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NOTES RESPECTING GROVE ' PLACE, NURSLING, AND THE MANOR OF SOUTHWELLS.

Read at a Meeting of the Field Club, 8tk May, 1895.

By B. W. GREENFIELD, M.A., F.S.A.

Half a mile below the high road at Rownhams, and visible for a moment only from the railway between Redbridge and Romsey, in the Parish of Nursling, stands the old red brick house known for more than 400 years as Grove Place. It is picturesquely placed on a slight eminence at the end of a fine old lime tree avenue, through which appear its octagonal turrets and fine chimneys, and its windows, though modernized, yet a century old. The present house, ancient as it is, was not the first Grove Place of which there is record. The site of the older house lies a short distance to the S.W. between the avenue and the railway. The early history of Grove Place is involved in much obscurity. The archives of the Dean and Canons of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, who were mesne lords of the lee, have been examined regarding Grove Place, but the Queen's librarian at Windsor, cannot discover how they became its possessors, as the Court Rolls date only from 20 H. VI. 1442. Most probably their right and title originated in the endowment of King Edward III., when that monarch, having created in 1344 the military order of Knights of the Garter, founded a collegiate, or free, chapel within his Castle of Windsor (which he dedicated to St. George as patron saint of the order), and as we learn from Froissart, "endowed the canons with a goo'd and liberal revenue." 116 The first mention that is met with of the manor of South- wells, of which Grove Place was a member, if not identical with it, is in 20 H. VI. 1442, when John Grenefeld was tenant of the manor. In his will, dated'8th June 1448, 26 H. VI., and proved in the prerogative court of Canterbury on 24th of the same • month1 he styles himself of ".Sputhwelles in the county of Southampton, gentylman." He desires to be buried in the church of the. Friars Minors (Grey Friars), London, and gives legacies to his brothers, Thomas and William Grenefeld, and to his associates of the-society of Clyfford's Inn. He specially gives to Ingram Huet, farmer of Southwellys, his furred gown, and to John Huet, " My farmer of the Grove," his black gown, and devises to John Grenefeld of. the Royal household (" de hospicib domini nostri regis)" and to William Pece, whom he appoints as two of his executors, his manor of Roke in the said county for .14 years, to dispose of the rents and issues thereof for the good of his soul and fulfilment of his will. Roke house is about a mile N.W. from the town of Romsey. As he makes no disposal of Southwells, nor of his ''farm of the Grove" we may conclude that he had only a lease- hold estate for life therein. In 1480, at which time King Edward IV. was building the present fabric of St. George's' chapel, we find that John Hammond was lessee of Grove Place. In 1513 the Dean and Canons granted a lease of the manor to the abbess and convent of Romsey for 45 years, with a covenant to grant a further lease for 50 years at the expiration of the former lease. At the dissolution of the monastery, the unexpired remainder of the lease was granted by H. viii. to John Uttoft, or Huttoft, and Bridget his wife, who took another lease of 50 years.- In the reign of king Edw. VI. however, one Robert (? James) Pagett paid the rent to the Dean and Canons. In 1561 a'lease for 81 years was granted to James Pagett of Poulton, Wilts. This place must not be confounded with Paultons in Hampshire. From 1570 to 1604 on the Court Rolls of the manor of Southwells James Pagett is styled joint Lord with the Dean and Chapter. 1 Register Lttffnam, 35. 117 The Priory of Pulton (now Poulton), Wilts, about 5 miles E. from Cirencester, was founded by Sir Thomas St. Maur, Kt., in 1347 for a Prior and three Canons of the Gilbertine Order; and after its dissolution the site, manor and advowson were, in 1544, granted to James Pagett and others. In 1561 this James Pagett, who is then styled of " Grove Place in the County of Soutliampton," granted a lease, dated the last day of December 4 Eliz. 1561, to Thomas Marshall gentleman, and Bridget his wife, of the manor and rectory of Powlton, Wilts, at a rent, of £&o per annum.1 In his Will, dated in 1595, and again in 1599, in a bill which he filed in chancery, as complainant, against Edward Abarrowe and others, he is styled " James Pagett of Powlton, in the County of Wilts, Esq."2 This is repeated in the Inquisition, taken in August, 1604, after his death. In 1570, at a manor court held 12 Eliz. Dowsabell, daughter of James Pagett, was admitted to three several copyholds of the' manor of Southwells. The manor comprised lands of free tenants and copyholders. There is much intricacy in James Pagett's circumstances which has hitherto baffled inquiry. The confusion is owing, d) to his connection by marriage with the Fosters of North Baddesley, (2) to his triple marriages, (3) his involved relationship with the Sherington family of Laycock Abbey, (4) his leaving issue by two of his wives, and (5) to the want of a clear apprehension as to his property at Powlton in Wiltshire and the residence of his daughter, Dowsabell, at Paultons in Hampshire, as widow of William Pawlet, Esq. He was only son of Robert Pagett, a wealthy merchant and alderman of London, and sheriff of that City in 1536, whose will, dated 19th August 1541 was proved in the P.C.C. 23rd February, 1541-2.3 In Ihe Inquisition on James Pagett's death, taken at Malmesbury, 20th August 1604, wherein no mention is made of his leasehold estate in Grove Place, it was found that he died on 7th May, 1604, seized in fee of the manor and 1 Chancery Proceedings, Eliz. : Marshall versus Pagett, M. m, 12, No. 70, 2 Chancery Proceedings, Eliz. Pagett versus Abarrowe and others. P. p. 5, No. 39. 8 Register Spert 2. 118 advowson of the Rectory of Poulton, Wilts, and that William Pagett was his son and heir, aged sixteen years and a half.1 Regarding his three marriages ;—In the heralds' visitation of Wiltshire in 1623, edited and printed by the late Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., at Middle-hill, it is stated that Olive, sister of Sir William Sherington, Kt., of Laycock Abbey, married James Pagett, Esq., of London, and from the same and other sources we know that Sir William Sherington's third wife and widow, Grace, daughter of John Farringdon' of Farringdon, Devon, had been widow of Robert Pagett, alderman of London and was mother of this James Pagett; while Anne, daughter of the said Robert Pagett, and sister of James Pagett, was wife of Sir Henry Sherington; Kt., brother and heir of Sir William Sherington. Their sister Olive'Sherington was' probably James Pagett's first wife. All this is set forth in the annexed pedigree. James Pagett's next wife was Bridget, only daughter of John Mill, Esq., of Southampton, merchant, the grantee from the Crown of the site and lands of the dissolved abbey of Quarre, Isle of Wight; also grantee of the manors of Nursling, Millbrook and Langley in Eling, all which descended to his eldest son, George Mill, Esq. This Bridget was aunt of Sir Richard Mill, Kt., of Grove Place (the older house),.and widow of Nicholas Thorne of Bristol, merchant, who died in August, 15461 She was living in February, 1567-8. By her, James Pagett had one child, Dowsabell, so named after the wife of her uncle George Mill, Esq., the wealthy merchant of Southampton, viz :— Dowsabell grand- daughter and heir of Sir John Burton,' Kt. of Kinsley, Yorkshire. Thus may be traced the adoption of the baptismal name of Dowsabell in the families of Pawlet, Mill, More, Ford, Fleming, Dunch', Colnett, Knight and others in the neighbourhood. James Pagett's third and last wife was Barbara, daughter of Andrew Foster, Esq., of North Baddesley, by his wifei Barbara daughter of John Abarrowe, Esq., of North Charford' near Breamore, Hants. They were married in June, 1581.* , Inq. p.m. Wilts, 2 Jac. p. 1, No. 81. J Chancery Proceedings, Eliz.—Pagett versus Abarrowe and others, P. p.-5, no. 39. HANT3 FIELD CLUB, 1896. PLATE III.

