Sandleford Priory (monastery)

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1906 Photograph of the old monastery chapel incorporated into the 18th century Sandleford Priory Photograph of chapel at Sandleford Priory, 1906, by Evelyn Elizabeth Myers (c. 1872-1909).jpg
1906 Photograph of the old monastery chapel incorporated into the 18th century Sandleford Priory

Sandleford Priory was a small Augustinian Priory, the remains of which now stand at Sandleford in the civil parish of Greenham in the English county of Berkshire.

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History

Archbishop (and Cardinal) Stephen (Langton) (c.1150–1228) (Archbishop of Canterbury, 1207–1228), in its confirmation charter stated that the house was dedicated to the honour of St. John Baptist (and the Blessed Virgin Mary and all the Saints). The original seals on the charter featured those of the Archbishop of Canterbury Hubert Walter, the Bishop of Sarum Herbert le Poer (Poore), William of Perche (died 1226) bishop of Châlons, and Stephen of Perche (killed in 1205); [1]

The Priory of St John the Baptist at Sandleford was founded for the Augustinian Canons Regular by Geoffrey, Earl of Perch and his wife Maud some time between 1193 and 1202. [ citation needed ]

In 1274, Maud de Clare, Countess of Gloucester and Hertford made arrangements to refound it as a double house for Fontevrault Benedictine nuns and brothers, but this did not come about. It was dissolved in 1478 and abandoned by the remaining monks after years of mismanagement by a prior. The ownership fell into the hands of the Bishop of Salisbury, and circa 1480 passed to the Dean and Chapter of Windsor. The old priory chapel is the present library. The remains were converted to a country house.

On 31 August 1320, King Edward II was at Sandleford Priory, where he apparently tarried for the night. [2]

One of the last of the priors was a man named Simon Dam who was dismissed after he was caught with his mistress, Thomasina, at the Priory in 1440.

The number of canons at the priory eventually dwindled until at the death of the last prior in 1478 when there were none left.

