Manor of Hunningham
Hunningham is a medieval manor located in the West Midlands of Warwickshire, England. Its location is just over three miles northeast of Leamington Spa in Warwickshire. The River Leam – located on Hellidon Hill in Northamptonshire, which then flows through rural Warwickshire, including the town of Leamington Spa – forms the Manor boundary between north and west. The Fosse Way crosses the center of the town diagonally and here is a perfectly paved road. The southeast boundary of Hunningham is formed by the River Itchen, a tributary of the Leam. Today the Manor includes the parish of Hunningham. The history of the Manor of Hunningham is of great interest because it has been documented continuously for a thousand years, from the time of the Domesday Book to the present day. However, it is assumed that the creation of the Manor of Hunningham dates back to the 9th century, but there are currently no documents to prove this.Descent of the Manor
The descent of the manor was as follows:William Fitz Corbucin, 1086
The Domesday Book states that in 1086 the Manor of Hunningham belonged to William Fitz Corbucin, whose tenants were Osmund and Chetel. William Fitz Corbucin was one of William the Conqueror's foremost supporters in Warwickshire, holding several manors in the county, of which he was probably the sheriff.Robert Corbucin –
Robertin Corbucin succeeded William Fitz Corbucin, becoming Lord of the Manor of Hunningham.Geoffrey Corbucin, 1161
In 1161 Geoffrey Corbucin became Lord of Hunningham, succeeding Robertin Corbucin.Peter Corbucin of Studley, 1166
In 1166 Peter Corbucin of Studley became Lord of Hunningham, succeeding Geoffrey Corbucin.In 1200 Peter Corbucin, son of Peter Corbucin of Studley, became Lord of the Manor of Hunningham, giving William de Cantilupe.Richard Corbucin –
After Peter Corbucin, Richard Corbucin became Lord of the Manor of Hunningham, who died in 1227.Geoffrey Corbucin, 1227
In 1227 Geoffrey Corbucin became Lord of the Manor of Hunningham, brother of Peter Corbucin.Richard Corbucin –
After Geoffrey Corbucin, his brother Richard Corbucin became Lord of the Manor of Hunningham.In 1284, John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings was Lord of the Manor of Hunningham, he was feudal lord of Abergavenny. John Hastings was an English peer and soldier. He was one of the contenders for the Crown of Scotland in 1290-92 in the Great Cause. He was born in 1262 in Allesley, near Coventry in Warwickshire. In 1273, he became the thirteenth lord of Abergavenny upon the death of his childless uncle Sir George de Cantilupe, thus acquiring Abergavenny Castle and the vast lands of honor of Abergavenny. He has also inherited many Cantilupe estates including Aston Cantlow in Warwickshire, one of that family's headquarters. He fought from 1290 in the Scottish, Irish and French wars of King Edward I of England and simultaneously held the offices of seneschal of Gascony and lieutenant of Aquitaine.
In 1290, he had unsuccessfully contested the crown of the Kingdom of Scotland as the grandson of Ada, the third daughter of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon, grandson of King David I of Scotland. Also in 1290 he was summoned to the English Parliament as Lord Hastings, who created him an equal. In February 1300-1 he was licensed to battlements his manor and the town of Fillongley in Warwickshire. He signed and sealed the Letter of the Barons of 1301 to Pope Boniface VIII, to protest against papal interference in Scottish affairs.In 1325 John Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, son John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, became Lord of the Manor of Hunningham. He served in the First War of Scottish Independence under Edward II of England and was also governor of Kenilworth Castle.In 1334 William Trussell became Lord of the Manor of Hunningham. He was the son of Sir William Trussell, an English politician and rebel leader in Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March's rebellion against Edward II.Isabell wife of Walter son of Hugh de Cokesey, 1353
In 1353 Isabel wife of Walter de Cokesey, owned the lordship of the Manor of Hunningham.– Sir Hugh de Cokesey, dsp 1445
When Walter de Cokesey and his wife Isabel died, their son Sir Hugh de Cokesey became Lord of the Manor of Hunningham.Alice de Cokesey, 1445
In 1445 Alice de Cokesey inherited the lordship of Hunningham from her husband Sir Hugh de Cokesey, when he died.Joyce Beauchamp, 1460
Alice de Cokesey died in 1460, the lordship of the Manor of Hunningham was thus inherited by her sister, Joyce Beauchamp, who died in 1473.In 1473 Sir John Greville became Lord of the Manor of Hunningham, when Joyce Beauchamp died. Sir John Greville was an English nobleman of the Greville family. His father John Greville served as a Member of Parliament in seven English parliaments.Sir Thomas Cokesey, 1480
