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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 visiblefor a moment only from the railway between Redbridge andRomsey, in the Parish of Nursling, stands the old red brickhouse known for more than 400 years as Grove Place. It ispicturesquely placed on a slight eminence at the end of a fine old lime tree avenue, through which appear its octagonalturrets and fine chimneys, and its windows, thoughmodernized, yet a century old. The present house, ancientas 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 muchobscurity. 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'slibrarian at Windsor, cannot discover how they became itspossessors, as the Court Rolls date only from 20 H. VI.1442. Most probably their right and title originated inthe endowment of King Edward III., when that monarch,having created in 1344 the military order of Knights of theGarter, founded a collegiate, or free, chapel within his Castleof Windsor (which he dedicated to St. George as patronsaint of the order), and as we learn from Froissart, "endowed the canons with a goo'd and liberal revenue."

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The first mention that is met with of the manor of South-wells, of which Grove Place was a member, if not identicalwith it, is in 20 H. VI. 1442, when John Grenefeld was tenantof the manor. In his will, dated'8th June 1448, 26 H. VI.,and proved in the prerogative court of Canterbury on 24th ofthe same • month1 he styles himself of ".Sputhwelles in the county of Southampton, gentylman." He desires to be buried inthe church of the. Friars Minors (Grey Friars), London, andgives legacies to his brothers, Thomas and William Grenefeld,and to his associates of the-society of Clyfford's Inn. Hespecially gives to Ingram Huet, farmer of Southwellys, hisfurred gown, and to John Huet, " My farmer of the Grove," his black gown, and devises to John Grenefeld of. the Royalhousehold (" de hospicib domini nostri regis)" and to WilliamPece, whom he appoints as two of his executors, his manor ofRoke in the said county for .14 years, to dispose of the rentsand issues thereof for the good of his soul and fulfilment ofhis will. Roke house is about a mile N.W. from the town ofRomsey. 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 thepresent fabric of St. George's' chapel, we find that JohnHammond was lessee of Grove Place.

In 1513 the Dean and Canons granted a lease of the manorto the abbess and convent of Romsey for 45 years, with a covenant to grant a further lease for 50 years at theexpiration of the former lease.

At the dissolution of the monastery, the unexpiredremainder of the lease was granted by H. viii. to John Uttoft,or Huttoft, and Bridget his wife, who took another lease of50 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 ofPoulton, Wilts. This place must not be confounded withPaultons in Hampshire. From 1570 to 1604 on the CourtRolls of the manor of Southwells James Pagett is styled jointLord with the Dean and Chapter.

1 Register Lttffnam, 35.

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The Priory of Pulton (now Poulton), Wilts, about 5 milesE. from Cirencester, was founded by Sir Thomas St. Maur,Kt., in 1347 for a Prior and three Canons of the GilbertineOrder; and after its dissolution the site, manor and advowsonwere, 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, datedthe last day of December 4 Eliz. 1561, to Thomas Marshallgentleman, and Bridget his wife, of the manor and rectory ofPowlton, Wilts, at a rent, of £&o per annum.1

In his Will, dated in 1595, and again in 1599, in a billwhich he filed in chancery, as complainant, against EdwardAbarrowe 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 freetenants and copyholders.

There is much intricacy in James Pagett's circumstanceswhich has hitherto baffled inquiry. The confusion is owing,d ) to his connection by marriage with the Fosters of NorthBaddesley, (2) to his triple marriages, (3) his involvedrelationship with the Sherington family of Laycock Abbey,(4) his leaving issue by two of his wives, and (5) to the wantof a clear apprehension as to his property at Powlton inWiltshire and the residence of his daughter, Dowsabell, atPaultons in Hampshire, as widow of William Pawlet, Esq.

He was only son of Robert Pagett, a wealthy merchant andalderman of London, and sheriff of that City in 1536, whosewill, dated 19th August 1541 was proved in the P.C.C. 23rdFebruary, 1541-2.3

In Ihe Inquisition on James Pagett's death, taken atMalmesbury, 20th August 1604, wherein no mention is madeof his leasehold estate in Grove Place, it was found thathe 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.

