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Há 2 dias · As late as 1414 the manor of Merston was held of River, then in the hands of Sir John Pelham, in right of his wife, the widow of Sir Hugh la Zouche, but this mesne lordship is then lost sight of. The early history of the manor is obscure.
Há 3 dias · J. Salmond, the owner in 1955, sold it in 1966 to John Pelham, earl of Chichester, the owner in 1993. The manor house at Little Durnford in the Middle Ages was presumably beside the river on or near the site of Home Farm; in 1469 it included a hall and other rooms all described as new.
Há 2 dias · The archbishop, John Peckham, stated that he and all his predecessors had held a free court (liberam curiam) for his tenants for these causes. The jurors stated in reply that Robert [Kilwardby], the archbishop (1273–9), was the first to claim these liberties and that he had usurped them.
Há 2 dias · While he was here John de Kyrkeby, bishopelect of Rochester, appeared before him and renounced his claims to the bishopric, Peckham having refused him consecration as a notorious pluralist. Twenty years later, on 14 September, 1302, Edward I spent a night at the priory on his way from Lewes to Battle.
Há 3 dias · John de Bramshott, who succeeded before 1451, married Katherine daughter of Sir John Pelham about 1444, and Terwick manor formed part of her marriage settlement. John Bramshott left two
Há 5 dias · Chichester centres on the small medieval cathedral city by the South Downs National Park. It is one of the oldest constituencies in the UK, having been created when commoners were first called to the Model Parliament in 1295 as one of the original Parliamentary boroughs returning two members.
Há 3 dias · Most of the west of the county were for the King and included a powerful group with the bishop of Chichester and Sir Edward Ford, sheriff of Sussex, in their number. Exceptionally, Chichester was for Parliament, largely due to an influential brewer named William Cawley.