(5) Mill. (6) Cooke.

(4) Shcringlon. (7) Bacon.

M SHIELDS OF ARMS AT GROVE PLACE NURSLING. 119

His will, dat. in 1595, was proved in London by Barbara his widow, igth May 1604 [Hart. 36]. The tradition that James Pagett built the present fabric of Grove Place which is not on the site of the older mansion, is greatly strengthened by the presence of heraldic shields of families to whom he was allied. These shields are cast in relief in plaster of Paris, and decorate the pargeting in several rooms, more especially in the great dining room in the west wing, and the long gallery on the attic floor extending in one continuous chamber along the centre and both wings of the house. Here we find shields charged with the arms of— (1) PAGETT, (argent) a chevron (ermines) between three talbots statcmt (sable). Of this shield six casts remain : four in the dining room and two in the gallery. (2) FARRINGDON, [mother of James Pagett, and last wife of Sir William Sherington, Kt.] (sable) three unicorns courant in pale (argent). Of this two casts in the dining room, and two in the gallery remain. (3) WILFORD, [wife of Farringdon and grandmother of James Pagett.] (gules) a chevron'(ermine) between three-leopards' faces (or.) Of this two casts are found in the gallery. (4) SHERINGTON, [wife, stepfather and brother-in-law of James Pagett] (gules) two crosses-formei {or) each charged with a cross potent (sable) between two flaunches cheeky I argent and azure.) Of this two casts in the dining room and one in the gallery remain. (5) MILL [wife of James Pagett,] per fesse (sable and argent) a pale counter- changed, three bears sejant-rampant (of the second) muzzled, collard, ringed, and lined (or) between as many foxes' heads erased (proper.) Of this one cast in the dining room and three in the gallery remain. These arms were granted to Mill of Hampton (Southampton) in 25 H. viii. r 533: evidently John Mill, the rich merchant of Southampton, father of James Pagett's second wife. It seems strange that he should not have been content with the ances- tral arms of his father, Richard Mill, lord of the manor of Pulb'o- rough, Sussex, which his descendants in the next generation re- assumed. (6) COOKE OF GIDEA HALL, Essex:—quarterly of six; 1, (or) a chevron cheeky (gules and azure) between three cinquefoils (of the third,) COOKE, impaling (sable) a fesse between three pheons (argent,) MALPAS ; 2', (or) a. double headed eagle displayed (azure,) MONTGOMERY; 3, (azure) between two bend/its (argent) three eaglets displayed in bend (of the second,) BELKNAP ; 4, (gules) a fesse counterrcompony (argent and sable) between six crosses-crosslet pattee fitchee (of the seecond,) BOTELER ; 5, (or) two bendlets (gules,) SUDELEY ; 6, bendy of ten (or and azure,) MOUNTFORT. Of this shield one cast remains in the gallery. (7) BACON OF REDGRAVE with a mark of cadency ; quarterly, 1 and 4, gules on a chief argent two pierced mullets sable, BACON ; 2 and 3, barry of six or and azure, a bend gules, in the fesse point a crescent of cadency, KNAPLOD. This is most probably the shield of the renowned Francis Bacon, afterwards lord chancellor of England and Viscount 120

