Domesday
Manors
When Domesday was taken there were four Manors:
The King’s Manor:- The King’s Private Manor
in Shipden was part of the King’s manor of Aylsham and was held either in whole or in
part held by Halnad de Bedun, a knight of Henry I. Later during
Henry III’s time the manor was sub held by William de Weyland
from Hugh de Odingsel. In 1662 it was held by Sir
Robert Paston who was later made Earl of Yarmouth. In 1732 the manor was
bought by George Anson, famous for his circumnavigation
the world. After him it passed on to G.S. Repton (in 1854). Sold
on to W.H. Scott then in 1862 to Benjamin Bond
Cabbell, whose family was later honoured by having two roads in Cromer named
after them.
Bigod’s Manor:- Before the conquest Bigod’s
Manor was held by a freeman called Osborn. At the time of
Domesday had been given to Roger Bigod. In the time of Edward
III in 1347 the heir of the Earl of Norfolk held one-eighth of a Knight’s fee of the
King. Out of this fee came De Creyk’s Manor,
Ufford’s Manor, De Berningham and De Thorp’s Manor.
Ufford's Manor took its name from Cecelia de Ufford, whose
family were still living there in 1374, but by 1472 the family of William
Arnold were in residence. In 1580 Robert Underwood
bought the manor from Richard Arnold but when he died his widow married George
Wyndham and the estate was held by the family up until 1852 when Benjamin
Bond Cabell bought it for £65,000. When he died in 1874 his cousin John
Cabbell inherited it.
Bishop’s Manor:- This was given by the Bishop of
Thetford, William de Beaufoy to the see of Norwich. It was sublet to the family of de
Egmere in 1239.
St Benet’s Manor:-St Benet’s Manor or Shipden
Abbots. This Manor held at the time of Domesday by the Abbot of St Benet’s at Holme.
Now as with Shipden lies under the North sea.
There were several other manors, most of which were absorbed by Lord Suffields estates
to the east of the town. The Dutch of Lancaster was one, those connected to this manor
were:-
- John Fielder and Edward Fielder
(1654),
- Sir Thomas Rant and Sir W. Rant
(1676),
- Robert Britiffe of Baconsthorpe (1731-9)
- Sir Harbord Harbord Bart (1773)
Gunners Manor it appears may have been right on the coast to the west of the present
gangway, a number of disputes in the 1760s with its boundaries led to The Wyndhams
taking the owners to the Norwich assizes. Those connected to this manor were:-
- John Gunner from East Beckham (pre 1534)
- Robert Giggs of Sparham (1534)
- Sir Christopher Haydon (1576)
- Humphrey Rant (1773)
- Rev. G. Betts (1805)
- William Assheton (Lord Suffield)(from 1815)
The Manors of Overstrand, Felbrigg, Beeston Regis Proiry and Southrepps had some land
within the parish, Sir John de Repps (1373) left tenements in
Shipden and Cromer with a mill and villeins to his nephew, John de Plumstead.
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This information was compiled by Penny Ling
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