Priors

Patrons

Family tree of Rotrou de Perche. Family tree of Rotrou de Perche, from Walter Money, Newbury, 1887.jpg
Family tree of Rotrou de Perche.
Family tree, Ernulf de Hesdin to Geoffrey de Perche. Family tree from Ernulf de Hesdin to Geoffrey de Perche, from Walter Money, Newbury, 1887.jpg
Family tree, Ernulf de Hesdin to Geoffrey de Perche.
Shield of Perche. An heraldic device similar to that used by the De Clare family. Blason ville fr Chambellay (Maine-et-Loire).svg
Shield of Perche. An heraldic device similar to that used by the De Clare family.
A 13th-century depiction of the Second Battle of Lincoln, which occurred at Lincoln Castle on 20 May 1217 during the First Barons' War between the forces of the future Louis VIII of France and those of King Henry III of England. Louis' forces were attacked by a relief force under the command of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke. Thomas du Perche, the Comte de la Perche, who was commanding the French troops, was killed; the illustration depicts his death. Perche had come to England to try and recover the honour of Perche which had been lost in 1204 by his mother (a niece of John, King of England) - this included Newbury and Shrivenham in Berkshire, Toddington in Buckinghamshire, and Haughley in Suffolk. This heavy defeat led to Louis being expelled from his base in the southeast of England. BitvaLincoln1217ortho.jpg
A 13th-century depiction of the Second Battle of Lincoln, which occurred at Lincoln Castle on 20 May 1217 during the First Barons' War between the forces of the future Louis VIII of France and those of King Henry III of England. Louis' forces were attacked by a relief force under the command of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke. Thomas du Perche, the Comte de la Perche, who was commanding the French troops, was killed; the illustration depicts his death. Perche had come to England to try and recover the honour of Perche which had been lost in 1204 by his mother (a niece of John, King of England) – this included Newbury and Shrivenham in Berkshire, Toddington in Buckinghamshire, and Haughley in Suffolk. This heavy defeat led to Louis being expelled from his base in the southeast of England.
Thomas du Perche, son and heir of Geoffrey & Matilda, killed 1217. Thomas du Perche.png
Thomas du Perche, son and heir of Geoffrey & Matilda, killed 1217.
Matilda and Geoffrey III, fourth Count of Perche, founded Sandleford Priory between 1193 and 1200. In addition to the freehold of the site and 600 or so acres, all the lands at Sandleford, as it is bound by hedges and ditches, with all its appurtenances, an annuity of 13 marks from the mills of Newbury was allocated for the support of the house. [8]
Geoffrey's grandfather the great Rotrou III, Count of Perche (1084-killed 1143/44) married (1136) Hawise (Harwise or Hedwig) d'Evereux (1118–1152), daughter of Walter (d'Evereux) of Salisbury by Sibyl de Chaworth (de Chaources, alias Mundublel, alias de Cadurcis). Sibyl's parents who married in 1118 were Maud/Matilda de Hesdin and Patrick de Chaources. Sibyl was thus a granddaughter of the modern era founder of Newbury the Lord of Ulvritone, Ernulf de Hesdin (died Antioch, 1097). Hawise was an elder sister of Patrick of Salisbury, 1st Earl of Salisbury (c. 1122 – 1168) and of Sibyl Marshal.
Hawise and Rotrou III's son, Count Geoffrey's father, Rotrou IV, count of Perche and Mortagne, [9] was slain during the Third Crusade at the Siege of Acre, having married Matilda (died 1184) daughter of Theobald IV.
Hawise's younger sister Sibyl (1120-) married John Marshal, and their sons John the Marshall, William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Henry Marshall (bishop of Exeter) (died 1206) were thus Geoffrey's first cousins-once-removed. After Count Thomas Perche's death, at the Battle of Lincoln leading the forces of the Capetain Prince Louis against King John and his noble cousin William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1219) in 1217, his noble kinswoman, a second cousin once removed, Ella or Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury, daughter of William of Salisbury, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, and wife of William Longespée (Longspey), 3rd Earl of Salisbury claimed some of his property, including Newbury. William Longspey, Lord Salisbury, was uncle of Henry III. [10]
The connection of John le Marshal (died 1194) and his younger brother William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1219), of Newbury Castle, Hamstead Marshall to Sandleford also shown by the former's mistress Alice de Colville (died before 1220?) of Maidencourt, East Garston giving six-quarters of wheat (28 pounds x 6 = 168 pounds = 12 stone) from Maidencourt to the Priory of Sandleford for praying for their souls. [11]
In 1195 Geoffrey was described by the chronicler as a man whose soul was naturally grand and magnanimous [whose] sole happiness was to consecrate his fortune in fostering religion and relieving suffering humanity [in conjunction with] his noble and pious wife Matilda. [13]
Eliz. de Clare, Lady de Burgh, by John Faber the Elder, after Unknown artist, mezzotint, 1714. Elizabeth de Clare.jpg
Eliz. de Clare, Lady de Burgh, by John Faber the Elder, after Unknown artist, mezzotint, 1714.
Tomb of Richard Beauchamp. Salisburycathedralrichardbeauchamptomb.jpg
Tomb of Richard Beauchamp.
A canon of Windsor, Roger Lupton (died 1540). (Monumental brass at Eton College). RogerLupton Died1540 MonumentalBrass EtonCollege.png
A canon of Windsor, Roger Lupton (died 1540). (Monumental brass at Eton College).

Land holdings

Original endowment

The priory had been richly endowed with properties over a number of years and those which came into the possession of the Dean and Canons included the following: Lands in Bramley, Chiddingfold, and Hambledon, Surrey; the manor of East Enborne, Berkshire; lands in Freefolk, Whitchurch, Hampshire; lands in Kingsclere, Hampshire; lands in Newbury, Berkshire; lands in Newtown, Hampshire; lands in Pamber, Hampshire; the manor of Roke, Odiham, Hampshire; and the rectory of West Ilsley, Berkshire. [30]