St. Albans. He was the only surviving son of Sir Nicholas Bacon; the celebrated lord keeper of the great seal in the reign of Elizabeth, by his second wife, Anne, second daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke of Gidea Hall. Three examples of this shield are in the gallery. The Crest of Bacon, viz., a boar passant, sable, is still to be seen in the pargeting near one of the dormer windows in the N. W. wing of the long gallery. - (8) There are two examples in the gallery of a shield, the owner of which has not been identified. The charges in both are rendered faint and undefined by several coats of white-wash. The shield . appears to bear, quarterly, i and 4, on a cross flory five cinquefoils or mullets; 2 and 3, ermine, a cross flory. Besides these coats there are other detached heraldic decorations in the pargeting in both apartments, such as the lion passant of England.; the fluer-de-lis of France ; the double headed eagle displayed of the Holy Roman Empire; the Pawlet crest, viz., on a branch, a falcon with wings expanded, (James Pagett's daughter, Dowsabell, by his wife Bridget Mill having married William Pawlet, son of Lord Chidiok Pawlet,) still appears three times in the dining room and six in the gallery, and that of Bacon as already is noticed. Decay and mutilation have in both apartments destroyed more than half of these shields, and those that remain are injured, or well nigh obscured by coats of whitewash. The absence from among these shields of the arms of Foster of North Baddesley, viz.—argent a chevron gules between three bugle horns vert, on a chief of the second as many leopards' faces or, is remarkable. We may therefore conclude that this pargeting was done before 1581, in which year James Pagett married Barbara Foster, his third and last wife. As the present double avenue of lime trees is not in line with the site of the older mansion, we may fairly assume that the trees were planted by James Pagett when he built the present mansion, more than 300 years ago. In the archives of the Dean and Canons of Windsor is a paper, dated 6th July, 2 Eliz., 1560, reciting a former paper of 15 H. viii. 1523, which contains the following item :— " Thomas Mylle, generosus, tenet unum tenementum in parochia de Nurslinge vocatum Grove Place cum domibus et edeficiis eidem tenemento pertinentibus cum curtilagio et gardino continente per estimationem vi. acras." HANT8 FIELO CLUB, 1895. PLATE II.

.:.'ow»-;t«t) PHCIO LITM ixiri» ELLEN 8TEVENS, DELT., 1895 GROVE PLACE NURSLING. DINING ROOM, 121 Doubtless, this was the old manor house, the site of which has been recently traced on the S. W. of the present mansion, between the lime-tree avenue and the railway. The occu- pation of this house was continued by his only son, 'Sir Richard MiUt.Kt. of Grove Place,' at whose death s.p. in 1613, it reverted to the Dean and Canons, and was afterwards pulled down. This Thomas Mill of Grove Place was second son of John Mill, the Southampton merchant. He was a Barrister at Law, Recorder of Southampton and M.P. for that borough in 1553, sheriff of the same in 1559, and Steward of the New Forest. He died intestate,.and administration of his effects was granted at Lambeth Palace, 27th May, 1560, to Roger Tichborne of Romsey, during the minority of his only son and heir.1 This son was Sir Richard Mill, Kt., of Grove Place (the old manor house) whose sumptuous mural alabaster monument still remains, though much decayed, in the South transept of Nursling Church. As heir of his uncle George Mill, Esq. in 1568, he inherited the site and lands of the dissolved abbey of Quarre and the manors of Nursling, Millbrook, and Langley, &c. He sold to Sir Thomas Fleming,*Kt., of North Stoneham, afterwards Chief Justice of England, the site and lands of Quarre, the farms of Arreton, Comeley, Haseley, Red way and Staplehurst in the Isle of Wight. He was baptized at St. Michael's Church, South- ampton, 8th February 1556-7 ; was Sheriff of this county in 1593-4, and one of its representations in Parliament in 1597. His will, dated 2nd May 1610, in which he styled himself (of Grove Placet was proved by his widow in the P.C.C., 24th November i6i3.a He died 20th October i6i3,3.and was buried at Nursling. As he had no issue by his wife, Mary, sister of Sir John Savage, Kt. and Bart, he, by fine levied in Trinity term 1608, settled his manor of Langley and Langley-wood, in the parish of Eling in feoffees to hold to the use of himself and his wife for their several lives, with remainder to John, Mill gentleman 1 Register Parker I., folio 171,* at Lambeth Palace. 8 Register Capell, folio 98, at Somerset House. * Ing. p.m. of Sir Richard Mill, Kt. ix Jac. p. i, No. 76. 122

