BURLEY MANOR (This page is "under construction"!)
Following the Norman Conquest in 1066 the New Forest was proclaimed a Royal Forest around 1079 by William the Conqueror. First recorded as "Nova Foresta" in the Domesday Book of 1086.
Earliest mentions of Burley include:
1178 "Burgelea"
1212 "Borlegh"
1301 "Borghley"
1178 "Burgelea"
1212 "Borlegh"
1301 "Borghley"
1662 Hearth Tax - William Batten, Manor, 6 hearths.
Manor House shown on map of circa 1704: This map was "Surveyed and delineated by William Godson" and had been owned by Thomas Ridge.
Courtesy of Hampshire Archives and Local Studies, Winchester 35M77/E/P1
Courtesy of Hampshire Archives and Local Studies, Winchester 35M77/E/P1
Later copy of Godson's 1704 map above made circa 1811. This map is referred to as "Grigg's Map" by Felicity Hardcastle and was given to her by Mrs Stace whose father, Mr Grigg, had bought it at a sale in Ringwood.
Courtesy of Hampshire Archives and Local Studies, Winchester 110M89/P43
Courtesy of Hampshire Archives and Local Studies, Winchester 110M89/P43
Edward Frederick Grigg, Grocer, was born in April 1852 at Odiham, Hants, and died on 12th December 1931 while living at Yew Tree Cottage, Burley. He married Alice Dawkins in 1877, at Ringwood, and had a daughter Alice Ethel, 1878-1960, (who married Walter Edwin Stace).
The family had moved to Burley by the time of the 1901 Census when they were living in Burley Street (?? Burley Street Stores).
The family had moved to Burley by the time of the 1901 Census when they were living in Burley Street (?? Burley Street Stores).
"Grigg's Map" :-
The exact origins of Burley Manor, sometime after 1066, remain uncertain.
The exact origins of Burley Manor, sometime after 1066, remain uncertain.
Early Lords of the Manor (The de Burley families):
1212 Roger de Borlegh (Burley) - A "Forester" married to Acelina Buche. 120 acres for 30/-.
1239 Sir Robert de Burley (? son of Roger)
1251 Richard de Burley (Bailiff of the Bailiwick of Burley) - Illegally enclosed land which was part of the Royal Forest
1316 Richard de Burley
1361 John de Burley
Margery de Burley
1375 Richard de Burley
1388 Simon de Burley
Manor and lands returned to the Crown after the beheading of Simon de Burley in 1388.
1212 Roger de Borlegh (Burley) - A "Forester" married to Acelina Buche. 120 acres for 30/-.
1239 Sir Robert de Burley (? son of Roger)
1251 Richard de Burley (Bailiff of the Bailiwick of Burley) - Illegally enclosed land which was part of the Royal Forest
1316 Richard de Burley
1361 John de Burley
Margery de Burley
1375 Richard de Burley
1388 Simon de Burley
Manor and lands returned to the Crown after the beheading of Simon de Burley in 1388.
Later Lords of the Manor
1487-8 James Ede
1551 John Myll (Manor of Burley Myll) - By 1551 the original Royal Manor had been divided into 1) Burley Myll, 2) Burley Batten and 3) Bistorne Burley
1555 John Batten (Manor of Burley Batten)
1607 William Batten (Lord of both Manors)
1609 Anthony Batten
1662 William Batten ("The Elder") died circa 1707
1720 William Batten
1723 Francis Batten (Widow, and her son William)
1723 John Powell
1725 James Batten
1726 Thomas Ridge
1729 Humphrey Ridge
1732 Sir Thomas Ridge
1776 Executors of Sir Thomas Ridge (John Ridge and Thomas Hampton, estates auctioned), sold to:
1776 Colonel John Carnac, sold to:
1780 James Mowbray - 1781 The Elizabethan Manor House reconstructed
1801 Miss Hannah and Sarah Mowbray
1807 Charles Shaw Lefevre
1823 Mrs Shaw Lefevre - and her son John Shaw Lefevre
1838 Sir John Shaw Lefevre
1839 George Rooke Farnall
1852-99 Colonel WCD Esdaile (Built the current house)
1899 Let on lease to the families of Corte and Colonel Willan (Died 1936)
Between 1899 and 1933 the estate was gradually broken up and sold off.
1933 Lease on house expired and property sold on 7th June 1933 and converted into an hotel
1939-45 Requisitioned by the War Office
1945 to present Functioning as an Hotel
1487-8 James Ede
1551 John Myll (Manor of Burley Myll) - By 1551 the original Royal Manor had been divided into 1) Burley Myll, 2) Burley Batten and 3) Bistorne Burley
1555 John Batten (Manor of Burley Batten)
1607 William Batten (Lord of both Manors)
1609 Anthony Batten
1662 William Batten ("The Elder") died circa 1707
1720 William Batten
1723 Francis Batten (Widow, and her son William)
1723 John Powell
1725 James Batten
1726 Thomas Ridge
1729 Humphrey Ridge
1732 Sir Thomas Ridge
1776 Executors of Sir Thomas Ridge (John Ridge and Thomas Hampton, estates auctioned), sold to:
1776 Colonel John Carnac, sold to:
1780 James Mowbray - 1781 The Elizabethan Manor House reconstructed
1801 Miss Hannah and Sarah Mowbray
1807 Charles Shaw Lefevre
1823 Mrs Shaw Lefevre - and her son John Shaw Lefevre
1838 Sir John Shaw Lefevre
1839 George Rooke Farnall
1852-99 Colonel WCD Esdaile (Built the current house)
1899 Let on lease to the families of Corte and Colonel Willan (Died 1936)
Between 1899 and 1933 the estate was gradually broken up and sold off.
1933 Lease on house expired and property sold on 7th June 1933 and converted into an hotel
1939-45 Requisitioned by the War Office
1945 to present Functioning as an Hotel
The Ridge family:
Thomas Ridge, Brewery business Cold Harbour Portsmouth. 1671- 10th Feb 1730. Married Elizabeth Ayles January 1697.
He was MP for Poole in 1708 and 1722. Found guilty of "notorious embezzlements and scandalous abuses" for which he was expelled from The House of Commons on 15th February 1711. See also here.
Children: Humphrey (died 1730, childless), Thomas (Knighted 1746, declared bankrupt in 1764, died October 1766), George, Richard and Elizabeth