The original rhomboid shaped endowment for the Augustinian priory of Sandleford read something like:

with the church and all the lands at Sandelford [Sandleford, aka Sandaleford : ford of the river Ale-burne], as it is bounded by hedges and ditches [i.e. enclosed] and all its appurtenances, And the whole of the wood which is called Brademore [Broadmore], And the whole of the land on each side of the wood, as it is bounded on one side by the watercourse which is called the Aleburne [River Enborne] from the Bridge of Sandleford up to the Aleburne-gate, [31] and on the other-side as far as it is bounded by the road which reaches from Aleburne-gate towards Newbury as far as the croft of William the Hunter, and on the third side so far as the road is carried, thence to the croft of Robert the son of Renbaldi, [Robert fitz Rembaldand], – that is the road that leads to Newbury, and on the fourth side as it is bounded by the same road [A339] as far as the bridge of Sandleford. [32]

An extract of the original Latin foundation description:

... ecclesiam et totam terram de Sandelford, sicuti sepibus vel fossatis circumsepta est, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, et totum boscum qui vocatur Brademore, et totam terram ex utraque parte jusdem bosci, sicut cingitur ex una parte acqua quae vocatur Aleburne, a ponte de Sandelford usque ad Alburnegate, et in alia parte sicut cingitur via quae extenditur de Alburnegate versus Nyweburie, usque ad croftam Willielmi Venatoris: ... [33]

Priory's main holdings in 1291

The taxation roll of Pope Nicholas IV in 1291 names temporalities (secular properties and possessions) that the prior of Sandleford held, which were worth (per annum):

West Ilsley

Further described in an Inspeximus, dated 1251–1256.

Midgham

The priory of Sandleford held land in nearby Midgham. In the 13th century this was assessed as one carucate (normally 120 acres). [45] There were still 37 acres of meadow there that had been leased to those who also leased Sandleford. This connection was mentioned down to the end of the eighteenth century, [46] by when the meadow land was let to members of the Hillersdon, and Poyntz families of Midgham House, viz: William Poyntz (died 1809), [47] John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer of Althorpe (son-in-law of Stephen Poyntz), Rt. Hon. Stephen Poyntz, and John Hillersdon (died 1730). One of the younger sons of George II, Duke of Cumberland (1721–1765), was partially brought up at Midgham in the household of his governor and steward Stephen Poyntz. [48]

Kingsclere Woodlands

In 1312 Prior Thomas de Sandleford obtained a licence for alienation in mortmain to this convent of a messuage, 20 acres of land, and 2 acres of meadow in 'Clere Wodelond,' by Kingsclere, Hampshire. [49]

Trade and Provisions

In 1235 the Prior of Sandleford obtained from King Henry III the right to hold a charter fair of four days during the Feast of Saint Matthew the Apostle (21 September), and perhaps another two days around 20–23 September. [50] Suitably enough, 780 years later, the present day Newbury Show, aka Royal County of Berkshire Show, is held over those days. Perhaps one is the successor of the other, afteral the first annual Newbury and District Agricultural Show was held in 1909 on land included in the Priory's original 1190s endowment at Enborne Gate Farm, aka Alburnegate. [51]

In 1293, King Edward I granted the priory free warren on all its demesne lands at Sandleford and Enborne; so long as nevertheless those lands are not within the bounds of our forest. (Note that forest does not mean woods). [52] [53]

Post-monastic lessees

Late medieval and Tudor

After its abandonment by the canons, the old monastery and its estate was granted to the Dean and Canons of Windsor who leased it out for use as a farm. Few of its tenants lived there, but included:

Burgess who died in 1550, had an AM Oxon (1530–1), MB (1533–4), MD, [56] and was admitted a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) in 1536, was elected Censor and Elect, 1543; Consiliarius, 1544, 1545, 1546; and President, 1547. William Munk says that 'Dr. Burgess was dead on 30 March 1550, when his place of Elect was filled by the appointment of Dr. Caius' . [57]

Sir Francis Moore (1599-1621), line engraving by William Faithorne, published in 1663. Sir Francis Moore (1599-1621), line engraving by William Faithorne, published in 1663.jpg
Sir Francis Moore (1599–1621), line engraving by William Faithorne, published in 1663.