(who married Philadelphia, daughter of- Sir Henry Knollys, Kt., of Grove Place), son and heir of John Mill, Esq. of Newton-bury, in the parish of Eling, and of Ann (Fleming), his wife. This John Mill, the father, was first cousin once removed of Sir Richard. Mill, and, as John Mill of Camois Court, Susstx, was created a Baronet in 1619, and was ancestor of seven generations of the extinct line of Baronets settled at Mottisfont Abbey. In 1612, a year before Sir Richard Mill's death,ta compo- sition was made by him with the Dean and Canons of Windsor, for such copyhold lands of the manor of Southwells as lie within the parish of Eling. In 15, Jac, 1., 1617, the agents of the Mill family, and of •the Dean and Canons met in the park of Grove Place, and made a Terrier showing the lands of the Deanjand Canons, and those of the Mill family ; and at a Court, held 20, Jac, I. 1622, this Terrier was presented and recorded. It refers to a prior Terrier of 2,.Eliz., 1560, and contains the following words:— " Including all the New House, Old House, outhouses, orchards, gardens. yards; and back sides, arable lands, pastures, meadows and wood- grounds that do lie within all, or any of the bounds aforesaid, as between the East, West, North and South fronts aforesaid, as par- cell of the said tenement called Grove Place." As there were two houses after 1580, the Old and New, it is reasonable to conclude that Thomas Mill, the. father, in 1560, and Sir Richard his son, after him, dwelt in the Old House with its six acres. Between the time of the death of James Pagett in 1604, and that of Sir Henry Knollys in 1638, there is a failure of data as to the lessees of Grove Place, under the Dean and Canons. Subsequently to the latter date, the following is a list of the lessees of Grove Place, which by the Dean and Canons is called the Southwells estate, 1660. Mr. [Thomas] Knowles. 1667. Sir John Duncombe (no doubt a connection of Anne, wife of Thomas Knollys). 1674. Mr. [Thomas] Knowles (the same as above). 1681, 1687, 1695. Mr. [Robert] Knollys. 128

1702. The guardians of the children (of Robert Knollys). 1709. Henry Knowles, Esq. 1716, 1723, 1730, 1738, 1745. Henry Knowles (the same). 1752. R. [obert] Knollys, Esq., ob. 8th December 1752, s.p. 1759. Sir Richard Mill, Bart., who married Margaret, daughter of Robert Knollys. 1766. Sir Richard Mill, Bart, (their son). 1773, 1780. Sir John Hoby Mill, Bart. 1787. Sir Charles Mill, 9th Bart. ob. 1792. 1794, 1801, 1808, 1815, 1822, 1829. Sir Charles Mill, 10th Bart., ob. 26th February 1835, s.p. From these dates it appears that there was a renewal of the lease every seven years, when a fine was probably paid on renewal. There is evidence to show that on the reversion of the leasehold estate to Sir Richard Mill, Bart, and his eldest son in 1752, by the death of Robert Knollys s.p., the tenancy of the mansion with 88 acres became separated from that of the farm-lands, the latter being retained in the Mill family under a succession of seven years leases till the death .of Sir Charles Mill, 10th and last Baronet in 1835, who was succeeded by his nephew and heir John Barker, who thereon j took the name of Mill in addition, and was created a Baronet 1^1836 It is not probable that Sir Richard Mill, 5th Baronet, or- . his successors ever resided at Grove Place, as Mottisfont Abbey was their chief residence. The following extracts from the rate-books of the parish of Nursling relate to Grove Place and its land .— Rate made at 2d. in the £ for the years 1758 to 1761. SIR RICHARD MILL, BART., 1/8 (annually), (He died in May, 1760). Rate made at 2d. in the £ for the years 1762 to 1764. JOHN BAKER, ESQ., 3/6 (annually). Rate made at 2d. in (he £ for the year 1765. GENERAL, SIR JOHN CLAVERING, 3/6. Rate made at 2d. in the £ for the year 1766. LIEUT. GENERAL CLAVERING, 7/10. Rate made at 2d. in the £ for the years 1767 to 1771. GENERAL CLAVERING, do. (annually), 124

