Woolverton Manor
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Westcourt Manor is one of three manor house
s, along with Northcourt Manor
and Westcourt Manor
, just outside of Shorwell
, on the Isle of Wight
, England.
Woolverton lies on the farther side of the clear stream that ripples from Shorwell to Brighstone. It has, of course, its distinctive entry in the Great Roll:— Isd. Wills, ten. Ulwarcombe et Luran de eo. Ipse tenuit in paragio de rege E. Tc. e. mo. se defd. p. una hida. Tra. e. i car. et ibi e. cu. uno villo. et ii bord. et molin. de xxxv den. et dim. ac. pti. Val. et valuit x solid. (William, son of Stur, holds Ulwarcombe, and Luran of him. He himself held it in abeyance of King Edward. Then and now assessed at one hide. The land is one carucate, and there are one villein, two borderers, a mill at 35 denarii, and half an acre of pasturage. Worth ten shillings.)
The owners of this manor afterwards assumed the surname of Woolverton—apparently, a corruption of Ulwar—and one Ralph de Woolverton contributed a quota of two bowmen, and Nicholas one bowman, to the defence of the Island. Sir Ralph de Woolverton gave the tithes of his demesne to the priory of Carisbrooke, but the manor afterwards passed into the Dineley or Dingley family. I may here observe that Elizabeth, daughter of one John Dingley, married, in 1571, Sir John Leigh, then a youthful gentleman, 25 years old. I cannot help thinking that this marriage led to Sir John's purchase of Noith Court, which was probably effected about ten years later. In the reign of Etizabeth, the manor of Woolverton is said to have contained three hundred acres. At the Revolution, it was purchased by Maurice Hunt and Anthony Morgan, Esqrs. The manor house and principal farm afterwards passed into the hands of Jolliffe, Delgarno, and Archdeacon successively; and the remainder into the hands of Serle, Goodenough, and Clarke. The farm house contains some tolerable carvings of the time of James I.
Manor house
A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...
s, along with Northcourt Manor
Northcourt Manor
Northcourt Manor is one of three manor houses, along with Woolverton and Westcourt, that is located in Shorwell, on the Isle of Wight, England. It was begun by Sir John Leigh, Deputy Governor of the Island, in 1615, but was unfinished at his death...
and Westcourt Manor
Westcourt Manor
Westcourt Manor is one of three manor houses, along with Woolverton and Northcourt, that is located in Shorwell, on the Isle of Wight, England. According to the Domesday Book, it was part of the possessions of Gozehne Fitz Azor, and had been held in the time of the Edward the Confessor by Ulnod in...
, just outside of Shorwell
Shorwell
Shorwell is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. It is located six kilometres from Newport in the southwest of the island. Shorwell was one of Queen Victoria's favourite places to visit on the Isle of Wight.-History:...
, on the Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
, England.
Woolverton lies on the farther side of the clear stream that ripples from Shorwell to Brighstone. It has, of course, its distinctive entry in the Great Roll:— Isd. Wills, ten. Ulwarcombe et Luran de eo. Ipse tenuit in paragio de rege E. Tc. e. mo. se defd. p. una hida. Tra. e. i car. et ibi e. cu. uno villo. et ii bord. et molin. de xxxv den. et dim. ac. pti. Val. et valuit x solid. (William, son of Stur, holds Ulwarcombe, and Luran of him. He himself held it in abeyance of King Edward. Then and now assessed at one hide. The land is one carucate, and there are one villein, two borderers, a mill at 35 denarii, and half an acre of pasturage. Worth ten shillings.)
The owners of this manor afterwards assumed the surname of Woolverton—apparently, a corruption of Ulwar—and one Ralph de Woolverton contributed a quota of two bowmen, and Nicholas one bowman, to the defence of the Island. Sir Ralph de Woolverton gave the tithes of his demesne to the priory of Carisbrooke, but the manor afterwards passed into the Dineley or Dingley family. I may here observe that Elizabeth, daughter of one John Dingley, married, in 1571, Sir John Leigh, then a youthful gentleman, 25 years old. I cannot help thinking that this marriage led to Sir John's purchase of Noith Court, which was probably effected about ten years later. In the reign of Etizabeth, the manor of Woolverton is said to have contained three hundred acres. At the Revolution, it was purchased by Maurice Hunt and Anthony Morgan, Esqrs. The manor house and principal farm afterwards passed into the hands of Jolliffe, Delgarno, and Archdeacon successively; and the remainder into the hands of Serle, Goodenough, and Clarke. The farm house contains some tolerable carvings of the time of James I.