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advowson of the Rectory of Poulton, Wilts, and that WilliamPagett was his son and heir, aged sixteen years and a half.1

Regarding his three marriages ;—In the heralds' visitationof Wiltshire in 1623, edited and printed by the late SirThomas Phillipps, Bart., at Middle-hill, it is stated thatOlive, sister of Sir William Sherington, Kt., of LaycockAbbey, married James Pagett, Esq., of London, and fromthe same and other sources we know that Sir WilliamSherington's third wife and widow, Grace, daughter ofJohn Farringdon' of Farringdon, Devon, had been widow ofRobert Pagett, alderman of London and was mother of thisJames Pagett; while Anne, daughter of the said RobertPagett, and sister of James Pagett, was wife of Sir HenrySherington; Kt., brother and heir of Sir William Sherington.Their sister Olive'Sherington was' probably James Pagett'sfirst wife. All this is set forth in the annexed pedigree.

James Pagett's next wife was Bridget, only daughter ofJohn Mill, Esq., of Southampton, merchant, the grantee fromthe Crown of the site and lands of the dissolved abbey ofQuarre, Isle of Wight; also grantee of the manors ofNursling, Millbrook and Langley in Eling, all whichdescended to his eldest son, George Mill, Esq. This Bridgetwas aunt of Sir Richard Mill, Kt., of Grove Place (the olderhouse),.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, sonamed after the wife of her uncle George Mill, Esq., thewealthy merchant of Southampton, viz :— Dowsabell grand-daughter and heir of Sir John Burton,' Kt. of Kinsley,Yorkshire. Thus may be traced the adoption of thebaptismal name of Dowsabell in the families of Pawlet, Mill,More, Ford, Fleming, Dunch', Colnett, Knight and others inthe neighbourhood.

James Pagett's third and last wife was Barbara, daughterof Andrew Foster, Esq., of North Baddesley, by his wifeiBarbara 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) Mil l . (6) Cooke.

(4) Shcringlon. (7) Bacon.

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His will, dat. in 1595, was proved in London by Barbara hiswidow, igth May 1604 [Hart. 36].

The tradition that James Pagett built the present fabric ofGrove Place which is not on the site of the older mansion, isgreatly strengthened by the presence of heraldic shields offamilies to whom he was allied. These shields are cast inrelief in plaster of Paris, and decorate the pargeting in severalrooms, more especially in the great dining room in the westwing, and the long gallery on the attic floor extending in onecontinuous chamber along the centre and both wings of thehouse. 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 roomand two in the gallery.

(2) FARRINGDON, [mother of James Pagett, and last wife of SirWilliam 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 twocasts 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 inthe 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 onecast in the dining room and three in the gallery remain. Thesearms 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 FrancisBacon, afterwards lord chancellor of England and Viscount

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St. Albans. He was the only surviving son of Sir NicholasBacon; the celebrated lord keeper of the great seal in thereign of Elizabeth, by his second wife, Anne, second daughterof Sir Anthony Cooke of Gidea Hall. Three examples ofthis shield are in the gallery.

The Crest of Bacon, viz., a boar passant, sable, is still to beseen in the pargeting near one of the dormer windows in theN. W. wing of the long gallery.

- (8) There are two examples in the gallery of a shield, the owner ofwhich has not been identified. The charges in both are renderedfaint 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 heraldicdecorations in the pargeting in both apartments, such as thelion passant of England.; the fluer-de-lis of France ; the doubleheaded eagle displayed of the Holy Roman Empire; the Pawlet crest, viz., on a branch, a falcon with wings expanded, (JamesPagett's daughter, Dowsabell, by his wife Bridget Mill havingmarried William Pawlet, son of Lord Chidiok Pawlet,) stillappears 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 destroyedmore than half of these shields, and those that remain areinjured, or well nigh obscured by coats of whitewash.

The absence from among these shields of the arms of Fosterof North Baddesley, viz.—argent a chevron gules betweenthree bugle horns vert, on a chief of the second as manyleopards' faces or, is remarkable. We may therefore concludethat this pargeting was done before 1581, in which yearJames Pagett married Barbara Foster, his third and last wife.

As the present double avenue of lime trees is not in linewith the site of the older mansion, we may fairly assume thatthe trees were planted by James Pagett when he built thepresent 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 paperof 15 H. viii. 1523, which contains the following item :—

" Thomas Mylle, generosus, tenet unum tenementum in parochia deNurslinge vocatum Grove Place cum domibus et edeficiis eidemtenemento pertinentibus cum curtilagio et gardino continente perestimationem vi. acras."