Rate made at 2d. in the £ for the year 1773. GENERAL CLAVBRING, 10/2. Rate made at id. in the £ for the year 1794. RICHARD MEYLER, ESQ., 13/10}. Rate made at id. in the £ for the year 1798. SIR CHARLES RICH, BART., 13/10}. Rate made 2nd April for the year 1802. SIR CHARLES RICH, BART., OF GROVE PLACE— house, £ 1 16s.; land, £^ 4s. "gjd.; trout fishing, 1/2$—£6 is. 1 if. Rate made at id. in the £on £253 for the year 1804. HERBERT NEWTON JARRETT, ESQ., OF GROVE PLACE, £1 is. id. 1808 and 1809. MR. JARRETT is appointed a Churchwarden. Rate made at 3d. in the £ for the year 1811. JAMES DRUMMOND, ESQ., on £253, £5 3s. 3d. This was James Andrew J. L. C. Drummond, born in 1767' who, upon the restoration, by act of parliament, of the family honours, which were forfeited in 1746 by his ancestor for his.adhesion to the fortunes of the young Pretender, became 8th Viscount Strathallan and Baron Drummond • He married Lady Amelia Sophia Murray, daughter of John, 4th Duke of Athol; and died in 1851. Rate made at 3d. in the £ for the year 1816; D R . EDWARD MIDDLETON,. OF GROVE PLACE—on a rateable value of ^90—£1 2s. 6d. Rate made (at 4d. in the £) for the year 1821.- DR. EDWARD MIDDLETON, OF GROVE PLACE— rateable value (land, ^124 6s.; house, £75), £199 6s.—£% 6s. 5d. About the year 1775 Grove Place was occupied by James Harris, Esq., afterwards created Earl of Malmesbury. About the year 1813 Dr. Edward Middleton, M.D., was dwelling at Grove Place, he having taken a 21 years' lease, renewable on payment of a fine, of the mansion and 88 acres of land from the Dean and Canons of Windsor. Dr. Middleton also rented the farm-lands of the Manor of South- wells from Sir Charles Mill, the lessee ; and after Sir Charles's death, in 1835, the widow of Dr. Middleton continued to do so from Sir John Barker Mill, Bart. 125

Dr. Middleton converted the house and premises into a lunatic asylum, and added a long range of buildings in the rear for the accommodation of pauper lunatics. These additions were demolished on Lord P aim erst on's coming into possession of the property. In adapting the mansion for the purpose of a mad-house, permanent injury was done to the interior, especially to the great dining room and long gallery, the latter being divided off into separate chambers by wooden partitions covered with lath and plaster, a narrow passage on one side of the gallery being reserved as a way of approach to these cubicles. Hence, the ornamental tracery, most of the embossed shields and heraldic emblems on-the ceilings have been cut through and extensively damaged.' Dr. Middleton died in 1826, and the tenancy and use to which the place had been turned were continued by his widow. Mrs. Middleton died in 1847, as lessee in possession, when the charge of the place as a lunatic asylum was undertaken, about 1849, by Mr. Pothecary and his partner—Dr. .Symes, and so it continued till about 1854, after which time the mansion remained vacant for six years. In consequence of Sir John Barker Mill's death in February, i860, who some time before had conveyed to Henry John, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, all his leasehold estate in the farm- lands of the manor, the Dean and Canons of Windsor in that year sold, under enfranchisement, the whole Manor of Southwells, including Grove Place and its 88 acres, to Lord Palmerston, in freehold. Since the purchase by Lord Palmerston, the house was occupied bv Mr. John Taylor, and latterly by his son, as farm tenants. Lord Palmerston died in 1865, and bequeathed the property, with other landed estates, to his step-son, the Right Honble. William Francis Cowper (who thereon took the surname of Temple in addition), a younger son of Lady Palmerston by her first husband, the 5th Earl Cowper. Mr. Cowper Temple was a Privy Councillor, and created, in 1880, Baron Mount-Temple. He died in October, 1888, s.p., and was succeeded by his nephew, the Honble. Anthony Evelyn c":! 126

' ' • * Ashley, son- of Anthony, 7th Earl" of Shaftesbury, and step. grandson of the late Lord Palmerston. , Mr. Evelyn Ashley has recently (August, 1895) sold the mansion of Grove Place, with 65 acres of land, in freehold, to Capt. B. de Sales La Terriere, who entertains the intention of restoring the?tiouse.and making it a handsome place of residence. ' ._r • When the.Manor of Southwells was purchased by Lord Palmerston, in i860, it consisted of:— ACRES. ROOD9, POLKS. Scudamcre Farm, Lee .. .. 205 1 z Part of Toothill . . . .. 149 2 29 'Street Meadow, North Romsey *.. 1 o 22 t. Osborne, House, Church Street, Romsey o o 37^ , Grove Place, house and premises 88 1 6 • — m — I 444 2 15* For the information derived from the records of the Dean and Canons of .Windsor and for other particulars, I am indebted to the late Charles Cutts Barton, Esq.,of Rownhams. I must also express my thanks to the Rev. G. Cecil White, rector of Nursling, for the extracts from the parish rate- books. •.» Of the two annexed pedigrees, one traces the connection of James Pagett with the several families whose heraldic shields he had placed in his new mansion of Grove Place; the other is that of the Hhollys family, who were lessees of Grove Place for upwards of 100 years. The plate of shields of arms, and the views of Grove Place which illustrate this paper have been drawn by Miss Ellen Stevens, the latter from sketches made 12th August, 1895. (pebigree of i§i 5a m % °f. (Stootfg* of (Brofte (p face in f^e pari*!! of (Jtuwfing,. .5

