before her. She was succeeded by her son Drew Sambourne, who held Pincents Manor at his death in 1506–7; it passed to his granddaughter Margaret, the heir of his son William, who had predeceased him. Margaret married Sir William Windsor, Lord Windsor, and Pincents Manor descended to their grandson Henry Lord Windsor, who sold it in 1598 to Anthony Blagrave. It descended with Southcot Manor, and was held in 1708 by Anthony Blagrave, whose son John Blagrave was holding it presumably when he purchased Tilehurst Manor, for it is now in the possession of Mr. H. B. Blagrave. Pincents Manor was held under the Abbots of Reading for an annual rent of 18s. and suit of court once a year.
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