Commonwealth and Protectorate

In October 1642, Colonel John Venn and twelve companies of foot soldiers took possession of Windsor Castle on behalf of Parliament, and soon after 23 May 1643 the Dean (Dr. Christopher Wren) and Canons left. On 17 October 1650 Sandleford and the estates that had come to the Dean and Canons of Windsor via Sandleford would have been included in an Act for sale of the Manors of Rectories and Glebelands late belonging to the late Archbishops, bishops, Deans, Deans and Chapters was passed, and in an Additional Act for more speedy effecting the sale of the Manors of Rectories and Glebe-lands late belonging to Archbishops, Bishops, Deans, Deans and Chapters, and other Officers and Titles which late were of or belonging to any Cathedral or Collegiate Church or Chapel in England or Wales; and for the encouragement of lenders upon the security thereof; and of other Lands and Hereditaments of the said Deans, Deans and Chapters, etc. which was added on 22 October 1650. [64]

The Staples family

A quitclaim dated 20 May 1662 states: Alexander Staples of the Middle Temple and Thomas Staples of the same for £200 paid by the Dean and Canons renounce and give a quittance of all their rights in Sandleford Priory.The scite of Sandelford Priory was by the trustees appointed by act of Parliament, 20 June 1651, sold to Thomas Bales of the Middle Temple, and he 25 February sold the same to Alexander Staples, and he settled it on Thomas Staples and his heirs. [65]

Rubbing of the Brass tomb plate of Alexander Staples of Yate Court (d. 1590), showing with his many siblings his son Alexander. Alexander Staples Tomb.jpg
Rubbing of the Brass tomb plate of Alexander Staples of Yate Court (d. 1590), showing with his many siblings his son Alexander.

Alexander Staples, son of Alexander Staples of Yate Court, Gloucestershire, (died 1590) by his second wife Elizabeth, was Mayor of Nottingham in 1629, and heir of the bulk of his estate of his 'kinsman' Alderman Robert Staples (died 1632), [66] of Nottingham and Mapperley, cordwainer, Freeman of Nottingham, MP for Nottingham in 1615, and Lord Mayor of Nottingham in 1601, 1608, 1615 and 1622. [67] [68] [69] Alexander Staples' youngest brother is presumed to have been Sir Thomas Staples, 1st Baronet (died 1653), of Lissan House, admitted to Middle Temple on 27 May 1606 and who left Bristol for Ulster c.1610.

Thomas Staples of Maidenhead, [70] was named as the Steward of Windsor Court in the case of Vasper & wife v [James] East, 1685. [71] One of the judges was George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys and at the time Henry, Earl of Arundel & Lord Mowbray was Constable of Windsor Castle.

By January 1689/90 however, Thomas Staples was proving to make the Oath to the new King. The House of Lords Journal, Volume 14, for 22 January 1689 reports that: Staples, Steward of Windsor, sent for, for refusing to give the Oaths. Upon Information given to this House, 'That Mr. Thomas Staples, Steward of Windsor Forrest, hath refused to give the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and the Test to Mr. Charles Cleve Master of the Hospital of Oakingham, and Mr. William Walker Vicar of Sunning: It is thereupon ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal assembled at Westminster, That the said Thomas Staples be, and is hereby, required to attend this House on Friday next, being the 25th Day of this Instant January, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, as he will answer the contrary to this House at his Peril.'

And on 'DIE Veneris, 25 die Januarii.' Staple's Examination about refusing to tender the Oaths deferred. The House being moved, 'That Mr. Thomas Staples, Steward of Windsor Court, who, by Order of the 22th[ sic ] Instant, was to appear this Day, attended at the Door; but not being able to get his Witnesses ready against this Day, might have longer Time given him for that Purpose:' It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal assembled at Westm. That the said Thomas Staples be, and is hereby, required to attend this House on Friday the 8th Day of February next, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon. [72]

The house was eventually leased to the Kingsmill family who converted the remains of the priory into a country house. It is now the home of St Gabriel's School.