: John Knollys settled in Hampshire, Tempore H. VIII. AEMS :—GU. on a chev.arg., three roses of the field, a canton ermine. CBEST :—Out of a ducal coronet gu., a ram's head, arg. armed or.

I 2. John Knollys. 1. Henry Kuollys of Chickenhall in North Stoneham.=f Joane, dau. of Thomas Salmon of Barton Stacy, Hants, J.P. 3. Edward Knollys.

Sir Henry Knollys of Grove Place ; Kntd. at Whitehall 21 April 1633. Comptroller of the Household to King Charles I. Buried at Nursling 9 October 1635. Registered his=j=Catherine, sole dau. of Sir Thomas Cornwallis, Kt.. Governor of Porchester Castle (who was buried there in Nov. 1618). He was Groom Porter to King James X She wa was living in April 1652. [Depositions pedigree and arms in Heralds College, which were confirmed and approved by Sir Richard St. George, Clarenceux, Kt., and Henry Chittinge, Chester Herald, 1 January 1633-4. taken in April 1652 on the part of the Common Wealth against the Wears in the river Test of Lady Katherine Knollys and Mrs. Mary Leigh widow of Thos. Leigh ESQ of Testwood.]

Sir Henry Knollys of Grove Place, created a Bart. 6 May 1642 ; living at Bowcombe, I. of W, at time of his Thomas Knollys of Grove Place, aged 21 in Jany. 1633/4. M.P. for boro. of Southton in 16r>8/9 andagaiu in 1678/9.=p Anne Dun- Robert Knollys, rot. Williami, rot 8 m Elizabeth, rot. Margaret, rot. 15 in Jany. 1633/4 ; Philadelphia, rot. 12 in Jany. 1633/4 ; marr. Sir John Frances.rot.. Catherine, rot.---fSir Robert Thor- death ; aged 22 in January 1633-+. W ill dat. 22 May and proved 29 July 1648 by his brother Thomas Will dat. 5 Nov. 1678 proved 1 July 1679 [87 King}. Ob. during the sitting of Parlt., and was buried inWestmin- I combe, Lady 19 in January 1633/4. /j y maiT ,w£iSS ?2«WM ' - ^ Peter Brown, Kt., who Mill, Kt., (who ob. 1643), marr. 2 Christopher Roper, 7 in Jany. 5 in Jany. I old, Bart., ob. [116 t's'sex], TobeburiedatCarisbrook,I.of W. Makes bequests to his brothers RobertaudY\'illiam;ob.s.p. ster Abbey 3 Juue 1679. Will proved by. son Robertand Dr. John Speed, M.D.of Southampton, his son-in-law. Crawford. Living in 1648. mgin 1648. 1633/4. ob. of his wounds at Naseby Fie.d. Lord Teynham, and had issue by both husbands. 1633/4. 1633/4. | circa 1695. /K

Thomas Knollys, Jr., received the free- Henry Knollys, bur. Anne Knollys, Elizabeth, nat. 14 Dorothy, living Robert Knollys of Grove Place ; nat. 29 J uly=f Margaret, eldest dau. of Edward Fleming of Stone- Diana, nat. 7 Aug. Philadelphia Knollys, bapt. at Nursling 5T=Dr. John Speed, M.D. of Southampton, nat. 1625 ; Mayor of Southton 1681/2 and 1693/4. Patron of dom of Southampton 24 Jany. 1676/7. at Nursling 26 July living 1678. April 1653 ; living 1678. 1654 ; ob. 28 June 1701 of an accidental wound ; ham ; nat. circa 1658 ; ob, 2t Jany. 1697/8, bur. 1655 ; buried at Nur- Nov 16o9 ; marr, circa 1682. Bur in Holy I Vicarage of Eling, Hants. Nat 4 Nov. 1626 ; ob. 21 Sept. 1711 in his85th year ; bur. in Holy Rood bur. at Nursling 1 July 1701, rot. 47, M.I. at Nursling 28 Jany. in her 42d year, M.I. Buried at Nursling 10 May 1678. 1661. 1678. sling 12 Oct. 1655. Rood, Southton, 18 July 1/25; 2 wife. | Church, Southampton, 27 Sept. 1711.: A