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ELLEN 8TEVENS, DELT. , 1895 GROVE PLACE NURSLING. DINING ROOM,.:.'ow»-;t«t) PHCIO LITM ix i r i»

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Doubtless, this was the old manor house, the site of whichhas 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 afterwardspulled down.

This Thomas Mill of Grove Place was second son of JohnMill, the Southampton merchant. He was a Barrister atLaw, Recorder of Southampton and M.P. for that boroughin 1553, sheriff of the same in 1559, and Steward of the NewForest. He died intestate,.and administration of his effectswas granted at Lambeth Palace, 27th May, 1560, to RogerTichborne of Romsey, during the minority of his only sonand heir.1

This son was Sir Richard Mill, Kt., of Grove Place (theold manor house) whose sumptuous mural alabastermonument still remains, though much decayed, in the Southtransept of Nursling Church. As heir of his uncle GeorgeMill, Esq. in 1568, he inherited the site and lands of thedissolved abbey of Quarre and the manors of Nursling,Millbrook, and Langley, &c. He sold to Sir ThomasFleming,*Kt., of North Stoneham, afterwards Chief Justiceof England, the site and lands of Quarre, the farms of Arreton,Comeley, Haseley, Red way and Staplehurst in the Isle ofWight. He was baptized at St. Michael's Church, South-ampton, 8th February 1556-7 ; was Sheriff of this county in1593-4, 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., 24thNovember i6i3. a He died 20th October i6i3,3.and wasburied at Nursling.

As he had no issue by his wife, Mary, sister of Sir JohnSavage, Kt. and Bart, he, by fine levied in Trinity term 1608,settled his manor of Langley and Langley-wood, in the parishof Eling in feoffees to hold to the use of himself and his wifefor 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.

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(who married Philadelphia, daughter of- Sir Henry Knollys,Kt., of Grove Place), son and heir of John Mill, Esq. ofNewton-bury, in the parish of Eling, and of Ann (Fleming),his wife. This John Mill, the father, was first cousin onceremoved of Sir Richard. Mill, and, as John Mill of Camois Court, Susstx, was created a Baronet in 1619, and was ancestorof seven generations of the extinct line of Baronets settled atMottisfont Abbey.

In 1612, a year before Sir Richard Mill's death,ta compo-sition was made by him with the Dean and Canons ofWindsor, for such copyhold lands of the manor of Southwellsas 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, andmade a Terrier showing the lands of the Deanjand Canons,and those of the Mill family ; and at a Court, held 20, J a c , I.1622, this Terrier was presented and recorded. It refers toa prior Terrier of 2,.Eliz., 1560, and contains the followingwords:—

" 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, asbetween 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, itis reasonable to conclude that Thomas Mill, the. father, in1560, and Sir Richard his son, after him, dwelt in the OldHouse 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 ofdata as to the lessees of Grove Place, under the Dean andCanons.

Subsequently to the latter date, the following is a list ofthe lessees of Grove Place, which by the Dean and Canonsis 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.

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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, Bar t .

1787. Sir Charles Mill, 9th Bart . ob. 1792.

1794, 1801, 1808, 1815, 1822, 1829. Sir Charles Mill, 10thBart . , ob . 26th February 1835, s.p.

From these dates it appears that there was a renewal ofthe lease every seven years, when a fine was probably paidon renewal.

There is evidence to show that on the reversion of theleasehold estate to Sir Richard Mill, Bart , and his eldest sonin 1752, by the death of Robert Knollys s.p., the tenancy ofthe mansion with 88 acres became separated from that of thefarm-lands, the latter being retained in the Mill family undera succession of seven years leases till the death .of Sir CharlesMill, 10th and last Baronet in 1835, who was succeeded byhis nephew and heir John Barker, who thereon j took thename 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 MottisfontAbbey was their chief residence.

The following extracts from the rate-books of the parish ofNursling relate to Grove Place and its land .—

Rate made at 2d. in the £ for the years1758 to 1761. S I R RICHARD M I L L , BART. , 1/8 (annually),

(He died in May, 1760).Rate made at 2d. in the £ for the years

1762 to 1764. JOHN BAKER, E S Q . , 3/6 (annually).

