Queen Camel Manors and Estates - Victoria County History

In 1276 the king granted it to Queen Eleanor of Castile (d. 1290) for life xv and to hissecond wife, Margaret of France (d. 1317) in 1299. xvi In 1319 Edward II granted the manor tohis brother Edmund of Woodstock, xvii executed in 1330, whose widow received his crops butwhose forfeited estates were given to William Montagu. xviii William (d. 1344) was said tohold Camel only during the minority of Edmund‟s heir. xix Edmund‟s second son, John, earl ofKent came of age in 1351 but died childless in 1352 when the manor was granted to hiswidow Elizabeth (d. 1411). xx Her great nephew Thomas Holand, earl of Kent and duke ofSurrey (d. 1400) stored goods at Queen Camel. xxiElizabeth‟s five heirs were the sisters of Thomas Holand or their issue. xxii QueenCamel was assigned to the third sister Margaret (d. 1439), widow of John Beaufort, earl ofSomerset and later wife of Thomas of Lancaster, duke of Clarence. xxiii Margaret‟s son JohnBeaufort, duke of Somerset (d. 1444) was succeeded by his infant daughter Margaret, xxiv latercountess of Richmond (d. 1509) whose heir was her grandson Henry VIII. xxv St John‟s andChrist‟s Colleges, Cambridge, claimed it unsuccessfully from Margaret‟s trustees as part oftheir respective endowments. xxvi The king granted Queen Camel in 1537 to Sir WilliamFitzwilliam, later earl of Southampton (d. s.p. 1542) xxvii but Hazlegrove was let in 1508 toWilliam Morris and to John Smith in 1557, other demesne land to William Hodges in 1548,and the park to Sir William Sackville in 1552. xxviiiIn 1558 Philip and Mary sold the manor to Sir Walter Mildmay to hold for 1/40 of afee. xxix Sir Walter (d. 1589) was followed by his second son Sir Humphrey (d. 1613) andHumphrey‟s son, Humphrey (d. 1672) who was fined £1,840 in 1648 for supporting the king.The fine was remitted for supplying Holy Island and his estate was restored in 1649 xxx buthad been settled in 1647 on his second son Humphrey, partly to provide for his daughterCelia. The younger Humphrey resided at Hazlegrove, xxxi which in 1662 he settled on hismarriage to Sarah Parker. xxxii By c.1681 they had separated for his adultery and Sarah began