Manor of Dedswell

Last updated April 21, 2019

The Manor of Dedswell is located in the parish of Send with Ripley, Surrey, England. It has also been known historically as the Manor of Dodswell, Dadswell, and Dadswell Court. Its history is intricately connected with that of the manors of Send, Papworth, and West Clandon.

Ripley is a village in Surrey, England. The village has existed since Norman times – the chancel of the church of St. Mary Magdalen shows construction of circa 1160 there and supporting feet of fines and ecclesiastical records mention the village at the time. Ripley's sister village of Send to the south-west was the governing parish over the village for over 700 years until 1878 when they became two separate ecclesiastical parishes; they became separate civil parishes in 1933.

Origins

The history of the Manor of Dedswell is intricately connected with that of the manors of Send, Papworth and West Clandon and the families that owned them. Like Papworth, Dedswell may be derived from the holding of Walter or Herbert recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086, but the matter is uncertain.^[1] Dedswell has had various names over the centuries, including the Manor of Dodswell, Dadswell, and Dadswell Court.^[2]

Domesday Book 11th-century survey of landholding in England as well as the surviving manuscripts of the survey

Domesday Book is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states:

Then, at the midwinter [1085], was the king in Gloucester with his council .... After this had the king a large meeting, and very deep consultation with his council, about this land; how it was occupied, and by what sort of men. Then sent he his men over all England into each shire; commissioning them to find out "How many hundreds of hides were in the shire, what land the king himself had, and what stock upon the land; or, what dues he ought to have by the year from the shire."

History of the manor

The first lord of the manor was John de Deudeswell (also known as John de Wendeswell) in 1327^[3] The manor then passed through the Weston family up to the mid seventeenth century before being owned by the Onslow family until 1984.^[3]

The 27th lord of the manor was Lieutenant Colonel John Walter Molyneux-Child who acquired it by inheritance in 1984 with the neighbouring Manor of Papworth from the trustees of the 6th Earl of Onslow (died 1971), and in succession to the 7th Earl of Onslow (died 2011) who relinquished the titles in that year.^[4] Acquiring the manors kindled Molyneux-Child's interest in their history and in the history of the manorial system generally and he began to research the subject and wrote a book of his findings, The evolution of the English manorial system, that was published in 1987. Molyneux-Child exercised his right as lord of the manor to appoint manorial officials such as ale tasters and hangmen which he combined with fund-raising for charity.^[5] Following Molyneux-Child's death in 2015, the manor passed to his eldest son Patrick Molyneux-Child.^[6]

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The Manor of Papworth is located in the parish of Send with Ripley, Surrey, England. It has also been known historically as the Manor of Papeworth, Paperworth, Paperworth Court, and Papeworth Cross, among other names. Its history is intricately connected with that of the manors of Send, Dedswell, and West Clandon.

Manor house

The Dedswell manor house was built in the mid-fifteenth century with later additions and is a grade II listed building with Historic England.^[7] It borders the Clandon Stream and was subdivided after a large Victorian farmhouse was built nearby. No lord of the manor has occupied the house since the mid-fourteenth century.^[8]

Historic England is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). It is tasked with protecting the historical environment of England by preserving and listing historic buildings, ancient monuments and advising central and local government.

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References

↑ Parishes: Send with Ripley. British History Online. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
↑ Molyneux-Child, J.W. (1987) The evolution of the English manorial system. Lewes: The Book Guild. p. 121. ISBN 0863322581
1 2 Molyneux-Child, pp. 158-159.
↑ Molyneux-Child, preface.
↑ 'Inn' crowd pass their history test. Woking News & Mail , 15 November 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
↑ Molyneux-Child. telegraph.co.uk, 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
↑ Historic England. "NOS 1 AND 2 DEDSWELL MANOR FARM COTTAGES (1188813)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 1 November 2016.
↑ Molyneux-Child, pp. 109-110.