Land Holdings

Topic: Land Holdings

1. Verified Sourced Facts

• The local wiki page states of the manor of Hertoke and hundred of Ashridge:

“The manor of Hertoke and hundred of Ashridge remained in Crown possession until 1604, when James I granted them to Philip Tise and William Blake, ‘who conveyed them to Sir Henry Nevill of Billingbear.’”

• The same page states:

“Before passing away, he entrusted ‘the manor of Hertoke and the ground called Ashridge’ to Sir Ralph Wynwood and Sir Maurice Berkeley”

• The same page states:

“Nevill died while still legally possessing Hertoke manor, Ashridge hundred, and the great wood of Ashridge.”

• The same page states:

“Ashridge was not part of the forest of Windsor.”

• The same page states that Neville claimed title to:

“Broad Ashridge”

“Blare Close”

“Foxleyes”

“Herne”

“Rylands”

• The same page states:

“He disclaimed ownership of Ashridge, Rowgrove, and Sellgrove, stating his father had conveyed these to Sir Ralph Wynwood.”

• The same page states:

“Ashridge contained 530 acres and spanned both Hurst and Wokingham parishes.”

• The same page records the boundary marker:

“a great letter H is here made in the ground upon the outbounds of the said wast ground called Ashridge neare to a place called Julian Taylors Crosse.”

• Neville’s letter to Thomas Windebank dated 10 Jan. 1600 states:

“I will be a hermit in Ashridge or the forest, and do penance for the faults committed here.”

• The Neville inquisition packet identifies land arrangements linked to trustees and executors in 1615, including Neville’s continuing landed estate at death.

2. Ken Feinstein Twitter and Blog Information

• No Ken Feinstein Twitter/blog material is isolated in this packet at present.

3. Quoted Source Text

Local land-holdings page

• “who conveyed them to Sir Henry Nevill of Billingbear”
• “the manor of Hertoke and the ground called Ashridge”
• “Ashridge was not part of the forest of Windsor.”
• “Broad Ashridge”
• “Blare Close”
• “Foxleyes”
• “Herne”
• “Rylands”
• “Ashridge contained 530 acres”
• “a great letter H is here made in the ground upon the outbounds of the said wast ground called Ashridge neare to a place called Julian Taylors Crosse.”

Neville letter to Thomas Windebank, 10 Jan. 1600

• “I will be a hermit in Ashridge or the forest, and do penance for the faults committed here.”

4. Citations

• “Land Holdings.” Henry Neville Research Wiki, http://nevilleresearch.com/index.php?title=Land_Holdings.
• wiki_land_holdings.md, local preservation of the wiki page.
• Neville, Henry. Letter to Thomas Windebank, 10 Jan. 1600. Neville_Letters_Corpus_v8.xml, letter_123.
• twitter_Ashridge.md, local source note preserving the Ashridge quotation.
• neville_inquisition_1615.md, for the 1615 landed-estate context and death-year estate witness.

5. Notes on Access

• This packet is presently driven by the local land-holdings wiki page plus the direct Ashridge letter witness in the local letters corpus.
• The Hertoke/Ashridge conveyance, boundary litigation, and South Cave materials identified by the wiki still need to be upgraded from the summary page into direct printed or archival witnesses.
• The wiki points to these external resources:
• British History Online, Wokingham manors
• Decision of the suit between Neville and the Wokingham inhabitants
• South Cave ownership record
• South Cave documents