Rate made at 2d. in (he £ for the year1765. GENERAL, S I R JOHN CLAVERING, 3/6.

Rate made at 2d. in the £ for the year1766. L I E U T . GENERAL CLAVERING, 7/10.

Rate made at 2d. in the £ for the years1767 to 1771. GENERAL CLAVERING, do. (annually),

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Rate made at 2d. in the £ for the year1773. GENERAL CLAVBRING, 10/2.

Rate made at id. in the £ for the year1794. RICHARD MEYLER, E S Q . , 13/10}.

Rate made at id. in the £ for the year1798. S I R CHARLES R I C H , BART. , 13/10}.

Rate made 2nd April for the year1802. S I R CHARLES R I C H , BART. , OF GROVE P L A C E —

house, £ 1 16s.; land, £^ 4s. "gjd.; trout fishing,1/2$—£6 i s . 1 if.

Rate made at id. in the £on £253 for the year1804. H E R B E R T NEWTON JARRETT, E S Q . , OF GROVE

PLACE, £1 i s . id .

1808 and 1809. M R . JARRETT is appointed a Churchwarden.Rate made at 3d. in the £ for the year

1811. JAMES DRUMMOND, E S Q . , 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 thefamily honours, which were forfeited in 1746 by his ancestorfor his.adhesion to the fortunes of the young Pretender,became 8th Viscount Strathallan and Baron Drummond • He married Lady Amelia Sophia Murray, daughter ofJohn, 4th Duke of Athol; and died in 1851.

Rate made at 3d. in the £ for the year1816; D R . EDWARD MIDDLETON, . OF GROVE PLACE—on

a rateable value of ^90—£1 2s. 6d.

Rate made (at 4d. in the £) for the year1821.- D R . EDWARD MIDDLETON, OF GROVE P L A C E —

rateable value (land, ^124 6s . ; house, £75), £199 6s.—£% 6s. 5d.

About the year 1775 Grove Place was occupied by JamesHarr is , Esq., afterwards created Ear l of Malmesbury.

About the year 1813 Dr. Edward Middleton, M.D. , wasdwelling at Grove Place, he having taken a 21 years ' lease,renewable on payment of a fine, of the mansion and 88 acresof 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'sdeath, in 1835, the widow of Dr. Middleton continued to doso from Sir John Barker Mill, Bar t .

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Dr. Middleton converted the house and premises into a lunatic asylum, and added a long range of buildings in therear for the accommodation of pauper lunatics. Theseadditions were demolished on Lord P aim erst on's coming intopossession of the property.

In adapting the mansion for the purpose of a mad-house,permanent injury was done to the interior, especially to thegreat dining room and long gallery, the latter being dividedoff into separate chambers by wooden partitions covered withlath and plaster, a narrow passage on one side of the gallerybeing reserved as a way of approach to these cubicles. Hence,the ornamental tracery, most of the embossed shields andheraldic emblems on-the ceilings have been cut through andextensively damaged.'

Dr. Middleton died in 1826, and the tenancy and use towhich the place had been turned were continued by hiswidow.

Mrs. Middleton died in 1847, as lessee in possession, whenthe 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 themansion 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, 3rdViscount Palmerston, all his leasehold estate in the farm-lands of the manor, the Dean and Canons of Windsor in thatyear sold, under enfranchisement, the whole Manor ofSouthwells, including Grove Place and its 88 acres, to LordPalmerston, in freehold. Since the purchase by LordPalmerston, the house was occupied bv Mr. John Taylor, andlatterly 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 ofTemple in addition), a younger son of Lady Palmerstonby her first husband, the 5th Earl Cowper. Mr. CowperTemple was a Privy Councillor, and created, in 1880, BaronMount-Temple. He died in October, 1888, s.p., and wassucceeded by his nephew, the Honble. Anthony Evelyn

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Ashley, son- of Anthony, 7th Earl" of Shaftesbury, and step.grandson of the late Lord Palmerston. ,

Mr. Evelyn Ashley has recently (August, 1895) sold themansion of Grove Place, with 65 acres of land, in freehold, toCapt. B. de Sales La Terriere, who entertains the intentionof restoring the?tiouse.and making it a handsome place ofresidence. ' ._r •

When the.Manor of Southwells was purchased by LordPalmerston, 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

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444 2 15*

For the information derived from the records of the Deanand Canons of .Windsor and for other particulars, I amindebted 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 ofJames Pagett with the several families whose heraldic shieldshe had placed in his new mansion of Grove Place; the otheris that of the Hhollys family, who were lessees of Grove Placefor upwards of 100 years.