Sir John Greville died in 1480 and was succeeded by his son Thomas, who changed his name to Cokesey, and became Sir Thomas Cokesey, Lord of the Manor of Hunningham.John Underhill, 1500
John Underhill in 1500 acquired the lordship of the Manor of Hunningham.Thomas Underhill, 1518
In 1518 Thomas Underhill, son of John Underhill, became Lord of the Manor of Hunningham.After Thomas Underhill, Edward Underhill became Lord of the Manor of Hunningham, grandson of John Underhill.Richard Newport, 1545
In 1545 Richard Newport bought the lordship of Hunningham from Edward Underhill.John Newport, 1565
In 1565 John Newport, son of Richard Newport, became Lord of the Manor of Hunningham.William Newport, later called Sir William Hatton, 1566
In 1566 William Newport, upon the death of his father John Newport, became Lord of the Manor of Hunningham. Since he inherited Hatton's estates through his mother, he had to adopt the surname Hatton for himself.Frances Hatton and husband Sir Robert Rich, 1596
In 1596 Frances Hatton owns the lordship of Hunningham. In 1605 she married Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, was an English colonial administrator, admiral, and Puritan, who commanded the Parliamentarian navy during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Robert Rich, later Lord Holland, was the eldest son and third of four children born to Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick and his first wife Penelope. He had two sisters, Essex and Lettice and a younger brother Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland. He succeeded to his father's title as Earl of Warwick in 1619. Early developing interest in colonial ventures, he joined the Guinea, New England, and Virginia companies, as well as the Virginia Company's offspring, the Somers Isles Company. Warwick's enterprises involved him in disputes with the British East India Company and with the Virginia Company, which in 1624 was suppressed as a result of his action. In August 1619, one of the privateer ships sponsored by the Earl, the White Lion, delivered the first enslaved Africans to colonial Virginia. The ship, flying a Dutch flag, landed at what is now Hampton, Virginia with approximately 20 African captives from the present-day Angola. They had been taken by the privateers from a Portuguese slave ship, the São João Bautista. In 1627 he commanded an unsuccessful privateering expedition against the Spanish. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Maldon for 1604 to 1611 and for Essex in the short-lived Addled Parliament of 1614.Thomas Gibbes, 1611
In 1611 Thomas Gibbes became Lord of the Manor of Hunningham.John Woodward –
During the early part of the seventeenth century, the lordship of Hunningham passed from Thomas Gibbes to John Woodward.Timothy Wagstaff, 1614
In 1614 Timothy Wagstaff was Lord of the Manor of Hunningham.Hannibal Horsey, 1614
In 1614 after Timothy Wagstaff Lord of the Manor of Hunningham became Hannibal Horsey.James Horsey, 1622
In 1622 James Horsey became Lord of the Manor of Hunningham after the death of Hannibal Horsey.Dorothy Horsey, wife of George Fane, 1630
James Horsey died in 1630, left no child behind and the lordship of the Manor of Hunningham then passed to his daughter Dorothy Horsey, wife of George Fane.Colonel George Fane, 1653
In 1653 Colonel the Hon. George Fane married Dorothy Horsey and became Lord of the Manor of Hunningham, as evidenced by the interesting manuscripts of Stoneleigh Abbey at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust registration office in Stratford on Avon. George Fane was the fifth but fourth surviving son of Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland and his wife, Mary Mildmay and matriculated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1632. He travelled abroad from 1635 to 1638, visiting Italy. In 1640, Fane was elected Member of Parliament for Callington in Cornwall, a seat controlled by the Rolle family of Heanton Satchville, Petrockstowe. By 1642, he was a Captain of an Irish foot regiment and was Royalist lieutenant colonel by 1643. He was colonel of a foot regiment from 1644 to 1649 and fought as a colonel at Marston Moor. Fane acquired the mortgage, in trust for his son, of a Thameside Berkshire estate at Basildon House in 1656 in the names of his sister, Rachael Fane and his nephew, Charles Fane, Lord le Despenser. Following the Restoration he was a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant for Berkshire until his death. He was a Commissioner for assessment for Warwickshire from August 1660 to 1661 and one for Berkshire from 1661 to 1663. In 1661 Fane was elected MP for Wallingford in the Cavalier Parliament. He was one of the most active Members in the opening sessions of the parliament, serving on 84 committees.