Rookley Manor, Isle of Wight
| Rookley Manor | |
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| Village: | Arreton |
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Rookley Manor (also Roclee, Rokeley, Roucle) is a manor house on the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, recorded variously as of the parish of Arreton or of Godshill, in the south of the island.
History
The manor was first established as la Spaund Manor before 1203:[1] in 1203 Walter de Insula granted common pasture in Rookley to Philip of Blackpan.[2] By the middle of the 13th century it was owned by William Russell, the Lord of Yaverland, leased to his nobleman John Rivers. By 1280 it was owned by William's son Richard Russell, who by 1316 had passed it to Barton Priory possibly for use as an oratory;[2] the hamlet still to this day has never had a church.[1] By 1431 it was leased by John Roucle, who changed his name to the more English-sounding John Rookley.[2]
The Lisle family owned Rookley Manor under their neighbouring manor of Appleford[3]
Most of the present-day farms surrounding the current hamlet of Rookley were first noted in the Middle Ages, but all were associated with the original manor house.[1] At some point, the estate fell into the ownership of the Worsley baronets of Appuldurcombe House.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Some History". Rookley Parish Council. http://rookley.org/rpc.php. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 A History of the County of Hampshire - Volume 5 pp 170-177: Parishes: Godshill (Victoria County History)
- ↑ A History of the County of Hampshire - Volume 5 pp 139-151: Parishes: Arretin (Victoria County History)
