Queen Camel Manors and Estates - Victoria County History

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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
divorce proceedings for cruelty. In 1685 she was awarded the manor rents. xxxiii In 1689Humphrey (d. s.p. 1690) chose as his heir Carew Hervey Mildmay of Marks, Hornchurch,Essex, descendant of William Mildmay an older brother of Sir Walter (d. 1589). xxxiv In 1691Sarah, then of Westminster, leased her life interest to Carew who mortgaged it heavily. xxxvCarew Hervey Mildmay (d. 1743) left a son Carew (d. s.p. 1784) who made Anne,daughter of his brother Humphrey (d. 1761), his heir. In 1786 Anne (d. 1796) released thedemesnes to her niece Jane, daughter of Carew Mildmay (d. 1768), on her marriage to SirHenry Paulet St John who took the name Mildmay in 1790. xxxvi Jane (d. 1857) was followedin turn by her grandsons Paulet (d. 1858), Hervey (d. 1882), and the Revd Charles Arundell,sons of her second son Paulet (d. 1845) who gave Dogmersfield, Hants to his elder brother inexchange for the right to inherit Queen Camel. xxxvii Wyndham Mildmay (d. 1934) son ofCharles (d. 1904) was mentally ill and his brother George (d. s.p. 1931) held the manor.George sold the estate but acquired Townsend in the village for hunting and renamed itQueen Camel House. xxxviii In 1929 lordship passed to the new owner of Hazlegrove House,Major Stern, but was not recorded in the 1935 sale and in 1939 was claimed by Mrs K. M.Wilson. It was not recorded again and presumably remains with her heirs. xxxixManor HouseIn 1229 the king ordered a hall and chamber to be built at Camel and granted timber for workon his house, which cost over £163. xl In 1400 the house was said to contain only salt fish, oldarmour, and weapons of little value and not the luxury goods worth £1,000 from a ship atRooksmill as claimed. xli In 1508—9 only a grange, dovecot, and bartons were recorded, xlii themain demesne house was Hazlegrove farm, and the old house, described in the 18th centuryas having been a palace called the Court, had probably been demolished. xliii Court Close,adjoining the churchyard and with no buildings c.1610, xliv and Pigeon House Mead may be
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