Queen Camel Manors and Estates - Victoria County History

Montagu (d.1489) claimed 10 houses, 200 a. and 10s. rent. His widow Alice (d. 1499), wassucceeded by Robert (d. 1509), son of William‟s son William (d. by 1482). cxxix Robert‟s heirwas Thomas Montagu (d. 1522) whose son Robert cxxx probably sold a house and 149 a. toJohn Pitman c.1540. cxxxi The rest of the land with eight houses passed after 1572 to Marywife of Andrew Parsons (fl. c.1630) and her sister Elizabeth Cheeke. cxxxii The descent of thelands is uncertain but a house, dovecot and 49 a. sold by John Lodwell to the Lamb family ofWest Camel were acquired by the Mildmay trustees in 1829. Another part of the estate wasacquired by Constantine Crowbrow. cxxxiiiBefore 1548 John Nabbe gave 7 ½ a. to support a priest in Kingsbury. It was seizedby the Crown in 1571 and its descent and whereabouts are unknown but an earlier tenant wasWilliam Wyne so it may have been sold to that family. cxxxivNETHER ADBERAs early as 1282 the lady of Adber‟s land paid tithe to the vicar of Queen Camel. cxxxv Achapel was recorded in 1361 cxxxvi but the estate, consisting of Northwood and Haygrove, theEast field, and some meadow, was broken up into small parcels by 1364. cxxxvii There were nohouses, except a roadside cottage in the early 18th century, and land changed handsfrequently. cxxxviii In 1574 Edmund Huntley described his estate as a manor but the manor ofNether Adber lay in Trent parish cxxxixAndrew Homer heir to Emme, wife of Walter Parkes conveyed Haygrove (c. 50 a.)and unspecified lands to John Ledred and his wife Katherine between 1364 and 1372. Johndied c.1383 and the land passed to his son Henry and Henry‟s son Roger. cxl Roger was deadby 1439 and before 1442 his widow married William Kelway, who in 1446 conveyedHaygrove to Richard Strode and John Kelway. cxli In 1501—2 Richard Strode, grandson ofRoger Ledred, cxlii released his interest in Haygrove to another William Kelway. cxliii By 1539 it