The plate of shields of arms, and the views of Grove Placewhich illustrate this paper have been drawn by Miss EllenStevens, the latter from sketches made 12th August, 1895.

(pebigree of i§i 5 am% °f. (Stootfg* of (Brofte (p face in f̂ e pari*!! of (Jtuwfing,. .5<tnte» fraceo from rtje ftme o f f i n g genrg M .te ite fcrtincfton in tnbccfi* i

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.

I2. 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 wapedigree 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 ofwas living in April 1652.

Testwood.][Depositions

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-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[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.

Robert Knollys, rot. 19 in January 1633/4.Living in 1648.

Williami, rot 8 m Elizabeth, rot. Margaret, rot. 15 in Jany. 1633/4 ; Philadelphia, rot. 12 in Jany. 1633/4 ; marr. Sir John, w £ i S S / j ?2«WM y ' m a i T - ^ Peter Brown, Kt., who Mill, Kt., (who ob. 1643), marr. 2 Christopher Roper,mgin 1648. 1633/4. ob. of his wounds at Naseby Fie.d. Lord Teynham, and had issue by both husbands.

Frances.rot.. Catherine, rot.---f Sir Robert Thor-7 in Jany. 5 in Jany. I old, Bart., ob.1633/4. 1633/4. | circa 1695.

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Robert Knollys of Grove Place ; nat. 29 J uly=f Margaret, eldest dau. of Edward Fleming of Stone-1654 ; ob. 28 June 1701 of an accidental wound ; ham ; nat. circa 1658 ; ob, 2t Jany. 1697/8, bur.bur. at Nursling 1 July 1701, rot. 47, M.I. at Nursling 28 Jany. in her 42d year, M.I.

Thomas Knollys, Jr., received the free-dom of Southampton 24 Jany. 1676/7.Buried at Nursling 10 May 1678.

Henry Knollys, bur.at Nursling 26 July1661.

Anne Knollys,living 1678.

Elizabeth, nat. 14April 1653 ; living1678.

Diana, nat. 7 Aug.1655 ; buried at Nur-sling 12 Oct. 1655.

Dorothy, living1678.

Philadelphia Knollys, bapt. at Nursling 5T=Dr. John Speed, M.D. of Southampton, nat. 1625 ; Mayor of SouthtonNov 16o9 ; marr, circa 1682. Bur in Holy I Vicarage of Eling, Hants. Nat 4 Nov. 1626 ; ob. 21 Sept. 1711 in hisRood, Southton, 18 July 1/25; 2 wife. | Church, Southampton, 27 Sept. 1711. :

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1681/2 and 1693/4. Patron of85th year ; bur. in Holy Rood

Thomas Knollys, bapt.at Nursling 16 June1685 ; buried there 14Sept. 1689.

Henry Knollys of Grove Place, Esq. ; bapt. at Nursling;

3 Dec. J686 ; Sheriff of Coy. 1717 ; M.f. for St. Ives,Cornwall, 1722 to 1734 ; ob. 9 Jany. 1746/7, aged 60 ; M.I. at Nursling ; buried at Nursling 16 Jany. 1746/7.

:Mary Gibson, ob. 19Deer. 1757, rot. 55 ; M.I. of Winchesterin her widowhood.

Robert Knollys of Mill-—Margaret, eld.brook; bap. 4 .June dau. of Sir1691; bur. at Nursling John Mill,8 Dec. 1752, s.p. Bart.

IKatherine Knollys,bapt. 19 April 1682 ; bur. 31 March 1683 ; died 29 March 1683,

Anne Knollys,bapt- 20 March1683/4 ; buried22 Sept. 1689.

PhiladelphiaKnollys, bapt.22 Oct. 1689.

