Monument record 0145800000 - SEAGRAVE'S MANOR

Summary

Medieval deerpark, mentioned in 1325

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Medieval deer park boundary

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Type and Period (2)

  • PARK (First mentioned 1325, 14th Century - 1300 AD? to 1399 AD?)
  • DEER PARK (First mentioned 1325, 14th Century - 1300 AD? to 1399 AD?)

Description

The only reference to a park in Penn occurs in 1325 when it contained a 'capital messuage' and a dovecote, documented in Chancery Inquisitions Post Mortem of Edward II (B3).
Documentary reference indicates that park was almost certainly attached to Seagrave's Manor. NGR to Seagrave's Farm.

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC11221 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD SU 99 SW 01 (FILED).
  • <2>SBC2446 Index: CAS CARD 1458.
  • <3>SBC2326 Article in serial: L M Cantor and J Hatherly. 1977. 'THE MEDIEVAL PARKS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE', in Records of Buckinghamshire 20. Vol 20 part 3. pp439, 445, Fig 2 (34).

Location

Grid reference SU 938 934 (point)
Civil Parish PENN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Dec 17 2018 12:22PM

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