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  2. Walter Money, Newbury, page 160
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  9. sometimes written Montague: perhaps a fanciful connection that drew Edward Montagu to lease Sandleford over 500 years later? In addition by 1700 the Earldom of Salisbury had been revived for a branch Montagu family.
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  17. From VCH, Berks.: It appears, however, that Maud de Clare, Countess of Gloucester and Hertford, learning that the house was occupied by three Augustinian canons without abbot or prior, conceived the project of founding a convent for forty inclosed nuns under the rule of St. Augustine and, in a place apart, for ten priests of the order of Fontevraud, at Sandleford in the diocese of Salisbury. She was prepared to increase the endowment from £100 to £200, directing that one of the priests should act as prior with the assent of the abbots (sic) and nuns. A papal mandate of 1274 directed the fulfilment of her intentions.
  18. Edelina of Frobury was returned by the Testa de Nevill as holding £6 worth of land in the vill of Frobury of the king in chief by the serjeanty of guarding the king's door.
  19. Edelina left by her husband five daughters and co-heirs, Maud or Mabel the wife of Thomas de Bavelingham, Alice the wife of Adam de Bending, Eleanor who married Roger de Leyburn, Eleanor who married Ralph Fitz Bernard and Beatrice the wife of Ralph de Fay.
  20. Ranulf de Broc, usher and chief marshal of the household to Henry II.
  21. muniments of St George's Chapel, Windsor: SGC XV.54.5
  22. SGC XV.54.8
  23. Fine Rolls of King Henry III, essay by Stephen Church, Fine of the Month: February 2011: The Excommunication of Beatrice de Faye: http://www.finerollshenry3.org.uk/content/month/fm-02-2011.html
  24. muniments of St George's Chapel, Windsor: SGC.
  25. Frobury fell as her share to Beatrice, probably the eldest daughter, and passed from her to her daughter Philippa the wife of William de Nevill, who in the middle of the 13th century was stated to be holding half a hide in Frobury of the old enfeoffment by the serjeanty of guarding the door of the queen's chamber. In 1249 Philippa de Nevill granted it in free marriage to William de Wintershull, who had married her daughter Beatrice, and from this date Frobury continued in the Wintershull family for about two centuries. William de Wintershull obtained licence to impark his wood of Frobury, which covered an area of 10 acres, in 1260, and died seised of the manor of Frobury in 1287.
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  27. A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4, Victoria County History, London, 1911.
  28. SGC XV.54.19, (assumed by them there in error to be Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire).
  29. son of Sir Walter Beauchamp, MP, (died 1430), of Bromham and Steeple Lavington, Wiltshire. Sometime Speaker of the House of Commons.
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  31. This Alburnegate could be the present day Enborne Gate Farm, on the western edge of Newbury, thus making it the north-westerly boundary of the priory's lands, (see Penelope Stokes, Enborne and Wash Common, Hamstead Marshall, 2011, page 33-34.)
  32. Taking Alburnegate as the present day Enborne Gate Farm, on the western edge of Newbury, the north-westerly boundary of the priory's lands, (see Penelope Stokes, Enborne and Wash Common, Hamstead Marshall, 2011, page 33-34.)
  33. Somehow from this, (i.e. not this edition): Monasticon Anglicanum, or, The History Of the Ancient Abbies, and other Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches in England and Wales. With divers French, Irish, and Scotch monasteries formerly relating to England, by William Dugdale, three volumes, London, 1693.
  34. worth in real 2015 terms either: £2,0000 / £35,000 / £113,000 / £850,000. (From: www.measuringworth.com)
  35. VCH
  36. SGC XV.54.1
  37. A William de Fiscampo was Henry III's physician, 1263.
