Monument record 0055600000 - QUARRENDON MANOR

Summary

Historical records of medieval to post-medieval manor of Quarrendon.

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Planning Notification Area: Earthwork complex of Medieval deserted village, church and manor and Tudor mansion and gardens
SHINE: Quarrendon deserted medieval village, manor, Tudor garden earthworks and Weedon Hill Roman settlement

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MANOR (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

Manorial history of Quarrendon, pedigrees of Lee family etc (B1).
In 1086 manor held by Geoffrey de Mandeville. Passed to the Earls of Hereford & Essex, Bohuns, Montalts, Earls of Warwick; granted to Richard Lee, 1499. Descended with Lees until 1802 when granted to James du Pre (manorial history) (B5).
Site visit 2000 photos. RCHME topographical survey reinterprets some of the earthworks (B13).
Geoffrey [de Mandeville] holds Quarrendon himself. It answers for 10 hides. Land for 10 ploughs; in lordship 4 hides; 4 ploughs there. 20 villagers with 8 smallholders have 8 ploughs. Meadow for 10 ploughs; woodland, 300 pigs. Total value £8; when acquired 100s; before 1066 £6. Swein, Asgar the Constable's man, held this manor; he could not sell except with his permission (B14).
Short article on surviving manorial documents in the Dillon collection at Oxfordshire Record Office (B20).
Article examining range of information contained in manorial court rolls and account rolls from 1389 to 1443 held in the Dillon collection (B21,B23).

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---SBC17284 Aerial Photograph: 12/12/75. BCM A1/5/12. SP\798156. Yes.
---SBC17395 Aerial Photograph: 05/02/90. BCM A14/8/22A. SP\801157. Yes.
---SBC17794 Aerial Photograph: 25/07/48. CUC BV 89. SP\802157. Yes.
---SBC17814 Aerial Photograph: 09/04/49. CUC CA 80-83. SP\801158. Yes.
---SBC17846 Aerial Photograph: 06/09/80. CUC CNH 40. SP\801159. Yes.
---SBC18423 Aerial Photograph: 06/02/85. NMR SP7915/10/154. SP\799157. Yes.
---SBC19289 Photograph: Kidd S & Wise J. 2000. Quarrendon DMV SAM site visit 2000.
---SBC21044 Aerial Photograph: Mike Farley (BCM). 1998. 1998 Mike Farley oblique AP. SP80561578. Yes.
---SBC24871 Aerial Photograph: Michael Farley. 2012. Oblique colour aerial photo taken on 25th February 2012. SP80411578. Yes.
---SBC24872 Aerial Photograph: Michael Farley. 2012. Oblique colour aerial photo taken on 25th February 2012. SP80561577. Yes.
---SBC24873 Aerial Photograph: Michael Farley. 2012. Oblique colour aerial photo taken on 25th February 2012. SP80091575. Yes.
---SBC24874 Aerial Photograph: Michael Farley. 2012. Oblique colour aerial photo taken on 25th February 2012. SP80561577. Yes.
---SBC24875 Aerial Photograph: Michael Farley. 2012. Oblique colour aerial photo taken on 25th February 2012. SP79841576. Yes.
<1>SBC7638 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 2 PP401-406.
<2>SBC14463 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN PP738-739.
<3>SBC20350 Bibliographic reference: A Hadrian Allcroft. 1908. Earthwork of England. pp479, 553, 610.
<4>SBC12693 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P273.
<5>SBC16033 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 4 PP100-101.
<6>SBC2827 Bibliographic reference: CHAMBERS E K 1936 SIR HENRY LEE PP216,237-238.
<7>SBC1634 Bibliographic reference: BERESFORD M W & ST JOSEPH J K 1958 MEDIEVAL ENGLAN D,AN AERIAL SURVEY PP57-59.
<8>SBC6550 Unpublished document: Hurst J G. NOTES ON QUARRENDON (FILED).
<9>SBC5756 Bibliographic reference: GOWING C N & FARLEY M E SEPT 1973 FIELD VISIT.
<10>SBC13957 Scheduling record: SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUM ENTS/HBMC JAN 1990.
<11>SBC10942 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP81 NW7.
<12>SBC13168 Graphic material: 1989-1990. RCHM(E),1989-1990 (COPY OF SURVEY IN CAS FILE 0407).
<13>SBC19329 Article in serial: Paul Everson. 2001. Peasants, Peers and Graziers: The Landscape of Quarrendon, Buckinghamshire, interpreted.
<14>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire. 21:4.
<18>SBC19329 Article in serial: Paul Everson. 2001. Peasants, Peers and Graziers: The Landscape of Quarrendon, Buckinghamshire, interpreted.
<19>SBC23098 Article in serial: Neil Faulkner. 2008. 'Quarrendon: How the Elizabethans Revolutionised Garden Design', in Current Archaeology No. 218. No 218.
<20>SBC25259 Article in serial: Sarah Charlton. 2009. 'New Light on Quarrendon', notes in Records of Bucks vol 49, pp246-248. Vol 49.
<21>SBC25333 Article in serial: Garry Marshall. 2020. 'Medieval Quarrendon: the People, the Place and Population Change', in Recs of Bucks 60, pp141-156. Vol 60.
<22>SBC25452 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust. 2021. Quarrendon House: Understanding Historic Parks and Gardens in Buckinghamshire.
<23>SBC25478 Bibliographic reference: Garry Marshall. 2021. Finding Quarrendon: Tracing a Late Medieval Buckinghamshire Village Through Its Documents.
<24>SBC25937 Unpublished document: Michael Farley Archaeology. 1999. Quarrendon: A Preliminary Study of its Archaeology and Management.

Location

Grid reference	SP 80120 15770 (point)
Civil Parish	QUARRENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Survey: Site visit 2000 (EBC15811)

Record last edited

Feb 22 2023 12:50PM