; : I Thomas Knollys, bapt. Henry Knollys of Grove Place, Esq. ; bapt. at Nursling Mary Gibson, ob. 19 Robert Knollys of Mill-—Margaret, eld. Katherine Knollys, Anne Knollys, Philadelphia at Nursling 16 June 3 Dec. J686 ; Sheriff of Coy. 1717 ; M.f. for St. Ives, Deer. 1757, rot. 55 ; brook; bap. 4 .June dau. of Sir bapt. 19 April 1682 ; bapt- 20 March Knollys, bapt. Margaret Itnollpg, bapt, 28 June im ;=f sir Ifttdjarb Mill, 5th Bart., of 1685 ; buried there 14 Cornwall, 1722 to 1734 ; ob. 9 Jany. 1746/7, aged 60 ; M.I. of Winchester 1691; bur. at Nursling John Mill, bur. 31 March 1683 ; 1683/4 ; buried 22 Oct. 1689. mar.tnav atof Nursling"NTlir-oHnrr 121 0 March"M"n„nl. T719/5!.1712/3 ; ob.nV, 111 1 r>„4.Oct. u.n'Mottisfont » . , »Abbeyi 1 1 ' -rLessee of„ ~ Grove Sept. 1689. M.I. at Nursling ; buried at Nursling 16 Jany. 1746/7. in her widowhood. 8 Dec. 1752, s.p. Bart. died 29 March 1683, 22 Sept. 1689. 1744 ; bur. at Woolbeding, Sussex. Place ; ob. 16 May 1760, aged 70.

Thomas Knollys of Grove Place, Esq., nat. 28 June and 1. Sir Richd. Mill, 6th Bart., eld. son, 2. Sir John Hoby Mill, 7th Bart.; Lessee 3, Revd. Sir Henry Mill, 8th Bart.; 4. Rev. Sir Charles Mill, 9th Bart. ; Lessee=f=Mary Wendover of Stockbridge ; married bapt. at Nursling 25 July 1722 ; ob. 18 June 1751, heir to his uncle RobertKnollysin 1752; of Grove Place; nat, 20 May 1719 ; ob. 4 Rector of Woolbeding, Sussex ; nat. of Grove Place; nat. 1722 ; ob. July 1792 ; 17 Nov. 1763; ob. 3 July 1800; buried at aged 28, s.p. ; M.I. buried at Nursling 17 June 1751. Lessee of Grove Place ; ob. 1770 s.p.m. July 1780, s.p. 1720 ; ob. Jany. 1782, s.p. bur. at Kingsomborne. Kingsomborne.

I Sir Charles Mill, 10th Bart. ; Lessee of=Selina, dau. of Sir John Morshead, Bart. ;=W. H. Ashurst, Esq, of Mary Mill, only: =John Barker, Esq., Grove Place; nat. Dec. 1764; ob, Feb. marr. Jan. 1800; marr. 2d Aug. 1839; ob. Waterstock, Oxon.; ob. dau. ; ob. Dec. of Wareham; marr. 1835, s.p. March 1862 aged 83, s.p. ; June 1846, aged 67. 1826. Feb. 1802.

Sir John Barker Mill, Bart. ; nat. 1803 ;=Jane, dau. of Colonel Swinburne ; m. ob. 2,0 Feb. 1860, s.p. 1828 ; ob. Jany. 1884, rot. 85, s.p. HANTS FIELD CLUB, 1895. PLATE I.

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BOOTH, OCT., 1895.

HORNS USED IN THE CEREMONY OF HORNING THE COLTS.

WEYHILL FAIR. NOTICE. Insert the accompanying Pedigree of Pagett after the Pedigree of Knollys to be found, Part II. Vol III. p. 126.

PART II. VOL. III. p. 233. For " Cancel pages 91-98 Part I. Vol. I." Read " Cancel pages 91-98 Part I. Vol. III." ; JMkme *$ol8ittg f0e Connection of Jfamee • (pagett, (Beq.i 5Bif0 ijfc jfamifie^ SSpose JMHefo* of (ftrm* 9c ec^up in fitting- anodjtoom Bong (Baffevg of[ f0e (present QJUtttfion of (BroBe Qpface.

John Farringdon of Farringdon,=j=

John Mill of Southampton, merchant; grantee of Quarre Abbey and Manors=pAlice, survived her Alder a rc a t j0n< 01 WiU dat ed 19 1641 roved r 5 , ° ^ ?*??*£* P a *£ ^? ^ " °/ J ! }; T , £"8\ n' P T^ ^^ J»mitflbOtt, marr. 21y at St. Dionis Backchurch, London, 10-1. Sir UKUtam ghmittgtott, Kt., of Laycock of Nursling, Millbrook, and Langley ; died 1551. husband. 23 Feb. 1541-2. Buned m St. Dionis Backchurch 11 Jany. 1541-2. {Register.] Jui y 1542 [Agister], Sir William Sherington as his 3d wife. Abbey, Wilts J.died 9 July 1553, s.p. .