  38. Reginald L. Poole in Report on manuscripts in various collections by Great Britain, Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts; Macray, William Dunn, 1826–1916, 1901, page 43.
  39. Henry de Pont Audemer: Royal official of King John and Henry III, by Niall C.E.J. O’Brien, December 2013. http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/henry-de-pont-audemer-royal-official-of.html
  40. Calendar of Patent Rolls, Windsor, 8 September 1313
  41. SGC XV.54.26: Surrender by William, son of Waryn de Cherlton to brother Thomas Prior and to the Canons of Sandelford [Sandleford] of land in Westhildesly [West Ilsley] held by lease from the Prior for which surrender the Prior gave 12 marks. Witnesses: Sir Richard Fokerham, Knight, (also lord of the manor of Colthrop, Thatcham), John Reynaud, Richard de Ripariis, Richard de Westwode, Geoffrey the clerk, William le Taylor, Richard the clerk of Hysthildesly.
  42. SGC XV.54.12, grant by Dame Agnes de Penitune, daughter of Sir Henry de Pontaudemer, widow of Sir Richard Nernut, to the Prior and Convent of the Church of Saint John the Baptist, Sandelford, of lands etc in Westhildslye [West Ilsley] and the advowson of the Church, and lands in Wolesham and rent in Walingeford [Wallingford], for the maintenance of a Canon to celebrate for my soul, for that of my father and Matilda, my mother, my husband and William, my son, at a rental of one penny to me and my heirs at feast of St Mary Magdalene. Witnesses: Sir Nicholas de Henreth, Sheriff of Berks, Sir Alan de Fernham, Sir Walter de Ripariis, Sir Peter de Etingedene, Sir William de Brutenoles, Kts, (of Sandon, Hungerford), John Belet of Eneburne, Elias de Bagenore.
  43. SGC XV.54.13
  44. SGC XV.54.14
  45. Re. Thatcham in A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 3, Victoria County History, London, 1923. (Feet of Fines, Berkshire, 25 Henry III (1240–1241), no. 25; and Testa de Nevill (Book of Fees) (Rec. Com.), 133.)
  46. St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle: SGC
  47. father of William Stephen Poyntz
    • Leases of 1772 & 1779 & 1793; Lease of Midgham meadows, Thatcham, formerly let with Sandleford farm, comprising 37 acres, by the Dean and Canons of Windsor to William Poyntz of Midgham. Counterpart.
    • Lease of 18 June 1765; Lease of Midgham meadows, Thatcham, formerly let with Sandleford farm, comprising 37 acres, by the Dean and Canons of Windsor to Rt Hon John Viscount Spencer.
    • Lease assigned, 6 November 1756, Assignment by Anna Maria Poyntz, widow, of her interest in lease granted by Chapter to her husband 29 June 1751 to the Hon. John Spencer of Althorp, Northampton, esquire 6 November 1756. [Midgham meadows in the parish of Thatcham, formerly let with Sandleford farm].(SGC XV.51.71)
    • Lease of 23 May 1758, Lease of Midgham meadows, Thatcham, formerly let with Sandleford farm, comprising 37 acres, by the Dean and Canons of Windsor to Hon. John Spencer of Althorpe, Northants, assignee of Anna Poyntz.
    • Lease, 29 June 1751, Lease of Midgham meadows, Thatcham, formerly let with Sandleford farm, comprising 37 acres, by the Dean and Canons of Windsor to Anna Maria Poyntz of St James' Westminster, widow and executrix of Rt Hon Stephen Poyntz. Counterpart.
    • Lease, 31 May 1744, Lease of Midgham meadows in the parish of Thatcham, 37 acres, formerly let in lease with Sandleford farm and coppice, by the Dean and Canons of Windsor to Rt Hon. Stephen Poyntz of St James's, Westminster.
    • Lease, 29 August 1737, Lease of Midgham meadows in the parish of Thatcham, 37 acres, formerly let in lease with Sandleford farm and coppice, by the Dean and Canons of Windsor to Michael Hillersdon of Midgham, Berks, esquire, executor of John Hillersdon. Counterpart.
  48. VCH
  49. Harley MS 18, Henry III, 1235, via E.E. Myers (died 1909), 1906/1931.
  50. Penelope Stokes, Enborne and Wash Common, Hamstead Marshall, 2011, page 34.
  51. Edw. I, charter 21, 1293, via Miss E. E. Myers, A History of Sandleford Priory, with plates, Newbury District Field Club, Special Publication. no. 1, Newbury, 1931.
  52. Dr. Oiver Rackham
  53. SGC XV.54.73
