Sandown Manor

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Sandown Manor (also Sande, 11th century; Sandham, 13th-18th century) is a manor house in the parish of Brading on the Isle of Wight.

The ancient 'Kynges Towne' of Brading is the main town of the civil parish of the same name. The ecclesiastical parish of Brading used to cover about a tenth of the Isle of Wight. The civil parish now includes the town itself and Adgestone, Morton, Nunwell and other outlying areas between Ryde, St Helens, Bembridge, Sandown and Arreton. Alverstone was transferred to the Newchurch parish some thirty years ago.

Isle of Wight county and island of England

The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest and second-most populous island in England. It is in the English Channel, between 2 and 5 miles off the coast of Hampshire, separated by the Solent. The island has resorts that have been holiday destinations since Victorian times, and is known for its mild climate, coastal scenery, and verdant landscape of fields, downland and chines.

History

Sandown was held by Ulnod of the Confessor as an alod and was in the king's hands at the time of Domesday. It had passed before the middle of the 13th century to the Glamorgans of Wolverton, Philip de Glamorgan making grants of land there in 1236 and 1241. It seems at this early time to have been divided into North and South Sandown.^[1]

In 1236 Philip Glamorgan granted William Malet 2 virgates of land in Sandown in addition to land which William already held there, and about 1280 the heirs of Richard Malet held a quarter of a fee there of Robert de Glamorgan. A few years later John le Marche held this estate, which was evidently in North Sandown. From this time until the middle of the 14th century it would seem that the Glamorgans held the manor in demesne, as in 1316 Robert de Glamorgan was said to hold the vill of Sandown, while tenements in North and South Sandown, later called a manor, were held by John de Glamorgan at his death in 1337.^[1] In 1346, however, John Serle held the quarter fee which had formerly belonged to John le Martre (evidently the John le Marche mentioned above), and John Stower was in possession in 1428 and 1431.^[1] The manor apparently remained in this family until about the middle of the 16th century.^[1]

In 1552 Henry Stower sold the northern portion of the manor to William Jeffreys, who seven years later disposed of it to George Oglander, and with the Oglanders of Nunwell it remained as of 1912.^[1] Other portions of the manor were sold by John Stower to Kingswell, Knott, Knight and others.

In 1808 Sir William Oglander established his right to the manor of Sandown in an action against Winchester College, who had inclosed part of the waste land known as Ryal Heath.^[1]

Sir William Oglander, 6th Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1807 to 1812.

Winchester College school in Winchester, Hampshire, England

Winchester College is an independent boarding school for boys in the British public school tradition, situated in Winchester, Hampshire. It has existed in its present location for over 600 years. It is the oldest of the original seven English public schools defined by the Clarendon Commission and regulated by the Public Schools Act 1868.

The manor of Appley probably formed part of the northern manor of Sandown and was held at the close of the 13th century by William Malet of the manor of Gatcombe as half a fee.^[1] In 1609 Sir William Oglander died seised of the manor or farm of 'Apple' in North Sandown. Sir John Oglander, writing in 16th–17th century, calls it 'Appleford alias Apley now Sandam Ferme,' and says it anciently belonged to the Stower family.^[1] It was evidently always part of Sandown and has now become merged in it, even its name having disappeared.^[1]

Sir John Oglander was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1625 to 1629. He is now remembered as a diarist.

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References

This article includes text incorporated from William Page's "A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5 (1912)", a publication now in the public domain

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Victoria County History". British History Online, University of London & History of Parliament Trust. 1912. Retrieved 10 July 2012.

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[british-history.ac.uk1912-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Victoria County History". British History Online, University of London & History of Parliament Trust. 1912. Retrieved 10 July 2012.