Branston Manor
Encyclopedia
Branston Manor is a manor house on the Isle of Wight
, situated within the Newchurch
parish.
in 1086 by William son of Azor, and may have passed to the de Aula family, as it was held at the end of the 13th century under William Russell of Yaverland by the lord of Whitefield for knight service.
In 1346 John atte Hale held this estate in Branston. He was still in possession in 1384–5, when the reversion after his death was granted by Richard Couper, one of the heirs of John Wyvill, to Annora widow of John. In 1428 the estate was divided between Henry Howles and Richard Russell. Some land at Branston was glebe of the church of Newchurch, and was claimed in 1414 by John Clerk. Branston was later divided among various owners.
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
, situated within the Newchurch
Newchurch, Isle of Wight
Newchurch is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight. It is located between Sandown and Newport in the southeast of the island. Anthony Dillington, owner of the Knighton Gorges Manor in Newchurch wrote to his son Robert in 1574 that, "This is the very Garden of England, and we be privileged...
parish.
History
The manor was held at the time of the Domesday BookDomesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
in 1086 by William son of Azor, and may have passed to the de Aula family, as it was held at the end of the 13th century under William Russell of Yaverland by the lord of Whitefield for knight service.
In 1346 John atte Hale held this estate in Branston. He was still in possession in 1384–5, when the reversion after his death was granted by Richard Couper, one of the heirs of John Wyvill, to Annora widow of John. In 1428 the estate was divided between Henry Howles and Richard Russell. Some land at Branston was glebe of the church of Newchurch, and was claimed in 1414 by John Clerk. Branston was later divided among various owners.