1. George Mill of South-==Dowsabell, grand dau. and 2. Thomas Mill, Barr.-at-Law, Recorder=rAlice, dau. of Robt. 3. John Mill of=Catherhie, dau. and Jfrtbrfet Jttill, only_Jfame0 ffogett, Esq.,granteeofPriory,ManorandRectory_Barbara Foster,=l w. ©libe jhenngton, Anne Pagettrr2. Sir S)£nrU

3. 4. 1. Alice Mill, marr. Elizabeth2. Mill, marr. Bridget Mill, marr. be- DowsabellMill,marr.before 1610 Lewkenor Mill ofcfCicely, dau. of 1 h. ®illtJim.;iabjlct, Esq.; of Paul-^Dowsaboll Pagett, only child. In 1570, as_2d h. John More, Esq., of North Baddesley ; Barbara Jane Anne Elizabeth Frances Pagett; William Pagett, aged 15 in Thomas'] Pagett, twin with Sir John Bingham, Barnabas Colnett of fore 1610 Thomas Barnes Richard More, gentleman; she bapt. Cainois Court, Sus- John Crook, Pagett. Pagett. Pagett. Pagett. allfive daughters Dec. 1602 ; of Hart Hall, William; and like him of - tons in Eling ; j son of Lord; Chidiok t DowsabellPagett, wasadmitted ontheCourtTSergeant at Law ; bought manor of North Bad- Kt., she living in Combley, Tsleof Wight; of Duntish, Co. Dors.; at St. Michael's, Southampton, 20 sex and Newtonbury; of Sauthamp- Pawlet of Wade; near Te'stwood died Kolls of Manor of Southwells as tenant of desley of Chief Justice Fleming in 1602 ; died under age in Oxford; Student of Middle Hart" Hall and the Middle 1613. she living in 1613. she living in 1624. Sept. 1561, and living in 1613. died 27 Nov. 1587. ton. Jany. 1595-6, buried at Eling three holdings ; marr. 21y about 1596-7 ; 15 Aug. 1620, aged 58 ; buried at Baddesley. 1595. $ Temple 1604. Temple in 1604. bur. at Eling 26 May 1602.

r 5. Anne Mill, marr. before 1591 Rev. Only son. Sir Richard Mill, Kt., of Grove=Mary, sister of Sir Sir John Mill, Bart., so created 31- Anne, dau. of William Pawlet, Esq., of John More of Univ. Coll., Oxford in 1615 ; Dulcibella More, sister and coheir, aged 22, Anne More, sister and coheir, aged 19, and Thomas Bilson, D. D-, Warden of Win- Place ; heir of his uncle George in all his John Savage, Kt. and Dec. 1619 ; M.P. for town of Sir Thomas Seven other children. Paultons; from whom Student of Lin. Tnn ; bap. at Eling 18 Feb.' and wife of Samuel Dunch, Esq., of Pusey, wife of Edward Hooper, Esq,, of Boveridge, chester College; Bishop of Worcester manors and lands ; Sheriff of Hants 1593-4 ; Bart. She lived at Southampton 1624 to 1626 and Fleming. Kt., descended the family of 1600-1 ; died at Oxford of small pox 2 Aug. Berks, in Oct ]621. She died 10! July 1664. Dorset in 1621. She died 15 January 1637-8; 1596 ; translated to Winchester 1597; he M.P. for Hants 1597 ; bapt. at St. Michael's Nursling in her 1640 ; of Newtonbury and Camois Chief Justice Pawlet of Paultons in 1621, buried at Baddesley. s.p.. She succeeded to the manor of North Bad- aged 36, and was buried at Cranborne, Dorset. died 18 June 1616, aged 69, and was Church, Southampton, 8 Feb. 1556-7 ; Will widowhood, and died Court ; died 10 May 1648. of England. the 17th century. desley.=j= She succeeded to the Manor of Chilworth.=p buried in Westminster, Abbey. She sur- dat. at Grove Place 2 May 1610, proved by 27 April 1622, s.p. A f A vived, leaving a son, Sir Thomas Bilson, Kt., his widow and sole extrix 2 4 November 1613; of Mapledurham, near Petersfield, Hants. died 20 Oct. 1613 ; buried at Nursling, s.p. Sir John Mill of Newtonbury, created a Baronet=r=Philadelphia, dau. of Sir Henry Knollys of Grove Place ; byu„ Kingir: Charles/-a,—!,... I.T M.P.n/r T. for*„.. TLymington .-.__,, •1625,„„.. ; aged 12 years in January 1633-4 ; married 21y Christopher killed near Oxford 1643 ; born 1607. Roper, Lord Teynham, and had issue by both husbands.

A From whom the Baronets of Mottisfont Abbey ; now extinct.