Margaret Itnollpg, bapt, 28 June im ;=f sir Ifttdjarb Mill, 5th Bart., oft n a v o f "NTlir-oHnrr 1 0 "M"n„nl. T 7 1 9 / 5 ! . nV, 1 1 r>„4. u . n ' » . , » 1 1 ' -r „ ~ mar. at Nursling 12 March 1712/3 ; ob. 11 Oct.1744 ; bur. at Woolbeding, Sussex.

Thomas Knollys of Grove Place, Esq., nat. 28 June andbapt. at Nursling 25 July 1722 ; ob. 18 June 1751,aged 28, s.p. ; M.I. buried at Nursling 17 June 1751.

1. Sir Richd. Mill, 6th Bart., eld. son,heir to his uncle RobertKnollysin 1752;Lessee of Grove Place ; ob. 1770 s.p.m.

2. Sir John Hoby Mill, 7th Bart.; Lesseeof Grove Place; nat, 20 May 1719 ; ob. 4 July 1780, s.p.

3, Revd. Sir Henry Mill, 8th Bart.;Rector of Woolbeding, Sussex ; nat.1720 ; ob. Jany. 1782, s.p.

Mottisfont Abbeyi Lessee of GrovePlace ; ob. 16 May 1760, aged 70.

4. Rev. Sir Charles Mill, 9th Bart. ; Lessee=f=Mary Wendover of Stockbridge ; marriedof Grove Place; nat. 1722 ; ob. July 1792 ; bur. at Kingsomborne.

17 Nov. 1763; ob. 3 July 1800; buried atKingsomborne.

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

IMary Mill, only:

dau. ; ob. Dec.1826.

=John Barker, Esq.,of Wareham; marr.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 ."

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Bong (Baffevg of[ f0e (present QJUtttfion of (BroBe Qpface.

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John Farringdon of Farringdon,=j=<j£.lJ2abeth;, daughter of f U t o r t lRttf.OXbDevon; died 7 Oct. 1515. o f 0 x t o i l j i n p a r i s h o f Kenton, Devon.

Thomas Sherington of Cranworth,=j=Katherine, daughter of William Pyrton ofNorfolk. Little Bentley, Essex.

John Mill of Southampton, merchant; grantee of Quarre Abbey and Manors=pAlice, survived herof Nursling, Millbrook, and Langley ; died 1551. husband. 5 , ° ^ ?*??*£* A l d e r P a a *£ ^ ? r c ^ a " t °/ Jj0n<!01}; T

W i U d a t , e d 1 9 £"8\ 1 6 4 1n ' P r o v e d T ^ r ^ ^ J » m i t f l b O t t , marr. 21y at St. Dionis Backchurch, London, 1 0 - 1 . Sir U K U t a m g h m i t t g t o t t , Kt., of Laycock

23 Feb. 1541-2. Buned m St. Dionis Backchurch 11 Jany. 1541-2. {Register.] J u i y 1 5 4 2 [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. andampton,merchant;Sheriff heir of Sir JohnBurton, Kt.,of Hants 1562-3 ; died 19 of Kinslev. Yorks ; diedFeb. 1567-8, s.p. 1603, aged" 80, s.p.

2. Thomas Mill, Barr.-at-Law, Recorder=rAlof Southampton; Lessee of Grove Placewith 6 acres of land; M.P. for South-ampton 1553; died 1560.

1. Alice Mill, marr.Sir John Bingham,Kt., she living in1613.

2. Elizabeth Mill, marr.Barnabas Colnett ofCombley, Tsleof Wight;she living in 1613.

3. Bridget Mill, marr. be-fore 1610 Thomas Barnesof Duntish, Co. Dors.;she living in 1624.

4. DowsabellMill,marr.before 1610Richard More, gentleman; she bapt.at St. Michael's, Southampton,-20Sept. 1561, and living in 1613.

ice, dau. of Robt.Coker of Mapouder,Dors ; died aged 80,buried at Nursling.

3. John Mill of=Catherhie, dau. andNewtonbury inEling ; d. 7 Oct.1556.

coh. of Sir Roger Lew-kenor, Kt., of Trotton,Sussex ; born 1533.