  54. SGC XV.61.97
  55. Boase's Register of the University of Oxford, Vol 1. 800.
  56. William Munk, Volume I, page 32.
  57. SGC XV.36.5
  58. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558–1603, edited by P.W. Hasler, 1981
  59. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604–1629, edited by Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010
  60. Lease of the site of the Priory of Sandleford, the churchyard and the priest's lodgings, by the Dean and Canons of Windsor to Francis Moore of Southfalley, esquire. Counterpart.
  61. Lease of the site of the Priory of Sandleford, the churchyard and the priest's lodgings, by the Dean and Canons of Windsor to Francis Moore of Southfalley, esquire. Counterpart.
  62. Lease by the Dean and Canons of Windsor to Francis More of South Falley, in the County of Berks, sergeant at law; all premises late held by Richard Ockham, citizen and skinner of London.
  63. From HOUSE OF COMMONS JOURNAL:
    • Die Veneris, 18 Octobris, 1650.
    Prayers. Sale of Manors, &c. 'A PAPER of Particulars, necessary to be explained in the Act for Sale of the Manors of Rectories, and Glebe Lands, late belonging to the late Archbishops, Bishops, Deans, Deans and Chapters, was this Day read. Ordered, That it be referred to a Committee, to consider of these Particulars; and to bring in a Bill on Tuesday next, for Removing of Obstructions, in the Sale of the said Manors, &c. in those Particulars, or any others; and to facilitate the Sale, and speedy bringing in the Money thereupon: Viz. Sir Henry Vane junior, Major Salwey, Mr. Miles Corbet, Mr. Lechmere, Colonel Harvey, Mr. Holland, Mr. Nevill; or any Two of them: And Mr. Salwey is to take care thereof: And that the Act, already passed, be forborn to be published in the mean time, and till the House take further Order.'
    • Die Martis, 22 Octobris, 1650.
    Prayers. Sale of Manors, &c. 'AN Act, intituled, An additional Act for more speedy effecting of the Sale of the Manors of the Rectories, and Glebe Lands, late belonging to Archbishops, Bishops, Deans, Deans and Chapters, and other Offices and Titles, which late were of or belonging to, any Cathedral, or Collegiate Church or Chapel, within England or Wales; and for the better Encouragement of Lenders upon the Security thereof; and of other Lands and Hereditaments of the said Deans, Deans and Chapters, &c.; was this Day read the First and Second time. And, after some Amendments at the Table, the Question being put, That the said Bill be ingrossed; It passed with the Negative. And the said Bill, so amended, being put to the Question, passed. And It is Ordered, That the said Act, together with the former Act, for Sale of the Manors of Rectories, &c. be forthwith printed and published.'
  64. SGC XV.36.6, and John Neale Dalton, The Manuscripts of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor, 1957, page 309.
  65. Second son of Robert Staples (d.1573) of Nottingham.
  66. He was also Nottingham's sheriff 1588-9, common councilman 1591–1600, bridge-warden 1599–1600, alderman 1600–29.
  67. George Yerby / Ben Coates in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604–1629, edited by Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010.
  68. Robert Thoroton, 'Maperley', in Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire: Volume 2, Republished With Large Additions By John Throsby, Nottingham, 1790, pages 230–231. Thoroton also records that: Robert Staples, and Maud [Cartwright] his [second] wife [died 1620], 1612, settled, in consideration of marriage, Cornerswong, or Mapurly Closes [ Maperley ], containing sixty acres, with one cottage, &c. on Alexander Staples, and Joane his wife, and the heirs of their two bodies; and in default thereof on Alexander and his heirs.
  69. Britannia, Or, a Geographical Description of the Kingdoms of England,by Richard Blome, 1673.
  70. Easter term, 36 Car. II, case 348 (1685) King's Bench, described in Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench: During the Reigns..., by Sir Bartholomew Shower, London, 1794/1836.
  71. House of Lords journal.