Jfrtbrfet J t t i l l , only_Jfame0 ffogett , Esq.,granteeofPriory,ManorandRectory_Barbara Foster,=l w. © l i bedau, marr. James Pa-^of Ponlton, Wilts; Lessee in 1561 of Grove Place for 8 lT3d wife; marr, d. s.p.

jhenngton, Anne Pagettrr2. Sir S)£nrU <Sheriltgton, Kt., of Laycock

gett before 1550; livingin 1568.

years ; built the present house there about 1580 ; Sheriff ofHants 1580-1 ; died 7 May 1604 ; under age in 1541.

died 1607.1581

1604.living

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Abbey; heir to his brother William in 1553married in May 1548. Will dated 16 January1580-1.

Lewkenor Mill ofcfCicely, dau. ofCainois Court, Sus-sex and Newtonbury;died 27 Nov. 1587.

John Crook,of Sauthamp-ton.

1 h. ® i l l t J i m . ; i a b j l c t , Esq.; of Paul-^Dowsaboll Pagett, only child. In 1570, as_2d h. John More, Esq., of North Baddesley ; tons in Eling ; j son of Lord; Chidiok t DowsabellPagett, wasadmitted ontheCourtTSergeant at Law ; bought manor of North Bad-Pawlet of Wade; near Te'stwoodJany. 1595-6, buried at Eling

died

BarbaraPagett.

JanePagett.

AnnePagett.

ElizabethPagett.

Kolls of Manor of Southwells as tenant ofthree holdings ; marr. 21y about 1596-7 ; bur. at Eling 26 May 1602.

desley of Chief Justice Fleming in 1602 ; died15 Aug. 1620, aged 58 ; buried at Baddesley.

Frances Pagett;allfive daughtersunder age in1595. $

William Pagett, aged 15 inDec. 1602 ; of Hart Hall,Oxford; Student of MiddleTemple 1604.

Thomas'] Pagett, twin withWilliam; and like him ofHart" Hall and the MiddleTemple in 1604.

5. Anne Mill, marr. before 1591 Rev.Thomas Bilson, D. D-, Warden of Win-chester College; Bishop of Worcester1596 ; translated to Winchester 1597; hedied 18 June 1616, aged 69, and wasburied in Westminster, Abbey. She sur-vived, leaving a son, Sir Thomas Bilson, Kt.,of Mapledurham, near Petersfield, Hants.

Only son. Sir Richard Mill, Kt., of Grove=Mary, sister of SirPlace ; heir of his uncle George in all his John Savage, Kt. andmanors and lands ; Sheriff of Hants 1593-4 ; M.P. for Hants 1597 ; bapt. at St. Michael'sChurch, Southampton, 8 Feb. 1556-7 ; Willdat. at Grove Place 2 May 1610, proved byhis widow and sole extrix 2 4 November 1613;died 20 Oct. 1613 ; buried at Nursling, s.p.

Bart. She lived atNursling in herwidowhood, and died27 April 1622, s.p.

Sir John Mill, Bart., so created 31-Dec. 1619 ; M.P. for town ofSouthampton 1624 to 1626 and1640 ; of Newtonbury and CamoisCourt ; died 10 May 1648.

Anne, rdau. ofSir ThomasFleming. Kt.,Chief Justiceof England.

Seven other children.William Pawlet, Esq., ofPaultons; from whomdescended the family ofPawlet of Paultons inthe 17th century.

John More of Univ. Coll., Oxford in 1615 ; Student of Lin. Tnn ; bap. at Eling 18 Feb.'1600-1 ; died at Oxford of small pox 2 Aug.1621, buried at Baddesley. s.p..

Dulcibella More, sister and coheir, aged 22,and wife of Samuel Dunch, Esq., of Pusey,Berks, in Oct ]621. She died 10! July 1664.She succeeded to the manor of North Bad-desley.=j=

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Anne More, sister and coheir, aged 19, andwife of Edward Hooper, Esq,, of Boveridge,Dorset in 1621. She died 15 January 1637-8;aged 36, and was buried at Cranborne, Dorset.She succeeded to the Manor of Chilworth.=p

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Sir John Mill of Newtonbury, created a Baronet=r=Philadelphia, dau. of Sir Henry Knollys of Grove Place ; u„ ir: /-a,—!,... T n/r T. *„.. T .-.__,, •,„„.. aged 12 years in January 1633-4 ; married 21y ChristopherRoper, Lord Teynham, and had issue by both husbands.

by King Charles I. M.P. for Lymington 1625 ; killed near Oxford 1643 ; born 1607.

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